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So for many, many, many, many, many years, I've been kind of an amateur survivalist. So, I know a bunch of ways to make fire. And I always have an IFAK with me when I'm in the car. That's an individual first aid kit for trauma stuff and know how to build shelters and that kind of stuff. So I was looking at some some of the stuff online today, and I was thinking, the people I'm trying to help with online stuff need an online survival kit. So, today is going to be some of the things you can put in your online survival kit. Some will be physical, some will be digital, and they'll save you money and automate your business. Screw The Commute Podcast Show Notes Episode 990 How To Automate Your Business - https://screwthecommute.com/automatefree/ Internet Marketing Training Center - https://imtcva.org/ Higher Education Webinar – https://screwthecommute.com/webinars See Tom's Stuff – https://linktr.ee/antionandassociates 00:23 Tom's introduction to Online Survival Kit 01:51 Real life survival tips can help online 05:44 Get a really good microphone and a decent chair 08:07 Use a decent background, word processor, your own internet connection 14:22 Password manager, macro program, eBay account, screen capture software 22:30 Get a shopping cart system Entrepreneurial Resources Mentioned in This Podcast Higher Education Webinar - https://screwthecommute.com/webinars Screw The Commute - https://screwthecommute.com/ Screw The Commute Podcast App - https://screwthecommute.com/app/ College Ripoff Quiz - https://imtcva.org/quiz Know a young person for our Youth Episode Series? Send an email to Tom! - orders@antion.com Have a Roku box? Find Tom's Public Speaking Channel there! - https://channelstore.roku.com/details/267358/the-public-speaking-channel How To Automate Your Business - https://screwthecommute.com/automatefree/ Internet Marketing Retreat and Joint Venture Program - https://greatinternetmarketingtraining.com/ KickStartCart - http://www.kickstartcart.com/ Copywriting901 - https://copywriting901.com/ Become a Great Podcast Guest - https://screwthecommute.com/greatpodcastguest Training - https://screwthecommute.com/training Disabilities Page - https://imtcva.org/disabilities/ Tom's Patreon Page - https://screwthecommute.com/patreon/ Tom on TikTok - https://tiktok.com/@digitalmultimillionaire/ Email Tom: Tom@ScrewTheCommute.com Internet Marketing Training Center - https://imtcva.org/ Related Episodes Modern Carts Part 1 - https://screwthecommute.com/985/ Modern Carts Part 2 - https://screwthecommute.com/986/ Modern Carts Part 3 - https://screwthecommute.com/987/ Venmo Pros Cons - https://screwthecommute.com/989/ More Entrepreneurial Resources for Home Based Business, Lifestyle Business, Passive Income, Professional Speaking and Online Business I discovered a great new headline / subject line / subheading generator that will actually analyze which headlines and subject lines are best for your market. I negotiated a deal with the developer of this revolutionary and inexpensive software. Oh, and it's good on Mac and PC. Go here: http://jvz1.com/c/41743/183906 The Wordpress Ecourse. Learn how to Make World Class Websites for $20 or less. https://screwthecommute.com/wordpressecourse/ Join our Private Facebook Group! One week trial for only a buck and then $37 a month, or save a ton with one payment of $297 for a year. Click the image to see all the details and sign up or go to https://www.greatinternetmarketing.com/screwthecommute/ After you sign up, check your email for instructions on getting in the group.
Welcome to the Firearms Insider Gun & Gear Review Podcast episode 568. This episode is brought to you by VZ Grips, Walker Defense, Primary Arms, and XS Sights. In this show Rusty has a chassis review. We talk about a baby Rost, a new 1-8, Akita's, and Ifak pouches As you may know, we […] The post Gun & Gear Review 568 – Cherokee appeared first on Firearms Radio Network.
Welcome to the Firearms Insider Gun & Gear Review Podcast episode 568. This episode is brought to you by VZ Grips, Walker Defense, Primary Arms, and XS Sights. In this show Rusty has a chassis review. We talk about a baby Rost, a new 1-8, Akita's, and Ifak pouches As you may know, we showcase guns, gear, and anything else you might be interested in. We do our best to evaluate products from an unbiased and honest perspective. I'm Chad Wallace, host of the most dedicated firearms podcast around With me tonight are: Tony, Rob, Rusty Sponsor #1: Walker Defense Research Walker Defense provides shooters with the finest, most innovative, quality, tactical accessories and firearm components around. From their NILE grip panels to their NERO muzzle brakes, no details are ever left behind. Only top quality materials are used in the manufacturing process. Together, all of this gives you some of the best firearm performance around. Everything they have to offer is proudly made in the USA. Walker Defense, where American ingenuity meets bleeding edge technology. Our Walker Defense Product of the week is - Dark Matter BCG Use code “INSIDER15” FOR 15% OFF everything at walkerdr.com What we did in Firearms: Announcements: Bandwidth sponsor Patriot Patch Co. And their Patch of the Month Club! T-shirts are available through our FRN site, or click the “Merch” tab on Firearmsinsider.tv AFFILIATES / DISCOUNTS: Walker Defense Research - enter “INSIDER15” for 15% off XS Sights - “GGR20” for 20% off Primary Arms VZ Grips - “GGR15” for 15% off handgun and rifle grips Brownells Gun Guys Garage discount code - “FRN15OFF” LA Police Gear Atibal Optics - enter “FIREARMSINSIDER20” for 20% off 5.11 Tactical PowerTac Lights - enter “GGR” for a real good discount JSD Supply Modern Spartan Systems - “GGR15” for 15% off Rough Cut Holsters - “firearmsinsider” for 20% off Global Ordnance Infinite Defense (Infinity Targets) - “PEW15” for 15% off Guns.com Magpul Palmetto State Armory Unique ARs - “GunGearReview” for 10% off CobraTec Knives - “GGR10” for 10% off Nutrient Survival - “GGR10” for 10% off Gideon Optics - “GGR” or “INSIDER” for 10% off Lone Wolf Arms US Optics - “INSIDER15” for 15% off Camorado - “FIREARMSINSIDER” for 5% off Optics Planet Midway USA ROB - Disclaimer The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the individual co-hosts and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Firearms Radio Network and/or their employers. This is NOT legal advice, nor should it be considered as such. Viewer discretion is advised. This is especially true on live shows. Main Topic is sponsored by: Primary Arms Primary Arms seeks to provide the best shopping experience for everything firearms. They have a smorgasbord of products from your favorite manufacturers, including a complete selection of rifles, handguns, firearm parts, ammunition, and shooting gear. Are you also looking for optics that deliver unbeatable quality without breaking the bank? Primary Arms Optics has you covered with everything from inexpensive red dots, to top tier magnified optics. Everything Primary Arms carries comes with a commitment to superior service, quality products, and an expert support team. Our Primary Arms product of the week is - Geissele Gen 2 Super Sabra Trigger Pack for IWI Tavor and X95 Find everything you need by heading over to PrimaryArms.com Main Topic: Product Review Rusty - Timber Creek 10/22 chassis Product Spotlight and Discussion: Rost Martin RM1S MSRP - $469.00 ZeroTech Thrive HD 1-8x24 MSRP - $449.00 Sponsor #3: XS Sights For over 25 years, XS Sights has helped you get on target faster. Offering tritium sights in all different types and styles,
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Can you really stay calm and save a life in a high-stress emergency? Discover the secrets of trauma management with Toren Bell, a seasoned expert with unparalleled military and medical experience. This episode uncovers the critical techniques for managing severe injuries like gunshot wounds and severe cuts, emphasizing the importance of practical knowledge and methodical action. Learn from Toren's personal stories from Fort Bragg to his transition into spine and cranial surgery, and understand why keeping a cool head can make the difference between life and death.Why rely solely on high-end gear when practical knowledge could be your most valuable asset? Toren Bell shares essential tips for building a first aid kit tailored to your lifestyle. From simple band-aids to advanced items like tourniquets, we emphasize the significance of everyday preparedness. Whether at home, work, or on the go, Toren's advice ensures you have the right tools and the know-how to use them effectively in emergencies. Real-life examples highlight the importance of understanding basic first aid and the mindset required to act decisively when it matters most.Ever wondered what should be in an Individual First Aid Kit (IFAK) if you carry a firearm? Toren Bell breaks it down with real-world insights on essential items like multiple tourniquets, quick clot, Curlex rolls, chest seals, and decompression needles. The principle of redundancy—“one is none, two is one”—is key, and Toren underlines the critical need for proficiency and training. Through compelling personal anecdotes, he illustrates the practical applications of an IFAK and stresses the necessity of readiness and muscle memory. Join us for invaluable lessons in medical preparedness from a true expert.
What an episode I had with Juan Carlson, the Guerrilla Medic. You can find him on the Guerrilla Medic Podcast as well as Instagram and Linktr.ee at linktr.ee/theguerrillamedic Special thank you to 3 Aces LLC for letting us crash your facility to make this recording possible. We talked about Ifak bags, wound care, Navy service and so much more. Please like, follow and share this episode to everyone in your group or to someone that you know is like minded. Alien Gear Holsters is the main sponsor for todays show. Go to www.aliengearholsters.com use the promocode LAMBOAPRIL24 for the month of January to receive 10% off your order every time you order. CCW Holsters, Constitutional carry Holsters, shoulder harness and much more. Use the promocode, share the post and use your god given rights. EMP SHIELD www.empshield.com use the Promo-Code LAMBO24 and you will receive $50 off of your entire order. Keep your vehicle safe and running in the event that an EMP does go off, and you'll be free to get to your safe haven. Todays shows sponsor is Cindy Davis with Tranont.com, log onto www.tranont.com/cinmin to see all of the great products they have to offer. Please look into these two products specifically, Glow and Nourish. Contact Cindy Davis at cinmin03@gmail.com with any questions If it WRX for us, it'll WRX for you. EAT WRX is a protein super bar company that is 100% veteran owned and operated. Get online today and order the Bacon Cheese Burger Bar or the Jalapeno Pepperoni Pizza Bar or order both. Go to www.eatwrx.com This is a completely new idea to an old market, and they can be yours today. When you place your order, please tell them A Little Extra Lambo sent you. Use the promo-code Lambo25 for 25% off your order. AE Woodworks - custom signs, 3D Carvings, custom wood orders and so much more. Check out the shop on www.etsy.com/shop/AECustomCrafts or go to @JaxerB on TikTok. To place your custom order or have any questions about products, email them at Baum009@gmail.com Saints and Sinners Hat Co www.saintsandsinnershatco.com brought to you by Micheal 3 Rows. Premium custom hats with patriotic logo's all available on the website. Evolution Travel and my cousin Daniel Rude want to book you for dream vacation today. Family, solo, couple, one way or round trip, it doesn't matter, Evolution Travel will find you the best rates on flights, hotel and cars. Book your trip today with Evolution Travel or online at evotravelagent.com/Danielrude
Today, we'll be doing part 5 of our IFAK Life Saver presentation. The presentation starts on slide 43.
On this episode we sit down for a conversation with a firearms fabricator and discuss the ins and outs of customizing your personal collection. I want to remind everyone that we release new content every Tuesday morning so be sure to subscribe and share the show with friends. Subscribe hereWays to support the show:1. Join our mailing list: Thegunexperiment.com 2. Subscribe and leave us a comment on Apple or Spotify3. Follow us on all of our social media: Instagram Twitter Youtube Facebook4. Be a part of our growing community, join our Discord page!5. Be sure to support the sponsors of the show. They are an integral part of making the show possible.Today's interview is brought to you by 4Patriots.com Two-thirds of Americans living in both rural and urban areas are at risk of experiencing extended power outages. You can help prepare your family with the Patriot Power Solar Generator 2000X from 4 Patriots. It has twelve AC outlets and two USB-C outlets, plus plenty of capacity to run big appliances like refrigerators and microwaves. The best part is that it's fume-free, safe to use inside and never needs gas! It even comes with a free solar panel.Go to 4Patriots.com/GUNEXPERIMENT10 to get your solar generator and lots of other great products.I. Interview Today's guest does custom fabrication to polymer framed firearms and his stippling, border work, grip contouring and cerakote is second to none. He is the founder of Rocket City Stippling; please welcome Jeck Bardos to the show.Run and Gun is sponsored by Cooper's Coffee Company. Keith and I are constantly on the go and we couldn't function without coffee, but we don't want just any coffee, we want delicious coffee. Coopers Coffee Company offers Bourbon, Rye and Rum barrel aged blends as well as single origin roasts from all over the world. If you want to Run and Gun like Me and Big Keith then go to CoffeewithMikeandKeith.com and place your first order of Coopers Coffee.II. Run and Gun III. Let's Mix It UpLet's Mix It Up is brought to you by Flatline Fiberco. Flatline is our favorite soft goods company and we have been using their gear for years. They make IFAK pouches, slings, Ear Pro wraps and dump pouches. All of their products have been thoughtfully created, thoroughly tested, and are made in the USA with a lifetime warranty. Check them out at Flatlinefiberco.com. Use the discount code “gunexperiment10” at checkout for 10% off.Today on Let's Mix It Up we are going to discuss customization options for your personal polymer blaster and best practices when having work done to your firearm. IV. Outro We want to thank Jeck for coming on the show and sharing his story with us. We really value his take on both the American Dream and the second amendment. We are definitely a big fan of his work and look forward to working with him again. Website Instagram Facebook Youtube To everyone listening we want to thank you again for taking time out of your day to tune into our show; You can find links in the show notes to all of our social media, so be sure to follow us on Instagram, Twitter, Discord and Spotify so we can keep the conversation going. We may earn a small portion of the sale from some of the product/service links discussed in our show and provided in these notes. It doesn't come at a cost to you, but helps us to grow the show, buy gear to review and continue to create great content. We will never affiliate ourselves with companies or products that we do not personally stand behind. Thank you for your support.
Szkolenia z pierwszej pomocy są obowiązkowe na różnych etapach naszego życia - w szkole, na kursie z prawa jazdy, czy w miejscu pracy. Uczy się nas o RKO, pozycji bocznej ustalonej czy poprawnej procedurze kontaktu ze służbami. Jednak, czy osobiście możesz zwiększyć szanse przeżycia osoby poszkodowanej?O tym właśnie opowiada Diego - medyk Sił Specjalnych.W tym odcinku dowiesz się:czym jest IFAK i kto powinien je nosić,co wyróżnia najlepszych kursantów,dlaczego kursy pierwszej pomocy tyle kosztują,ile czasu potrzeba na naukę pierwszej pomocy w praktyce.Kim są nasi Eksperci?Mateusz Kalbarczyk jest przedsiębiorcą, dziennikarzem, wykładowcą akademickim i konsultantem ds. bezpieczeństwa. W biznesie działa na styku mediów, wojska i służb specjalnych.“Diego” jest Żołnierzem Sił Specjalnych, ratownikiem medycznym i specjalistą ratownictwa taktycznego (TCCC) - w Cytadeli jest niekwestionowanym ekspertem od adaptacji działań medycznych do warunków życia cywilnego.-----Po więcej treści zasubskrybuj nasz kanał na YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@cytadela_proDołącz do naszej społeczności na ccFound:https://ccfound.com/pl/groups/cytadela/1eeb7a4d-7338-6b5e-a48a-312644d9cdc8Odbierz bezpłatny raport "Światu grozi III Wojna?", napisany specjalnie dla nas przez historyka Jurija Felsztyńskiego, który, jak mało kto, zna prawdziwą Rosję, Władimira Putina i Federalną Służbę Bezpieczeństwa, która de facto rządzi na Kremlu: https://www.cytadela.pro/Sprawdź, dlaczego podczas wypadku zgadywanie zabija:https://ccfound.com/pl/marketplace/courses/2807/zdrowie/podczas-wypadku-zgadywanie-zabija
Today we will pick up where we left off on slide 36 of the IFAK Life Saver presentation.
How's it going everybody and welcome to The Gun Experiment. On this episode we sit down for a conversation with a former Army Ranger, discuss firearms training for civilians and build a night vision load out just for civilians.I want to remind everyone that we release new content every Tuesday morning so be sure to subscribe and share the show with friends. Subscribe hereWays to support the show:1. Join our mailing list: Thegunexperiment.com 2. Subscribe and leave us a positive comment on Apple or Spotify3. Follow us on all of our social media: Instagram Twitter Youtube Facebook4. Be a part of our growing community, join our Discord page!5. Be sure to support the sponsors of the show. They are an integral part of making the show possible.Today's interview is brought to you by 4Patriots.com Two-thirds of Americans living in both rural and urban areas are at risk of experiencing extended power outages. You can help prepare your family with the Patriot Power Solar Generator 2000X from 4 Patriots. It has twelve AC outlets and two USB-C outlets, plus plenty of capacity to run big appliances like refrigerators and microwaves. The best part is that it's fume-free, safe to use inside and never needs gas! It even comes with a free solar panel.Go to 4Patriots.com/GUNEXPERIMENT10 to get your solar generator and lots of other great products.I. InterviewToday's guest served with 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, deploying multiple times in various capacities gaining hand experience in small unit tactics, airborne operations, field medicine, breaching, foreign languages and small arms. For the last 9 years he has trained students from all walks of life through his company Kinetic Consulting and used his vast experience to test and develop new equipment in the industry; please welcome Jon Dufresne to the show.Run and Gun is sponsored by Cooper's Coffee Company. Keith and I are constantly on the go and we couldn't function without coffee, but we don't want just any coffee, we want delicious coffee. Coopers Coffee Company offers Bourbon, Rye and Rum barrel aged blends as well as single origin roasts from all over the world. If you want to Run and Gun like Me and Big Keith then go to CoffeewithMikeandKeith.com and place your first order of Coopers Coffee.II. Run and Gun III. Let's Mix It UpLet's Mix It Up is brought to you by Flatline Fiberco. Flatline is our favorite soft goods company and we have been using their gear for years. They make IFAK pouches, slings, Ear Pro wraps and dump pouches. All of their products have been thoughtfully created, thoroughly tested, and are made in the USA with a lifetime warranty. Check them out at Flatlinefiberco.com. Use the discount code “gunexperiment10” at checkout for 10% off.Today on Let's Mix It Up, we are going to discuss suggestions for a civilian's night vision load out.IV. Outro We thank Jon for coming on the show and providing so much value to us and our listeners. We really enjoyed his insight on training and how to be a good student. We are also grateful for all of his recommendations on building a night vision setup and hope we can have him back on the show again in the near future. Website Instagram X Facebook Youtube To everyone listening we want to thank you again for taking time out of your day to tune into our show; You can find links in the show notes to all of our social media, so be sure to follow us on Instagram, Twitter, Discord and Spotify so we can keep the conversation going. We may earn a small portion of the sale from some of the product/service links discussed in our show and provided in these notes. It doesn't come at a cost to you, but helps us to grow the show, buy gear to review and continue to create great content. We will never affiliate ourselves with companies or products that we...
Today we will be going over wound packing, for those of you following along with the presentation we will be starting on slide 31 of our IFAK Life Saver program.
How's it going everybody and welcome to The Gun Experiment. This week Keith and I are proud to bring you a special episode with an in depth conversation featuring the father of a school shooting victim.I want to remind everyone that we release new content every Tuesday morning so be sure to subscribe and share the show with friends. Subscribe hereWays to support the show:1. Join our mailing list: Thegunexperiment.com 2. Subscribe and leave us 5 stars and comment on Apple or Spotify3. Follow us on instagram and/or Twitter: Instagram Twitter (Recommend it to friends)4. Be a part of our growing community, join our Discord page!5. Be sure to support the sponsors of the show. They are integral in making the show possible.Today's interview is brought to you by the following sponsors:4Patriots.com: The pandemic put a giant spotlight on how fragile our food chain can be when put to the test. Keith and I have found that 4 patriots is a great way to supplement your food stores with inexpensive and tasty food that can last up to 25 years. The folks at 4Patriots want you to have the chance to get the best deals possible, so they set up a special page for our listeners at 4Patriots.com/GUNEXPERIMENT10 they can get weekly discounts and deals, but act quickly because the deals will change each week. Flatline Fiber Co: Flatline Fiber Co. is our favorite soft goods company and we have been using their gear for years. They make IFAK pouches, slings, Ear Pro wraps and dump pouches. All of their products have been thoughtfully created, thoroughly tested, Made in the USA and have a lifetime warranty, Check them out at Flatlinefiberco.com. Use the discount code “gunexperiment10” at checkout to get 10% off.I. Interview Today's...
Today, we discuss part two of the IFAK Life Saver program.
This week we speak with the Director of Training at Field Craft Survival and discuss how to build a Modern Minute Man Bag I want to remind everyone that we release new content every Tuesday morning so be sure to subscribe and share the show with friends. Subscribe here Ways to support the show: Join our mailing list: Thegunexperiment.com Subscribe and leave us 5 stars and comment on Apple or Spotify Follow us on instagram and/or Twitter: Instagram Twitter (Recommend it to friends) Be a part of our growing community, join our Discord page! Be sure to support the sponsors of the show. They are integral in making the show possible. Today's interview is brought to you by Flatline Fiberco. Flatline makes sewn goods for the shooting community, including IFAK pouches, slings, Ear Pro wraps and dump pouches. You can't go wrong with products that are made in the US and have a lifetime warranty, so check them out at Flatlinefiberco.com. Use the discount code “gunexperiment10” at checkout for 10% off. I. Interview Today's guest is a lifelong outdoorsman who was a high school history teacher for 14 years when he decided to leave it all behind and take his love of teaching to the outdoors. Well versed in bushcraft and survival skills he is the former lead survival instructor for the Wilderness Learning Center and the author of the book “101 Skills You Need to Survive in the Woods”. He is currently the Director of Training at Field Craft Survival; please welcome Kevin Estela to the show. II. Run and Gun III. Let's Mix It Up Let's Mix It Up is brought to you by 4Patriots.com. The US may be known for its excess, but the pandemic put a spotlight on how fragile our food chain can be when put to the test. Keith and I have found that 4 patriots is a great way to supplement your food stores with inexpensive and tasty food that can last up to 25 years. 4Patriots set up a special page for our listeners at 4Patriots.com/GUNEXPERIMENT10 so they can get weekly discounts and deals, but act quickly because the deals will change each week. On this episode of Let's Mix It Up we discuss how to build the perfect modern minuteman bag. (Go Bag?) (Go bag vs Get Home vs Bug out vs. EDC) IV. Outro We want to thank Kevin for joining us and discussing survival skills, a topic that we admittedly don't get to dedicate enough time to, but we feel is so important. It's really great to see how passionate he is about his craft and sharing it with others. We really look forward to implementing some of the ideas we discussed on Minuteman bags. Instagram X Youtube To everyone listening we want to thank you again for taking time out of your day to tune into our show; You can find links in the show notes to all of our social media, so be sure to follow us on Instagram, Twitter, Discord and Spotify so we can keep the conversation going. We may earn a small portion of the sale from some of the product/service links discussed in our show and provided in these notes. It doesn't come at a cost to you, but helps us to grow the show, buy gear to review and continue to create great content. We will never affiliate ourselves with companies or products that we do not personally stand behind. Thank you for your support.
This week Keith and I talk with the Director of Product Marketing for Primary Arms and take a deep dive into the world of optics. I want to remind everyone that we release new content every Tuesday morning so be sure to subscribe and share the show with friends. Subscribe here *Special contest to be announced* Ways to support the show: Join our mailing list: Thegunexperiment.com Subscribe and leave us 5 stars and comment on Apple or Spotify Follow us on instagram and/or Twitter: Instagram Twitter Be a part of our growing community, join our Discord page! Today's interview is brought to you by Flatline Fiberco. Flatline makes sewn goods for the shooting community, including IFAK pouches, slings, Ear Pro wraps and dump pouches. With their attention to detail and focus on customer satisfaction you simply can't go wrong with their Made in USA products that have a lifetime warranty. Check them out at Flatlinefiberco.com and use the discount code “gunexperiment10” at checkout for 10% off. I. Interview Today's guest is a veteran of the U.S. Army, where he served as an infantryman through multiple theaters until his retirement in 2009. He is an avid hunter, shooter and outdoorsman and has trained with many of the top instructors around the country in long range, carbine, pistol and shotgun. He has worked in several capacities within the firearms industry, but in 2021 was named the Director of Product Marketing for Primary Arms; Please welcome Stephen Morgan to the show. II. Run and Gun III. Let's Mix It Up Let's Mix It Up is brought to you by 4Patriots.com. You've heard Keith and I talk about how much we've enjoyed the product and how great they've been to work with. 4 Patriots offers so much more than survival food and now they have set up a special page for you at 4Patriots.com/GUNEXPERIMENT10 so that our listeners can get weekly discounts and deals . Act quickly, because the deals will change each week. On this episode of Let's Mix It Up, we discuss Primary Arms various optics and the best applications for each. IV. Outro We want to thank Steve for joining us and providing us with all the great info on the company and the various optics. It's great to see a company come out with different options that fit everyone's needs and budget. We also want to thank him again for the slx LPVO to give away to our listeners. We're excited to find our lucky winner. The conversation was great and we'd love to have him back. Website Instagram X Youtube To everyone listening we want to thank you again for taking time out of your day to tune into our show; You can find links in the show notes to all of our social media, so be sure to follow us on Instagram, Twitter, Discord and Spotify so we can keep the conversation going. We may earn a small portion of the sale from some of the product/service links discussed in our show and provided in these notes. It doesn't come at a cost to you, but helps us to grow the show, buy gear to review and continue to create great content. We will never affiliate ourselves with companies or products that we do not personally stand behind. Thank you for your support.
Today, we will present part one of our IFAK Life saver show as part of our new monthly medical shows for 2024.
How's it going everybody and welcome to The Gun Experiment. This week Keith and I talk with the Father of Modern Combatives and discuss the creation of a warrior culture in America. I want to remind everyone that we release new content every Tuesday morning so be sure to subscribe and share the show with friends. Subscribe here New Republic Ammunition from Target Sports USA is just the ticket for your next range trip; it's super reasonable in price and Keith and I have found it to be very reliable. Sign up for their Ammo+Membership at Targetsportsusa.com for 8% off all ammo purchases, free shipping, priority alerts and a whole lot more all for $95 a year. Ways to support the show: Join our mailing list: Thegunexperiment.com Subscribe and leave us 5 stars and comment on Apple or Spotify Follow us on instagram and/or Twitter: Instagram Twitter Be a part of our growing community, join our Discord page! Today's interview is brought to you by Flatline Fiberco. Flatline makes sewn goods for the shooting community, including IFAK pouches, slings, Ear Pro wraps and dump pouches. You simply can't go wrong with products that are made in the US and have a lifetime warranty, so check out all of their products at Flatlinefiberco.com. Use the discount code “gunexperiment10” at checkout for 10% off. I. Interview Today's guest served in the U.S. Marine Corps and the 75th Ranger Regiment during the course of a 22-year career in the military. A Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt and member of the Black Belt Hall of Fame member who is best known as a hand-to-hand combat expert and is known as the father of the U.S. Army's Modern Army Combatives Program; Please welcome Matt Larsen to the show. II. Run and Gun III. Let's Mix It Up Let's Mix It Up is brought to you by 4Patriots.com You've heard Keith and I talk about how much we've enjoyed the product and how great they've been to work with. They offer survival food and so much more and now the folks at 4Patriots set up a special page for you at 4Patriots.com/GUNEXPERIMENT10 so that our listeners can get weekly discounts and deals, but act quickly because the deals will change each week. On this episode of Let's Mix It Up, we discuss the process involved in creating a warrior culture in America. IV. Outro I want to thank Matt for joining us in the studio today and discussing combatives with us. His dedication to building a strong warrior culture is not only admirable, but in my opinion, needed now more than ever. It's always an honor to discuss a topic with someone at the top of their field, and I hope many of our listeners will be able to apply his warrior ethos to their everyday lives to help build a more capable nation. Website Facebook Youtube Instagram Twitter To everyone listening we want to thank you again for taking time out of your day to tune into our show; You can find links in the show notes to all of our social media, so be sure to follow us on Instagram, Twitter, Discord and Spotify so we can keep the conversation going. We may earn a small portion of the sale from some of the product/service links discussed in our show and provided in these notes. It doesn't come at a cost to you, but helps us to grow the show, buy gear to review and continue to create great content. We will never affiliate ourselves with companies or products that we do not personally stand behind. Thank you for your support.
How's it going everybody and welcome to The Gun Experiment. This week Keith and I talk with an author specializing in Second Amendment content, then we review the Triggertech AR15 Drop in trigger and the Stevens 560 Field Shotgun. I want to remind everyone that we release new content every Tuesday morning so be sure to subscribe and share the show with friends. Subscribe here New Republic Ammunition from Target Sports USA is accurate, reliable, and comes in six popular calibers. Sign up for their Ammo+Membership at Targetsportsusa.com for 8% off all ammo purchases, free shipping, priority alerts and a whole lot more all for $95 a year. Ways to support the show: Join our mailing list: Thegunexperiment.com Subscribe and leave us 5 stars and comment on Apple or Spotify Follow us on instagram and/or Twitter: Instagram Twitter Be a part of our growing community, join our Discord page! Today's interview is brought to you by Flatline Fiberco. Flatline makes everything from slings and dump pouches to their brand new IFAK Pouch. We recently did a thorough review of their IFAK and it carries everything you need in a small and manageable size. Check out all of their handmade products at Flatlinefiberco.com, use the discount code “gunexperiment10” at checkout for 10% off. I. Interview Today's guest believes deeply in individual freedoms and has long been fascinated by the written word ranging from poetry to journalistic writing. Combining these two passions, his writings embrace the fundamental freedoms afforded to us in the US. His creative writing is integrated with contemporary Americana and his articles revolve mostly around the freedoms enumerated in The Bill of Rights; Known as “The Pen Patriot”, please welcome John Petrolino to the show. Recommended Articles and Reading From this Episode Decoding Firearms Article: “A Philosophical Quandary…” Walk The Talk America Survey II. Run and Gun III. Top Gear Top Gear is brought to you by 4Patriots.com You've heard Keith and I talk about how much we've enjoyed their survival food and now they offer so much more. The folks at 4Patriots set up a special page for you at 4Patriots.com/GUNEXPERIMENT10 so that our listeners can get weekly discounts and deals, but act quickly because the deals will change each week. On this episode of Top Gear, we take a look at the Triggertech AR15 Drop in trigger and get more info on the Steven's 560 Field Shotgun. IV. Outro We want to thank John for coming on the show and talking about his love of writing and sharing his thoughts on the second amendment. We often talk about the problematic nature with both mainstream media and social media platforms. Authors such as him offer a healthy alternative and act as a conduit for so many who share his values, but don't have the platform to share their opinions; John, thank you for being a voice for so many people in the second amendment community. Website Facebook Youtube Instagram Twitter To everyone listening we want to thank you again for taking time out of your day to tune into our show; You can find links in the show notes to all of our social media, so be sure to follow us on Instagram, Twitter, Discord and Spotify so we can keep the conversation going. We may earn a small portion of the sale from some of the product/service links discussed in our show and provided in these notes. It doesn't come at a cost to you, but helps us to grow the show, buy gear to review and continue to create great content. We will never affiliate ourselves with companies or products that we do not personally stand behind. Thank you for your support.
