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The Siege of New HampshireExtra: The Singularity DoomFollowing up on the earlier episode about AI and Prepping, Mic, Brian, and Jeff look at the potential doom of having AI given control over crucial facets of human society but getting too smart for the people who think they can control it. Some people welcome AI control. Some don't care too much. Some are very afraid. Are we getting spooked over potential boogeymen or are we right to be worried?
The video Jeff found:
How AI Takeover Could Happen In 2 Years: A Scenario:
The interview that Brian found:
Joe Rogan...2025-07-1843 minThe Siege of New HampshireExtra: Sustainable Water PlansHaving some water stored is one of those prepper basics. What options do you have for getting more water when your stored supply runs low? Mic, Brian, and Jeff explore three options. You might power your electric well pump via batteries and an inverter. You could fetch "wild" water from a nearby body of water. You might put a hand pump on your well. Each plan has its pros and cons.
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One-time coffee...2025-06-0644 minThe Siege of New HampshireExtra: Surviving Gray DoomEven if you didn't die in any of the other "dooms", (comet impact, zombies, nukes, etc.) you will still not escape Gray Doom. Everyone gets older. Can on older person, who is not capable of running a mile with a fifty-pound backpack or hand-to-hand fighting, still be a prepper? Mic, Brian and Jeff discuss what prepping for being old or how prepping as an older person might be different.
If you are enjoying these topical episodes, show your appreciation by buying MIc a coffee at Buy Me A Coffee, or becoming a Patron on Patreon, or a...2025-05-2346 minThe Siege of New HampshireExtra: Is There a Cure for Lonely Prepper Syndrome?Many preppers confess that they feel like they are the only ones in their family, or social group who prep. Making matters worse, some preppers are afraid to let anyone know that they prep, for fear of either being ostracized or worse, becoming a target of the (theorized) starving hordes. Mic, Brian, and Jeff discuss the problem and some options.
Link discussed in this episode:
Meetup.com -- is not specifically a prepper site, but there may be prepper meetups, or prepper-adjacent events in your area.
Ready Your Future Exclusive Email Group...2025-04-2544 minThe Siege of New HampshireExtra: Preppers on a PlaneMic, Brian, and Jeff discuss the challenges of staying prepared when traveling long distances. They share a few of their travel "horror" stories too. With TSA's restrictions on what can be brought as carry-on, a prepper is more limited in their travel EDC. The guys discuss what they have done to stay as prepped as they can while traveling.
Links:
Official TSA page: What's allowed and not allowed in baggage.
If you are finding value in these topical episodes, consider buying Mic a one-time cup of virtual coffee at Buy Me A Coffee...2025-03-2841 minThe Siege of New HampshirePrepper Fiction: Volcanic DoomThe eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano is one of those mega-disasters that some preppers worry about. Mic, Brian, and Jeff discuss two movies, one with the irresistable title of Volcanic Doom. The second is Supervolcano. The latter actually being about the catastrophic eruption of the Yellowstone volcano. They use those movies as jumping off points to discuss some of the realities of a huge volcanic eruption.
Links:
Movie: Volcanic Doom — Free YouTube version. (original title: Magma: Volcanic Disaster (2006)
Movie: Supervolcano (2005) BBC/Discovery faux-documentary about the Yellowstone volcano erupting catastrophically.
Movie review: Cra...2025-03-1445 minThe Siege of New HampshireExtra: Grid-Down Fire Dangers, with Brian DuffIn a grid-down situation, people will turn to alternate means to cook, for lighting, and to heat their homes. These alternates often involve fire — propane stoves, candles, propane heaters. These pose a higher risk of starting a fire in your home. And, at a time when the fire department probably isn't coming. What can you do?
Mic's special guest for this episode is Brian Duff, a prepper and former fire fighter. He, Mic and Jeff discuss grid-down fire dangers.
Links:
Brian Duff's Mind4Survival.com website.
Brian's Book Mind 4 Survival on Am...2025-02-2849 minThe Siege of New HampshirePrepper Fiction: Arctic (2019 movie)As a nod to winter, Mic, Jeff, and Brian, all watched the 2018 movie, Arctic, starring Mads Mikkelsen. He is the pilot of an airplane that crash-landed somewhere in the arctic. His survival skills have kept him alive for several weeks. When a rescue helicopter arrives, it too crashes due to storm gusts. Only the copilot — a young woman — survived, though gravely injured. He then tries to get her to medical care. The boys key off of this movie to discuss winter preparedness in general.
Links:
Movie, Arctic — (YouTube free version. What little is said, is dubbed...2025-02-1437 minThe Siege of New HampshirePrepper Fiction: Movie, AftermathMic, Brian, and Jeff discuss the 2014 movie Aftermath: an independent production about a group of average folks who gather in a north Texas farmhouse cellar to try to survive the radioactive fallout from a nuclear war. This is another of those Everybody Dies movies. The boys comment on what the writer did well for conveying prepper knowledge, and where he missed the boat. The biggest boat he missed was assuming that fallout stayed at toxic levels for over a month.
