Education
Topic-wide preparedness strategy: where to start, how to prioritize, how to keep going. Multi-topic Q&As, foundational planning frameworks, and ‘mindset content’ that helps everything come together.
All curated
Creating an Amateur Radio Club SOG (Standard Operating Guide)
How to develop and maintain standard operating procedures for an amateur radio emergency communications club, presented by N7XDL to RATPAC's nationwide operator network.
If the Trucks Stop, America Has Days
How dependent American households are on continuous truck movement for food, fuel, medicine, and supplies — and what happens when that stops.
EDC: Useful Tools or Tactical Jewelry?
Critical evaluation of everyday-carry knives, flashlights, and multitools—assessing which items genuinely serve preparedness needs versus marketing hype.
What America Gets Right About Prepping — That We Don't
Comparative analysis of US and UK preparedness culture: why normalizing household emergency planning matters more than gear, with practical advice for UK homes and flats.
10 Ranger Skills with a Hatchet
Eight-minute walkthrough of practical hatchet techniques and use cases drawn from military field craft and wilderness survival.
I Can't Stay Quiet About This
A prepper's candid assessment of current global conditions and personal readiness planning for uncertain times ahead.
3 Days Solo Survival in Rainforest: Building a Shelter Under a Giant Rock
25-minute bushcraft build: constructing a shelter under a rock overhang, fishing, primitive cooking, and managing survival in heavy rain with minimal gear.
Radlight vs. Zippo: Bushcraft Survival Lighter Comparison
Quick comparison of the Radlight lighter against the classic Zippo for bushcraft and survival use.
Bushcraft Fire Starters: DIY Babybel Wax Fire Starters
Eight-minute walkthrough making reliable fire starters from Babybel wax wrapping, cotton, jute twine, and fatwood for camping, hiking, and emergency kits.
3-Days Surviving in Canada's Wild
51-minute wilderness survival challenge: fishing, animal trapping, and shelter building using only gear that fits in a 5-gallon container.
How to Avoid Panic and Paralysis
Thirteen minutes on managing fear and psychological responses during crises — techniques to stay functional when stress peaks.
You Better Get Your S#!T Together
Assessment of escalating risks and review of essential survival supplies and preparedness basics.
DIY Minimal Survival Kit — Is It EDC Ready?
31-minute walkthrough building a compact DIY survival kit, evaluating contents, organization, and whether it's practical for everyday carry.
Wendell Berry Was Right. Here's My Proof
Kentucky farmer Wendell Berry's sixty-year experiment in local self-sufficiency, and how the creator applied his principles to their own off-grid homestead: solar, water systems, and household independence.
30 Days in the Wild: Off-Grid Home Build and Wilderness Survival
72-minute build log following a veteran through shelter construction, bushcraft techniques, and off-grid living in wilderness conditions.
Why Is the Federal Government Telling Americans to Prepare?
Analysis of White House and FEMA messaging on household preparedness for natural disasters and man-made threats, and what it signals about near-term risks.
Dandelions Were Food, We Were Taught to Kill Them
Why dandelions—a nutritious wild edible settlers deliberately cultivated—became weeds in modern yards, and how to reclaim them as foraged food.
30 Years Later: My Handmade Brain Tan Quiver
Thirty-year field review of a homemade brain-tanned leather quiver: durability, maintenance, and why primitive leather-working skills matter for off-grid archery.
Where to Spend Your First $1,000 as a Prepper
Prioritization guide for new preppers: how to allocate a $1,000 starter budget across the most essential gear and preparations.
They Wanted $129 for a $20 Job: DIY Car Maintenance and Financial Self-Reliance
Replace an engine air filter yourself in minutes for $20 instead of paying a dealership $129—one example of how self-reliance skills reduce household financial drain.
I Asked Navajo County About Off-Grid Living
What off-grid living looks like in Navajo County, Arizona: zoning, permits, building codes, and answers from county officials.
Watch Duty: Behind the Scenes — Real-Time Disaster Intelligence You Can Trust
Sara Paul from Watch Duty explains how amateur radio operators can access and verify real-time emergency intelligence during grid-down scenarios.
Major Shortages Are Coming: Stock Up Right Now
Overview of anticipated shortages and recommended stockpiling strategies across food, medical, and radiation detection.
Red Sea Crisis: Houthi Control and Supply Chain Impacts
How Houthi control of Red Sea shipping routes could disrupt commercial supply chains and affect domestic markets—what preppers should monitor.
Editor's note
“Audited 2026-05-30: tightened from a junk-drawer category to a deliberate one. If a video has a clear single-topic home (shelter, water, geopolitics, etc.) it goes there — not here. Education is reserved for genuinely strategic multi-topic guidance like "16 steps to get prepared in 2026" or a year-end Q&A.”