Welcome to The Gun Experiment. This week Keith and I talk with a freelance journalist for outdoor media and discuss freedom from a refugees perspective. I want to remind everyone that we release new content every Tuesday morning so be sure to subscribe and share the show with friends. Subscribe here New Republic Ammunition from Target Sports USA is accurate, reliable, reasonably priced, and comes in six popular calibers. Sign up for their Ammo+Membership at Targetsportsusa.com for 8% off all ammo purchases, free shipping, priority alerts and a whole lot more for just $95 a year. Ways to support the show: Join our mailing list: Thegunexperiment.com Subscribe and leave us 5 stars and comment on Apple or Spotify Follow us on instagram and/or Twitter: Instagram Twitter Be a part of our growing community, join our Discord page! Today's interview is brought to you by Flatline Fiberco. Flatline makes everything from slings and dump pouches, to their brand new IFAK Pouch. We did a thorough review of their IFAK, and are super impressed. It carries everything you need in a small and manageable size. Check out all of their handmade products at Flatlinefiberco.com, and for an even better deal, use the discount code “gunexperiment10” at checkout to get 10% off. I. Interview Today's guest is a media strategist, podcaster, and Award-Winning Outdoor Writer specializing in freelance journalism. She is also an avid angler, gun owner, and hunter; please welcome Gabriella Hoffman to the show. II. Run and Gun III. Let's Mix It Up Let's Mix It Up is brought to you by 4Patriots.com You've heard Keith and I talk about how much we've enjoyed the product and how great they've been to work with. They offer so much more than just survival food and now they have done something awesome for our listeners. Visit the special page 4Patriots set up for you at 4Patriots.com/GUNEXPERIMENT10 to get weekly discounts and deals, but act quickly because the deals will change each week. On this episode of Let's Mix It Up, we discuss the lessons learned from the perspective of refugees. IV. Outro We want to thank Gabriella for coming on the show and discussing social media, conservation and her love of the outdoors. We're especially grateful for her sharing the values and crucial lessons that her parents brought with them from Lithuania and I think we would all be wise to remember just how lucky we are to have the freedoms we enjoy. Facebook Youtube Instagram Twitter Podcast To everyone listening we want to thank you again for taking time out of your day to tune into our show; You can find links in the show notes to all of our social media, so be sure to follow us on Instagram, Twitter, Discord and Spotify so we can keep the conversation going. We may earn a small portion of the sale from some of the product/service links discussed in our show and provided in these notes. It doesn't come at a cost to you, but helps us to grow the show, buy gear to review and continue to create great content. We will never affiliate ourselves with companies or products that we do not personally stand behind. Thank you for your support.
How's it going everybody and welcome to The Gun Experiment. This week Keith and I talk with the author of Violence of Mind and discuss immersion training. I want to remind everyone that we release new content every Tuesday morning so be sure to subscribe and share the show with friends. Subscribe here New Republic Ammunition from Target Sports USA is accurate, reliable, and comes in six popular calibers. Sign up for their Ammo+Membership at Targetsportsusa.com for 8% off all ammo purchases, free shipping, priority alerts and a whole lot more all for $95 a year. Ways to support the show: Join our mailing list: Thegunexperiment.com Subscribe and leave us 5 stars and comment on Apple or Spotify Follow us on instagram and/or Twitter: Instagram Twitter Be a part of our growing community, join our Discord page! Today's interview is brought to you by Flatline Fiberco. Flatline makes everything from slings and dump pouches to their brand new IFAK Pouch. We recently did a thorough review of their IFAK and we're super impressed. It carries everything you need in a small and manageable size. Check out all of their handmade products at Flatlinefiberco.com, and use the discount code “gunexperiment10” to get 10% off. I. Interview Today's guest is a self defense and firearms instructor with intimate knowledge and experience with high level criminally violent attackers. He is also a strength and fitness coach and the author of the books Violence of Mind and Beyond OODA, please welcome Varg Freeborn to the show. II. Run and Gun III. Let's Mix It Up Let's Mix It Up is brought to you by 4Patriots.com 4 Patriots provides long-lasting and delicious food options that are specifically designed to provide you and your loved ones with the sustenance you need when you need it most. Keith and I have personally taste tested their food and we're really impressed. Head to 4patriots.com and make sure that when the time comes, your family is prepared. Get 10% off anything you order with our discount code Gunexperiment10 On this episode of Let's Mix It Up, we discuss Varg's new Immersion Training Program. IV. Outro I want to thank Varg for joining us tonight. Many gun owners want to train both mentally and physically for what may be the worst possible scenario, but he has lived through this exact type of situation. Varg's insight into violence, the mindset needed to avoid it, and survive through it when all else fails, is so valuable and we appreciate him sharing his incite with us and our listeners. Website Facebook Youtube To everyone listening we want to thank you again for taking time out of your day to tune into our show; You can find links in the show notes to all of our social media, so be sure to follow us on Instagram, Twitter, Discord and Spotify so we can keep the conversation going. We may earn a small portion of the sale from some of the product/service links discussed in our show and provided in these notes. It doesn't come at a cost to you, but helps us to grow the show, buy gear to review and continue to create great content. We will never affiliate ourselves with companies or products that we do not personally stand behind. Thank you for your support.
Another Ranger joins the show, this time one with the capability to pass the high standards of the Ranger Regiment when it comes to functioning as a Medic. We discuss the credibility of recent terrorist threats, and go so far as to take a shot at the golden question: what is terrorism. Tim Selbrede both stands out and fits into a cohort of men like him who have gone out into the world, experienced adventure, and lived to tell the tale, only to come home to a country that doesn't honor him for the achievements he finished in defense of the Nation.Recently graduating DARC, the next feather in the cap means a question of what comes next and how we continue as a community in the coming months, years, and generations. Later in the episode he shares some advice when it comes to re-evaluating your medical capabilities after they may have gathered some dust or your IFAK has gone to disarray.And yes, this episode was published on the day when Luther nailed the 95 theses to the door of the church in honor of Tim being a Catholic. Follow Tim Selbrede on Twitter / X at @Hsolo275 aka Ralph the Airborne Rangerand on Instagram: @revere275Support the REDACTED Culture Cast at redactedculture.locals.comSSP and boutique products at redactedllc.comFollow us on Instagram at @redactedllc
How's it going everybody and welcome to The Gun Experiment. This week Keith and I talk with the Development Manager for Secure It Gun Storage and discuss gun storage and the advantages of modular safes. I want to remind everyone that we release new content every Tuesday morning so be sure to subscribe and share the show with friends. Subscribe here New Republic Ammunition from Target Sports USA is accurate, reliable, and comes in six popular calibers. Sign up for their Ammo + Membership at Targetsportsusa.com for 8% off all ammo purchases, free shipping, priority alerts and a whole lot more all for $95 a year. Ways to support the show: Join our mailing list: Thegunexperiment.com Subscribe and leave us 5 stars and comment on Apple or Spotify Follow us on instagram and/or Twitter: Instagram Twitter Be a part of our growing community, join our Discord page! Today's interview is brought to you by Flatline Fiberco. Flatline makes everything from slings and dump pouches to their brand new IFAK Pouch. We reviewed their IFAK and are super impressed. It carries everything you need in a small and manageable size. Check out all of their handmade products at Flatlinefiberco.com, and use the discount code “gunexperiment10” at checkout for10% off. I. Interview Today's guest is a freelance writer who has been featured on multiple digital platforms, as well as national publications. She is also a certified firearms and personal protection instructor. Her strong focus on gun safety and defensive applications makes her a perfect fit in her role as Development for Secure It Gun Storage, please welcome Karen Hunter to the show. I want to get to Run and Gun, but before we do, let's talk about Ridgeline Defense. Ridgeline is one of the nations premier training facilities, offering programs based on proven tactics and real world experience. Their highly trained staff specializes in pistol, carbine, precision rifle, breaching, sniper operations, and low visibility force protection. Check them out at Ridgelineshooting.com II. Run and Gun III. Let's Mix It Up Let's Mix It Up is brought to you by 4Patriots.com 4 Patriots provides long-lasting and delicious food options that are specifically designed to provide you and your loved ones with the sustenance you need when you need it most. Keith and I have put their food through taste testing and we were really impressed. Head to 4patriots.com and get 10% off anything you order with our discount code Gunexperiment10 On this episode of Let's Mix It Up, we discuss Secure It's gun storage options and the advantages of modular safes. IV. Outro I want to thank Karen for coming on and discussing her journey in the firearms industry. As a father of two daughters, it is great to see women such as her making huge strides in the second amendment community and helping to blaze a wider trail. I personally love the products that Secure It is putting out and I particularly love the modularity that the company focuses on. I would highly recommend that any listeners that are in the market for a new gun safe, check them out. Website Facebook Instagram Youtube To everyone listening we want to thank you again for taking time out of your day to tune into our show; You can find links in the show notes to all of our social media, so be sure to follow us on Instagram, Twitter, Discord and Spotify so we can keep the conversation going. We may earn a small portion of the sale from some of the product/service links discussed in our show and provided in these notes. It doesn't come at a cost to you, but helps us to grow the show, buy gear to review and continue to create great content. We will never affiliate ourselves with companies or products that we do not personally stand behind. Thank you for your support.
IFAK, UFAK, We all need an IFAK.Today we are talking about individual first aid kits, the various types of first aid kits, their purposes, and building those kits.If you would like to have the full episode notes of today's episode, you'll find them at practicalprepping.info/423Please share this podcast with your friends, family, and on social media accounts. Here's the link: https://www.practicalprepping.info/podcastIf you find value in the podcast, would you be willing to give back a little by buying us a cup of coffee??Buy Us A Cup of Coffeebuymeacoffee.com/practicalprepContact us:Practical PreppingWebsite: www.practicalprepping.infoEmail at info@practicalprepping.infoOur Sponsors:ProOne Water Filters - gravity water filters for prepping and everyday use.Visit ProOne website4Patriots - 4Patriots - your go-to for long-term emergency food and gear. Use the code "prepper" at checkout for a 10% discount on your first order.ProLine Digital Grouphttps://www.prolinedesigns.usEmail: info@prolinedesigns.usAURA - AURA - is your total online protection against identity theft , and for VPN.Jim Curtis Kniveshttps://www.facebook.com/JimcurtisknivesEmail Jim: j.curtis7mm@yahoo.comWebsite design and hosting by ProLine Digital Group.Podcasts Copyright 2023, P3 Media Group, and Practical Prepping PodcastJoin us on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for new episodes.
How's it going everybody and welcome to The Gun Experiment. This week Keith and I talk with the Vice President of Concealedcarry.com and discuss Pistol I.Q. Standards. I want to remind everyone that we release new content every Tuesday morning so be sure to subscribe and share the show with friends. Subscribe here New Republic Ammunition from Target Sports USA is accurate, reliable, and comes in six popular calibers. Sign up for their Ammo+Membership at Targetsportsusa.com for 8% off all ammo purchases and to be eligible for their truck giveaway that's happening this Saturday, October 14th. Ways to support the show: Join our mailing list: Thegunexperiment.com Subscribe and leave us 5 stars and comment on Apple or Spotify Follow us on instagram and/or Twitter: Instagram Twitter Be a part of our growing community, join our Discord page! Today's interview is brought to you by Ridgeline Defense. Ridgeline is one of the nations premier training facilities and offers programs based on proven tactics and real world experience. If you are looking to take your skills to the next level, you've found your new training partner. Check them out at Ridgelineshooting.com I. Interview Today's guest is an accomplished competitive shooter as well as an instructor who has created a unique course to help students establish their pistol shooting IQ. He is also the host of the popular Concealed Carry Podcast and Vice President of Concealed Carry.com; please welcome Riley Bowman to the show. I want to get to Run and Gun, but before we do, let's talk about 4Patriots.com They provide long-lasting and delicious food options that are specifically designed to provide you and your loved ones with the sustenance you need when you need it most. Keith and I have personally sampled it, and we were really impressed. Head to 4patriots.com and make sure that when the time comes your family is prepared for the worst. Get 10% off anything you order with our discount code Gunexperiment10 II. Run and Gun III. Let's Mix It Up Let's Mix It Up is brought to you by Flatline Fiberco. Flatline makes everything from slings and dump pouches, to their brand new IFAK Pouch. We recently did a thorough review of their IFAK and we were super impressed. Check out all of their handmade products at Flatlinefiberco.com, and use the discount code “gunexperiment10” at checkout to get 10% off. On this episode of Let's Mix It Up, we discuss Riley's Pistol I.Q. Standard and how to go about improving your personal IQ IV. Outro We want to thank Riley for coming on the show and talking to us about his philosophies and thoughts on training and competing. His insight and scientific approach to training is really cool and I always appreciate it when people like him pair the mental aspect of shooting with the physical. Website Facebook Instagram Youtube To everyone listening we want to thank you again for taking time out of your day to tune into our show; You can find links in the show notes to all of our social media, so be sure to follow us on Instagram, Twitter, Discord and Spotify so we can keep the conversation going. We may earn a small portion of the sale from some of the product/service links discussed in our show and provided in these notes. It doesn't come at a cost to you, but helps us to grow the show, buy gear to review and continue to create great content. We will never affiliate ourselves with companies or products that we do not personally stand behind. Thank you for your support.
How's it going everybody and welcome to The Gun Experiment. This week Keith and I talk with the former host of Discoveries Channel's show Master of Arms and reviewed the Nighthawk Custom thunder Ranch Edition, Vortex Diamondback 10x42 Binoculars, Tulster Holsters, Templar Blades. I want to remind everyone that we release new content every Tuesday morning so be sure to subscribe and share the show with friends. Subscribe here New Republic Ammunition from Target Sports USA is accurate, reliable, and comes in six popular calibers. Sign up for their Ammo + Membership at Targetsportsusa.com for 8% off all ammo purchases and to be eligible for their truck giveaway on October 14th. Ways to support the show: Join our mailing list: Thegunexperiment.com Subscribe and leave us 5 stars and comment on Apple or Spotify Follow us on instagram and/or Twitter: Instagram Twitter Be a part of our growing community, join our Discord page! Today's interview is brought to you by Ridgeline Defense. Ridgeline is one of the nations premier training facilities and offers programs based on proven tactics and real world experience They specialize in pistol, carbine, precision rifle, breaching, sniper operations, and low visibility force protection. Check them out at Ridgelineshooting.com I. Interview Today's guest is the chief marketing director of the MGS Trade school for Gunsmithing. He was also the host and gunsmithing subject matter expert for the Discovery Channel show Master of Arms; please welcome Zeke Stout to the show. Before we get to Run and Gun, let's talk about 4Patriots.com 4 Patriots provides long-lasting and delicious food options that are specifically designed to provide you and your loved ones with the sustenance you need when you need it most. Keith and I have put their food through taste testing and we were really impressed. Head to 4patriots.com and make sure that when the time comes your family is prepared for the worst. Get 10% off anything you order with our discount code “Gunexperiment10” II. Run and Gun III. Top Gear Top Gear is brought to you by Flatline Fiberco. Flatline makes everything from slings and dump pouches to their brand new IFAK Pouch. We recently did a thorough review of their IFAK and we were super impressed. It carries everything you need in a small and manageable size. Check out all of their handmade products at Flatlinefiberco.com, and use the discount code “gunexperiment10” at checkout to get 10% off. On this episode of Top Gear we review the Nighthawk Custom thunder Ranch Edition, Vortex Diamondback 10x42 Binoculars, Tulster Holsters, Templar Blades. IV. Outro We want to thank Zeke for coming on the show and hanging out with us. It was really interesting to hear about his background and his time on Master of Arms. We personally love what they are doing with MGS Trade School. Utilizing the internet to teach a skill set that could easily die out if not preserved is super important and gun enthusiasts are lucky to have this option. MGS Trade School Instagram Twitter Facebook To everyone listening we want to thank you again for taking time out of your day to tune into our show; You can find links in the show notes to all of our social media, so be sure to follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Discord so we can keep the conversation going. We may earn a small portion of the sale from some of the product/service links discussed in our show and provided in these notes. It doesn't come at a cost to you, but helps us to grow the show, buy gear to review and continue to create great content. We will never affiliate ourselves with companies or products that we do not personally stand behind. Thank you for your support.
How's it going everybody and welcome to The Gun Experiment. This week Keith and I talk with a former SWAT team leader and have an in depth discussion on the practical application of clearing structures. I want to remind everyone that we release new content every Tuesday morning so be sure to subscribe and share the show with friends. Subscribe here New Republic Ammunition from Target Sports USA is accurate, reliable, and it comes in six popular calibers. Be sure to sign up for their Ammo + Membership at Targetsportsusa.com which gets you 8% off all ammo purchases and makes you eligible for their truck giveaway on October 14th. **AmmoPlus Day on September 19th Ways to support the show: Join our mailing list: Thegunexperiment.com Subscribe and leave us 5 stars and comment on Apple or Spotify Follow us on instagram and/or Twitter: Instagram Twitter Be a part of our growing community, join our Discord page! Today's interview is brought to you by Ridgeline Defense. Ridgeline is one of the nations premier training facilities and offers programs based on proven tactics and real world experience. Their highly trained staff specializes in pistol, carbine, precision rifle, breaching, sniper operations, and low visibility force protection. Check them out at Ridgelineshooting.com I. Interview Today's guest served in the US Army for 6 years and was a Police Officer for over 25 years where he spent the bulk of his time in SWAT. While in SWAT he held many positions including instructor and team leader. In 2006 he started his training company Tap-Rack Tactical which became his full time job when he retired from law enforcement in 2018; please welcome Bill Blowers to the show. I want to get to Run and Gun, but before we do, let's talk about 4Patriots.com 4 Patriots provides long-lasting and delicious food options that are specifically designed to provide you and your loved ones with the sustenance you need when you need it most. Keith and I have put their food through taste testing and we were really impressed. It's delicious, nutritious and comes in at a great value. II. Run and Gun III. Let's Mix It Up Let's Mix It Up is brought to you by Flatline Fiberco. Flatline makes everything from slings and dump pouches to their brand new IFAK Pouch. We recently did a thorough review of their IFAK and we were very impressed. It carries everything you need in a small and manageable size. Check out all of their handmade products at Flatlinefiberco.com and use the discount code “gunexperiment10” at checkout to get 10% off. On this episode of Let's Mix It Up, we take an in depth look at the practical application of clearing structures. IV. Outro We want to thank Bill for coming on the show and hanging out with us. He has a lot of varied experiences that have allowed us to broach topics that have never been discussed on our show before. We're always looking to make ourselves and our listeners better protectors and ultimately better humans; our conversation today has definitely contributed to that goal and for that I am grateful. Tap Rack Tactical Facebook Instagram To everyone listening we want to thank you again for taking time out of your day to tune into our show; You can find links in the show notes to all of our social media, so be sure to follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Discord so we can keep the conversation going. We may earn a small portion of the sale from some of the product/service links discussed in our show and provided in these notes. It doesn't come at a cost to you, but helps us to grow the show, buy gear to review and continue to create great content. We will never affiliate ourselves with companies or products that we do not personally stand behind. Thank you for your support.
How's it going everybody and welcome to The Gun Experiment. This week Keith and I talk with the Executive Director of FASTER Colorado and take a deeper look at how to harden our schools and protect our nation's children. I want to remind everyone that we release new content every Tuesday morning so be sure to subscribe and share the show with friends. Subscribe here New Republic Ammunition from Target Sports USA is accurate, reliable, and it comes in six popular calibers. Be sure to sign up for their Ammo+Membership at Targetsportsusa.com which gets you 8% off all ammo purchases and makes you eligible for their truck giveaway in September. Ways to support the show: Join our mailing list: Thegunexperiment.com Subscribe and leave us 5 stars and comment on Apple or Spotify Follow us on instagram and/or Twitter: Instagram Twitter Be a part of our growing community, join our Discord page! Today's interview is brought to you by 4Patriots.com 4 Patriots provides long-lasting and delicious food options that are specifically designed to provide you and your loved ones with the sustenance you need when you need it most. Keith and I have put their food through taste testing and we were really impressed. Head to 4patriots.com and make sure that when the time comes your family is prepared for the worst. Be sure to get 10% off anything you order with our discount code Gunexperiment10 I. Interview Today's guest appears regularly in Colorado and national media, as well as the occasional blog. She is a political media strategist and the author of the book: Government Ruins Nearly Everything, Reclaiming Social Issues From Uncivil Servants. She is currently the Executive Director of FASTER Colorado; please welcome Laura Carno to the show. I want to get to Run and Gun, but before we do, let's talk about Ridgeline Defense. Ridgeline is one of the nations premier training facilities and offers programs based on proven tactics and real world experience Their highly trained staff specializes in pistol, carbine, precision rifle, breaching, sniper operations, and low visibility force protection. If you are looking to take your skills to the next level, you've found your new training partner. Check them out at Ridgelineshooting.com II. Run and Gun III. Let's Mix It Up Let's Mix It Up is brought to you by Flatline Fiberco. Flatline makes everything from slings, and dump pouches to their brand new IFAK Pouch. We recently did a thorough review of their IFAK and we were super impressed. It carries everything you need in a small and manageable size. Check out all of their handmade products at Flatlinefiberco.com, and be sure to use the discount code “gunexperiment10” at checkout to get 10% off. On this episode of Let's Mix It Up, we take a deeper look at how to harden our schools and protect our school children. IV. Outro We want to thank Laura for coming on the show and telling us about FASTER Colorado. We think it goes without saying that we need to protect our innocent children at all costs. Hopes, prayers and more gun control certainly won't accomplish it, but hardening our schools certainly can. We hope more states start to see programs like Laura's as a proactive way to accomplish this and we thank her so very much for leading this charge. FASTER Colorado Twitter To everyone listening we want to thank you again for taking time out of your day to tune into our show; You can find links in the show notes to all of our social media, so be sure to follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Discord so we can keep the conversation going. We may earn a small portion of the sale from some of the product/service links discussed in our show and provided in these notes. It doesn't come at a cost to you, but helps us to grow the show, buy gear to review and continue to create great content. We will never affiliate ourselves with companies or products that we do not personally stand behind. Thank you for your support.
How's it going everybody and welcome to The Gun Experiment. This week Keith and I talk with the owner of Allegiance Defense Solutions and take an in depth look at home defense preparations and training. I want to remind everyone that we release new content every Tuesday morning so be sure to subscribe and share the show with friends. Subscribe here If you're looking for ammunition that is accurate, reliable, and reasonable in price, New Republic Ammunition from Target Sports USA comes in six popular calibers. Be sure to sign up for their Ammo+Membership at Targetsportsusa.com which gets you 8% off all ammo purchases and makes you eligible for their truck giveaway in September. Ways to support the show: Join our mailing list: Thegunexperiment.com Subscribe and leave us 5 stars and comment on Apple or Spotify Follow us on instagram and/or FB: Instagram Facebook Be a part of our growing community, join our Discord page! Today's interview is brought to you by 4Patriots.com 4 Patriots provides long-lasting and delicious food options that are specifically designed to provide you and your family with the sustenance you need when you need it most. Keith and I have taste tested their food and we were really impressed; It's delicious, nutritious and comes in at a great value. Head to 4patriots.com and use our discount code Gunexperiment10 to get 10% off anything you order. I. Interview Today's guest had a dream of becoming a police officer and at a young age was able to successfully chase down that dream. After a long career and a myriad of roles, he would eventually retire and go on to start his own training company. To this day he remains a student of his craft and is passionate about preparing good Americans to be self-reliant defenders. Please welcome David Acosta Jr. from Allegiance Defense Solutions. You grew up with the dream of becoming a police officer. How old were you when you knew that police work was your calling and what was it that drew you to the career? You have talked about over your policing career you felt that victims “outsourced their protection.” That phase really resonated with me. Can you expand on what exactly you mean by that? (Growing up in the northeast does he think people do not choose to protect themselves because of the gun restrictions?) You held many positions throughout your law enforcement career including: patrol, low profile investigations, narcotics and undercover work, federal task force, warrant task force, fugitive task force, academy instructor, and SWAT. If you had to choose what was your favorite role in your career? (Why? Stories?) Given your time in New Haven I have to know who has the best Pizza? Sally's, Bar, Modern, or Frank Pepe? Have you been to Louis Lunch where the birth of the hamburger is claimed? You have some great content on your instagram regarding combatives. If we were to take someone with zero skills and wanted to make them into a formidable asset what would the recipe be? (Physical fitness, guns, blade work, grappling, striking, medical training, etc) How can people protect themselves from paying for subpar training? What should we be on the lookout for when researching training partners? Tell everyone where they can find you online. I want to get to Run and Gun, but before we do, let's talk about Ridgeline Defense. Ridgeline is one of the nations premier training facilities and their highly trained staff specializes in pistol, carbine, precision rifle, breaching, sniper operations, and low visibility force protection. If you are looking to take your skills to the next level, you've found your new training partner. Check them out at Ridgelineshooting.com II. Run and Gun III. Let's Mix It Up Let's Mix It Up is brought to you by Flatline Fiberco. Flatline makes everything from slings and dump pouches to their brand new IFAK Pouch. We recently did a thorough review of their IFAK and we were super impressed. It carries everything you need in a small and manageable size. Check out all of their handmade products at Flatlinefiberco.com, and use the discount code “gunexperiment10” at checkout to get 10% off. On this episode of Let's Mix It Up, we discuss home defense preparations and training. IV. Outro We want to thank David for coming on the show and sharing his story with us, as well as his insight on how to become more capable humans. Home defense is something very important, unique to each person's individual situation, and David has given some serious food for thought. Allegiance Defense Solutions Instagram 0 To everyone listening we want to thank you again for taking time out of your day to tune into our show; You can find links in the show notes to all of our social media, so be sure to follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Discord so we can keep the conversation going. 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How's it going everybody and welcome to The Gun Experiment. This week Keith and I talk with the owner of JBS Training Group and discuss designated marksman matches. I want to remind everyone that we release new content every Tuesday morning so be sure to subscribe and share the show with friends. Subscribe here When it's time to stock up on Ammo look no further than our friends over at Target Sports USA. Check out their new offering, New Republic Ammunition which is already offered at a great price, but for an even better deal, sign up for their Ammo+Membership at Targetsportsusa.com Ways to support the show: Join our mailing list: Thegunexperiment.com Subscribe and leave us 5 stars and comment on Apple or Spotify Follow us on instagram and/or FB: Instagram Facebook Be a part of our growing community, join our Discord page! Tonight's interview is brought to you by Flatline Fiber Co. Flatline makes everything from slings, to dump pouches, but we recently did a thorough review of their IFAK and we were super impressed. It carries everything you need in a small and manageable size. Check out all of their handmade products at Flatlinefiberco.com Make sure to use the discount code “gunexperiment10” at checkout to get 10% off. I. Interview Today's guest has been shooting for over 15 years and has worked to build relevant, up-to-date, and professional training programs. He has worked with military, civilian, and law-enforcement clients including members of Homeland Security, NYPD, US Marshals and the FBI. When he isn't teaching he is an active USPSA competitor, where he has achieved the classification of Grand Master. Please welcome Mark Smith of JBS Training Group to the show. Before we get to Run and Gun, let's talk about 4Patriots.com They provide long-lasting and delicious food options that are specifically designed to provide you and your loved ones with the sustenance you need when you need it most. Keith and I recently tasted their Grammy's Sweet Oatmeal and we really enjoyed it. Head to 4patriots.com and make sure that when the time comes your family is prepared for the worst. Be sure to get 10% off anything you order with our discount code Gunexperiment10 II. Run and Gun III. Let's Mix It Up Let's Mix It Up is brought to you by Ridgeline Defense. Ridgeline is one of the nations premier training facilities and offers programs based on proven tactics and real world experience. Their highly trained staff specializes in pistol, carbine, precision rifle, breaching, sniper operations, and low visibility force protection. If you are looking to take your skills to the next level, you've found your new training partner. Check them out at Ridgelineshooting.com On this episode of Let's Mix It Up, we discuss designated marksman setups and competitions. IV. Outro We want to thank Mark for coming on the show and sharing his insight on training and competition. He makes DMR competitions sound like a real challenge, but also a lot of fun and it's definitely something we'd love to try. We really enjoyed hearing about his scientific based approach to training and think it's a really refreshing approach to teaching. JBS Training Group Instagram Facebook Youtube To everyone listening we want to thank you again for taking time out of your day to tune into our show; You can find links in the show notes to all of our social media, so be sure to follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Discord so we can keep the conversation going. We may earn a small portion of the sale from some of the product/service links discussed in our show and provided in these notes. It doesn't come at a cost to you, but helps us to grow the show, buy gear to review and continue to create great content. We will never affiliate ourselves with companies or products that we do not personally stand behind. Thank you for your support.
How's it going everybody and welcome to The Gun Experiment. This week Keith and I talk with the Tactical Cowboy and review a new gear including a new IFAK and the GBRS Hydra optic mount. I want to remind everyone that we release new content every Tuesday morning so be sure to subscribe and share the show with friends. Subscribe here When it's time to stock up on Ammo look no further than our friends over at Target Sports USA. Check out their new offering, New Republic Ammunition for a great price, but for an even better deal, sign up for their Ammo+Membership at Targetsportsusa.com Ways to support the show: Join our mailing list: Thegunexperiment.com Subscribe and leave us 5 stars and comment on Apple or Spotify Follow us on instagram and/or FB: Instagram Facebook Be a part of our growing community, join our Discord page! Tonight's interview is brought to you by Flatline Fiber Co. Flatline makes everything from slings and dump pouches to their new IFAK Pouch. This IFAK gives you everything you need in a small and manageable size. All of their products are made by hand in the USA, include free shipping, and have a lifetime warranty. Use the discount code “gunexperiment10” at checkout to get 10% off and thank you for supporting the companies that support the show. I. Interview Today's guest is an Army Ranger who did four deployments conducting the Ranger Mission in Afghanistan. He is currently the President and Lead Mentor at Tactical Cowboy Training Solutions, where they employ the “measure twice, cut once" philosophy. His outfit provides high level training and creates repeatable and consistent results that ensure students will only need to “cut once” if the time ever arises. Without further ado, it is my pleasure to welcome Devin Soto to the show. Before we get to Run and Gun, let's talk about 4Patriots.com You've hear me mention my food preps before and that's because I feel it's an important part of self preparedness. 4 Patriots provide long-lasting and delicious food options that are specifically designed to provide you and your loved ones with the sustenance you need when you need it most, at an affordable price. All 4 Patriots Survival Food kits are: Handpacked in the U.S.A. Last for up to 25 years Include a wide variety of delicious breakfasts, lunches, and dinners Backed by 1000's of 5-star customer reviews Be sure to get 10% off anything you order with our discount code Gunexperiment10 II. Run and Gun III. Top Gear Top Gear is brought to you by Ridgeline Defense. Ridgeline is one of the nations premier training facilities. Their highly trained staff specializes in pistol, carbine, precision rifle, breaching, sniper operations, and low visibility force protection. Check them out at Ridgelineshooting.com On this episode of Top Gear, we review the PIMP and the GBRS Hydra optic mount. IV. Outro We want to thank Devin for spending this time with us. As a lifelong learner, I really appreciate his teaching philosophy and admire his desire to genuinely help people achieve their goals, not only in shooting, but in life. If we ever make it out to Utah, we'll definitely have to train with his team. Tactical Cowboy Solutions Instagram Facebook Youtube To everyone listening we want to thank you again for taking time out of your day to tune into our show; You can find links in the show notes to all of our social media, so be sure to follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Discord so we can keep the conversation going. We may earn a small portion of the sale from some of the product/service links discussed in our show and provided in these notes. It doesn't come at a cost to you, but helps us to grow the show, buy gear to review and continue to create great content. We will never affiliate ourselves with companies or products that we do not personally stand behind. Thank you for your support.