Links:
The Movie: Aftermath (2014) Free on YouTube
The FEMA PrepTalk about the reality...2025-01-3143 minThe Siege of New HampshireExtra: Nuclear RealityWith renewed concerns of possible nuclear exchanges (Ukraine/Russia, Iran/Israel) Mic, Brian, and Jeff explore some of the reality behind nuclear blasts and more importantly, fallout. These were fairly topical among Americans during the Cold War, but with the fall of the Soviet Union, nuclear realities have slipped out of the mainstream American consciousness.
The catalyst for this episode was a book by journalist Annie Jacobsen, that highlighted how precarious things still are. Below are links to items mentioned in this episode.
Links:
Annie Jacobsen's book: Nuclear War, A Scenario -- (amazon...2024-12-2044 minThe Siege of New HampshireExtra: Prepping & The HolidaysMic, Brian, and Jeff discuss how the holidays can be significant for preppers. Part of it is having to maintain one's situational awareness when out in crowded public places. Ne'erdowells seek out crowded places to cause trouble.
A more positive holiday feature are the deep discounts. A good time for the shrewd prepper to save on preps.
Links:
Hot Holiday Offershttps://hotholidayoffers.com/CamelCamelCamelhttps://camelcamelcamel.com/
Show your support for the Siege podcasts by buying Mic a virtual cup of coffee at Buy Me A...2024-12-0634 minThe Siege of New HampshireExtra: Should you count on FEMA, or prep?Mic, Brian, and Jeff look at the Federal Emergency Management Agency in light of the recent hurricanes and aftermath. Did FEMA deserve the bad press it got? Is FEMA actually supposed to rescue people? Mic looks at the old Civil Defense model (pre-FEMA). Brian looks at the current Swedish version of Civil Defense -- which is strong on DIY.
Below are links to things discussed in this episode.
FEMA website:
Ready.gov website
James O’Keefe interview with FEMA whistleblower
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Bert the Turtle, Duck and Cover, video:...2024-11-0838 minThe Siege of New HampshireExtra: Post-Apocalyptic Rebuild...in 15 MinutesThis week, Jeff, Brian and Mic will be discussing a 15-minute intro video by a scientist named Lewis Dartnell, who tries to sort out what humanity would have to know to rebuild civilization after an apocalypse. Of course, you can't describe everything you'd need to do to rebuild our current civilization in just a short video. Some things he touches on are sound. Some things superfluous. The boys put in their two-cents as to what someone would need to know for post-apocalyptic knowledge.
The Link to the Video: If you want to view the video before the gu...2024-10-2540 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 6: Chapter 20: An OpeningMartin and Margaret try to manage the sudden horde of Ferals that have settled around the Simmons house. While a solution is found, they put many of the Ferals to work in exchange for a meal of pine fries. A big project to keep most of them busy is digging out an area for a pond along the little stream on the Simmons' property. The work is interrupted by two men who wish to arrest one of the Feral women whom they accuse of stealing a chicken.
As we near the conclusion of Book 6, you can show...2024-10-1839 minThe Siege of New HampshirePrepper Fiction: Rebuilding After SHTFA counterpoint to the dark Mad Max vision, are stories of people rebuilding after an SHTF event. Mic dips into his old-movies archives to discuss Swiss Family Robinson (1960). Mic, Jeff, and Brian then look at Kevin Costner's The Postman (1997) as a tale of SHTF survivors who grasp at hope that "America" is coming back and begin to assert control over their own lives and defy the local warlord.
Links from films discussed in this podcast
Swiss Family Robinson -- The imdb.org listing, cast, reviews, etc.
Swiss Family Robinson -- Rent f...2024-09-2740 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 6: Chapter 17: ConfrontationEarly one morning, the motion alarm that Martin installed in his bean field, goes off. He rushes out to find a mysterious silhouette at the edge. He chases and tackles the person. She turns out to be a member of a group of Feral women who had been hiding in the woods across the road. Margaret coaxes them into cooperating and relocating to behind the Simmons' house so that they would be safe from the disgruntled townsfolk who are hunting them. The Simmons' do not have enough food for eight new mouths. What can they do?
2024-09-0633 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 6: Chapter 16: Rumors of MonstersMartin resumes his chores around the house and checks out Dustin's rabbit snares at the back bean field. He takes a break to help Andy move out to Mara's camp. Andy is thrilled to be rooming with his soul mate. Martin gets back home in time to attend a contentious Grange meeting. Members complain about the Ferals stealing food and spreading disease. A mood of vigilanteism sweeps the meeting.
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2024-08-2332 minThe Siege of New HampshireExtra: Homestead WalkAround, Mid-summerMic gives an audio tour around the homestead as things stand at mid-summer.-- the quiet, elderberries that were only mostly-dead, what seems like slow fruiting, the chickens and the sad tale of dropping a tree on top of his low garden. Doh.
All that, and news that target shooting is, apparently, a popular spectator sport for chickens. Who knew?
