Best Jeff Aka Dr D Podcasts (2024)

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Evolution of Preppers 29:58

15h ago29:58

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Send us a Text Message. To define a prepper we need a set of measurable variables, ones that should be grounded in evidence, or at the least be attributable to a known theoretical framework. The later is our pathway to the definition. Our research has led us away from personal and subjective announcements to an evolving framework. We begin with the…

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Season 11 - Economic Preparedness 29:31

4d ago29:31

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Send us a Text Message. Traditional preparedness encompasses navigating incidents related to natural events, be that storms, earthquakes, floods or other natural hazards. This is the initial 20% of preparedness, once we consider economic, political, cultural and familial events, we discuss the next 80%. Economic pressures include high inflation, in…

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Season Ten Wrap - A review of Major Topics 45:43

8d ago45:43

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Send us a Text Message. Season ten was our focus on practical preparedness, translating ideas, theories and concepts to physical and cognitive actions that will enable you to rock an credible life, while insulated from exogenous shock. From community preparedness, to designing a simple life, to navigating political chaos, preparedness creates the c…

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Trust in Government Communications 31:34

22d ago31:34

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Send us a Text Message. In times of struggle and strife, humans turn to trusted sources for information and ideas that help them make informed decisions. Trust is earned, not anointed and is built through providing value and truthful communications. We know that trust in government is a plurality and trending down. The pandemic created a divide in …

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Evacuations and Traffic Jams 31:34

24d ago31:34

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Send us a Text Message. We see evacuations on the news, miles of traffic jams headed no where, lauded as successful movement of people from a danger zone. No, there is so much more that can be done to manage the route, command traffic and move groups at speed through the route to the destination. You have the ability to plan, to consider the option…

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Preparedness - Beyond Shelter in Place 35:54

27d ago35:54

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Send us a Text Message. Preparedness is the totality of physical and cognitive initiatives that permit the navigation of exogenous shocks. Many have a narrow view of preparedness, the limited ideas of shelter in place, have a plan, be informed and have a kit. This episode discusses the idea that the current understanding of preparedness represents …

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Preparedness, Resilience and Cyber Security 37:13

1M ago37:13

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Send us a Text Message. Preparedness extends far beyond kits, plans and information, the focus of government communications. The remaining 80% of adopting a prepared life is found beyond that spectrum, where strategic thinking aids in understanding the environment in which you operate, the risk and hazard profiles and provides roadmaps to mitigatio…

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Interview with Janet from Natural Disaster Survival Products 56:59

1M ago56:59

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Send us a Text Message. Preparedness plans are the logical start point of beginning the journey to accept responsibility for your outcomes and protect you and your family from exogenous shocks. Throughout the process, there will likely be times when you lack a capability or equipment to exectute a task you determined was critical for your family's …

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Do Titles Matter? Hi, I'm Jeff the Backcountry Paddler 28:11

1M ago28:11

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Send us a Text Message. Fun discussion into a culturally structured socially acceptable practice - how do you introduce yourself to someone? Is it context specific, different in the club versus the workplace, at the sports field or with your friends at a venue? Do you introduce yourself as a title, defining your success and accomplishments with a c…

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Preparedness is the Art of Placing Order Into Chaos 32:44

1M ago32:44

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Send us a Text Message. Simple right, everyone knows that. So why, after decades of preparedness communications do so many families remain in difficult situations and not ready to navigate crisis? The question is how do we define preparedness? Our response is three elements: personal responsibility, attitude and strategic thinking, which collective…

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State of Emergency - For You or the Politicians? 28:23

1M ago28:23

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Send us a Text Message. SOE are enacted to provide the government to expedite normal processes to address the needs of a rapid onset event. However, there is a political side show of politicians racing to the stage in their crested jackets to look in command, to demonstrate prowess under duress, to look like they're in control. The reality is that …

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Interview with Kris Liivam - Contract Firefighting 43:08

2M ago43:08

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Send us a Text Message. There is a persistent ideological frame in emergency management that it lies within the public and NGO sectors, leaving significant assets outside response. We chat with Kris about the role of contracted firefighting in the wildland urban interface fires of 2023 and the capabilities within the private sector to meet the expa…

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Community Preparedness Mindset 24:14

2M ago24:14

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Send us a Text Message. There are four responses to every emergency event - public sector (1st responders), your family, the community neighbours and the corporate world. Largely uncoordinated, these will each occur to some degree whenever a disruption occurs. With an average ratio of 5500-1 for traditional first responders to residents, it is diff…

