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The Common Sense Practical Prepper

Keith Vincent

Welcome to The Common Sense Practical Prepper. No doom, no zombies — just straightforward, practical advice for real people who want to be prepared without breaking the bank.


From food storage and home security to situational awareness and bug out strategies, I break down what actually works for everyday folks.


Have a question or topic suggestion? Drop it in the comments.


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  • September 5 · 15 min

    Mailbag Lessons For Real-World Preppers

    Send us Fan Mail We read listener emails that turn everyday prepping into practical decisions, from choosing who to ask for help to building food security that lasts for months. We also dig into farm-direct meat logistics, quiet equipment failures, and why relationships often matter more than perfect gear. • flipping the gray man concept by judging which home seems safest to approach • using situational awareness to read signals without over-trusting them • paying more upfront for farm-direct meat to gain taste, traceability, and supply chain resilience • understanding custom processing steps like hanging time, cut lists, and vacuum sealing • doing the math on hanging weight, per-pound processing, and split-animal budgeting • preventing silent freezer loss with routine checks and a backup power plan • building long-term trust with farmers to improve access and timing • addressing the Augason Farms discount code limit and what we’re doing to fix it Subscribe, like, drop a review https://augasonfarms.com?sca_ref=9315862.VpHzogdDNu Support the show Have a question, suggestion or comment? Please email me at practicalpreppodcast@gmail.com. I will not sell your email address and I will personally respond to you.

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  • September 3 · 17 min

    Supply Chain In The Background - Milk

    Send us Fan Mail That “simple” gallon of milk in your fridge has a supply chain biography that stretches from fertilizer plants and global natural gas markets all the way to a refrigerated dairy case that cannot blink. We walk through the milk supply chain step by step and call out the exact moments where one mistake, one outage, or one delayed truck can turn thousands of gallons into waste. We start upstream with what most people never connect to milk: fertilizer. Nitrogen, urea, and energy costs ripple into feed prices, herd size decisions, and ultimately the price you pay at the store. Then we move through feed logistics, on-farm milking, rapid chilling in bulk tanks, and the strict testing performed by licensed milk haulers and processing plants. From there, it is all cold chain logistics: pasteurization, packaging, refrigerated warehousing, distribution centers, and the final few feet into the dairy case, often within about 48 hours. We also zoom out and compare resilience models. Much of continental Europe leans on UHT shelf-stable milk that can sit for months without refrigeration, while Australia fights the same refrigerated-milk battle the US does but across extreme distances and heat. The preparedness takeaway is practical: keep a realistic margin for error with options like UHT milk, powdered milk, and evaporated milk, and understand why the US system is efficient but thin on slack. If this breakdown helps you think more clearly about food security and preparedness, subscribe, share the episode with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find the show. https://augasonfarms.com?sca_ref=9315862.VpHzogdDNu Support the show Have a question, suggestion or comment? Please email me at practicalpreppodcast@gmail.com. I will not sell your email address and I will personally respond to you.

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  • September 2 · 16 min

    Farm-Direct Meat Buying Basics

    Send us Fan Mail PBN LINK https://prepper-broadcasting-network.beam.ly/ Meat prices are up, the supply chain feels shaky, and “just buy it at the store” is starting to sound like bad planning. So we sit down and seriously think through a question a lot of people ask but few actually calculate: does buying a quarter cow, half cow, or half hog directly from a farmer save money, and does it make sense for preparedness? We walk through what you really get when you buy a share of an animal (it’s not just steaks) and why farm-direct meat boxes can be the best low-risk trial run. Then we get into the part that confuses almost everyone: the difference between live weight, hanging weight, and the packaged weight that ends up in your freezer. If you’ve ever tried to compare a farm’s “$/lb hanging weight” to a grocery store price tag and felt lost, we lay out the clean way to do it. The only number that matters is your true cost per pound after processing fees, based on how many pounds of wrapped meat you bring home. From a prepper angle, we talk through the real upside: fewer store trips, a shorter supply chain, a relationship with a local producer, and a freezer that’s stocked with food your family already eats. But we also hit the catch: a chest freezer creates a new dependency on electricity, and your plan has to account for outages, not wish them away. If this helps you think clearer about bulk meat buying, share it with a friend, subscribe, and leave a review so more people can find the show. https://augasonfarms.com?sca_ref=9315862.VpHzogdDNu Support the show Have a question, suggestion or comment? Please email me at practicalpreppodcast@gmail.com. I will not sell your email address and I will personally respond to you.