To see photos that go along with this audio tour, visit my Buy Me A Coffee page and click on Posts. If you prefer Patreon, go to my Patreon page and it should b...2024-08-1621 minThe Siege of New HampshireExtra: The Prepping SpectrumIs it better to prep by trying to be an off-grid homesteader, or a basement stasher of a year's worth of all your consumables? Mic, Jeff, and Brian discuss these two poles of the spectrum of prepping. Brian goes into a couple of rants about the cons of homesteading. He is also frank about some challenges to the basement stasher.
Feel free to email Mic with your two-cents on the issues we discussed. mic (at) mic-roland (dot) com
If you're enjoying these between-the-chapters episodes or the chapters themselves, consider becoming a Patron on Patreon, or a...2024-08-0241 minThe Siege of New HampshirePrepper Fiction: Panic in Year Zero
Mic, Brian, and Jeff all watched what might be the first realistic SHTF-Bug-Out movie: Panic In Year Zero (1962). While it is, of course, Hollywood fiction, many of the scenes are directly applicable to today. If you needed supplies, would you steal to get them? If you were confronted by someone you meant you harm, should you 'terminate' them right then? Our three movie-watchers discuss many of the scenes that raise relevant questions for today.
Panic in Year Zero Movie: (YouTube Link) Shown in 10 parts. Link is to Part 1. The subsequent parts usually follow automatically, but t...2024-07-1947 minThe Siege of New HampshireExtra: Five Real life Bug-Out-to-the-Woods ExperiencesWhat would bugging out to the woods really be like? Mic lays out five historical examples of people surviving in the woods for years.
> Nicholas Cresswell, 1770s traveling through the American frontier.
> The Lykov family, 1936-78, 42 years in Siberian wilderness.
> Max, 1941-43, A young Jewish boy hiding in a Polish forest from Nazis for 2 years.
> Christopher Knight, 1986-2013, 27 years in the woods of Maine.
> Thomas Johnson, 1989-99, living secretly underground for ten years.
If you're enjoying these between-the-chapters episodes or the chapters themselves, consider becoming a Patron on Patreon, or a member...2024-07-0534 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 6: Chapter 12: Rolling Down to PlymouthThe train is finally on its way south. En route, Matt explains his group's plan to neutralize the Greens' northern outpost, then sneak in to free to slave laborers. With their increased numbers, they move on to free the political prisoners. With their larger ad hoc force, they will attempt to capture the Greens' leaders while the rest of the Greens are trying to capture the train. Martin is not too keen on being the bait.
Even though it's already a hot summer, this would be a good time to buy Mic a cup of v...2024-06-2838 minThe Siege of New HampshirePrepper Fiction: AI DoomWill AI be the cause of human extinction? That's what some experts are warning of. Mic, Brian and Jeff discuss some of the many movies and news stories about artificial intelligence taking over. On the optimistic side, the AI establishes a harsh but overall benevolent dictatorship. On the darker side, the AI systematically tries to wipe out humanity -- as an "inferior" and troublesome pest. How is a prepper to prepare for an AI overlord?
LInks:
Atlas, 2024, Jennifer Lopez battles an AI villain trying to wipe out mankind.
Colossus: The Forbin Project: 1970. A...2024-06-2141 minThe Siege of New HampshirePrepper Fiction: Zombie DoomIn the preppersphere, zombies are a metaphor for the masses of the unpreppared, weakened after a prolonged collapse, who slowly fan out into the countryside seeking food. Mic, Jeff, and Brian look a few landmark films and a popular TV series. Does how the characters deal with their zombies hold lessons for how preppers might deal with a possible horde of weakened, emaciated city people?
What can you do to help prevent yourself turning into a "zombie"?
Movie Links:
White Zombie, 1932, starring Bela Lugosi. The first actual zombie movie.
The...2024-06-0747 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 6: Chapter 10: Storm DamageMartin, Charles and Tyler begin their second day of work for Farnum. The mood of all the workers starts out upbeat. The old and new tracks are connected and the locomotive is nearly to the old railhead. A squabble among the workers reveals that Farnum has massively over-promised everyone's stake in the profits. The angry mob attack Farnum, leaving him bloody and unconscious. Too late, do they realize that Farnum was the only one who knew what to do. Is the railroad project doomed?
You can show your support for this ongoing Siege of NH s...2024-05-3137 minThe Siege of New HampshirePrepper Fiction: Bunker DoomMic, Jeff and Brian discuss a few movies in which people expect to survive some SHTF event in an underground bunker. Bomb shelters (bunkers) were very popular in scary parts of the Cold War. While bunkers are best suited to surviving Nuke Doom, some people can see sheltering underground as a great way to survive a whole range of SHTF scenarios. But is it? Our trio of prepper movie watchers discuss this, as well as the movies listed below.
