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Speaker 1: From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies. History is

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Speaker 1: riddled with unexplained events. You can turn back now or

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Speaker 1: learn the stuff they don't want you to know. A

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Speaker 1: production of I Heart Radio. Hello, welcome back to the show.

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Speaker 1: My name is Matt, my name is Noel. They called

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Speaker 1: me Ben. We are joined as always with our super producer,

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Speaker 1: Paul Mission controlled decond. Most importantly, you are you. You

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Speaker 1: are here, and that makes this stuff they don't want

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Speaker 1: you to know. This is a little bit of a

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Speaker 1: of a weird episode for us because in a in

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Speaker 1: a few of our recent shows, we had touched on

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Speaker 1: the idea of emergency preparation, right we had, Uh, we

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Speaker 1: had mentioned building out bug out bags, just just in passing. Remember, um,

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Speaker 1: we didn't go too into depth. But I don't know

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Speaker 1: about you guys, I was uh surprised that so many

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Speaker 1: of our fellow listeners rode into us on you know,

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Speaker 1: Facebook or Twitter and asked us to make an episode

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Speaker 1: just about bug out bags. Uh did you guys see

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Speaker 1: any of that? Yeah? Yeah, that I mean, I think

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Speaker 1: it's an important thing that maybe we don't think about

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Speaker 1: in our busy lives all the time, that we need

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Speaker 1: to be prepared in case something goes down all of

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Speaker 1: a sudden. Uh. We we learned it personally. I think

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Speaker 1: we we had a close encounter with something like this

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Speaker 1: when Snowpocalypse occurred in Atlanta, when we realized, oh, well,

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Speaker 1: if something does go wrong and let's say our even

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Speaker 1: your vehicle is has to be abandoned, is there enough

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Speaker 1: Two nights forty eight hours? And we noticed a response

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Speaker 1: with with everyone listening that they also wanted to know

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Speaker 1: this information. Yeah, and uh, this episode is gonna be

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Speaker 1: a little bit different from some of our our previous episodes.

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Speaker 1: I don't know about you all, but I don't think

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Speaker 1: this will include anything quote unquote crazy. But you know,

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Speaker 1: perhaps we've already drifted past our old definitions of normalcy nowadays. Uh. Anyhow,

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Speaker 1: in this episode, we're gonna walk through what a bug

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Speaker 1: out bag is, whether you need one, what you should

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Speaker 1: the way, and maybe reveal some of our own hard,

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Speaker 1: hard learned lessons here. Guys. Uh, you know, we can

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Speaker 1: see each other right now, but our fellow listeners can't. Uh.

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Speaker 1: You all look great, by the way, I want to

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Speaker 1: point out, I'm wearing my old, uh what, my old

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Speaker 1: three months, I lived in this jacket because I was

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Speaker 1: not prepared. And it's sort of like a utility belt

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Speaker 1: of a jacket, right, Like it's got all these pockets

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Speaker 1: I'm a fan of improvisation, but in this in this

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Speaker 1: sort of situation, we do need to plan. So can

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Speaker 1: just about how you found yourself in that kind of situation? Yeah? Yeah, okay, Uh,

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Speaker 1: I screwed up, Matt, That's exactly what happened. I I

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Speaker 1: Twitter roll call. Yes, shout out to Grumming six hundred

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Speaker 1: Did you guys hear about that just this morning? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: So here are the facts. Uh, this is a question

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Speaker 1: that I had. I'd never heard this term before, bug

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Speaker 1: a go bag. Um. At its most basic essence, it's

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Speaker 1: entirely fictional. UM. So maybe you need to leave one

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Speaker 1: There's no silver bullet bug out bag. There's no like

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00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:58,679
Speaker 1: one stop pantasy for everyone because we live in different

429
00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:01,600
Speaker 1: parts of the world. Yeah, and that being said, you

430
00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:04,480
Speaker 1: really have to consider your surroundings. That's that's the big

431
00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:07,119
Speaker 1: number one. UM. Do you live in a cold, arid

432
00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:10,360
Speaker 1: part of the world humid hot region? Uh? You'll need

433
00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:12,800
Speaker 1: some different things depending on where you are and what

434
00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:16,680
Speaker 1: season is it. Um. Secondly, you need to keep in

435
00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:19,840
Speaker 1: mind how long you want your supplies to last you.

436
00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:23,119
Speaker 1: The typical bug out bag is seventy two hours, like

437
00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:25,399
Speaker 1: we said, but you can plan for more or less.

438
00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:27,919
Speaker 1: If you think twenty four hours is fine, it seems

439
00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:30,520
Speaker 1: like a bare minimum to me. Are you packing just

440
00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:33,440
Speaker 1: for yourself or like Matt, are you having to consider

441
00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:36,520
Speaker 1: a small child and and another human being another full

442
00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:39,920
Speaker 1: grown adult? Um? This is these are very crucial questions

443
00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:43,280
Speaker 1: and you're gonna very much change, um the trajectory of

444
00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:46,080
Speaker 1: of of the project. Um. All of these factors are

445
00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:49,560
Speaker 1: going to play a huge role in your construction of

446
00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,000
Speaker 1: said bug out bag. You'll also want to check back

447
00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:54,239
Speaker 1: in on your bag every six months to make sure

448
00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:56,720
Speaker 1: that everything still works. UM, do a little maintenance, make

449
00:24:56,760 --> 00:25:00,239
Speaker 1: sure everything's expired, and everything remains seasonally appropriate. You do

450
00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:02,800
Speaker 1: not want to have your car break down the middle

451
00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:05,600
Speaker 1: of nowhere, at the height of summer, only to find

452
00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:08,280
Speaker 1: that your emergency change of clothes is like a sweater

453
00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:11,760
Speaker 1: and some gloves or something like that and some leg warmers.

454
00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:14,560
Speaker 1: I am definitely guilty of that. For a while, my

455
00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:17,320
Speaker 1: bug out bag looked like like a gym bag or

456
00:25:17,359 --> 00:25:21,040
Speaker 1: something you know, with like like the minimum amount of clothing.

457
00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:24,040
Speaker 1: And then it got into the winter and I was like, oh,

458
00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:28,359
Speaker 1: I haven't changed to this, but it's okay. Well, full

459
00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:30,199
Speaker 1: full disclosure to you guys. I'm learning a lot here

460
00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:33,320
Speaker 1: because my bug out bag literally is a gym bag. Uh,

461
00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:35,199
Speaker 1: and and and then it's just a gym bag. And

462
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:36,919
Speaker 1: I don't even go to the gym very often, so

463
00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:39,520
Speaker 1: I am going to take some cues from you guys

464
00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:42,760
Speaker 1: along with listeners hopefully. UM so I'm really ready to

465
00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:45,399
Speaker 1: dive in even further. Yeah, I want to go ahead

466
00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:48,800
Speaker 1: and preemptively give a shout out to all our fellow

467
00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:53,840
Speaker 1: listeners on here's where it gets crazy, specifically, uh shea

468
00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:57,800
Speaker 1: or shay s h e a, uh Parisino. And here's

469
00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:00,960
Speaker 1: where it gets crazy. Who asked people what they put

470
00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:03,560
Speaker 1: in their bug out bags. There's a great conversation going

471
00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:06,920
Speaker 1: on around that, and you'll see that not everybody agrees,

472
00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:08,960
Speaker 1: and you also see that people are in very different

473
00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:13,000
Speaker 1: situations to your point. Noll uh. So let's let's say,

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00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:15,199
Speaker 1: like the one rule is you ideally want to have

475
00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:18,000
Speaker 1: this ready before you need it. So we've got a

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Speaker 1: list of what we consider more or less essentials, and

477
00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:24,240
Speaker 1: then we've got a list of things that are nice

478
00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:27,600
Speaker 1: to have but not mandatory. And then we've got a

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00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:32,880
Speaker 1: list of what I would call extreme things, so essentials.

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Speaker 1: Backpack container. You know, I would say this can be

481
00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:38,520
Speaker 1: anything that works for you as long as you're able

482
00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:41,880
Speaker 1: to carry it easily under your own power, and it's

483
00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:47,720
Speaker 1: something that is waterproof, A that's not negotiable or water resistant. Uh,

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Speaker 1: I don't you know, not everybody agrees on this, but

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Speaker 1: I would say backpacks are backpacks are gonna be great

486
00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:57,560
Speaker 1: because if they have two straps, it's gonna be less

487
00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:01,120
Speaker 1: fatiguing on your body to carry it over a long

488
00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:03,760
Speaker 1: period of time. You know, if you've ever carried something

489
00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:06,959
Speaker 1: really heavy in like I have messenger bags, and if

490
00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:10,040
Speaker 1: you walk around um for hours with those, then you

491
00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:12,879
Speaker 1: have to switch to different shoulders and it can start

492
00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:15,560
Speaker 1: it can start wearing on you differently. That's a good point, ben,

493
00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:18,160
Speaker 1: I can speak to that personally. Yeah, And a nice

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00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:20,600
Speaker 1: kind of camping type backpack would probably be the way

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00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:23,560
Speaker 1: to go because they're usually just a giant, big kind

496
00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:27,159
Speaker 1: of like empty area without too many pockets and you

497
00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:29,080
Speaker 1: can just like fit as much stuff in there as

498
00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:31,199
Speaker 1: you possibly can and then just sense it up at

499
00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:33,440
Speaker 1: the top. And then sometimes there's pockets on the side.

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00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:36,040
Speaker 1: Like I have a pretty nice camping backpack that's just

501
00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:38,320
Speaker 1: one big, huge cavity in the middle and then a

502
00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:40,480
Speaker 1: couple of small pockets on the side and one big

503
00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:42,240
Speaker 1: pocket on the back and that's all you need. You

504
00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:44,600
Speaker 1: don't need anything super fancy. Yeah, And a lot of

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00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:47,919
Speaker 1: those backpacks are expandable a bit in case you do

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00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:50,920
Speaker 1: find yourself in a situation where you need to expand

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00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:53,840
Speaker 1: your kit. So I would say that's a really good call.