James and Danl talk about what to put in a first aid kit, what not to rely on, and where to get stop the bleed training. We will share IFAK details and links below and in a Twitter thread. 1. Reliable suppliers Chinook Medical (https://www.chinookmed.com/) North American Rescue (https://www.narescue.com/0 Rescue Essentials (www.rescue-essentials.com) 2. Supplies Tourniquet: (https://www.rescue-essentials.com/combat-application-tourniquet-cat-gen-7/) Pressure dressing ( https://www.rescue-essentials.com/olaes-modular-bandage/) Chest Seal ( https://www.rescue-essentials.com/hyfin-vent-chest-seal-twin-pack/) Hemostatic gauze (https://www.rescue-essentials.com/quikclot-combat-gauze-z-folded-military/) Packed Gauze (https://www.rescue-essentials.com/nar-responder-rolled-compressed-gauze/) Lil' sharpie (https://www.rescue-essentials.com/sharpie-mini-marker-black/) Emergency Blanket (https://www.rescue-essentials.com/rescue-essentials-emergency-blanket/) Gloves (https://www.rescue-essentials.com/ten-pairs-bear-claw-tan-nitrile-gloves/) Shears (https://www.rescue-essentials.com/stainless-steel-5-5-emt-shears/) Pouch (you can also use a fanny pack) (https://lbxtactical.com/collections/medp/products/65?variant=31255204036706) 3. Some pre-made options https://www.narescue.com/all-products/medical-kits/uscg-mini-ifak.html (you will want to add a second chest seal) https://www.rescue-essentials.com/nar-eagle-ifak-combat-gauze/ https://www.rescue-essentials.com/fletc-ifak-with-components-module/ (If you don't know how to use the NPA, don't try!) 4. Training Stop The Bleed https://www.stopthebleed.org/training/ NOLS https://www.nols.edu/en/coursefinder/session_search/wilderness-medicine/ REI Wilderness Medicine (https://www.rei.com/events/a/outdoor-skills-wilderness-medicine) Red Cross First Aid For Severe Trauma (https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/first-aid/first-aid-training/first-aid-classes/fast-training) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode Summary On this week's Live Like the World is Dying, Margaret and Inmn finish their talk about go bags. They talk about important documents, knives, tools, sleeping systems, shelters, coping with isolation, food, water, firearms, specific situations you might need a go bag for, and of course, DnD. Host Info Margaret can be found on twitter @magpiekilljoy or instagram at @margaretkilljoy. Inmn can be found on Instagram @shadowtail.artificery. Publisher Info This show is published by Strangers in A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org, or on Twitter @TangledWild and Instagram @Tangled_Wilderness. You can support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness. Transcript Live Like the World is Dying: Margaret on Go Bags Part II Inmn 00:14 Hello, and welcome to Live Like the World is Dying, your podcast for what feels like the end times. I'm your host Inmn Neruin, and this week we're continuing to talk about go bags. We have the second part of an interview with the founder of this podcast, Margaret Killjoy, where we continue our conversation from last week at literally the exact place that we left off. But first, this podcast is a proud member of the Channel Zero Network of anarchists podcasts. And here's a jingle from another show on the network. Doo doo doo doo doo. [Making noises like a song] So Margaret, we've gone through hygiene kit, survival kit, and... I immediately forgot the third part of it. Margaret 01:39 First aid. Inmn 01:39 First-aid kit. And so that wraps up kind of like an emergency pack? Margaret 01:44 Yep. Inmn 01:44 What what what else goes in a bug out bag. Margaret 01:47 So, now that we get to the bag itself, I would say the next most important thing is a water bottle. Specifically, I like--and I give to all my friends--single wall steel canteen style water bottles. And the reason that I like these is that you can boil water in them. The double wall vacuum sealed canteens, they rule for a lot of purposes, like actually, they're really good for like putting hot soup in your bag. If you're going out hiking for the day and you get to the top of the mountain you get to--as if I've ever climbed a whole ass mountain. By my standards where I live, the mountains are very short. And so when you climb up a whole ass Appalachian mountain, you can have your warm soup up at the top even when it's snowing and shit, you know. But overall, I use 32 ounce steel wall canteens. I like them a lot. And then you're also going to want to make sure that you have food in there, protein bars and other snacks. So that's the core. But then for the bag itself, it's really going to depend on what you're doing. So, I guess I'll go over the not camping stuff first, the kind of like...the stuff that is like...Okay, because there's all the camping shit. And that's really useful depending on your situation. But, things to put in your go bag: your passport. If nothing else, if you don't want your actual main documents in here, you're going to want to put photocopies and digital copies of your stuff in here, which is of course somewhat of a security risk. If someone steals your bag, they get this stuff, right. But for me, the threat model is that my passport is more useful to me in my backpack than it is at home in a safe when I'm 1000 miles away. So, your passport, which I would push anyone who was capable in the United States of making sure that they have an updated passport, especially these days. You want your important documents backed up. This could be some of your medical records. It could be your dog's medical records. It could be your children's medical records. And, you might want the deed to your house. You might want some of the vehicle registration stuff. You want your like stuff--not necessarily the originals in this particular case--but you want the documents of it in case you're like coming back later and need to prove some shit. You know? Because a lot of crises might disrupt a lot of the institutions of bureaucracy. And you would think that in times of crisis, bureaucracy will be like, "I guess we kind of get in the way of human freedom." But no, in times of crisis borders will still be like, "Oh, I don't know about you. You don't have the right document. I don't care that the road you're on is literally on fire." or whatever the fuck you know. Another way to back these up is to literally just to take pictures of them on your phone and have it on your phone. But I think it's actually a good idea to have a USB stick with these documents as well and you might want to consider encrypting that, which I don't know if all computers can do easily but at least my computer can do easily. And you probably want...you might want more of an expanded first-aid kit in this. I guess I gets into the other thing thing. And then the other thing that I think you're gonna want in your go bag is you want fucking entertainment. Like this gets over overlooked so much. But, when when Covid hit, the way that my mental health works I was very isolated, right? I could not put myself at risk to Covid because of my mental health. And so, I lived alone in a cabin without much electricity. And the best purchase I made was something called a Bit Boy, and I highly recommend it. It is this tiny...it looks like a tiny Gameboy and it has all of the Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, and everything else games like on it. And it uses almost no battery. It's rechargeable. It's a little finicky. If you like turn it off it like fucks it up because it's like a it's like a $30 thing full of pirated shit, right? So it's super finicky. But, I swear that this thing had a better mental health effect on me then like almost anything else during that time. And the other thing that got me through it was I had legally purchased downloads of TV. And so even though I didn't have internet, I once a week, once a day, like sat down and ate my cold soup and watched fucking Steven Universe, and that she got me through it. And so like a USB stick full of like movies, TV, also, specifically, a USB stick full of like survival guides and information about how to build things, fix things, all of that shit. I think it's a super useful thing for a bug out bag. And I leave it up to... Inmn 06:32 It's funny because I feel like this episode is something where we're covering a lot of stuff that--and I just want to start flagging things--we did a whole episode on how you can build a mesh network essentially to have things like libraries of entertainment, or Wikipedia downloads, or like survival bits. So, if you want to learn more about that then go check out that episode. I believe it's called Andre on Solar Punk. Margaret 07:08 Oh, yeah. I forgot we talked about some of the mesh network stuff. That shit's fucking cool. And yeah, so have a library with you. You know, keep a download of Wikipedia on your computer. My computer bag is an example of the kind of bag that theoretically I should be a little bit smarter and kind of keep next to the bug out bag when it's not in use, right? Because I'm going to throw my laptop into my bug out bag if I'm running, right? And so it's like people are like, "Oh, but where's your like giant knife." and like, don't get me wrong, I have a giant knife on my bag. But. I also now have a Nintendo Switch in there, which is an upgrade from the Bit Boy. And like, I am proudest of that of all of the things in my bug out bag. I see that as the most likely for me to use. And I remember before Covid, I remember thinking to myself as I was preparing a library hard drive. And as I was preparing--well I didn't have the Switch yet--but I was like, "Man, what kind of Apocalypse leaves you with free time?" And I'm like, "Oh, Covid." or the next pandemic or fucking hanging out in a refugee center for trans people in Canada or whatever the fuck horrible shit we're gonna have to deal with, you know? Inmn 08:24 Yeah, and just sorry, just to clarify, free time for a lot of people and an incredible amount of not free time for a lot of people. Margaret 08:33 Well, yeah, no, I I think I mean more about isolation. It's not like I like...maybe I'm just being defensive. But it's like at the beginning of the pandemic, my cabin did not sustain life. And so I had to put all of my work into plumbing it, solaring it, you know, washing all my clothes by hand, like doing all this shit, right? But, I think that especially in times of isolation there's like downtime that people don't expect. And I could be wrong, but I suspect that this would be true almost no matter the crisis is that there's like downtime you don't expect where turning your...where not thinking about the crises that are happening is incredibly important. No, it is funny. You're right because I think in my head there's like the beginning of Covid a lot of especially middle class people were like, "Oh, fuck, I'm stuck in my house and bored." Right? Versus a lot of working class people who are like, "Well, now I'm still working in the middle of this nightmare," you know? I think that like...but I would guess that...I dunno, whatever I'll stop being defensive. Inmn 09:41 Yeah, sorry, less of a push back and more just a bringing in this other piece of the piece of the context. But, you know, there were also overworked doctors who were separated from their families. And so, I imagine they also did have probably this weird amount of downtime where It's like, "Well, I'm not at work, but I'm not with my family. What am I doing?" Margaret 10:04 Yeah, and specifically for me, games are a really good anti-anxiety because I definitely hold by the, "Busy bee has no time for sorrow." But then you're like, "Well, it's dark out and I don't have lights in my house. Fuck am I gonna do?" You know? Okay, so that's some of the stuff from a bug out bag point of view. That's the kind of...like;, documents and things like that matter a lot. You're also going to want anything that you need for taking care of other loved ones and or animals that you might have to do. Like, my dog has a smoke mask. He does not like it. If we were in a wildfire situation, he would deal with it. You know? And so there might be like different stuff like...I should probably get a muzzle for my dog. I do not. I do not muzzle my dog on any kind of regular basis. But, I could imagine a situation in which like, everything is so stressful that it would be necessary, right? And you're gonna know better than us what specifically other other stuff you need. But I guess we'll talk about more of the expanded survival stuff that a lot of people are gonna put in their bug out bags, if that makes sense? Inmn 11:20 Yeah, totally. And sorry, just to keep flagging some things. So folks, if you want to learn more about other little pieces of this topic like how to prepare for needing extra medications in a world where like medication systems kind of break down, we do a whole episode on it. I'm blanking on what the episode title is. But I believe it's called "Taking care of your medical needs." Margaret 11:50 That sounds right. Inmn 11:51 And I forget who the guest was. But yeah, I love that we're having this go back conversation now. Because I feel like we can really tie a lot of larger topics that we've talked about before into it, which I'm really loving. Margaret 12:08 Yeah. And then maybe we'll go through, you know, kind of some more of this checklist type stuff and then talk more about the different situations in which one might need to go bag. How does that sound? Inmn 12:18 That sounds great. Margaret 12:19 Okay. So, for the bag itself beyond the emergency kit, you've now added your documents, you've added your water bottle, you've added snacks. And for snacks from my point of view, I recommend snacks that you don't like because otherwise you're going to eat them beforehand. If you're me. [laughs] I used to keep Clif Bars and not Builder Bars as my snacks because I didn't like Clif bars, but I ate so many builder bars as part of my regular life as being an oogle that now I'm kind of sick of them. So now it's like reversed. And Clif Bars are my regular protein bar and Builder Bars are my my snacks I throw in my bag, you know. And, everyone's gonna do this a little differently. And then that stuff is like...most of the stuff in here is...Like I also pick things that don't really expire, but food expires. And also so does that medication, although the medication tends to just lower its efficacy rather than become dangerous. Other things I keep in my bug out bag: a collapsible plastic water canteen. These are useful for a bunch of different things. Like if you just need to hold more water for a while, you might want one of these. I also have moved to a hydration bladder. A lot of people move away from them. I've recently moved towards them. People kind of go back and forth in the hiking world about hydration bladders. As an oogle, I never used them. As a hiker, I really like them because you can hands free or like minimal effort drink as you go, you know. And, you know, more water good except for the weight part of it, you know? And you're also going to want, to keep talking about water, you're going to want to filter in water. And I think that this is true in most circumstances. I think that this is like...you know, some of this like survival stuff is very back woodsy, but a lot of the survival stuff also applies to cities. And it applies to cities where like if you got to boil advisory... like I don't know, anyone who's not had a boil advisory where they live at some point or another, right? You know, every now and then they admit that the water isn't drinkable in your area, and also a lot of like urban survival stuff is like...whatever, I've like slept on a lot of rooftops in my life and shit, you know? Like shelter from the elements is often easier to find in a city but not necessarily a lot of other stuff. So for myself, there's a lot of different water filters. A lot of them are designed for backpacking and those tend to be pretty good. I use a Sawyer water filter. They're these little tiny ceramic water filters and they have a bunch of different attachment sense to them. I used one of these at the beginning of Covid for all of my water because I didn't have a great water source. And, I was just like basically like...I set mine up to a five gallon bucket system where I put water in the five gallon bucket, and then it goes through a hose into the Sawyer filter, and then it gravity drips into a five gallon jerrycan. That's like a stationary kind of thing. For a go bag, you use the same water filter, but it has like one bag of dirty water and one bag of clean water. You can also just rely on chemical filter...not filtration but like purification. Some people like the UV filter chemical things. I've never used one. I don't totally understand them. I mean, I understand the concept, but I don't...I can't attest to them. It seems like most people are picking ceramic water filters. There's also a LifeStraw. And a LifeStraw is a perfectly fine thing to have. I keep one in my hiking day bag. These are these cheap water ceramic filters--like 15 bucks often--and you just drink through it. Usually I go up to the stream and you stick this thing in it and you drink out of the stream. Inmn 16:09 It acts as a filter but also you can't get viruses or stuff? Margaret 16:14 Exactly, it's a ceramic filter that...Yeah, all of these filters are designed to take like mountain stream water and make it potable. Actually, the thing that they're bad at is filtering large stuff like mud. And these can get like clogged up. It's the biggest downside of a ceramic filter. What a lot of people do is they take their bandanna or their...if you're an oogle you use a banana. If you're a military bro, you use the...I forget what they're called. They're the like, giant bananas that...Folk...I can't remember the name of them. Folks in the desert and like, you know, Southwest Asia and stuff tend to use, I think. You use one of those. And then if you're a hiking bro, then you use your...what did I decide they were called? Buffs? Inmn 17:11 Yes. Margaret 17:13 So, you filter all the water through that if you want to keep the ceramic water filter lasting longer. I haven't done as much like hiking filtering, I usually just bring enough water because I don't go on really long hikes. But, I mostly have used the ceramic water filter in a stationary sense. So that's like my personal experience with it. But, that's what I carry. You can also add, if you would like, you can add these more ready-to-eat food besides just like bars and stuff. They make these...it's basically Lembas [like in "Lord of the Rings"] bread. They make these like military rations that are like vacuum sealed and are good for five or ten years. And it's just like oil and flour. And it tastes like nothing. And it's just calories. It's just like a block of calories. And your body can go a fairly long time without food compared to water, right? But like, for peak efficacy--and also to not be a grouchy asshole--you want to at least put calories if not nutrition in your body. A lot of the survival food isn't really focused on nutrition because like it's not the end of the world if you don't get your vitamins for a couple days. Inmn 18:21 Yeah, but obviously everyone has different, you know, body needs or like food requirements. Margaret 18:27 Yeah, totally. Inmn 18:28 And so this is like maybe a good time for folks with diabetes or just any any other kind of predisposition that requires to have more food around. Margaret 18:39 Yeah, and different types of food. And I think it's actually worth having a variety of types of food also for the people around you because I think a lot of this is going to be based on sharing, because greediness in times of crisis, people are like, "Oh, that's when you got to be greedy." And I'm like, "The single most useful tool you can have is another person." Like I can't imagine something I would rather have in a time of crisis than someone else. And so like, yeah, having a variety of types of foods, I think is great from that point of view. No, yeah. And like, yeah, everyone's going to need different things. Okay, so next, fire. In most people's day to day life, fire is not a big component of it. And honestly, most random overnight...like, when I was in oogle, I didn't like fucking stop and make a fire in the woods most nights, you know? And if I did, it was kind of like a celebration type thing, you know? However, from a survival point of view, there's a lot of situations where being able to have a fire is really useful specifically mostly for warmth, also for other like, you know, signaling purposes and for like...you know, if you make a wet fire, it'll smoke more and things like that. And for both boiling water to...another way to, you know, purify your water or whatever. And also for cooking. It's kind of a morale thing for cooking a lot of times. A lot of foods you can just eat them cold and that's especially the kind of stuff you might want to keep in your bag. But for fire, you might want to have additional fire methods, but you've already got a lot of them going on in the rest of your kit. The kind of thing that I always sort of made fun of, but now I understand, is the big fuck-off knife. I mean, you're a knife maker. So you probably think about knives more than the average person. But... Inmn 20:39 It's true and I think I'm curious what you have to say about the big fuck-off knife mostly because I've kind of worked my way back from it, because I used to have a big fuck-off knife all the time. Like when I was an oogle, I was that oogle with the big fuck-off knife. Margaret 20:57 The big fuck-off knife has two purposes. One, is to get people to fuck off. It's not even about drawing it, it's about fucking open carrying it. It's just about being like, "Yeah, I'm in a miniskirt. And I have a like seven inch knife on my waist." Like, people just fuck with you less when you have a big fuck-off knife. And so that's like one of the purposes. But then, bushcraft. I didn't understand why survival knives were big because I was like a big knife...I'm not a knife fighter. I think anyone who is a knife fighter is not thinking about how long they want to live. Like, that's why I mean having a big fuck-off knife is to make people leave you alone, not to like fight them with it. But just to like fucking get people to leave you alone. But the giant knife is really useful for bushcraft. It's really useful for processing wood especially if you don't have a hatchet or something with you. That's what I've like come to understand as to why survival knives are big and how specifically they're bladed on one side with a wide--you're going to know these words better than me--like spine. [Inmn mummers affirmatively] And they have a wide spine so that you can split wood with it. You can take a stick and you can put it on it on the end of the stick and then you can hit it with another stick or a rock. And you can push the knife through the thing. That's [Inmn interrupts] Inmn 22:18 Can I? Margaret 22:19 Yeah. You know more about knives than I do. Inmn 22:21 Yeah, yeah. Just to offer a little bit of re-contextualization. So you know, I'm not a bushcrafter by any means. I wish that I was. I'd be. God, I'd be so much cooler. But I do know knives pretty well and I've been asked to make bushcraft knives before and so you know, I did a bunch of research about bushcraft knives. And what I found was that and then what I found from use is that like the big fuck-off knife is not actually great for bushcrafting. Margaret 22:58 Oh, interesting. Inmn 23:01 Yeah, most Bushcraft knives are like they kind of max out at six inches. And a lot of people err more on the like, you know, four and a half to five and a half range. And what that gives you...because for bushcraft, it's like--you described batoning earlier--if you're batoning your knife through wood to reduce it you don't need a big knife for that. You need a sturdy knife for that. And with a smaller knife, you kind of get a lot more manual dexterity so you can do all of your other tasks. I love knives, I love big fuck off knives. I agree that the purpose of a big fuck-off knife is for people to fuck off. And, you know, I can imagine like survival knives are often longer because you might need them for heavier, larger tasks. But I'm honestly a fan of having a belt axe for that purpose because it's does that thing better. Sorry. That's my that's my segue into knife world Margaret 24:06 No, that makes a lot of sense. And if you ever want to lose a lot of your life--and I feel like you might have also--read people talking about survival knife versus axe versus saw versus machete, about what you're supposed to bring into the woods, you know? Inmn 24:27 Yeah. And what you're gonna learn is that knives...there's no single knife. That's good for everything just like there's no single bag that's good for everything. You need to pick the things that you're comfortable doing. And you need to pick the tasks that you need done. And then find the right tool for it. Margaret 24:48 No, that makes a lot of sense. I will say in terms of saws and knives and all that shit, I have found that the little wire saw is sort of bullshit. Have you seen these? Inmn 25:01 I always wondered. Margaret 25:03 But yeah, I think...and the one...I haven't used that much. I think I tried to use one once. The pocket chainsaw is not bullshit, which is basically a chainsaw blade with two loops on either end, and you loop it around a limb, and then you like, saw back and forth. You know, I think those are not bullshit. Although I think, personally, I'd rather have a folding saw. But they're bigger. So. Inmn 25:30 Yeah, yeah. And that's the key thing here is like if you want to build shelters, use the saw. Don't...You could use your knife for some of it. But yeah. You don't want to build a structure with like hacking 10,000 sticks into something. Get a saw. Margaret 25:51 No, I think you've convinced me. Because I've been like, I've been pondering my--I have a survival knife on my bag--and I've been pondering its actual usefulness versus its weight and stuff, you know? And like, besides the like, I keep it on the outside of my bag and it's a little bit of a like, leave me alone, you know? I think that I have been seeing...Yeah, like, yeah, I think I want to fuck with this more. Redefined my own...Because the knife that I use on a day-to-day basis is my folding pocket knife. You know? It's what I use for almost everything. I'm not going to baton wood with it. Well, I would. It just wouldn't do a very good job of it. Inmn 26:27 Yeah. And, you know, I say this as someone who is always going to have a big knife, probably. And I don't have a purely rational reason for that. But yeah, it makes me feel more comfortable. Margaret 26:45 No, and it's like, and I think it's telling that backpackers don't tend to have large knives. They don't tend to have survival knives at all. Backpackers also tend not to have axes or saws because they're not really...they're focused on getting somewhere and camping, not like building large fires or building structures and things like that. Yeah. And then like, I think more and more, I think fighty type people have been focusing more on smaller knives anyway. Like the karambit is a popular fighting knife or whatever and it's not a big knife. Inmn 27:19 Yeah, yeah. And if you see the...like a lot of the like, original from...I actually don't know where karambits come from. But, where they were developed, they're incredibly small knives. They're like inch and a half long blades. They're incredibly tiny. Margaret 27:36 It's Indonesian. I just looked it up. Yeah. Yeah, no, yeah. It's not a like...Like don't fight a bear. Like a general rule. Don't live your life in such a way where you're fighting bears. And then, if you are then use bear spray. If you're not using bear spray, use a 10mm handgun. Like, you know? Oh, we haven't really talked about firearms. Inmn 28:06 Anyway. Sorry. Derail into knife world over. Margaret 28:09 No, no, I think that...I'm really...It was useful. I learned some. It's probably worth carrying some kind of knife sharpener. If you suck like me, you can use the pull through style--that Inmn is probably going to be disgusted that I use because it destroys the initial original bevel. If you know how to sharpen a knife properly, you can bring a whetstone. It's a little... Inmn 28:31 But, whet stones are heavy. Margaret 28:33 I know. And it's also...or you can also bring a little diamond sharpener stick and stuff like that. Yeah, what would you...Okay, what would you suggest? What would you suggest as your portable knife sharpener? Light and transportable? Inmn 28:45 Yeah, so you know, a knife doesn't do much good if it's not sharp. And most people's knives are not very sharp. I would say that it is a great skill to invest in is learning how to sharpen a knife. There's a lot of stuff... Margaret 29:06 I've tried it so many times. I don't believe in it. I don't think it's real. Anyway, yeah, let's continue. Inmn 29:13 And yeah, like, you know, like what I have at home are these big series of benchtop whetstones. There's a million grits and...but one of the better things that you can have is a strop. Just a leather strop, which is just some like full grain leather. You want it to be fairly thick and use some green polishing compounds that you rub on it and you strop the edge, which helps maintain the edge. And, but as far as pocket sized sharpening devices, the strop doesn't sharpen the knife, the strap like helps redefine the burr on the edge. And there's a million different little pocket sized whetstones. But, the important part is that you want something coarse and you want something fine to like refine the bevel. And so like if I had to build a little to-go kit, I would get a little miniature like 400/1000 combo stone. That is probably not something ceramic because it's heavy. But, they make a bunch of different things. I'm actually less knowledgeable about these pocket things. Yeah, but you want something coarse and you want something fine. 400/1,000 are great grits and then a strop to kind of like polish out the edge with. With that you can't go wrong. Well, you can go wrong... Margaret 30:48 Yeah, I will go wrong. Inmn 30:49 I don't know enough to tell you how to go wrong. Margaret 30:51 No, I will successfully go wrong. I've been trying to sharpen knives my whole life. I will continue to do it. I can kind of do it. I actually use a little all-in-one pocketstone, a little bit larger than the like stick ones, and it's a longish yellow piece of plastic with two sides. And then also has a little fold out part that can be used for filing in the saw parts. And it has kind of a guide, has a little bit of an angle guide built into it, and that's the most useful part for me. So that's the only time I've been able to sharpen knives to where they like can shave. Inmn 31:28 Knife sharpening is is a skill. Don't...That would be my advice is don't think that you're going to...don't rely on learning how to sharpen your knife for the first time when you're in an in an emergency. Practice that now. Margaret 31:40 And I will say as someone who has used all knives for almost everything over the years, it's like, it's all right. I mean, it's not as good. But, I can still cut a cord with a shitty knife, you know? Inmn 31:54 Yeah, well, you know, the old knife making adage, "A dull knife..." or sorry, the old kitchen worker adage, "A dull knife is a dangerous knife." Margaret 32:02 Yeah, so live dangerously. Cut... Cut paper with your knives and never sharpen them. Yes. Okay, let's talk about sleeping systems. Inmn 32:06 Live dangerously? [laughing] Sleeping systems! Thank you for indulging my derailment. Margaret 32:20 It's what we're here for. And some of this we might kind of like...some of the like camping stuff we might not dive as deep into. We're already on episode two of what was going to be one episode. So, I believe in the sleeping bag. And that's leftover from being oogle. I would say that the one thing I would carry in any kind of bag is a sleeping bag. This is not always true. I don't always carry sleeping bag. But, it's like almost a comfort item. It's a like no matter what I'm warm kind of item. I believe in sleeping bags with a good stuff sack. I personally don't use down. Backpackers tend to use down. It's lighter. It compacts more for the same warmth. However, it doesn't insulate once it gets wet. And that is a big deal from my point of view, from a survival point of view. When everything is fine, I prefer a non down one. They're also cheaper. And that might be why I have that preference. And also, I don't know anything about how the birds who produce down are treated. So, sleeping bag super important. A lot of backpackers have now moved to backpacking quilts. And then a lot of old timers will actually just use like wool blankets and stuff like that. I love a sleeping bag. You're gonna want to get off the ground. However, that said, in an urban environment you can use cardboard. You just need to layer it a lot. And it's not as good as a sleeping pad. But it is still useful. And you're going to need a sleeping pad that is appropriate to weather and desired comfort. If you want to hear me learn more about sleeping bags and tents you can listen to me talk to Petra a year and a half ago. I don't remember the name of the episode besides Petra being the guest. And that's where I learned that the combo move of an air mattress and a foam pad is is often really good. For shelter, the sort of three choices kind of is a tent, a bivy, or a tarp. This is not necessarily in a lot of bug out situations. It is necessary in my bug out situation and it might be in yours. And the advantage of a tarp is that it is like only one object. It is light. It is kind of easier to hide in a lot of ways. And I actually, when I'm sleeping in dangerous situations--like a lot of oogle life is like trespassing--I don't like tents because tents, you can't see out of them. Like it's like a little bubble. It's why people do like tents is that they want to be in their little bubble and I totally get that. And I'll probably be a tent person moving on because it's like comfortable, and safe, and stuff. But when I was younger and everything was well, not easier, my life was fairly hard. But like whatever. It was easier for me to not bother with a tent so I used a tarp. And then the other option is the bivy. And a bivy is like a...It's like a waterproof sleeping bag. And there's like ones...like I have one that has like one pole, just to keep the head of it off your face, you know. And these compact really small. This is what a lot of people who are rucking, who are doing military shit, tend to prefer are bivys. They're not popular among backpackers. The kind of closest equivalent is hammocks. A lot of people also use, but that involves there being good trees in the right place. However, hammocks can be light, and good, and stuff, too. And these are all gonna be preferences. And the reason I no longer fuck with bivys is I have a dog. And he's coming with me. And so I'm now probably a tent camper. Because if I'm sleeping outside, I'm just leashing my dog to a tree. But, I don't want him to get rained on. I want him warm. So I'm probably going to be a tent camper from now on. And then some tents now, a lot of backpackers are moving to these tents where you use your hiking poles to keep them up and then they're super lightweight and they're actually kind of cool. And they're a little bit...like some of them are like almost halfway between a tarp and a tent. And... Inmn 36:06 I love as like camping technology evolves it just like...I feel like it gets more old timey and more oogley but with you know, fancy stuff. Margaret 36:17 The $700 oogle tent. Yeah. Some of these tents are like fucking $600-700 and made out of like, space material or whatever. Yeah. What's your favorite shelter for camping? Inmn 36:32 So this is funny. I once bike toured across the entire country. From the west coast to Chicago, I built a tarp tent every night. Margaret 36:47 Like an a-frame? Inmn 36:50 Yeah, I built like a little tarp tent every night, which I had to get really creative in the West. As you know, there's not a lot of trees everywhere it turns out. And then when I got to Chicago, I went out and bought the Big Agnes ultralight backpacking tent, which is like sort of halfway between....Yeah, it's halfway. It's like...It's not a bivy, but it doesn't have a much larger footprint than a bivy. And it was the best thing that I've ever spent money on. I'm embarrassed to say that I spent money on it. Margaret 37:28 Whatever. Whatever. Inmn 37:29 But, I did. Margaret 37:30 I'm revoking your oogle card. You didn't scam it from REI dumpsters? I can't believe you. Yeah, yeah. Fuck yeah. Inmn 37:41 All right. Yeah, but I love that thing. But, I would love to move to a bivy. Yeah. Margaret 37:45 Yeah, I think that..Yeah, honestly, like, I've only...I haven't slept a ton in my bivy. But I was like, "Oh, this works." The other downside of a bivy is that your bag doesn't fit in the tent with you. And so if you sleeping in a bivy in the rain, you're going to need to work on waterproofing your bag. But that is something that like as a backpacker, you're probably trying to do anyway. The main ways that people do it is 1) a pack cover that goes on the outside. And then 2) people often either put things in dry bags, or just like fucking contractor bags, like trash bags, inside their bag and let the bag itself get wet. And if you're, if you're bivy camping, you're accepting that your bag is getting rained on and you just need to work around that. Which, is I think part of why it's the tactical person's choice or whatever. Because you're like, "Comfort doesn't matter. Surviving to get where I need to go shoot somebody is what matters." or whatever, you know. Or not get shot or whatever. Which actually, you're going to have to take into mind when you when you choose what kind of color for all of these things you want. I personally would lean towards the camo type stuff for my...I live in a red state. I could imagine having to leave. Inmn 38:49 Yeah. Margaret 38:50 I'm gonna like I'm gonna like speed run the rest of the camping stuff. You might want a poncho or a raincoat. Some people like ponchos because you can also turn them into shelters or whatever, but I think sometimes it's a little bit just fucking carry what you like. You want additional socks in your go bag no matter what, no matter what you're...Even if it's not a camping go bag, put some fucking socks in there and some other...change of underwear and possibly like better soap, like camp soap, like more hygiene type stuff. My go bag has a fucking battery powered Waterpik so that I can floss with water at night because I have spent a lot of money on my teeth. They are not in great shape and water picks rule. I also have a portable battery powered electric toothbrush that I fucking love. You might want an emergency radio. If you're like good at radio shit, you might want a Baofeng. It's like an all channel and it can send as well as receive. It's called a transceiver. It's really easy to accidentally break the law with a Baofeng because you're not allowed to actually use any sending signals on it most of the time. But they're very useful crisis if you know what you're doing. On the other hand, I would just say get one of those like, your little battery powered weather AM/FM radio. Have and put it in there. At home, I keep one of those like hand crank solar panel everything survival radios or whatever. But they're like a little bit bulky and a little bit cheap. And so, I like don't quite trust it in my bag, but I keep one at home. But, other people feel differently. I like having a monocular or binoculars in a go bag. I like this because looking at shit is cool. And sometimes also, I could imagine there are situations where I would want to look at and see what's ahead and not go there. If I had money, if I was a money person, I would have at least a thermal monocular if not full on like night vision shit. But that's money. You want the rain cover, the dry bag, you want to beef up your first-aid kit a little bit. You probably want an ace bandage at the very least. There's some other stuff like moleskin and other things for like long distance walking that you might want. I've heard good things about leukotape--and I haven't used it yet--but as like...people use it as a replacement for moleskin for covering blisters and shit. You might want cooking stuff, which I'm just not gonna get into cooking stuff here. And you might not. You can also like cold soak your food and just like put it in like a peanut butter jar with water and fucking have it turned into food. Whatever. You might want hiking poles. You might want a solar charger. You might want, as we've talked about, a folding saw, a hatchet or machete. You might want more light. Like some people like the collapsible LED solar lanterns. They're not like a great bang for your buck in terms of like, I mean, they're actually really light and shit, but like, you know, you can use a headlamp just fine. But, like sometimes if you've got like a family and shit, it's like nice to have like a little bit of ambiance and niceness or whatever. Especially like maybe if you're in like a building right when the power's out, you know, like that's the kind of thing that like is a little bit more likely and is useful. You probably want a plastic trowel of some type for pooping outside or a little aluminum trowel for digging a hole so you can poop into it. And alright, guns really quickly, and then...My recommendation is only carry firearms if you train in them. Unlike everything else. Carrying something you don't know how to use is fine if you know you don't know how to use it and you get someone else to use it, like your first-aid kit. Like, my IFAK for gunshot wounds, If I'm shot in the belly, it's for someone else to use on me if at all possible. You know. I am trained in how to use it, but so guns are the exception to this. Do not carry a gun unless you can keep it secure at all times and you pay a lot of attention to the ethics and also the legality around firearms. Those have been covered a lot more in other places on this show. Specifically, my current recommendation that I'm a little bit this is like do what...Whatever, I haven't yet mastered this. The handgun that I keep near my bed in a safe, in a quick access safe, would go into my bug out bag in a moment of crisis or be on my person. And then in the bug out bag is additional magazines with 9mm ammunition. 