Preparedness Works
The Preparedness Guy, Nat Sellers, will focus on the stories of those who utilized emergency preparedness to improve their lives. Nat is a professional emergency manager and will lead conversations that help the everyday prepper to do it right.
- Update frequency
- every 22 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 23
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
The Secret Nuclear Bunker at The Greenbrier Resort
I toured a former Cold War era secret government bunker under The Greenbrier Resort. Formerly known as Project Greek Island, this bunker was meant for members of Congress to wait out nuclear war, bef…
00:40:57 |
Tue 04 Mar 2025
Necessary Dependence
Self-reliance, personal responsibility, and a spirit of independence are valuable attributes, but what do you do when you must be reliant on someone else? Nat talks about the times of necessary depen…
00:24:32 |
Fri 28 Jun 2024
Building Preparedness Communities
Who are the people you want around you in an emergency? Someone shows up asking for people with a particular set of skills and says they’re looking to put together a team. Of course they want you to …
00:26:58 |
Fri 14 Jun 2024
The Ambulance Down in the Valley
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Nat usually draws attention away from the hazards, but today he gives two areas where understanding and focusing on the hazard are helpful, but you ca…
00:12:54 |
Fri 09 Feb 2024
Preparedness Works 19 - Food Storage Basics
Many of you wonder about food storage. How much should I store? What kinds of foods should I store? We'll take a look at the FEMA 2023 National Preparedness Report to see what they say, then I'll giv…
00:30:22 |
Tue 16 Jan 2024
Preparedness Works 18 - Prepare for the Unpreparable
To close out 2023, in a quick message Nat talks about how this year was like nothing he could have imagined. How do you prepare for what you can't prepare for?
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00:05:41 |
Tue 02 Jan 2024
Preparedness Works 17 - Preparedness As a Civic Responsibility
From the era of American Civil Defense to the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program, and basically nothing in between, before, or after, preparedness was recognized as a civic responsibili…
00:25:56 |
Thu 26 Oct 2023
Preparedness Works Episode 16 - We Have No Idea What Is Going On - Prepare Accordingly
Preparedness is not based on fear. If someone is trying to scare you in order to prepare, they are probably selling you something. Don't let the fear cause you to react and do something you don't nee…
00:14:07 |
Mon 25 Sep 2023
Episode 015 - Rick Austin Talks Prepper Camp
Rick Austin, also known as The Survivalist Gardener, shares some insight on what it's like to fully and publicly embrace the prepper title and what he has done to destigmatize preparedness. He also t…
00:56:06 |
Mon 31 Jul 2023
Episode 014 - Madidrop+ Water Purification
There’s a new water purifier in town, and it’s unlike any other. Dr. Jim Smith talks about the Madidrop, which he invented with his team at the University of Virginia. It has been tested and proven i…
00:34:32 |
Fri 21 Apr 2023
Episode 013 - The Higher We Climb, The Harder We Fall
Does our dependence on technology and systems make us more vulnerable? Nat explores the idea that when you rely on something, and it is disrupted, you don't get to fall back to the thing it replaced,…
00:29:53 |
Fri 07 Apr 2023
Preparedness Works - Episode 012 - Zack Borst, Are Preppers the Worst?
Nat speaks with fellow emergency manager Zack Borst, who hosts the EM Weekly podcast.
Zack shares his wide range of experiences with emergencies and disasters and we talk about how preppers are often …
Zack shares his wide range of experiences with emergencies and disasters and we talk about how preppers are often …
00:53:15 |
Wed 22 Mar 2023
Preparedness Works - Episode 011 - Design Any Disaster with Patrick Hardy
Patrick Hardy wrote the book on disasters, and it's called "Design Any Disaster," released March 7th, 2023. Patrick is also "the disaster planning Rachel Ray" for writing the recipe for preparedness …
00:45:06 |
Fri 03 Mar 2023
Preparedness Works - Episode 010 - Livestream on Preppers LIVE on The Prepper Broadcasting Network
Nat joins James for a late-night livestream on the Prepper Broadcasting Network to talk about preparedness, emergency management, and catastrophic current events. Here is the full recording.
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01:27:31 |
Mon 27 Feb 2023
Preparedness Works - Episode 9 - Safer Escape
Nat has a chat with Aaron Mezei who has a knack for seeing a need and finding a solution. The Safer Escape fire ladder is a sleek, sturdy, reusable fire escape ladder that your family can practice wi…
00:31:26 |
Fri 03 Feb 2023
Preparedness Works - Episode 008 - Disaster Class Part 2
The second half of Nat’s interview on the Disaster Class podcast, discussing some ethical dilemmas facing us in disasters.
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00:38:31 |
Wed 04 Jan 2023
Preparedness Works - Episode 007 - Disaster Class Part 1
This is the first half of an interview Nat had with Jason and Wesley from the Disaster Class podcast. Time to take your seats....because class is in session!
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00:24:09 |
Mon 14 Nov 2022
Preparedness Works - Episode 006 - There and Back Again, a Prepper's Tale
Our guest, Matt @GenXTalkin shares a story of preparedness while hiking and how an unexpected encounter with a stranger taught him lessons about things like cooperation, compassion, and determination…
00:38:30 |
Fri 28 Oct 2022
Preparedness Works - Episode 5 - Kangaroo Crashes and Satellite Phones
Nat talks with Vadim, a safety expert living in Western Australia about the hazards he has faced traveling great distances (even one town over). They talk about having the right tools for your needs,…
00:33:20 |
Fri 21 Oct 2022
Preparedness Works - Episode 4 - Homesteaders (and Goonies) Never Say Die!
Jenna from Granite Hill Homestead shares her experiences evacuating the recent Fairview Fire in California, which was not her first wildfire evacuation! We also take an imaginative trip to Astoria, O…
00:35:29 |
Fri 14 Oct 2022
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