The Get Ready Podcast

Ep10 - Retreat Security II

RB and JD continue their deep dive into Retreat Security with Part II, covering Delay and Deny tactics every prepper should be aware of. 
Grab a notebook, because this episode is jam packed with practical tips like how to layout your retreat defensive positions, fencing, wire obstacles, ways to slow down approaching vehicles, fox holes, spider holes, bunkers and how to deal with enemy snipers.
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Ep 9 - Retreat Security

Protecting your family and loved ones is top priority when things begin to break down, but how do you defend your retreat when you're outnumbered and outgunned. 
RB and JD will break down the 5 concentric rings of retreat security:
Deter
Detect
Delay
Deny
Defend
Grab your notebook, because this episode is jammed packed with useful tips, recommended products and creative ideas to stop an attacker before they even set foot on your property. 

Ep 8 - Comms for SHTF Part II

RB and Patrick Adams discuss how to set up the communication infrastructure for a survival retreat. 
Questions we answer in this episode:
What radios should you have? 
What is the NIFOG, and why you should have a copy printed out?
Are police scanners still useful?
How important are short wave receivers?
How to setup a frequency journal?
How do you identify who owns the radio station that's broadcasting?
How do you verify whether the information you're hearing is true?
What retreat members should have radios?
Should your retreat members use encrypted radios?
What type of warning systems should your retreat use?
Should you equip neighbors with radios?
What does a communications plan look like?
and that is just the tip of the ice burg. This is a game changing information drop for those who just learning about the importance of communication for an SHTF event.

EP 7 - Communications for SHTF

How can you establish contact with your loved ones during an emergency when traditional phone communication is unavailable?
In today's interview, we'll be talking to Patrick Adams, an expert in critical infrastructure communications. He'll guide you through the process of maintaining communication in a situation where the power grid and phones are down.
We'll delve into three distinct scenarios:
The journey to reunite with your family
The bug-out plan
Continuing communication strategies for a retreat (featured in episode 8)
Discover the essential equipment you'll need, the importance of creating a communication plan, methods to remain undetected, strategies for gathering crucial information, the optimal use of encryption, and much more. This episode presents this valuable information in a straightforward manner, making it a must-listen for any prepper.

EP 6 - Prepping Groups: Joining and Forming a Survival Team

The hardest part of prepping is finding a group to ride out the end of the world as we know it. 
This episode of the Get Ready Podcast is all about how to find or form a prepping group. Now when we say Prepping Group, what we're referring to is a group of people who plan on living together in an SHTF event. Other names for Prepping Groups might be, "Teams", "Crews" or "Tribe". 
MAGs, which stands for Mutual Assistant Groups, are a wider network of preppers that you work with before and possibly after an SHTF event, but don't necessarily plan on living together. RB and JD discuss how to find MAGs, and how to use MAGs to build your close-knit Team. 
In this hour long episode you'll learn all the tricks and tips on where to meet other preppers. How to get an invite to an existing group. What questions to ask the Group Leader. Pitfalls to watch out for. Even how to properly leave a group that isn't working out. 
This is a MUST-LISTEN to episode for all preppers, because help you navigate the complex social environment of the Preparedness Community. 
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EP 5 - Energy, Fuel and Heating for SHTF

How you heat and cook when the power is out? In this episode RB and JD discuss all of the available energy sources including natural gas, propane, wood, gas and renewables (solar, wind and hydro). 
Off-grid energy is all about layers, so we'll help you put together an energy plan that'll help keep your family warm and fed for a 90 day outage. 
Lastly, Jerfferies showcases his writing talent with a short prepper fiction story. Join our telegram channel at: https://t.me/getreadypodcast

Ep 4 - Sanitation in SHTF

Nobody likes to talk about it, but what do you do with all that sewage in an SHTF situation? 
How do you pump full septic tanks? How do you make a composting toilet or outhouse work? How do you dispose of trash and dead bodies?
They guys dive head first into the world of sanitation and hygiene to give you info needed to survive.
Of course the guys share all sorts of data on how much toilet paper you should store, how to do laundry, what cleaning agents you need and much more. 
*Make sure listen to the very end to get a special behind the scenes look at how hard it was to actually record this podcast. 
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Ep 3 - How Much Water Do You Need for SHTF?

Do you really need just 1 gallon of water a day to survive, or is survival more about just staying hydrated? 
The average American uses an outstanding 90 gallons of water a day in their homes. In a survival situation we'll use a fraction of that, but how much do we really need to drink, cook, wash our bodies, wash our clothes and keep a homestead alive in a grid down event?
RB and JD grab their handy dandy SHTF Water Calculator, available for free on the Get Ready Podcast telegram channel: https://t.me/GetReadyPodcast to crunch the numbers and help you figure out exactly how many gallons of water your team needs to make it through an emergency. For those outside the US, remember that 1 gallon = 3.78541 liters. 

Ep 2 - How to Feed your Family During 3 Month Emergency

In this episode, RB and JD discuss 5 methods to feed your family during an SHTF emergency. It all starts with calculating exactly how many calories your family or group needs to survive. Grab the Get Ready Podcast SHTF Calorie Calculator free from our Telegram Channel: https://t.me.GetReadyPodcast
Once you know your calorie requirements, you can use one of 5 methods to stock the food you need:
Budget Friendly Approach
One and Done
A little at a time Method
Little House on the Prairie 
Live Forever
Each system has pros and cons, and should be used together as layers to develop a robust food security plan for your family. 

Ep 1 - SHTF Retreat Considerations

In this first episode, we review different SHTF retreat scenarios, rating them from best to worst, along with recommendations on how to make a poor retreat more sustainable.