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00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:55,800
Speaker 1: Now let me ask you this, listeners. Have you ever

509
00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:59,600
Speaker 1: found yourself in a situation where you were physically panicking

510
00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:02,639
Speaker 1: because your phone was about to die and there was

511
00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:05,640
Speaker 1: no electricity nearby and you rely so heavily on your

512
00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:09,800
Speaker 1: phone for everything from communication, to directions to just like

513
00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:13,159
Speaker 1: peace of mind. Um, that's something you really need to

514
00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:15,680
Speaker 1: take into consideration. I mean, I would add to this

515
00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:18,040
Speaker 1: list if you, if you are gonna need to lean

516
00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,479
Speaker 1: on your phone, bring several of those like, you know,

517
00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:23,200
Speaker 1: bricks that you can always recharge your phone with without

518
00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:26,520
Speaker 1: having to you know, have any electricity. But more importantly,

519
00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:29,480
Speaker 1: you need to discount your phone entirely and have a

520
00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:33,640
Speaker 1: physical map and a compass, you know, analog technology. Right.

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00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:36,880
Speaker 1: This stuff holds up uh splendidly. I mean it's it's

522
00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:40,240
Speaker 1: it's really crucial. You might have a regional map um

523
00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:44,160
Speaker 1: or a particular city or US atlas, but the compass

524
00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:47,480
Speaker 1: is gonna be key because it doesn't require any electricity.

525
00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:50,240
Speaker 1: It's absolutely lightweight, easy to carry around, and it can

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00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:53,160
Speaker 1: absolutely be the difference between life and death. If you're

527
00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:55,240
Speaker 1: say lost in the woods and you need to find

528
00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:57,600
Speaker 1: your way out to the highway or whatever. There, it's

529
00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:01,000
Speaker 1: just a crucial piece of kit for for for sure.

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00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:03,600
Speaker 1: You know, Ben, do you have a good compass? I

531
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:06,920
Speaker 1: I do not have one in in my kit right now. Yeah.

532
00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:09,960
Speaker 1: I have my Oh well, I say it's good. It's

533
00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:13,960
Speaker 1: just hasn't broken yet. Uh that's great. Yeah, I have

534
00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:17,960
Speaker 1: my old, my old, reliable. I haven't dug dug it

535
00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:21,720
Speaker 1: out of my bag yet. I'll get the brand name

536
00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:24,760
Speaker 1: and and look it up. But I would say that's

537
00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:26,880
Speaker 1: a good point. A compass is a good investment. You're

538
00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:32,040
Speaker 1: gonna see there. There's some things, especially multi tools, that

539
00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:35,400
Speaker 1: are next multi tools are survival knives are sometimes called

540
00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:38,000
Speaker 1: that's another essential there. There's some of those that will

541
00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:42,200
Speaker 1: include maybe a little uh dinky compass on on the

542
00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:46,640
Speaker 1: end of the knife handle or whatever. But a compass

543
00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:50,440
Speaker 1: is lightweight enough that you want a dedicated one that

544
00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:52,920
Speaker 1: that just does that. Even though I'm a huge proponent

545
00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:56,760
Speaker 1: of things with multiple applications, you want a compass that

546
00:29:56,880 --> 00:30:00,360
Speaker 1: is just a compass, because if you get that's just

547
00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:05,000
Speaker 1: sort of an add on to an existing multitool or apparatus.

548
00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:08,280
Speaker 1: Then it's the odds are it's not going to be

549
00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:10,720
Speaker 1: as well made, which means it won't be as durable,

550
00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:13,800
Speaker 1: which means at some point, you know, I don't know.

551
00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:18,080
Speaker 1: There there's some different kind of like bag grills type

552
00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:21,400
Speaker 1: things you can do to make make your own quote

553
00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:25,680
Speaker 1: unquote compass in the wild, but just by one if

554
00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:27,600
Speaker 1: you can, because they're not going to break the bank.

555
00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:33,880
Speaker 1: What are we talking like bucks? Uh? Les, Yeah, you

556
00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:36,800
Speaker 1: can find some used ones for less if you go

557
00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:39,960
Speaker 1: to like your local camping or military or if you

558
00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,640
Speaker 1: go to your local military surplus store, you can find

559
00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:45,600
Speaker 1: some used ones for less. Uh. You can also find

560
00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:48,880
Speaker 1: I mean, like anything there, there's a wide range there

561
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:53,720
Speaker 1: for but I wouldn't I wouldn't pay like I wouldn't

562
00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:56,200
Speaker 1: treat a compass like a fancy watch. I wouldn't not

563
00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:58,800
Speaker 1: pay a premium for one. You just need it to work.

564
00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:01,800
Speaker 1: There's definitely some look like fancy watches, and they're in

565
00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:04,400
Speaker 1: the like seventy dollar range. But there's one called a

566
00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:07,479
Speaker 1: Silva Guide Explore two point out compass that you can

567
00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:09,720
Speaker 1: get it Cabella is it twenty five bucks and it

568
00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:12,600
Speaker 1: looks pretty pretty sturdy, and there's there's a whole range

569
00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:16,000
Speaker 1: of them, so absolutely whoa on Amazon, I just found

570
00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:22,000
Speaker 1: it's a parachord bracelet with a fire starter and a

571
00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:25,080
Speaker 1: compass on it. And and that parachord bracelet is one

572
00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:27,240
Speaker 1: of the ones where you can disassemble the bracelet and

573
00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:29,840
Speaker 1: it becomes like a piece of rope that you can use.

574
00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:33,200
Speaker 1: Isn't that the deal? Yeah? Five fifty parachord. It's Uh,

575
00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:35,760
Speaker 1: it's it's kind of a gold standard for that sort

576
00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:37,640
Speaker 1: of stuff because you can use it to bind, you

577
00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:40,719
Speaker 1: can use it to help hang up a tarp. Uh,

578
00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:43,040
Speaker 1: that's actually on the list later here, but I don't

579
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:45,040
Speaker 1: want to lose that a knife for a multi tool

580
00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:48,760
Speaker 1: or if you're if if you're so inclined, a machete

581
00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:52,840
Speaker 1: of course, Uh, multi tools are great, you you know,

582
00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:55,880
Speaker 1: the multi tool is probably most familiar with people is

583
00:31:55,880 --> 00:32:00,239
Speaker 1: going to be the stereotypical, uh, the iconic Swiss army knife, right,

584
00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:04,120
Speaker 1: But that's that's just the beginning. Like Leatherman has some

585
00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:08,040
Speaker 1: great multi tools, but they're they're in the pricier range,

586
00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:12,280
Speaker 1: you know, think like a hundred dollars plus for some,

587
00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:18,120
Speaker 1: but they include things, Uh, they include like nineteen or eighteen.

588
00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:22,160
Speaker 1: Different things like a leather all, a small saw, you know,

589
00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:27,040
Speaker 1: pliers of course, tiny scissors, things like that, a can opener,

590
00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:30,880
Speaker 1: right you. Basically a multi tool is a great example

591
00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:35,520
Speaker 1: of uh, something in your bug out bag that fulfills

592
00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:40,040
Speaker 1: multiple uses restricting you know, it lowers the amount of

593
00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:43,560
Speaker 1: weight you're carrying because if you had to carry a screwdriver,

594
00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:48,640
Speaker 1: a pocket knife, a corkscrew of can open all this

595
00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:51,840
Speaker 1: other stuff separately, it gets heavy very quickly. And weight

596
00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:55,720
Speaker 1: is your enemy here. That's why with fire starters next

597
00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:58,960
Speaker 1: on the list, Uh, you'll see people who say, I'm

598
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:02,600
Speaker 1: not gonna bother having a canister of matches. I'm not

599
00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:06,720
Speaker 1: gonna bother having you know, um, a lighter because it

600
00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:09,720
Speaker 1: needs fuel. I'm just gonna carry a flint and steel

601
00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:12,920
Speaker 1: striker kit and those things work, man, but they are

602
00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:17,680
Speaker 1: they're a pain. I I personally have some redundancy. I

603
00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:22,760
Speaker 1: have a I have a lighter, a striker kit, and

604
00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:26,800
Speaker 1: and a little thing of waterproof matches just because I

605
00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:29,240
Speaker 1: don't want to need a fire and not be able

606
00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:32,200
Speaker 1: to make it. Also a little life hack there, Uh,

607
00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:35,680
Speaker 1: if you have access to a home washer dryer, you

608
00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:38,880
Speaker 1: can collect dryer lent. I think somebody also mentioned this,

609
00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:41,240
Speaker 1: And here's where it gets crazy. You can collect dryer

610
00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:45,920
Speaker 1: lent and compress it into a into a really small container.

611
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:49,480
Speaker 1: Maybe take uh like an old prescription bottle or something.

612
00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:52,040
Speaker 1: Just stuff that with dryer land, and then you can

613
00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:54,760
Speaker 1: use that as your tinder to make a fire. Oh

614
00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:57,600
Speaker 1: that's a great idea. Yeah, I'm gonna do that today.

615
00:33:57,800 --> 00:33:59,360
Speaker 1: And it's a good you know, you know, it's like

616
00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:02,800
Speaker 1: clear after your dryer trap. It's so fun. You're like,

617
00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:04,440
Speaker 1: I don't want to throw this away. This stuff is

618
00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:07,080
Speaker 1: like gold. There must be a use for it. And

619
00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:10,040
Speaker 1: and there there we are. There's the use for So, Matt,

620
00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:14,399
Speaker 1: you had mentioned first aid supplies. First aid supplies, I'm

621
00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:17,600
Speaker 1: gonna say it. You can. You can find some some

622
00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:22,759
Speaker 1: good pre made first aid kits, but you can find

623
00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:27,200
Speaker 1: even more uh mediocre first aid kits. What you want

624
00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:29,520
Speaker 1: to do? Yeah, and and a lot of the like

625
00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:34,880
Speaker 1: really good comprehensive ones are going to be uh fairly expensive,

626
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:39,040
Speaker 1: especially now. Uh so I would recommend making your own kit.

