The Rustic Spirits Podcast

🔋 Bluetti Black Friday sale: is here! Stack RSH6 or RSH8 for extra savings: https://rusticspirits.me/BLUETTI-Black-Friday📚 Sources:Sam Bamford on 2 Worlds Collide: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DfjHkC1uGMN/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&mdxt=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==How to contact the government about The Digital Duty of Care bill: https://freespeechunion.au/📬 Join our Email list: https://rusticspirits.me/email-list🤝 Become part of our Membership Community: https://rusticspirits.me/0HKtt9Food prices are set to jump 7% before Christmas, and the fertiliser shock really even hit yet. We dig into where that number comes from, why “Australia grows enough food for ourselves” is not as realistic as it sounds, and what impact these food cost increases are really having on the average Australia. What you can do now? Let's talk about it.Then we dig into the Digital Duty of Care bill. It’s passed the lower house and is now before the Senate. We break down the vague definition of “harm,” new powers that can see bureaucrats reach into your private data, yearly risk assessments for small businesses and creators, and a carve-out that protects mainstream media - all while independent podcasters are monitored for the "harm" they may do. How does this affect us? And what can we do about it - we'll tell you how to contact your senator before it’s too late.

Why is everyone suddenly telling you to stockpile food? We dug past the headlines to see which governments actually issued new preparedness warnings, and which stories were media hype.👉 Join our community: https://rusticspirits.me/Ci3uYCYour feed is full of urgency. “33 countries tell citizens to prepare.” Australia supposedly joining in. Billionaires building bunkers. So while we took a holiday, we watched the story unfold, and did the research before hitting record.What we found: far fewer new government warnings than the headlines suggest. But there are real signals underneath the noise. The Pentagon has ordered 90-day self-sufficiency for its bases, supermarket freezers have been hacked across Europe, and oil and shipping routes are under pressure.We also cover why 3 days of food isn’t nearly enough, and why becoming “unswayable” is the most underrated prep there is. You’ll hear what we’re actually changing on our homestead, from emergency comms to buying three years of basics. Buffers, not bunkers.

If you think the Government, or some tech bro is going to swoop in and save you from what's clearly happening in the world right now, then this might not be the conversation for you. The truth is, we've been let down - by our leaders, by industry, by those who were supposed to be looking out for us, and tbh, by our own hubris. We can either cower in the corner and hope that it's someone else's problem, or we can pay attention, speak up where it counts, and at the same time, put things in place to look out for yourself, your family and your immediate community. That's what we're doing anyway.Links that we mention:Make sure you subscribe to Gather Right Here for more conversations like this: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHUf7RidISBk0LECGk1qtoADr Shane Simonsen interview about creating truly resilient food systems on Canadian Prepper: https://youtu.be/Rgzwdl0Fp_A?si=o6V6_VImGNX2NHSJMichael Shellenberger after his meeting with Australian Labor staffers: https://x.com/shellenberger/status/2109858705252725031/video/1

Why are AI giants suddenly screaming for regulation, and how does that connect to your food security? We track the stories that we're paying attention to this week.While we spend our days managing the spring cycle here on the homestead, the global news cycle never stops - so between the birth of new piglets or policy changes that affect our autonomy, we connect the dots between our homesteading lifestyle and the broader issues impacting our right to speak and live freely. Check out Fridge Power from Bluetti: https://rusticspirits.me/bluetti-fridgepower. Make sure you use RSHFP6% for an additional discount at checkout.Join the conversation and become a Rustic Spirits Member to support our work: https://rusticspirits.me/communityLinks to things we mention this week:Scott Kuru - It's Already Worse Than Anything They've Told You About Our Fuel — And It Doesn't Stop Here: https://youtu.be/KioeF0NEXoE?si=PKl8y2s_t2qgSlcUAus vs the Agenda on X - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese denies explicitly linking Labor’s censorship regime to combating “misinformation and disinformation”: https://x.com/ausvstheagenda/status/2102972404645654850David Shoebridge Statement: https://x.com/MikeNayna/status/2102723262488957166?s=20Free Speech Union's Submission on the Digital Duty of Care Bill: https://x.com/FSUofAustralia/status/2102541725210460445?s=20David Koch's open letter to the RBA: https://x.com/CampbellNewman/status/2102231822000439737?s=20Canadian Prepper's post about Trump renaming AI: https://x.com/PrepperCanadian/status/2102419104313352543NPR interview with Tucker Carlson: https://youtu.be/pHhJM3Fg9jw?si=UGJC2V6erjJvbjy20:00 Homesteading Life and Springtime Arrivals1:56 The Shift in Public Conversation5:47 Why Your Dollar Isn't Going Further10:02 Off-Grid Power and Fridge / Freezer Security13:32 Missing Subscriptions From Your Feed?20:09 Oil Crisis27:22 Local Food Networks43:21 Digital Duty of Care Bill58:25 Medicare Hack and AI Security1:10:14 Our approach to using AI