Twilight Zone, S3 E3, 1961, The Shelter -- Stream-able with Amazon Prime
Take Shelter, 2011, a Jeff Nichols...2024-05-2438 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 6: Chapter 8: Contested PassageMartin, Tyler, and Charles are met with an unforeseen difficulty on their way north. The ongoing argument between the Hendrick brothers causes them to nearly crash. To compound their trouble, they learn that the road they were told to take, to get round the troublemakers in Plymouth, has become blocked by them too. How can they sneak a loud white truck past the guards at the new roadblock?
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2024-05-0331 minThe Siege of New HampshirePrepper Fiction: Movie: "Civil War"Mic, Jeff and Brian review and discuss the newly-released movie "Civil War" by Alex Garland. The possibilities of civil unrest is an increasing concern among the preparedness-minded, so we approached our look at the movie from a prepper perspective. There is a no-spoilers synopsis in the beginning of this episode, as well as a spoiler warning and a point to which you can fast-forward to skip the spoilers, if you like.
Later in the episode, we discuss questions engendered by the movie, like: what can a prepper do about civil unrest? Would the government actually fire upon d...2024-04-2647 minThe Siege of New HampshireFiction: Where are the Envro-Doom Movies?Join Mic and his regular co-hosts Brian and Jeff, as they venture into the world of environmental disaster through - literature, film, and real-world predictions. Unlike the commonly explored apocalyptic narratives involving comets or nuclear weapons, EcoDoom is a surprisingly scarce disaster narratives in Hollywood, despite it being trumpeted as an urgent crisis. Where are all the climate change-themed movies?
Our trip down memory lane will discuss environmental disaster movies that come close: Soylent Green, The Day After Tomorrow, and an old British film about global warming, The Day the Earth Caught Fire. Scrutinize with us the...2024-04-1949 minThe Siege of New HampshirePrepper Fiction:Econo-DoomIn this episode, Mic, Brian, and Jeff look at three famous fictional works in which an economic collapse is the cause of SHTF. What caused those collapses? Is there anything we can learn from them? How did the main characters and the populace respond to the collapse? Are there lessons there too?
Links for titles in this episode:
"Patriots" by John Wesley Rawles, 1995 (updated through 2011). Synopsis and reviews on Goodreads.
"Atlas Shrugged" Ayn Rand, 1957. Synopsis and reviews on Goodreads.
“The Grapes of Wrath” 1940 movie, based on 1939 novel by John Steinb...2024-04-0536 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 6: Chapter 6: Coming To TermsMr. Farnum visits the Hendricks' farm and is impressed with Charles' new gasifier-generator-welder. He tells of the need the Central Rail Collaborative has for a bigger welder and some of the the difficulties the CRC has faced thus far. Charles tries to finagle profitable terms in exchange for helping the CRC. To his and Martin's surprise, Farnum agrees to a rather generous deal. "That was too easy," Martin says.
While you're enjoying the ongoing story, this would be a good time to buy Mic a cup of virtual coffee, go to Buy Me A Coffee.2024-03-2933 minThe Siege of New HampshireFiction: Bio DoomMic, Brian and Jeff explore some of the fiction featuring pandemics or plagues. They will narrow their scope to include the more realistic stories and save the zombie stories for another episode. They discuss several fictional stories with an eye toward what we really experience with the recent Covid pandemic. They also share their own experiences during Covid as well as advice on being ready for the next pandemic.
Stories discussed in this episode:
Edgar Allen Poe's short story: "Mask of the Red Death."
Albert Camus' 1947 novel: "The Plague"
The 1996 film: "...2024-03-2237 minThe Siege of New HampshireExtra: Two Weeks Without PowerWhat would it be like to lose power at your house for two weeks? Mic interviews Jonathan, a Siege stories listener and farmer/prepper, who lost power due to an ice storm. Which of his preps worked well? What holes in his preps did the outage expose? Generators are a godsend but fuel for them is their Achilles Heel. What can be done about that?
If you enjoy these 'Extra' content episodes, let Mic know by buying him a cup of virtual coffee at Buy Me A Coffee. You could also become a Patron on Patreon, or a...2024-03-0830 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 6: Chapter4: A Ghost and a LobbyistMartin and the Hendrick brothers resume work on their gasifier-engine-generator-welder trailer. Mrs. Hendrick tells of seeing her "Corn Ghost" again, with proof of some damaged corn at the edge of her field. Jeff Landers comes by, lobbying Grange members (which includes Martin, Tyler and Charles) for support of a pending warrant article to stem brewing trouble in town over water rights.
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Your...2024-03-0132 minThe Siege of New HampshireExtra: Spring Tour, Maple SapMic takes you on an early spring / late winter walk-around the homestead. It is the start of maple syrup season and collection has begun. The days are getting longer and the chickens have started to lay more. The ice on the pond might be sturdy enough to cut a couple trees out in the pond. There's still too much snow for gardening, though.
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2024-02-2314 minThe Siege of New HampshireExtra: Nuke DoomMic, Jeff and Brian discuss books and movies about nuclear doom. There are two broad subgroups: Gloomy Doom -- in which no one survives, and Hopeful Doom -- in which people DO survive. Actual research suggests that a nuclear exchange could, indeed, be survivable if you aren't in or near a target zone. Mic, Jeff and Brian discuss preps to improve one's surviveability.
