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**Live Like the World is Dying**

How do we live in a world that might be ending? By preparing to survive that end and by working to prevent it.

A production of Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness.

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S1E18 - The Basics, pt 1 Nov 07, 2020

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On this episode, host Margaret Killjoy ruminates on the philosophical ideas of how and why to get involved in prepping from a non-individualistic point of view. She also answers questions!

You can follow Margaret on twitter @magpiekilljoy and instagram @margaretkilljoy or support her on patreon at https://www.patreon.com/margaretkilljoy

S1E17 - A Brief Followup on Firearms Oct 30, 2020

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In this mini-episode, Margaret answers some feedback about the previous episode.

S1E16 - Ronin on Introduction to Firearms Oct 21, 2020

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You can donate to our guest's training of QTBIPOC via cashapp $armqtbipoc or venmo @armqtbipoc

The host can be found on twitter at https://www.twitter.com/magpiekilljoy, on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/margaretkilljoy, or on patreon at https://www.patreon.com/margaretkilljoy

S1E15 - Hań and Eepa on indigenous prepping and field skills Oct 13, 2020

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The Indigenous Anarchist Federation can be found on twitter @IAF__FAI Their website is one of the best preparedness resources available for protestors and other rebels: https://iaf-fai.org/

Camp Red Sleeves can be found on twitter @redsleevesaca They run a monthly fundraiser to maintain their anticolonial mutual aid efforts and if you enjoyed this episode please donate to them

Other websites referenced on this episode include: https://www.indigenousmutualaid.org and https://www.indigenousaction.org/

The host Margaret Killjoy can be found on twitter @magpiekilljoy, instagram @margaretkilljoy, or patreon at https://www.patreon.com/margaretkilljoy

S1E14 - Janet and Dave on Herbalism for Preparedness Oct 07, 2020

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The guests provided us with some resources:

Herbal first aid aftercare for those who have experienced police violence: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14nVeF6auCIqQRBh-q3gyEmV5POiYur_Z/view

Seed, Soil and Spirit: an herb school for QTBIPOC and allies with social justice framing: https://www.seedsoilspirit.com

Rootwork Herbals: an online and in-person school: https://www.rootworkherbals.com/herbal-education

Excellent free foundational herbal medicine resources from Jim Macdonald: https://www.herbcraft.org

Introduction to herbal medicine book from Rosemary Gladstar: https://www.storey.com/books/rosemary-gladstars-medicinal-herbs/

Herbal first aid wound care from 7song: https://7song.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Herbal-First-Aid-Wound-Care.pdf

Free online herb school with the late great Michael Moore: www.swsbm.com/school/

This is an herbal respiratory infection protocol. Good for the upcoming flu season: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12b09xsVmA0_6nDTjgqFtxZXnT8CTkClMKDyqPOi-jOk/edit

Youtube channel with educational herb and gardening videos from Joe Hollis at Mountain Gardens: https://www.youtube.com/user/mountaingardens/featured

Ideas for an herbal first aid kit. Make your own! https://learningherbs.com/remedies-recipes/herbal-travel-first-aid-kit/

Learn about Bidens, a weedy and abundant herb that works wonders on serious infections: https://radicalvitalism.wordpress.com/2016/02/16/bidens-as-an-herbal-antibiotic-a-case-study/

Indigenous perspective on relations with plants: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer: https://milkweed.org/book/braiding-sweetgrass

How is our individual health tied to that of our communities, our society and all of life on Earth? Read about Radical Vitalism: https://radicalvitalism.wordpress.com/2016/08/19/radical-vitalism-by-janet-kent-and-dave-meesters/

Herbs for grounding in turbulent times: https://radicalvitalism.wordpress.com/?s=herbs+for+grounding

Herbs for when you are freaking out: https://radicalvitalism.wordpress.com/?s=emergency

Zines: Ease Your Mind: Herbs for Mental Health https://firestorm.coop/products/4003-ease-your-mind.html

Under Pressure: Herbs for Resilience https://firestorm.coop/products/12035-under-pressure.html

On the radical potential of herbalism: Using the elements as a map through the ever-changing and increasingly challenging territory, for individuals and movements: You are Nature: Working with the Elements for Change: https://radicalvitalism.wordpress.com/2020/02/01/you-are-nature-working-with-the-elements-for-change/

The host Margaret Killjoy can be found on twitter at https://www.twitter.com/magpiekilljoy and instagram at https://www.instagram.com/margaretkilljoy. You can support her on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/margaretkilljoy

S1E13 - Robert Evans on another US Civil War Oct 02, 2020

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Robert Evans can be found on twitter at https://twitter.com/iwriteok Some of his podcasts (which can be found wherever you listen to podcasts) include Behind the Bastards, It Could Happen Here, The Women's War, and Worst Year Ever.

Margaret Killjoy can be found on twitter at https://twitter.com/magpiekilljoy Her patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/margaretkilljoy

S1E12 - Kitty Stryker on Disability and Prepping Sep 30, 2020

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Kitty can be found on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/kittystryker and twitter at https://twitter.com/kittystryker

Her five-day preparation article: https://thebolditalic.com/be-prepared-a-5-day-ish-guide-to-basic-emergency-prepping-86960f03279

Margaret can be found on twitter at https://twitter.com/magpiekilljoy and on patreon at https://www.patreon.com/margaretkilljoy

S1E11 - Mixæl Laufer on open source medical chemistry Sep 24, 2020

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In this episode I talk with Mixæl Laufer of the Four Thieves Vinegar about their work offering access to medications that are sometimes unavailable. We discuss their work on the epi-pencil, the open source apothecary microlab, aboritificants, naloxone, and other wet chemistry drugs as well as offering some introductory information about how people extract hormones, insulin, and thyroid. We also talk a good deal about what it would mean to live in a world in which access to life-saving and life-improving medicine is actually accessible.

Mixæl Laufer can be found on twitter at https://twitter.com/MichaelSLaufer The Four Thieves Vinegar Collective can be found online at https://fourthievesvinegar.org/ The open insulin project, referenced in this show, can be found online at https://openinsulin.org/

S1E10 - Paul on Body Armor Sep 19, 2020

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This episode covers what demonstrators might want to know about wearing body armor. We cover the types of armor, how to source them, how to fit armor to different body types, what you can and can't skip for cost savings, and more.

If you choose to wear body armor, we recommend IIIA level vests for soft armor (bulletproof vests) or level III+ for hard armor (plate carriers). Soft armor is substantially lighter and more convenient, but only protects against handguns.

We are not advocating for escalation, only for individual and community defense and for our ability to continue to demonstrate as safely as we can.

S1E9 - Kai on Wildland Fire Sep 16, 2020

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Nwcg.gov has some online training for firefighting. readyforwildfire.org is for basic home hardening / prep fireadaptednetwork.org is a directory of folks working on fire resilience in various areas Calpba.org has all the prescribed burn associations in California