mind 4 survival

A super El Niño is forming in the Pacific, and NOAA gives it an 83 percent chance of being the strongest since record-keeping began in 1950. In this episode, Brian explains what El Niño is, how weaker trade winds and warm Pacific waters shift the jet stream, and why this one is getting so much attention. He covers what forecasters expect across the United States this winter, ...

Overnight on October 11, hackers pushed the freezers in hundreds of French supermarkets to 122 degrees for about six hours, and by morning stores were throwing out their meat and frozen food. In this segment, I explain what happened in the supermarket cyberattack, how attackers reached refrigeration controls through outdated, internet-accessible firmware, and why the shift f...

Your phone rings, and a close friend tells you his wife died this morning. What do you say next? Most of us don't know, and what we say can make it harder. In this episode, I talk about how to help a grieving friend and why it's part of prepping. Community is a big part of preparedness, and everyone in your circle will face a major loss at some point. I cover what grief actua...

What happens to your preparedness plan when the prepper gets hurt? In this episode, Brian Duff shares why he took medical training seriously as the only medic on missions in Iraq, often more than an hour from support, and the head-on collision that made him the injured medic. He covers seven things to plan now: teaching your family basic trauma care, picking a second-in-comma...

In this episode, I talk about de-escalation techniques and one of the main reasons they fail: the need to win. Whether it's a heated disagreement with a loved one, a neighbor upset about a property line, or a stranger at your gate after a disaster when police aren't coming, the goal is the same: get yourself and your family home safely. I cover how to read what kind of anger ...