Nuke Doom Movies and Books referred to in this episode:
Five! -- a 1951 movie about five random survivors
Day The World Ended -- 1955 movie about remote cabin of survivors.
Alas, Babylon...2024-02-0937 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 6: Chapter 2: Solution With A CatchMartin arrives at the Hendricks' farm to do the welding he promised. He finds out that the brothers' plans depend on overhauling an old tractor engine. While Walter was able to use his ham radio connections to find the necessary parts, it turns out that they are in Massachusetts -- Fed territory. They can still make the trade, provided Martin can persuade a thorny nemesis.
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To become a monthly...2024-02-0235 minThe Siege of New HampshireExtra: Comet DoomFor over 200 years, people have been fearful that a comet would strike the earth and end civilization as we know it. For an event with so little probability of occurring, Comet Doom has produced many books and movies. This week, Mic looks into some of the amusing history of Comet Doom. He is joined by Brian and Jeff to discuss two more-recent Comet Doom movies -- Deep Impact and Greenland -- from a prepper's perspective.
Check out a post with some images of Halley's Comet craziness from 1906 on Buy Me A Coffee or on Patreon.2024-01-2637 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 6: Chapter 1: Another Iron in the FireWith this sixth book in the series, the story continues as Cheshire moves into summer. Martin laments about projects and work not getting done. Everyone is too busy. Margaret makes cheese. Andy digs out the septic tank, etc. Despite have more to do than he has hours in a day, Martin agrees to help the Hendrick brothers with yet another entrepreneurial scheme.
Show Mic that you are enjoying the ongoing story by buying him a cup of coffee on Buy Me A Coffee. You can also become a monthly supporter on both Buy Me A Coffee and...2024-01-1936 minThe Siege of New HampshireExtra: The Get Home subgeneraMic, Jeff and Brian discuss the Get Home story -- a subgenera within prepper fiction -- of which Book 1 in the Siege of New Hampshire series is one of them.
They discuss the novels: Going Home, by A. American.
The Borrowed World, by Franklin Horton,
77 Days in September, by Ray Gorham, and others.
And, since we're discussing Get Home Bags, here is a link to a video Brian made about HIS Get Home Bag.
You can support this podcast by buying Mic a cup of coffee on Buy Me...2024-01-1238 minThe Siege of New HampshireBonus: Road Trip MusingsThis was Mic's "week off" to drive out to the Midwest to see his newest grandson. Along the way, he listened to an EMP novel and mused about being stranded on the highways, farms and the cost of food, the future of farming, etc.
Link Mic mentioned: Food Prices in 1919 and 2019
Link to Mic's Week-of-Groceries list
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Your support helps keep the...2024-01-0537 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 5: EpilogueMic shares some author's notes and some of the backstory on the development of Book 5. He also shares some ideas on what might be coming up next for the Siege Podcast
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Have a Happy New Year and stay tuned to find out what's next!
2023-12-2917 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 5: Chapter 24: A Corner TurnedMartin is back home and breaking sod in his back acre field with Robert and Jasmine. Andy emerges from the woods with a swollen eye, the result of a 'spear-handling accident' when he tried to invite Mara to the Spring Planting Festival. Margaret is recovering from her MRSA and brings Martin a couple bits of good news, and to remind him that he still has time to ask her to the festival dance.
This is the End of Book 5.
Show Mic that you enjoyed this book by buying him a cup of coffee on Buy...2023-12-2221 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 5: Chapter 23 Watershed (Part 2)The exchange of silver for medicine is complete on the river island. Susan realizes that she cannot return to New Hampshire with Martin, for his sake. After the patrol drone passes, Shively takes Erin hostage, intending to strand her and Susan on the island while he escapes. While Erin is disarming Susan (under duress) they are both reminded of how Susan stopped Baron Kirk.
Buy Mic a cup of coffee on Buy Me A Coffee to show him you like the story. You can also become a monthly supporter on both Buy Me A Coffee and on...2023-12-1523 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 5: Chapter 22 Frying Pan to Fire (part 1)Martin, Trevor and Robert escape from captivity in Jaffrey. They can only collect a few of their possessions and flee at a full gallop. They have their guns, but no ammo. They resume their trek following the power line cuts west. When they figure they're far enough away, they stop for rest and water. Four raiders jump them. The man fighting Martin gains the upper hand, but abandons the fight to try and ride away on Jasmine. Martin whistles, causing Jasmine to throw the rider. She tramples him savagely. Martin and Robert find Trevor with a nasty knife wound.2023-11-2428 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 5: Chapter 20 Rough Trail RideMartin, Robert, and Trevor set out on horseback to make the rendezvous at Connecticut River. Saddle-riding is harder on the new riders than expected. While following trails in the power line cuts, they encounter a booby trap -- likely an outer defense for a settlement nearby. The three decide to go around. While pushing through the woods, they overhear a group of raiders attempting to break into a remote home. As much as Martin is in a hurry to get the medicine for Margaret, he can't leave the anonymous family to such a terrible fate.