— Cockroach editorial
Survival Expert's Junk Drawer - Bushcraft DIY Bag
Eleven minutes organizing and selecting everyday-carry gear for bushcraft and field survival, with practical tips on what to pack and why.
Ten Years on a Half Acre: Building Self-Sufficiency Without Burnout
Reflective essay on a decade of backyard farming, off-grid systems, and raising animals on half an acre: what it cost, why expansion became unsustainable, and how to choose between growth and contentment.
3 Days Solo Survival on Tiny Island: Shelter, Fishing, Catch and Cook
29-minute wilderness survival demonstration: building shelter, catching and cooking fish, navigating island survival constraints with minimal gear.
Greg Interviews Hank Reed of Natural Gramma: Regenerative Ranching in North Missouri
Interview with a neighboring regenerative farmer on pasture management, livestock practices, and natural food production techniques.
JPMorgan: +5% Food Inflation Expected in 2027
Analysis of converging supply-chain pressures—Black Sea logistics, weather, drone strikes—driving JPMorgan's forecast for 5% global food inflation in early 2027.
4 Days Solo Survival with Limited Gear
47-minute first-person documentation of a solo wilderness expedition with minimal equipment, demonstrating shelter, fire, water, and food procurement under real constraints.
Woodsman's Pack & Load Out (Part 7 Woodsman's Pack Series)
How to pack a large Alice-frame backpack for long-term wilderness camping, with gear selections for shelter, cooking, water, fire, tools, and first aid.
Lamp Wick for Flint and Steel: Traditional Fire-Starting
Two-minute walkthrough using lamp wick as tinder with flint and steel — a low-tech fire-starting method that works when modern equipment fails.
Brinyte WT01 Flashlight with Charging Dock
Review of the Brinyte WT01 tactical flashlight, including its charging dock functionality and practical features.
10 Homestead Priorities for Rising Food Costs in Australia
Ten-point breakdown of food security strategies: staples, storage, equipment, butchering, seeds, local sourcing, livestock, and dietary shifts for household resilience.
One Failure Can Take Everything Else With It
How interdependent infrastructure systems can create cascading failures when one breaks down, and why preppers need to think beyond single-point emergencies.
Making Brain Tanned Buckskin
Step-by-step demonstration of brain tanning a deer hide into usable buckskin using primitive methods.
Project N.O.M.A.D.: Building an Offline Knowledge Hub for Grid-Down Scenarios
Walkthrough of a free, open-source offline computer system with Wikipedia, medical references, maps, AI, and educational content for resilient information access without internet or cloud.
7 Strongest El Niños — 2026 Leads
Visual comparison of historical El Niño events and heat-anomaly patterns, with focus on current 2026 conditions and potential agricultural impacts.
Earthquakes and the Cascadia Region: Risk Assessment and Preparedness
90-minute examination of earthquake hazards in the Cascadia subduction zone, historical context, and what households in the Pacific Northwest should know to prepare.
The Concrete Truck Said No: Building an A-Frame on 1,300-Year-Old Stone Foundations
Off-grid A-frame construction using Ishiba-date stone-foundation methods when concrete delivery was unavailable; testing volcanic boulders, load calculations, and earthquake-resistant framing.
How to Check Headspace
Twenty-minute walkthrough on measuring and checking headspace when reloading ammunition—a fundamental safety step for handloaders.
Greg Loves the Beavers: How They Hold Large Pools of Water in Creeks During Dry Summers
Eight minutes on how beaver-built water retention benefits regenerative ranching operations and pasture management through the dry season.
Survival Kit Upgrade: Did We Actually Make It Better?
Twenty-one minutes examining an upgraded compact survival kit: what gear works, what's missing, and whether the changes improve usability for hiking, camping, EDC, or emergency scenarios.
Bushcraft basecamp trip: homemade lavvu shelter, chopping blocks, cooking, and foraging
30-minute walkthrough of building and testing a traditional lavvu shelter, preparing firewood, cooking over fire, and foraging in Danish wilderness.
Camp Hygiene & First Aid: Woodsman's Pack Series, Part 6
Twelve-minute walkthrough of hygiene and first-aid items for backcountry camping, with product recommendations and practical application.
World Wide Earthquakes, Hurricane Lowell Update — Tuesday September 8, 2026
Weekly emergency-management news digest covering global seismic activity, hurricane tracking, weather alerts, and disaster preparedness from a first-responder perspective.
They Don't Care Anymore—Prepare for the Worst
Assessment of current threats and practical preparation strategies across food storage, medical supplies, and radiation detection.
Free Live Workshop: The 3-Week Preparedness Plan
Learn how to assess your household's needs and prioritize your first steps toward preparedness.