Prepping Academy
The Prepping Academy Radio Show is a live broadcast aimed at discussing various topics related to prepping, survival, and self-reliance, while also serving as a platform for preppers to unite. Our ultimate objective at The Prepping Academy Radio Show is to broaden your perspectives and inspire you to take action, as we strongly believe that preparedness is of the essence. We welcome preppers of all levels to join us on preppingacademy.com and PrepperNet.com.
Episodes
10 Skills More Valuable Than Stockpiling More Gear
One of the biggest misconceptions in preparedness is that the person with the most gear wins. Gear has its place, but when an emergency happens, knowledge, training, and practical preparedness skills can be far more valuable than another gadget sitting on a shelf.
In this episode of The Prepping Academy Podcast, Forrest Garvin shares 10 preparedness skills th...
Home Security for Normal Families: Practical Upgrades That Work
Home security doesn't require turning your house into a fortress or spending thousands of dollars on expensive equipment. Some of the most effective ways to protect your home and family are surprisingly simple.
In this episode of The Prepping Academy Podcast, Forrest Garvin breaks down practical home security strategies that normal families can u...
Is the next financial crisis closer than most people realize? In this episode, Forrest Garvin discusses the warning signs he's watching, the lessons learned from previous financial downturns, and what preppers should be doing right now to strengthen their financial preparedness. From inflation and rising national debt to banking concerns, market volatility, and global economic uncertainty, Forrest explains how these...
National Preparedness Month: Why Most People Still Aren’t Ready
September is National Preparedness Month, but despite years of warnings about hurricanes, power outages, winter storms, cyberattacks, supply chain disruptions, and other emergencies, millions of Americans are still unprepared.
In this episode of The Prepping Academy Podcast, Forrest Garvin looks at why so many people put off emergency prepa...
Building a MAG: Finding Good People Before You Need Them
Building a Mutual Assistance Group (MAG) is one of the most important—and often overlooked—parts of preparedness. Food, water, gear, and supplies are important, but no one can do everything alone. In this episode, Forrest Garvin explains why building relationships before a disaster is far more valuable than trying to find help afterward.
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Is your personal information already on the dark web? In this episode, Forrest Garvin explains what the dark web is, how stolen email addresses, passwords, phone numbers, and personal information end up there, and what you can do to protect yourself. You'll learn how data breaches happen, warning signs that your information may have been exposed, and practical steps to improve your privacy and security.
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What Threats to Communications Systems Should We Prep For?
On this episode of the Prepping Academy Podcast, Grid Down Comms Up takes on a listener question. A PrepperNet member asked me, "What communications threats should we prep for?" I realized this was a great topic for a podcast. All of us like new gear. New prepping toys provide excitement and inspiration. New toys also bring a requirement for commitment to tra...
The world is changing faster than ever, and the biggest risks aren't always the ones making headlines. In this episode, Forrest Garvin shares the five threats he's watching most closely right now and explains why every family should be paying attention. From economic uncertainty and cyber attacks to power grid vulnerabilities, natural disasters, and growing geopolitical tensions, you'll learn how these events could ...
Choosing Land for Preparedness in 2026: The Biggest Mistakes Most People Make
Thinking about buying rural land for preparedness? Don’t sign the paperwork until you hear this.
In this episode of The Prepping Academy Podcast, Forrest Garvin explains how choosing survival property has changed in 2026 and why many of the old rules no longer apply. From water availability and soil quality to community, security, acce...
Bug In vs. Bug Out: Which Survival Strategy Actually Works?
Should you stay home during a crisis or grab your bug-out bag and leave? The answer isn’t as simple as most people think.
In this episode of The Prepping Academy Podcast, Forrest Garvin cuts through the myths surrounding bugging in and bugging out. You’ll learn why Hollywood and social media have given many people unrealistic expectations and how ...
Area Study Map Training | The Prepping Academy Podcast
Most people know almost nothing about the area they live in.
In this episode of The Prepping Academy, Forrest Garvin explains how Area Study Map Training helps preppers, homesteaders, and families understand their local area, identify threats, locate resources, and build real preparedness plans using modern mapping and intelligence tools.
In this episode, F...
From Overwhelmed to Prepared | The Prepping Academy Podcast
Millions of people know they should prepare… but most never start because they feel overwhelmed.
Feeling overwhelmed by the state of the world? In this episode of The Prepping Academy, Forrest Garvin breaks down how to move from fear and confusion to confidence and preparedness using practical steps, mindset shifts, faith, and real-world planni...
Join Grid Down Comms Up for another episode of The Prepping Academy. Today, JJS, founder of AmRRON (American Redoubt Radio Operators Network), joins us for an update on AmRRON's annual grid-down exercise, T-REX. A national exercise where radio operators take to the airwaves for a three-day event tracking a fictional scenario, moving welfare traffic, and pressure-testing our communications systems. We also discuss JJ...
AI, will it bring about the apocalypse, or just change the world?
AI is making headlines daily. It is changing how we create online content, make web pages, buy products, receive medical care, invest in the stock market, etc. Will this tech bring about the end of the world if left unchecked? Will it just make early adopters wealthy? Forrest and Patrick dive into this cutting-edge topic, discuss how they are using it,...
Skynet Is Here — Your Every Move Is Being Tracked
Forrest and Patrick join forces to dive into the current privacy issues facing the globe. AI, age verification, new vehicles, and big data are all working together to make privacy a thing of the past. Forrest offers some great tips for maintaining privacy in an ever-changing world. This is a rapidly evolving situation that will require constant vigilance to main...
What Will SHTF Really Be Like the First Year
Forrest and Patrick join forces to discuss what the first year of a national grid-down situation might be like. The EMP Commission states that 90% of the population wouldn't make it through the first year. How would you survive the first year of chaos? Are your plans prepper fiction, or a real plan to survive and begin rebuilding after the first year?
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In this special episode, Forrest Garvin joins the Church Dads Podcast for a powerful conversation about biblical preparedness, Christian leadership, family legacy, entrepreneurship, and living intentionally in uncertain times.
Forrest shares his personal journey of faith, how preparedness aligns with scripture, and why fathers today should take seriously the responsibility to protect and lead their families s...
In this episode, we discuss one of the most important preparedness topics facing families today — food security in today’s economy. With rising grocery prices, inflation, supply chain disruptions, economic uncertainty, and increasing concerns about the stability of the food system, more Americans are asking serious questions about how to protect and provide for their families long term.
We explore practic...
In this episode, we dive deep into the world of solar cooking with the new My Solar Oven — a family-owned, veteran-owned, Made in the USA solar oven designed for preparedness, off-grid living, homesteading, emergency cooking, camping, and self-reliance. If you have ever wondered how solar ovens work, what foods you can cook with solar power, or why thousands of preparedness-minded families are turning to solar...
Our critical infrastructure faces multiple threats from physical security, cyber security, rust, and corporate profit over resilience. In this episode of Grid Down Comms Up, we discuss some of the threats our communications systems face to better understand how they might fail and how we can plan for those failures. Grid Down Comms Up takes listeners for a brief peek behind the fragile veil of our communications sys...
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