E...2023-11-1035 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 5: Chapter 19: Collections & RoutesMartin is thrilled at the news that someone out there has the medicine his wife needs. He is also exasperated that the cost exorbitant -- 500 ounces of silver. In an outpouring of support for Margaret, many townsfolk gather to contribute silver to the cause. They come up far short. Clyde Graedig enters to provide the remainder -- in exchange for Martin building him a gasifier. With the 500 in hand, the next hurdle is how to get it to the rendezvous island in just four days.
Consider supporting this podcast by becoming a monthly member on Mic's Buy...2023-11-0336 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 5: Chapter 18 Negotiations (part 2)Susan and Erin walk up Doug's mountain to deliver the news that Shivley does have the medicine. This, so Doug can transmit the news to Cheshire. The problem is that the man Doug needs to set up a repeater for the call to Cheshire is being uncooperative. Doug needs Susan to convince the man that the cause is worth his effort. To do so, Susan must go up to Doug's radio attic. She wrestles with her demons again, worried that Doug and Erin may be in danger from her.
To buy Mic a cup of v...2023-10-2726 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 5: Chapter18 Negotiations (part 1)Erin visits Susan at Three Oaks, bringing gifts from the others at Five Corners. Erin seeing Susan's bloody knife prompts a confession about what happened. Erin tags along while Susan meets Shivley to find out if he found that medicine. Shivley suggests that he might trade the medicine for some certain "favors" from Susan. She barely contains her rage. She threatens to expose Shivley's black-marketeering to the new regime. He backs off, but still requires five hundred ounces of silver.
Show Mic how much you are enjoying the Siege story, by buying him a cup o...2023-10-2024 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 5: Chapter 17: A Call to ActionDouglas visits Susan at Three Oaks, telling her how he heard that Mrs. Simmons was sick with MRSA. She needed a very particular type of antibiotic. Susan wants to help but her only idea is to ask Shivley if he can procure the medicine. Shivley reluctantly agrees to see if he can. Susan follows him, curious to see where he would get such a thing. She follows him into town and sees him hide a note behind a fire hydrant. While watching to see who would come to pick up the note, Susan is ambushed by a young man...2023-10-1338 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 5: Chapter 16: Fighting DemonsMeanwhile, back in Vermont, Susan is helping her hosts with chores -- making soap and beef jerky. While helping, a pan falls to the floor beside her. The loud bang triggers overpowering feelings of doom and danger. Nearly blind from the anxiety attack, Susan shoots at her demons -- the eyes that haunt her. Her shot narrowly misses Paul. Shocked and terrified at her uncontrolled behavior, Susan runs away into the wooded hills. She is alone...again.
Consider becoming a monthly member on Mic's Buy Me A Coffee page or his Patreon page. Monthly members h...2023-10-0635 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 5: Chapter 15: Almost HomeMartin wakes up on the riverbank and learns that his companions had saved him from the river, though he suffers from hypothermia. Since he had no extra (dry) pants and shirts, they dressed him in Chandra's extra dry clothes. They meet up with Davy Walsh and Robert who had been searching for them. Once home in Cheshire, Martin can't go back in the house. His hypothermia makes him vulnerable to infections -- especially MRSA. He delivers two of the three medicines Margaret needs. He wonders where (or if) he'll find the third.
Enjoying the podcast? Let Mic...2023-09-2925 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 5: Chapter 14: Night CrossingMartin and Dr. Rowlett head across the river in a small boat by night to land on the west side -- the Kings gang's territory. Martin is hopeful that a doctor on the west side will have some of the antibiotics needed to cure Margaret's MRSA. Dr. Rowlett wants to smuggled back something larger. That mystery cargo proves to be highly problematic.
There's one week left (until Sept. 29, 2023) to tell Mic how they feel about the ads that play during the episodes. He has a survey here. Here are the links to Mic's Buy Me A...2023-09-2234 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 5: Chapter 13: Mission to ManchesterIn the search for the special antibiotics to treat Margaret's MRSA, Martin has to travel to Manchester on short notice. Connie told him to talk with a Dr. Rowlett at the Elliot hospital. Dr. Rowlett is kurt and dismissive. The only place with those antibiotics is the Catholic Medical Center on the west side -- which is tightly controlled by the Kings gang. When Martin snarks about taking a boat across at night to avoid the gang sentries, Dr. Rowlett suddenly becomes helpful. They then hatch their plans for sneaking across the river that night.
