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By most standards, Jack Spirko was thriving. He was a co-owner of a holding company that managed three individual businesses.

These businesses were making a lot of money. All was well, except for Jack himself. He had been living the high life of corporate success for years, but felt pulled back to his roots, the mountains of Pennsylvania.

He missed the nature, the family dinners, and the self-sufficiency that drove it off. After the terrorist attacks of 9-11, it became much more than a far away goal.

What he wanted more than anything was just to spend time with his family. Because as the world had just experienced, you never know when disaster will strike.

That's when the journey into the world of preparedness or prepping began. Jack started teaching himself about topics including permaculture, self-defense, and food storage.

He paid off all his debts and learned everything there is to know about backup generators.

Slowly, Jack became a master survivalist, but he didn't leave his job. One of his clients said they wanted to start up a new thing called a podcast.

Now this was many years ago, I remember, and nobody on his team knew how. So, Jack picked up the responsibility. He figured there was no better way to learn the ins and outs of this new thing called podcast than to try making one himself.

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