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  • August 31 · 24 min

    Disaster Morale When The Adrenaline Fades

    Send us Fan Mail Week one of a disaster can feel almost surreal, but strangely focused. You check on family, you execute the plan, you help neighbors, and adrenaline does what adrenaline does. Then the days stack up. Sleep gets weird, uncertainty becomes constant, the same small problems keep returning, and somewhere around week two, three, or four a lot of capable people slam into a mental wall they did not see coming. I walk through the psychological patterns researchers see after major disasters, from impact and the heroic push to the honeymoon period, then the hard shift into disillusionment and adaptation. We talk about why this happens without blaming yourself: stress hormones are not meant to run at full power forever, predictability disappears, decision fatigue grows, and grief shows up even when nobody has died because you are grieving normal life. If you are prepping for a long-term grid down event or any sustained SHTF scenario, this is the missing piece that can quietly break families and groups even when the pantry is full. Then we get practical with the five anchors that stabilize morale when help isn’t coming: a simple routine that reduces decisions, a clear purpose and roles that make people feel useful, daily physical movement, real human connection, and stacking small wins that prove progress is still possible. I also cover what prolonged stress looks like in adults and in kids, what not to say, what to say instead, and how to “preload” these habits now so you are not inventing mental resilience while exhausted. If this helps, subscribe, share the episode with someone who preps, and leave a review so more people can find it. https://augasonfarms.com?sca_ref=9315862.VpHzogdDNu Support the show Have a question, suggestion or comment? Please email me at practicalpreppodcast@gmail.com. I will not sell your email address and I will personally respond to you.

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  • August 28 · 32 min

    The Lone Man On The Ridge - Episode 14: Roanoke

    Send us Fan Mail Roanoke shows up as a green highway sign, but it hits like a warning label. We’re riding with Jack, Rachel, Lily, and Mr. Rogers in a truck full of tension after the checkpoint, where one sentence keeps echoing in the cab and nobody can take it back. With fuel low and the city ahead carved into territories, we need a plan, and the only person who has one won’t even look our way. Subscribe, share the episode with a friend who loves gritty audio drama, and leave a review so more listeners can find the road with us. What was the moment that changed how you see Jack and Rachel? Support the show Have a question, suggestion or comment? Please email me at practicalpreppodcast@gmail.com. I will not sell your email address and I will personally respond to you.

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  • August 27 · 19 min

    Dental Emergencies When Help Is Gone

    Send us Fan Mail A cracked tooth on day four of a grid down disaster sounds small until the pain spikes, the swelling starts, and you realize the dentist is unreachable. We take dental emergencies seriously because they are not just miserable, they can become dangerous fast. Most people assume the ER can fix a tooth, but in many cases you get antibiotics and a referral, which is not much help when the supply chain is broken and appointments do not exist. We lay out the five most common dental emergencies you are likely to face in a survival situation: a knocked out tooth, a cracked or fractured tooth, a lost filling or crown, an abscess or infection, and a severe toothache with no obvious cause. We talk timelines, including why a knocked out tooth is time critical and what to do immediately, plus the practical reason milk can protect the root cells better than water. We also cover the warning signs that turn a tooth problem into a true medical emergency, like fever, swelling spreading into the neck, or trouble swallowing or breathing. Then we get practical with step by step home protocols that buy you time: warm salt water rinses, gentle flossing, cold compress cycles, smart over the counter pain control, and topical options like clove oil and benzocaine gel. Finally, we share a simple $25 DIY emergency dental kit shopping list, how to store it, and what tools to avoid if you do not have hands on training. If you found this useful, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review so more people close this gap in their emergency preparedness. https://augasonfarms.com?sca_ref=9315862.VpHzogdDNu Augason Farms Support the podcast. Click on my affiliate link and use coupon code PODCASTPREP for 10% discount! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show Have a question, suggestion or comment? Please email me at practicalpreppodcast@gmail.com. I will not sell your email address and I will personally respond to you.