M...2023-09-1535 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 5: Chapter 12 Found and LosingAfter the capture of Quinn's men, a military truck is found, its back full of corn. While everyone sees it as a windfall, Martin insists that it be returned to Clyde, the rightful owner. Clyde is cantankerous toward Martin, but accepts the return nonetheless. Once home, Martin discovers that his wife Margaret has fallen ill. She has a severe infection from the cut she suffered during the dairy raid. What antibiotics her caregivers could scrounge up have failed to stop the infection. Connie, the nurse, has little hope but does cite one long shot cure using three different antibiotics...2023-09-0832 minThe Siege of New HampshireBonus: That Stubborn, Independent Spirit
A bonus episode, tracing the origins of New Hampshire's stubborn, self-sufficient, independent attitude. It is this cultural mindset that underpins the onset of the "siege" in Book 2, and animates much of the remaining stories. This week, Mic looks at the historical roots of that NH mindset and shares some of his personal experience with it too.
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2023-09-0127 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 5: Chapter 10 Fielding PlansThe Agriculture Committee of Cheshire meet to discuss plans to ensure enough food can be grown for winter. Their problem is that there isn't enough farmland to grow both crops and hay to feed the cattle and workhorses. Their meeting is interrupted with the prisoner, the captured raider. He tells what he knows of the raiding schemes. This provides some clues that suggest Quinn might be the information source used by the raiders.
Show your support for the Siege of New Hampshire podcast by buying Mic a cup of coffee on Buy Me A Coffee. You can...2023-08-1838 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 5: Chapter 8 Recon & Exchange (part 2)Paul and Susan travel by horse cart to Adele's house to give her a ride up to Brattleboro to exchange her dollars for the new currency -- Shares. Adele's small house triggers Susan's mental trauma. She's not "over it" after all. At the exchange, Adele finds out that her three thousand dollars gets her only twenty-five Shares. As if that weren't bad enough, the price of goods in the Co-op have gone up too.
Enjoying the Siege story? You can show Mic you're enjoying the story by buying him a coffee at -- BuyMeACoffee.com/m...2023-08-0423 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 5: Chapter 7 New World Order (part 2)The people of Brattleboro listen to a speech by their new regional director, Jamal Baylem. He extols the virtues of the new America the leaders in Washington are making. The new America gets a new flag -- a rainbow flag. The new America also gets a new currency -- Shares. Barter becomes illegal. The old flags and old dollars are illegal. The changes promise to make life all the more difficult.
Enjoying the Siege story? You can can give Mic a virtual pat on the back by buying him a coffee at -- BuyMeACoffee.com/m...2023-07-2132 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 5: Chapter7, New World Order (part 1)Meanwhile, back in Vermont, Susan takes Erin out to hunt woodchucks with their hunting sticks. They get one, but also overhear the arrival of a new government leader for the region. Everyone in the area is ordered into Brattleboro for a meeting. Susan worries that her venture to the border has been found out and it's all a trap to arrest her.
Become a supporter of the Siege of New Hampshire stories. You can do one-time support by buying Mic a cup of coffee on Buy Me A Coffee. You can also become a monthly s...2023-07-1429 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 5: Chapter 6 (part 2) Bits of EvidenceIn this conclusion to Chapter 6, some of the men of Cheshire watch through the night to see if a fire-bomber will seek out the radio beacon that the Xs carried. They have people watching the little box in the middle of the post office's parking lot and telltales to signal if someone attempts to sneak between any of the nearby buildings. They get their answer but it is not at all what they expected.
Enjoying the Siege story? You can show Mic you're enjoying the story by buying him a coffee at -- BuyMeACoffee.com/m...2023-07-0718 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 5: Chapter 5: Back Acre DiscoveryThe action returns to New Hampshire. The Simmons house is getting a radio upgrade with Walter's help. He also delivers the message that Susan sent from Doug's mountain. Martin is relieved that she's okay. Andy suggests that Susan is Martin's soulmate, just as Mara is his. While pulling stumps in Martin's back acre, Mara arrives with news of four mysterious men that snuck up along the river overnight. She leads Martin to where they're bedded down for the day.
Your support helps keep this story going. Please consider buying Mic a cup of coffee to s...2023-06-2331 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 5: Chapter 4: The DealSusan and Paul meet up with Shivley, the sketchy scrounger, to arrange a deal to provide Byron's group with antibiotics. The negotiations dance around, finally settling on four boxes of ammo for the two bottles of pills. The meeting takes place on an island in the middle of the frozen Connecticut River. Bryon and Owen show up and close the deal. Susan suddenly realizes that she's on the border. She could escape to New Hampshire.
Show Mic that you like the story. Buy him a cup of coffee at -- BuyMeACoffee.com/microland Or become a p...2023-06-1636 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 5: Chapter 3: Doug’s Mountain, VermontThe story shifts to Vermont. Susan and Paul travel to the house of a man with a ham radio. They listen to disturbing news from Detroit, a likely Fed trap, and a desperate plea for help from Byron Davis, lead of the group that sheltered Susan during her quest for her bridge.
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If membership isn't quite right y...2023-06-0935 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 5: Chapter 2 (part 1): Deals & JusticeThe quick defeat of the hoodlum compound -- Baddaz -- was completed. What remained was conducting the surrender. It did not go entirely peacefully. While chipping up more wood fuel for Tin Man, Martin spots Trish in the crowd of prisoners. She tells of a very harsh life after leaving Cheshire, betrayal by her husband, Adam and abuse by fellow 'comfort women' of the Baddaz leader. The return of Adam with the other prisoners compounds her despair.