9mm is by far the most common ammunition besides like .22LR, which is a survival round meant for hunting small animals. But, for a self defense point of view, I believe a handgun 9mm. And if you are the type who wants long guns, if your whole thing is you're gonna be surviving in the woods or whatever, you might want to consider some type of backpacking .22. They make, I think it's the AR-7 is one type of survival collapsible .22. And then the other one is a 10/22 with a backpacker's stock that folds. What I personally plan on carrying if it was a get out past the militia checkpoint the US government has fallen scenario or whatever is a folding 9mm carbine, which is a rifle that shoots nine millimeter rounds. A lot of people don't like these from a tactical point of view. It's not nearly as effective at long range stuff as say an AR-15 or other rifles that are meant to shoot larger rounds, right, or not larger but more powerful rounds. But, the ability to use the exact same magazines that I already use for my other gun and the exact same ammunition makes it worth it for me for specifically a bug out bag scenario. I don't have enough money to do this yet. That is why I don't have that. My only bug out bag gun is my handgun that is also my home defense gun. And now everyone knows what I have at home. Anyway, that's my firearms. Inmn 44:30 They know one thing that you have at home. Margaret 44:32 Yeah, totally. Or do they!? They think I have a 9mm but really I have a 10mm. Whatever. Oh, and then the other thing. Randomly. Okay, if your other threat model, if you're in like fucking Alaska or some shit, you might want a 10mm, but you already know this if you live in Alaska. 10mm is a round that's better at shooting really big animals. It doesn't really have any like particular advantage against people in it and shit, right, but like against grizzly bears and shit. One, bear spray more effective. There's a bunch of studies, bear spray is more effective at stopping a charging bear than any gun that exists. Whatever, I mean maybe like a bazooka or some shit, I don't know whatever. Oh, poor bear. And then also, you don't kill the bear. It's just trying to fucking scare you and live its life. Yeah, yeah, that's my bug out bag. Do you feel ready? And or do you wanna talk about, really quickly, like some some scenarios? Inmn 45:35 Yeah, I feel a lot more informed. I feel overwhelmed, Margaret 45:40 I should address the overwhelm. And I should have led with this. I'm so sorry everyone. You don't need all this stuff. This is the "I'm building a bug out bag. And I have all the time." You slowly build the bug out bag. You slowly get prepared. There's no one who's entirely prepared for all things. And the purpose of a bug out bag from my point of view is to ease your mind. When I first made my bug out bag and my cabin in the woods, I was able to say to myself, "If there's a fire in this forest, I know what I will do. And now that I know what I will do, I am not going to worry about a fire in this forest anymore." And so the first little bit that you get is the most useful. You get diminishing returns as you spend more money and more size and things like that. Massively diminishing returns. The everyday carry, your cell phone is the single most important object. You know, the pocket knife, the pepper spray, the the basic shit is the most important. If you have purse snacks and a water bottle, you are more prepared than almost anyone else. Yeah, I should have led with that. Inmn 46:57 Yeah. Oh, no, no, it's okay. I feel like, you know. We eased into it then it got real complicated. And I'm, grateful to think about the overwhelm afterwards. But, Margaret, so in thinking about a lot of these things, there's like...I'm like, okay, like, if I'm in real life DnD or if the literal apocalypse happens then I could see needing these things. But why else might one need a bug out bag? What is some threat modeling kind of stuff to think of? Margaret 47:42 Yeah, I mean, like, again, it's gonna depend on where you are. If I were to pick where I'm at, I can imagine gas supplies running out, right? I don't think...or like getting interrupted in such a way that, you know, suddenly, there's a lot of limitation to the amount of fuel that you can have, right? I could imagine grocery store stuff. I could imagine like, you know, supply chain disruptions. We're seeing supply chain disruptions. People might have to leave because of earthquakes. People might have to leave because of fires. Like, natural disasters is like probably the number one thing, right? And where you live, you will know what the natural disasters are. Where you live, personally, I would worry about drought. And I would worry about water war. But, and I would focus my prepping around rain barrels and you know, keeping five gallons of water in my truck or whatever. I didn't even get into the shit you should put your vehicle. Some other time will the vehicle preparedness. And but yeah, I mean, like there's scenarios where like...it was completely possible that January 6th type stuff could have happened on a much larger level, right? They tried to have it happen on a much larger level. We could have had a fascist coup in the United States, because they tried. And in that scenario, you might need to leave the country or you might need to move to a safer part of the country. Or you might need to move to a place so that you can prepare to defend. God, defend the country. But like, fight fascism, even if that means being like, "Alright, it's us and the Democrats versus fascism," or whatever, you know? Like, I can't imagine like the partisans in Italy were like, "Oh, no, you're a bourgeois capitalist. I'm not going to fight the Nazis with you." You know? Like, I mean, actually, that probably did happen. Inmn 49:46 Yeah, or how there's...there have been tons of anarchists who are fighting in Ukraine. Margaret 49:52 That is a...Yeah. Yeah, totally. And like if we were suddenly invaded by Russia, there would be like us and some patriots next to each other fighting on the same side, and it would be real awkward. Right? Real awkward, but like, you know. Okay. And so I think that it was entirely possible, at that moment, that my threat model included, "What if I need to get out of the south?" you know? And if I need to get out of the south, yeah, I'm driving until I hit the points where I start thinking that there's gonna be militia checkpoints. And then I'm in the woods, you know? Yeah. And like, so. It's not nearly as likely as other things. But, most bug out scenarios, yeah, are like, "I need to go spend a weekend somewhere." It could even literally be like, a go bag is like, if I got the call that my dad was in the hospital and I just need to get in my fucking truck and go see my dad, right? Like, nothing else bad is happening in the world. It's still real nice to have the bag that I am grabbing and walking out the door. You know? Yeah. Yeah. What are some of the scenarios that you imagine that you would worry about? Inmn 50:01 There's kind of, there's kind of a lot. I mean, there's, you know, there's a lot of scenarios, and I'm wondering if this is the potential for like, future episodes is like...You know, where I live, I do think about drought, I think a lot increasingly more about militia checkpoints, because I live in a--I mean, I feel like everyone lives in a place where there could suddenly be an active militia--but I think about those things. This is a whole episode that we should do. But, I think about friends who live in places where it floods, I think about friends who live in places where there's hurricanes. Margaret 52:01 And a go back is also getting to go...If you need to go help someone who's in a tight place of crisis, you know, like having your truck--don't drive your truck into standing water ff you don't know how deep it is-- but like, if you needed to get into a disaster zone to help people, if you're more prepared, you're more able to do that. Inmn 52:22 Yeah. Oh, and actually, could I suggest an addition to to go bags? Just as a thing. Yeah, I would love to heavily urge people to have in their go bags or to have this as a separate bag in your emergency kit is, you know, something that we're learning a lot from harm reduction communities and organizing right now is harm reduction supplies. Yeah, Naloxone or Narcan, fentanyl testing strips, drug testing stuff in general. And, you know, even if you don't use drugs, then I would suggest having stuff in case other people who do use drugs and need them to some extent or have complicated dependency around them, having that kind of stuff for someone else could be life saving to someone else. Margaret 52:29 Of course. No, everything I said is the only stuff you can use. Inmn 52:41 That is a really good point. Alright. Well, that's some stuff. Is there anything else we should talk about go bags. It's cool to have a go. That's what I'm gonna say. Don't let the right wing have it. It's fucking cool. Being prepared rules. People are gonna think you're cool. They used to make fun of you, but now...now they don't. I have two kind of silly questions, because I love rooting these discussions in humor and light heartedness. There's another word for it. Margaret 54:14 I famously hate joy. Inmn 54:16 Yeah. Okay, so we've just gone through this big list of stuff and do you remember Donny Don't from Crimethinc? Yeah, what is the Donny Don't of go bags? Margaret 54:33 Donny Don't is a, just so people know, it's the don't do with Donny Don't does. And what is the Donny Don't of go bags? It's probably the like crazy overkill versions. Like I probably don't need an ice axe in my go bag. Now that I say that I'm like, I mean, if I had to cross into Canada on the East Coast I would actually need an ice axe. So, but like, gear obsession, I think that and letting go bags be an endless bottomless non fun thing. If it is fun for you to geek out and find the the version of the thing that's two ounces lighter, do it--as long as you give away the old one or like, you know, maintain it in such a way that it's useful to somebody else. But yeah, I think that Donny Don't is the overkill, like a bag that you can't carry. Unless, I mean, some people can't carry certain amounts of weight that they would need and then they need assistance and things like that. That's actually okay too. But like, but overall. Yeah. Inmn 55:42 Cool. Yeah. And actually, that is my retrospective answer for which knife to bring is the knife that you will carry. Margaret 55:49 Yeah. Inmn 55:49 Is the knife that does not that does not impede you from caring it. And then my other comical question because I can't do a single interview without talking about it is: So in Dungeons and Dragons, you have the adventuring kit and what is the 50 foot of hempen rope, which every single adventurer uses at some point, and what is the like climbing like...not crampons. Pitons. What is the pitons thing that no one has ever used. If you use them, please tell us about it. Margaret 56:32 Everyone uses the the eating stuff. The spork, the utensils. Everyone uses...Yeah, the stuff that everyone uses is the tiny light cheap shit. You know? It's the fucking BIC lighter. And know what what no one uses is the magnifying lens to start the fire, which I didn't even include. I actually include tiny little magnifying lenses in the kits because they cost like five cents, like little Fresnel lenses size of credit card. But, it's mostly so you can read small stuff. And that weighs nothing. I like throwing it in. But the magnifying lens. That's the Yeah. Inmn 57:21 The piton thing. Margaret 57:25 Yeah. Whatever it is. Inmn 57:29 Cool. Thank you. Thank you for indulging my silly questions. Well, it seems like maybe we should do some more...Talk about this more some other time. Margaret 57:41 Yeah, you should ask me about vehicle preparedness sometime. And home preparedness. Inmn 57:46 Yeah, vehicle preparedness, home preparedness, like specific disaster preparedness. Yeah. Like, I know, we're gonna...we're planning on doing a hurricane thing at some point. Margaret 57:58 We're just gonna throw a hurricane. Inmn's a level 17 Wizard. Inmn 58:07 And, you know, maybe we like...do we eventually started talking about...Do we just throw you, Margaret, into situations and say, "How would you deal with this issue?" Like as an episode concept? Margaret 58:22 I thought you meant physically. Like, while I'm on tour, be like, "Sorry, Margaret, you're suddenly survivor lady." And I'm like, "Wait!" Inmn 58:32 No, no, I'm thinking of like, this funny episode concept where we come up with situations, almost like roleplay situations, but real life, and you tell us how you would prepare and deal it. Margaret 58:46 Okay. Yeah, we should do that sometime. I guess I'll have to get good at this. Usually, because I'm like...Well, my whole thing is I'm not quite an expert. At this point. I think I do know more than the average person. But my whole point was like, I'm not an expert. I find experts and ask them things. But, I guess at this point, there's a lot of this shit that I either sometimes have hands on experience and sometimes I just fucking talk to people about it all day. So. Yeah, sounds good. Well, Inmn 59:12 Well. Thanks so much for coming on this, what ended up being a two parter episode of your own podcast that I am a weird guest host of right now. Margaret 59:24 No, it's our podcast. It's Strangers' podcast at this point. Inmn 59:29 Yeah. Do you have anything that you would like to plug? Margaret 59:34 You can hear me on my podcast, Live Like the World is Dying, it's a community and individual preparedness podcasts published by Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness. You can also hear me talk about history. I spend most of my time reading history books and talking about it on a podcast called Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff on Cool Zone Media. It's very confusing that one of my podcasts is on CZN and one of my podcasts is on CZM, but that's the way it goes. And my most recent book is called "Escape from Incel Island." You can hear me talk about a shotgun that I used to really want, the Celtic KSG which is what Mankiller Jones carries. It's no longer that shotgun I lust after. Now I want to Mossberg 59A1. But, you know, I don't know whether I want to change what they're carrying. And I'm on the internet. @MagpieKilljoy on Twitter and @Margaretkilljoy on Instagram and you can also follow...I'm now trying to make people follow our social media, Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness. You can also follow us on social media @TangledWild on Twitter and then at something on Instagram. I'm sure if you search Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness it will come up. Do you know what it was? What is our Instagram? Inmn 1:00:48 It is @tangled_wilderness on Instagram. Margaret 1:00:51 We did a really good job of grabbing all the...we've been around for 20 years and we didn't fucking grab good Instagram handles at the beginning. Yeah, that's what I got. Inmn 1:01:00 Great. Great. Well, we will see you next time. Margaret 1:01:04 Yeah. Inmn 1:01:11 Thanks so much for listening. If you enjoyed this podcast, please go make a go bag and then tell us about it. But also tell people about the podcast. You can support this podcast by telling people about it. 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Episode Summary On this week's Live Like the World is Dying, Margaret and Inmn talk about what goes in a go bag, or bug out bag as they are sometimes called, and how being oogles might have set them up for being preppers. They talk about the different purposes one might make a go bag for, the different smaller kits that make them up, as well as other kits that are helpful to build alongside go bags. Tune in next week for part two. Host Info Margaret can be found on twitter @magpiekilljoy or instagram at @margaretkilljoy. Inmn can be found on Instagram @shadowtail.artificery. Publisher Info This show is published by Strangers in A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org, or on Twitter @TangledWild and Instagram @Tangled_Wilderness. You can support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness. Transcript LLWD: Margaret and Inmn on Go Bags Inmn 00:15 Hello, and welcome to Live Like the World is Dying, your podcast for what feels like the end times. I am your co-host today, Inmn Neruin, and I use they/them pronouns today. I'm obviously a new host, and today I have with me Margaret Killjoy, who is, you know, the normal host and we're gonna we're gonna do some fun role reversal here. Instead of instead of me teaching Margaret something about prepping, because I don't really know much about prepping--well, I mean, you know, I know generally about prepping, but a lot of the specifics I'm newer to, a lot of the technical stuff I'm newer to. Strong ideology, low tech. But Margaret is going to teach me about how to put together something that has daunted me a lot, but that I understand the importance of and that is go bags. This podcast is also a proud member of the Channel Zero Network of anarchists podcasts and before Margaret talks to me about go bags, we're going to hear a jingle from another lovely show on that network. Doo doo doo doo, doo. Inmn 02:35 Okay, we're back. Margaret, could you introduce yourself on your own podcast that you started,you know, with your name and your pronouns and just a little bit about what you're here to teach me about today? Margaret 02:50 Yeah, my name is Margaret Killjoy. I use she or they pronouns. You might know me from such podcast as Live Like the World is Dying. But, maybe this is your first episode. In which case, welcome. We have many hosts now on Live Like the World is Dying, which is very exciting. So, I'm going to be talking today about go bags, sometimes called bug out bags, or as I first heard them called, oh shit gear or OSG. No one really calls it that anymore. But some of the first anarchist preppers I ever met like 20 years ago called it OSG. And my background for this is that well, I'm sort of a prepper. I also have lived off-grid more years as an adult than I've lived on-grid. I do currently live on-grid. Before this, I lived in a cabin. Before that I lived in a barn. Before that I lived in a van. Before that I lived in a minivan. Before that I lived out of a backpack. And so I do feel like I have a fairly strong basis in what you need in a backpack to live out of because I did that for about 10 years. But it is a different context, right? And we're going to talk a lot about that today, the context of being traveling crust punk versus having to go bag and all the other different contexts. Yeah, that's my background. Inmn 04:11 Wonderful, and we're also trying to connect it, I believe to this lovely new book that you just put out through our publishing collective Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness and the importance of go bags, you know, not only in our completely real tangible lives and these very fictionalized versions of our lives like Mankiller Jones', to which there are absolutely no similarities. There are no similar threat models. Nothing. Nothing like that. Margaret 04:48 Yeah, for anyone listening, I my most recent book is called "Escape from Incel Island" and the protagonist is a nonbinary afab person, named Mankiller Jones, who's trapped on an island full of incels--thus the name--and needs to escape using their wits and the help of friends. Inmn 05:09 And their go bag? Margaret 05:11 Yeah, although okay, I'm actually going to argue that there is a difference between a go bag--I'm going to talk about some different types of bag systems you might have for living out of, right. So there's the go bag, and I'll get to that last I would argue that most...a soldier or mercenary or someone in a tactical situation, the primary objective of their thing is combat or evasion or, you know, something in a very militaristic setting. Usually, that might be called a rucksack. And it might be called like rucking. And you're going to have a very different load out of gear for, you know, your tactical situation. You're going to use probably a different type of bag. You're going to use it a lot of different stuff. So, that's like one context. It is a context to consider in these United States of America that are considering a national divorce, and there's a lot of people who want to murder all the trans people and you know, people color and all that shit. So, it is worth considering that and we'll talk a little bit about that. Okay, some of the other contexts that are not go bags, but are in form all of this, you have backpacking bags, right? And within that, basically like, I'm going to go and camp for a couple nights and hike, right? A backpacking bag is designed for two things. It's for hiking, and for camping. And within that you've traditional backpacking, and you have ultralight backpacking. Traditional backpacking, you're going to be carrying like 20 to 50 pounds of stuff. Whereas like rucking, you might be carrying 30 to 80 pounds of stuff, you know. And then there's ultralight backpacking, which is defined as less than 10 pounds before you add like food and water and shit to your bag. And that is like to make the hiking easier, right? But those have a specific purpose and it is not bugging out. It is not going. It is backpacking, right? And then you would have something called a bushcraft pack and I'm making that term up. And this is closer to the tactical bag because it is going to be very heavy, probably, and a lot larger. And bushcraft would be like "I'm going out into the woods to go live in the woods," right? If you need to build shelters, you're going to need different equipment, right. For example, in ultralight backpacking certainly and most traditional backpacking, you're not bringing a saw or an ax. However, if your goal is to survive in the woods for an indefinite period of time, a saw and an ax. are very important tools to have available. Okay, so those are, I'm gonna go spend a lot of time in the woods bags--or desert or whatever. And then you have a go bag. And it's really easy to kind of conflate these things. But they really are a very different purpose. I would argue that your primary goal with a go bag--this is the bag that is in the closet by the door, or is by the door, or lives in your vehicle, or is packed and ready to go at all times in case an emergency takes you out your door for an unknown length of time, or even unknown length of time. And so this is the one bag you grab when your house is on fire. This is a bag that you grab, or you already have in your car, in case you need to spend your night in the car. Like, you know, it's these...people tend to think of go bags as like 'the world has ended' bags, and that's not...the world is always ending and it ends and fits and starts, right? And so it's for disasters. It's for crises. If you need to spend a night in the car, you're going to be very glad that you have a toothbrush and toothpaste, you're gonna be very glad that you have your medications, you're going to be very glad that you have your Nintendo Switch. And, if you suddenly have to flee the country, which frankly a lot of us have to think about as a possibility. It's not in an inevitability and it's not crazy likely that all LGBTQIA+ folks will have to flee the country or whatever. But, it's something that's on a lot of our minds, right? And so, in which case that bag is going to need your passport, it's going to need the rabies identification for your dog, you know, the vaccine identification for your dog. It's going to need a lot of really specific stuff that if you have to run out your door right now this is the bag you would pack and you just keep it already packed. But, most of the time your go bag is sometimes in your car, if you go to your friend's house for a surprise weekend because, you know, there's a hurricane coming, or the boil advisory for your town keeps getting deeper and deeper and you're starting to get really distrustful, or a train derails and there's toxic chemicals in the air, or your ex is in town and he's scary, right? You know, it's just the like...or wildfires sweeping through and there's an evacuation call, right? That is what a go bag is. There might be camping stuff in it, depending on your situation, how much you feel like carrying, how you expect to carry it. If it's gonna mostly live in your car, have some fucking camping stuff. Or, if like me, you live in a fairly isolated place, you know, you live rurally, like, if I needed to get out on foot I would need to have camping stuff with me because I am more than a day's walk from the nearest place that might be safe. Right? So yeah, that's the basic concept of a go bag. Inmn 10:55 Just to parrot some information back to you so that I wrap my head around it, so there's there's a few different kinds of bags. We have go bags, we have rucking bags, we have backpacking bags, we have bushcraft bags. And are go bags... Margaret 11:20 I'm making some of those terms up, but... Inmn 11:22 Yes. And then are go bags and bug out bags the same thing? Margaret 11:29 Yeah, it's just a...If you're avoiding the sort of prepper terminology, which is understandable, you call it a go bag instead of a bug out bag so you don't sound as crazy. Inmn 11:40 I see. I see. And you know, everyone can understand the need to go, but bugging out can feel a little different. And so within a go bag, the idea is that you want anything that you will kind of like immediately need if you have to leave for whatever circumstance? Margaret 12:05 Yeah, it's a combination of things. That is one of the things, is stuff that you would immediately need. It's like your overnight bag. It's your toiletries bag. All that kind of stuff is going to be more important than most of the other like survival gizmos or whatever, right? You know, your camping folding shovel is gonna be a lot less likely to be useful than dental floss, right? Inmn 12:29 But it's cool. Margaret 12:31 Oh, yeah, no, I have folding camping shovel in my truck. And I ponder putting it in my actual bag, but I probably won't. And so okay. Should I talk about the types of bags, like what kind of bag you want? Inmn 12:48 Yeah, okay. And we're talking about go bags here or just any bag? Margaret 12:56 I'm going to talk about mostly go bags. I'm going to focus what I'm talking about on go bags and I'll kind of like dip into...Because your go bag--if a civil war starts, which it probably won't, but 'probably' has a lot more modifiers than it did 10 years ago--and then your your bug out bag, your go bag, is going to have a lot in common with a tactical bag, you know a rucksack, whatever. I think rucksack is literally just like what military people call their backpack in order to sound cool, but I'm not actually entirely certain about that. Don't @ me, or if you do, @ me at my Twitter handle, @IwriteOK Okay [Robert Evans.]And so, you know, and if you're planning to hike to a different country, right, or a different state then it might have a lot in common with a backpacking bag. And, if you're planning on laying low in the desert or the Canadian wilderness, I don't know, then you're gonna have a lot of bushcraft stuff in there too, right? But overall, the sort of core of it is a go bag. And it really...you know, there's kind of like one bag that you keep around at any given time generally, but you might change it based on how circumstances are changing, and where you live, and what your threats are, right? Like, if the most likely thing is run out of the house because wildfire and throw it in your car, one, you might just leave it in your car. And two, you might be able to afford more weight, right? But if you're most likely thing is set out on foot or your most likely thing is spend a weekend away, you know, or if...I guess what I'm saying is it can look a lot different ways. And so you will have different options. I mean, it could be anything, right? You can have a shopping bag as you go bag. I don't recommend this. You could have, you know, my personal current go bag, I'm probably going to change this, but it has been my go bag for a number of years. My personal go bag is a style of bag that usually gets called a three-day assault pack. It is a tactical backpack that lacks an internal frame. It can hold-- it kind of sucks. It can hold a lot of weight, but it doesn't distribute that weight incredibly well across a body. It is not a backpacking bag. It is a soldier's bag. And one of the reasons I like it is because unlike a backpacking bag with like a big internal frame or an external frame, but those are really rare these days, it doesn't take up as much like space, you know? An internal bag, like an internal frame pack is very unwieldy. And you don't...it's hard to put in your lap if you're in a car. I've done this as a hitchhiker many, many times, you know. And so, I've moved away from those and I've been using what's more of a day pack size bag. And I personally went for a tactical style one because I'm a nerd. One of the reasons to not consider a tactical bag...I like things that are all black basically is what it and day bags tend to be really brightly colored if they're hiking bags. And, one reason to not consider a tactical backpack is people argue that it makes you more of a target, it makes you look more like a prepper, it makes you look more like a soldier, it makes you look more tactical and therefore more of a risk. And this is the sort of gray man theory that's very big in tactical spaces, which is an attempt to look not like a tactical bro. Ironically, most people who try and do this still look like tactical bros because they're like wearing gray man tactical pants that still say 511 on them or whatever, which is a brand of tactical gear, that I totally wear. And the reason I can wear it, is that I look fucking weird no matter what. I'm not going undercover anywhere. I have a giant nose ring. My hair is long. I have bangs and might be wearing women's clothes. You know, I'm not hiding, right? And I also not going to look like I'm enrolled in the United States Army or whatever. Right? So yeah, a tactical bag for me has no downsides from this point of view because it's just like whatever, I'm a punk. I look like a punk. And tactical bags will have something called molle all over it, which is that webbing straps, which allows you to attach other bags and things to it. And it makes it modular. And this is a little bit, like most of the time you're not really going to bother modularing out your thing. But, sometimes it's nice. You know, mine currently has a little bonus modular water bottle holder and my bushcraft knife that is part of my bag but wouldn't be part of a normal person's bag, is strapped to the outside with molle, which makes me look tough. Inmn 17:38 See, I would get the impulse to...I love modular things. So, I'm like, okay, wait, so yeah, it's...In your in your different...So you want to plan your go bag based on your, I guess your threat model, or your risk assessment, and your environment it seems like? And so could you have your base go bag and then like a little additions? Like, well, there's the go bag, but here's the piece that you attach to it that makes it a better camping bag or something? The this is the it when shitty ex comes to town and this is it when it's wildfire, and they're like easy to combine? Is that? Is that a thing? Margaret 18:26 Yeah, yes and no. Molle is not the system by which you do that. Molle is a very secure attachment system and it's a pain in the ass to attach. You're basically like weaving webbing through webbing. And there's different systems people have to make it fast. And if you really practice it'll get faster. But, it's not like grab and go type of thing. However, what you're describing makes a lot of sense. And it's the reason for example--I don't keep a gas mask in my go bag. I do keep a gas mask in a bag next to my go bag. Right? So if my threat on my way out the door is Russia nukes DC--again, very unlikely but a lot more likely than it was 10 years ago. You know, I'm not in the immediate blast zone of that, but I'm in the trouble area, right? And so like, you know, the gas mask is there. And it would be the same like if wildfires are threat, right, you would want your gas mask or at least a good respirator immediately next to it as well. And actually, if you live in wildfire zone, you probably have the respirator in your pack. Or it's outside your bag because you need to put it on as soon as you fucking need it. But, and so the other way that people modular it is that people modular the inside using different like--usually they're called packing cubes--and you can get different packing cubes that--like if they're like more tactical, they'll be made out of thick nylon and they'll have molle on them even though there's literally no purpose for them to molle on them. Or if you're an ultralight backpacker, they'll be made out of this parachute cloth that weighs nothing but will eventually rip. Because that's the thing with ultralight backpacking is it's incredibly light, and it's effective, but the equipment isn't as durable, right? Or, if you're like a different type of backpacker, they might all be dry bags so everything stays, you know, dry and separate. But basically...or if you're like a tour...you know, if you travel by suitcase, you'll also use packing cubes. And it's like, "Oh, this one's all my socks," or whatever. But it could also be, "Oh, this one's all my like magazines," not for reading but for reloading ammunition. You know, it could be the folding nine millimeter carbine, or whatever, that you throw into it, you know? And so you can modular it out. But molle is not quite the way to do it. Inmn 20:58 I see. I see. Margaret 21:01 Oh, we didn't get those other types of bags. Inmn 21:03 Oh, yeah, What kinds of bags are there, Margaret? Margaret 21:06 Okay, so, you've got the tactical bags, right, you've got the backpacking bags, the internal frame bags, which if you're going to be walking a lot, is probably what you want. And these are also available...you can kind of like look at things as either tactical, or there's a word for it I can't remember....hiking? But it has some word...technical! Technical versus tactical. Technical is like outdoorsy stuff that isn't made for people who shoot people for a living and it's gonna be brightly colored and it's high performance stuff with all the bells and whistles. But, it's not going to be camo, right? You know, versus, you can get a hiking bag that's all camo and it's gonna be aimed at military or whatever, right? And if you're hiking through the woods a lot, you might want the camo one. You