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- 4 days ago1h 24m
LFN #262 - Joel Skousen's Private Workshop: How to Actually Use Strategic Relocation (Never Released)
We played Joel Skousen's Exit & Build 2 keynote a while back and the response was huge. In that talk, Joel mentions a workshop he was giving the next day. A lot of you wrote in asking to hear it. It was an exclusive Sunday session. Never released publicly until now. This is Joel getting into the mechanics of Strategic Relocation. How to read the threat maps and narrow the whole country down to two or three states. What his state ratings actually measure: population density, private land availability, building permits, statewide land use planning, growing season, water quality, taxes, corruption, crime, personal liberty, gun rights, alternative medicine freedom, homeschooling freedom, and proximity to military targets. Then he gets into basements, which turns into one of the most practical stretches of the session. Which states actually build them, why most of the South doesn't, and how to get one poured anyway without paying ten times what it should cost. Then he opens the floor. Real people with real properties asking about their actual situations. Alaska. The Upper Peninsula. Northern British Columbia. Georgia. Kentucky. West Virginia. A woman living off grid in a yurt in California asking whether there's any way to stay. A doctor asking where a physician can still practice freely. Somebody asking about burying a shipping container as a shelter. He also names which news sources he trusts and which ones he thinks are compromised, and he doesn't spare anybody, including some names this audience holds dear. About Joel Skousen Former Navy and Marine Corps fighter pilot turned architect. He began writing The Secure Home in 1979, making him one of the genuine pioneers of the modern preparedness movement. Author of Strategic Relocation: North American Guide to Safe Places, still the definitive reference on threat-based relocation, and co-author of The High Security Shelter Book with his son, a structural engineer. He has published the World Affairs Brief weekly for decades and has designed high security residences and retreats across North America, Canada, and Latin America. Joel is speaking at Exit & Build 6 November 5-8, 2026 at Mollie Engelhart's Sovereignty Ranch in Bandera, Texas. He's giving a full talk plus an in-depth workshop, and he'll be around the whole event to talk relocation, preparedness, and whatever else you bring him. You can walk up and ask him about your own property. Four days on a working regenerative ranch with hands-on implementation zones where you leave having actually done the thing. Also speaking: David Avocado Wolfe, Curtis Stone, Doug and Stacy, Alec Zeck, Glenn and Eric Meder, Mollie Engelhart, the Sacred Honor crew, and more. Get your ticket: https://exitandbuild.com
- 6 days ago1h 25m
LFN #261 - 1 in 5 Male Cattle Are Producing Milk. Nobody Wants to Say Why. | Mollie Engelhart
Rancher Mollie Engelhart was at a talk in North Dakota when a man walked up and told her that close to 20 percent of steers were lactating at slaughter. She raises cattle. She milks cows. She'd never seen it once. Then he showed her the research poster, and it was real. Researchers from West Texas A&M and Cargill evaluated 20,481 finished cattle from 33 feedlots and found 6,078 lactating. Among native beef steers, 14.55 percent. Among dairy-cross steers, 19.66 percent. Steers are castrated males. Mollie thinks the hormone growth implants used in over 90 percent of feedlot cattle are the obvious suspect. The lead researcher disagrees and thinks the cattle have simply gotten fat enough that their own tissue is triggering it. We get into what she found, the pushback since she published, and what's happening at Sovereignty Ranch. Then we spend real time on the part that doesn't trend. Mollie went from vegan chef in LA to running 200 acres in the Texas Hill Country, and we talk honestly about what that costs. The hours, the grit, the toll on your body and your family, and the difference between people who talk about building and people who build. Mollie's reporting: https://members.acresusa.com/lactating-steers-hormonal-implants/ Mollie is speaking at Exit & Build 6, November 5-8 on her own land at Sovereignty Ranch in Bandera, Texas. Four days with the builders in this movement, hands-on implementation zones, and food grown right there that you can pay for with crypto, silver, or Goldbacks. https://exitandbuild.com
- 2 weeks ago1h 9m
LFN #260 - Bastrop to Terminate Flock Contract. How to Make this Happen In Your Community
Bastrop, Texas just voted to cover its Flock surveillance cameras and put contract termination on the agenda. Dozens of residents showed up. The city acted in one meeting. Here's how it happened, and how you can do the same thing in your town. In this episode of Live Free Now, John Bush breaks down the Bastrop Flock fight from the inside: the open records requests, the contract clauses nobody read, the difference between the two Flock audit reports that ended Pflugerville's program, and the exact steps activists can use to get automatic license plate readers out of their own cities and counties. Flock isn't the only camera on the pole. This is one battle in a much larger fight against the surveillance state being built around us, and it's one we can win at the local level. WHAT WE COVER: - How Bastrop went from a study committee to a termination vote in two weeks - The two-report trick that hides who's really searching your town's cameras - Why turning cameras off is not the same as ending the contract - The 8-step playbook to remove Flock from your city or county - Why the real goal is banning ALPRs altogether, not just switching vendors Whether you're in a small town or a big city, red county or blue, this is cross-partisan and it's winnable. Over 80 jurisdictions in 28 states have already ended their Flock contracts. Yours can be next. Fighting bad policy is not the ideal way to create greater freedom. The best way is building the alternatives to government and big tech that let us live free right now. If you want to organize beyond politics and help build those alternatives, join us for our next Freedom Cell social dinner at Community Gardens here in Bastrop County: https://www.facebook.com/events/1391604606249179/ Keep up with everything from John at livefree.academy/newsletter Free daily email.
