The Prepper Broadcasting Network - Helping Neighbors When the Storm Skips You

Episode Date: July 24, 2026

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Hello, welcome to the podcast. Present your vaccine passport. Enter your social credit score, and be sure you have enough remaining carbon credits to enjoy today's show. Your garden is the resistance. How is that resistance? Is it canning time? Is it drying time? Is it? freeze drying time is a dehydration time. Have the zucchinis reach the point where they're driving you insane?

Have the cherry tomatoes reach the point where you don't want to look at them anymore. How are you looking? How are you looking? We had a big tree taken down this, what was it, Monday. And it's time. It's time to get back to large-scale gardening. again, which I'm looking forward to. Thinking a lot about neighbors,

rebuilding and recovery. You know, what are the things you're capable of doing as a prepper for your neighbors? Right? Find yourself in that situation where you know, I dodged the bullet.

The storm has passed. We didn't lose power. We didn't lose, you know, a tree didn't fall on the house. We're in a good position. You find yourself in a situation like that. And immediately you think for a second, okay, I can stay hold up in the house and wait for whatever the next step is. Or I can help the people around me who weren't as fortunate. Right?

And I started thinking about those things. What are those things? Right? skill sets, you know, medical is a really good one. It really is, man. You know, you buy a first aid kit and, to be honest with you, I've never owned a first aid kit that has really served me for a long-term sort of injury. You know what I mean?

You might get, like, I have a, I, the best first aid kit I ever bought was the, I think it's called the survival first aid kit. It was from a company out of the Australia. And it's a great kit. And there's a lot of great variety. And there's some interesting things in there. You know, there's some things like saline tubes in there that are really convenient. It was the first kid I ever bought.

And that had a tourniquet in it was the first tourniquet I ever owned. Right. And I still have this thing. So, you know, I'm not talking bad about it or anything. And there's still stuff in there. But we've had some injuries this year. We've had some bleeders. We had a dog, a little bit of a dog bite between dogs

that turned into stitches and turned into, you know, aftercare. And it turned into a whole lot of me going, I need more cases of rolled gauze and I need to... Really, one of the things I did this year on the medical side is I've given up on medical tape. Medical tape is not a thing for us anymore. You know, I've had good medical tape. I've had, you know, a lot of first aid kits come with that tiny, little, thin little medical tape that sucks and is useless.

The Ace Bandage-looking wrap, I don't know the name of it. Another thing I decided to stock up on. Just have those. They wrap over everything. They cover everything. They're easy. You don't need a pin. You don't need an adhesive.

You don't know, it just sticks to itself. You know what I mean? And it's just superior by every stretch. It's far superior. And it's superior for animals too, by the way. It's a better product, you know. But one of the things, one of the ways I'm thinking, you know, you can help neighbors is you're in that situation where trees are down. Maybe there's a hurricane or something.

And someone has a wound, a laceration. You know what I mean? And it's like, we got a, like a bad one. You know what I mean? Stiptic powder maybe. Um, stiptic powder was actually a thing I had to buy, funny enough. I thought I had it and I didn't. Um, I didn't need it.

Like, I didn't need to buy it because I needed it for any wound. I just was like, oh, I don't have it. My buddy in town who's a doctor was treating my finger, which is, I should have, I should have, it's so disgusting. But I should have taken photos of this thing through the healing process because I realized, like, You cannot believe the body. You just cannot believe it. It's unbelievable the human body is. But he was asking about stiptic powder, and I realized, oh man, I thought I had it.

I don't have it. But being able to show up to somebody's door with some smooth bandages, right? With a case of rolled gauze or a lot of rolled gauze, you know? And a lot of that wrap to cover it all up. And maybe some, you know, they probably have their own antibiotic ointment or baster tracing or something along those lines. But having those things, you know, another really easy one to buy is like a case of big 90% alcohol bottles. You know what I mean? Easy.

Like I bought a case of those years ago and I think we've gone through one bottle. But it's just one of those things. Like, why not? It lasts forever. right it's so but i've been thinking a lot about that i've always thought about coffee i've told you the coffee thing before with the neighbors um and of course you know there's repairs and tools and you know chainsawls replacement chains bar and chain oil just things that you can you have them hopefully right you have them um and you can reach out to people in a disaster or an emergency and tell them

you know you got a tree down in your shed you got a chainsaw does it work and what do we need to do to get it up and running you know these things go a long way man you know they really do go a long way you know same can be said with food and you know one that popped into my head was was kids was child care it was the idea of like you know let

Why don't you drop your kid off at our house? We got two kids. And they'll entertain yours. And you guys really dig into like clearing out that, clearing out that bottom floor, clearing out that basement, clearing out that shed that got flooded and is full of muck. And you know what I mean? You and your wife just put your head toward whatever it is that you've got to put your head toward.