might specifically not want the camo one because if you're hiking through the woods because like your car broke down you don't fucking camo. You want blaze orange so people can see you and rescue you. But, if you're like crossing a militia checkpoint to leave a red state you're gonna want camouflage. Um, yeah, anyway. And so then you could also have...some go bags are literally just small duffel bags, right, that are designed not really to be carried on your back and they're just meant to be thrown in a trunk. And like, and that's actually a very useful form factor for a lot of stuff. And, it might be that your extra bag is that. And then also, you can be really low key about it and just have a regular--not a day bag like a hiking day bag but just a regular day backpack is an incredibly good bug out bag for many people, especially people in urban environments where resources are going to be easier to come by. You're not necessarily gonna be camping. You don't need to carry as much stuff because you will be able to blend in with this kind of bag much more effectively. It'll still carry what you need. I like bags. My basement is full of backpacks that I've collected over the years. Inmn 23:01 You know, I really like bags as well. I don't have a lot of stuff to put in the bags, but I have a little collection of bags. Which, I feel like sort of hearkens back to...I used to be a lot more of a oogle and... Margaret 23:20 Yeah. Inmn 23:22 yeah. And I had a little... Margaret 23:24 It's good training. Inmn 23:27 Okay, so I didn't think that I was going to have much to actually contribute to this, but like now that we're talking about it. I'm like, "Wait, were like train oogles preppers?" Margaret 23:39 Yeah, because you need everything because you can't rely on anything showing up. Inmn 23:44 Yeah, yeah. Margaret 23:45 It's why when everyone's like, "You need a tent." I'm like, "Do you?" Like I never traveled with a tent. I don't know. If it's not really cold I just fucking wrapped myself in a shitty tarp and hope the rain left me alone. Inmn 23:59 Well, the... Margaret 24:00 Tents are useful in some situations. Go ahead. Inmn 24:04 The thing now is...God, what are they called? Margaret 24:09 Bivvies? Inmn 24:10 Yeah, bivvies. I was gonna call it a ghillie sack. And I was like, that's something else. Margaret 24:15 No, I like bivvies. A lot of people don't like bivvies. Inmn 24:19 Yeah, I feel like bivvies are pretty pretty popular in that world right now. And yeah, I used to be obsessed with finding the perfect bag for that kind of stuff. And it was hard because you know, the camping stuff is brightly colored. It's a little too..it's not the most durable. Like it's made for hiking. It's not made for like, throwing it off a building, you know? Margaret 24:47 Yeah, totally. Inmn 24:50 And...but then, like, you know, the army stuff is a little terrible in another direction. It's not comfortable. Maybe it is now. Margaret 25:03 No, overall, it airs on the side of durability and not comfort because it's like it's being put on a disposable human. You know, they don't care that whoever carries 100 pounds this long is going to destroy their knees because they're expecting somebody to shoot you. Inmn 25:19 [Makes an 'Ooph' sound. Sighing.] Yeah. I always hoped that eventually it would emerge that there was some, you know, like train riding bag maker that would just make the perfect bag. Margaret 25:43 Yeah. Inmn 25:44 If you're out there, please, please email us. Email me. Margaret 25:49 Well, and what's so funny, right, is even among oogles you have a difference between hitchhikers and train hoppers in terms of the size of bag they need. You know, like,when I first started and I was attempting to hop trains--I was never good at it--and I carried an internal frame pack. And then for a long time I moved down to, it was an old skateboarding backpack. Not because I recommend skateboarding backpacks, it was just literally my backpack from high school, you know, and I just carabinered my sleeping bag underneath. And then when I got to where I was staying I would take off the sleeping bag and then have a regular day pack. You know, it's like, because you need so much less as a hitchhiker because you don't need to cook. Inmn 26:30 Yeah, yeah, I went from like one of those big 70 liter hiking packs to a like bike bag, not like the Chrome side strap ones but those like the made out of... Margaret 26:46 Foldy top? Inmn 26:47 Yeah, the fold the top. But you know, they were durable, and waterproof, and fairly spacious but no frame, absolute murder on your back if you carry too much. Margaret 27:01 But, that would be an amazing go bag for most situations because it's waterproof. It's durable. It fits in your lap when you're sitting. Ut doesn't have straps going everywhere. Yeah, like for a lot of people that style a bag is fucking perfect. You know? Inmn 27:16 Yeah, and for folks who don't know what we're talking about they're these like bicycle bags. They're made out of like, vinyl or PVC. And then they're covered with really high strength, like durable like cordura. And, they're made to be on someone who's biking so they're comfortable. But walking is not always the same as biking. Margaret 27:41 Yeah, totally. Well, and it's like, and so because most go bags you're probably taking public transit or you're taking vehicles, you know, you're...like most things...It's worth having something you can walk with, right? Like I wouldn't recommend your go bag be 150 pound pickle bag, you know, a duffel bag. But like, you know, should we talk about what goes in it? Inmn 28:05 Yeah, what? Margaret? Margaret, what should I put in my collection of bags that could be go bags? Because, I don't have a go bag and I feel really embarrassed about that. Margaret 28:17 I know I can't believe you don't have a go bag. There was that--I don't want to out where you live--there was a toxic thing near where you lived at one point. So okay, I would argue that a preparedness base...you can sort of build up to the bag and what's in the bag, but if you don't do these things before it, you put all of this in the bag, and that's fine too. First, there's your kind of everyday carry, right? If you tend to wear clothes that don't have as many pockets you can do this with a fanny pack. This is one of the things that's so great about being a queer prepper is I don't have to...Like, men will do anything to avoid having to wear a fanny pack. There's these like chest packs that are fucking, have a harness across the back. They're so He-Man. They're so gay. I love them. Inmn 29:05 Yeah, I've seen those. Margaret 29:07 And it's like just wear god damn fanny pack. And then like, one of the best off body carries for a subcompact handgun are like fanny pack specifically designed for drawing from. But, they don't do all that well because men are afraid to wear fanny packs. It's hilarious. But anyway, you can put all this in your pockets. You can put all this in a fanny pack. You can put all this in your punk vest. Whatever. The basis of a lot of it is wearing somewhat durable clothing and practical clothing as much as you can. I'm someone who wears maxi skirts. I swear you can go hiking in them. Sometimes you have to hike them up. Whatever some of the stuff.... Inmn 29:45 You can. I can attest. Margaret 29:47 Yeah. No, it's funny. One time, I was like working outside and the mail carrier was coming up and I was like, "I really don't want to deal with being a crossdresser right now." so I just like hiked up my fucking maxi skirt and I was like wearing tights underneath. And I'm like, "Now I'm just a weirdo in tights." Like this is better somehow. So, things to consider carrying on your person. And this to me, this goes back to my oogle days. The first and single most important prepper tool is your cell phone. And there's stuff--we could do a whole separate episode about stuff to put on your cell phone. Offline maps. That's a big one. Various tools that help you do things. And so, cell phone number one. Other things, a Bic later. Some people wrap it in duct tape because the duct tape can be used as a fire starter. A multitool. Like I use a pliers style multi tool. If you're older than a millennial, you'll prefer a Swiss army knife. A pocket knife, a folding pocket knife. This isn't as important because you got your multitool, but I've always sworn by having a pocket clip knife on me. It's useful for cutting all kinds of things. That's not even a euphemism. And, a flashlight. And, the reason I like a flashlight, a tactical style flashlight that is in my pocket at all times or in my fanny pack is because you can use it to see shit. I also like headlamps and I'm gonna talk about headlamps in a little bit. But, a flashlight is an incredibly important self defense tool. Specifically--it's funny because the tactical flashlights people are like "So you can hit people with them." And you're like, "No, it's so that you can shine it in their face." And they're like, "Yeah, with the strobe function," and you're like, "No, because the strobe function disorients you and the other person." No, if someone shines a really bright light in your face all of a sudden, you are disoriented. And so the number one self defense tool-- other people are you pepper spray too and that's great, and I just don't have as much practice with pepper spray personally And but pepper spray would also be in this sort of category--but the flashlight lets you see things and it lets you fucking blind people and run away. Which, is the secret to surviving fights is to not get in fights. And one of the ways to do that is to disorient or disable your attacker and then run away. Okay, so that's everyday carry. And then you might want to consider other self defense tools like pepper spray. A bandanna is an incredibly useful survival thing. Oogles. I learned this from oogle life. You can use it as a dust mask, you can use it to prefilter water. You can use it to wipe sweat. You can use it as a napkin. You can, like a little...hikers use something called a buff and it's just a...hikers... They just don't want to oogles so they use a buff instead. Inmn 32:30 They just don't want to call it a bandanna or a? Margaret 32:33 Yeah, totally, I mean, it's a slightly different thing. And it actually is a little bit better suited for hiking because you can use it as a headband and stuff. And like if I was like more of a hiker...like a year from now, because I'm getting into hiking, I'm gonna be like, "Nah, you just need a buff, like no matter what," you know, but I like don't own one currently. Another thing to consider as part of your everyday carry, depending on your threat model, depending on where you live, is a handgun with a holster and a spare magazine. And if you carry the capacity to do deadly force, you should also carry a tourniquet at the very least. If you don't carry a full IFAK, an individual first aid kit meant for gunshot wounds, carry at least a tourniquet. And honestly, if you're in a situation where gun threats are a thing, I would carry a tourniquet before I carry a gun. It is a lot safer legally. It's a lot easier. And like my goal is on any given day is to not die. And the ability to stop bleeding is often more effective than the ability to put holes in other people. So, that's everyday carry and if you don't have this on your person, you're gonna want it in here go bag. A lot of these I replicate in my go back. Okay, the next thing, and the most important thing from my point of view is what--and this is like kind of like the Margaret school is a little different than other people's school of thought around this--is that more important than a go bag as an emergency kit. I make and distribute these emergency kits. All my friends who visit me they leave with an emergency kit. I get a...actually, I get a tactical medical pouch. It's a five by seven, six by nine? I don't know. And it actually has molle on it so you can attach it to a backpack. So, if your go bag is full you can put it on your backpack. And the emergency kit is everything that is like small and light and useful. And this turns any bag you're carrying into a go bag. And it is small and light and if you make them in bulk it costs you 50-60 bucks worth of stuff if you put like everything in it. And I'm gonna talk about what's in it. Inmn 34:42 Yeah, what's in it? Margaret 34:43 In my emergency kit, it is three different things. It is a hygiene kit. It is a first aid kit and it is a survival kit. For hygiene, I carry a folding toothbrush and travel toothpaste. If you're an ultralight hiker, you're gonna have toothpaste tablets, I'm going to look into those but for now just fucking use toothpaste. Whatever. Dental Floss, which doubles as sewing thread, a compressed towel... Inmn 35:07 Another oogle lesson. Margaret 35:08 Oh yeah, totally. And this is what I wish I learned as an oogle is a compressed towel. There are these like little tiny tablets that if you put them in water they turn into washcloths? Yeah, they weigh nothing. They will...I carry tampons in a hygiene kit. This is not for plugging gunshot wounds. Do not use tampons to try and stop bleeding because they don't stop bleeding. They don't apply pressure. They absorb some blood. The amount of difference between the amount of blood someone having a menstrual cycle produces versus the amount of blood or gunshot wound produces....This is not what they're good for. Primarily I carry these to give to people, if we're in an emergency situation, who wish they had a tampon with them. They have some other purposes by pulling out the cotton and using it as fire starter., etc. But, I carry earplugs, just the foam cheap ones, unless I have my nice ones with me. Sometimes they're in my bag too. The ones that are like for concerts and shit. But, earplugs are for if you are shooting, if you're using heavy equipment, if you're trying to sleep in a rescue center, if you have ear damage anyway and you sometimes...Like earplugs are incredibly useful and they're light and cheap. Lip balm. I carry lip balm. I don't use lip balm in my day to day life. However, avoiding sunburn is like one of these super important things, and then also lip balm, some of it, can like double again as fire starter. stuff. Put it on cotton. Things like that. I carry condoms in case I have sex with somebody and then--or other people are trying to and don't want to get sick or you don't want to like deal with pregnancy or whatever, you know. There's like other uses for condoms. People are like, "Oh, you can use them to like store water," and stuff, but a lot of the survival uses of condoms are a little bit like people just trying to come up with uses for shit. And then also, you have to use unlubricated condoms for a lot of these purposes. However unlubricated condoms have are less effective at their primary task. I carry lube packets. Again, anything small, light, cheap, and useful is fucking great. I carry nail clippers. I carry hair ties. And, I carry soap strips. And this is a little bit like...I carry it but whatever. They're like little dissolvable papers with soap in it. That's the hygiene part of it for me. You might have a different one. I actually am kind of looking into figuring out how I'm going to put razors into here. For shaving. Usually, I just kind of have my electric razor on me, but I feel like if I'm backpacking, or whatever, it might be hard to...It's a little bit bulky. For first aid...Am I missing anything for hygiene? Inmn 37:47 Not that I can think of. I'm also....Okay, so I said that I didn't have a go bag. And literally besides the emergency kit, I have a go bag on me at all times. I was like oh yeah, I mean, I'm an ex oogle. I have a giant fanny pack with a with multiple forms of self defense and like multitools and... Margaret 38:17 That's what people forget, is they think of a go bag as this utterly separate thing but it's like...Like purse snacks is prepping. You know, like, again, men are really weird and like, if you go to a random...if you're out at a bar, the most prepared people in there are the women. They have so much stuff in their purse that is so useful. You know, the men might have guns--well, maybe they're smart and they're at a bar (you shouldn't combine alcohol and firearms) but whatever. But like, you know, what's more likely than shooting someone is getting hungry. You know? Like, Inmn 38:52 Oh, yeah, yeah. Margaret 38:54 Alright. Inmn 38:56 But what's in a first aid portion? Margaret 39:00 In the first aid portion, these are the ones I make, right. You can make your own depending on anything, right? I carry emergency packets because they make water tastes good and might theoretically be good for you. I carry alcohol wipes. These are sort of contentious. Well, they're not contentious for sterilizing things. If you need to lance a blister, you need to suddenly sew yourself back together or whatever, you're going to be glad you have alcohol wipes. Within the first day community, there's a lot of arguments about using first aid to sterilize wounds. Alcohol, slows down healing of wounds. It also sterilizes them. And so people have different opinions about the trade off of that. I carry superglue. Go ahead. Inmn 39:42 Oh, yeah. Well, you can you can also use them for their intended purpose, which is preparing the skin for things like maybe you have some kind of injection that you need to do. Maybe you need to do sutures like you can use the prep pads for their purpose. Margaret 40:00 Yeah, no totally. Inmn 40:01 Cleaning off the skin. Margaret 40:02 Yeah. And then also cleans a lot of other stuff. Like, having alcohol swabs around is just fucking useful. Anything that's light and cheap, especially if it has multiple purposes, just fucking carry it. There's like no reason not to have them. They weigh nothing. I carry a little thing of superglue. I am not currently of the superglueing your skin back together thing, but a lot of like old woodworkers and stuff will use it as like, kind of instead of a band aid, you know. They'll like close their wounds with superglue. There's like some bonus upsides and downsides to that. I usually use superglue to like fix small things, personally. And like use it and woodworking. Antibiotic ointment packets super fucking important. More likely to die of an infection in the woods than someone shooting you. I carry some band aids. I carry wound closure strips, either the steri strips or the butterfly bandages depending on what I have available. These are for like wounds that kind of borderline needs stitches, you know. I carry an irrigation syringe and this is like a little bit like bigger of a thing, an irrigation syringe. But, I carry it and I put it in every pack I include because irrigation syringes are what you use for puncture wounds and cleaning out puncture wounds. And if you're hiking in the backwoods and you step on the thorn, or whatever I don't know, and you need to clean something out, seems nice to have it. Avoiding infection is like a big part of what I learned by living out of a backpack for a long time, you know? Inmn 41:34 Yeah, yeah, Margaret 41:35 I carry tweezers for similar purpose for like picking things out of wounds, for plucking my eyebrows, for taking ticks off. Although I'll be real, I usually use the pliers on my multitool to take ticks off but don't do what Margaret Don't does. I carry gauze. Even though this isn't my like IFAK, this isn't my gunshot-wound kit, I carry gauze in case there's like deeper wounds that need putting packed in gauze. I carry petroleum jelly packets. These are also sort of like...some people use them medically, like put it on wound. Some people don't. People like to argue about it. I carry them...Honestly, I mostly carry them for fire starter, but I put them in the first-aid section because some people use it for first aid. And then I carry a bunch of different over-the-counter-drugs and I don't use over...like I just don't use drugs. But I carry them with me because other people might need them or I might need them. And like and this is one of the things that I like see people not...I think this is a really good idea. However, specifically with pills, the first thought I had was like, "Oh, I only need 10," so I'll buy a bottle, and I'll pull out 10, and I'll put them in a Ziploc bags. If you have to interact with police ever, this is a bad idea because now you have unmarked pills in a bag even if it's fucking Benadryl. And so what I carry is blister packed pills or like in tiny like one dose pack pills that are labeled from the manufacturer. The biggest downside is I have not found caffeine pills in that form yet. So the caffeine that I carry is caffeine gum because caffeine gum you can get in smaller pockets. It's a little bit more than I want to carry. I'd rather have a caffeine pill. But whatever. I carry loperamide, which is like Imodium. It's an anti-diarrheal. Because if you eat something wrong or drink something wrong and you have another like three days that you have to hike, diarrhea will fucking kill you. And so I feel like this is a thing....This is the one that I would say most people overlook. I carry Benadryl or diphenhydramine, which is its formal name, and this is an anti-inflammatory. You can use it to stop itching, which is a common problem in the woods. You can also use as an anti-anxiety, which for some reason might seem like a likely problem. You can also use it as a sleep aid. Don't use it and then use heavy machinery. Don't go chainsawing. And for painkillers I carry all three of them. I carry ibuprofen, acetamino--thing [said like she can't remember the word] and aspirin. Advil, Tylenol, and aspirin is like the common names for them, but it's ibuprofen, acetaminophen, and aspirin. They all have different purposes. Read the thing. Some of them are good for people different situations. But, being able to bring down fevers and being able to like...You're fucking old and you're hiking all the time like you fucking might need some shit to keep your knee happy enough so you can get out of there, you know? And also, carry potassium iodide, although now I am past the age where this matters. I think this is the kind of thing that preppers are like, "You got potassium iodide?" and like it doesn't really matter all that much. Potassium iodide is...it is for disaster. Okay, so yeah, if you are near, but not in the get-blowed-up range of a nuclear disaster, you might, there might be an emergency broadcast directing you to take potassium iodide and you only have have 15 minutes to do it before it's too late and there's no point anymore. And what it does is it floods your...I forget the word for it...thyroid. It floods it with iodine so that you don't absorb radioactive iodine because it's full. And this can prevent some cancers down the line. It is contra...it is also really rough on you if you do this. And so it is contraindicated for people who are 40 years and older. So, for my birthday, I should have just given away all my potassium iodide. And I think the idea is that it's just like...your body doesn't want rough stuff to happen to it. And also, they're kind of like, "Well, you're gonna die before you die of cancer anyway. You're old." I don't entirely understand the mechanism. Inmn 45:46 I feel like they need to update that. I feel like they probably maybe need to update those. Margaret 45:53 No, it's worth, I should probably look into it more and I still keep some around. And then, any personal medications that you might need. In this case, for me, it would be my dog's medication. And then also, I take famotidine to stop heartburn. One more thing for the emergency kit, the survival section. And this is not going to be like a super packed out section. Because again, this is not your full go bag. This is your little survival...your little kit. I keep KN95 masks in there. For some obvious reason. I actually kept masks in here before covid because it's important to like...like when COVID broke out, I had a bunch of P100 masks, which is like kind of the next step up from an N95 mask, and the reason I had them was like prepper shit where you're like, "I don't know, if you're in a city and there's an earthquake and there's dust everywhere," you know? Inmn 46:50 Yeah, I will say that one of our other prepper landmates at the time, sent all of us text messages well before covid was much of a popularized thing and was like, "Y'all should really go stock up on like P100 and N95 masks," and I did not. And it is...like it haunts me that I did not listen to him. Margaret 47:15 Yeah, no. Yeah, Inmn and I used to live together on a land project. And, there was me and one other prepper there, and even though we're like, anarchists on a land project, we mostly got made fun of for being silly, for being preppers. However, covid has turned everyone into preppers on some level, thank God. It is the one upside. Yeah, when it broke out, I was able to, like, have masks for people who needed it and that felt really good, you know. But, which actually gets to some of the point of prepping I talk about a lot on the show, but like, the point of prepping is to kind of like have your own shit settled so that you can then help other people, you know? Because even if I only had one P100 mask, well then at least I don't need someone else to get me a mask, right? And so everything that you have prepped is like you're one less person who needs to rely on the mutual aid network. And then everything you have on top of that is stuff you can provide to the mutual aid network, and that rules. Both of those rule. Yeah, okay. In the survival [section,] you've got a mask, you've got another butane lighter. Just carry a Bic lighter everywhere. Fuck it. Like you got two Bic lighters, you're fucking good. Little pieces of solid fuel, which is just little like tablets that you can burn and some of them are actually designed, they're like--I don't know how to describe what size they are--two Starburst? And they're like, designed that you can like cook a 15 minute meal over just burning one of these tablets, you know? But they're usually used to start a fire. I carry a little bits of tinder. The purpose made stuff isn't super expensive, but can also make your own. I carry a little needle thing with sewing needles with three different leather needles and six regular needles in it. And this is for repairing different equipment. I use the dental floss as my thread in an emergency. I carry fishhooks and line. I don't eat fish, but I would if it was me or the fish. However, I'd be fucked because I don't know how to fish. I actually think fishing is fake. I tried fishing so many times when I was a boy scout. I have never caught a single fish. I think what happens is that I go out...everyone else knows the fishing is fake. And they're like, "Let's just trick Margaret again." And so we go out fishing. And they're like, "Oh yeah, oh, I gotta tug on my line," and then they wait till I turn my back, and then they like pull a fish out of a cooler, and they're like, "Oh, I caught a fish." You know? That best as I can.... Inmn 48:07 Well, Margaret that's why they call it fishing and not catching anything. [Margaret does not laugh] This is my bad dad joke. Margaret 49:09 Oh, I see. Well, if you're fishing for humor, for laughs, it's not gonna work. Find out more at https://live-like-the-world-is-dying.pinecast.co
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Episode Summary Margaret and Agatha talk about mutual aid in Ukraine and Agatha's experience trying to go there to fight in an anti-authoritarian platoon, but ending up doing a bunch of mutual aid supply distribution work instead. They talk about he intricacies of relief work and some of the special circumstances in Ukraine. Heavy content warning on this episode. Towards the end of the episode around 46:00, Agatha starts to tell a really intense story about being in a war zone. Around 56:00 is when it begins to get graphic. Guest Info Agatha (they/them) can be found on IG @jalutkewicz You can donate to their mutual aid work on venmo @agathawilliams or on Paypal @jalutkewicz@gmail.com Host Info Margaret can be found on twitter @magpiekilljoy or instagram at @margaretkilljoy. Publisher Info This show is published by Strangers in A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org, or on Twitter @TangledWild and Instagram @Tangled_Wilderness. You can support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness. Transcript Agatha on Ukrainian Mutual Aid Margaret 00:14 Hello and welcome to Live Like the World is Dying, your podcast for it feels like the end times. I'm your host, Margaret Killjoy. And I'm really excited about this week's interview, I am going to be talking to an old friend of mine from quite a while back who haven't talked to in a while about what's involved in anarchists mutual aid in war zones, and specifically, Ukraine, and in the things that are going on there. Yeah, I'm really excited for you all to hear this conversation. But first, I'm excited for you all to hear that we're a proud member of the Channel Zero Network of anarchists podcasts. And here's a jingle from another show on the network. Margaret 01:13 This is Margaret, from the future, coming back to say that this episode deserves a content warning near the end of the episode and there'll be some heads up. We will be talking about, "Hey, so I hear you were attacked." That part contains graphic descriptions of war and violence. And so listener discretion is advised. Margaret 02:05 Okay, we're back. So, if you could introduce yourself with your name, your pronouns, and then kind of a brief description of why you are in a good place to talk about anarchists mutual aid in places of active conflict. Agatha 02:20 So my name is Agatha. My pronouns are they/them. Yeah, I went over to Ukraine last year about this time to do mutual aid support with anti authoritarian units and anarchists units. Things got fucked up on my way over there. So, that wasn't a possibility any longer. So, I just started doing aid runs with a convoy of other solo operators who went over there to try and do something to help alleviate the suffering of folks. Yeah, I'm here to talk about that. Margaret 02:57 So one of my questions about that, is, what do these aid runs look like? I'm under the impression there are different organizations working to try to get new vehicles and armor and all of these things that, you know, to frontline units, to anti authoritarian units. And these are like, organizations from outside Ukraine that are like sending people and supplies to then deliver the supplies? Like what does this look like? Agatha 03:25 Yeah, so me and a few other folks went over there with a group of cash all of our own, you know, what I mean, and we use that for operational costs, which was, you know, feeding ourselves buying diesel in Poland. And then we worked with some more wealthy sympathizers to the cause, who, one person we worked with owns a distribution company, and they have a giant fucking warehouse in Warsaw, Poland. And, you know, they would make sure items that needed to get to folks close to the frontline, where bigger NGOs wouldn't go, could get things that they needed that were not getting there, i.e. like medicine, sanitary products, food, you know, and then later on body armor and diesel. So, this person would basically...they have a bigger organization that looks a lot friendlier on their website, and you can go and donate money and it has pictures of like Ukrainian kids smiling. So, the run would start like this, we'd get a text from this wealthy patron and they'd be like, "Alright, I've organized another run," you know, "Meet me at my warehouse Saturday at four in the morning and bring four vans," you know, "and eight drivers." And like, we wouldn't know where we're going. We wouldn't know what we're doing. And then we'd get there at four in the morning and then there'd be all these like, gnarly angry Polish dudes just like moving boxes around and making piles. And then the, you know, the person who lead everything and orchestrated everything, she's just a very strong, amazing woman. And she would come out and just start barking orders and be like, "You, you're driving this van, and you're putting all this in your van, but like, I have some other shit to hide at the bottom of the pile. So don't load it yet," you know, "load this van." And then she'd like really quickly, have one of her cronies, bring out a pallet full of body armor inserts that were like, made at a metal shop out of like, AR500 steel that can withstand 556 and 762 rounds. Margaret 05:31 Yeah, gun Twitter will be very upset about this. Agatha 05:35 What's that? Margaret 05:36 I said gun Twitter will be very upset that they're using steel. Agatha 05:40 I know. But if you're out there fucking around, you want something more than nothing, and it's not gonna spatter, AR500 is at least not going to spatter on you, you know what I mean? Yeah, it's not going to create any spalding. But, that regardless, you know, she did her own research on what steels are like the most bulletproof and then she fucking contacted a metal shop with a brake press that could you know, bend quarter inch thick steel that was hardened. And then she had them plasma cut out the designs that fit into vests that she had manufactured from different tailors around Poland, you know, it was just like, it was 100%, DIY, you know, ballistic vests. And it was just amazing. And she'd be like, "Alright, you're delivering all this, like toilet paper, and ibuprofen, and like, you know, baby food to this one location, then you're going to meet with my people at this location, and you're gonna give them these 10 boxes," you know, and those had whatever in them. I never asked, you know, but and then she'd be like, "Give them these 50 vests," you know, "they have like a poorly equipped unit that needs them. They have a mortar unit that's taken a lot of casualties because they're so ill equipped," like, blah, blah, blah. And then she'd be like, "Also, the next van, we're gonna fill it with all toilet paper. But, at the bottom of the toilet paper pile, we're gonna hide 300 gallons of diesel, you know, in these little containers." Margaret 07:02 Why are you hiding it? Agatha 07:05 Because there's like tariffs involved with transporting body armor and transporting fuel across conflict zone lines, apparently. I don't know very much about it. I just know that like, there was like, a big to do. And you had to file a lot more fucking paperwork that took weeks and weeks, if not months to get like 50 fucking vests across the border, and then to the east of Ukraine. Whereas she was just like," I don't give a fuck, you're going there anyways." I mean, she was crazy. She was like, linked up, she'd be like, "Alright, these are your things you need when you get to the border. If you get there early, wait till 5:30 shift, change or whatever. And wait till this one dude is working. Show him this paperwork, and he's gonna let you through without giving you hassle or looking in your van. If you go at other times, I can't guarantee you're gonna get through without a hassle." So, she had stuff going on, that I didn't know about. And I didn't care to ask about. I was just into helping and I was good enough just bringing food and medicine. You know. When I found out we were bringing other shit and like hiding it. I was like, "Oh, that's cool." I was like, "I'm into it. Like, I'm sketchy. Like, I'm down." you know? And so we just like, we would wait, we'd pack up all the vans at four in the morning when we met her there. And then there was a few Polish dudes who would run the convoy once we were on the road. And we all had radios. So, it's like, you know, head convoy dudes like, "You guys got to pick it up, we need to make better time." or people in the back would be like, "Hey, head of convoy slow down, we're losing ya." Yeah, because all our shit was painted drab green and had the organization we were working for plastered all over the side of it. So, we wanted to look like a convoy while we were in Poland and the West of the country, and stick together. And then once we'd get across the border, and hit Lviv, you know, then it scattered and we would take magnets off, and we didn't want to look like a convoy, because convoys get targeted and like, all this other junk. So we had basically leave Warsaw at like five or six in the morning, we'd drive for fucking ever, we'd get to the border, we'd sit there forever, you know, we'd give our slips to the guy we were supposed to give them to, they would just wave us through, they wouldn't search our shit. And then we drive fucking forever to Lviv. And then at Lviv, we'd unload like 80% of the stuff, you know, four out of six in the convoy would go back to Warsaw. And then you know, I was generally one of the ones who would go further east. So, I'd stick around, we'd get coordinates to a new warehouse that we didn't know about, and then we would go refill our vans and Lviv with other shit going further east. And then from there, we'd hit Kyiv. We'd drop a bunch of shit of in Kyiv. If we were transporting vehicles, we'd bring them to the specific units that was asking for them, basically just four by four vehicles that can carry around and a little Assault Squad through mud and shit that they didn't have. And then we'd deliver that shit. And then, you know, we'd spend a night in Kyiv and then we'd get more coordinates the next day. We'd go to another warehouse. We'd fill it up with whatever the fuck was planned for us. And then all this is going on while we are like doing our own shit. Like, last time we were in Zolochiv, they needed salt because their bakery had run dry of salt. They had everything to make bread for the frontline troops except for salt. So, they're like, "We need three vans worth of salt" you know, "We need like 5000 pounds of salt." So, we'd be like moving our salt around to make room for our wealthy patron's shit that she wanted to go to specific units that she had friends in, or whatever that were hard up. You know? So we were just have to like, juggle shit around. And then like, make sure everything fit, throw our 50 gallon drums of diesel on the fucking roof of the car and siphon it out and fill our fucking tanks back up, because you just can't get diesel in Ukraine when we were there. So we had to smuggle in all the diesel for the entire trip. And then, we'd be on our way again. And then we'd eventually get to Kharkiv or wherever, in the far east of the country, get rid of all our shit. And then just like, usually pick up some passengers who wanted to get the fuck out of Kharkiv or wherever the fuck they were, and bring people back and get