Ben Franklin on Modern Survivalism – TSP Rewind – Epi-318

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🗓️ 2 June 2026

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When I did this episode back in 22012 ut was because I got a ton of emails on an article called. 8 Personal Finance Lessons from Benjamin Franklin that was published on the very cool blog, The Art of Manliness. Several dozen of you told me that this article sounded like 8 things I say often on TSP. So rather than read the article at all I decided to do the show based just on the 8 tenets of Franklin and see how much in sync we really are or are not. One thing for sure old Ben’s advice seems … Continue reading →

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0:00.0	Hi folks, Jack Spirco here. Today you are listening to an episode of TSP Rewind.
0:07.0	Commercial free versions of past episodes. Podcasts blasts from the pasts. I put these up when I can't do a show due to professional commitments or rare vacations. These podcasts will appear in standard iTunes, Stitcher, and other feeds, but will be titled
0:21.0	TSP Rewind episodes and numbered accordingly.
0:24.1	And remember, while there are no commercials in these episodes, you can always support
0:27.5	the show by becoming a member of the member's support brigade, or by doing your Amazon
0:32.3	shopping through T-Spaz.com.
0:34.2	Today we are rewinding back to one of my favorite episodes that I've ever done.
0:38.5	Episode 845, Ben Franklin on Modern Survivalism, originally published February 22, 2012.
0:49.3	There's a better way to do this.
0:56.2	Let me show you a better way to do this. Let me show you a better way.
1:01.6	Hi, folks.
1:02.4	This is Jack Spirico with another edition of this for Bible podcast.
1:04.8	As always, one man's view, the changing world, the changing times,
1:07.1	and the things that we can all do to live a better life.
1:08.7	If times get tough or even if they don't.
1:11.1	Coming to you once again from Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, Ohio,
1:13.5	atop the Highway 7 Ridge Line from TSPN.
1:16.5	That's the Survival Podcast Network headquarters.
1:19.6	Today is Wednesday, February 22, 2012, and I get another cool show for you today.
1:26.4	You know, I do the listener feedback shows on Monday, and sometimes I get something like over and over and over and over and over and over again. It's like four million people send it to me, and I'm like, I got to talk about it. Usually it's something that fits in good for one of those shows. Occasionally, I get something like over and over and over again from a bunch of people that go, you've got to see this, you've got to look at this, and I go, that could make an entire show. Such is the case today. There was a great post on the Art of Manliness, which is a great blog. In fact, I'm actually good friends with a good friend of the owner of that blog, which is kind of weird,
2:02.2	because that good friend in between us is right here in Hot Springs.
2:05.6	He's a cool, cool guy, and we hang out once in a while and drink beer.
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