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Thursday Jun 19, 2025
Thursday Jun 19, 2025
In Episode 82 of The Kershner Files, Dave provides a ton of updates along with the usual Survival Realty and Gun Show information. After all of that, he takes considerable time to discuss water system vulnerabilities in conjunction with the previously discussed rogue comms devices and some other events. From there, Dave closes the show with two different warnings for the potential of Civil Wars not only in the US but also throughout Europe. Articles/topics discussed:
Two Rivers Outfitter - The Premiere Online Preparedness Store
DesignsbyDandTStore - Dave’s Etsy Shop for fun clothing options
Spot Prices for Gold (Au) and Silver (Ag) - from the davidjkershner.com website
Survival Realty - featured properties and new listings
State-by-State Gun Shows - from the davidjkershner.com website
Misconfigured HMIs Expose US Water Systems to Anyone With a Browser by Ryan Laraine from Security Week
Rogue communication devices found in Chinese solar power inverters by Sarah MacFarlane from Reuters
‘We’re Already Past The Tipping Point’: Academic Sounds ‘Civil War’ Warning For High-Migration Western Nations by Oliver JJ Lane from Breitbart
Civil War 2.0? by Kevin Finn from American Thinker
Support Dave by visiting his new website at Two Rivers Outfitter for all of your preparedness needs and you can also visit his Etsy shop at DesignsbyDandTStore for fun clothing options.
Available for Purchase - Fiction:
When Rome Stumbles | Hannibal is at the Gates | By the Dawn’s Early Light | Colder Weather | A Time for Reckoning (paperback versions) | Fiction Series (paperback) | Fiction Series (audio)
Available for Purchase - Non-Fiction:
Preparing to Prepare (electronic/paperback) | Home Remedies (electronic/paperback) | Just a Small Gathering (paperback) | Just a Small Gathering (electronic)

Thursday Jun 19, 2025
Survival Punk | Ep440: The Federal Reserve - The Hidden Hand in Your Pocket
Thursday Jun 19, 2025
Thursday Jun 19, 2025
In Episode 440 of the Survival Punk Podcast, we’re pulling back the curtain on a system most folks never question: The Federal Reserve. You work hard for your money — but the Fed controls its value, its supply, and its future. If you want to be truly self-reliant, you need to understand the game you’re caught in — and how to stop playing it their way.

Wednesday Jun 18, 2025
Survival Punk | Ep439: Riot Ready: Staying Safe When the Crowd Goes Wild
Wednesday Jun 18, 2025
Wednesday Jun 18, 2025
In Episode 439 of the Survival Punk Podcast, we’re tackling one of the most chaotic and fast-moving threats you can face: riots. When tempers flare and crowds turn violent, things spiral fast. And the best prep isn’t a gas mask or body armor — it’s staying the hell out of the way.

Wednesday Jun 18, 2025
PrepperNet's Prepping Academy | Helene Communications 4
Wednesday Jun 18, 2025
Wednesday Jun 18, 2025
In this episode of Grid Down Comms Up on the Prepping Academy, Patrick looks at tactical and team communications and strategic communications in a disaster. Team communications are a simple concept, but become surprisingly complex when users enter the equation. Frequency coordination and interference are a reality of a large-scale disaster scene. We discuss how that impacts operations and how we can avoid some of those issues. Strategic communication is frequently overlooked by the prepping and survival community, usually due to the lone wolf mentality. In a disaster, you aren't going to be the lone wolf; you may even be the voice of your community. Having the skills and tools to quickly and effectively relay the needs of those around you is critical to helping those who are trying to help you. In this episode, we look at some details and facts of communications to support the logistical log train to keep your community going in a disaster.
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Wednesday Jun 18, 2025
Survival Punk | Ep438: Don’t Build a Museum: Use Your Preps
Wednesday Jun 18, 2025
Wednesday Jun 18, 2025
In Episode 438 of the Survival Punk Podcast, we’re calling out one of the most common traps preppers fall into: turning your stash into a museum. It’s easy to pile up gear, food, tools, and supplies — and then leave them sitting untouched, collecting dust like relics of some imagined collapse. But prepping isn’t about hoarding. It’s about readiness. And if you’re not using your preps, you’re not ready.

Wednesday Jun 18, 2025
Wednesday Jun 18, 2025
In Episode 437 of the Survival Punk Podcast, we’re talking about something that separates smooth, efficient survival from frustration and failure: using the right tool for the job. Whether you’re building, fixing, cooking, or defending — the right tool makes the job faster, safer, and cleaner. But what happens when you don’t have it? That’s where mindset and improvisation take over.

Saturday Jun 14, 2025
PrepperNet's Prepping Academy | Helene Communications 3
Saturday Jun 14, 2025
Saturday Jun 14, 2025
In this episode of Grid Down Comms Up on the Prepping Academy, Patrick looks at some of the technical communications failures during the hurricane, from radio programming disasters, broken equipment, and poor engineering practice. We look at them all. If you want to be the person who learns from others' mistakes, get out a pen and paper to take notes now, so you don't mess it up when others did
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Saturday Jun 14, 2025
Survival Punk | Ep436: Staying Safe: Threat Assessment and Common Sense Survival
Saturday Jun 14, 2025
Saturday Jun 14, 2025
In Episode 436 of the Survival Punk Podcast, we’re getting tactical about something that should be obvious but too often isn’t: staying alive by not being stupid. Survival isn’t always about fire-starting or food storage — sometimes it’s just about not putting yourself in danger in the first place

Saturday Jun 14, 2025
Survival Punk | Ep435: Legacy: What Will Outlast You?
Saturday Jun 14, 2025
Saturday Jun 14, 2025
In Episode 435 of the Survival Punk Podcast, we’re stepping back from the gear and grit to talk about something deeper: legacy. Prepping isn’t just about surviving the now — it’s about leaving something behind. Something solid. Something that matters. What you build today can echo into generations — if you do it right.

Thursday Jun 12, 2025
Survival Punk | Ep434: Water Is Life: Backup Systems for SHTF Sanitation
Thursday Jun 12, 2025
Thursday Jun 12, 2025
In Episode 434 of the Survival Punk Podcast, we’re talking about something a lot of preppers overlook until it’s too late: running water. Not just bottled water for drinking — but actual systems to keep water flowing for cooking, washing, flushing, and staying clean when the grid goes down.