Prep Yo Self Podcast

Things are getting real. So real, people are advised to avoid gatherings and touching each other. Breathing around each other is also a no-no. So, when you see a friend or loved one, simply use the PYSP-approved jazz-hands-wink-wink greeting. Learn this and other semi-helpful tips on how to weather the Covid storm. #washyerhands!

Reunited and it feels so good...until you realize a pandemic brought us back together. Take a listen to our scattered conversation on the threat knocking on your back door! Coronavirus Covid19, get off our lawn!

Almost a decade ago, Ann Varghese survived the 7.0 Haitian earthquake, one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. Even with that kind of survival resume, Lex and I were still able to trick her into being interviewed by us! She's a hero because of her work with world health organizations but she's a bad ass survivor because of her unbreakable PMA. Take a listen!

This week Lex takes the lead on speculated number correctness as we talk about the early July earthquakes in California and north of Seattle. We moon over Lucy Jones and review more of The Big One: Your Survival Guide, our favorite love/like podcast of facts. We also got for real certified to put tourniquets on people!!! As demonstrated by Lex in a very painful photo op. :) Take a listen and let us know how the quakes helped you get motivated!

This episode is a mixed bag of awesome! We talk about our furniture (just because), The Big One (podcast), Amanda Eller getting lost, the tornado outbreak of 2019, another hub visit and more because we must tell you all the things. So very very many things. Have a listen and tell your friends!

Invite ourselves to a science conference public forum? Yes, yes we will. Listen to the aftermath and experience of our brave podcast heroes as they go out in public to the Seismological Society of America's Town Hall on early warning systems. We'll also introduce you to "The Big One: Your Survival Guide", a podcast we'll be discussing/reviewing for the next few episodes.

A special episode where we glaze over a year of podcast neglect and sort of talk about the big hits of 2018/2019! Consider this episode foreplay to get you ready for the full episode soon to follow! Thanks for listening!

Have a spare $3 mil laying around? Go ahead and buy yourself an apartment in an underground missile silo and ride out disaster in style! No? Well, come dream with us about what it would be like to face the end of the world as one of the chosen ones. Mom jokes abound!

SPECIAL TREAT EPISODE! We know our summer break has been a bummer for our fans, but we've put together a special interview episode to tide you over! This episode we start the discussion around the culture of preparedness. You'll hear some more from our friends at FEMA (Ep 25!) along with us harassing our friends & neighbors about their prepping experiences and process.

A few weeks ago FEMA reached out for some advice on how to handle disasters, and we decided to show up in person to help them out! JK!!! They let us in their bunker and it was awesome. Join us for our tour FEMA Region X Headquarters and a discussion about how FEMA fits into the bigger disaster response picture. Genuine gratitude to Peter Sessum and Jackie Gladish for hosting us!

Can leopard pajamas spice up this extremely non-expert explanation of insuring against disasters? Yes, yes they can. Rawr.

Recently, we spent some time powering up on being basic in our prepping skillz. Our biggest successes were making jokes at inappropriate times during some highly useful presentations organized by Seattle OEM outreach and training professionals. You're welcome? Facts include updates on shutting off the gas (just the kind going to your house) and more on being ready for "the big one".

The PYSP ladies are riding the wave of semi-expert knowledge on tsunamis and seiches...seeches? Seaches? Whatever. Learn how to prep for a tsunami and the impossible.

Would you lug a suitcase of water to a disaster recovery area, live above a boiler room in 90 degree heat and keep your chest well shaven in a Superman logo, all in the name of civil service? We talked to someone who did. Our buddy Dan Halpert shares his experience working to provide water and sanitation support and education in Puerto Rico after that jerk Hurricane Maria came to town. This is our first Herosode where we hear from awesome people about their experiences in disaster areas.

Join your favorite two wackadoos on finally getting their act together and getting Episode 20 out to the world. We're delving further into our skillz this year. Do we have them or do we have another glass of wine? Episode Art by Kevin Tice!

Welcome to the party, Pal! It's a Merry Christmas and don't hurt yourself kind of episode. We stay out of the disaster weeds by talking about holiday safety like a couple of people who aren't the ones giving ourselves paper cuts every 5 minutes. Have a very Merry Christmas and don't Drink and Drive (or cellphone and drive)! Ever! Not even if the world is ending.

Don't be one of those scmucks waiting in line the day of a winter storm for the bare essentials-prep yo self (and yo home and yo car and yo pet and yo baby) now! Also, rekindle the debate on who is more attractive Dennis Quaid or Jake Gyllenhaal by watching the Day After Tomorrow to get into the winter storm spirit.

Learn how FEMA, RedCross and other relief organizations can help you in a disaster. Their #1 recommendation - prepare to save yourself! Plus info on what you absolutely should not hand out on Halloween.

We still can't believe it happened, but we have the tape to prove it. Hear partners of our city's most caffeinated company talk with us about getting prepped, at the Starbucks' corporate preparedness fair.

If you have a furry family member, make sure you include them in your emergency prep plan. Or your meal plan.

Join Dani, Lex, Matt Auflick from the City of Seattle Office of Emergency Management (he's legit!) and nearly 700 audience members* for the first-ever live recording of Prep Yo Self! Matt describes Seattle's emergency prep and response plan and has a few zingers of his own. *rough estimate

We bring you food for thought in this episode about urban foraging. Find out what you can, can't or shouldn't eat in your neighborhood (blackberries, rhododendrons and discarded underwear, respectively).

Water is awesome. Get wet with prepping topics like flooding and water purification. Oh yeah.

We got out of the recording studio (Lex's basement) and into our community to spread the prepping love! From a failed work presentation, weirded out neighbors and creepin' on our local communications hub, it was a busy week!

Warning: Facts ahead! We learned a lot this past week. One of us from a trained emergency response professional and one of us from the fictional inventor, disaster dodger and fashionista, MacGyver

Summer is here! Naturally we explore how to survive being stranded on a desert island, with Tom Hanks and Harrison Ford. Warning, there will be a quiz at the end of this episode.

You didn't know that we actually know stuff! Get your nurses caps and stethoscopes out, we're talking about first aid. Naked.

Tommy Lee Jones and Pierce Brosnan go head-to-head in this explosive episode.

Positive Mental Attitudes aren't just the key to survival, they help us get through bad REI "trainings" and earthquake movies! Get out your heaviest air quotes and listen to this week's PYSP about surviving The Big One...or at least a little one.

Even though Elizabeth Shue taught us everything we need to know about taking care of kids in a disaster, we would like to offer a few additional tips. Get yo babies prepped!

This episode is the H-bomb! Get the Cliffs Notes to the Cliffs Notes about how to probably survive a nuclear attack. Or watch Jerico. Spoiler alert: don't watch Jerico.

Don't comm-plain, comm plan! Learn the bare minimum about how to get your disaster communications plan together, with special appearances from Jamie Lee Curtis, Ryan Gosling and Lulu who had a few things to say too.

You can't be prepared without a go-bag. Don't forget to pack 50 lbs of salt, Mike the flashlight and warm clothes for your dog. Several other essentials are discussed.

Get prepped for the end of the world with Dani and Lex...we don't know what we're doing either.