627
00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:43,719
Speaker 1: Uh get any necessary medicine that you will need, bandages,

628
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:48,360
Speaker 1: disinfected painkillers. Uh. You know, some people include stuff that

629
00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:51,480
Speaker 1: other people consider unnecessary, like a lot of people have.

630
00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:55,359
Speaker 1: Like if you have a tourniquet, you are you might

631
00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:59,359
Speaker 1: be considered a little too extreme for some people. But

632
00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:01,759
Speaker 1: you know, you might also be in a situation where

633
00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:05,720
Speaker 1: you say, hey, I have a real possibility of losing

634
00:35:05,719 --> 00:35:09,560
Speaker 1: a limb. You know, we're gonna pause for a moment

635
00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:12,000
Speaker 1: for a word from our sponsors, and we're gonna come

636
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:14,719
Speaker 1: back in and run through our essentials before we get

637
00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:23,480
Speaker 1: to the nice stuff and the extreme stuff. All right,

638
00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:28,360
Speaker 1: we're back. Next up, a flashlight. Some people say a headlamp.

639
00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:31,799
Speaker 1: I would say a flashlight works. Um, if you're in

640
00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:36,040
Speaker 1: a car, you might want to put in signal flares,

641
00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:38,960
Speaker 1: you know, roadside accident kit stuff. But if you're on

642
00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:42,319
Speaker 1: foot or you're on a bike or something, it's good

643
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:45,000
Speaker 1: to have a flashlight with you. But remember a flashlight

644
00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:49,239
Speaker 1: is only as useful as the battery power. So if

645
00:35:49,239 --> 00:35:52,160
Speaker 1: you decide to have a flashlight, you are also deciding

646
00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:55,960
Speaker 1: to have extra batteries or some sort of charging mechanism

647
00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:58,680
Speaker 1: for that. Be careful, you know not. I mean, like

648
00:35:58,719 --> 00:36:00,880
Speaker 1: we've all seen the horror movie, maybe some of us

649
00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:05,560
Speaker 1: have personally encountered it, but there's nothing quite as discouraging

650
00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:08,319
Speaker 1: as being in the dark and seeing your flashlights start

651
00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:11,480
Speaker 1: to flicker. That's that's never a good look. Yeah, my

652
00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:15,000
Speaker 1: recommendation would be a some kind of led flashlight that

653
00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:18,359
Speaker 1: doesn't use a ton of power just to make it

654
00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:23,680
Speaker 1: work correctly, and just a few extra batteries considering how

655
00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:28,080
Speaker 1: long you want your bag to function, Yeah, exactly. Then

656
00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:32,520
Speaker 1: you know water purification taps work. You're also going to

657
00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:38,960
Speaker 1: want to carry at the very minimum containers for water

658
00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:42,200
Speaker 1: or a water bladder. Some people use like a camel

659
00:36:42,239 --> 00:36:45,440
Speaker 1: back for instance, but you you have to have those.

660
00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:50,480
Speaker 1: That's non negotiable. One difference would be some people will say, hey,

661
00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:53,160
Speaker 1: why don't I just carry that? Why don't just have

662
00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:56,480
Speaker 1: the container itself? And the other people say, no, I

663
00:36:56,520 --> 00:37:00,520
Speaker 1: want to already have water stored in there. There are

664
00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:03,680
Speaker 1: a couple of different reasons people make that decision. But

665
00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:08,000
Speaker 1: if you decide to just carry a bladder or a container,

666
00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:12,799
Speaker 1: then make extra sure that you know you will be

667
00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:16,160
Speaker 1: able to have water that to find water that you

668
00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:19,080
Speaker 1: can put in that container. Otherwise you're just lugging around,

669
00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:21,960
Speaker 1: uh something empty, you know what I mean. So I

670
00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:24,040
Speaker 1: think you can tell by the way I'm talking that.

671
00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:26,560
Speaker 1: I'm a proponent of already having the water with you,

672
00:37:26,719 --> 00:37:28,640
Speaker 1: but I guess the drawback there is that the water

673
00:37:28,719 --> 00:37:32,480
Speaker 1: is heavy. Exactly nail on the head. Speaking of nails,

674
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:35,319
Speaker 1: what about a what about a repair kit? You know,

675
00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:38,279
Speaker 1: we mentioned things are different if you're if you're thinking

676
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:40,440
Speaker 1: about something you store in your car, but even if

677
00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:43,600
Speaker 1: you're on foot, you want to have, uh, you want

678
00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:48,000
Speaker 1: to have some amount of rope or binding implements, five

679
00:37:48,719 --> 00:37:52,319
Speaker 1: cord maybe some uh what do they call carabiners, carabiners

680
00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:57,400
Speaker 1: and never remember beaners. Yeah, you wanna have some carabiners. Uh,

681
00:37:57,440 --> 00:38:00,560
Speaker 1: And you want to have duct tape. It's duct tape

682
00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:02,440
Speaker 1: is not I know we're based in the South, but

683
00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:05,320
Speaker 1: please don't think duct tape is somehow just quote unquote

684
00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:11,960
Speaker 1: for rednecks. Chrome. It's so useful, it's so versatile, you know,

685
00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:13,440
Speaker 1: and you can use it to rap if you if

686
00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:15,600
Speaker 1: you hurt yourself, you can in a pinch. You could

687
00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:18,080
Speaker 1: use it to wrap a wound, you know, or use

688
00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:21,239
Speaker 1: it to create a makeshift brace, like if you had

689
00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:23,520
Speaker 1: like a piece of a stick or something, you could

690
00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:27,000
Speaker 1: like use the duct tape to attach it to a fracture.

691
00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:29,840
Speaker 1: In multiple locations, and it wouldn't be perfect, but it

692
00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:32,919
Speaker 1: would definitely get the job done in a pinch, right absolutely,

693
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:35,879
Speaker 1: And you know, you might be in a situation where

694
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:37,600
Speaker 1: you have to get the job done in a pinch.

695
00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:43,520
Speaker 1: You might be someone who uh bought a bargain basement

696
00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:46,680
Speaker 1: first aid kit and you get a serious injury and

697
00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:48,720
Speaker 1: you're like, oh, I don't have the means to stitch

698
00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:51,120
Speaker 1: something up. I guess it's the duct tape because these

699
00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:52,799
Speaker 1: band aids aren't going to do it, you know, no

700
00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:56,080
Speaker 1: offense Johnson and Johnson. You also want some sort of

701
00:38:56,120 --> 00:39:00,839
Speaker 1: emergency shelter. This is This can be a tough one

702
00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:05,839
Speaker 1: for people in relationships because sometimes we have different definitions

703
00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:09,120
Speaker 1: of where an acceptable shelter is. Yeah, like one of

704
00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:13,160
Speaker 1: those fire festival geodesic domes or something, you know, right,

705
00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:16,600
Speaker 1: and then uh, someone else might say, well, I Am

706
00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:19,640
Speaker 1: not going to live like a hobo sleeping with a

707
00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:23,319
Speaker 1: tarp on the ground and a tarp between these trees, right,

708
00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:27,879
Speaker 1: I need a bespoke you know, heated tent. Right. Yeah,

709
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:32,359
Speaker 1: I'm a glamper, not a camper. You'll you'll that's why

710
00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:36,880
Speaker 1: you'll see things like emergency blankets great to have, especially

711
00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:41,200
Speaker 1: if you're in a situation where things are very cold,

712
00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:45,279
Speaker 1: or where somebody might be exposed to water, or you know,

713
00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:49,240
Speaker 1: their body temperature, the core temperature might be dropping. Uh.

714
00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:53,719
Speaker 1: There are some chemical handwarmers that I that work well,

715
00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:57,040
Speaker 1: but there's single use, so after you've cracked them open,

716
00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:01,440
Speaker 1: they'll and after the after their first use, they're going

717
00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:05,840
Speaker 1: to be useless to you. I personally, I keep a

718
00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:12,719
Speaker 1: tarp and a small tent and a an emergency blanket.

719
00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:16,440
Speaker 1: But that's it, and that's that's just me, and that's

720
00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:19,160
Speaker 1: because I still have that in my car. Yeah, I

721
00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:22,520
Speaker 1: would say a tarp and just a small spool of

722
00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:26,080
Speaker 1: twine goes a long way. Yeah, So that you can

723
00:40:26,239 --> 00:40:29,120
Speaker 1: because the tarps have a little little uh grommets on

724
00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:31,600
Speaker 1: the sides, so you can use it to attach to

725
00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:34,600
Speaker 1: a tree like a makeshift shelter. You know, you don't like,

726
00:40:34,640 --> 00:40:36,360
Speaker 1: let's let's let's just make it clear. You don't have

727
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:39,160
Speaker 1: to like sleep directly on the ground covered by the tarp.

728
00:40:39,239 --> 00:40:41,720
Speaker 1: You can kind of rig it up so it creates

729
00:40:41,719 --> 00:40:44,439
Speaker 1: almost like a little awning kind of and then you're

730
00:40:44,520 --> 00:40:46,520
Speaker 1: sheltered from the rain. And then you can kind of

731
00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:48,560
Speaker 1: like lay a blanket out underneath it, and it's a

732
00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:52,320
Speaker 1: pretty solid little makeshift shelter. And and if you're in uh,

733
00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:56,880
Speaker 1: if you're in an environment where you can take found

734
00:40:57,000 --> 00:41:00,319
Speaker 1: materials like sticks in the woods or you know, whatever

735
00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:03,960
Speaker 1: you find laying around in urban environment, you can you

736
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:06,480
Speaker 1: can position your tarp when you string it up like

737
00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:09,600
Speaker 1: you just said. No, you can position your tarp to

738
00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:14,160
Speaker 1: collect rain water and go into one of those containers

739
00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:16,640
Speaker 1: for water that you have with you. Uh. And that

740
00:41:16,719 --> 00:41:18,840
Speaker 1: of course only works if it rains. Then if the

741
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:21,399
Speaker 1: rain is not poison So there are a couple of gifts.

