Today on the Shepherd School Show, David interviews Fernando Aguirre, also known to many preppers as Ferfal.
Fernando grew up in Argentina and tells us first-hand what life was like during and after the economic collapse of the 1990′s.
Most preppers make educated guesses about what would happen, or what they would do in a catastrophic disaster.
Ferfal has lived through it. In today’s interview he and David talk about what happened, common survival strategies that people used, the economics of surviving disasters, the government and how it reacts, as well as many other topics.
Fernado also gives some good tips on what he found to work in real life. I think this is pretty important and this is one of my favorite episodes of all. I think every prepper should read his book.
At the very least, visit his website to see what a real economic disaster looks like.
What happened in Argentina can happen here in the United States. It pays to learn how modern people survived such a collapse
Survival Punk is a blog created by James Burnette. James takes a rational, creative approach to self-reliance, applying a punk DIY ethic to survivalism without any of the fear mongering or “tinfoil hattery” found in some other areas of the survivalist movement.
The Survival Punk blog covers a huge range of his projects, both success and failures along with a healthy bit of myth busting. He also provides a ton of dirt cheap creative solutions to common prepping needs and does a great job of integrating the paleo lifestyle with the prepping lifestyle.
I respect Survival Punk, and we partnered together on Dual Homestead where he lived on my land and worked to homestead it. Unfortunately his anarchist tendencies and my need for plans clashed to the point where it just did not work. However, I still think he knows a lot and he has a great website.
The show is scheduled for Monday at 10pm central time at this link.
If you cannot listen on Monday, you can always download the podcast for listening at your own leisure.
For today’s show David is interviewing an real-life rocket scientist, innovator, and Hall of Fame athlete Dr. TomCannon.
Dr. Cannon holds 21 different patents – from things such as the fiber optic connectors on the Patriot Missile system, to a bubble level device to help you perfect your golf swing – but today we talk about his ThriftyVac® invention.
Thirftyvac is a device that allows for the non-electric vacuum sealing of food using ordinary zip-lock type bags.
As with all innovators, Tom started with a problem, defined it, and then came up with a cost effective and sturdy solution.
The second I saw his video I knew I would back his project – Not because it is worth it (I think it is), but because it solves problems I have experienced and therefore makes my life easier.
Dr, Cannon‘s invention is currently being funded through Kickstarter.com, and for those not familiar Kickstarter is a way for innovators and producers to receive funds from actual consumers instead of venture capitalists – this way products either fail or succeed based upon what people actually want rather than how good a salesman you are.
The kickstarter project for the Thirftyvac is already successful, and Tom has raised enough to ensure his product will be produced. So I am not having him on the show to help him, as much as to give you the opportunity to back the project so you can get the device and other backer rewards much sooner and at a lower cost than what will be available to the general public.
His project will close on July 10th at 10:56am CDT, after that you will have to wait for the Thirftyvac to be sold commercially – (early 2014) – backers are scheduled to get theirs before Christmas 2013.
Besides talking about the Thriftyvac, Tom also discusses his booklet “How to be an Innovator” which explains how to go from a problem to an idea, to a product – and then a business.
I approached Dr. Cannon because I believe that a non-electric vacuum sealer than is non-destructive to the bags (ziplock can be reused) is something the prepper community could use. I have not received anything in return for my endorsement.
Last week’s show was about the basics. This week we will talk about water purification with one of the most knowledgeable subject matter experts in the business.
Glen Meador is the inventor of the Survival Still. He comes from a family that runs one of the best water distillation companies in the world. Their products supply embassies worldwide with pure water free of any contamination.
Glen took his knowledge of water purification and used it to design a non-electric, no moving part water distiller that can function anywhere.
I personally own one. You may have seen my videos using it on rocket stoves, campfires, charcoal grills, and kitchen stoves.
I have purified urine, salt water, pond water, muddy water, and have even pulled pure water from sweet tea and juice just to see what would happen.
We talk about the mechanics of water, types of contaminates, methods of purification, the FEMA and Red Cross purification suggestions, and of course the survival still itself.
Today, I get a real treat, we are interview Dr. Prepper himself – James Talmage Stevens. As I have said several times, his book “Making the Best of Basics” was one of the very first prepper books I ever read. Mr. Steven’s philosophy has done much to form me into the prepper I am today. I value being adaptable and learning and storing the basics rather than chase the newest prepper tech
We share many of the same philosophies when it comes to the industry and personal preparedness, and I was very honored when he asked me to write the first ever gun chapter in his newest revision of “Making the Best of Basics”
We don’t talk much about his book on the show, but if you have not read it I highly suggest you do so – its worth it…
You can get it here. As a matter of fact, I contributed a chapter on firearms for self defense in the new addition.
The show is scheduled for Monday at 10pm central time at this link.
If you cannot listen on Monday, you can always download the podcast for listening at your own leisure.