them out of sketchy situations. And then we'd slowly make our way back to Poland. And we didn't really stop when we were driving. So, some days we drive for like 48 hours straight or some couples of days and then we would take naps and switch out drivers. But on the way back, it was a little more relaxed, like we'd get a hotel or something like in between Kharkiv and fucking Kyiv and try and take showers and get like a good night's rest and then whatever. And then we finally make our way back to Warsaw or Krakow, wherever our next pickup was. We'd rest for 24 hours without doing shit. We would just eat food sleep, nap, like fucking whatever the fuck we felt like doing. Go on walks. Then we'd get another another call from from our person who was funding a lot of this and she'd be like, "Meet me at the warehouse, Tuesday at 1"30 in the morning and bring seven vans this time," you know, so yeah, that's pretty much the cycle that was going on when I was there. Margaret 12:42 Yeah. Okay, so I have a bunch of questions about this. There's so much that's curious to me. Yeah, one of them is like, like, what's in it for this lady? Like, I don't know, if you want to like out her specifically or whatever. But like, it's international solidarity? Is it like... Agatha 12:57 I couldn't tell. Margaret 12:58 Is it just like, we don't want Ukraine to fall because then we think we're next? Is it just the same reason you're there, we just got to fucking help each other? Like, what's going on? Agatha 13:09 So, everything I gathered from talking with this person was that she just like, thought what was going on was super fucked up was like, disgusted that like civilians, were paying such a high price for the actions of, you know, a fascist imperialist government's need to try for a land grab and was just like, honestly disgusted about how little the rest of the world seemed to care about these people who, like, were fucking starving to death and are still starving to death and like fucking living in occupied villages that change hands every couple of weeks, and like, can't get anything because NGOs won't go there. Because Red Cross thinks is too dangerous or whatever. Yeah, I mean, it is but like, that's your fucking job. Like, that's what you should be doing. And it like, came down to like, hundreds and or thousands of like, solo operators who have like these little groups, there's a bunch of us, like, but it's like, hard to...It's hard to say what her end game was. Like, she had a bunch of fucking dudes who, I don't speak Ukrainian or Polish, but there's some words that are the same, you know? And I mean, like, we'd be driving and the radio chatter would be all Polish. And I'd hear like "Americanski,"" and then, "Blah, blah, blah," and then nothing for a minute. And then you'd hear like, "Blah, blah, blah, Pistoleta, blah, blah, blah." And I'm like, what do they got in their van? You know what I mean? But I'm not asking, you know. The most I ever asked was like, the lead dude who took us on the convoys just seemed like he knew his way around a warzone, knew his way, you know, bunch of those motherfuckers were into Brazilian jujitsu. And that's where we like, connected a lot, because that's something I'm into, and they all knew how to handle themselves. They all seem like ex military or something. And one day, I was just like, I was like, "Hey, dude, like, are you ex... It's like, don't answer mean if you don't want to, but like, are you ex military or like current military or something?" And he says, "Kind of." and then walked away. And I was like, "Okay, that's enough." You know what I mean? So like, I don't know what their motivations were. They were like, super not into Russia, I can say that. It like, a little uncomfortable for me because like... and especially the closer you get to the border of the Russia, the more you start hearing terms like 'orc,' and like, stuff like that, as opposed to 'Russian.' I don't know, they had seen more shit than me at that point, had really strong opinions and like, as much as I could tell, they just wanted to, you know, kind of ease some of the suffering that normal everyday people were going through because of the conflict. Margaret 15:47 Yeah. Okay. So that brings it back to like, you know, you mentioned that you, you headed out there hoping to specifically work delivering aid to the anti authoritarian units and stuff. Is that work that you got to continue to do or like? Agatha 16:03 in some ways. So, just to clarify, I originally went out to fight in an anti authoritarian unit made up of English speaking foreigners. That was my my first goal. I had issues with getting my passport in a timely manner. And then there was this like, horrible incident where the unit that had accepted me, they knew when I was coming, they had someone picking me up to bring them to the base and get me situated and fucking geared up. But they're like, "You need body armor. You need a ballistic helmet. You need your own IFAK. You need like, your own fucking compass, you know, basically full kit was needed to be provided by me, because all they were going to....they're going to stick me on a mortar team and I was going to be like, stuck with that mortar team with whatever I brought, or essentially, and then, on my way over there, something happened where the platoon leader was found dead on base. They got assigned a new Platoon leader. This dude was like, "You guys can still fly you're anti anti authoritarian and anarchists flags as a unit, but we're not taking in any more foreigners. And that's that." So while I was on my way there, I was told, you know, "No go on the, on the infantry unit. Blah, blah, blah." So I just like, didn't know what to do. I had like $5,000 worth of tourniquets, and quit clot and fucking chest seals. You know, I had I had ballistic helmets, I had a level four ceramic plates with me. I had more shit than I could carry. I looked like an asshole coming from the Warsaw airport to my hostel, you know. And then I couldn't leave my hostel for like, a week and a half, because I had like, all this gear in there that wouldn't fit in my tiny little safe and like, everyone was like, "What the fuck are you doing with all this shit? And like, why are you here?" And I didn't want to say anything. So I just like seemed sketchy. And then I eventually found a group that was working directly with anarchists fighters at the front. And I was like, "Hey, I brought all this medical supplies. It's basically only heavy bleed stop supplies to treat gunshots and amputations and things of this nature. Do you want it? Like, how do I get it to you?" And they're like, "Yes, totally. One of our people, we'll get with you soon," you know. And this is when I started my waiting game in the hostel trying to like, not leave my shit for too long. And be there waiting for the call. And like a week and a half went by before I got any kind of information. And honestly, I was like, kind of bummed out. This group seemed like they knew what they were doing. Their social media presence was like on point. They were like, just vague enough to like, promote their cause, but like, not giving too much information out. You know, they're just like, whatever. So, I was like, I'll deal with these guys. Fine. I'll give them this medical equipment. And then they just like, totally dropped the ball. And like, they kept saying, someone's going to call me. Every day I texted them. I'm like, I'm sitting on all this crap, I need to get rid of it and be on my way and try and find another way to like, do what I'm trying to do. And it just kept going on. And then, you know, a week and a half. I'd never left the country before I left for this. And I speak no other languages. I'm like super neurodivergent, have like really high anxiety and was just in this foreign city where I didn't understand anything. And just like, every day felt like a week. You know, I was just waiting for my phone to ring and then I could hand the shit off. And like, I had a couple of leads on folks who were like, "Yeah, when you're done doing your thing, like, give us a call and we'll set you up doing some aid work." So I was just waiting and waiting. And then they finally called me. They're like, "Go meet this person at this address. And they'll take all your shit from you." And I was like, "Okay, great." So, I take a fucking cab like across Warsaw, I ended up at this place. I eventually find out it's like, basically like a methadone clinic for like houseless people. I was like, oh cool, whowhoever's doing this also works doing this kind of work you know, but then I just look like a sketch ball, sitting outside of this place with like three fucking duffel bags, waiting for.... Agatha 20:09 Yeah, I have no idea who's coming to meet me. Every person that walked by I'm like, "Are you them?" You know like, yeah, I don't know shit. I'm there. Like the time they're supposed to meet me goes by. I got there like half an hour early because I just wanted to not fuck this up. And then like the time they're supposed to meet me comes and goes and then it's like an hour later. And I call my dudes and I'm like, "Hey, your person's not here yet." They're like, "They're on their way." and then they hang up and I'm like, okay, like literally like four hours goes by of me doing this. Like I'm just like, whatever I'm so bummed and then this like, door flies open to this place and this little person comes out and they're like, "Hey, are you Agatha?" And I was like, "Yeah," and they're like, "Alright, I'm gonna take this shit. Like thanks a bunch." and then like, drags in three duffel bags really quick and slams the door shut and I'm like, fuck like they knew my name, but like I'm pretty sure that was who I was supposed to give this to you know, and then I go back to my hostel and then like whatever. So like, it was like super disheartening to be told I couldn't be in this fighting unit, and then like it was super disheartening to have trouble handing the shit off, but like, in the end, it was probably the best thing that could happen to me, because like, after being there for a while, I was like fuck, "I don't know if I could have been of service in a unit where I have no military training," like, you know, I probably would have been a liability more than anything. So like, Thank God that happened. And then I got hooked up with these people who like, it was like perfect for me. You know, I just drive for 30 hours and then like that was fine with me you know? Like I traveled the country a million times as like a dumb useless punk. Like this was like the same shit, just like felt better because I was like helping people you know what I mean? Margaret 20:09 Thousands of dollars of gear. Agatha 20:36 For everyone that's listening. That's how we that's how we know each other, is being dumb, useless punks traveling the country. Agatha 22:02 So, I just applied whatI knew about like traveling and being comfortable being uncomfortable with like, doing shit and it was like a perfect fit. So, I originally went over to do that. Yeah. And then it switched to this. And then I was only there for like six more weeks. But, I did a bunch of shit while I was there. And, you know, I will probably get into it later. But, I needed to do like a lot of trauma therapy once I got back and like, it's been a year and I just felt comfortable enough to buy another plane ticket there and I'm on my way back. But this time, I don't have to figure anything out. I already have a crew. We have a fleet of nine vehicles. We have deliveries lined up for fucking months. So it's like, I can just jump right back in you know, and like, it's just nice when you like hand a bunch of fucking hungry people food or you know, yeah, like. And that's the thing that struck me most is I went out there as an anarchist and then while I was there, I kind of just turned into like a humanist. I was like, you know, I just didn't give a fuck who I was working with anymore. I was like, "Oh, you're hungry and you need food. I'm gonna bring it to you," and it didn't matter to me anymore who was picking it up. You know, I even worked with some known fascist units who supposedly kicked all the Neo Nazis out, and anti Semites got kicked out, but they still have unscrupulous pasts as like street gangs and stuff, but like, you know, I was bringing them stuff to like, keep people alive. I didn't. I just stopped caring, you know, about political affiliation and shit. Margaret 23:39 No, it makes sense to me though, like, because one of the things that has been so interesting to me about like studying disaster stuff and disaster responses, right, are these like, you know, there's this moment that I wasn't there for but sticks in one of my head, my head is that one of my best friends. I've probably mentioned this on the show before, but one of my best friends is this, you know, crusty traveling punk kid who went to go do flood relief in a place that you could normally drive into, but could only be flown into. And the people who were flying in, were all of these people with like, tiny airplanes, which means rich libertarians. And you know, and so my friend is like talking about being like, and you know, and they're nervous person, and they're in this tiny airplane driving and like flying into a storm with this, like, random libertarian guy, right? And it's just like, and they were fine. And they landed and they delivered supplies and they got food out and got stuff out to people who needed it who were trapped and hungry. And I think that's what's so interesting about disaster, whether it's, quote unquote natural, like the accelerating climate disasters, or, you know, the invasion of an imperialist power into your country is just this like....like the goal isn't to help anarchists. The goal is to help people who are being destroyed by an imperialist power. You know? Agatha 25:05 Yeah, exactly. Margaret 25:07 It's interesting to me, because I do have I have a...like it's like cool, right, supporting the anti authoritarian unit specifically. It's cool and like anarchists organizing this is cool, but a lot of that is like...well, I'm excited that an anarchist is at least one of the drivers of this organization that you're working for, you know. Like you. You know? What is it? What is it like interacting as an anti authoritarian person within this like...you know, yeah, you have this like, rich industrialist lady who's just like, pouring everything and all kinds of risk into just providing things for people and I presume you have this very...like is it this melting pot environment. Like, what is it like socially? Agatha 25:50 It's fucked up, man. Like the guy I got stuck with like, when the group I started driving for wanting to vouch for me, they're like, "We have a solo run. It's like not very sketchy. We're not going that far east. We're just going like outside of Lviv. It's like a fucking shit ton of sanitary products. And then like, you're going to come back to Częstochowa and you're going to fill up the van full of strollers and bring it to this orphanage that's only run for orphans that were victims of losing their parents in fucking Bucha you know. Margaret 26:21 Well, it better be anarchists babies, because otherwise they don't deserve strollers. Agatha 26:24 Yeah. But, the fucking guy picks me up and he's wearing a fucking Black Rifle Coffee Company t shirt. Margaret 26:30 Oh shit. Agatha 26:31 And I was like, What the fuck is this? You know? And I was like, this sucks. And I was like, cuz I knew they weren't going to be anarchists. But I was like, this dude is wearing just a straight up fascist companies t shirt. Margaret 26:44 Yeah, this dude wants to kill you in the United States. Agatha 26:47 Yeah, well, he's from Canada. And that's the thing, like, his view on it was like totally different. I was like, you know, after like, nine hours in the van and like 18 cups of coffee. I was like, "So what's up with your shirt, dude?" And he's like, "Well, I just really like their coffee. And like, they have pictures of guns on their shit. It's like good advertising." I was like, "You know those are the assholes who like bailed out Kyle Rittenhouse, right?" and he's like, "Who the fuck is Kyle Rittenhouse." and I'm just like Jesus Christ. And, it was just like, super fucked up and like, we had like really long conversations about what like being an anarchist means to me. And you know, the more we talked, the more I realized our like end goal was exactly the same. He was like, just a farm boy from from South Central fucking Canada who grew up on a fucking....what's that stuff called? I don't want to say the name of it cause I hate it. And there's another name for it. He's from a canola farm. And he joined the military when he was young. And he's like....I'm a pretty tall person. I'm like 6'2", and he's like three inches taller than me, built like a brick shithouse.Just look like the dude you don't want to run into as an anarchist in like a war zone wearing a fucking Black Rifle Coffee Company t shirt. But the more we talked, the more we were just like yeah, we just want to fucking help people. And like that's it. Like, I just don't care anymore. Like it basically came down to everyone in our group wanted to ease some suffering that was happening at the behest of like, fucked up agitators who were acting on like imperialist like logic, you know? And yeah, that's basically what it all boiled down to. So, like I went there as an anarchist trying to support anarchist endeavors....and because they were helping just normal people, right? And and then it just turned out like, you know, circumstances change. They didn't...like multiple groups didn't want any more foreigners. You know, I was never given explanations as to why....Someone said it was because my social media presence was too hard about going to Ukraine, and they didn't want people getting their spots blown up. But, I was like literally all I said is I'm going to Ukraine, bringing medical supplies to anarchists units. And if you want to donate, donate here. I gave zero information on what unit I was delivering to, where I was going, who my contacts were. It was like vague as possible to just get donations, so I could buy more tourniquets. That's like all I was doing. That's that's the most explanation I got, which never added up. Margaret 29:19 They must have had their own shit going on. There must have been like something that had happened recently or like something within the internal structure where they were like trying to hold on to their anti authoritarian unit within an authoritarian structure, you know? Agatha 29:34 Exactly. And I later found out like, once I was back from a couple runs, and the unit that had originally accepted me, and said no more was like, "Hey, we got a guy coming to Warsaw and he wants to meet you." And I was like, "Okay," and it was just like the most giant man I've ever met and he was just like, decked out in like fucking workout gear and he's like, "I'm coming from the gym and I only got an hour I'm going back to the gym. I'm with this unit. I'm on leave blah, blah, blah." And I guess what it was was like, you know, it was other foreigners who were in the group who were posting shit online they shouldn't have been, you know, and one example was, there was someone who posted a picture of themselves outside of a building being like "Training for the good fight," or whatever. And whatever fucking Russian like ops that we're monitoring social media saw a picture of the building, did a bunch of fucking research, found out where it was, what the building was, and fucking a missile strike happened and like 500 volunteers died or some shit. Agatha 30:39 It was like super fucked so like, I totally got it, but like, and I wasn't gonna argue with them, you know what I mean? I was like okay, I'll find something else to do, but like that's not me. And that's not what I'm doing, but like, whatever I'll try and help out some other way. So, I think that's the kind of shit that was happening that led to me not being invited into these like strictly anarchist groups, because I mean, you know, fucking anarchists. Everyone's like security culture. Like the feds are like bugging my phone because they want to know what dumpsters I'm hitting or whatever. You know what I mean? It's like... Margaret 30:39 Oh my god. Margaret 31:12 Only here, it's like they're actually throwing missiles at you. Agatha 31:15 Exactly. Exactly. So I was like, I get it but, like whatever, so I think that's really what it was and like I couldn't fault them for it. I was like whatever, but yeah, I'm just some like scumbag from America anyways. Like you don't know me. Like you don't know if you can trust me like. Sure, I have tattoos on my face, but like whatever. Like you know what I mean? Like yeah, so I got it but like, I don't know. I'm kind of rambling at this point. I'm gonna let you direct the conversation a little more. Margaret 31:39 No, no, I'm really curious about all of this kind of stuff, like I'm very curious and I think the audience will be curious about....I mean, even down to like how do people take you as this tall, you know, person who presents somewhat masculine, but often has a non masculine name, has face tattoos, doesn't have like, you know isn't like mister Mr. heterosexual cis man, but also is like a tough as fuck looking, like face tattooed punk, right? Like, what do people make of you? Like how did that go? Agatha 32:18 It just depended, you know, some people were just like, "Who the fuck is this guy?" Like? Yeah, cuz I mean, I do have a lot of visible tattoos, but just to like, give it some context. Like my tattoos are like of puppies and like, I have a giant heart on my throat. You know what I mean? They're not like tough guy tattoos. Aside, I have some air 15 magazines tattooed underneath a "Do not resuscitate," tattoo on my chest. My chest looks like some pre-schooler went to prison and got tattooed or something. It's like light hearted. There's like skulls and puppies and yeah, rifle parts and like a 'do not resuscitate,' banner and like shit, but like, that's not stuff people generally saw. But they'd see my heart tattoo on my throat and my shit on my face. And like my hands were all blacked out. And you know, people were either like...A good example is like, people either didn't say anything, or they'd be like...like, one time we were in Kyiv we're kicking this grifter who had gotten caught up in our shit out. We needed like five to six hundred litres of diesel that we had shoved in his van. We needed to get that out before we kicked him out. Because we knew he would just steal it from us. I mean, I found out the guy had gone through my phone when I was sleeping. There was like links to his aid organization to the like, PayPal link on my phone. Like my Safari was open. And it was like, please enter your Paypal password to donate to this group. And I was like, "Who the fuck is this group?" And then we realized it was this guy and we needed to kick his ass out. But like, whatever, we didn't know where to kick him out. Like we didn't know if he was gonna get violent with us. So we picked like a super populated spot and Kyiv which is where we were at the time. And we're like, "Meet us here," you know, "at this parking lot for this fucking train station." But the parking lot was closed. And, it was like, all the spaces were empty, but we couldn't get in, and there was this like drunk ass dude wearing a body camera in this little booth. And he was like....we just went up and we're like, "Hey, are you the one watching this parking lot right now?" And our interpreter could not understand a fucking word this guy was saying. He was so drunk. And it's like the farther east you go like, the more the dialects change, so like our interpreter was 18 years old from from Lviv. He had never been this far east, you know, which Kyiv isn't even that far. But like, you know, if you've never been to Kyiv really and you get there and then there's people from the opposite end of the country who you know, I mean, it's just like, there's a big disconnect with with local dialects. He could only you know, figure some shit out. And we eventually paid the guy like a bunch of grivna not to fucking, just do this deal real quick. We're like, "Hey, we'll give you this wad of cash. Just let us park here for like 20 minutes, this guy is going to meet us. We're going to move a bunch of shit around from Van to van, and then we'll be out of your hair," and he's like, "Alright, fine." But, he was like fucking hammered. And he would not leave us alone. And he was like, uncomfortable drunk where he was like in our faces, like breathing on us, asking us questions. And our interpreter was trying their best to like, fucking answer. And then it just got hot during the day, and I went to take my shirt off, and all my tattoos are black line work. They look like fucking prison tattoos. And this guy, I see him catch my eye as my shirts about to go over my head for a second. And I pulled my T shirt down real quick. And he's like, "Ah, prison." And I was like, "No, no, no, no, not prison," and he's like, "Prison." And I was like, "No, it's not prison," and the guy just wouldn't shut up about it. He just kept saying "prison" to me and like, give me the 'okay' sign with his hand. And I'm like, "No, dude," you know? So, it's like, it was like, stuff like that. And then other people just being like, "You're a fucking freak American? Are they all like you", kinda shit. it was just like, I don't know, it was super weird. I got some shit for it. But like, most people, like I would talk to them for five minutes. And they'd be like, "Oh, you're just a person who wants to like, do shit." You know what I mean? But then, the more I got into this shit, and the more I was like, getting deeper into the east of the country, like, it got like, less and less about personal identity and what you what you were presenting to the world, right? Like I am an assigned male at birth guy who's six foot two inces and like, I have tattoos everywhere. And I carry myself like, like, really confidently, because I'm a martial artist, and blah, blah, blah. I'm just like...and I don't take shit from people like...It just was like a little easier for me to get by. But like, I was with this really well known fascist unit, who was giving personal protection to this trans woman, who was in the east of the country and had been there for months. Like she had gotten fired from her news organization because she started using the term 'Orc' in her in her pieces, and they're like, "You're no longer unbiased." And she and she was like, "You can't be unbiased. If you've been out here," like, "These Russian soldiers are fucking pigs. Like, they're like, they're raping people. They're killing children. They're doing all sorts of shit. They're bombing schools. They're bombing hospitals, like, and all these people could just shoot their officers and come across the line with a white flag. And the Ukrainians would treat them fine, right? Like yeah, but they're not doing that they're doing what they're told. And they're being complicit in these atrocities, blah, blah, blah." So she was like just going around doing all these pieces and her personal protection unit was all these supposed fucking homophobic, you know, fascist pieces of shit and granted, I never got drunk with these guys. I didn't have beers with them. I don't know what they really think but, they thought what she was doing was important enough to like give her a pass, you know what I mean? And like protect her, and get her to these like places to interview these people. And that's the kind of like, shit I mostly ran into, was like, you know, you don't have to agree with me right now, but we have a goal in mind. And once the Russians are gone, fuck it. We'll figure out our differences later, but like right now, like were chill, and I got like pretty hopeful about it till I met this like, platoon leader in an infantry territorial defense unit who, after...we were bombed at one point our fucking vans got destroyed, and we were looking for a mechanic to fix our shit, so we could get out of the east of the country. And this dude who spoke perfect English came up to us and was like, "What are you doing? What are y'all doing?" We told them what was up and he was like, "I'll try and find a mechanic. I got a mechanic buddy, like right around the corner, blah, blah, blah." And then while we were waiting for a callback, me and him just like got some coffees and like, talked for a while it turns out, he's like, uh, you know, he was a fucking, like, a human rights activist who was a lawyer forever, and like, graduated college in '92, and started his own organization to help like, LGBTQ refugees from like Belarus and shit, you know? And I mean, he was like, super fucking cool. Yeah. And the guy just eventually was like, "Yeah, I went to school at a military accredited college. So when I joined the territorial defense units, they're like, "You're an officer. You're, you're in control of a whole platoon,"" and he like, tried so hard to convince them that he was not their guy. Margaret 39:44 That he has the wrong platoon. Agatha 39:46 Yeah, he's like, "No, dude, I don't know how to fight blah, blah, blah. These are all like seasoned infantry men that I'm supposed to be...." So he's like, "I just fucking started listening to the most experienced dudes in my company and like, like, let them decide basically," and then, but like I got talking to him, I was like, yeah. You know, I introduced myself to him as my birth name. And he's like, yeah, you know? And then we started talking and it became apparent that he was not straight and all this other shit. And I was like, "Yeah, like, we've been working with this one group," and he's like, "Oh, yeah, they're bad news, you know?" And I was like, "Are they, though? Because like, they've shown me to be like, pretty decent to like, a lot of marginalized folks. As far as I can tell. I don't know." Yeah. And I was like, "I go by Agatha in the states and like, my crew calls me Agatha. But like, I do feel scared enough to not introduce myself as Agatha to the people in this unit, because they're, they're staunchly fascist, right? Like, you know, they, they're not into it." and they're like quick like without missing a beat they're like, "Oh, yeah, no, do not introduce yourself to these motherfuckers as Agatha. They're like, they did get rid of a lot of antisemites, they did get rid of a lot of overt racists, but there's like homophobia is still a huge problem in the Ukrainian military and population in general. It's very conservative. And so like, he like really opened my eyes that like, I was like, "Yeah, we're all in this together. Like, who gives a fuck your political affiliations? You know?" And then he was quickly like, "Yeah. No, people still disappear all the time during wartime. You know what I mean? Like, yeah, watch your fucking ass and like, keep doing what you're doing. But like, don't get too comfortable with these people." And it was just like....It was hard because like, I fucking was just feeling good about, working with people of different ideological backgrounds. And it felt good to just feed people and have this shared goal. And then just to be like, brutally reminded that, like, that's not actually the case. And it could get backwards really quick. You know what I mean? If I like yeah, said the wrong thing to the wrong person. Like, I have like an antifascist action pin on my hat. It's just like, you know, the little two black flags. It says "Anti-fascist action." He's like, he's like, "I wouldn't wear that, you know, I just wouldn't. you know, and I was like, "Okay." I listened to the guy, you know, he's fucking awesome. And I like, kept in touch with the dude through Telegram, and it was fucking on and then he got captured by the Russians, and he's still in captivity, and like, they're trying to act like he's a super Neo Nazi, because, like, that's what they do to human rights...and you know, people who are obviously leftist who get who get taken prisoner. But, you know, he's facing fucking 12 years in prison in the Donbas now, you know, and I'm just hoping, because he's an officer, they're going to do a prisoner swap, you know, but they're like not into it. And I, you know, if I had weird questions, I'd ask them, and then they'd always give me like, a nice response. And, you know, didn't treat me like an idiot American. They're like, yeah, "You just don't know the culture, blah, blah, blah." So, now what? Margaret 42:48 Yeah, that's, that's a really good...it's a sad, but it's an important counterpoint in this conversation we're having is to realize that like some of the civility between these units is probably short term, probably a veneer, and like, probably necessary veneer to drive out the invading force, but it makes sense to not to get too comfortable with it. And that's sad, but it's interesting because it's like, I hold, perhaps naively, that a lot of center Right, people really are distinct from far Right people, and like, have, you know, some really good ideas in terms of "Hey, what if we all left each other alone and sometimes took care of each other?" And it's like, easy for me to say as like someone who lives in a rural center Right area, but not a far Right area. And that's an important difference, you know? Agatha 43:45 Yeah, but I think that's like a pretty fair assessment too, of people out there. It's just it doesn't...you just can't count on that for long because even though like you could be a center Right, dude, and then you spend nine months in a fucking infantry unit full of fucking mutant goons who are espousing all this hate and it's easy to go from center Right to far Right, you know? Margaret 44:05 Yep. Yeah, no, totally. And it's...Yeah, fuck. Well, to go from that light subject to another really light subject. You mentioned that you were attacked, your caravan was attacked. Agatha 44:20 Yeah. Margaret 44:21 Do you want to talk about that? Do you want to say what happened? Is that right? Agatha 44:24 Sure. It's hard for me to just like, do it kind of like, you know, like, give you the synopsis. Like I kind of rant about it when I start going into details, because I start going into like lizard brain thinking about how I felt while I was there. So, with the caveat that like I want you to like be like, "rein it in," if you're like...if I'm given too many details, or if I'm going off on a fucking rant or whatever. Basically, we had done....we had been driving for like 48 hours on and off. We left Krakow. We got to Lviv. We dropped a bunch of shit. Picked up a bunch of shit. Got to Kyiv, dropped off a bunch of shit, picked up a bunch of shit, and this all started like insane. I was at the fucking ladies warehouse, loaded up like usual. And that grifter dude we were working with....so his thing was, he was working with the....What the fuck is their name? Not the Rotary Club. They're like something like that. The Lion something? Do you know what I'm talking about? Margaret 45:28 Yes, one of those like weird things. It's like not the Masons, but it's basically the Masons. Agatha 45:32 Yeah, t's not the Masons, but it's kind of like the Masons, and they do like whatever.....So, he, I don't know how he fucking did it got a bunch of funding for them, bought like two brand new vans and was out there, under the auspice that he was working for them. But he had all these weird things he was doing that he wouldn't share too much information on. And he had a Land Rover and it was one of those fucking British Land Rovers with a steering wheel on the wrong side, or the other side, not the wrong side. Margaret 46:01 When we're British people, we can say the wrong side. That's fine. Agatha 46:06 So, we're loading up all the shit. I'm waiting for the rest of my crew to get there. We got there a couple hours early. We get all loaded up. And I'm like, "Hey, person who runs the shit, like, what can I do to be of help while I wait for other people? Do you have shit that needs to get like moved around in the warehouse? You know, like, what do you need for me? She's like, "I need you to get this fucking guy off my back. He won't leave me alone. He wants to leave right now. And I told me, he's got to wait till the rest of the convoy gets here so you all get to the border crossing at the same time when you're supposed to. And you can give this paperwork to the guy who needs it." And I was like, "Okay." So the guy won't shut up. Eventually, they get in a huge fight. He says, "We're leaving," and looks at me. And I was like, "What?" and the lady's like, "Alright, good luck crossing the border," you know. And he's got his own van and he's like, "You're gonna drive this Land Rover full of shit by yourself. And you're just gonna follow me to Kyiv where we drop this off to a unit of American volunteers who are all ex military. And they're working on their own outside of the Ukrainian military. And they need a four by four vehicle to get in and out of like weird spots." And I was like, "Okay, fine." And then. So, I call the main planner of my group and I'm like, "Yo, dude is trying to be sketchy. He got in a fight with Lady. They're at each other's throats. He just wants us to leave. She wants us to get the fuck out of there just so she doesn't have to deal with like, this, like sketchy male bodied person yelling at her. She just doesn't need this, you know?" And he's just like, "I'm so sorry to do this to you. But like, just go with him. Just like get out of there with him, like, help him out. We need his van space once we hit Kyiv because we have more supplies than we can bring to Kharkiv in the space we have. So, I was like, "Okay, fine, whatever." And this guy like we eventually....She looks at me, she gives me a big hug. And she says, "I'm so sorry about this." And I was like, "Sorry, about what?" And then she looks at the guy and she's like, "Have fun crossing the border," and handed him a thing of papers and like was like, "See you guys." And then she's just like, "Please stay safe, Agatha." And I was like, "Okay." And and then I was like, I don't know what's going on. This dude throws a radio on my lap. I had never used a fucking CB radio at this point in my life. And he's just like, he's like "Try to keep up." And then he like fucking takes off on me. And I was like, What the fuck, and I'm like, racing to keep up with him. But, he's passing all the semis on the highway and I'm driving a right handed vehicle. I have to get all the way in the other lane to see if there's oncoming traffic, which is sketchy as fuck. I have never driven one of these things. It's still like