742
00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:24,680
Speaker 1: They're hopefully we're not in the poison rain stage. I

743
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:27,400
Speaker 1: don't know this bend, but but do you think there's

744
00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:31,560
Speaker 1: maybe something that would filter rain it like like something

745
00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:33,760
Speaker 1: you could add to a container that maybe would filter

746
00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:35,960
Speaker 1: rain if there is any impurities like that and make

747
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:39,960
Speaker 1: it guaranteed more safe to drink. Yeah, yeah, you'll still

748
00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:43,480
Speaker 1: want to boil it if you can't. Um just in general. Yeah,

749
00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:47,000
Speaker 1: but put in water purification tabs. That's why you want

750
00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:53,000
Speaker 1: to have those. Uh, you know, it's unfortunately it's uh,

751
00:41:53,080 --> 00:41:56,960
Speaker 1: it's safe to assume that you should have some kind

752
00:41:56,960 --> 00:42:02,000
Speaker 1: of purification filter or process says between you and water

753
00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:05,080
Speaker 1: that you find in the wild. Now, Like it's if

754
00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:09,319
Speaker 1: you're like, we have the Chattahoochie here and you know,

755
00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:12,319
Speaker 1: things can't worse. Came to worse, people would probably go

756
00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:14,880
Speaker 1: to the river and try to drink or get potable

757
00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:18,560
Speaker 1: water from there. But even then, uh, you would want

758
00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:21,839
Speaker 1: to boil it or you would want to purify it somehow. Uh.

759
00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:24,480
Speaker 1: Speaking of that, let's say you've got water again. That's

760
00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:27,399
Speaker 1: the most important thing. If stuff starts going south here.

761
00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:30,440
Speaker 1: If you think you're gonna lose access to water at

762
00:42:30,480 --> 00:42:33,359
Speaker 1: your house, just start storing it, you know what I mean.

763
00:42:33,840 --> 00:42:35,600
Speaker 1: I'll say it. Maybe I'll get in trouble about this,

764
00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:38,759
Speaker 1: but if we're getting to a point where utilities might

765
00:42:39,120 --> 00:42:42,319
Speaker 1: no longer be feasible, forget your water bill, fill up

766
00:42:42,360 --> 00:42:45,560
Speaker 1: the tub and fill up the tub. You can also

767
00:42:45,640 --> 00:42:48,080
Speaker 1: empty out the I know it sounds gross, but it's okay.

768
00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:50,200
Speaker 1: You can also empty out the top tank of your

769
00:42:50,239 --> 00:42:52,839
Speaker 1: toilet if you have one with that design. Uh, and

770
00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:56,040
Speaker 1: you can boil that. We're not at that point yet.

771
00:42:56,160 --> 00:42:59,200
Speaker 1: Just things to be aware of. Uh, But what good

772
00:42:59,320 --> 00:43:02,600
Speaker 1: is water? If you don't have food, you'll die. And

773
00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:05,640
Speaker 1: I think you'll dive starvation in about two weeks without food.

774
00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:09,720
Speaker 1: But in this situation, you're probably moving around, You're probably

775
00:43:09,719 --> 00:43:12,920
Speaker 1: in a very stressful environment, which means that your caloric

776
00:43:13,080 --> 00:43:18,000
Speaker 1: activity is probably going to increase. Yes, you're gonna need

777
00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:21,279
Speaker 1: to keep that in mind and uh pack some sort

778
00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:27,319
Speaker 1: of high calorie UM and compact food. Uh So that

779
00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:31,080
Speaker 1: would include things like you know, granola bars or any

780
00:43:31,320 --> 00:43:34,200
Speaker 1: of those UM energy type bars that you know that

781
00:43:34,280 --> 00:43:37,400
Speaker 1: have a lot of protein built into them. Yeah, or

782
00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:39,239
Speaker 1: you can go the pre package through OUTE like in

783
00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:44,239
Speaker 1: good old fashioned m R E. Those generally are pretty big, uh,

784
00:43:44,320 --> 00:43:47,600
Speaker 1: but they are really great for actually getting a ton

785
00:43:47,680 --> 00:43:51,520
Speaker 1: of calories into you. Um. Ben, the m R you

786
00:43:51,640 --> 00:43:54,440
Speaker 1: gave me was, I don't know the size of a

787
00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:59,000
Speaker 1: nice tome, like a large tome. Oh yeah, I've got,

788
00:43:59,120 --> 00:44:02,400
Speaker 1: I've got and I've got it gives you know as well, thanks,

789
00:44:02,440 --> 00:44:05,399
Speaker 1: but I appreciate it. Um Yeah, No, I can see

790
00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:07,600
Speaker 1: that would definitely be something you would you would want

791
00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:11,359
Speaker 1: to consider, um or anything that you could cook on

792
00:44:11,400 --> 00:44:16,440
Speaker 1: a small you know, gas powered camp stove. Right. Also

793
00:44:16,640 --> 00:44:19,800
Speaker 1: very important and you'll like this point, Matt, very important.

794
00:44:20,120 --> 00:44:23,279
Speaker 1: People on our fellow listeners will kill us if we

795
00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:25,879
Speaker 1: don't mention this very very important for any of that

796
00:44:26,520 --> 00:44:30,760
Speaker 1: survival food. Pack your own hot sauce, have hot sauce

797
00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:33,080
Speaker 1: with you. I know it sounds like a cute see

798
00:44:33,160 --> 00:44:36,160
Speaker 1: joke thing or something, but it can improve a lot

799
00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:40,600
Speaker 1: of notoriously bland food. And if you put hot sauce

800
00:44:40,640 --> 00:44:43,680
Speaker 1: around on the outside of some of your food containers,

801
00:44:43,719 --> 00:44:48,040
Speaker 1: it can it can help repel certain wildlife. See I

802
00:44:48,080 --> 00:44:50,400
Speaker 1: don't have hot sauce, but I do have red pepper

803
00:44:50,400 --> 00:44:54,759
Speaker 1: flakes in mine, but it's only for taste. I didn't

804
00:44:54,800 --> 00:44:58,760
Speaker 1: think about any of those things been actually repelling things. Well. Also,

805
00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:01,800
Speaker 1: I don't know I we could talk about m R

806
00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:05,600
Speaker 1: e's all day. Actually, Nolan I did with Jacqueline Riposo

807
00:45:05,680 --> 00:45:08,240
Speaker 1: on a different show, Ridiculous History. We did a history

808
00:45:08,239 --> 00:45:10,200
Speaker 1: of m R e s. So tune in if you

809
00:45:10,239 --> 00:45:12,239
Speaker 1: want to hear that. And if you have m R

810
00:45:12,239 --> 00:45:14,319
Speaker 1: e s and you're like, this is this is too

811
00:45:14,360 --> 00:45:18,200
Speaker 1: big for me uh to put my my backpack comfortably?

812
00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:21,560
Speaker 1: Then you can open it up. Go ahead, open it up,

813
00:45:21,560 --> 00:45:24,120
Speaker 1: break it down, and just take the stuff that you

814
00:45:24,160 --> 00:45:26,600
Speaker 1: feel like you need. What about like ramen noodles or

815
00:45:26,680 --> 00:45:28,640
Speaker 1: something that'd probably be a good one. You could easily

816
00:45:28,680 --> 00:45:30,319
Speaker 1: do that over a camp stove, and they can be

817
00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:33,560
Speaker 1: pretty compact, those little bricks you know, or even the

818
00:45:33,680 --> 00:45:37,319
Speaker 1: even the cups. It just takes more prep right, Well,

819
00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:39,440
Speaker 1: you could crumble it up if you just took the

820
00:45:39,880 --> 00:45:42,560
Speaker 1: you know, the dry squares, you can crumble it up

821
00:45:42,600 --> 00:45:45,720
Speaker 1: so that you can uh store the bag more easily,

822
00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:48,360
Speaker 1: and then you can just make you know, you'll just

823
00:45:48,400 --> 00:45:54,080
Speaker 1: beating short ramen noodles. That's it. Change your clothes. Change

824
00:45:54,080 --> 00:45:57,800
Speaker 1: your clothes. Make sure they're seasonally appropriate. Remember extra socks

825
00:45:57,920 --> 00:46:02,360
Speaker 1: and underwear. Also, if you don't typically wear durable shoes,

826
00:46:02,920 --> 00:46:05,719
Speaker 1: then you know, if you have room, I would say

827
00:46:05,719 --> 00:46:09,279
Speaker 1: include some footwear in there. But remember that stuff can

828
00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:11,960
Speaker 1: be heavy, like boots can be real heavy. You can,

829
00:46:12,080 --> 00:46:14,399
Speaker 1: but you got to think about like what that's that's

830
00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:17,560
Speaker 1: where you start getting really cold and gross. Is if

831
00:46:17,560 --> 00:46:20,120
Speaker 1: your one pair of shoes is soaked through, you know,

832
00:46:20,239 --> 00:46:23,120
Speaker 1: to your feet and it's cold and rainy, you might

833
00:46:23,200 --> 00:46:25,520
Speaker 1: really consider making room for like a nice pair of

834
00:46:25,560 --> 00:46:28,239
Speaker 1: like gortex boots or something that are like very very

835
00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:34,120
Speaker 1: weather resistant, or just wearing those from the start exactly. Yeah. Yeah,

836
00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:36,960
Speaker 1: so this is another one. This is something that stood out, Matt.