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Designing a Simple Life - Purposeful Preparedness 31:36

2M ago31:36

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Send us a Text Message. The role of preparedness is to wrap your life in a blanket of insulation, to mitigate against exogenous shocks, to allow you to continue to rock an incredible life and pursue your dreams. This episode is about the rationale for choosing your life, to do what you want for an income, to pick your leisure activities and to be i…

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Preparedness, Exercises and Adventure 28:49

2M ago28:49

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Send us a Text Message. Do you need to go without food for a few days to understand hunger? Not drink for a day to feel extreme thirst? Not change clothes for a week to see whether merino wool will eventually stink? Probably not. So do you need to turn off the power at home to practice a power outage drill? Evacuate the home on short notice to see …

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Preparedness Planning Options 22:33

2M ago22:33

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Send us a Text Message. Preparedness week is upon us, with a plethora of offerings from the government. Digest these, embrace the ideas they espouse - to inform your plan. There are two strategies to preparedness, be a professional victim or to create an independent plan. Public sector resident facing preparedness communications ask you to be ready…

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How I Changed My Future Path - Becoming a Veteran 35:44

3M ago35:44

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Send us a Text Message. Becoming a veteran is a cultural shock, entering a society that is not hierarchal, structured and with your life planned is confusing at best and disturbing. When your career ends, and everyone's will, you need to figure out what is your next iteration, the new you, what you will do and accomplish. Humans are driven by activ…

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Preparedness - Beyond Disasters 36:08

3M ago36:08

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Send us a Text Message. if you consider preparedness to be about disasters and readying to response to shocks, you're at the 20% point. Preparedness is about a lifestyle, adopting a lens through which you intent to protect your family, economic viability, health - physical / mental / financial, corporate sustainability and political independence. a…

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Entrepreneurship in Emergency Management 28:36

3M ago28:36

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Send us a Text Message. EM has an ideological frame that it belongs in the public service or the not for profit field. There is a barrier to permitting the corporate world to enter the field, a fear of embracing the profit motive. Let's be clear, there is profit in the NGO / nonprofit world, in salaries, benefits and full cost pricing. To be an ent…

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Crazy Tough World - How to Understand Your Risk 35:53

3M ago35:53

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Send us a Text Message. The world is chaotic, fraught with danger and loss. Either political, economic, warfare, cultural or other forces of disagreement, there is no shortage of rage, frustration, sorrow and loss in today's headlines - how do you navigate this? There are different perspectives - micro, meso and macro. Each level having a different…

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The Hard Choice to Change - My Story 45:59

3M ago45:59

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Send us a Text Message. Exhausted, overwhelmed, the world is overpressure, despite your best efforts, you dont see yourself getting ahead. Tired of all the motivation, discipline, morning routines etcetera that fester on the Internet? This is my story, of what I did when I hot that wall, the exhausted point. How I looked myself in the mirror, decid…

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Journalism is Struggling, How to find Trusted Information 31:52

3M ago31:52

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Send us a Text Message. Journalism in its purest form is a key to a free and democratic society, though you'd be hard pressed to find that in any nation today. With governments desperately funding traditional media in hopes of saving them, it reminds us all of protectionist cities saving the taxi industry abasing Uber / Lyft irrespective of the res…

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Don't Let Political Turmoil Affect Your Life 33:33

3M ago33:33

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Send us a Text Message. The stoics nailed control, there is but one binary choice, you are wither in control of something, or you are not. Paraphrased, it means you are in control of very little and that is precisely enough. Political ideology has much of the world fired up, creating breaks in the fabric of society, causing many people to lose conn…

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Word Salad - Mitigation, Preparedness and Resilience 36:00

4M ago36:00

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Send us a Text Message. The world is chaotic, crazy even. The exogenous shocks are numerous, impactful and all beyond our control. So how do normal families, living normal lives in reasonably modern nations navigate these times? We do so with mitigation, the long term systemic changes to our lives that insulate us from external effects. We add prep…

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Season 10 Intro and Reflections 29:09

4M ago29:09

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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to episode 251 and season 1o intro, where we discuss the upcoming seasonal focus on interviews with practitioners, discussion of news and impacts on individual preparedness and scenarios related to exogenous shocks. Whether it is a bridge collapse in the USA, war in Gaza or famine in Africa, preparedness sets us up f…