Or even just a quiet moment to sit down and call. the insurance company and get that whole ball rolling. These are the things, man. We could talk about end of world and we should talk about end the world. You know what I mean? There's nothing wrong with talking about end of world. I posted a, I did a Reddit post that went absolutely insane. It's almost at 100,000 views, right?

And it was all about the word prepper. And it was just, all I asked was, what does the word prepper? mean in 2026. What's it mean? You know, I'm going to, I'm going to give them an alert out of courtesy, and then I'm probably going to do a whole show on it and just read their responses. Because, uh, some of them, they were just great. Some of them were just really good. But I think that that whole, you know, preparing for what? Real repercussions. Real repercussions to, uh, building a fleet of AI drones, AI power drones. You know what I mean? It's going to come of time when we all own our own AI drones and our own AI pilots our own AI drones that fly

around our house. You know what I mean? And protect us. There's no doubt about it. There's no doubt about it. It's inevitable. Speaking of AI, I reached out to a contractor yesterday. I just found them scrolling through Instagram. He's a guy who builds data centers. That's what he does. He's a contractor who builds data centers and what he does is he coaches other contractors also. And I just want to talk to him. I want to talk to him. I want to see what's going on in there. I want to see, you know, how much money he's making if he's willing to talk about it

and just talk about this whole process. You know, because things in America are, well, things in life in general, you know. There's always a gray area. There's always a thing, right? how many people does this guy employ? How many people are eating? How many kids are eating? How many families are happy?

How many people are going on vacations? Whatever the situation is. Because these things are going up, you know? I'm not trying to legitimize him, but I'm not, you know, I'm also not demonizing the technology either. It is what it is, right? It is what it is. And unless you're willing to go really dismantle it, you know, then what's the point?

What's the point of getting all crazy about it? It is, what I would like to see is everybody get paid for it. But, of course, the big problem, the problem we all know that's going to happen. Could be a major collapse of the stock market, which would really bother me if I had money in the stock market. But what really could happen is, you know, all this stuff that we're afraid of with AI,

all this stuff that it's purported to be able to do, the adoption of AI by all of, kinds of businesses and stuff on red beacon media a couple weeks ago i talked about how ford has fired its a i in the engineering department already um all of this big promise and all this trillion dollar quadrillion dollar investment is what it's going to get to uh what if it comes up short it's already coming up short alphabet and and uh and elon musk they're already over budget. The income is not there, right?

And the budgets are only going higher and higher for cost to get this thing off the ground. So, you know, there's a lot wrapped up in that that could go bad. Big time bad. So I do think it's important. It's particularly we as preppers. We stay on the side of long term, long duration, preparation and survival, sustainability. right self-sufficiency and you know those things some of those things can happen through buying some of those things can happen through learning I do look at the natural world a lot and say to myself

you know the a lot of the answers are here right a lot of the answers are already here I think there's a like a it feels like there's just a homeostasis with human technology I I mean The other day I was even thinking about like, this is a crazy thought, but it's just what it was. I was thinking, did we build the internet to give it to AI? Like it was our offering. And now we leave. Right? Like we created this digital imprint of humanity over what, 20 years, 30 years?

We created this digital imprint of humanity. And then we gave it, we sacrificed it to artificial. intelligence so that we can get back to our life and it can live in that hellhole and and figure out how to be effective or whatever. I was really thinking about that the other day. Like, what if we just give the internet up? And I know not everybody in every industry or anything like that could do that. But I'm talking about like the masses. Like the masses just decide like, eh, you know. I had my hands on a Slipknot's original EP today on in Walmart. It was a surreal moment. It really was weird. I walked, I was with my oldest son and we were

going to look at the books. And we walk into this aisle and there's just a bunch of CDs there. A bunch of ABBA CDs and I saw Slipknot's first CD and I picked it up. And I told Carter, I said, dude, this is cheaper than when I bought it. This thing was like $17 when I bought it. And it's here at Walmart for $9.99 CD. It kind of blew my mind. I'm not going to lie. It kind of rocked my world a little bit I was blown away I was like what are you doing here It was like something out of a time machine

But is that you know Do we return to that? Could we all survive without the internet? I'd miss you guys tremendously I wish I really wish that my audience was big enough That I could do tours You know what I mean?

That's what I really wish It's getting to that point And I have to I have to get to that point I really do see a world of touring For the Intrepid Commander And crew As the kids grow up and move out

You know there's really not going to be much My wife has a great job And great vacation And all that kind of stuff And There's really no reason why we shouldn't be touring the nation Going at least to prep or shows And then if not something big

Sarah Hathaway and I have talked about what the bigger looks like and I do like the bigger. You know what I mean? I think and I think that's the future. I do think people are, well, it's actually the now. It's not even the future. I've got another neighbor that's pretty close to me here. And they go to talks, him and the wife, they'll get time off of the kid. They'll get the in-laws or whatever to watch the kid.