837
00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:40,120
Speaker 1: You mentioned this a stash of cash. So some people

838
00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:42,600
Speaker 1: will tell you to carry gold bullion around because that

839
00:46:42,640 --> 00:46:46,760
Speaker 1: old bailout bag pilot story. But sometimes be very careful

840
00:46:46,760 --> 00:46:50,399
Speaker 1: about this. Sometimes the people or institutions advocating that are

841
00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:53,359
Speaker 1: the same people trying to sell you that gold, So

842
00:46:53,480 --> 00:46:57,560
Speaker 1: do be skeptical of them. I I have cash stashed away.

843
00:46:57,640 --> 00:46:59,880
Speaker 1: I don't think there's anything wrong with it, but I

844
00:47:00,160 --> 00:47:03,680
Speaker 1: do I do think that we have to be careful

845
00:47:04,040 --> 00:47:07,480
Speaker 1: not to pin all our hopes on that, because you know,

846
00:47:07,520 --> 00:47:12,239
Speaker 1: there may be situations where cash doesn't matter, right Like

847
00:47:12,320 --> 00:47:15,600
Speaker 1: we like here in Atlanta, we've seen a move toward

848
00:47:15,640 --> 00:47:18,239
Speaker 1: a cash list society that we somewhat predicted in a

849
00:47:18,320 --> 00:47:21,120
Speaker 1: previous episode. We just didn't see it happening this way.

850
00:47:21,320 --> 00:47:23,879
Speaker 1: Remember that one, guys, Yeah, I do. What I would

851
00:47:23,880 --> 00:47:26,440
Speaker 1: say is, even if you find yourself in that situation

852
00:47:26,719 --> 00:47:30,359
Speaker 1: where cash doesn't matter anymore, that's gonna be worst case scenario, right,

853
00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:33,600
Speaker 1: I mean, that's absolutely worse case scenario. And in most

854
00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:37,000
Speaker 1: uh scenarios where you would need to go go bag,

855
00:47:37,680 --> 00:47:39,520
Speaker 1: having a little bit of cash is just gonna help

856
00:47:39,560 --> 00:47:44,120
Speaker 1: you either, you know, get whatever extra thing you need

857
00:47:44,200 --> 00:47:46,840
Speaker 1: for that night or for those two days, or to

858
00:47:47,000 --> 00:47:50,040
Speaker 1: even make not a deal with someone or to get

859
00:47:50,040 --> 00:47:52,600
Speaker 1: someone to help you. I mean, that is a real thing.

860
00:47:53,200 --> 00:47:55,360
Speaker 1: Another thing that's really helpful to pack in your go

861
00:47:55,440 --> 00:47:58,000
Speaker 1: bag is the gift of gab, you know. I mean,

862
00:47:58,640 --> 00:48:01,480
Speaker 1: it's really important to be able to like negotiate yourself.

863
00:48:01,840 --> 00:48:04,920
Speaker 1: I'm only half kidding, Like it really is important. And

864
00:48:04,920 --> 00:48:07,480
Speaker 1: and and Ben and and you matter both fantastic at

865
00:48:07,520 --> 00:48:10,080
Speaker 1: this h being able to kind of talk yourself into

866
00:48:10,120 --> 00:48:13,080
Speaker 1: and out of tricky situations and convince people to help you.

867
00:48:13,160 --> 00:48:15,440
Speaker 1: And it's not to say that you're manipulating people are

868
00:48:15,520 --> 00:48:18,239
Speaker 1: being uh, you know, in any way duplicits, but to

869
00:48:18,280 --> 00:48:21,520
Speaker 1: be able to plainly and simply state your case and

870
00:48:21,560 --> 00:48:23,400
Speaker 1: put it in a way where people can understand and

871
00:48:23,440 --> 00:48:26,120
Speaker 1: can actually help you and feel compelled to help you. Well,

872
00:48:26,120 --> 00:48:29,160
Speaker 1: we all all three of us are are podcasters, so

873
00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:33,360
Speaker 1: I think that applies to you as well. No thanks, yeah, uh,

874
00:48:33,680 --> 00:48:35,919
Speaker 1: just you know, just to run through these other ones.

875
00:48:36,040 --> 00:48:38,640
Speaker 1: These are all easy ones. Uh. To the earlier point

876
00:48:38,719 --> 00:48:42,080
Speaker 1: you made Nol about charger bricks, I would I would

877
00:48:42,120 --> 00:48:46,080
Speaker 1: recommend in addition to those are uh, at the very

878
00:48:46,160 --> 00:48:50,000
Speaker 1: least in a replacement of those have a solar power,

879
00:48:50,560 --> 00:48:54,200
Speaker 1: crank charged radio and phone charger of some sort. Yes,

880
00:48:54,680 --> 00:48:58,160
Speaker 1: they're inexpensive. You can also power up the bricks with

881
00:48:58,320 --> 00:49:01,440
Speaker 1: that as long as you have, Like I would argue,

882
00:49:01,480 --> 00:49:04,000
Speaker 1: I would tend to bet there are new ones that

883
00:49:04,080 --> 00:49:06,560
Speaker 1: maybe even have USB ports built onto them. I have.

884
00:49:06,760 --> 00:49:11,960
Speaker 1: I'm just guessing, yeah, that's the kind I have. Yeah. Uh.

885
00:49:12,239 --> 00:49:16,640
Speaker 1: Also I would recommend, of course, Like like you said earlier, Matt,

886
00:49:16,680 --> 00:49:18,880
Speaker 1: one thing you nailed that a lot of people don't

887
00:49:18,880 --> 00:49:21,920
Speaker 1: think about is a hygiene kit. Even if it's just

888
00:49:21,960 --> 00:49:25,200
Speaker 1: like a little travel bag that you got from the

889
00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:27,760
Speaker 1: from a distant relative for the holidays, it's better than nothing.

890
00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:31,960
Speaker 1: You have to remember, good hygiene is the first step

891
00:49:32,080 --> 00:49:35,320
Speaker 1: in good first aid, especially now that we know washing

892
00:49:35,320 --> 00:49:38,040
Speaker 1: our hands is so important because we all forgot for

893
00:49:38,120 --> 00:49:40,440
Speaker 1: a couple of hundred years. Great, it's gonna be the

894
00:49:40,440 --> 00:49:43,800
Speaker 1: biggest takeaway from this whole crisis is wash your damn hands.

895
00:49:44,560 --> 00:49:46,719
Speaker 1: And if you're in a long term situation, you know

896
00:49:46,800 --> 00:49:50,000
Speaker 1: people can assure you. The things that get you are

897
00:49:50,320 --> 00:49:56,160
Speaker 1: there are the small things that you didn't exercise preventative

898
00:49:56,200 --> 00:50:01,919
Speaker 1: medicine on, like a uh toothee turns to something where

899
00:50:01,920 --> 00:50:06,160
Speaker 1: you need a root canal, especially now here in the US.

900
00:50:06,239 --> 00:50:08,960
Speaker 1: You know, a lot of dentistry has been considered non

901
00:50:09,080 --> 00:50:11,160
Speaker 1: essential and people are being told to put it off.

902
00:50:11,600 --> 00:50:14,200
Speaker 1: So brushing your teeth can make things a lot less

903
00:50:14,200 --> 00:50:16,760
Speaker 1: painful for you in the long term. And this sounds

904
00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:23,319
Speaker 1: this may sound kind of silly, but the difference between um,

905
00:50:23,360 --> 00:50:27,719
Speaker 1: having like brush your teeth fairly recently and not brushing

906
00:50:27,840 --> 00:50:30,200
Speaker 1: your teeth for several days and then walking up to

907
00:50:30,280 --> 00:50:34,919
Speaker 1: someone that you need help from it psychologically can make

908
00:50:34,960 --> 00:50:37,359
Speaker 1: a difference. I'm just saying that, And it may not

909
00:50:37,480 --> 00:50:41,400
Speaker 1: necessarily be true, but it could push, you know, push

910
00:50:41,440 --> 00:50:45,279
Speaker 1: you towards success a little bit. People are judge jerks, No,

911
00:50:45,400 --> 00:50:48,480
Speaker 1: I agree with you. It does make it does make

912
00:50:48,520 --> 00:50:51,560
Speaker 1: a difference. And that's not even being jerks, it's just

913
00:50:51,600 --> 00:50:54,959
Speaker 1: maybe it's a subconscious thing. Uh. The last two things

914
00:50:55,040 --> 00:50:59,160
Speaker 1: a survival guide. I go for military publications, but there

915
00:50:59,320 --> 00:51:01,840
Speaker 1: there are a lot out there. Uh. You can also

916
00:51:01,880 --> 00:51:06,319
Speaker 1: find free PDFs for more long term stuff. But one

917
00:51:06,520 --> 00:51:10,319
Speaker 1: one field manual I would recommend is fm T one

918
00:51:10,520 --> 00:51:15,640
Speaker 1: seventy six Survival, Evasion and Recovery from the Department of Defense.

919
00:51:15,680 --> 00:51:18,879
Speaker 1: It's a it's a field UH survival guide and has

920
00:51:18,920 --> 00:51:21,759
Speaker 1: a lot of valuable information there. Also, remember all of

921
00:51:21,800 --> 00:51:27,640
Speaker 1: those government published manuals are yours. If you live in

922
00:51:27,680 --> 00:51:32,399
Speaker 1: the US, you pay taxes. That's that's something that you

923
00:51:32,440 --> 00:51:35,120
Speaker 1: are able to read. You know what I mean. It's

924
00:51:35,160 --> 00:51:38,600
Speaker 1: not secret. It's not controversial for you to get one.

925
00:51:38,920 --> 00:51:41,000
Speaker 1: You can find the free PDF and print it out.

