00:00:05 Speaker 1: There are three hundred billion strikes of lightning in the atmosphere of planet Earth each year, equaling one hundred strikes of lightning per second. And I’ve been long fascinated by the display of power of natural systems, giant waves, raging rivers, violent storms, but there is one that is the definition of flashy. When it comes to natural stuff that happens, the visual and auditory display of lightning’s unhaltered power is unmatched. It’s mysterious, far beyond the control of man, yet almost fully understood by science, predictable to a degree, inflicting instantaneous and oddly specific justice on…

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00:00:00 Speaker 1: The West, and his stories have been rendered in many ways, some of which I’ve made an effort to address in this podcast. 00:00:07 Speaker 2: In the deep past, there’s. 00:00:08 Speaker 1: Archaeology and paleontology, which is how we know about the Clovist people or the collapse of the Chaco and Empire. Are woolly mammos and dire wolves as part of the West disappeared be sharing. There’s ethnology and anthropology and folklore, which you have preserved our oldest Western literature in the form of the Coyote stories, and have told us a great deal about…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundations podcast, your guide to the fundamentals of better deer hunting, presented by first Light, creating proven versatile hunting apparel for the stand, saddle or blind. First Light, Go Farther, Stay Longer, and now your host, Tony Peterson. 00:00:20 Speaker 2: Hey, everyone, welcome to the Wire to Hunt Foundation’s podcast, which is brought to you by first Light. This week, I’m going to talk about ladder stands and how you can set them up in ways that will keep the deer coming by all season long, sit after sit. The…

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The following recipe for Dutch Oven Sausage Pasta is from SurvivalBlog reader R.E.. Note that the spaghetti can go in dry–there is no need to cook it separately first.  This serves four adults. Ingredients 1 pound dry spaghetti (or substitute other dried pasta from your TEOTWAWKI stockpile.) 1 (12.8-ounce) package smoked sausage, thinly sliced. (I use Andouille sausage.) 1 large onion, thinly sliced 3 cups grape tomatoes, cut in halves 2 cups fresh basil leaves, loosely packed 4 cloves garlic thinly sliced (or less, to suit your taste) 4½ cups water Kosher salt, to taste Freshly ground black pepper, to…

After President Donald Trump (R) signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law on July 4, 2025, thereby eliminating the $200 tax on suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled shotguns from the National Firearms Act (NFA) as of last January 1, the NRA quickly went to court to challenge what became a clearly unconstitutional registration scheme of those commonly owned items. About eight months later, a federal court agreed. On August 5, U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix of the Northern District of Texas held that key regulatory provisions of the NFA are unconstitutional as applied to certain categories of firearms.…

Armed Citizen® Today In Macon, Ga., a 20-year-old man allegedly crawled under his grandmother’s garage door and entered her home to abduct his sister (whose age was not reported). The grandmother, who is the girl’s legal guardian, chased after him and ordered him to release her. When he refused, she pointed a firearm at him, allowing the victim to escape and run back to her. The brother faces charges of kidnapping, first-degree burglary and conspiracy to commit a felony. His girlfriend was also arrested for allegedly aiding the kidnapping and for obstruction of law enforcement. (41nbc.com; Macon, Ga.; 7/28/26) From…

Since 2008, the A400 has been Beretta’s top-end semi-auto hunting shotgun. Following this year’s introduction of the AX800 Suprema, the company has sought to bridge the gap between its AX800 and A400 shotguns and the company’s entry-level A300 shotguns. The result is the A400 Solo, a shotgun built around the proven action and designed to be rugged and ready for any field condition and be the only gun for the one-gun hunter. The new Beretta A400 Solo is designed as a no-nonsense hunting shotgun that is the entry to the company’s premium semi-auto shotgun family. Like other A400 models, the…

What most people believe about crime is wrong in a way that matters. They believe it is chaotic—that there is no rhyme or reason, that it is driven by impulse, desperation or some unknowable darkness that strikes at random. They hold this belief because it is comforting, because it removes responsibility: If crime is random, then preparation is pointless. If it is chaos, then there are no signals to read, no patterns to interrupt, no leverage points to exploit. But, that belief does not survive contact with reality. Crime, especially the kind most people are exposed to everyday, is rarely…