Latest Survival skills Podcast Episodes
Episode 124: Lots of Projects!
Master of None- Adventures in a Hands-on Life - October 03, 2021 06:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsToday, you get to come along with me as we take a look at a bunch of different ongoing projects. Sometimes things work well, sometimes they don't. Sometimes we have to adjust our tactics, but we always learn. In this episode, we'll talk about some habitat restoration work, aquaponics, gardeni...
October 2021 Bonus
Master of None- Adventures in a Hands-on Life - October 02, 2021 03:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsAs usual, we have three items to cover for the monthly bonus episode. This month, we talk about one of my best productivity tips, a book that has impacted my mindset on conservation, and sober October!
Excuses and Self Accountability
Crucial Survival Podcast - September 29, 2021 22:00 - 54 minutesIs it possible to be accountable to yourself? Today we talk to about self account ability and the excuses we make.
Episode 123: DIY Gourmet Charcuterie
Master of None- Adventures in a Hands-on Life - September 26, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsWe made Italian lonzino! Lonzino is a traditional air-cured, dry-aged, pork loin. It's pretty amazing, and you can easily make it at home with equipment that you probably already have in the kitchen.
Survival Statistics
Crucial Survival Podcast - September 22, 2021 20:00 - 11 minutesSurvival statistics are dangerous where ever you read them. Pay heed and this might save your life.
Load for Bear
Crucial Survival Podcast - September 15, 2021 14:00 - 5 minutes"Load for Bear" is a principle of preparedness well worth knowing.
Episode 122: All About Knives
Master of None- Adventures in a Hands-on Life - September 12, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis week is all about knives. What knives are best suited to particular uses? What is the best knife for you? What do you need to know about knives before you buy one? What knife terminology should you know? What is the best steel for a knife blade? What knives do I actually use?
Episode 121: Sailboat Restoration
Master of None- Adventures in a Hands-on Life - September 05, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn this episode, we're working with a 60-ish year old Snipe sailboat. While many aspects of this boat are in great shape, it's going to take some serious work to get it ready to sail again. By the time we're done, though, we'll basically have a brand new boat.
Can you eat the food that other mammals and birds eat?
Crucial Survival Podcast - September 04, 2021 15:00 - 5 minutesCan you the eat the food that monkeys eat and the berries birds eat? This is long-standing survival "knowledge" is completely wrong!
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Episode 120: Mastering Bushcraft
Master of None- Adventures in a Hands-on Life - August 15, 2021 06:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn this final installment, we cover the last four skills on our list of ten critical bushcraft skills. We discuss knife-handling, building fires, recognizing danger in the wilderness, and backcountry emergency medicine.
Episode 119: More Bushcraft Skills
Master of None- Adventures in a Hands-on Life - August 08, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis week, we continue our discussion of my top-10 bushcraft skills. We cover the next four skills on my list. Many people carry 550 cord, but how do you actually use it? Can you tie a knot that you'd bet your life on? How scared of grizzly bears should you be? How do you even choose where ...
August 2021 Bonus
Master of None- Adventures in a Hands-on Life - August 04, 2021 00:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsHere's your bonus content for the month. How do you get a fish bone out of your throat? Our book of the month is Ireland by Frank Delaney. The challenge for the month is to do a pencil drawing- don't worry, I give you some tips.
Episode 118: Top-10 Bushcraft skills
Master of None- Adventures in a Hands-on Life - August 01, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsSurvival skills are one thing, but bushcraft skills will keep you out of a survival situation. If you want to fish, hunt, backpack, or recreate in the backcountry, these ten skills are absolutely critical.
Episode 117: Survival Skills Q&A
Master of None- Adventures in a Hands-on Life - July 25, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsI get a lot of questions about "survival skills," so I decided to pick a few of them and answer them on this episode. We're going to discuss some basic fire starting techniques, essential survival gear, and practical exercises you can start doing to improve your own odds of survival.
Episode 116: Eat More Weeds! Foraging Wild Lambsquarters
Master of None- Adventures in a Hands-on Life - July 19, 2021 06:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsLambsquarters are one of the easiest wild plants to identify, gather and cook. That's exactly what we're doing in this episode.