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The Story of Inside My Canoehead - Episode #250 41:20

4M ago41:20

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Send us a Text Message. Thank you, this has been a journey, I am privileged to be in your lives and deeply thankful for your patronage over the years. This milestone episode is about the journey, how we got here, the reasons to start the podcast and the parent company, as well as the ideas championed on the episodes. Our goal here is to be your sou…

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Becoming Prepared - Navigating the Chaotic 2020s 37:59

4M ago37:59

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Send us a Text Message. You want to chase your dreams, to rock an incredible life, to be all that you want - but the world continues to throw exogenous shocks at you, to seemingly be working to counter your best efforts, to limit your successes. The reality is that you are in control of very little and that is precisely all you need. The 2020s are …

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Safety & Security - When to Fight 35:37

4M ago35:37

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Send us a Text Message. The chaotic world extends locally, there are nefarious individuals in the world, who would take an opportunity to relieve you of your possessions and wealth. While we wished that was not the case, it is incumbent upon us to learn how to mitigate the effects of others, to enact that which is within our control. As the stocks …

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You Are the Most Important Asset in Emergencies - Invest in You 40:13

4M ago40:13

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Send us a Text Message. Very little is within your control, that's precisely all you need. The stoics understood that by championing your own physical, mental and financial health, you were independent of the world and could navigate whatever exogenous shock sent your way. You cannot assume responsibility for family and friends if you are in need y…

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Don't Be A Liability to Your Future Self 28:23

5M ago28:23

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Send us a Text Message. No one is coming to help, whether you're a fan of classical novels from the 1900s like Dale Carnegie or Stephen Covey, or modern motivational series from then likes of David Goggins, Mark Manson, Mel Robbins or others. Simply put, in the positive world, the actual one you live in, it is your responsibility to ensure that you…

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Why You Own Stuff - Preparedness & Possessions 36:42

5M ago36:42

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Send us a Text Message. We live in a modern, technologically enabled society that requires the ownership of physical goods to operate. The reasons we choose to acquire goods are generally within four categories - the item exists for a defined purpose (golf clubs), just in case (fire extinguisher), sentimental (Dad's picture) or we were persuaded by…

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Kit, Equipment & Preparedness 36:08

5M ago36:08

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Send us a Text Message. Preparedness planning is free, only an investment of time and energy. Beginning with personal responsibility, defining family, building a shelter in place strategy and creating the trifecta of preparedness plans. The Internet is saturated with YouTube and online personalities that present a list of things to stockpile - the …

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Communications on the Move 26:50

5M ago26:50

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Send us a Text Message. We know they're are a number of influential variables when emergencies occur. We know that a well understood and rehearsed preparedness plan will permit your family to execute their roles without needing instructions, that confusion cell calls or texts in the middle of chaos ar not required. Your family will be doing, while …

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Mobile Preparedness - On the Move 34:59

5M ago34:59

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Send us a Text Message. EDC, Bug out bags, get home bags - we've heard it all. What are the practical considerations for preparedness when we are away from our home, when accessing our shelter in place plan is not immediate. We being with a review of the first half of the ten weeks of practical preparedness, reviewing the trifecta of preparedness p…

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Risk Tolerance and Your Life 31:54

5M ago31:54

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Send us a Text Message. Your risk profile informs your life, it influences the decisions you make and the outcomes from those choices. Whether you're risk adverse and skeptical of society or you're an all-in individual who rolls with the punches, risk informs. We discuss how risk tolerance informs you preparedness timeline, your shelter in place pl…

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Your Personal Risk Profile - Navigating Chaos 30:35

5M ago30:35

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Send us a Text Message. Risk is everywhere, there is no methodology that permits risk to be lowered to zero. No personal, no business or lifestyle choices come risk free. So how to we understand the risks we face in this chaotic decade? How do we build a profile that informs our choices and aids in identifying the the risks we're exposed to? First,…

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Better Post Event Outcomes 29:37

5M ago29:37

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Send us a Text Message. Preparedness is the totality of efforts undertaken in times of peace and calm that increase your readiness and ability to navigate through exogenous shocks. The intent is to have better post events, that is to have a far less impact from the disruption and to resume normal operations at the earliest opportunity. Your goal is…

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Preparedness and Critical Infrastructure 28:58

