
Practical Prepping Podcast
Practical Prepping Podcast
Real solutions for real emergencies—no apocalypse required.
The Practical Prepping Podcast cuts through the noise of extreme doomsday scenarios to focus on what actually matters: simple, actionable steps that help everyday people safeguard their families and lifestyles.
Why Listen?
- Knowledge Over Gear: "The more you know, the less you have to carry." We emphasize skills that lighten your load because the right know-how beats an overloaded bug-out bag every time.
- Real Threats, Real Solutions: From power outages to wildfires, snowstorms to supply shortages, we tackle the emergencies you're most likely to face.
- Family-Friendly Content: Our podcast maintains clean, judgment-free advice that's appropriate for all ages—prioritizing practicality over paranoia.
What Sets Us Apart
Unlike some other preparedness podcasts, we focus on practical readiness for realistic challenges:
- Weather emergencies like tornadoes, hurricanes, and winter storms
- Power outages and water disruptions
- Financial preparedness and debt reduction
- Family communication plans
- Everyday carry essentials
- Food storage and preservation
- First aid and medical preparedness
- Much more
Our Approach
Hosts Mark and Krista Lawley combine decades of experience in emergency response, outdoor skills, and home resilience to deliver advice that works in real-world situations. Whether you're just starting your preparedness journey or looking to refine specific skills, our content meets you where you are with clear, actionable advice.
No bunkers. No zombies. No alien invasions. Just practical prepping.
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Stuff happens. Stay prepared.
Practical Prepping Podcast
Episode # 57 "Bugging Out, Avoiding Survival Situations, And Surviving Grid Down"
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Episode # 57 "Bugging Out, Avoiding, Survival Situations, And Surviving Grid Down"
Too much emphasis Is placed on bugging out, and building a BOB is often the first thing many new preppers do.
Sure, all the sexy gear and gadgets are fun, and we romanticize the iea of living like Grizzly Adams, Jeremiah Johnson, or Tom Hanks on the movie "Castaway"
The truth is, we should Bug Out Only when we cannot survive where we are, or bugging out increases our chances of survival, or when we can no longer access or obtain resources necessary to survive.
We discuss avoiding survival situations.
An ounce of prevention better than pound of cure.
WE want to be Proactive rather than reactive.
Have a plan.
We touch on situational awareness In public places as well as In the outdoors.
Check the weather and news before going somewhere. What is the environment, temperature, terrain, and water availability?
We cover carrying appropriate backup gear, letting someone know where you are going and expected return time, and then check in with them.
We get into some of the gear we should be carrying, and a survival mindset.
Finally we talk about Surviving Grid Down Situations.
It's All about safety, having a plan, and staging supplies in different areas of our house.
Communications will be a MUST in surviving a grid down SHTF, and we discuss that.
(We have done several podcasts on communications, so check out episodes #12, #13, #15, and #16.
We also have articles on communications on the website at www.practicalprepping.info)
Skills, skills, skills, did we say skills? You MUST have skills to survive a grid down situation. We talk about that.
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