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  • August 25 · 18 min

    Generational Preparedness

    Send us Fan Mail The gear in your closet will not matter much if the people in your house freeze when something goes wrong. I’m Keith, and I’m making the case that the most important form of preparedness is raising capable, clear-headed kids who can notice problems early, think through options, and act without panic. Call it generational preparedness: the long-game prep that outlasts any flashlight, water filter, or food bucket. I break this down by age so it stays practical. For ages 5 to 8, we turn situational awareness into everyday games: spot the exits, remember where the car is parked, name the street you’re on, point toward home, and practice names, address, and phone number without turning it into a scary talk. For ages 9 to 12, kids get real responsibility: helping shop with price-per-ounce thinking, rotating pantry items by expiration date, and learning basic home emergency skills like water shutoffs, breakers, fire extinguishers, and what belongs in a first aid kit. Then we move into the teen years with adult-level readiness: building a get-home bag together, talking through breakdown scenarios, practicing practical life skills from cooking to changing a flat tire, and learning how to slow down and verify information online. I also call out the trap that wrecks resilience fast: doing everything for your kids and shielding them from every consequence. If you want family preparedness, resilient kids, and a smarter approach to emergency readiness, hit play, subscribe, share this with a parent who needs it, and leave a review so more people can find the show. What is one skill you’re going to start teaching this week? https://augasonfarms.com?sca_ref=9315862.VpHzogdDNu Augason Farms Support the podcast. Click on my affiliate link and use coupon code PODCASTPREP for 10% discount! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show Have a question, suggestion or comment? Please email me at practicalpreppodcast@gmail.com. I will not sell your email address and I will personally respond to you.

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  • August 24 · 15 min

    Goldbacks For Preppers

    Send us Fan Mail Not financial advice. A piece of real gold you can fold like a bill sounds like a prepper cheat code, right up until you ask the hard questions: Is it actually gold, can you really spend it, and what are you paying for besides the metal? I walk through goldbacks from a practical preparedness angle, starting with what they are at the most basic level: thin polymer notes with layered 24 karat gold embedded inside, created to make gold “spendable” in small denominations. Then I share my own gold ATM adventure near Richmond, Virginia, which turned into a huge letdown when the app led me to sketchy locations that did not match the promise. That story tees up a bigger point about due diligence: if you are buying precious metals for financial resilience, you cannot rely on hype, outdated listings, or random sellers. Where there is gold, there are scams, and we talk through simple ways to reduce your risk. From there, we get into the real pros and cons. Goldbacks can add a layer behind cash with potential barter utility, privacy, and a format that still works when electronic payments fail. But they also come with limited merchant acceptance, meaningful premiums over spot price, inconsistent buyback liquidity, price fluctuations tied to the gold market, and the very real friction of having to explain what you are handing someone in a high-stress moment. I also cover where to buy goldbacks through reputable online bullion dealers or local coin shops, and how to think about them as a niche tool rather than a replacement for cash, silver, or traditional gold bullion. If you care about prepping, inflation hedges, and tangible assets you can hold in your hand, this is a grounded look at whether goldbacks make sense after your basics are covered. Subscribe, share the show with a friend, and leave a review if you want more practical, common sense preparedness. https://augasonfarms.com?sca_ref=9315862.VpHzogdDNu Augason Farms Support the podcast. Click on my affiliate link and use coupon code PODCASTPREP for 10% discount! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show Have a question, suggestion or comment? Please email me at practicalpreppodcast@gmail.com. I will not sell your email address and I will personally respond to you.

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  • August 22 · 12 min

    Social Media Praise Is Rewriting Right And Wrong

    Send us Fan Mail Chaos at a state fair. A packed restaurant suddenly turning into a brawl. Crowds forming around violence like it’s entertainment. If you’ve felt that uneasy gut-check in public lately, I’m putting words to what a lot of people are noticing and quietly dismissing: societal decay has started to look more like societal rot, and it changes how we should think about everyday safety. I break down recent examples of mob behavior and why they spread so fast, using plain-English crowd psychology that actually helps you make decisions in real time. We talk deindividuation, emotional contagion, and diffusion of responsibility, and how those forces can turn a normal night at a fair, mall, or restaurant into a “no rules for 20 minutes” situation. I also dig into the darker side of performative culture, where social media validation can warp judgment and even blur the line between victim and perpetrator. Then I bring it back to practical prepping. Preparedness isn’t just water, flashlights, and blackout plans. It’s situational awareness, a simple family emergency plan for public spaces, knowing exits, recognizing threat indicators early, and building real community face to face with people you trust. I also share why teaching kids critical thinking and resilience might be one of the most important preparedness moves we have right now. If this hits home, subscribe, share the episode with a friend, and leave a review so more people who care about practical preparedness and personal safety can find it. What’s the biggest public-space red flag you’ve noticed lately? https://augasonfarms.com?sca_ref=9315862.VpHzogdDNu Augason Farms Support the podcast. Click on my affiliate link and use coupon code PODCASTPREP for 10% discount! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show Have a question, suggestion or comment? Please email me at practicalpreppodcast@gmail.com. I will not sell your email address and I will personally respond to you.