And they're off until they watch these talks. He watched a talk about artificial intelligence and, You know what I mean? So it's already happening. The real-life interaction, the theater is back, baby. Except now we can do it a million different ways. So I'm just talking to you today. Is that okay?

I'm just, it's just one of those. It's late on a Friday. I missed the show this morning. I recorded Red Beacon Daily News three times and got interrupted all three times. And I said, you know what? Let's just do this thing. You know, I'm wrapping up the last revisions for my final. chapter in my new book and I needed a bit of a break to catch my breath because yes I'm a

writer yes I love writing but every writer needs breaks I'll tell you that much the brain starts to melt it starts to just slog you know what I mean so the weekend is here I'm elated I'm gonna record my first ever red beacon review all right this will be over at Red Beacon Media uh in that podcast and it's a movie review. It's going to be on the Masters of the Universe. I watched it a couple nights ago and had a really great time with it. Really like, like kind of exceptional. For action movie status, a lot of things we're talking about. A lot of notes people need to take. But I'll get into that in detail. You know, the Red Beacon Review is, is going to be a part of Red Beacon Media that is outside of...

It's something we can't do here at PBN. I mean, we can do whatever the hell we want, but it just fits better over there. So that'll be out likely this weekend or the beginning of next week. I was really blown away. You know what I mean? I was.

Movies... I've never been good, like, taking advice from critics when it comes to movies. Critics always say a thing about a movie, and I'm always kind of like... if they say it sucks it's usually great i usually really enjoy it if they say it's horrible there's a real good chance i'm going to enjoy it i mean look at supergirl you know almost no one has anything nice to say supergirl i had one of the best times in the movies all year with supergirl i loved it i thought it was

great you know what i mean uh so whatever you know whatever whatever it is what it is Prepper camp coming, steaming ahead, right? Full steam ahead. I was on a phone call this morning with two guys who are like hyper-innovative, man. I mean, like super innovative. And they're going to build something for you that you're not going to believe. I'm meeting with the PBN host this weekend to brainstorm it. We brainstormed it together on a phone call.

A few days back, it's been a dream of mine for a while of how to handle these great archives that we have and how to handle sort of the podcast content and maybe even more. And it just, you know, you run into people who know what the hell they're doing and these guys want to help. And these guys, you know, they're, they're preppers. I mean, they're really solid preppers. They're just part of that prepper class that you don't hear from because they're, they're, they're, I guess they're better preppers than me. You know what I mean? Because they don't tell the world about it.

But anyway, suffice it to say, man, we're going to brainstorm something likely this weekend and early next weekend. I'm going to put it in their hands. And it's going to turn this whole PBN podcast listening into a real adventure. You know, and I'm excited. I'm excited. I've been wanting... What we do here at PBN and how we do it is pretty unique.

And I just always had this dream of turning it into something a little more interactive than just listening to podcasts. I think we're there. I think we're there. And I think by the time we brainstorm as a group and then deliver it to these guys who really know what the hell they're doing, it's going to be even, it's going to be cooler than anything I can think of. And I think you guys are going to enjoy it. I really do. There's always something.

You know what I mean? When you hear from me, and I'm telling you about what's, you know, the theory of the day, the technique of the day, the prep of the day, whatever the situation is, the sponsor of the day. You hear me talking to you daily. I want you to understand that there's subcutaneous layers. Many. You know what I mean? And things are going down.

And most of the time you're in mind. You know what I mean? Most of the time you're on your center of mind as the listener, right? I do want to thank everybody who's made it over to red beacon media.com speaking of center of mind. You know, the traffic has been good over there. And I hope everybody sees the value. You know, if you want, you can go over there to listen to PBN. If you want, you can go over there to listen to Red Beacon Daily News.

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It can be, but it's really what it is is a to-do list for the year. And you can get your hands on that for a dollar over there. $1. There's a bunch of stuff over there priced at $1. And I wanted to make that possible for you guys. Because look, like, we're putting tariffs on, what, 60 more nations. This war in the Middle East is worse than it was two weeks ago. And I have a feeling it's going to get way worse.

So the idea that, like, I don't know. I just feel like in a moment, like, like this, it's everybody's duty to some degree to re-evaluate. Like, what are we asking of the consumer? You know what I mean? What are we asking of the consumer? I had a lot of people in the face of just this year and the rising costs reach out to me with, you know, PBM members and said, I got to cancel the membership.

