Ep 1205 | Willie & Jase Did Homesteading Before It Was Cool & Good, Simple Living for Your Family

Unashamed with the Robertson Family

Tread Lively

Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Christianity

4.9 • 23.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Jase and Al reminisce about their family’s brief history as teenage “runaways,” when no one bothered to send a search party—and how that hands-off parenting style turned out to be pretty effective. Guests Jeremy and Melissa Souza of Good Simple Living share how they built an off-grid homestead from scratch, raised their kids with purpose and grit, and found real community beyond the internet. The guys, Jeremy, and Melissa laugh about learning self-reliance the hard way, surviving on wit and curiosity long before homesteading was cool. Check out Jeremy and Melissa’s new children’s book Made to Be Ludo as a way to support and give back to children battling cancer—100% of proceeds go to the Childhood Cancer Coalition, and Brave Books is matching donations. Learn more at https://gslbook.com! “Unashamed” Episode 1205 is sponsored by: Stand firm for values that matter. Join the fight & give today at https://www.frc.org/unashamed https://www.puretalk.com/unashamed — Get PureTalk for just $25 a month. Make the switch today! https://ruffgreens.com — Get a FREE Jumpstart Trial Bag for your dog today when you use promo code Unashamed! https://tomorrowclubs.org/unashamed — Jor a limited time, all donations to this “Binga Blitz” will be matched! Join us now and double your impact! https://donewithdebt.com — Start building the life you deserve and talk with one of their strategists today. It’s FREE! http://unashamedforhillsdale.com/ — Sign up now for free, and join the Unashamed hosts every Friday for Unashamed Academy Powered by Hillsdale College Listen to Not Yet Now with Zach Dasher on Apple, Spotify, iHeart, or anywhere you get podcasts. Check out At Home with Phil Robertson, nearly 800 episodes of Phil's unfiltered wisdom, humor, and biblical truth, available for free for the first time! Get it on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, and anywhere you listen to podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/at-home-with-phil-robertson/id1835224621 Chapters: 00:00-9:46 Jase’s “tapper” won’t tap 09:47-20:19 Willie is Bigfoot’s mascot 20:20-29:58 Robertsons & Souza’s are peas in a pod 29:29-38:18 Helping kids with cancer brings people together 38:19-45:49 Compound living is biblically sound 45:50-55:11 Is “sheltering” your kids a bad thing? — Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I am unashamed. What about you?
0:07.0	Welcome back to Unashamed.
0:09.7	Jay's I noticed looking through the lens because I'll have to see you through the camera
0:14.5	that you were enjoying some what we lovingly refer to as Jesus chicken.
0:21.0	Chick-fil-A is one of our favorite spots.
0:23.9	And they're kind of known for their value system.
0:26.7	They're like our good friends at Family Research Council that I've been
0:29.9	mentioned a lot on the podcast lately because they're some of our good friends who
0:34.9	represent our values in D.C.
0:37.1	Their big deal is to pray, vote,
0:39.7	and stand, which I love that. Tony Perkins's good friend. So if you'd like to be a part of that,
0:44.8	give to that FRC.org slash unashamed. So you were eating some of some chick fillet, right?
0:50.9	You know, I had such an interesting conversation because i go there
0:55.0	a lot when we're doing podcast because it's on the way and i don't and by a lot you mean every time
1:01.8	we do a podcast no i would say one out of two four no one out of two because we do two at a time
1:10.3	yeah that's true so i'd say half a time. Yeah, that's true.
1:11.4	So I'd say half the time.
1:12.9	I'll do that.
1:13.6	And I'm on a first name basis with these people.
1:16.9	And they're happy.
1:18.0	Everybody's happy, happy, happy, happy.
1:20.0	Happy, happy.
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