926
00:51:41,400 --> 00:51:45,920
Speaker 1: You can order physical copy. You can go to uh

927
00:51:46,200 --> 00:51:48,239
Speaker 1: well it's tricky to go to a physical bookstore now,

928
00:51:48,360 --> 00:51:51,080
Speaker 1: but you can find these easily. Last thing I would

929
00:51:51,080 --> 00:51:53,839
Speaker 1: say is essential a small notebook and some sort of

930
00:51:53,840 --> 00:51:56,680
Speaker 1: writing implement for any number of reasons, even if it's

931
00:51:56,719 --> 00:51:59,680
Speaker 1: just your personal sanity, even if you need to document,

932
00:51:59,719 --> 00:52:02,880
Speaker 1: import dates, anything. It's it's good to have one of those.

933
00:52:03,120 --> 00:52:05,280
Speaker 1: Doesn't take up much room, it doesn't weigh a lot,

934
00:52:05,480 --> 00:52:07,560
Speaker 1: and it gives you some it gives you some sort

935
00:52:07,600 --> 00:52:10,239
Speaker 1: of outlet. Things that are nice to have. We can

936
00:52:10,280 --> 00:52:13,440
Speaker 1: just laundry list these. These all sound cool. I mentioned

937
00:52:13,440 --> 00:52:16,520
Speaker 1: this earlier and actual tent with all the things that

938
00:52:16,600 --> 00:52:19,040
Speaker 1: come with it, like steaks, extra cord, a hammock, something

939
00:52:19,120 --> 00:52:20,920
Speaker 1: like that, or just you know, a pop up tent

940
00:52:21,160 --> 00:52:23,960
Speaker 1: whatever it is that would be great. Yeah, yeah, sleeping

941
00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:27,760
Speaker 1: bag and is sleeping pad like you said, Nola camp stove.

942
00:52:27,880 --> 00:52:33,520
Speaker 1: Some are like some nice collapsible pots and pans and cutlery.

943
00:52:33,560 --> 00:52:35,400
Speaker 1: I mean you've seen those where they literally kind of

944
00:52:35,480 --> 00:52:38,920
Speaker 1: Russian nesting doll inside of each other. Um. And I

945
00:52:38,920 --> 00:52:41,839
Speaker 1: believe the cutlery is even included in some of those

946
00:52:41,840 --> 00:52:44,840
Speaker 1: collapsible sets, which is pretty cool. Um, like a small

947
00:52:44,920 --> 00:52:47,720
Speaker 1: hand saw. You can get really compact ones of those

948
00:52:47,920 --> 00:52:51,040
Speaker 1: hiking poles. I've always thought those were silly, but after

949
00:52:51,120 --> 00:52:54,560
Speaker 1: taking a pretty significant hike in Los Angeles with my

950
00:52:54,640 --> 00:52:58,279
Speaker 1: daughter up to Griffith Park Observatory, she kept seeing these

951
00:52:58,360 --> 00:53:01,279
Speaker 1: these folks with hiking poles, and she became obsessed with

952
00:53:01,360 --> 00:53:04,400
Speaker 1: finding a stick so that she could brace herself. And

953
00:53:04,440 --> 00:53:07,120
Speaker 1: it really does take some of the stress off. You know,

954
00:53:07,160 --> 00:53:10,799
Speaker 1: if you have a third point of contact, Um, it's

955
00:53:10,800 --> 00:53:12,360
Speaker 1: a big deal, especially if you're at it for a

956
00:53:12,400 --> 00:53:17,240
Speaker 1: long time or god forbid, you're you're injured in anyway. Right. Yeah.

957
00:53:17,280 --> 00:53:20,239
Speaker 1: I would also add I think it's nice to have

958
00:53:20,280 --> 00:53:22,640
Speaker 1: a burner phone. I think it's nice to have something

959
00:53:22,680 --> 00:53:27,920
Speaker 1: that is unattached to whatever your regular phone is, but

960
00:53:28,000 --> 00:53:31,799
Speaker 1: can also be charged by that crank charger. Uh, it's

961
00:53:31,920 --> 00:53:34,719
Speaker 1: it's just good to have an alternative of communication there.

962
00:53:34,719 --> 00:53:37,200
Speaker 1: You gotta love those prepaid minutes. He got to Although,

963
00:53:37,239 --> 00:53:39,680
Speaker 1: like you know, people look askance at burner phones now

964
00:53:39,680 --> 00:53:42,279
Speaker 1: because of everything we know from like breaking bad on

965
00:53:42,320 --> 00:53:45,439
Speaker 1: the wire, But for this situation, I could totally see it. Ben,

966
00:53:45,560 --> 00:53:47,040
Speaker 1: I have to say when I when I saw this

967
00:53:47,120 --> 00:53:50,759
Speaker 1: next note, my mind immediately went to an actual Tomahawk

968
00:53:52,560 --> 00:53:55,480
Speaker 1: of these, yeah, exactly, or like I said at the

969
00:53:55,520 --> 00:53:57,360
Speaker 1: top of the show, a battering of some sort, or

970
00:53:57,400 --> 00:54:00,440
Speaker 1: perhaps save grappling hook. But no, Um, we're talking about

971
00:54:00,880 --> 00:54:04,120
Speaker 1: some kind of high end GPS that doesn't need a

972
00:54:04,120 --> 00:54:09,480
Speaker 1: continuous Internet connection that actually uses um pings satellites. Ben,

973
00:54:09,640 --> 00:54:12,799
Speaker 1: remember when we were in the quiet zone uh with

974
00:54:12,880 --> 00:54:16,360
Speaker 1: car stuff, um, and we had one of those. It

975
00:54:16,480 --> 00:54:19,480
Speaker 1: was a game changer. It actually was an old school

976
00:54:19,520 --> 00:54:22,839
Speaker 1: garment that Scott Benjamin insistent on ringing along for that

977
00:54:22,960 --> 00:54:26,080
Speaker 1: very reason. It was actually the only thing that worked

978
00:54:26,080 --> 00:54:29,960
Speaker 1: when our phones would not work. It continued to work. Yeah,

979
00:54:30,000 --> 00:54:32,440
Speaker 1: and luckily there hadn't been a lot of construction in

980
00:54:32,480 --> 00:54:34,440
Speaker 1: that area of the world because those maps it was

981
00:54:34,520 --> 00:54:36,920
Speaker 1: using were from the nineties. But that was amazing. It

982
00:54:37,000 --> 00:54:39,319
Speaker 1: got us out of there. Um to your to your

983
00:54:39,360 --> 00:54:42,600
Speaker 1: point about you how you first literally thought it was

984
00:54:42,760 --> 00:54:46,040
Speaker 1: a tomahawk, I would say I would like to recommend,

985
00:54:46,440 --> 00:54:51,960
Speaker 1: uh those some sort of survival shovel multitool. They're really great.

986
00:54:52,040 --> 00:54:54,600
Speaker 1: You can find the there like a camp shovel that

987
00:54:54,680 --> 00:54:57,480
Speaker 1: can also be an axe or a hatchet. It folds down,

988
00:54:57,560 --> 00:54:59,640
Speaker 1: it doesn't take a lot of weight, and it has

989
00:55:00,400 --> 00:55:03,880
Speaker 1: a multitude of functions. So so check those out. There

990
00:55:03,880 --> 00:55:06,399
Speaker 1: are a couple of different brands. Uh, they're not all

991
00:55:06,440 --> 00:55:09,799
Speaker 1: created equally, but do do check them out. They don't

992
00:55:09,800 --> 00:55:11,879
Speaker 1: belong in our next list. They're nice to have if

993
00:55:11,920 --> 00:55:14,000
Speaker 1: you can get them. Our next list the list of

994
00:55:14,040 --> 00:55:18,399
Speaker 1: extreme things. A gun or some kind of firearm. Um,

995
00:55:18,440 --> 00:55:20,279
Speaker 1: and if you are going to carry that with you

996
00:55:20,360 --> 00:55:23,239
Speaker 1: and plan on using it, you're also gonna want ammunition.

997
00:55:23,600 --> 00:55:25,319
Speaker 1: And how about a cleaning kit to make sure it

998
00:55:25,320 --> 00:55:28,759
Speaker 1: would actually function if you did need it. Yep, And

999
00:55:29,160 --> 00:55:33,360
Speaker 1: then you would think of like high grade emergency kits

1000
00:55:33,480 --> 00:55:39,000
Speaker 1: for traumas and I mean like hospital level injuries. A

1001
00:55:39,080 --> 00:55:41,960
Speaker 1: guy I know a guy who has a bullet wound

1002
00:55:42,080 --> 00:55:44,960
Speaker 1: kit for some people that's very extreme for him and

1003
00:55:45,120 --> 00:55:48,000
Speaker 1: is not we also you know, you might run into

1004
00:55:48,000 --> 00:55:52,120
Speaker 1: people who have heavy duty painkillers opioids that would normally

1005
00:55:52,120 --> 00:55:57,440
Speaker 1: only be prescription things of that nature or very specific

1006
00:55:57,480 --> 00:56:00,399
Speaker 1: medical equipment. And for the advanced user. We talked about

1007
00:56:00,400 --> 00:56:02,520
Speaker 1: this earlier, how it might be useless to to folks

1008
00:56:02,560 --> 00:56:05,200
Speaker 1: like like you, you or I, but sutures and and

1009
00:56:05,239 --> 00:56:07,680
Speaker 1: the ability like to really stitch up, you know, a

1010
00:56:07,719 --> 00:56:09,759
Speaker 1: bullet wound like h like if you were if you

1011
00:56:09,800 --> 00:56:11,920
Speaker 1: needed to do that to yourself and keep it from

1012
00:56:11,920 --> 00:56:14,800
Speaker 1: getting infected. In all of that, um, things like hydrogen

1013
00:56:14,840 --> 00:56:17,560
Speaker 1: peroxide and then uh iodine and stuff you know, like

1014
00:56:17,600 --> 00:56:19,839
Speaker 1: that would really come in handy as well. And then