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  • August 20 · 19 min

    Prepper Boot Camp Blueprint

    Send us Fan Mail Imagine showing up to a campus for five days and learning preparedness the way you actually learn anything for real: by doing it. We’re not talking about another weekend lecture or a single-skill class. We’re sketching a full-spectrum “prepper boot camp” where the lights can go out on purpose, the taps can get shut off on purpose, and your team has to solve practical problems with the tools and skills you brought to the table. We walk through the whole concept from the ground up: the kind of property it would take, how it would be split between a comfort zone and a training zone, and the stations that make the place come alive. Think a mock neighborhood for home hardening and low-profile movement, a water area for purification labs and rain catchment, a field kitchen for off-grid cooking, and a comms shack where you build radio networks instead of just reading about them. We also include a medical station for trauma simulations, a vehicle bay for basic emergency repairs, and a working garden plus food forest that feeds into the training week. Then we map out the curriculum: a shared three-day foundation that covers mindset, situational awareness, water, fire, shelter principles, food storage, rotation, cooking without the grid, and preservation methods like dehydrating, canning, and freeze drying. After that, you pick a track and go deep in communications, medical and trauma, advanced food systems, or security and defensive planning, before bringing it all together in a team-based final scenario and after-action review. If you’ve ever wished you could turn YouTube knowledge into real confidence, this is the blueprint. Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs a nudge, and leave a review with what you’d add to the curriculum. https://augasonfarms.com?sca_ref=9315862.VpHzogdDNu Augason Farms Support the podcast. Click on my affiliate link and use coupon code PODCASTPREP for 10% discount! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show Have a question, suggestion or comment? Please email me at practicalpreppodcast@gmail.com. I will not sell your email address and I will personally respond to you.

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  • August 19 · 25 min

    Gray Man Basics

    Send us Fan Mail Looking “ready” can be the exact thing that puts you on someone’s list. Tonight I’m digging into one of the most useful preparedness skills that costs nothing and works anywhere: the Gray Man concept, or staying invisible in plain sight. This is not about dressing like a spy or stripping your personality. It’s about understanding how attention works and choosing, on purpose, not to attract it. We walk through why blending in is a real survival skill during everyday life and during real disruptions like blackouts, civil unrest, or simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time. I break down the biggest “tells” that draw eyes: clothing that’s wrong for the context, obvious tactical scanning, urgency that doesn’t match the crowd, and body language that reads like law enforcement, threat, or victim. We also talk about the subtle stuff almost nobody covers, like what your hands are doing, how you move through a room, and how “matching the pattern of life” can be better camouflage than any outfit. Then we get practical with operational security and privacy: how bumper stickers, ham radio antennas, and parking habits can become data points, and how casual conversations and social media posts can accidentally build a profile of your resources. During a crisis, we cover gray man basics for your home too: light discipline, noise control, smell management, and how to help neighbors without advertising abundance. If you want practical prepping advice that makes you safer without buying more gear, hit subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a quick review so more people can find the show. https://augasonfarms.com?sca_ref=9315862.VpHzogdDNu Augason Farms Support the podcast. Click on my affiliate link and use coupon code PODCASTPREP for 10% discount! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show Have a question, suggestion or comment? Please email me at practicalpreppodcast@gmail.com. I will not sell your email address and I will personally respond to you.

