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
213 episodes
Building a MAG: Finding Good People Before You Need Them
Building a MAG: Finding Good People Before You Need ThemBuilding 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 ev...
Is Your Information on the Dark Web? Here's How to Find Out.
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 you...
What Threats to Communications Systems Should We Prep For?
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...
The Five Threats I'm Watching Most Closely Right Now
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 a...
Choosing Land for Preparedness in 2026: The Biggest Mistakes Most People Make
Choosing Land for Preparedness in 2026: The Biggest Mistakes Most People MakeThinking about buying rural land for preparedness? Don’t sign the paperwork until you hear this.In this episode of The Prepping Academy Podcast...
Bug In vs. Bug Out: Which Survival Strategy Actually Works?
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 ...
Area Study Map Training | The Prepping Academy Podcast
Area Study Map Training | The Prepping Academy PodcastMost 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,...
From Overwhelmed to Prepared
From Overwhelmed to Prepared | The Prepping Academy PodcastMillions 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 Prep...
JJS founder of AmRRON, American Redoubt Radio Operators Network
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 ...
AI - The End of the World As We Know It
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 te...
Skynet Is Here — Your Every Move Is Being Tracked
Skynet Is Here — Your Every Move Is Being TrackedForrest 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 ...
What Will SHTF Really Be Like the First Year
What Will SHTF Really Be Like the First YearForrest 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 th...
Biblical Preparedness with Forrest Garvin | Interview on Church Dads Podcastd Episode
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 sh...
Food Security in Today’s Economy
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 a...
Solar Cooking with the My Solar Oven
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-...
Communications Vunerabilites
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 bett...
2FA: The Simple Step That Stops Most Hacks
In this episode of the Prepping Academy Podcast, Forrest Garvin breaks down one of the most important—and overlooked—steps you can take to protect your digital life: Two-Factor Authentication (2FA).Most people rely solely on passwords, b...
Stay the Course
In this episode of the Prepping Academy Podcast, Forrest Garvin discusses one of the biggest problems in the preparedness community: people stop preparing when things feel normal.When shelves are full and life feels stable, most people d...
7 Steps to Take Back Your Online Privacy
In this episode of the Prepping Academy Podcast, Forrest Garvin breaks down 7 simple steps you can take right now to regain control of your online privacy.Most people don’t realize how much of their life is being tracked, stored, and sol...
The Last Scenario: The Ultimate Prepping Game That Tests Your Survival Strategy
In this episode of the Prepping Academy Podcast, Forrest Garvin introduces The Last Scenario—a preparedness game he created to train decision-making when everything goes wrong.This isn’t entertainment. It’s a real-world simulati...
Preppers Will Starve!
In today's episode, we discuss the impacts of food production caused by the war in Iran. Natural gas from the Middle East is a key component in chemical fertilizers. What would a world without chemical fertilizers look like? How long would it t...
Patrick from Grid Down Comms UP looks at an Awesome New Software - Area Study Map
In this episode, Patrick from Grid Down Comms UP looks at an awesome new software to move your Area Study into the 21st century. No more kindergarten crayons and construction paper, a real solution to your Areas Study mapping needs.
Encore Episode - Selco Begovic PART 2 - Survivor of the Balkan War - SHTF Expert!
Selco Begovic - Survivor of the Balkan War - SHTF Expert! PART 2 InterviewSelco Begovic, a survivor of the tumultuous Balkan war in the 1990s, endured the daunting challenges of living in a besieged city without access to necessit...
Patrick with @griddowncomms - Winter Storm Fern
Patrick with @griddowncomms - Winter Storm FernPatrick with @griddowncomms takes the microphone again for an after-action report on winter storm Fern and a few rants along the way. In the communications portion of today's show, we discus...
Encore Episode - Selco Begovic PART 1 - Survivor of the Balkan War - SHTF Expert!
Selco Begovic - Survivor of the Balkan War - SHTF Expert! PART 1 InterviewSelco Begovic, a survivor of the tumultuous Balkan war in the 1990s, endured the daunting challenges of living in a besieged city without access to necessit...