Today’s episode of Friday Flashbacks was originally and was originally Episode-595- Baldy and the Blonde Invade TSP and was originally recorded on 1-27-11. In this episode I was joined by Tom Kowitz and Michelle Gaudin better known as Baldy and the Blonde who do a show every Wednesday on WGSO 990 AM in New Orleans. We discussed how two “regular people” became radio hosts and some of the major issues of the time. As you will see the more things change the more they stay the same.
The show notes for the original episode with all relevant resources can be found here.
Welcome to Friday Flashbacks, after 15 years and hundreds of interview shows we decided to run them as flash backs every Friday, beginning with the oldest of them going forward.There is a tremendous library of wisdom in all the great interviews we have done over the years.
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Today’s Item of the Day is from Vevor, it is their DZ-260 Chamber Vacuum Sealer. (Remember to use code VVPROMO to get 5% off anything you buy from Vevor with my links)
In the video at the end of this review I compare it to my 1100 dollar Vac Master 230 and honestly performance wise they are pretty much equal except for a few nitpicks. Given the Vac Master is 1100 bucks and the Vevor retails at 430 bucks and is on sale as of the time of this post for only 329 bucks, those nit picks don’t matter much.
So what is a chamber vacuum machine vs. a common vacuum sealer and why would you want one. First and foremost a chamber vacuum pulls all the air out of the chamber the bag sits inside of, vs. out of the bag itself. This means liquids do not move inside the bag. So you can literally vacuum seal something like soup. Just make sure it is cold when you do it. 90 degree liquid will BOIL in a vacuum ask me how I know, and yes it was one hell of a mess.
So yep we can vac seal soups, cracked eggs, etc. now with no problems if we follow a few simple rules. Again it must be cold and you have to use a little care when laying it in the chamber. But it is so nice compared to say tupperware for freezing soups, gravy, chili etc. Mainly because once sealed you can lay the bags flat on their sides and freeze nice and flat so they store so nicely.
Now on to things like vac sealing meats. We have all had this happen, you take a couple steaks and put them in the bag, you get them as dry as you can, then start the machine. Then blood and moisture starts moving up the bag and if ONE DAMN DROP of it gets to the seal, the seal fails. So now you stick bag A into bag B and do it again. You just wasted an expensive bag and if you are like me, well, you likely say a few dirty words.
Well, get a chamber vac and that all goes away, I mean if you can bag and vacuum soup, a bit of blood on a venison chop means nothing. Now let’s keep going with the wet stuff. Next time you want a marinade just add the meat and marinade to a bag and vac seal it, in 15 minutes you will get the same results of an overnight marinade in the fridge. Oh and I absolutely at times vac seal meat in a marinade then freeze it. Right out and into a Sous Vide bath or let it thaw and cook as per usual. Oh and if you are a Sous Vide fan but are sick of bags failing get one of these and those days are gone.
Lastly the cost advantage. HOLD UP JACK WHAT? How can their be a cost advantage when I can get a cheap Food Saver style machine for 50-70 bucks and this thing retails over 400 dollars? Okay remember my rule, always be frugal never be cheap? The real cost of a thing is the on going long term cost not the initial cost. Remember those bags that fail with moisture in the seal, well those crappy bags also cost about 2.5X as much per 100 if you are buying the same relative quality (that is all about thickness).
Vacuum sealer makers are running the old printer scam, sell the printer super cheap and make your money selling toner. They just do it with bags. With one of these you will first not be wasting bags due to failure and second pay about 2.5X less for your bags. In a year or two your machine will cover the cost differential for itself and on top of it it will just work better the entire time as well. Less failures, does more, cheaper bags, pays for itself in time. Now do you see why I am such a fan of this type of machine?
So check out the Vevor DZ-260 Chamber Vacuum Sealer today and up your storage, cooking and Sous Vide games all in one go. (Remember to use code VVPROMO to get 5% off anything you buy from Vevor with my links) Trust me once you own a chamber vac you will never go back. Now if like me you want to spend 1100 bucks for the best you can get, go with the VacMaster P230, but honestly had I known how good the Vevor was two years ago when I got mine, I’d of kept about 650 extra bucks in my pocket.
Last always remember if you buy though my links and use this code (VVPROMO) at check out you get an extra 5% off. So get the Vevor DZ-260 and take some of that extra money and get yourself a year or two worth of bags. On that Vevor does not sell bags for this machine. Just remember you want chamber vacuum bags not vacuum sealer bags. You can get them on Amazon or at Vacuum Sealers Unlimited. I learned about VSU from Nicole Sauce and buy my top quality bags (5 mil for long term storage there) and note that on 5 mil bags I increase the sealing time.