Three stories converging this week — and all of them land on your dinner table, your fuel tank, or your right to talk about either.The Digital Duty of Care Bill has the Coalition opposing it, submissions closing Monday, and a blanket clause that lets the government define new "harms" outside the normal parliamentary process. The Middle East has lost its last two workarounds for getting oil out. And the heads of the biggest AI labs have suddenly started asking to be regulated — which should make you ask why now.James Glissan - They Don't Have to Ban Anything, Big Tech Will Do It For Them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKzG2G9qCvEJames Glissan - The End of "Free Speech" in Australia? This Case Could Change Everything: https://youtu.be/Ka8hxIsbhok?si=ocEtYKzCKrrIazl-Melbourne Teenager 6 months jail: https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/2100167811918401727?s=20John Anderson - Australia Is NOT Cohesive Anymore" - Highlights From the ABC National Forum | John Anderson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbm1xvku-8Y(A.I Documentary)A.I in Context - You really should, unfortunately, be worried about Sam Altman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eYTkvZqbnQTopher Field on The Karl Stefanovic Show - The Fabian Society’s ‘Death by a Thousand Cuts’ Strategy Explained: https://youtu.be/CzVHSnuD86E?si=gUL-H4FJD1k3uGV9Topher Field - Digital Duty of Care Legislation is just another Fabian scheme. Topher Project Ep 476: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfGrydlrFt8&t=3sHow to make a submission about the Digital Duty of Care Bill: https://digitalrightswatch.org.au/2026/09/15/digital-duty-of-care-submission-guide/📄 SOURCESCoalition opposes the bill: https://www.liberal.org.au/2026/09/10/coalition-opposes-labors-digital-duty-of-care-bill-its-current-formLegal analysis of the delegated powers: https://www.gtlaw.com.au/insights/australias-digital-duty-of-care-takes-shape-from-algorithms-to-everything-elseWhat's in the bill: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-08/labour-s-social-media-algorithm-choice-duty-of-care-bill/107130100East-West pipeline attack: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/attack-on-key-saudi-pipeline-is-blamed-on-iran-backed-militias-in-iraqWhy the pipeline matters: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/14/why-saudi-arabias-east-west-pipeline-matters-for-global-oilHouthis take Perim Island: https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/sep/11/gulf-oil-threatened-anew-as-houthis-reach-key-islaHow much oil is actually getting through Hormuz: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/3/how-much-oil-is-going-through-hormuz-how-data-doesnt-match-us-claimsAustralia's fuel vulnerability: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/hormuz-closure-brings-australias-layered-fuel-vulnerability-to-the-foreDiesel margins squeezing farmers: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-18/diesel-crack-spread-filling-oil-refiners-coffers/107159068Rabobank on fuel and fertiliser: https://www.rabobank.com.auEl Niño declared: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-16/nsw-bureau-of-meterology-declares-el-nino-weather/106776598METR's independent investigation into the Hugging Face incident: https://metr.org/blog/2026-08-26-openai-hugging-face-incident-investigationAmodei's essay and the Altman/Musk response: https://qz.com/anthropic-amodei-ai-slowdown-altman-musk-091426Musk, 2014: "summoning the demon": https://techcrunch.com/2014/10/26/elon-musk-compares-building-artificial-intelligence-to-summoning-the-demon