Episode 115: You Can Be My Super-Spy
Master of None- Adventures in a Hands-on Life - July 12, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsToday is all about situational awareness. This is a skill that's trained and practiced, not something that's inherent in a select few.
Episode 114: Playground Landscaping
Master of None- Adventures in a Hands-on Life - July 05, 2021 06:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsOk, seriously, this week I've been working really hard on moving around a lot of heavy dirt and stone. Maybe it's not so glamorous, but it's what I've been working on, so it's what I get to talk about.
July 2021 Bonus
Master of None- Adventures in a Hands-on Life - June 29, 2021 17:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsMore bonus content! We're back to our regular three items for the monthly bonus episodes- pro tip, book recommendation, and challenge. This month, we talk about how to light a match like a boss. Our book of the month is "All the Pretty Horses" by Cormac McCarthy. The challenge for the month ...
Episode 113: Eat the Weeds! Foraging Wild Thistle
Master of None- Adventures in a Hands-on Life - June 28, 2021 06:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsMany wild plants are edible. I recommend learning one at a time. Start with plants that grow where you live. Learn how to identify them, how to harvest them, and how to prepare them. Today we're doing that with wild wavy-leaf thistle.
Episode 112: You Said What?!?!
Master of None- Adventures in a Hands-on Life - June 21, 2021 06:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsWords are important. Words are arguably one of the most decisive single factors in human history. So it's important to know what you're saying. Speak accurately and correctly, know your implications, and be aware of the context of your expressions.
Episode 111: The Ruck March
Master of None- Adventures in a Hands-on Life - June 14, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn recent years, "rucking" has become a popular form of exercise. For many decades, the ruck march, rucksack, and rucking were terms only heard in a military context. The benefits of rucking for exercise, though, apply to everyone, so let's talk about how to start rucking safely, the gear you'...
Episode 110: Dawn of Civilization
Master of None- Adventures in a Hands-on Life - June 06, 2021 06:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsLast time, we talked about getting over your fear of public speaking, building confidence through competence, and some tips and tricks for putting your talk together. This week, we're actually going through our talk, line by line, and discussing and editing it as we go.
Episode 109: Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking
Master of None- Adventures in a Hands-on Life - May 30, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn this episode, we're talking about talking. I was recently invited to give a talk, so there's a bit of work that goes into preparing for it. Just like many of my other projects, I wanted to bring you along for the actual process of putting the talk together. In this first part of the series...
June 2021 Bonus
Master of None- Adventures in a Hands-on Life - May 28, 2021 17:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsWe're mixing it up a little for this month's bonus content. Instead of our regular monthly items, this bonus episode is all about the "card deck" workout. It's simple, requires only a deck of playing cards, and is an effective whole body workout no matter what your current fitness level looks ...
Episode 108: The Back 40
Master of None- Adventures in a Hands-on Life - May 23, 2021 06:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratings40 acres of severely overgrazed, depleted, and eroded land, and we're going to restore it! We're embarking on a massive habitat restoration project, and you get to come along for the journey.
Episode 107: Food Forest, the Scavenger's Garden
Master of None- Adventures in a Hands-on Life - May 16, 2021 06:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsToday, we're planning out our food forest. What is a food forest? Basically, it's a method of creating a forest habitat where you get to step back and just be a hunter-gatherer. We talk about why this is a good idea for you, how it helps your local ecosystem, and how it helps the planet.
Episode 106: Teaching Your Dog Good Manners
Master of None- Adventures in a Hands-on Life - May 09, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsWe're tackling the next step in dog training. Everyone loves a dog with good manners- greeting strangers politely without jumping, no excessive barking, coming when called, not pulling on the leash, and so-on. Dogs don't naturally exhibit good human manners though; they're dogs, so they exhibi...
Episode 105: Sailing Q&A
Master of None- Adventures in a Hands-on Life - May 02, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsWith all of the questions that I got about our recent episodes on sailing, I decided to go ahead and do a sailing question and answer session. Thanks to everyone who sent in questions.
May 2021 Bonus
Master of None- Adventures in a Hands-on Life - April 27, 2021 06:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsHere's your bonus content for the month! As always, we cove a pro tip, book recommendation, and monthly challenge. The pro tip is how to keep ice in milk jugs to make your freezer run more efficiently AND have it on hand for preserving your wild harvest. The book is "The Toilers of the Sea" o...
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