1015
00:56:19,880 --> 00:56:23,760
Speaker 1: we get into things like body armor that's real extreme

1016
00:56:23,840 --> 00:56:26,000
Speaker 1: because that is not lightweight at all, and that would

1017
00:56:26,000 --> 00:56:27,600
Speaker 1: take up a lot of room and you would really

1018
00:56:27,640 --> 00:56:29,680
Speaker 1: if this would be much more in that on the

1019
00:56:29,760 --> 00:56:34,919
Speaker 1: lamb or being chased by the cartel kind of situation. Right. Yeah, absolutely,

1020
00:56:35,719 --> 00:56:38,839
Speaker 1: hopefully most people will not need body armor. It's if

1021
00:56:38,880 --> 00:56:41,640
Speaker 1: you already have some, it's it's good to have it,

1022
00:56:41,800 --> 00:56:44,319
Speaker 1: especially if you put it in like your house or

1023
00:56:44,360 --> 00:56:47,440
Speaker 1: you put it in your vehicle or something. But carrying

1024
00:56:47,480 --> 00:56:49,400
Speaker 1: it around your best bet is going to be just

1025
00:56:49,480 --> 00:56:51,960
Speaker 1: to be wearing it, you know, and don't try to

1026
00:56:51,960 --> 00:56:54,279
Speaker 1: buy it now. I would say, if you're a high roller,

1027
00:56:54,360 --> 00:56:58,200
Speaker 1: there is some clothing that is like somewhat bullet resistant

1028
00:56:58,400 --> 00:57:02,080
Speaker 1: and very interesting and not is heavy. But only if

1029
00:57:02,080 --> 00:57:04,440
Speaker 1: you're a high roller. Yeah, what's that stuff called? Like

1030
00:57:04,480 --> 00:57:08,200
Speaker 1: there's there's a particular type of fabric. I'm not sure.

1031
00:57:08,320 --> 00:57:16,920
Speaker 1: I've got a tactical shirt. It's really interesting. Probably not

1032
00:57:17,040 --> 00:57:21,360
Speaker 1: my favorite thing that I've ever purchased, but you know

1033
00:57:22,240 --> 00:57:24,560
Speaker 1: you can get them. What was your price on that?

1034
00:57:24,600 --> 00:57:26,600
Speaker 1: If you don't mind me asking, I honestly don't know.

1035
00:57:26,680 --> 00:57:29,480
Speaker 1: It was a gift, so I didn't buy it. Well,

1036
00:57:29,520 --> 00:57:31,640
Speaker 1: I didn't buy it, but my money was used to

1037
00:57:31,680 --> 00:57:34,880
Speaker 1: buy it. Oh man, that makes sense. There is a

1038
00:57:34,920 --> 00:57:39,680
Speaker 1: website called Bulletproof Zone dot com and they have a

1039
00:57:40,960 --> 00:57:45,800
Speaker 1: M m C Armor Level concealed tank top UH and

1040
00:57:45,840 --> 00:57:50,640
Speaker 1: it costs seven eight nine dollars. A bullet Blocker Lightweight

1041
00:57:50,880 --> 00:57:53,840
Speaker 1: flight jacket is eight hundred and seventy nine dollars. And

1042
00:57:53,880 --> 00:57:58,680
Speaker 1: then we have a Tallows Ballistics Phoenix BBL Compression tank

1043
00:57:58,720 --> 00:58:01,440
Speaker 1: top um for a hundred or sixty four dollars, but

1044
00:58:01,440 --> 00:58:05,440
Speaker 1: it is upgradeable to level three A. So, so my

1045
00:58:05,520 --> 00:58:09,000
Speaker 1: stuff was not this expensive, just so you know, this

1046
00:58:09,080 --> 00:58:11,160
Speaker 1: is real. This is a real deal. And they got

1047
00:58:11,240 --> 00:58:14,680
Speaker 1: a suit jacket, Uh, that's eight hundred bucks. And then

1048
00:58:14,720 --> 00:58:17,520
Speaker 1: they've got like one of those nice puffy vests they're

1049
00:58:17,520 --> 00:58:20,280
Speaker 1: they're referring to it as a casual vest. That's six.

1050
00:58:22,560 --> 00:58:27,240
Speaker 1: So this I would also include a list of extreme

1051
00:58:27,280 --> 00:58:29,800
Speaker 1: stuff is all the action movie things that we like

1052
00:58:29,920 --> 00:58:33,840
Speaker 1: to think about using when we watch Mission Impossible, We'll

1053
00:58:33,960 --> 00:58:37,120
Speaker 1: watch you know, take in or something. Right, But you

1054
00:58:38,280 --> 00:58:42,200
Speaker 1: unless you have been using nune Chucks for years and

1055
00:58:42,280 --> 00:58:45,000
Speaker 1: years and years and years, there's no reason to keep them.

1056
00:58:45,040 --> 00:58:48,080
Speaker 1: You probably don't need grenades, you know what I mean,

1057
00:58:48,800 --> 00:58:51,480
Speaker 1: even if you found a great deal on some at

1058
00:58:51,480 --> 00:58:54,959
Speaker 1: a military surplus store. I'm calling myself out there, don't

1059
00:58:55,120 --> 00:58:58,000
Speaker 1: you don't need to drive around with grenades in your car,

1060
00:58:59,040 --> 00:59:00,840
Speaker 1: Which brings us to this what should not be in

1061
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Speaker 1: your bug out bag? Honestly, a ton of creature comforts

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Speaker 1: need to go. We have to think about that thing.

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00:59:05,720 --> 00:59:08,440
Speaker 1: Our parents always told us, the difference between what we

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00:59:08,520 --> 00:59:11,120
Speaker 1: want and what we need. Like if you love to

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00:59:11,120 --> 00:59:14,160
Speaker 1: read books, I read all the time. If you love

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00:59:14,160 --> 00:59:17,400
Speaker 1: to read books, then take a kindle and use that

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00:59:17,480 --> 00:59:20,280
Speaker 1: with your solar power charger instead of lugging around a

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00:59:20,320 --> 00:59:23,680
Speaker 1: miniature library. Yeah, and like carrying gas around could be tricky,

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00:59:23,720 --> 00:59:25,360
Speaker 1: but I mean, if you're really in a pench and

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00:59:25,360 --> 00:59:28,120
Speaker 1: found yourself needing gas, uh, you could do that. That

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00:59:28,200 --> 00:59:31,680
Speaker 1: old siphoning trick. Not to advocate stealing other people's gas,

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00:59:31,720 --> 00:59:35,040
Speaker 1: but um, absolutely could could do that if you were really,

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00:59:35,080 --> 00:59:38,160
Speaker 1: really in a desperate situation. Carrying it around would be

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00:59:38,200 --> 00:59:41,640
Speaker 1: prohibitively heavy, or if you do have that extra cash

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Speaker 1: on hand, you could stop by a place that maybe

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00:59:44,240 --> 00:59:49,360
Speaker 1: has gas or trade just saying yeah. Uh. And unless

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00:59:49,400 --> 00:59:55,240
Speaker 1: you are already in a an environment where civilization or

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00:59:55,320 --> 00:59:57,880
Speaker 1: the normal rules of the day to day of collapse,

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00:59:58,400 --> 01:00:01,280
Speaker 1: don't carry anything illegal in your bag because you have

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01:00:01,320 --> 01:00:03,840
Speaker 1: to remember you're ideally gonna have this sitting around for

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01:00:03,840 --> 01:00:08,400
Speaker 1: a while. So if you have, for example, um, a

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01:00:08,440 --> 01:00:13,000
Speaker 1: gun that you do not have a license to carry

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01:00:13,120 --> 01:00:16,640
Speaker 1: or to transport, then don't have it in there. If

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01:00:16,720 --> 01:00:20,920
Speaker 1: you have an illegal recreational drug or some sort of

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01:00:21,000 --> 01:00:25,240
Speaker 1: illegal medicine in there, take it out because you never know.

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01:00:25,320 --> 01:00:28,000
Speaker 1: You might forget about it months down the road. You

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01:00:28,040 --> 01:00:30,640
Speaker 1: might get in a jam if the authorities find it

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01:00:31,000 --> 01:00:34,320
Speaker 1: and say like, hey, why is this. I don't I

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01:00:34,360 --> 01:00:36,240
Speaker 1: don't know. What's a crazy dry Like why do you

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01:00:36,280 --> 01:00:39,000
Speaker 1: have this jar of ether in your trunk? Sir? I mean,

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01:00:39,040 --> 01:00:41,919
Speaker 1: why would you have a jar of ether? Anyway? Well,

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01:00:41,960 --> 01:00:44,240
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, it's it's an anesthetic. I mean,

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01:00:44,560 --> 01:00:47,560
Speaker 1: maybe you're just thinking ahead in case you do get

1094
01:00:47,600 --> 01:00:51,440
Speaker 1: you know, shot with some you know, rock salt or something,

1095
01:00:52,080 --> 01:00:54,480
Speaker 1: or like marijuana, if you if you are in a

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01:00:54,600 --> 01:00:56,800
Speaker 1: state or a part of the world where that's illegal,

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01:00:57,360 --> 01:01:00,000
Speaker 1: or any any medication, you do not have a prescript

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01:01:00,040 --> 01:01:02,840
Speaker 1: and for let's leave it at that, right, Yeah, totally,

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01:01:02,920 --> 01:01:04,840
Speaker 1: that's a good way to put it. So there's not

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Speaker 1: a here's where it gets crazy moment in today's episode

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01:01:07,600 --> 01:01:10,280
Speaker 1: at all. We're dealing with some stuff that can kind

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01:01:10,280 --> 01:01:12,920
Speaker 1: of be crazy and frightening for people anyway, But there

1103
01:01:12,960 --> 01:01:14,960
Speaker 1: is an important warning we have to we have to

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01:01:15,080 --> 01:01:17,800
Speaker 1: close with it. Is this A lot of those pre

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01:01:17,920 --> 01:01:23,240
Speaker 1: made prepack survival bags are garbage garbage, full stop. The

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01:01:23,280 --> 01:01:27,560
Speaker 1: supplies are cheaply made, they don't have some very important components,

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01:01:27,760 --> 01:01:31,520
Speaker 1: and they're often, especially now overpriced. If you buy one,

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01:01:31,920 --> 01:01:34,280
Speaker 1: that's fine, if that's how you want to approach it.

