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Mind4Survival Podcast: Survival, Prepping, Preparedness for Preppers

by Brian Duff
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  • 342: Situational Awareness Class from Mountain Readiness Expo

    October 26, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

    Situational awareness is one of the most practical preparedness skills you can build, and it requires no gear. In this episode, you'll hear the recording of the situational awareness class Brian taught at the Mountain Readiness Fallout…

  • 341: Super El Niño 2026 (What to Expect)

    October 15, 2026 · 35 min

    A super El Niño is forming in the Pacific, and NOAA gives it an 83 percent chance of being the strongest since record-keeping began in 1950. In this episode, Brian explains what El Niño is, how weaker trade winds and warm Pacific waters…

  • 340: Benefits of Creatine for Preppers

    October 13, 2026 · 49 min

    Overnight on October 11, hackers pushed the freezers in hundreds of French supermarkets to 122 degrees for about six hours, and by morning stores were throwing out their meat and frozen food. In this segment, I explain what happened in the…

  • 339: How to Help a Grieving Friend

    October 7, 2026 · 29 min

    Your phone rings, and a close friend tells you his wife died this morning. What do you say next? Most of us don't know, and what we say can make it harder. In this episode, I talk about how to help a grieving friend and why it's part of…

  • 338: 7 Things to Plan for When the Prepper Gets Hurt

    October 3, 2026 · 26 min

    What happens to your preparedness plan when the prepper gets hurt? In this episode, Brian Duff shares why he took medical training seriously as the only medic on missions in Iraq, often more than an hour from support, and the head-on…

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  • 337: De-escalation Techniques

    September 30, 2026 · 35 min

    In this episode, I talk about de-escalation techniques and one of the main reasons they fail: the need to win. Whether it's a heated disagreement with a loved one, a neighbor upset about a property line, or a stranger at your gate after a…

  • 336: Prepping Shrinks Your Social Circle

    September 28, 2026 · 26 min

    When the Mind4Survival Facebook group was asked whether being prepared shrank their social circle, about half said yes and half said no. Many of them described the same thing, though. Their circle had gotten smaller. In this episode, I…

  • 335: The Prepping Paradox

    September 24, 2026 · 26 min

    If you've prepped for any length of time, you've probably looked at a shelf of canned food or a generator you've only ever tested and wondered whether any of it will matter. I asked the Mind4Survival Facebook group for a hard truth about…

  • 334: Home Security (They Wheeled My Safe Out the Front Door)

    September 21, 2026 · 55 min

    In 2010, I sat on the outskirts of Baghdad reading an email telling me our house had been robbed over Memorial Day weekend. At the time, I was a tactical commander on a U.S. Department of State high-threat security detail, and I was later…

  • 333: Record Diesel Prices: What to Prep for Now

    September 17, 2026 · 31 min

    Diesel set a record on September 14: $6.23 a gallon, according to AAA, and the price is already working its way into the cost of everything that moves by truck, train, or tractor. In this episode, I set the reasons aside and look at the…

  • 332 Situational Awareness in an Emergency

    September 16, 2026 · 35 min

    Most safety advice assumes you'll think clearly during an emergency. A real one changes that. Within seconds, adrenaline and cortisol can narrow your vision, block out nearby sounds, and change your sense of time, while the part of the…

  • 331: Situational Awareness at Night

    September 13, 2026 · 1 hr 0 min

    Ten seconds after you walk out of a lit store into a dark parking lot, you can see less than at any other point in your day, and your eyes need twenty minutes or more to get back what those lights took. In this Day 12 episode of National…

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About the show

Mind4Survival Podcast is for people who take survival, prepping, and preparedness seriously. Hosted by Brian Duff, each episode delivers no-nonsense strategies preppers can use in real life. From mindset and situational awareness to safety and self-reliance, this is prepping with purpose.