Today on The Survival Podcast the expert council answers your questions on the money printing, diet, AWD vehicles, electronics, investing, a social credit system in our schools and more.
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Eventually counterfeiting destroys the counterfeiters as well as the economy – Dr. Paul & Dan McAdams
Dealing with “sugar cravings” on a low carb lifestyle – Dr. Ken Berry
Thoughts on AWD vehicles for rough winter climates – Eric Hammond
Suggestions for carb free foods – Andy McCann
More on “soft start assist” a follow up on Tim Cook’s previous answer – Shawn Mills
What is the deal with “jumping worms” and are they a problem – Geoff Lawton
Determining allocation of investing assets, and other financial updates – John Pugliano
Digital hall passes are coming to schools, to train kids that being tracked and given a social credit score is normal – MiNGA Website `
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What if there was a way to produce your own protein, gain all the soil improvement of pastured live stock and do so with 90% of the work being automated? There is! When I found Zack Smith and the “Cluster Cluck”, I knew I needed to get him on the show. Don’t miss this one it will be awesome.
Zack Smith is a 44 year-old farmer from northern Iowa who left his career working in big agriculture in 2021 to focus on his farm and further developing a new innovative regenerative agricultural production system that he calls Stock Cropping.
Stock Cropping integrates livestock back inside of crop fields in a unique and bio synergistic arrangement. This unique arrangement is made possible by Smith’s invention of the world’s first solar powered, autonomous, multi-species mobile livestock grazing barn which he affectionately calls the ClusterCluck 5000. Since 2020, he has designed and built 5 different ClusterCluck models.
Cluster clucks are designed not only for use cases in large commodity fields but also backyards, homesteads, orchards, vineyards, solar arrays or any other venue that seeks contained and safe autonomous movement of livestock across the landscape. Zack sees the centralization and concentration of control in agriculture as a threat to the future and while he dedicated the first half of his career dedicated to that path.
Zack intends on spending the rest of career trying to create opportunities for more people to become involved in growing healthy protein and crops rather than fewer. Zack has been married to his wife Mandee for the last 20 years and they will be empty nesters next fall as their daughters (18 and 19) will both be off to college. With their extra time they plan to build a year round greenhouse to grow more of their own food on their acreage to complement the protein they’ve been growing and processing themselves for the last 13 years.
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Today we talk about gardening for back yard food production and how to solve various common problems especially for newer gardeners. We will also hit on why anyone concerned about food security and health should have a garden in their life.
The world is slowly devolving at a time when we should be thriving. Our soils are blown and washed away, out fertility is dying off both in the soil and in humans as well. We are sick and we are dependent upon the rest of the world for medicines, key supplies and even food. All while the medicine does more harm than good and food quality is at honestly an all time low.
The good news is many of the solutions are right in our own back yard.
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Why Gardening is in some ways the ultimate survival subject
By 1943 “victory gardens” supplied 40 percent of the produce in America
The average garden in America produces at least 600 dollars in value, most are small
Nutrient density in produce has dropped by 40+% in the last 50 years
About 15% of our total food supply is imported
About 40% of our number one crop, corn, is made into ethanol
Two two diabetes and obesity and related disease is at an all time high
GLP-1 drugs are 12-25K dollars a year and being used in response to this
A garden is an investment that pays you back more every year when done right
Common garden questions and issues
How do I get started
Pick a method, learn the basics, go for it
The three Cs of my gardening
Compost
Cover
Char
How do you deal with rhizome based perennial weeds
What do I do if I can’t grow X crop – grow Y crop instead, may be
How do you time succession and seasonal planting
Keeping a balance of storage crops and a diversity of forage crops
How to get kids interested and what to have them do for you
Keeping kids out of things they can damage or “mess up”
What to do if you plant too much and plants start to choke each other out
How do you collect enough carbon
Pests that really tear up a specific crop or a specific timing (young tender plants)
Improving moisture retention and dealing with dry periods
Can you get good quality “commercial compost” – it depends
What if most of your available area is heavily shaded
Dealing with tomato blight (early and late)
Calculating what to grow for your family as to quantity to plant
When doing container gardens should yo do wicking beds or drip or what
Thoughts on starting your own plants and keeping them alive until they are ready
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Today on The Survival Podcast we will discuss the 7 most common traits of past empires that eventually led up to their collapse. We will also discuss how every single one of them is clearly visible in the American empire of today.
