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'''Jack Spirko''', born 1972 in [[New Jersey]], is best known today as the founder and host of [[The Survival Podcast]] and as a renowned teacher of [[permaculture]] and [[preparedness]].   

'''Jack Spirko''', born 1972 in [[New Jersey]], is best known today as the founder and host of [[The Survival Podcast]] and as a renowned teacher of [[permaculture]] and preparedness.   

Spirko's background is based on a variety of [[military]], technical, marketing and sales skills.  Prior to taking [[The Survival Podcast]] to a full time business he held a variety of positions both as an employee and as a business owner.

Spirko's background is based on a variety of [[military]], technical, marketing and sales skills.  Prior to taking [[The Survival Podcast]] to a full time business he held a variety of positions both as an employee and as a business owner.

Spirko calls himself a [[Modern survivalism|Modern Survivalist]] and claims to have coined the phrase as well. His assertion is that all humans are at their core [[survivalist]]s as they all seek to [[survive]]. [[Modern survivalism]] differs from the conventional concept of [[survivalism]] or [[preparedness]] in that it does not turn away from modern [[technology]], rather it simply seeks to create [[redundancy|redundancies]] for [[Essay : When technology fails|when technology fails]].  

Spirko calls himself a [[Modern survivalism|Modern Survivalist]] and claims to have coined the phrase as well. His assertion is that all humans are at their core [[survivalist]]s as they all seek to [[survive]]. [[Modern survivalism]] differs from the conventional concept of [[survivalism]] or [[preparedness]] in that it does not turn away from modern [[technology]], rather it simply seeks to create [[redundancy|redundancies]] for [[Essay : When technology fails|when technology fails]].  

Additionally modern survivalism is very broad including aspects of [[homesteading]], [[Essay : Invest in tangibles | investing]], [[economics]], [[debt | debt elimination]], [[individual]] [[sovereignty]], [[homeschooling]], [[permaculture]] along with traditional survivalist concepts like [[primitive skills]] and [[military]] [[tactic]] and [[strategy|strategies]] combined with a [[Bill of Rights|Constitutional]] [[libertarian]] perspective. Spirko has been called ''the face of the modern survival movement'' by media personality [[Judge]] [[Andrew Napalatono]].

Additionally modern survivalism is very broad including aspects of [[homesteading]], investing, [[economics]], [[debt | debt elimination]], [[individual]] [[sovereignty]], [[homeschooling]], [[permaculture]] along with traditional survivalist concepts like [[primitive skills]] and [[military]] [[tactic]] and [[strategy|strategies]] combined with a [[Bill of Rights|Constitutional]] [[libertarian]] perspective. Spirko has been called ''the face of the modern survival movement'' by media personality [[Judge]] [[Andrew Napalatono]].

Spirko also bases his methods very highly on the following concepts:

Spirko also bases his methods very highly on the following concepts:

==Permaculture Teacher-Gardener-Farmer-Businessman ==

==Permaculture Teacher-Gardener-Farmer-Businessman ==

Spirko has likely done more to make [[permaculture]] known in the [[preparedness]] and survivalist communities then any other educator on the subject. His primary influence is derived from the work of [[Geoff Lawton]] and focuses heavily on [[earth works]] and [[polyculture]] implementation with a heavy leaning toward [[food forest]] systems.

Spirko has likely done more to make [[permaculture]] known in the preparedness and survivalist communities then any other educator on the subject. His primary influence is derived from the work of [[Geoff Lawton]] and focuses heavily on [[earth works]] and [[polyculture]] implementation with a heavy leaning toward [[food forest]] systems.

Spirko's belief is that permaculture is a scientific system of [[design]] that should remain free of [[politics|political]] [[ideology]] and [[new age]] mythology.  His contention is that permaculture is an anti political system; in support of which he cites permaculture's founder [[Bill Mollison]]'s statement that, ''permaculture is anti-[[political]]. There is no room for [[politician]]s or administrators or priests. And there are no laws either. The only [[ethics]] we obey are: [[care of the earth]], [[care of people]], and [[reinvesting surplus|reinvestment in those ends]].''

Spirko's belief is that permaculture is a scientific system of [[design]] that should remain free of [[politics|political]] [[ideology]] and [[new age]] mythology.  His contention is that permaculture is an anti political system; in support of which he cites permaculture's founder [[Bill Mollison]]'s statement that, ''permaculture is anti-[[political]]. There is no room for [[politician]]s or administrators or priests. And there are no laws either. The only [[ethics]] we obey are: [[care of the earth]], [[care of people]], and [[reinvesting surplus|reinvestment in those ends]].''

==Quotes==

==Quotes==

* [[Modern survivalism]]: "[[Essay : If times get tough, or even if then don't | If times get tough, or even if then don't"]]

* [[Modern survivalism]]: "If times get tough, or even if then don't"

* "[[Essay : Debit is financial cancer|Debt is financial cancer]]"

* "Debt is financial cancer"

* "[[Essay : Tax is theft|Tax is theft]]"

* "Tax is thef"

* "[[Essay : You are in control of your life | You are in control of your life]]"

* "You are in control of your life"

==See Also==

==See also==

===Related people===

 

===Related People===

* [[Kenneth Royce]] ([[Boston T. Party]])

* [[Kenneth Royce]] ([[Boston T. Party]])

* [[James Wesley Rawles]] of [[The Survival Blog]], author of [[How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It]]

* [[James Wesley Rawles]] of [[The Survival Blog]], author of [[How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It]]

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===Related Movements and Organizations===

===Related movements and organizations===

* [[Free State Wyoming]]

* [[Free State Wyoming]]

* [[Free State Project]]

* [[Free State Project]]

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