You know, I got to cancel it. We're, we're, the wife and I have sat down, we decided we're just canceling all memberships. So it's like, if you're in that kind of position, right? I don't, this is what I don't understand. If you know the public's in that kind of a position, how do you sit down and go like, let's put out a new hoodie for $60 with a really cool design on it? You know what I mean? Let's start, like, that'd be like me saying, I'm going to start a new website with a new membership

and charge everybody that too. No, if they read Bea Media Media, I want it to be a place where you can go and you can find a lot of great stuff. You know what I mean? Like just on the homepage itself, you can go there. There's a great new poem up today from Emerson. There's a great new song up. There's a, I'm always going to have a movie up there from Amazon Prime. If you watch that movie, if you stream the movie up there, I'll get like six cents.

or something from Amazon. I don't know what it is, to be honest with you. But it's an affiliate kind of thing, right? Because I love movies, you know what I mean? And there's a lot of great movies out there. My son, literally, like, my son just was asking me about movies. And I was like, you know what? Lucky for you.

Your dad is such a xenophile lunatic that back when you were about 10, I started creating a list of movies in various categories. And I do. I have an entire document for both my kids to share that is, you know, all the movies you better watch. Comedies, romantic comedies, horrors, action, you know, the real mind-benders, the, I go through and I bowl to all the movies that I've watched like 20 times or more. You know what I mean? And that's the list. That's the list.

That's the list that, like, if ever you're bored, if ever you're sitting there and you're like I got a free weekend or whatever. Like, look at the list. Watch some movies. There's some really great ones out there. So because, like I said, I'm trying to give you a lot of me in Red Beacon Media because I just, I don't know. I don't want to sound conceited, but like, my program is good.

Do you know what I mean? Like, the program I'm on is good. That's the best way I can put it. Like, the life program that I'm on and have been on. for a long, long time is good. It's rewarding. It's fun. It's healthy.

You know what I mean? I don't know how else to put it. I can only give you a piece of it at PBN. I can't give you all of it because it's just, first of all, there's an avalanche of content here, and it's beautiful and it's incredible. These archive shows, man, are, they're unbelievable to me. What's we have hiding in the archives. We have things hiding in the archives that, like, it's crazy.

I don't know how else to put it. You know, I'm not smart enough to figure out, like, the value, but I can't even imagine what the real value of the PBN archive is. The ideas, the preps, the tips, the whole thing. Insane. Like, if you find it at the right time in your life, it's immeasurable, right? In value. It's impossible to put a dollar value on it, right? Because now all of a sudden you're doing these things that are, like, you're growing food, your health is improving, you're doing fitness, you're doing our real.

routines, you're preparing your family, you're putting up the right things, you're learning how to shoot, you know what I mean? Like, how do you price out what that is? It's impossible, you know, there's no price tag for it. But I do want Red Beacon Media to be a place where you can go and shop a little bit. We don't have a bunch of stuff up, but we're going to. Where you can shop a little bit and leave. No consequence.

You know what I mean? If you love it, if you're like, oh, I really want. The PBN membership, once that goes away, in terms of PBN family, it'll all exist at Red Beacon Media. But once, if you're new and you're not a member, and you're like, I want the full shebang, right? I want all this prepper stuff. I want all this sort of ShtF stuff. I want all the things that Red Beacon Media is doing in the background. The blog, you know, the blog is very personal and, you know, it's fun.

I'll read you some of the blog here soon. But if you want all that stuff, you know, instead of you having to sit there and go, oh, another payment, great, another payment that I have to worry about year over year, we're just doing a $100 flat fee and you're a member over at Red Beacon Media and that's the end of it. You know what I mean? Because that's what I want. I want the end of it. I want the end of it. It's too much in our heads as is. You know what I mean?

It's a buy once, cry once situation and you're done. right or you or you go over there and you shop a la carte and you get you know you get your hands on whatever it is it's over man fit man living an e-book i wrote about men's health and it's a 30-day program and it's like again it's a piece of my programming um and you get it for a dollar you know what i mean it's not it's you don't even have to think about it and i don't know there's something that doesn't pay bills you know what i mean like it this feeling i get when i say that out loud doesn't get the bills paid i'm hoping that enough people People will take advantage of it, that it will get the bills paid.

But what I will tell you is like, that's what I want you guys to feel. I want you guys to feel like, ah, I just went and got something that's sweet. I got a deal, man. I got a deal. You know what I mean? I got a deal on something because, you know, it feels like quite the opposite anymore is what it feels like. It feels like everything that you leave the house. You're like, how much hundreds of dollars do I have?

Can I go out? Do I have enough hundreds to go out and eat and shop and, right, do just like a standard family weekend type thing? It's a nightmare, man. You know? It's a burden. Like life out there in the monetary world is a nightmare for a lot of people. And I don't, you know, I just don't want to feed it. But that's enough rant and ramble for me, folks.

Hope you have a great weekend planned. and I'll talk to you guys very soon. See ya.