normal driving lanes, you know what I mean? It's just a different driving side on the car. And it just was like the most stressful thing that's ever happened to me. For four hours trying to keep up with this guy. And then we finally get to the Ukrainian border. We're well outside that window of time she told us to get there. And he's like, "Don't worry, let's skip the line. Let's drive on the outside of the line in this like break down lane and get up to the gate and I'll get us through." And I was like, "I don't think that's gonna work, bro." And he's like, "Whatever." We get all the way up there. I'm still sitting in the car. I see him arguing with the border guard. The border guard's just pointing to the back of the line and then I'm like, "Fuck," and then eventually he's like, "Oh, we gotta try again blah blah blah." And he like turns around and we go...we do this like three times. He argues with three different border guards. And eventually we just have to sit in line for like eight fucking hours like Lady told us we were gonna have to do if we didn't fucking wait and he's all griping about it and blah blah. Yeah. And I'm just like I want to be like, "I fucking told you so." I don't like this guy already. He's like, super macho, has no regard for other people's emotional like capacity for anything and it's just about him and blah blah blah and he's got to get this vehicle to this unit or they're fucked and blah blah blah. We finally get through. He does the same shit, and I don't know if you know anything about Ukrainian roads, but they are that was fucked up roads I've ever seen in my life. Like, before the war. Like there's just like...they are fucked up. It's like the main highways are just packed with potholes that like, are just so devastating when you hit them. You're like, Oh my God, and like, he's just flying down this highway and like, he's like, "Keep up," like I keep hearing in the radio get more and more staticky. He's like, "I can't see you back behind me. Like keep up. Blah, blah, blah." And I was like, "Dude, you're going too fast. Blah, blah, blah. We do this for a whole day. And we get to Lviv and then whatever....I missed a detail. It wasn't Kyiv we were going to deliver this vehicle to. It was Lyviv, which is much closer to the border. We get we get to Lviv, and he's like, "We gotta meet this fucking dude, and hand off this fucking vehicle. And I was like, "Okay, fine, whatever." We finally get to this gas station. And there's these two dudes dressed in fatigues with their weapons out, like totally out of place, and they're holding gas cans. And he's like, "There's my dudes." And I was like, "Okay." Margaret 51:16 From the Lions Club or whatever? Agatha 51:18 Yeah, yeah. Well, no. He didn't tell me how he knew these guys. He alluded to the fact that he was in Afghanistan for a while working with Blackwater motherfuckers doing the same shit, but just equipping Blackwater units like not other stuff. So, I was like, alright, this dude's got sketchy friends. Whatever. Turns out this dude doesn't know the fighter at all. They met through the internet. He's not donating this vehicle. He's selling it to them and then fucking dudes like all sketched out because he looks at this Land Rover and is like, "So, this thing's good to go. It's all like mechanically sound?" And dudes like "Yeah, it's good. I had a mechanic look at it and everything in Poland blah, blah, blah." And I was like, "Yo," I could not shut up. I was like, "Yo, I drove this thing from fucking Krakow and it is not sound. Like you at least need new tie rod ends." Like I'm a proficient mechanic. "I was like, You need new tie rod ends and or like fucking drag link for your steering unit. And like, I don't know if you've looked at the back hubs, but like, they are rusted to fuck, like, Good luck getting the rotors off of the hubcap kind of shit. You know what I mean?" And he's like, "Well, what the fuck, I can't use this dude, we already paid you. I told you this was to get infantry units into hot zones, to do some sketchy shit. And to get out. Like, you told me this thing was going to be mechanically sound, and it just wasn't and like, blah, blah, blah." And I still had my whole kit from when I thought I was going to use my time there fighting. So, I feel bad for this guy. And I was like, "Hey, do you guys need any like, PPE or anything for one of your members of your unit? Like, he's like, "Yeah, the Russians just overran our base. And we lost everything. Some of our dudes are wearing jeans and sneakers." And I was like, "Okay, I got like, three sets of BDUs. I got a pair of combat boots. I got knee pads. I have a fucking thermal imaging camera. I have weapons sights. I have, like, you know, weapon attachments," all this shit. And he's like, "Oh, fucking A. Thank you so much." And he's like, you know, "Fuck this dude. I don't know how I got mixed up." I was like, "Whatever, just take all my shit. And we're gonna get out of your hair. I'm so sorry this happened. Yeah, blah, blah, blah." We get to Kyiv. We kick them out like I told you we did with a drunk dude. And then. And then like, another day later, we finally ended up in Kharkiv. We get rid of all our shit. Margaret 53:32 Okay, how much of this is lizard brain? I'm just... Agatha 53:35 A bunch. But I'm I'm at the point now it's starting to matter. Margaret 53:40 I appreciate that you're telling like a hitchhiking story. So it's like, it's very relatable to me. Yeah, please continue. Sorry. Agatha 53:46 So, we're in Kharkiv. We've given up all our shit. We've re-supplied and done that shit like four times. We have one more delivery to do. And then we're going to head back to Poland. And.... Margaret 53:57 Wait, who you with at this point? This is the rest of...The rest of your crew has caught up with you at this point? Agatha 54:03 Yes, yes. The rest of the crew has caught up. They caught up with us after we handed off that vehicle to the unit. And they caught up with us in Kyiv. We did a bunch of drop offs. We did a bunch of pickups and then we all drove as a unit after we kick that dude out to Kharkiv, which is, I don't know. It's like 20 miles from the Russian border or something like that. I could be wrong. It's not far. I mean, while we were there, you could hear artillery going off in the background. Yeah. You know, whatever. So we have 75 IFAKs to deliver to this one particular unit who, we had another wealthy benefactor, those two were in contact, the unit and this wealthy benefactor, this wealthy benefactor said "I know these people who will deliver it to you," and that was us. So, we have 75 IFAKs. I don't know if you know what an IFAK is. Margaret 54:51 Yeah. Individual first aid kit. It's a trauma kit for gunshot wounds, for anyone who's listening. Agatha 54:56 Yeah, it's got a tourniquet. It's got some quick clot. It's got a chest seal. It's got like a aluminum brace, it's got all the shit you need to like, stop some bleeding for 20 minutes to hopefully get them to like a more well equipped place but... Margaret 55:08 They save a hell of a lot of lives. Agatha 55:10 They save so many lives and they're so important and like...So, we were delivering 75 of those. We're meeting this unit at this restaurant. It's one of the only restaurants open in in Kharkiv that we can find. There's like three Ukrainian families eating there. And we just start hearing artillery getting closer and closer to us. And we're like, "Fuck, this is getting scary." Like, we start feeling it in the table. Our glasses start shaking. And my friend with the Black Rifle Coffee shirt, he's like, "Fuck, they're bracketing us." And I was like, "What is that?" And he's like, "It's when you have a, you know, an end goal in mind of where you want to hit. And then you like launch a round of munitions. And through whatever means whether it be like drones or whatever you see where it hits you readjust your calibration on your aiming device, you launch another round. It gets closer and then you're getting closer to your target, right? Yes, I think they're bracketing us." The shit is getting closer and closer, because we're at the base of the Soviet monument. And it's like a 100 foot tall statue of a Ukrainian dude wearing like Russian combat gear from World War II and it's like, supposed to be a Soviet monument to people who lost their lives fighting the Nazis in World War II, but someone had climbed all the way up there and taped a huge Ukrainian flag to their to their gun and it was like...it just seemed like that's what they had to have been aiming for because it was like a big "Fuck you," to Russia, you know what I mean? And yeah, so we're like okay, and you know, we're trying to get our social media presence up so we can get more donation so we ended up with this fucking Tik Tok'er with 2 million followers with us. And he doesn't want anything to do with us most of the time. So, he got an Airbnb. We're getting bracketed. We're waiting for the.... Margaret 56:56 This sounds like a movie. You've got a Tik Tok guy with 2 million followers.... Agatha 56:59 It's insane. It was fuckinginsane and we're waiting for this military unit to come pick up the 75 IFAKs. We have our food boxed up. We're like as soon as we give these dudes this shit we're out of here. We're leaving Kharkiv. And then someone's like, my buddy, who's the main planner is like, "Yo, y'all need to go get dude, he's at an Airbnb, like fucking 10 blocks away." So, we're like, okay, so me and Canadian infantry dude get in a van and we start like going like 110 kilometers through the middle of Kharkiv literally shit blowing up all around us. We're trying to get to this fucking dude. And we finally get there. And we're like, "Where are you?" on the phone? We're like, "We're down here. Get the fuck in the van." He gets in the van. We throw him a fucking vest with like body armor and give him a helmet and we start racing back to the fucking restaurant and it's just like...there are just like artillery munitions going off all around us. it was fucking terrifying. And then we finally get to the park where this monument is that and we have to park, walk through the park itself to get to the restaurant where all the rest of our crew is at, right? So, we park our last two vans we have in the convoy. Me and Tik Tok'er get out. Dude I'm with gets out. Se start walking across the park and I mean even with....like people are just used to artillery going off in the city right, so there's like old people everywhere soaking up the sun on benches and shit like that and people just like ignoring it and then we get like about I don't know 30 minutes or 30 meters into the park and then all of a sudden I hear this explosion really close behind me. I turned around I see all the glass in our vans get shot out all at once. And then something blew up like right next to me and I lost consciousness. I woke up on the ground. Tik Tok'er was confused and like we both didn't know what was going on. I couldn't hear anything. All I heard was like the biggest like ringing in my ears I've ever heard. My chest hurt from the impact of like the sound wave hitting me. Agatha 59:10 Yeah, yeah, I couldn't breathe. I was just like freaking out. I just started like grabbing my body armor and seeing if there was like blood anywhere. I was like whatever, and then I realized I'm okay and then I'm like, "Fuck all the windows of the the restaurant that my buds were in are blown out and it's like fucking on fire. It was like....so I run over there. Buddy is trying to....military dudes trying to tell me to get back in the van. I was like "I'm not getting back in the van, like that things like destroyed and blah blah blah." And so I just follow him and we both run in and he's just like "Boys, boys, where are you?" and we hear them yelling from the kitchen and everyone that was in the the dining hall went to the kitchen and we're hiding behind this like knee wall and the military unit we were supposed to give this shit to was there and I was like "Fucking great. Like, there's someone who knows what they're doing." Yeah. And everyone's like, "Are you okay? Are you okay? Like, what's going on?" And Meantime, there's still rounds hitting all over the fucking place. And he's like...everyone's like, "What do we do? What do we do?" And I was like, "Yo, we got 75 IFAKs in the van right now. And there are people like hanging out with like, missing limbs and like, screaming, bleeding everywhere outside, like, we need to get out and try and help people. And I tried talking to the medic who was with the unit that we were meeting up and he just like, didn't understand me. The interpreter was having a hard time. They lost their shit, you know? Yeah, everyone's freaking out. And like, I'm just trying to get these people to follow me. I was like, "Just come to the park. Like, we know how to put tourniquets on. We know how to pack wounds, like, please, like, let's just do this." And everyone's like, I don't know." A few of the people in my crew were like, "Yeah, let's do it." And then the people of this unit, like pissed me off, they're like, "No, we should just hang out here till the artillery barrage stops." And I was just like, "Fuck you. I'm going." And then like me and four people went out. We ran to the vans, we fucking grabbed all these IFAKs and then we just like, dumped them on the ground and started ripping out tourniquets. And then we split off into different little teams and just started fucking tourniqueting people who were bleeding everywhere, like this one dude was like missing limbs and was just like screaming. It was like the most intense thing I've ever experienced. He ended up fucking dying. Like, it was just like, so nuts. And that went on for like, 25 minutes, 30 minutes. And, um, and my personal IFAK that I wore on my chest rig was like, that was the first one I ripped off, you know, and yeah, tourniqueted at this lady was bleeding heavily from her inner thigh and I was scared it was like a femoral artery or something. And, after like, 30 minutes, this ambulance shows up. And they're just creeping by the park. They're not stopping. And I was like, "Fuck," and I like, stopped what I was doing because I had treated everyone I could find at this point. And I was like, in like, crazy mode. I was like hiding under a tree that would provide me no protection from an artillery round, but I was like, freaking out and then I saw them ran up. I was like, "Yo, you guys gotta get out of here. There's people bleeding all over the place. Blah, blah, blah." And then the military dude, I realized the medic had never even opened his fucking med kit. He was just standing there with hi AK watching us like tourniquet up...watching us of civilians like tourniqueting up all these people, and then fucking whatever. They're like, as soon as the EMTs arrived, they eventually get out. They start tending to the people, we had been triaging. And then the military dudes just like, "Alright, we gotta get out of
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Jack of Guerrilla Tactical returns to the show to chat with Nathan and B.R! The lads get into Every Day Carry medical supplies and Guerrilla Tactical's new IWB mini-IFAK, making carrying medical ‘sexy' and how preparedness is becoming less of an afterthought. Also covered is Jack's trip alongside Grizzly Tactical to provide medical training to a unit of Ukrainian troops in Odessa, traveling into the country on a blacked out train and hearing rockets overhead, the phenomenon of volunteer fighters from overseas and fighting in conflicts that aren't your own, the questionable recent ‘Don't arm your enemy' sentiment trending towards authoritarian politics, the importance of using quality life saving/preserving equipment like authentic CAT tourniquets instead of Chinese copies and much more! Links mentioned in this episode: Follow Guerrilla Tactical on IG here: https://www.instagram.com/guerrilla_tactical/?hl=en Check out our Patreon here to support what we do and get insider perks! Follow the lads on IG: https://www.instagram.com/cbrnart/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/br.the.anarch/?hl=en Check out our sponsors: Use code: ARTANDWAR10 for $10 off an SMU Belt at AWSin.com Check out our new sponsor OTTE Gear.com! Check out our link tree for the rest of our stuff!
On this episode Evan and I discuss the recent shooting that happened in a Houston TX taqueria and the events that led up to me needing to use my personal trauma kit. Listen on Spotify: https://go-stream.link/sp-aultarListen on Apple Music: https://go-stream.link/am-aultarTrack: AloneArtist: AultarMusic by Slip.stream: https://slip.stream/artists/aultar
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How's it going everybody and welcome to The Gun Experiment. This week Keith and I talk to a gun toting digital creator and review a new IFAK and Noveske barrels. I want to remind everyone that we release new content every Tuesday morning so be sure to subscribe and share the show with friends. Subscribe here This Episode is brought to you by Target Sports USA. If you would like to sign up for their Ammo Membership or purchase ammo please go to Targetsportsusa.com/TheGunExperiment Ways to support the show: Join our mailing list: Thegunexperiment.com Subscribe and leave us 5 stars and comment on Apple or Spotify Follow us on instagram and/or FB: Instagram Facebook Be a part of our growing community, join our Discord page! Tonight's interview is brought to you by Flatline Fiber Co. Use the discount code “gunexperiment10” at checkout to get 10% off and thank you for supporting the companies that support the show. I. Interview Today's guest co-founded the Average Joes Range Day as a way to make firearms training more accessible and to bridge the gap between the average gun owner and the prepared citizen. He also happens to host a fantastic youtube channel called Jim's Goon Life; please welcome Jimmy Rodriguez to the show. II. Run and Gun III. Top Gear On this episode of Top Gear, we review an IFAK from Active Carry Technologies and Rifle barrels from Noveske. Top Gear is brought to you by Onsight Firearms Training. They have an extensive course offering and teach classes across the country, so check them out and get trained by the same outfit that trains The Gun Experiment. Gear Reviewed on this episode: a. Active Carry Technologies b. Noveske barrels IV. Outro I want to thank Jimmy for coming on the show and discussing his creative projects and sharing his passion for growing the second amendment community. I keep saying how important it is, that as a community we continue to normalize gun ownership and break down stereotypes of what a “typical gun owner” is and his content and the Average Joe's movement is on the forefront of this concept. Jim's Goon Life Instagram Youtube To everyone listening we want to thank you again for taking time out of your day to tune into our show; You can find links in the show notes to all of our social media, so be sure to follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Discord so we can keep the conversation going. We may earn a small portion of the sale from some of the product/service links discussed in our show and provided in these notes. It doesn't come at a cost to you, but helps us to grow the show, buy gear to review and continue to create great content. We will never affiliate ourselves with companies or products that we do not personally stand behind. Thank you for your support.
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While much of our community and admittedly this podcast has been around firearms training, and the importance of those skills, lifesaving abilities taught through medical instruction are just as important. These life changing skillsets are coming more and more into the public scope and being focused on more than probably ever before. I sit down with Josh, or as you may know him online as nomadic.clinician, and talk about his work as a paramedic, along with teaching as a member of the Orion Training Group cadre. We go through some of the essential pieces of a standard IFAK, the theory and use behind these kits, talk about fundamental skills, and more. If you're someone who carries this gear with them, but hasn't dove into really knowing the WHY behind it all, give this episode a listen.
Today, we'll be discussing beyond the IFAK - other medical skills you need to know with our good friend Matt.
Today Glen, Drew, and Bravo were supposed to do a medical show about beyond the IFAK with our good friend Matt. But things got derailed just a bit. So enjoy the good times, and we will do our Beyond the IFAK next week-ish.
This week the fellas talk personal Medkits, giving honest opinions or not, police stealing money from citizens, dad jokes and remembering layaway.
Im Gespräch mit Polizist und Rettungssanitäter Ferenc. Für diese Folge hat sich Olli mit Ferenc getroffen, einem Kollegen und Ex-Bundeswehrsoldaten, der sich im Bereich taktische Verletztenversorgung spezialisiert hat. Sein Motto ist: Wer Menschen retten will, muss Menschen mögen! Olli bespricht mit Ferenc, was ihrer Meinung nach ein IFAK beinhalten muss und Ihr werdet Ohrenzeuge, wenn sie sich gegenseitig einen Wendeltubus anlegen. Kleine Warnung: Würgegeräusche ab Minute 37! Wenn Ihr Fragen oder Feedback habt, kontaktiert uns über Instagram oder per Mail, die Adresse findet Ihr auf unserer Internetseite heisseeisenberlin.de
Welcome to the Firearms Insider Gun & Gear Review Podcast episode 423. This show is brought to you by Primary Arms and VZ Grips. I'm Chad Wallace and in this show we will be discussing IFAK's, slims, socks, green optics, and Razor teks We showcase guns, gear and anything else you, as a gun enthusiast, … Gun & Gear Review Podcast episode 423 – Zane is Here Read More »
Welcome to the Firearms Insider Gun & Gear Review Podcast episode 423. This show is brought to you by Primary Arms and VZ Grips. I'm Chad Wallace and in this show we will be discussing IFAK's, slims, socks, green optics, and Razor teks We showcase guns, gear and anything else you, as a gun enthusiast, … Gun & Gear Review Podcast episode 423 – Zane is Here Read More »
Después de ver el IFAK con los amigos de COPS Cave, volvemos a tratar el tema de la Sanidad Táctica Policial desde un punto de vista más básico y partiendo desde la base. Conoceremos que hacen los primeros intervinientes, sus herramientas para estabilizar heridos y salvar vidas y muchas cosas más, todo ello de la mano de ITEPOL.
What's real news these days? Host Mike lays down some solid facts about what's going on in the Ukraine, including high confidence that Russia lost a ship to a country with no navy. As you might expect, Producer Jim challenges what is real news and what's propaganda…and the resulting conversation might make you feel things. Join the conversation on the show's Facebook page to keep it moving, won't you? Producer Jim received an IFAK and breaks it open for the first time on this episode. Join in as the gents discuss what's good and useful, what is missing, and what to do next. Then, Host Mike makes the Shittiest of Choices as the show wraps up this time around. Podcast Home: https://thegreymanpodcast.buzzsprout.com/Connect with The Grey Man: https://www.facebook.com/thegreymanpodcast#thegreymanpodcast #personaldefense #worldevents #ukraine #russia #personaldefense #ifak #shittychoices
In dieser Folge dreht sich alles um Verletzungen auf dem Spielfeld und wie du dein Medic Mindset auch im echten Leben anwenden kannst, um anderen Menschen zu helfen. Dazu packen wir ein paar wilde Real Life Stories aus und geben Tipps, was du am Mann brauchst, um wirklich helfen zu können. 00:00:00 Kroch ma eini in die Hüttn! 00:02:00 Teamtraining 00:08:06 Themenvorstellung 00:10:00 Autounfall auf dem Weg nach Weeze 00:21:29 Ein Spieler fliegt vom Pickup 00:25:27 Ein Spieler landet unter dem Auto 00:30:07 Chaos im Ernstfall 00:40:55 Was gehört ins Airsoft IFAK? 01:03:32 Wenn Airsoft zum Kotzen ist 01:07:03 Was du mit deinem IFAK leisten kannst 01:12:57 Kann man auch zu viel helfen? 01:20:00 Die Mutter aller Steckschüsse 01:29:48 Dein Medic Mindset im echten Leben 01:42:57 Ausrüstungs-Tipps für Ambitionierte Ersthelfer 02:05:11 Immer in der Übung bleiben 02:17:22 Verabschiedung und Bonus
They talk about what to do in a emergency situations, different options that are available during crisis as well as being understanding dispatchers are helping you as the first line of help during an emergency.
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This week on the Active Self Protection Podcast we sit down with former U.S. Navy corpsman Brian McLaughlin as he tells us about serving with a U.S. Marine Corps combat unit in Afghanistan and how that led him to his current career as a trainer with Mountain Man Medical. Then we sit down with investigative reporter Stephen Gutowski of thereload.com and discuss several U.S. ammunition manufacturers sending ammo to fighting forces in Ukraine following the Russian invasion. Active Self Protection exists to help good, sane, sober, moral, prudent people in all walks of life to more effectively protect themselves and their loved ones from criminal violence. On the ASP Podcast you will hear the true stories of life or death self defense encounters from the men and women that lived them. If you are interested in the Second Amendment, self defense and defensive firearms use, martial arts or the use of less lethal tools used in the real world to defend life and family, you will find this show riveting. Join host and retired federal agent Mike Willever as he talks to real life survivors and hear their stories in depth. You'll hear about these incidents and the self defenders from well before the encounter occurred on through the legal and emotional aftermath. Title music by Jorikbasov.
"It depends" We explore the risks and benefits of a hasty transport instead of waiting for the medical professionals trained for this sort of thing. There are risks and benefits to this practice but it can be a life saving decision. Learn key considerations and other ways you can compress the timeline to definitive trauma care. Like what we're doing? Head over to Patreon and give us a buck for each new episode. You can also make a one time contribution at GoFundMe. Intro music credit to bensound.com
Hoy hablamos con Jesús, compañero ITEPOL, sobre: • Intervención sanitaria con persona con un corte en el cuello • Cómo se desarrolló la intervención • Uso del IFAK • Qué ocurre al llegar a casa • Como la formación salvar vidas • Consejos, y mucho más… No te olvides de dejar tu comentario y compartir la entrevista en distintas redes sociales. Entrada editada por Rage Mode. Contacto: info.ragemode@gmail.com
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Individual First Aid Kits (What To Do And What Not To Do)
Howdy y‘all, in this episode, I‘m talking about an IFAK. That means that I will tell you what you have to pack in an IFAK. Enjoy listening and don't forget God bless America. Adrian Beats
Was tun, wenn auf der Schießbahn "etwas passiert" Sicherheit ist das höchste Gebot beim Schießsport, aber was ist, wenn doch mal etwas passiert? Was tun, wenn der "Worst Case" eintritt und es zu Verletzungen kommt? Was, wenn es einen medizinischen Notfall gibt? Darüber hat Olli mit Tobias gesprochen, der Rettungssanitäter bei der Berliner Polizei ist und natürlich auch selbst angehender Sportschütze. Tobias erklärt unter anderem, was jeder Sportschütze für den Notfall dabei haben sollte, wie dieses Equipment am besten aufbewahrt und gekennzeichnet werden sollte und was eigentlich eher unnötig ist. Außerdem berichtet Olli von seiner überraschenden Begegnung mit einem Elefanten bei der Corona-Impfung.
Let's face it, we are in a world of hurt. Many days the news feeds broadcast mass shootings and multitudes of other injury-inducing incidents. The Grey Man is here to help! This episode is about the Individual First Aid Kit, aka IFAK. Listen in to learn what it contains and how to customize one for you and the situations you expect (and maybe don't expect) to be around. Producer Jim gives his impression of the couple days following Covid-19 vaccine #2, and later challenges Host Mike with Sh*ty Choices involving nipples, sneezing, and of course the reigning Big Shit. Send some love by sharing the show with future Grey Man Fans, please and thank you: https://thegreymanpodcast.buzzsprout.com/If you're a visual-type consumer of entertainment or a voyeur that's into youngish grandpas, click over to the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpykxwli81fw1C7YPmJopLw/videos#thegreymanpodcast #firstaid #ifak #personaldefense #shittychoices
In this half episode, Alex interviews local community member Ian about his initiative to make IFAK medical emergency packs, and why they're important. As always, if you like what you hear consider subscribing and becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/plrpodcast
Faye interviews leftist tactical gear suppliers, FAFO Defense, Conquest of Thread, and Earthside Manufacturing. They discuss their products and how they tie into their larger political praxis. Faye expresses deep concerns about the quality of Earthside Manufacturing's ballistic armor products. FAFO DefenseWebsite: https://fafodef.comTwitter: @FafoDefenseConquest of ThreadWebsite: https://conquestofthread.comTwitter: @ConquestThreadSocialist Rifle AssociationWebsite: https://socialistra.org/Twitter: @SocialistRAInstagram: @SocialistRAFacebook: @SocialistRifleFaye's Twitter: @FayeEcklar
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Alpha Jericho is here to teach the secret ins and outs of Escape from Tarkov. Join AJ as he teaches noob gamer Millkes how to play Escape from Tarkov. Extraction goes swimmingly, except for the fact that Millkes has never played a game like this. Listen to AJ's buttery smooth groove to get your Tarkov to improve! Millkes BUILT his PC! Time for him to take on Tarkov! In this sixth episode, AJ and Millkes ask each other questions about Escape from Tarkov and improvements to their play. Hear firsthand from the expert and the scrub. Ask Alpha Jericho at justdudesproductions@gmail.com! Follow AJ's Twitch for more advanced Tarkov content! Join the Taskmaster himself. Follow Millkes's Twitch for trash Tarkov content! Join the Rat himself. Intro/Outro: "Exfiltration" by Geneburn (Youtube) Geneburn Playlist (Soundcloud) (Spotify) Timestamps (43:25) 00:00 - Introduction 02:30 - Woods Landmarks without Compass (Mountain Stache / Cliff Descent / Village) 05:00 - True Woodsman 10:00 - Woods Tasks = Loot Spots 11:10 - Snipers Everywhere 12:30 - Map Priority 14:00 - New Guns & Armors 16:00 - Crazed Cultists 19:30 - Mental Aspects of Woods Survival 21:00 - It's Not Just a Game 23:30 - Posture and Practice (Ron “Rambo” Kim) 24:45 - Toxicity Does Not Self-Help 25:30 - Box Breathing (4 count inhale, 4 count exhale, 4 count empty) 27:50 - Chadical Doesn't Mean Radical 31:45 - Shattered Mask, Shattered Mask, Shattered Mask 33:20 - Tasks =/= Backpack (ignore loot) 33:40 - Basic Meds: Painkillers, CMS kit, Hemostat, Esmarch, IFAK, Sliced Cheese 36:00 - Pull an Anton Chigurh 37:30 - Make the Highest Potential Area the Last Raid Visit 40:20 - Conclusion: Focus on Tasks and Kill a Scavenger to Prevent Run-Through 41:00 - 95% of Tasks = Kappa Container 42:45 - Signing Off
Be a good victim or be a good witness, both of these are synonymous and go together. Oakland, California has a new Chief of Police or 4-Star General, we are a bit confused by that. We will consider this situation during our SOTG Homeroom from CrossBreed Holsters. The Oakland Chief has some advice for dealing with out of control crime; “be a good witness”. Yep, that will stop criminals. If history has taught us anything, it is that giving in to criminals reduced crime. Or does it? During our Brownells Bullet Points segment, we will once more go to the Emergency and Survival Gear section. Specifically, Paul and Jarrad will talk about practical and effective ways to store fresh water in your home in case of emergency. Thanks for being a part of SOTG! We hope you find value in the message we share. If you’ve got any questions, here are some options to contact us: Send an Email Send a Text Call Us Enjoy the show! And remember…You’re a Beginner Once, a Student For Life! TOPICS COVERED THIS EPISODE • [0:03:07] Brownells Bullet Points - brownells.com • TOPIC: brownells.com/emergency-survival-gear • Crisis Preparedness Article: www.studentofthegun.com• Huge thanks to our Partners:Brownells | CrossBreed | Duracoat | SWAT Fuel • [0:27:14] SOTG Homeroom - CrossBreedHolsters.com • TOPIC: Oakland Chief wants peasants to be good victims abc7news.com • [0:46:35] Q&A Session • In addition to water, do you have experience with long term freeze dried food brands? Quality & taste. MRE not included. - Mike Cunningham • How do I go about setting up my plate carrier? How many mags should I have, and what other equipment along with an IFAK do I need? - Tristan Shinney• Preparedness Books, Available Now: ShopSOTG.com FEATURING: abc7news, Madison Rising, Jarrad Markel, Paul Markel, SOTG University PARTNERS: Brownells Inc, Crossbreed Holsters, SWAT Fuel, DuraCoat Firearm Finishes FIND US ON: Full30, Parler, MeWe.com. iTunes, Stitcher, AppleTV, Roku, Amazon, GooglePlay, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, tumblr SOURCES From abc7news.com: Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong is urging residents not to arm themselves, after a resident opened fire on a robbery suspect Monday night in Chinatown. "When weapons are fired in our community, there could be unintended victims," said Armstrong Tuesday afternoon. "We don't want our business owners or others to begin to arm themselves. We would really prefer them to be good witnesses." (Click Here for Full Article)
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From Boo-boos to trauma medicine go into the outdoors with some fundamental first aid supplies. In this podcast, Craig shares 22 items that he carries with him that can help fix a diverse mix of first aid issues. The first item to add to your kit is training. Get fundamental training from the American Red Cross or American Heart Association and then bolster it by adding in Stop the Bleed Training. Craig mentioned the Vital Survival Course. You can get into it here: https://www.outdoorcore.com/courses/vital-survival?ref=a8ef77 www.naturereliance.org --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nature-reliance/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nature-reliance/support
Tonight, in a trial run of his portable digital recorder, talks about how to affordably build an IFAK (Individual First Aid Kit). Links below for referenced products. CAT Tourniquet, Gen 7ARS for Needle Decompression Flat Emergency Trauma Dressing (ETD) NPA (Nasal Airway)IFAK pouch, surplusKerlix rolled gauzeCheaper, but still QuikClot hemostatic gauzeThe Real Deal combat gauzeWebsiteFacebookTwitterPatreon
Revisitando o tema, Aranha e Utsch trazem como convidado Dr. Filipe Bittencourt, médico e jogador de AS! Nesse amistoso bate papo, trouxemos dicas para os jogadores; desde checkup inicial que deve ser realizado, passando pela importância da montagem de um plano de ação até a montagem de um IFAK para uso em campo. Prepare suas bandagens, ponha suas luvas nitrílicas (não esqueça da máscara) e aperte o play! TACTICAL ROOM Dinamismo I Integridade I Mentalidade
Mike Simpson has served over three decades in the military as an Airborne Ranger, a Special Forces Operator, and finally as a Doctor of Emergency Medicine assigned to the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). Throughout his career, Mike has deployed to 17 different countries, from counter-narcotics operations in the jungles of South America, to the Global War on Terror (GWOT) in Southwest Asia and North Africa. Along the way, Mike has been trained as a demolitions expert, SWAT Sniper, High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) parachutist, civilian paramedic, Special Forces Medic, Operations and intelligence Sergeant, and finally, a board certified Emergency Medicine Physician. Mike is also a martial arts enthusiast, who trains in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai. His passion for martial arts motivated him to become a practicing fight doctor. As one of the foremost experts in both tactical trauma medicine and combat sports medicine, Mike is highly sought after as a lecturer and instructor, working extensively with Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters, law enforcement, and military organizations providing medical care and training. He co-stars on Hunting Hitler on the History Channel. Email: doc@drmikesimpson.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoctorMikeSimpson/ Instagram: @drmikesimpson Website: https://drmikesimpson.com Shop affiliates: https://drmikesimpson.com/new-page-1 Supplements: https://onnit.com/motw (Save 10% on every purchase when you use this page) Nutrition: https://www.freshly.com/subscriptions/1807965?clickid=SREyh7XScxyJTlPwUx0Mo3cTUknxrzxsKVe91A0&irgwc=1&utm_campaign=usa_plans_all-d_all-p_acq_cpa_Michael%20Simpson_&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=ignite&affsrc=1&utm_term=paid-affiliate&plan_id=422&promo_code=rad40 Merchandise: https://rangerup.com/collections/doc-simpson promo code: MOTW15 (Save 15%) https://Strikeforceenergy.com Promotion code at checkout for 20% off: MOTW
Preppers, bug out bags, and IFAK's. Join Tyler and Dayton as they discuss the ideals of prepping strategies during a pandemic. Dayton's key advise... check your kits to make sure a mouse didn't S#@! in your socks!
Instagram 2A boog icons Trijiconfucious and Dr. Boogaloo join us for a conversation that goes everywhere from the gun rights situation in their home of Virginia to medical myths, IFAK essentials (and what an IFAK is) and info on the good Doctors upcoming medical guide with the usual detours into absolute nonsense from the outright scatological to the more tangibly related weirdness you've come to expect from both the eMilitia and listener submitted questions. Check them both out on instagram for news on the armed VA rally: Jan 20th, 2020 at the Virginia Capitol steps in Richmond and plenty more 2A and liberty related goodness. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theemilitiapodcast/message
This episode I talk about having enough medical supplies, you have an IFAK your EMT bag Or TCCC kit. But what if there is a breakdown in society and you had to change out wound dressing, do you have enough? Have you thought about how much one person, let alone a group of injured would need? Or just simply everyone in just your family?