- 3 weeks ago42 min
LFN #259 - Bastrop Packed the Room Against Flock Cameras. Here's What Happened.
Yesterday I went to a Bastrop City Council workshop because Flock cameras were on the agenda. Was the first time I've engaged a local or state government in a LONG time. It was a packed house. The council said it was the most people they'd ever had at one of these workshops. Person after person got up to speak against Flock. Exactly one person registered in favor, and they didn't even speak. I got the chance to speak twice during citizens communication, and I'm playing both of those videos on today's show. Here's what most people don't realize about these cameras. According to the DeFlock website there are around 30 Flock cameras in Bastrop, and only 12 of them are actually controlled by the Bastrop Police Department. And "controlled" is doing a lot of work in that sentence, because cities don't own these things. They lease them from Flock. All the data flows up to Flock, and Flock uses it to train their AI models. On today's show: The full footage of both times I addressed the council What actually happened in that room and what the police chief had to say My honest take on engaging at the local level, when it's worth your energy and when it isn't How to push back on Flock in your own town And the exit and build solutions that matter more than any of it Also this week: Tomorrow at 12:00 pm Central we're going live for the free Trifecta Effect webinar with Sacred Honor Educational Fellowship. Trusts, private membership associations, and ministries, and how they fit together. https://divinepma.com/trifecta And if you're planning to come to Exit & Build 6, now is the time. Ticket prices go up August 31st at midnight. November 5th through 8th at Sovereignty Ranch in Bandera, Texas. https://exitandbuild.com
- Aug 19, 20261h 3m
LFN #258 - David Avocado Wolfe Joins the Exit & Build 6 Lineup
David Avocado Wolfe is joining us in person at Exit & Build 6, November 5 through 8, 2026, at Mollie Engelhart's Sovereignty Ranch in Bandera, Texas. Three decades as one of the most recognizable voices in natural health and superfoods. Longevity, nutrition, raw and living foods, herbalism, soil and mineral density. And one of the loudest voices telling people not to outsource their health to institutions that haven't earned the trust. Which is exactly what exit and build is about. You can't build a sovereign life on a body that depends on the system you're trying to exit. He joins Joel Skousen, Michael Joseph and the Sacred Honor crew, Jeremy Cordon of Goldback, Jason Crowe and Mike Winner of Qortal, Matt Powers, Curtis Stone, Doug and Stacy, River and Imani of Haven Village, the Meders of Privacy Academy, and a full music lineup. Four days on a working regenerative ranch in the Texas Hill Country, an hour from San Antonio. Hands-on implementation zones where you leave with the thing done, not notes about the thing. Get your ticket: https://exitandbuild.com
- Aug 13, 202649 min
LFN #257 - Joel Skousen: Strategic Relocation, Home Security, and Escaping What's Coming (Never Released)
Joel Skousen has spent nearly five decades helping people answer one question: where should you live when the systems around you start to fail? This talk has never been available publicly. Joel delivered it at Exit & Build 2, and we're releasing it now for the first time. In it he walks through the core of his life's work: Strategic relocation and how to evaluate where you live right now. Population density, prevailing winds, nuclear and military target proximity, water access, growing season, state law, and the neighbors you'd actually be depending on. Joel breaks down why he looks west of the Mississippi, which states he's changed his mind about, and the mistakes people make when they relocate for the wrong reasons. Home and retreat security. Joel is an architect who's designed high security residences across North America, Canada, and Latin America. He gets into secure room design, EMP-protected power, water and food storage, and what actually holds up versus what just feels safe. And the honest assessment of the threats. Grid failure, EMP, economic collapse, war, and the