The Survival Podcast

Joel Riles, dog trainer and founder of Fortress K9, shares practical create/control/correct training tips. Mike Molito, firearms trainer and podcast producer, covers inspecting and deciding whether to modify older military and collectible guns. Antonio Gatto, real estate pro, discusses selling homes, staging, MLS access, and negotiation. They also touch on tree fodder harvesting and AI tools for authors.

Stephen Brass, a fourth-generation Illinois farmer who swapped row crops for regenerative, rotationally grazed grass-fed beef and direct sales. He shares why he left chemical-dependent grain farming, how he rebuilt soil with grazing and perennial pastures, the nuts and bolts of daily moves, fencing and water systems, and practical approaches to marketing, direct-to-consumer sales and scaling a low-input family operation.

A deep dive into why soil work alone won’t stop garden diseases and when to use resistant varieties. Clear definitions of GMO, hybrid, heirloom, and wild type. How hybrids form, hybrid vigor, and modern genomic selection. Practical lists of resistant beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, and peppers plus organic pest controls and simple foliar fixes.

The show frames AI as a catalyst for personal sovereignty and individual agency. It traces AI adoption to the Internet’s early missteps and lessons. Practical strategies for building AI teams, prompt architecture, and guardrails against hallucinations are explored. The conversation stresses leadership, operator skill, and moving quickly to adopt AI tools.

Ken Daniels, chef known as the Blood Sugar Chef, demos controlled simmering for tougher cuts. Nick Ferguson, permaculture practitioner, explains nursery crops and support species. Jesse Markowich, privacy adviser, outlines digital identity risks and self-hosting. Kerry Brown, pasture specialist, covers rotational grazing and recovery. Ryan Steva, homestead consultant, talks vermiculture, black soldier fly systems and small-farm composting.

Kerry Brown, fourth-generation land steward and founder of Strong Roots Resources, restores family land using permaculture and regenerative grazing. He explains why homesteads burn people out and how to design scalable, low-maintenance systems. Topics include zoning and workflow, livestock rules, water capture, frugality and salvage, and building local labor-sharing networks.

John Willis, founder of SOE Tactical Gear and maker of tactical content, and Nicole Sauce, homesteader and founder of Holler Roast coffee, chat over coffee. They cover entrepreneurship and pivots after income shocks. Conversation jumps to coffee supply and price spikes, marketing and scarcity tactics, quick cash ideas for landowners, low-cost service businesses, and hands-on productivity and networking tips.

A practical guide to navigating the AI upheaval, from how rapid adoption changed work to strategies for staying indispensable. Learn frameworks for structuring AI interactions and building custom assistants for finances, health, career and creative work. Tips on iterating agents, tracking KPIs, and using AI to multiply leadership and productivity without losing personal credit.

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Mike Milito, former Marine and law enforcement officer who hosts the Gunfighter Life podcast, talks truck guns and practical firearm choices. He traces their history from ranch rifles to modern setups. Short, practical topics include why people keep guns in vehicles, shotgun and carbine advantages, realistic engagement ranges, legal concerns, and theft versus readiness.