PRN Episode #8 Interview Covert Prepper

PRN Episode #8 Interview Covert Prepper
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In this episode of the Shepherd School, David talks with James Smith aka The Covert Prepper.

The Covert Prepper has an interesting background, he covertly raised chickens on a small lot gardens without people recognizing the food items, and does all manner of preparedness activities without drawing attention to himself.

While I don’t try to be covert in my prepping, I do see the attractiveness in doing so.

Actually If I had to do it over again I probably would have spent more time working at being anonymous in my work.

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During this podcast We discuss covert gardening, caching, codes, and share some philosophy talk. You can visit him online at his YouTube Channel.

 

PRN Episode #7 John Wesley Smith

PRN Episode #7 John Wesley Smith
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Join David as he interviews fellow PRN host John Wesley Smith of Destiny Survival Radio.

David and John will discuss new developments in prepping their personal experiences with prepping and what 2013 hold for all preppers.

Destiny Survival and John Wesley Smith are well known in the preparedness world as he has been doing this for a long time.  I learn a lot from listening to him, and I enjoyed talking with him

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.

*Update, I just found out Destiny Survival Radio is going out of business, I wish John the best in all his future endeavors and will miss his contributions to the field.

 

Terrorism, Tactics, and Force Multipliers

 

Terrorism, Tactics, and Force Multipliers
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I used to work as a criminal justice adjunct instructor for a a private college here in Nashville. I ended up teaching terrorism much of the time, and while going through my computer I found several PowerPoint files and lesson plans I felt would be useful to some of the readers of this site.

Now this post comes from the terrorism course, and I have cut it down to discuss force multipliers, tactics of terrorists, and an introduction to WMD concepts.

It is rather long – coming in at 30 minutes, but I saved you from any cutesy intro music, and all the nice to know illustrative stuff I would have talked about in a normal 3 hour course.

This is a quick introduction to some involved concepts, and if you find it interesting let me know, as I would like to go into greater detail, but don’t want to bore anyone.

This video discusses force multipliers terrorists use to become more effective so that smaller numbers can have bigger impact.

If you understand the methods terrorists use then you can fight them.  If you have no idea of the enemy or how they operate you will never have a chance at stopping them

PRN Episode #6 Self Reliance

52 Unique Techniques for Stocking Food for Prepper
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In this episode David talks self reliance.  Being able to take care of yourself is a vital concept to preppers.  But self reliance is not always easy.  We discuss:

  • You can wait until you have the perfect situation, or you can just get started
  • Urban Homesteading, and what food production systems David has at his suburban home
  • Essay I,Pencil and why nobody can be truly self-reliant, but everyone should try
  • DIY project for making, testing, and storing homemade vinegar
  • How David builds his prepping network

Once again, no one can be totally self-reliant because no single person can know or do everything.  Additionally even if you can do everything you sure can’t do it all at the same time.  Remember TANSTAFL there is no such thing as a free lunch.  You will have to bend a little and join or build a team if you want to be truly disaster resistant.

This is a problem for me, I am not the most social person.  But I try and so should you.

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.

 

Terrorism and Media Frames

Terrorism and Media Frames
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I used to work as a criminal justice adjunct instructor for a a private college here in Nashville.  I ended up teaching terrorism much of the time, and while going through my computer I found several PowerPoint files and lesson plans I felt would be useful to some of the readers of this site.

Now this post on terrorism and media frames comes from the terrorism course, but media bias, contagion effects, the big lie, and how media framing is something all well informed citizens need to understand.

It is rather long – coming in at 30 minutes, but I saved you from any cutesy intro music, and all the nice to know illustrative stuff I would have talked about in a normal 3 hour course.

The media doesn’t look out for your interests like some claim they do, and if you want to be informed, it pays to understand why.

As you see what the media reports on and how they frame the story to show a particular view an unbiased individual can see that the news is being presented to show a particular view.

While you can become informed by the modern news if you don’t recognize the bias you can be influenced without even knowing it.