Many bristle when we say that America is in fact an empire. This is because term “empire” traditionally conjures images of expansive territorial domains ruled by a central authority, often gained and maintained through conquest. While the United States does not fit this classical definition of an empire, it does exert a form of imperial influence globally through other means. American maintains its empire today via 7 key methods that mirror empires of the past adapted to a form of “sort tyranny” vs. the hard tyranny of the past.
And sadly like past empires the end always eventually comes as society decays over time and those in power seek more to maintain power than solve the problems of society.
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An experiment with a “Mouse Utopia” that eerily sounds a lot like America today – video I mentioned
Why I say that America is in fact an Empire
Economic Dominance: World’s largest economy; dominant currency. – link
Military Presence Globally: Extensive network of overseas bases. – link
Cultural Influence: Global spread of American media and culture.
Political and Diplomatic Influence: Key player in international institutions.
Technological Leadership: Leads in key tech sectors globally.
Control Over Global Commons: Dominates digital and space domains.
Soft Power: Influences globally through culture and ideals.
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Today’s episode of Friday Flashbacks was originally and was originally Episode-589- Chef Keith Snow on Cooking from Your Preps and the Field and was originally recorded on 1-18-11. In this episode we discussed cooking from your preps and with local and back yard garden foods with Chef Keith Snow.
The show notes for the original episode with all relevant resources can be found here.
Welcome to Friday Flashbacks, after 15 years and hundreds of interview shows we decided to run them as flash backs every Friday, beginning with the oldest of them going forward.There is a tremendous library of wisdom in all the great interviews we have done over the years.
So sit back and enjoy, whether this is your first or second time around with today’s episode I am sure you will enjoy today’s episode and learn a lot from it.
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Today on The Survival Podcast the expert council answers your questions on the FISA bill, fasting, leg conditioning, solar power, first aid, weeds, fodder, cooking and more.
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The new police powers in the FISA bill are shocking – Dr. Paul & Dan McAdams
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Sam Soddard is a mechanic who has worked in his field for five years in Wisconsin. Part of “Gen Z” born right after the start of the new century. He has been a listener of the show for several years and has started using the resources given to build a better life.
Sam has firsthand knowledge of his own generations lack of desire to work, or function in general. We often talk about the inability to find good work nowadays and the ever increasing minimum wage without the appropriate work ethic to accompany it. Sam reached out to be on the podcast because he feels can shed some light on why, what we can do to stop it, and the reasons why newer generations are falling so far behind.
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Special Notice – When I first reviewed this item I was impressed but after now using it to put in about 200 transplants I am really impressed. Talk about back saving! The pouches are great too, never had to reach for anything and they even hold a cold beer if you like while you work.
Todays Item of the Day is from Vevor, it is their Vevor Garden Kneeler & Bench (specifically the 8 inch version) see the PS at the end for why you might want the slightly larger 10 inch version. Anyway I absolutely love this thing. We have all done it, knelt down to work on a garden bed and instantly thought, damn it as water soaks into your knee area of your jeans.
Even when it is dry it just isn’t comfortable is it? Not to mention, where is my trowel? Now you got to get back up and go find it, then where is that seed packet. This little gem solves all of those issues for under 40 bucks. The two canvas bags hang perfectly when using it either way. So it just keeps all your stuff right where you need it, that is the best way to not misplace it.
As to comfort the best word I have is of VERY. The kneel and sitting pads are very thick and do the job perfectly. It also folds up really easily and can be put away in a small storage area. All in it just makes working in the garden more comfortable.
I do want to point out another use though. Many of you like me love to fish. I usually take one of the typical folding chairs with me and I end up turning the top of a cooler into a table for all my stuff like pliers, rigs, etc. Then you have to clear it all off to get a beer. First thing I thought was, this is what is going in my “Karen Kart” on my next walk in fishing trip.
Check Out this Short Video to Learn More About this Item
P.S. – This item was sent to me by Vevor as part of their influencer program. I always disclose when I am provided with a free product but this time I also wanted to point out that there is a larger model of this item and it actually costs about a buck less. I may very well buy one of those too just to compare the two. `
In any event the choice is yours. Both have a 330 pound weight rating. The cary bags are a bit different and it is bigger which may make it more comfortable but less portable for uses other than in the back yard, like fishing. Anyway if you want to check out the 10 inch model you can find it here and as always use code VVPROMO to get 5% off.