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01:01:34,320 --> 01:01:36,720
Speaker 1: If you do buy one, make sure you go back

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01:01:36,840 --> 01:01:39,200
Speaker 1: through it with a fine tooth comb. And you have

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01:01:39,240 --> 01:01:41,680
Speaker 1: to be prepared to sub out any of the stuff

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01:01:41,720 --> 01:01:45,320
Speaker 1: that you need. Uh. And and don't be don't be

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01:01:45,360 --> 01:01:47,880
Speaker 1: surprised when you see a lot of disappointing stuff in

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01:01:47,880 --> 01:01:49,840
Speaker 1: the bag. Yeah, and it's not to say that all

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01:01:49,880 --> 01:01:51,880
Speaker 1: of these are complete rip off. There's a site that

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01:01:51,880 --> 01:01:55,440
Speaker 1: I found called stealth Angels Survival dot com that they

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01:01:55,440 --> 01:01:59,280
Speaker 1: don't seem incredibly gaugey. They've got a lot of verified reviews.

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01:01:59,320 --> 01:02:02,560
Speaker 1: It seems like the materials that are in the bags

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01:02:02,600 --> 01:02:04,400
Speaker 1: are the kinds of things we're talking about, like the

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01:02:04,480 --> 01:02:07,720
Speaker 1: handwarmers are you know, certain flares and things like that.

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01:02:07,800 --> 01:02:10,000
Speaker 1: So as long as you can guarantee that the stuff

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01:02:10,040 --> 01:02:12,040
Speaker 1: that's in there is the same caliber that you would

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01:02:12,040 --> 01:02:14,880
Speaker 1: buy if you bought each piece individually, it maybe it

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01:02:14,960 --> 01:02:17,000
Speaker 1: is a fine way to go. But I do agree

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Speaker 1: with you, Ben, I think the smartest way to go

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01:02:18,760 --> 01:02:21,040
Speaker 1: is just to buy every piece yourself, because then you

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01:02:21,040 --> 01:02:24,480
Speaker 1: know exactly what you're getting and uh, really quickly, Guys,

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Speaker 1: when you are looking to get stuff to put in there,

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01:02:27,840 --> 01:02:31,880
Speaker 1: don't let anybody sell you snake oil, please, because that

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01:02:31,880 --> 01:02:34,880
Speaker 1: that is something we have seen consistently just through making

1131
01:02:34,920 --> 01:02:39,720
Speaker 1: this show. The that stuff exists. Um. And I'm not saying,

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01:02:39,760 --> 01:02:42,720
Speaker 1: you know, obviously not real snake oil, but just things

1133
01:02:42,800 --> 01:02:45,920
Speaker 1: that are too good to be true. There are products

1134
01:02:45,920 --> 01:02:48,080
Speaker 1: out there on the internet that you can buy right

1135
01:02:48,120 --> 01:02:51,280
Speaker 1: now that will fulfill a lot of the purposes that

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01:02:51,320 --> 01:02:54,360
Speaker 1: we've talked about in this episode, but a lot of

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01:02:54,400 --> 01:02:58,240
Speaker 1: them are too good to be true. Mm hmm yeah, yeah.

1138
01:02:58,280 --> 01:03:03,080
Speaker 1: Watch out for anything that is like brain clarity, you know,

1139
01:03:03,400 --> 01:03:07,600
Speaker 1: super pills, get off the grid, you'll be awake for

1140
01:03:07,760 --> 01:03:11,840
Speaker 1: thirty six hours, You'll and you'll drink bone broth, you know,

1141
01:03:12,360 --> 01:03:14,840
Speaker 1: watch out for that stuff. Well, and specifically kind of

1142
01:03:14,880 --> 01:03:17,160
Speaker 1: what you're saying, there have been about the prepackaged go bags,

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01:03:17,160 --> 01:03:19,480
Speaker 1: a lot of them, really. I've seen several opened up

1144
01:03:19,520 --> 01:03:22,560
Speaker 1: and looked at them, and it's just not it's I

1145
01:03:22,560 --> 01:03:26,040
Speaker 1: wouldn't trust my life, or especially my son's life with

1146
01:03:26,040 --> 01:03:28,680
Speaker 1: with a lot of that stuff. Um. And this is

1147
01:03:28,720 --> 01:03:31,160
Speaker 1: a really good time for us to be thinking about

1148
01:03:31,240 --> 01:03:34,640
Speaker 1: this kind of thing. But this is not and let

1149
01:03:34,640 --> 01:03:37,320
Speaker 1: me repeat this, this is not the time to go

1150
01:03:37,400 --> 01:03:41,280
Speaker 1: out and buy a bunch of survival supplies. No absolutely

1151
01:03:41,320 --> 01:03:43,880
Speaker 1: not no no no, no, no no, don't don't do it.

1152
01:03:44,120 --> 01:03:47,080
Speaker 1: Price scalagy and everything from Ammo to packaged food and

1153
01:03:47,120 --> 01:03:51,280
Speaker 1: even camping equipment is getting out of controls to see

1154
01:03:51,320 --> 01:03:53,480
Speaker 1: what you can put together at home right to us.

1155
01:03:53,520 --> 01:03:55,880
Speaker 1: If you have any ideas life hacks about how to

1156
01:03:55,920 --> 01:03:59,040
Speaker 1: repurpose something from everyday life into your go bag or

1157
01:03:59,040 --> 01:04:03,680
Speaker 1: you go home bag, and and and really I appreciate

1158
01:04:03,720 --> 01:04:07,240
Speaker 1: that point you're making about price gouging. Matt, like Ammo

1159
01:04:07,360 --> 01:04:09,680
Speaker 1: and specifics out of control. It always goes out of

1160
01:04:09,760 --> 01:04:13,160
Speaker 1: control when we're in times like these. UM, a lot

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01:04:13,200 --> 01:04:17,400
Speaker 1: of packaged food, like dehydrated food. UM, so like you

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01:04:17,440 --> 01:04:21,640
Speaker 1: see you see this, This is a I'm just showing,

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01:04:21,680 --> 01:04:24,960
Speaker 1: I'm just showing the guys here. This is a case

1164
01:04:25,280 --> 01:04:29,520
Speaker 1: of UM Mountain House. It's like a twelve packed case

1165
01:04:29,680 --> 01:04:34,200
Speaker 1: of dehydrated survival food. And well this is like this

1166
01:04:34,280 --> 01:04:37,520
Speaker 1: was bargain basement stuff. This was not very expensive until

1167
01:04:38,080 --> 01:04:41,120
Speaker 1: you know, the prices started jumping a few weeks ago.

1168
01:04:41,680 --> 01:04:44,760
Speaker 1: So if you are trying to buy stuff like that,

1169
01:04:45,640 --> 01:04:48,960
Speaker 1: remember you can you can get if you're buying to

1170
01:04:49,040 --> 01:04:51,120
Speaker 1: hydrated stuff, you can get some of the same deals

1171
01:04:51,120 --> 01:04:54,760
Speaker 1: by just finding food that's already dried, like dried beans

1172
01:04:54,880 --> 01:04:57,720
Speaker 1: or rice, and you can work with that. That's a

1173
01:04:57,760 --> 01:05:00,680
Speaker 1: really good point man. Well, well we'll see. Hopefully it's

1174
01:05:00,680 --> 01:05:03,080
Speaker 1: a point no one ever has to use. But this

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01:05:03,160 --> 01:05:05,440
Speaker 1: brings us to the end of today's show. Uh No,

1176
01:05:05,600 --> 01:05:07,560
Speaker 1: we went a little long, but we hope that you

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01:05:07,720 --> 01:05:10,600
Speaker 1: enjoyed it. Found some constructive things. We want to hear

1178
01:05:10,640 --> 01:05:13,520
Speaker 1: from you. What's in your bug out bag? Let us

1179
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Speaker 1: know on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter and write to us

1180
01:05:16,800 --> 01:05:18,680
Speaker 1: if you want to know what's in Paul Mission Control

1181
01:05:18,720 --> 01:05:21,280
Speaker 1: decans buck out bag. Um, he's been making one the

1182
01:05:21,280 --> 01:05:24,000
Speaker 1: whole time we've been recording this episode. I could hear

1183
01:05:24,080 --> 01:05:26,760
Speaker 1: him in the background gathering all his materials. You can

1184
01:05:26,800 --> 01:05:30,240
Speaker 1: find us on Twitter and Facebook where we're Conspiracy Stuff.

1185
01:05:30,360 --> 01:05:33,720
Speaker 1: On Instagram we are Conspiracy Stuff show. Yeah, you can

1186
01:05:33,760 --> 01:05:36,320
Speaker 1: also you know, we we are also individual humans all

1187
01:05:36,360 --> 01:05:38,840
Speaker 1: in this together. If you want to check us out

1188
01:05:39,120 --> 01:05:41,960
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Speaker 1: you can do so. I am at how Now Noel

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Speaker 1: Brown on Instagram, and i am at Ben Bulan on Instagram.

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Speaker 1: Strange Daily. It's a great time for that show, Ben,

1197
01:06:10,960 --> 01:06:18,400
Speaker 1: because there actually is strange News literally daily. It's true. Hey,

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01:06:18,440 --> 01:06:20,160
Speaker 1: and it's from the creators of stuff they don't want

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Speaker 1: you to know. And that's us. Oh man, oh god,

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Speaker 1: it's the end of the world. Okay, Matt. Some people

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