Practical Prepping Podcast
Practical Prepping Podcast
Real solutions for real emergencies—no apocalypse required.
The Practical Prepping Podcast cuts through the noise of extreme doomsday scenarios to focus on what actually matters: simple, actionable steps that help everyday people safeguard their families and lifestyles.
Why Listen?
- Knowledge Over Gear: "The more you know, the less you have to carry." We emphasize skills that lighten your load because the right know-how beats an overloaded bug-out bag every time.
- Real Threats, Real Solutions: From power outages to wildfires, snowstorms to supply shortages, we tackle the emergencies you're most likely to face.
- Family-Friendly Content: Our podcast maintains clean, judgment-free advice that's appropriate for all ages—prioritizing practicality over paranoia.
What Sets Us Apart
Unlike some other preparedness podcasts, we focus on practical readiness for realistic challenges:
- Weather emergencies like tornadoes, hurricanes, and winter storms
- Power outages and water disruptions
- Financial preparedness and debt reduction
- Family communication plans
- Everyday carry essentials
- Food storage and preservation
- First aid and medical preparedness
- Much more
Our Approach
Hosts Mark and Krista Lawley combine decades of experience in emergency response, outdoor skills, and home resilience to deliver advice that works in real-world situations. Whether you're just starting your preparedness journey or looking to refine specific skills, our content meets you where you are with clear, actionable advice.
No bunkers. No zombies. No alien invasions. Just practical prepping.
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Stuff happens. Stay prepared.
Practical Prepping Podcast
Episode #58, "Gathering Intelligence Before SHTF."
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Episode #58 Gathering Intelligence Before SHTF.
Honestly, gathering intelligence is a lot more fun to do than it is to talk about, but we need to know how, and like any other skill, we get better as we practice.
In this episode we discuss three aspects of intelligence gathering. Those are:
Open source intelligence (OSINT)
Cyber intelligence (CYBINT)
Human intelligence (HUMINT)
Open source intel. (OSINT)
OSINT sources can be divided up into six different categories of information flow:
Media - newspaper, magazines, radio, television, alternative news sites, and foreign news sites
Internet - online publications, blogs, discussion groups, user created content such as Youtube and social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. A good example is While the media was saying "peaceful protests" posted social media videos were showing buildings being burned, people being beaten, looting, and massive destruction.
Public government data
Government reports, transcripts of government hearings, press conferences, and speeches
Professional & academic publications
Journals, symposia, academic papers, even dissertations & theses
Commercial data
Commercial imagery, financial assessments, commercial weather, and especially satellite photos.
Cyber intel. (CYBINT)
Properly formed cyber intelligence is born out of analysis.
Analysis of data allows better decisions
It often involves crunching data, computer modeling, weather modeling, and military models.
Human intel. (HUMINT)
Propper Ground truth depends on getting "Eyes on" the, or at least first hand accounts.
In some situations we need to do personal recon. In others we can gain information directly from friends, family, or listening to ham oporators, but we must separate fact from opinion or rumor. We do this by correlation of data.
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