long-term consolidation of surveillance and control. Joel doesn't sugarcoat any of it, and he'll tell you why he refuses to. His view is that optimism is what keeps people from preparing. About Joel Skousen Former Navy and Marine Corps fighter pilot turned architect. He began writing The Secure Home in 1979, making him one of the genuine pioneers of the modern preparedness movement. He's the author of Strategic Relocation: North American Guide to Safe Places, still the definitive reference on threat-based relocation, and co-author of The High Security Shelter Book with his son, a structural engineer. He has published the World Affairs Brief every week for decades. Joel is speaking at Exit & Build 6 We just announced it. Joel is joining us in person at Exit & Build 6, November 5 through 8, 2026, at Sovereignty Ranch in Bandera, Texas. He's giving a full talk plus a hands-on workshop, going deeper than he could in the time he had here. Nuclear and fallout protection, secure water and food storage, EMP-protected long-term power, evading social unrest, and the secure room design he's spent a career refining. You'll be able to walk up and ask him about your own property, your own plan, your own situation. Exit & Build 6 is four days on a working regenerative ranch in the Texas Hill Country with speakers and builders across the counter-economy, decentralized tech, private realm structures, food and land, and lawful remedy. The whole event is built around implementation zones, where you don't just take notes. You leave with your crypto wallet funded, your privacy gaps closed, your land or community plan drawn up, and your private realm pathway mapped. Ticket prices go up August 31st. Get your ticket: https://exitandbuild.com Brought to you by Live Free Academy. Stay free out there.
- Aug 5, 202642 min
LFN #256 - How to Get Local Businesses to Accept Gold & Silver (16 Years of Counter-Economy Lessons)
I've spent over 16 years building the counter-economy. Trading precious metals for goods and services with real businesses. Actual trades, actual people, actual yeses. In this video I break down exactly how I do it. The scripts, the mindset, and the moves that get a business owner nodding instead of staring at you like you just asked to pay in seashells. You'll learn: How to walk up to a farmers market vendor and get a yes on the spot Why pitching a brick and mortar is a completely different game than pitching an online shop How to know what to pay so you're never overpaying or insulting the person across the counter The objections you'll hit before you even open your mouth, and how to handle them This is what's worked for me across hundreds of real transactions... building a parallel economy that doesn't need the dollar or the banking system to function. If you want to go deeper, join us this Saturday, August 8th, for the Exit & Build Virtual Summit 2. Jeremy Cordon, founder of Goldback, is speaking on using spendable gold in everyday commerce. Free to attend. Grab your spot here: https://exitandbuild.com/virtual
- Aug 4, 202647 min
#LFN #255 - Agorism 101: Opt Out of the System w/ Sal the Agorist
Sal the Agorist is joining us at the Exit and Build Virtual Summit 2 on August 8th... so we're replaying one of our best conversations with him to get you ready. In this episode we get into what agorism actually means and why Sal thinks politics can't ever produce freedom, no matter who wins the next election. He breaks down the counter-economy... entrepreneurial noncompliance... and why every regulation they pass just creates ten new ways around it. Sal will be one of our speakers at the Exit and Build Virtual Summit 2 — Strategy Edition, happening online August 8th. Register free below. 🔗 Register for the Virtual Summit: exitandbuild.com/virtual 🔗 Join the daily newsletter: livefree.academy/newsletter 🔗 Sal the Agorist: saltheagorist.com | x.com/SallyMayweather Topics covered: agorism, counter-economy, opting out of the statist economy, Bitcoin Cash vs Monero, buying crypto without KYC, entrepreneurship and infopreneurship, financial privacy, decentralized exchanges, Exit and Build Virtual Summit 2.
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