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  • August 17 · 15 min

    Prepper Camp 2026 Recap

    Send us Fan Mail You can spend years talking into a microphone and still wonder if any of it lands. Then you walk through Prepper Camp and strangers stop you after class to say they listened, they learned, and it mattered. That’s what this Prepper Camp 2026 weekend recap is really about: the moment preparedness stops being content and becomes connection. I share what it was like presenting for the first time and teaching Run, Hide, Fight: how the crowds differed across Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, what people asked during Q and A, and why scenario-based thinking is the heart of practical active shooter survival training. I also talk about the little things that helped keep the room engaged, from quick giveaways like mini first aid kits and a fire blanket to the simple boost of making learning feel human. We also dig into the big change this year: Prepper Camp’s move to the Tryon International Equestrian Center and Resort. The venue is massive and built for large events, with lodging and food options that can keep you on property all weekend, but the heat and parking shuttle system added real friction. The most exciting possibility is a move to October next year, which could transform the entire experience. What surprised me most came from conversations with vendors and organizers about service, community, and purpose beyond profit. If you care about prepping, self-reliance, emergency preparedness, and building real community resilience, you’ll hear why this event keeps people coming back. Subscribe, share this episode with a friend, and leave a review so more practical preppers can find the show. https://augasonfarms.com?sca_ref=9315862.VpHzogdDNu Augason Farms Support the podcast. Click on my affiliate link and use coupon code PODCASTPREP for 10% discount! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show Have a question, suggestion or comment? Please email me at practicalpreppodcast@gmail.com. I will not sell your email address and I will personally respond to you.

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  • August 14 · 16 min

    The Lone Man On The Ridge - Episode 13: The Checkpoint

    Send us Fan Mail A staggered line of concrete barriers. Two trucks blocking the highway. Men in coordinated gear holding rifles low, not to reassure you, but to show they don’t need to aim to be in control. We’re riding with Jack as he eases his truck into a checkpoint on I-81 with a woman, a child, and Mr. Rogers pressed tight in the cab, all of them listening for the moment that turns “procedure” into violence. The tension isn’t loud, it’s measured, and that’s what makes it worse. If you love survival fiction, post-apocalyptic audio drama, and stories about power, boundaries, and the price of passage, this chapter hits hard. Subscribe, share this episode with a friend, and leave a review with your take: would you have handled that checkpoint differently? Support the show Have a question, suggestion or comment? Please email me at practicalpreppodcast@gmail.com. I will not sell your email address and I will personally respond to you.

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  • August 11 · 8 min

    Smart Home Convenience That Breaks Self-Reliance

    Send us Fan Mail Your front door, your heat, and your “security” cameras might not really be yours anymore and that’s not a conspiracy, it’s a dependency chain. We take a hard, practical look at how smart home devices can turn everyday convenience into a preparedness vulnerability, especially when core functions rely on cloud servers, Wi‑Fi, firmware updates, and monthly subscriptions. If you care about self-reliance, operational security, and resilient home systems, this one will make you rethink what you’ve invited into your house. We walk through the hidden transaction behind smart locks, smart thermostats, and cloud-connected cameras: trading autonomy for convenience. The hardware sits on your wall, but the functionality often lives on someone else’s infrastructure with someone else’s priorities. We talk about what happens when servers go down, bad updates roll out, or access gets restricted and why “it usually works” is not the same thing as being prepared. Then we zoom out to the OPSEC side: the data trail smart devices create, what it reveals about your schedule and patterns, and how “always-on” tech can become a self-funded surveillance system. Finally, we give you a simple decision filter for smart home tech: does it increase your independence or decrease it, and can you operate it if every external system fails? If you want a smarter, tougher home security and preparedness plan, start here. Subscribe, share this with a friend who loves gadgets, and leave a review with the smart device you’re rethinking. https://augasonfarms.com?sca_ref=9315862.VpHzogdDNu Augason Farms Support the podcast. Click on my affiliate link and use coupon code PODCASTPREP for 10% discount! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show Have a question, suggestion or comment? Please email me at practicalpreppodcast@gmail.com. I will not sell your email address and I will personally respond to you.

