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George Rogers Clark, Leader of the Long Knives

Mar 13th, 2024 41m 16s

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Simon Kenton Frontier Scout with Dr. Mel Hankla

Mar 13th, 2024 1h 23m

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Professional Mental Health Maintenance Insight from Jessica Wigginton

Mar 12th, 2024 34m 17s

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Ham Radio Insight For Disaster Readiness

Mar 12th, 2024 1h 7m

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Emergency Medical Services Insight for Disaster Readiness

Mar 12th, 2024 37m 33s

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#120 Building a Resilient Team with Doc K, Special Forces Soldier

May 6th, 2023 1h 1m

In this interview Craig talks to Shane Kerwin aka Doc K. Shane is the Founder and Lead Instructor of Personal Survival Solutions, LLC. Shane lays out his extensive and impressive background first, which sets the stage for the rest of the discu

#121 SOBERING Grid Down Disaster Readiness Interview

May 6th, 2023 41m 28s

Craig interviews Mr. Stephen Volandt with Resilient Projects Incorporated. Stephen is an incredible wealth of information on many topics related to disaster readiness. He has been significantly involved in helping others prepare for long-term

#119 Lineage, Teachers and Their Importance in Outdoor Education

Jan 12th, 2023 48m 14s

This is our first podcast in a departure from where we have been thus far. No editing, raw. This first one Craig details his thoughts on the importance of remembering your teachers and mentors. He then discusses the men and women who trained

#118 Mindset and Mental Health Development for Daily Survival

Nov 16th, 2022 53m 26s

In this podcast, Craig interviews Mr. Clark Pelphrey who has spent a career serving as a first responder, currently working as a mental health nurse. Clark shares invaluable information on how we can better take care of ourselves, how we can n

#117 Where did the word Appalachia come from? Apalachee Indians is the answer

Oct 24th, 2022 24m 36s

Listen in on this podcast as Craig shares more knowledge gained from a recent road trip. Craig traveled to Georgia Bushcraft to teach, and came across the Oconee River, studying that name and its origin, led him to learn about the little-known

#116 Challenges for Search and Rescue Teams during the Eastern KY Floods of 2022

Oct 11th, 2022 1h 27m

Today's episode details the events of a 1,000-year flood that hit Eastern Kentucky in July 2022. One of the first responding teams to the area was the Wolfe County Search and Rescue Swift Water Boat Team. Our guests John May and Jim Cuppy det

#115 Five Incredible Wildlife Interactions

Sep 26th, 2022 27m 51s

In this podcast, Craig discusses some incredible wildlife interactions he has experienced over his decades-long love affair with the outdoors. =====Let us know what you think by sending us a message: [email protected] =====Follow us a

#114 Survival Instructors Discuss a Stressful Class

Sep 9th, 2022 39m

In this podcast NRS instructors Craig Caudill, Dave Robinson, and Sam Buhlig discuss a recent Level 1 survival class. They each discuss a great learning point from those in attendance as it relates to survival and emergency preparedness. This

#113 Women in the Wilderness, PNWBushcraft

Aug 30th, 2022 34m 37s

Heather Saulsbury of PNWBushcraft is our first-ever female guest. We met Heather and her husband Todd this year after chatting with her a few times on social media. Not only does she and others make great waxed canvas products, but she also h

#112 Introduction to Amateur (Ham) Radio

Aug 5th, 2022 54m 45s

Craig, Sam, and Tracy sit down to discuss the upcoming NRS class "Introduction to Amateur (Ham) Radio" topics. For more details follow NRS and be sure to look for online classes through Nature Reliance School online membership. US Amateur Ra

#111 What does Lineage have to do with Bushcraft and Survival?

Jul 5th, 2022 1h 9m

We meet up with our friend Joe Flowers from Bushcraft Global to discuss lineage, books, teachers, and depth of training in the field of Bushcraft. Joe also tells us some great insider info on the Global Bushcraft Symposium.Global Bushcraft Sym

#110 John McCann - Survival Resources

Jun 21st, 2022 1h 3m

Craig speaks with John McCann from Survival Resources. John has been, among other things, a Marine DI and started and ran several businesses including counter intel. Today he runs Survival Resources which specializes in quality products to e

#109 Coyotes - What I Learned Surprised Me.

Jun 6th, 2022 1h 8m

Myth vs Fact related to coyotes. In this podcast, Tracy and Craig discuss some research Tracy has been reading up on related to coyotes. There are so many things that surprised both of them about the findings. We are sure you will be surpris

#108 Mental Fortitude and Grit with Army Ranger Ryan Tibben

Apr 9th, 2022 35m 38s

Ryan Tibben, the Founder and CEO of Alert Plan Training Systems LLC, has dedicated over 19 years to the profession of arms and the study of small unit tactics. Ryan spent 9 years in a Long Range Surveillance Unit assigned to a 6-man team. He

#107 Firearms Instructor Matt Underwood

Mar 18th, 2022 49m 8s

Matt Underwood has worked as a public school history teacher, as a security agent for a nuclear power plant operation, and is now the Training Coordinator for Rochester Personal Defense of New York. In this podcast, we look at the connection b

#106 US Marine to Fieldcraft Farmer, Fantastic Story

Mar 3rd, 2022 53m 57s

If you like a good story that starts out rough and points towards success this is it. We begin with Jon Turner and his service as a US Marine and land on his family farm in Vermont several years later. Helping kids learn how to handle single

#105 Interview with Casey Deming of Georgia Bushcraft

Feb 22nd, 2022 54m 19s

Georgia Bushcraft is a company focused on providing a venue for learning and inspiring wilderness and survival education. We host several classes and campouts throughout the year. They also offer several great products on their online store.

#104 Self-Defense is Self-Reliance - Part 4 (Gear)

Feb 8th, 2022 17m 37s

This 4 part series offers some help to those interested in getting started in self-defense. He follows the model, familiar to NRS regulars, of Mindset, Skills, Tactics, and Gear. Suffice it to say, as the title implies, that self-defense is s

#103 Western Hunting and Hill People Gear

Feb 3rd, 2022 56m 19s

Many in the NRS community are fans of the Hill People Gear brand packs, kit bags, and more. In this podcast, Craig interviews Casey Gorsett, brand ambassador, and Kevin McDowell, director of marketing for HPG. We specifically wanted these guy