5M ago28:58

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Send us a Text Message. We live in a technologically enabled modern and connected society. We wake daily assuming a host of services and systems will function, from the power grid to the sewage system, from the cell network to the healthcare facilities. We assume away a host of risks that exist - to build a personal preparedness plan you need to un…

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Networking for Preparedness 24:28

6M ago24:28

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Send us a Text Message. Our relationships are the key to preparedness, it's a lifestyle not a stockpile. We build our social connections based upon norms of reciprocity - that people will do good for you, if you've done it for them, as well as trust - you'll do what you say. Those are the foundation of social capital, which is the potential resourc…

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Financial - The Overlooked Key to Preparedness Planning 28:24

6M ago28:24

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Send us a Text Message. We know disasters, natural and man made. We've seen their impacts, but there is another catastrophic event that is often overlooked and ignored in preparedness discussions - loosing your income. It doesn't matter why, whether it be another pandemic, a fire at the business, an owner's decision to retire, or you were simply no…

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Evacuate Now! - Scenario Planning 31:12

6M ago31:12

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Send us a Text Message. Evacuation is the most dangerous event in preparedness for a family, the most impactful and life changing. Have a plan - a well rehearsed plan that you and your family understand. Evacuations are mandatory or voluntary, immediate or slow burn and they happen at the most inconvenient of times. The only practical advice is to …

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Most Dangerous - Evacuation - 5 Practical Tips 34:30

6M ago34:30

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Send us a Text Message. The totality of scenarios that may affect a family are on a spectrum, from the most likely, power loss, to the most dangerous, evacuation. We have all watched the panic evacuations from wildfires online, seen the interviews with families that have lost everything - this is terrifying for anyone. Hence, a well understood evac…

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Power Loss - The Scenario and Impacts 29:25

6M ago29:25

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Send us a Text Message. This first week of practical preparedness comes to a close with a discussion of a power loss scenario and the cascading impacts on families and society. Considerations from access to cell and internet, to point of sale systems, transportation, fuel, potable water in high density housing and a host of other impacts. Your empl…

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Power Loss - 5 Practical Evidence Based Tips 31:45

6M ago31:45

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Send us a Text Message. Power is the most important sector of critical infrastructure, the one that supports all the others and facilitates our modern integrated and technologically enabled society. Without it, we have significant disruption in our lives, so what can you do? These 5 practical tips, based upon understanding your minimum power profil…

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Season 9 Intro - Practical Preparedness 21:15

7M ago21:15

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Send us a Text Message. Happy New Year. Welcome to season 9, where we bring the theory and ideas from the first 8 seasons and translate those into a practical, 10 week presentation of actual and reasonable executable tasks for you to build a household emergency preparedness plan. We've spent the last 3 seasons championing the idea of personal respo…

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2023 in Review - Preparedness & Life 25:36

7M ago25:36

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Send us a Text Message. Every year comes to a close, some with great memories and some with significant challenges. If we wish to grow and learn, we need to reflect on the year that was, warts and all, embrace decisions made, opportunities turned away and in essence, review to our best ability our annual performance. If you did not have a personal …

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Rock 2024 - A Free Strategy 30:14

7M ago30:14

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Send us a Text Message. Rocking 2024 requires no money, only an investment of time. Economic barriers are a myth. This is the time where the social media feeds are deluged with ideas and recipes for everyone to become their greatest self in 2024. Happens every year, non stop. However, each one of these are not based upon you, your dreams, or your d…

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How to Build a Go / Bug Out / Get Home Bag & Why 34:09

7M ago34:09

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Send us a Text Message. We're going there, the quintessential preparedness foundation, the ubiquitous bug out bag that is the gold standard of idiocy in the prepper space. The kits are constructed principally for mental health, to provide a sense of security, the idea that you've taken steps to ready yourself and your family to navigate disruptions…

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Leave the World Behind - My Thoughts 37:41

7M ago37:41

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Send us a Text Message. Leave the World Behind is a popular new film on Netflix, depicting the failure of modern society, the collapse of communication and the struggle of seven humans to navigate a situation. We discuss the film through the lens of each character representing an element of US society, and the greater western world, and how each of…

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Preparedness and Community - Your Secret Weapon 27:16

7M ago27:16

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Send us a Text Message. Community is your sense of belonging, of place; it's spatial, not bounded by geography, but crossing municipal boundaries. It may be based upon a faith group, service organization, extended family or your physical neighbourhood. Knowing that preparedness is the totality of attitudes and actions that empower you to navigate e…

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