Alan has much experience dealing with medical kits, simple IFAK's and bigger medical packs and I wanted to share some of his knowledge and experience as we reviewed a new IFAK for me, and one Alan carries, and swears by. I was surprised by a few different items in this IFAK from Active Carry Technologies, and Alan explained the importance of these, and my heart warmed when I glimpsed the little roll of duct tape. This confirmed my feelings of this IFAK'sperfection :-) jk, it's great but nothing is perfect :-) Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank You JD --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jd-guns-n-gear-llc/support
INTRO Eric –Welcome to episode #31 of the Canadian Prepper Podcast, recorded July 31 2019. My name is Eric, and I’m the host of the show. I am based in southern Ontario. I’m a hunter, target shooter, HAM radio operator (VE3EPN), and computer geek. I got into preparedness when I was working front line in emergency services and witnessed an over reliance on Emergency Services during major events, such as ice storms, power outages, etc. I started a small preparedness company to help get people prepared and able to look after themselves for at least 72 hours, if not longer. Alan - I’m Alan, and my friends and family call me a safety nerd. My background as a First Responder developed a mind for safety. I teach first aid and coach family and friends to be better prepared. I'm a locksmith by trade and have worked in the physical security industry for more than 20 years now. Andrew - Normally you can listen to me hosting Canadian Patriot Podcast. I’m a recovering libertarian, competitive shooter, and firearms instructor at Ragnarok Tactical. Use the discount code “patriot” at checkout on Ragnarok Tactical to save 10%. We specialize in selling traumatic first aid supplies, and I’m a Stop the Bleed instructor. Gavin - Business owner, gun owner, volunteer first responder, regular CPP Panelist, Instructor with Ragnarok Tactical and International man of mystery Eric – We have some critical care content for you in this episode, We’re going to start off with some news articles relating to preparedness and the outdoors. Next we will be letting you know how we’ve improved our preparedness since our last episode. Then we’ll get into the main topic for this episode - Individual First Aid kit contents and construction. News - Alan - https://globalnews.ca/news/5705538/garlic-festival-shooter/ Kudos to the reporter at Global for identifying the firearm used as a ‘semi-automatic rifle’ and nothing else. The event was protected by fences and metal detectors. Police on site killed the shooter within a minute. It does go to show that when seconds count, the police are only minutes away. Andrew - Gavin - Eric - https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/mobile/acute-intoxication-blamed-for-massive-fish-kill-in-ottawa-river-1.4514243?cid=sm%3Atrueanthem%3Actvottawa%3Apost&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_content=5d3132850ca7240001cbb17a&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook&sfns=mo WHAT WE’VE DONE LATELY for preps Andrew - This week is loading more 223 rifle ammo. Alan - been a long week of school and training. I can throw hose like champ now, and every muscle in my body hurts. I did some fire tinder prep cutting up limbs and clearing the property of further hazards Gavin - bought a giant berky Eric - Got out on the range and took the AR-15 for a spin. . . also gave the 9mm and 22 pistol some attention as well Main Topic - Eric - Alright, it’s time to move onto the main topic of the show. (Each host insert talking points here) Alan - What is an IFAK? Individual First Aid Kit is a fairly generic term, but the essence is that it’s the tools you need to save a life (your own, mostly). Basic contents: Tourniquet Pressure Dressing Hemostatic Gauze Chest Seal Medical gloves (not black. Any colour but black. The lighter the better) If you don’t know how to use these things, take a StopTheBleed class (if you’re Toronto way, Ragnarok Tactical offers them, if you’re in SouthWestern Ontario, message me and I’ll set one up) Chest seals: not covered by the STB curriculum, but an important tool to have. It’s a one-way valve that allows air to escape a penetrating chest wound without allowing air to enter the plural space between the lung and the chest wall from the outside. A combat medic told me once that the best tool to help with a chest seal is duct tape. On hairy or wet (sweaty/bloody) skin, they can fail. Duct tape around the edges keeps them in place. The guy who’s bleeding won’t mind the wax job on his chest, I promise. I challenge everyone who owns a gun, hunts, fishes, hikes, camps, or spends any time more than 3 minutes from an ambulance to build and know how to use an IFAK. There are a million stories of unintentional trauma that causes death because someone couldn’t stop the bleeding. Andrew - First off, I’m not an expert, but I am a Stop the Bleed Instructor, and I have received training on all the products I sell and some we don’t. I’m not a doctor, nurse, EMT, and odds are you aren’t either, so get training and understand what you are able and qualified to do. The time to make decisions is now, not when you see someone bleeding to death Why do you want an IFAK? What is an IFAK? Improved First Aid Kit, Blowout Kit, Ventilated Operator Kit. A first aid kit that is able to address massive traumatic injury. What are you trying to do? Keep someone from dying until you can hand them over to a higher level of care. How do we go about that? MARCH Protocol vs ABCs Airway Breathing Circulation Major Hemorrhaging Airway Respirations Circulation Head Injuries, Minor Hemorrhaging, Hypothermia/Shock Major HemorrhagingMassive hemorrhage is managed through the use of tourniquets, hemostatic dressings, junctional devices, and pressure dressings.Tourniquet. CAT, SOFTT-W, or SAM.Hemostatic dressings. Celox vs Quickclot AirwayAirway is managed by rapid and aggressive opening of the airway Nasopharyngeal Airway, NPA. Standard size is 28 Fr. Get lube. OPA get training RespirationsRespirations and breathing is managed by the assessment for tension pneumothorax and aggressive use of needle decompression devices to relieve tension and improve breathing.Not breathing - Rescue Breaths, pocket mask, or BVMTension pneumothorax - Chest Seal or Needle Decompression Kit CirculationTCCC promotes the early and far forward use of blood and blood products if available. Standard methods for circulation improvement, such as laying the patient flat, maintaining body temperature and careful fluid resuscitation all apply Head Injuries & Hypothermia/Shock Where to keep your IFAK Car Home Bag/Purse/Pocket/Ankle holster Range bag/belt/plate carrier Building your IFAK Pick a size, set a budget, expand later. US Army IFAK - The Granddaddy of IFAKS - Iraq circa 2003 1 Tourniquet 1 Elastic bandage kit (this is similar to a field dressing) 1 Bandage GA4-1/2” 100’s 1 Surgical adhesive tape 1 Nasopharyngeal airway kit 4 Surgical gloves 1 Combat gauze dressing Minimum IFAK Contents Tourniquet - Massive Hemorrhage pressure dressings. - Massive Hemorrhage Additional IFAK Contents Shears Gloves Sharpie/Permanent marker Sterile/non-sterile gauze Pocket mask - Respiration hemostatic dressings - Massive Hemorrhage Advanced IFAK Contents NPA - Respiration Decompression Needle - Respiration Other goodies Splints Sutures Tape Burn treatments BVM IVs/Fluids Emergency Blanket/Reflector Blanket Cervical collar Medications; Epinephrine, Naloxone On purchasing first aid supplies; Some items requires the buyer to have training (quikclot) Other items are frequently counterfeit (tourniquets on Amazon) Some items expire or lose efficacy over time (medications/hemostatic) Some expiration dates don’t necessarily mean the product is no good (expiration dates on sealed sterile bandages) Naloxone is free in Ontario Tourniquets may degrade over time if exposed to UV light or other conditions There are other kinds of tourniquets. Refer to the Council on Tactical Combat Casualty Care for a list of tourniquets that meet their requirements, get a good one If a tourniquet does not work, apply another Tourniquets should never be lossend, only removed in a hospital setting More is always better, bigger is almost always better Shipping packaging should be removed before packing a kit, sterile packaging should remain sealed and staged appropriately Ian questions - Brand preferences for IFAK pouches, shears…..ie CTOMS, etc? Any training available for TCCC? Rough cost to budget for a proper IFAK? Where do the hello kitty bandages and tampons come into play? PODCAST CHALLENGE Get a tourniquet. A real one. Not an amazon POS that will break the first time it’s used. Make it part of your EDC whether it’s in your backpack, car, cargo pocket, whatever. Think about your worst case scenario and be able to control bleeding. Get a Naloxone kit from your local pharmacy Episode Closing Upcoming events Eric - Last episode on google hangouts. If we miss a week, we have not quit! . Just pls standby while we work out an alternative. We plan to continue to publish on iTunes and YouTube. Just need to test the new platform. Shout Outs Alan - Eric - Guests - Email / Itunes reviews? Alan - Eric - 27 5* 1 4* and oh no! A 1* Outro Eric - I’m going to bring episode 31 of the Canadian Prepper Podcast to an end. You can find the podcast on Itunes, Podbean, Spotify or your favourite podcast app. Please help us out take a few minutes and submit a review! It helps other people find us. You can also find us at prepperpodcast.ca and on Facebook! Alan - We record these shows on Youtube live chats. If you want an early peek at the shows, please subscribe to the YouTube channel “Canadian Prepper Podcast“, and click the notifications tab. That gives you alerts when we are going live. You can contact me directly on Instagram, @ PPSWO Andrew- Canadian Patriot Podcast, discount code “patriot” on www.RagnarokTactical.ca Gavin - Eric – Please check out Rapid Survival www.rapidsurvival.com and get me there on live chat while buying some prepper gear, or you can also email me at feedback@prepperpodcast.ca (while still buying prepper gear at Rapid Survival) Eric - Thanks for joining us, and tune in for the next episode, (Tips for the lazy Prepper?) ie - minimal effort for easy gains in preparedness . Eric - Until next time, be prepared, stay safe, and (Alan) keep learning!
Mike Simpson has served over three decades in the military as an Airborne Ranger, a Special Forces Operator, and finally as a Doctor of Emergency Medicine assigned to the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). Throughout his career, Mike has deployed to 17 different countries, from counter-narcotics operations in the jungles of South America, to the Global War on Terror (GWOT) in Southwest Asia and North Africa. Along the way, Mike has been trained as a demolitions expert, SWAT Sniper, High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) parachutist, civilian paramedic, Special Forces Medic, Operations and intelligence Sergeant, and finally, a board certified Emergency Medicine Physician. Mike is also a martial arts enthusiast, who trains in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai. His passion for martial arts motivated him to become a practicing fight doctor. As one of the foremost experts in both tactical trauma medicine and combat sports medicine, Mike is highly sought after as a lecturer and instructor, working extensively with Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters, law enforcement, and military organizations providing medical care and training. He co-stars on Hunting Hitler on the History Channel. Email: doc@drmikesimpson.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoctorMikeSimpson/ Instagram: @drmikesimpson Website: https://drmikesimpson.com War Dragons APP: podcast.wardragons.com/MOTW https://www.strikeforceenergy.com Promotion code at checkout for 20% off: MOTW
INTRO Eric –Welcome to episode #27 of the Canadian Prepper Podcast, recorded June 26, 2019. My name is Eric, and I’m the host of the show. I am based in southern Ontario. I’m a hunter, target shooter, HAM radio operator (VE3EPN), and computer geek. I got into preparedness when I was working front line in emergency services and witnessed an over reliance on Emergency Services during major events, such has ice storms, power outages, etc. I started a small preparedness company to help get people prepared and able to look after themselves for at least 72 hours, if not longer. (Ian – My name is Ian. I’m not here right now; I have been overwhelmed by the sudden fame of being a massive internet celebrity. I have taken this week off to spend time with my emotional support alpacas.) Alan - I’m Alan, and my friends and family call me a safety nerd. My background as a Medical First Responder developed a mind for safety. I teach first aid and coach family and friends to be better prepared. I'm a locksmith by trade and have worked in the physical security industry for more than 20 years now. Hugues - Hello from Canada’s East Coast. I’m Hugues from Nova Scotia, I’m a Canadian Armed Forces Veteran, Volunteer Firefighter and Station Chief, Volunteer Search & Rescue Tech and Prepper. I’ve been preaching and living the prepper lifestyle to varying degrees for the last 6 years or so, this was born out of necessity to ensure the short-term survival of my family which includes three young children. Owen - Live in Eastern Canada, background in homesteading, blacksmithing, general trades. Gavin - Business owner, CCFR Field Officer, Volunteer First Responder, Stop the bleed and Firearms instructor with Ragnarok Tactical and podcaster on the other CPP Guest Spot? Eric – We have some utilitarian content for you in this episode, We’re going to start off with some news articles relating to preparedness and the outdoors. Next we will be letting you know how we’ve improved our preparedness since our last episode. Then we’ll get into the main topic for this episode - our personal EDC gear. News - Owen - Alan - CPP guys- Eric - WHAT WE’VE DONE LATELY for preps Eric - Ian - Alan - Gavin - too busy traveling, but, I have tested my gear and upgraded my skills in my travels and took a week long tracking class Main Topic - Eric - Alright, it’s time to move onto the main topic of the show. (Each host insert talking points here) Ian - Cell phone, Pocket knife, flashlight, multi-tool, eyewear depending on the situation. Always a knife, if legal. I generally carry more on my periphery (suitcases, vehicles, quad, etc), than on my actual person. “Less” is More likely to be carried, but the periphery items ensure you still have what’s needed. Eric - Alan -my gear is layered. In my pockets I always have a zippo, a small folder (currently a little wee buck I picked up about 20 years ago at Canadian Tire for $5.99) and a small button-cell flashlight, bandana, car key, wallet and watch. Usually a pair of sunglasses and a ball cap nearby My lunch box (comes with me every day) has a CPR mask, pair of medical gloves, and a pencil case with a few goodies: multitool (Leatherman classic currently), headlamp, a few spare batteries, charger cords for usb and iPhone, some paracord, a few Band-Aids, a pair of nail clippers, and a lighter. There's also a needle and some silk thread, a little bit of velcro and small wrap of duct tape (both orange and gray) I have second pouch I don't normally keep with me but is usually in my computer bag. It has another folder, a Ferro rod and magnesium stick, a few razor blades (for fine work), a sharpening stone, a couple of water purification tabs, and more paracord On top of that is my car kit/get home back which we've already discussed on a previous episode. I've carried more things in the past but rarely find a need for more Gavin - Glasses, Cell phone, Pocket knife, multitool, pocket lockpick set, escape tools, mini IFAK on my ankle with TQ, Rolled Gauze, Gloves and a Fox Seal, plus my full trauma kit in my trunk along with my 72hr bag and a battery booster pack with air compressor and when possible while traveling in the US I carry my Glock 34 and a spare mag. PODCAST CHALLENGE Endeavor to start carrying two of what you consider to be the most useful items as a personal EDC….. (Or whatever you guys want) Episode Closing Upcoming events 2019 Annual Preppers Meet, Desboro, ON July 11-14 http://annualpreppersmeet.com/ Last call! July 6, Podcaster charity shoot. Drumheller, AB. All are welcome. Planned events include a ‘Mapleseed’ course July 5, and a ‘stop the bleed ‘course on the 6th. .Not to mention the pig roast! Under facebook, under “9th Annual Podcaster Charity Shoot” There will also be a chance to fire some prohib weapons such as short barreled pistols for a fee! There is also talk of full autos being available, not confirmed yet! Outro Eric - I’m going to bring episode 27of the Canadian Prepper Podcast to an end. You can find the podcast on Itunes, Podbean, Spotify or your favourite podcast app. Please help us out take a few minutes and submit a review! It helps other people find us. You can also find us at prepperpodcast.ca. Alan - We record these shows on Youtube live chats. If you want an early peek at the shows, please subscribe to the YouTube channel “Canadian Prepper Podcast“, and click the notifications tab. That gives you alerts when we are going live. You can contact me directly on Instagram, @ PPSWO Hugues - I can be reached at hfxprepper@gmail.com and I have my own YouTube Channel, just search “HFX Prepper”. Video uploads to resume in late May. Ian - You can reach Ian directly, by emailing me at theislandretreat@gmail.com . Eric – Please check out Rapid Survival www.rapidsurvival.com and get me there on live chat while buying some prepper gear, or you can also email me at feedback@prepperpodcast.ca (while still buying prepper gear at Rapid Survival) CPP T-shirts for sale! Price is: 19.95 plus shipping and mandatory government bribe. (Tax) Eric - Thanks for joining us, and tune in for the next episode, XXXXX Eric - Until next time, be prepared, stay safe, and (Ian) keep learning!
A powerful replay from Jordan of A Family Affair.
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Range Minded - Episode 21 - The IFAK by Independence Indoor Shooting
Ep 8 - First Aid Eric –Welcome to episode #8 of the Canadian Prepper Podcast…First Aid! My name is Eric, and I’m the host of the show. I am based in southern Ontario. I’m a hunter, target shooter, HAM radio operator (VE3EPN), and computer geek. I got into preparedness when I was working front line in emergency services and witnessed an over reliance on Emergency Services during major events, such has ice storms, power outages, etc. I started a small preparedness company to help get people prepared and able to look after themselves for at least 72 hours, if not longer. Ian – My name is Ian, co-host of the show. I live on Vancouver Island, on a small hobby farm. I am an outdoor enthusiast, target shooter, reloader, and my farm’s designated handyman. I have had a lifelong interest in preparedness, and I am gladly learning new skills on a regular basis. My professional background has allowed me to see pretty much every province and territory in Canada. It also has taught me to prepare for various unexpected situations daily. Andrew Intro - My name is Andrew and I can usually be found hosting Canadian Patriot Podcast live on Youtube monday nights at 9pm eastern. In addition to recording the number one podcast in Canada, I run a firearms training and accessories tax shelter, Ragnarok Tactical. We deliver training for competition shooters, first aid training, and sell everything from boots to barrels, to tourniquets and and tacos.In real life I work a 9-5 job leading a team in information technology and raising a young family. Eric – We have some great content for you in this episode, We’re going to start off with some news articles relating to preparedness and the outdoors. Next we will be letting you know how we’ve improved our preparedness since our last episode, , and then were going to get into the main topic for this episode, First Aid and its role in preparedness. WHAT WE’VE DONE LATELY for preps Andrew - I just had some forced leave from work so we installed new networking equipment at home including a battery backup, and prepped a few thousand 223 cases for reloading. We also cleaned and reorganized our cold room and removed all the “expired” food and made sure that all the shelf stable items were organised so the items that would reach end of life soonest are at the front. We also rotated and verified the water storage, we have 1 week on hand and are working towards 2 weeks . Ian - Holiday season slows down most preps. Solstice dinner got cancelled, but still had to run our gift day and feeding with no power. Got to do a dry run on a ‘grid down’ scenario due to the power outage we will talk about below. Cut up a few trees with the help of a neighbour that fell. Topped up feeders and waterers. Bucked up the trees also downed by the arborist from last episode. No shortage of firewood this year! Tested the efficacy of my backup water system. Shortcomings noted in power cable line for genny, and using the UPS for cell phones. Fridges were fine. My mother mentioned I should get a genny… Clearly not watching the podcast…. Eric - I filled a pile of orders for Rapid Survival, the Christmas rush is officially here. . . So that cleared out a bunch of room for some new toys. Did some research on new gear and will be bringing in some new radios for the new year. Of course one or two of those will need to make their way into my packs. News - Ian - https://www.narcity.com/ca/bc/vancouver/news/150000-people-in-bc-are-affected-by-power-outages-right-now-due-to-high-winds-up-to-100kmhour Ironically podcast delayed due to power outage. Solstice dinner got cancelled due to about 200+ trees in my neighbourhood going down. Friends still without power. Major grid damage on the island. Eric - https://www.richmond-news.com/news/richmond-school-district-to-put-350-000-towards-emergency-preparedness-1.23535369 Dec 13, 2018 Richmond School District to put $350,000 towards emergency preparedness. By the end of February, supplies are expected to be distributed to all Richmond schools and will ensure they are prepared for multiple days following an emergency. Supplies will include water, food, rain ponchos, solar blankets, first aid and staging area supplies. “Since September 2018, meetings have been held with school district administrators, health and safety committees, parent advisory committees, stakeholders, the City of Richmond Emergency Preparedness Team and the R.C.M.P,” said a statement from the Richmond School District. Main topic- Basic and advanced First Aid (Subject matter expert imported for this one) Intro to Andrew - Andrew’s background / bio / qualifications So I was in the Canadian Forces for about 5 minutes, I didn’t do anything cool and I never deployed. I did however take the Army’s idea of a first aid course. I also keep my Red Cross Standard First Aid up to date with a renewal every 2 years, I’ll be recertifying in January or February. I have to have that to run ranges on military bases which I do regularly for the Ontario Rifle Association, plus it probably helps to have for my day job. Advanced first aid courses I’ve taken Spent Brass Training Solutions LLC Tactical First Responder Trauma Course – 2018 American College of Surgeons Bleeding Control Basic v 1.0 – 2018 Questions we plan to ask:) -What is the minimum qualification level a prepper should aspire to reach? WCB level 1? EMT Training?, is CPR C enough etc? A - As much as possible. College Paramedic courses are probably overkill and requires 2 years of study. Standard First Aid, Wilderness First Aid, Stop the Bleed/Bleeding Control Basic are probably going to cover 90% of what you can expect to deal with day to day. But more is always better. -What is the Minimum equipment list, other than the standard ouch pouch? Ie: stacks of gauze , truck kits, Chest seal, Medical stapler, israeli bandage, (sprinkle on Hemo agents) Explain the utility and likelihood of need for each. Maybe Epi-Pens? A - Please don’t use sprinkle on Hemostatic agents, the technology is out of date and less effective.As with most things it depends. 3 Factors Cost Size Scope of Practice 1 Cost How much can you afford to buy? How many kits do you need? Are they different? I keep 3 different IFAKs. CarEnough for 1 to 2 people with major trauma likely to be encountered in a Motor Vehicle Collision Work/Range BagEnough for 1 person with major trauma Range beltSmall on my belt enough for one person with a small trauma, like 1 bullet hole We’re also working on building home and vehicle trauma kits with more stuff to deal with greater number of casualties following the use of an IFAK, basically additional trauma supplies plus supporting tools for longer periods of care. IFAK - Individual First Aid Kit - Contents Airway (training)Nasopharyngeal Airway, 28 French + lube BandageEmergency Bandage aka Israeli bandage 4” or 6” CuttingShears - airport friendly HemostaticQuikClot Combat Gauze Celox Gauze Occlusive DressingsFoxseal PPEGloves TourniquetCAT 2 Size How big is the kit? Can you carry it with you? Does it stay at home or in a vehicle? The largest kit in the world is not helpful if its 100 yards away and you’re bleeding out. 3 Scope of Practice What are you trained, comfortable, and “allowed” to perform? What about keeping things that you can’t use but a Doctor, Nurse, or EMT could? What if you’re SOL and have to do it to save a life? For example I will not do rescue breaths on non-family members. I’ll do compressions or what ever but I don’t know where they have been. The time to figure this out is now, not when you come on to a scene. Ian - (Fentanyl second hand poisoning) -Cheap place to buy bulk consumables such as gauze? Brands to avoid? Ian - (Ono Safety supply) -Combat first Aid courses, any in Canada? Describe what is taught…. A - Ragnarok Tactical partnership with Spent Brass Training Solutions LLC Tactical First Responder Trauma Course Last year it was two days of scenario based and hands on training. This year we’re likely to get Val back up to do two 1 day courses early in the year. Dates and cost TBD. Topics of Instruction Combat Mindset Physiological Response to Combat Preventing and Treating Common and Non-Combat Related Injuries Litter, Drags and Carries Basic Anatomy and Location of Major Arteries Identifying and Treating the Different Types of Bleeding Identifying and Immobilizing Broken Limbs SCAB and Treating Compromised Airway Treating Gun Shot and Knife Wounds Improvised Treatment Methods Constructing your Personal IFAK Dispel some myths. Tampon and Maxi-pad use:) FIsh Antibiotics as a field expedient amoxycillin? Ian - Some recommended books. Where there is no Doctor - David Werner Where there is no dentist - Murray Dickson Medicinal herbs - Rosemary Gladstar John “Lofty” Wiseman - SAS and URBAN survival manual First AId Manual Ian - PODCAST CHALLENGE INVENTORY OF FOOD, EXPIRY DATES. You will need the space! Good idea of what you have. Chance to clean house and organize. Rotating food to use oldest first. Give almost expired stuff you will never likely use to food bank. …...Food good past expiry, Only buy what you will use. Ie spam? Shout Outs. Ian - The travelling prepper. Always keeps me on my toes with good challenges and questions Eric - Dean from Canadian Prepper Network, we’re working on getting him on to discuss HAM radio. Episode Closing Eric - Listener Email Review, and answering of questions sent in. If you want to send in a question, email, or suggest a topic. Email from Alan - Good afternoon Eric and Ian, Just wanted to say thanks for putting this out! I'm also a Southern Ontario Native (west of London). Haven't had my HAM licence for a few years but interested in getting it back. I've been prepping at various stages and phases for nearly 25 years now. It started in scouts when I got lost in the woods on a hike and had to spend the night. In my 'spare time' I hunt, fish, teach first aid, and build towards self-reliance. I truly appreciate the Canadian perspective of prepping. I listen to a few American podcasts as well. The differences are STAGGERING. One of the first times I ever put my plans into place was during the 2003 blackout. I was a 2nd tier responder affiliated with local fire and EMS teams (volunteer) and spent almost 48 hours helping prevent life-threatening emergencies. EDC, first aid, and SIP preps are my primary areas of focus. Keep up the great work. I appreciate the effort you guys put in. I'm looking at rapidsurvival.com right now and planning my first purchase! Thanks guys, Alan Ian - Itunes review? Outro Eric - I’m going to bring episode 8 of the Canadian Prepper Podcast to an end. . . Ian where can people find the show online? Ian- You can find the podcast on Itunes and Podbean, and spotify. Please help us out take a few minutes and submit a review! It helps other people find us. You can also find us at prepperpodcast.ca. Our Youtube live shows are now available, please subscribe to “The Island Retreat “ and click the notifications tab. That gives you alerts when we are going live. Eric –Ian how can people reach you? Ian - theislandretreat@gmail.com, Andrew - Contact info? https://ragnaroktactical.ca/ and http://canadianpatriotpodcast.com/ Eric – Please check out Rapid Survival www.rapidsurvival.com and get me there on live chat while buying some prepper gear, or just can also email me at feedback@prepperpodcast.ca Eric - Thanks for joining us, and tune in for the next episode, where we will talk about Water needs, storage, and disinfection.. Eric - Until next time, be prepared, stay safe, and (Ian) keep learning!
Last week on the Gunmetal Armory, we talked about IFAKs, first aid and the kits, tension pnuemo needles a.k.a. Mojo Darts, and various tourniquets. We also has a really cool special guest, a flight paramedic and then some... Mr. Miles F. from Archangel Dynamics LLC.q We spoke about the kits that Archangel Dynamics carries, like their easy to afford, simple, $35.00 TAC-FAK Pocket Trauma Kit, and then we discussed their Archangel Dynamics IFAK Gen2.. which is a bit more expensive at $115.00, but it covers a lot more trauma that you could face out in the field. It was an awesome Show and the great news is... This week on the Gunmetal Armory, we are going to break out our IFAKs AGAIN!! WHY and How? We are going to have Miles F. from Archangel Dynamics on with us again, and we are going to travels deeper into our IFAKs with an expert (Miles, of course). With Miles there to helps us, we are going to take a detailed look at the contents and talk about whats in these types of kits. We will touch on any Range Day news I see at work, new guns I get to shoot or and anything else relevant. We will do our other usual weekly segments and even do a great Product Pick of the Week. Plus, we will talk about the mighty and ever popular 2nd Amendment of the Bill Of Rights, any relevant news surrounding it... if we have the time. Join us this Thursday at 6pm Pacific or 7pm, possibly 9pm Eastern depending on where you are in the U.S.A. And don't forget to join us on Chat. We'll see you this week as we learn more about how to stop the bleeding and fix up the wounds.... Only on, The Gunmetal Armory.
Last week on the Gunmetal Armory, we talked about IFAKs, first aid and the kits, tension pnuemo needles a.k.a. Mojo Darts, and various tourniquets. We also has a really cool special guest, a flight paramedic and then some... Mr. Miles F. from Archangel Dynamics LLC.q We spoke about the kits that Archangel Dynamics carries, like their easy to afford, simple, $35.00 TAC-FAK Pocket Trauma Kit, and then we discussed their Archangel Dynamics IFAK Gen2.. which is a bit more expensive at $115.00, but it covers a lot more trauma that you could face out in the field. It was an awesome Show and the great news is... This week on the Gunmetal Armory, we are going to break out our IFAKs AGAIN!! WHY and How? We are going to have Miles F. from Archangel Dynamics on with us again, and we are going to travels deeper into our IFAKs with an expert (Miles, of course). With Miles there to helps us, we are going to take a detailed look at the contents and talk about whats in these types of kits. We will touch on any Range Day news I see at work, new guns I get to shoot or and anything else relevant. We will do our other usual weekly segments and even do a great Product Pick of the Week. Plus, we will talk about the mighty and ever popular 2nd Amendment of the Bill Of Rights, any relevant news surrounding it... if we have the time. Join us this Thursday at 6pm Pacific or 7pm, possibly 9pm Eastern depending on where you are in the U.S.A. And don't forget to join us on Chat. We'll see you this week as we learn more about how to stop the bleeding and fix up the wounds.... Only on, The Gunmetal Armory.
Host: Dane "The Gunmetal Armory"The Prepper Broadcasting NetworkThursdays 9:00pm/Est 8:00pm/Pc 6:00pm/PtLiveListen and Chat go HERE!This week on the Gunmetal Armory, we are going to break out our IFAKs, and take a detailed look at the contents. The various gear inside of our IFAKs and EPIKs is important and we plan to go deep inside for a look at rapid wound care, and the products used in tactical medicine. We also plan on talking a bit about some products that are not in most IFAKs but are in many Squad Kits and carried by many tactical medics. We will also talk about why these items are important, and what you would want to carry in your BOB, in your vehicle, or on your person. And finally, we will talk about how I made a simple kit that is cheaper than most IFAKs and can still accomplish most of what the expensive kits can. Plus, we will talk about the 2nd Amendment, any relevant news surrounding it. We will touch on any and all Range Day news I see at work, and anything else relevant. We will do our other usual weekly segments and even do a great Product Pick of the Week. Dont miss this episode!
Host: Dane "The Gunmetal Armory" The Prepper Broadcasting Network Thursdays 9:00pm/Est 8:00pm/Pc 6:00pm/PtLive Listen and Chat go HERE! This week on the Gunmetal Armory, we are going to break out our IFAKs, and take a detailed look at the contents. The various gear inside of our IFAKs and EPIKs is important and we plan to go deep inside for a look at rapid wound care, and the products used in tactical medicine. We also plan on talking a bit about some products that are not in most IFAKs but are in many Squad Kits and carried by many tactical medics. We will also talk about why these items are important, and what you would want to carry in your BOB, in your vehicle, or on your person. And finally, we will talk about how I made a simple kit that is cheaper than most IFAKs and can still accomplish most of what the expensive kits can. Plus, we will talk about the 2nd Amendment, any relevant news surrounding it. We will touch on any and all Range Day news I see at work, and anything else relevant. We will do our other usual weekly segments and even do a great Product Pick of the Week. Dont miss this episode!
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On this show we talking about discussing the USCCA Show and Troy’s Medical Emergency using IFAK
On this show we talking about discussing the USCCA Show and Troy’s Medical Emergency using IFAK
Welcome to the We Like Shooting show, Episode 145 – tonight we’ll talk about New Order 9, Handi-Racker, Sharps 1874, Scorpion Evo, IFAK’s, and a guy in a garage and more!
More Rebut; Running the numbers according to the CDC,Dems new 10 round limit bill not based on fact,IFAK kits should be carried everywhere you carry a gun,Guns have always been at College,Sen Chris Murphy show his stripes while clapping for the 10 round limit bill,New York Daily News and the art of junk science,Texas womans kills sexual predator and THEN calls 911, The beautiful people come out with the trendy fashionable gun control bracelet.
In this episode we discuss: A real combat medic joins us for an interview IFAK Quickclot Spiritual trauma kits
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