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  • August 10 · 19 min

    Ten Prepper Types In Real Life

    Send us Fan Mail You can learn a lot about preparedness by laughing at yourself for 20 minutes. We walk through the top 10 stereotypical prepper types, not to dunk on anybody, but to spot the patterns that show up in real emergency planning: the pantry prepper with flawless food rotation, the tactical operator stacked with gear, the homesteader who lives off skills, the info junkie who “saw a video,” and the lone wolf who thinks a rifle and a route solves everything. Along the way, we translate each stereotype into something useful for practical prepping. Where are you genuinely strong: long-term food storage, home defense, OPSEC, self-reliance, homesteading skills, or budget-friendly readiness? And where are you exposed: no water filter, no calories, no tested plan, no community, or a plan so secret your own family can’t execute it. This is emergency preparedness as a reality check, with simple next steps like buying rice if you’re gear-heavy, taking a self-defense class if you’re pantry-rich, and closing YouTube long enough to go make a fire. We also hit the “common sense prepper” mindset: sustainable, calm, consistent readiness that doesn’t become your whole identity, while still pushing yourself to test plans and avoid complacency. If you’re coming to Prepper Camp in Mill Spring, North Carolina, come say hello. I’m presenting “Run Hide Fight, Surviving an Active Shooter Situation” in the Big Tent, Tent Number Five, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 0900 hours. Subscribe, share this with a friend, and drop a review so more people find the show. https://augasonfarms.com?sca_ref=9315862.VpHzogdDNu Augason Farms Support the podcast. Click on my affiliate link and use coupon code PODCASTPREP for 10% discount! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show Have a question, suggestion or comment? Please email me at practicalpreppodcast@gmail.com. I will not sell your email address and I will personally respond to you.

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  • August 9 · 25 min

    Emergency Meeting Of The Royal Tinfoil Hat Brigade :)

    Send us Fan Mail The next lockdown won’t arrive with a neat countdown clock, and you won’t get a week to “go prep.” You’ll get a headline, a rush on stores, and then empty shelves in about 72 hours. I’m walking through what actually happened in March 2020 from a supply-chain perspective, why the system didn’t truly “run out” of food but still failed at the last mile, and what that teaches us about building a real buffer at home before the next disruption hits. We also talk about the messier side of what 2020 did to people’s trust. I go full tinfoil hat for a stretch and lay out why so many Americans feel they were misled, pressured, and censored, and why that matters for practical preparedness. Lower institutional trust changes everything next time: compliance drops, enforcement rises, social tension spikes sooner, and panic buying accelerates. Add how much more digital our lives have become since 2020 and you’ve got a bigger risk surface, especially if a cyber attack or infrastructure disruption stacks on top of a public health event. Then we get concrete. I lay out a simple 30-day lockdown readiness plan: the pantry method for real food (not just buckets), water storage and filtration, 90 days of prescriptions if you can swing it, cash on hand in small bills, and fuel habits that keep you mobile when stations get mobbed. We also cover the overlooked essentials like boredom-proof entertainment, basic home security, and why a small trusted community network beats a bunker full of gear. If this helped, subscribe, share it with a friend who keeps saying “that’ll never happen again,” and drop a review so more people build their buffer before the next announcement. https://augasonfarms.com?sca_ref=9315862.VpHzogdDNu Augason Farms Support the podcast. Click on my affiliate link and use coupon code PODCASTPREP for 10% discount! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show Have a question, suggestion or comment? Please email me at practicalpreppodcast@gmail.com. I will not sell your email address and I will personally respond to you.

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  • August 9 · 23 min

    Read People Fast And Stay Safer

    Send us Fan Mail You can’t protect yourself if you don’t notice the moment “normal” breaks. We’re talking about the real-world skill most people never practice until it’s too late: reading people quickly in everyday places like parking lots, gas stations, grocery stores, and dimly lit walkways after work. This isn’t mind reading or paranoia. It’s learning how to walk into a space and, within seconds, understand the baseline, spot the outlier, and make a safer choice early. We share the practical framework we used in law enforcement: pause at the threshold for three seconds, read the overall energy, identify the anchors who belong there, and flag behavior that doesn’t fit. From there we go deep on the simplest safety rule that saves lives: watch the hands. We break down what hidden hands, clenched fists, fidgeting, grooming cues, target glancing, blading into a fighting stance, and “the interview” approach can signal before violence starts, plus why patterns matter more than any single clue. Then we connect it to reaction time and the Tueller Drill, also known as the 21-foot rule. Action is faster than reaction, and distance buys time, options, and survival. We also cover why context beats words, how to treat gut feelings as data, and what to do with the information: create space, change angles, use barriers, de-escalate without submitting, and leave fast with purpose when it’s time to go. If you want stronger situational awareness, smarter personal safety habits, and practical self defense skills that still work when the world gets weird, this one is for you. Subscribe, share this with someone you care about, and leave a review so more people learn to spot trouble early. https://augasonfarms.com?sca_ref=9315862.VpHzogdDNu Augason Farms Support the podcast. Click on my affiliate link and use coupon code PODCASTPREP for 10% discount! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show Have a question, suggestion or comment? Please email me at practicalpreppodcast@gmail.com. I will not sell your email address and I will personally respond to you.

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  • August 6 · 19 min

    The Lone Man On The Ridge - Episode 12: Thirty Five Miles

    Send us Fan Mail Thirty five miles can feel like an ocean when the fuel gauge won’t move and the interstate is a museum of dead cars. We follow Jack as he watches his range collapse into a single choice: keep rolling until the truck dies, or get off the road now while he can still pick the ground where he stops. He finds a rural exit, hides the truck in a tight clearing, and lays out every last resource like a case file: food that might stretch a week, water that won’t, ammo that disappears faster than anyone wants to admit, and one small tool that changes everything, a siphon hose. Subscribe for more, share this chapter with a friend who loves survival fiction, and leave a review with the choice you would make: stop for them, or keep moving? Support the show Have a question, suggestion or comment? Please email me at practicalpreppodcast@gmail.com. I will not sell your email address and I will personally respond to you.

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  • August 5 · 13 min

    Getting Family On Board

    Send us Fan Mail Links to Prepper Camp 2026 Schedule https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OqGS8iXDlOqCQYFR_BPaC9nMFiv_HHFF/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o1h7rD42OL_ps4b34Ka6XxswZ4NeKiJ_/view?usp=sharing Your family isn’t rejecting being ready, they’re rejecting the scary version of “prepping” they’ve been shown. I break down why that eye roll shows up so fast and why it’s usually tied to discomfort, stereotypes, and the fear of admitting that bad things can happen, not a lack of common sense. We get practical about what *doesn’t* work: the long grid-down lecture, fear-first “what if everything collapses?” arguments, ultimatums, and doom videos that quietly poison the topic. Then we shift to a calmer approach that actually builds family preparedness: start with their world, use normal language, and solve small problems they already agree are real. Think car kit instead of bug out bag, extra groceries instead of “emergency food,” and a battery lantern for the next power outage instead of a big dramatic scenario. I also talk through how to let preparedness prove itself without saying “I told you so,” how to involve kids without making them anxious, and how to keep prepping from turning into relationship damage. If you’re heading to Prepper Camp, I share details on my active shooter survival class (run, hide, fight) and I’m adding clearer schedule links in the show notes so you can print them out. Subscribe, share this with someone who needs it, and leave a review so more families can find a steadier path to readiness. https://augasonfarms.com?sca_ref=9315862.VpHzogdDNu Augason Farms Support the podcast. Click on my affiliate link and use coupon code PODCASTPREP for 10% discount! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show Have a question, suggestion or comment? Please email me at practicalpreppodcast@gmail.com. I will not sell your email address and I will personally respond to you.

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  • August 2 · 17 min

    Supply Chain In The Background - Your Script's Hidden Journey

    Send us Fan Mail You take the pill, close the cabinet, and move on with your day. But that “five-second” habit depends on a globe-spanning pharmaceutical supply chain that can break in ways most of us never see until the pharmacy says, “Try next week.” I’m Keith, and I’m kicking off a new series on the supply chain running in the background by following one of the most common prescriptions in America, the generic statin tablet, all the way back through wholesalers, manufacturing, and raw chemical inputs. We dig into the uncomfortable mechanics: pharmacies running just in time inventory with only a few days of stock, how a small number of distributors can shape who gets medication during shortages, and why so many generic drugs trace back to manufacturing in India and chemical inputs from China. From there, we talk about the real vulnerabilities that create medication shortages, including infrequent foreign inspections, quality failures and contamination recalls, and the risk of a single factory or single input becoming a worldwide bottleneck. Then we shift from awareness to action. I lay out a practical preparedness framework you can use tonight: classify each medication by how critical it is, ask for a 90-day script when appropriate, refill early to build a buffer, set up a secondary source like mail order, and ask your doctor what the backup medication plan is before you need it. If you want a clear, common-sense guide to medication preparedness, pharmaceutical supply chain risk, and realistic steps to protect your household, this one is for you. Subscribe, share the episode with someone managing chronic meds, and drop a review so more people can find the series. https://augasonfarms.com?sca_ref=9315862.VpHzogdDNu Augason Farms Support the podcast. Click on my affiliate link and use coupon code PODCASTPREP for 10% discount! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Support the show Have a question, suggestion or comment? Please email me at practicalpreppodcast@gmail.com. I will not sell your email address and I will personally respond to you.

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