Enjoying the Siege story? You can can give Mic a virtual pat on the back by buying him a coffee...2023-05-2623 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 5: Chapter 1: CounterstrikeBook Five Begins!
An armed contingent of people from Cheshire begin an assault on the compound of the group that attacked Cheshire (in the last chapters of Book 3). Despite detailed planning, things do not go as smoothly as hoped.
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2023-05-1931 minThe Siege of New HampshireSiege Stories: Interview by Brian HawkinsFollowing up on last week's Q & A about the Siege Stories, this week features an interview of Mic Roland by Brian Hawkins of NextStepSurvival.com. Brian had several questions of his own about the Siege stories, so he and Mic discussed things like writing techniques, whether the characters are based on real people and a bit of background Mic's professional history as a writer.
Brian's blog can be found at: https://nextstepsurvival.com. He has the interview with video on YouTube. We both took a stab at editing. :-)
2023-05-1246 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 4: EpilogueSome author notes about the making of Book 4 and about the process that led to the "need" for a Book 4. A bit, too, about Susan's new home outside of Brattleboro, Vermont.
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2023-04-2816 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 4: Chapter 20 part 1: DetourSusan, Heather and family continue traveling north over hilly terrain toward Vernon, VT. Finding the hydroelectric plant busily occupied by soldiers. They join a general migration of people toward Brattleboro. A chatty old woman joins them. She provides useful information about what lies ahead and some cover for entering the Canton.
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2023-03-3124 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 4: Chapter 19B Contested Decision, part2Susan emerges from the ravine, leaving Kirk behind to face his fate. She orders her ad hoc group to break camp while she checks out the junkyard garage. There, she discovers that Kirk lived in relative squalor and with medieval paraphernalia. She salvages useful items and food and fashions a makeshift sled to carry it all. Susan and the family resume their trek over rough and hilly country toward the town of Vernon and the possible crossing point.
>> Consider showing your support for this podcast by buying Mic a cup of coffee. Only $2. That's not so much...2023-03-2426 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 4: Chapter 19-A: Contested DecisionBaron Kirk's generosity suddenly drops away and his true intentions become obvious. He draws a gun on Susan before she can respond. She manages to free herself from the zip-ties and attacks Kirk. He's fighting to ensure he gets his 'rent,' from Heather. Susan is fighting for her life.
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2023-03-1723 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 4: Chapter 18: Baron KirkThe eccentric stranger that came upon Susan's camp settles in as if it were a social call. He distributes some snack bars and offers packs of oatmeal for Heather's family to have for breakfast. Susan remains suspicious of the stranger but his effusive politeness has Heather relaxing and accepting his help. Kirk even offers to find a house for Heather's family to live in. Susan tries to advise caution, but Heather is leaning toward staying. Susan feels like a failure as a leader.
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2023-03-0334 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 4: Chapter 16: Reluctant LeaderSusan reluctantly agreed to let Heather and her children follow her up into Vermont, even though none of them know exactly where they are going. Susan helps them make hemlock snowshoes for themselves and get ready for traveling at night. Progress is slow. The family not only slows Susan down, they become an emotional drain as well.
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2023-02-2440 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 4: Chapter 15: The CabinSusan discovers a remote, and apparently abandoned, cabin on a hilltop near her overnight camp. She cautiously explores it on the prospect of finding some useful salvage. The place looks like it had been trashed and abandoned but not as thoroughly ransacked as looters typically do. Finding a few hidden rounds to the dead hunter's rifle, she assumes it was his Bug Out Location. She finds a few useful items but becomes alarmed when it's clear that someone is beneath the cabin floor.
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Consider showing your support for this podcast by buying Mic a cup of coffee. Only $2. That's not so much, right? Check out Mic's Buy Me...2023-02-1032 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 4: Chapter 13: Dark HilltopSusan and Charon, having escaped the guardsmen searching for them -- for now -- make camp for the night. They will need the rest, and daylight, to resume their escape. Someone is bound to find their trail eventually. Charon paints a dark picture of what life will be like back in New Hampshire. The trucks of food will only buy them a month or two. Despite the gloomy outlook, Susan still wants to go back. Getting back, however, will be extremely difficult.
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2023-01-2730 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 4: Chapter 11: Loading UpSusan succeeded in getting a truck dedicated to supplying Cheshire and got to customize its load. Just one more thing to complete her list: a pallet of dry beans that won't arrive until midnight. With Malcolm driving, her truck leaves the staging area next to last in line. Many trucks get across the bridge. As her truck approaches the bridge trouble begins to erupt.
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2023-01-2030 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 4: Chapter 10: Juju and Five BoxesThe trucks began arriving at the staging area. They would cross the bridge the next day. The time had come for Susan to leave the camp, hopefully forever, and help load area. In a farewell, Justine worries that Susan being deliberately blind to what awaits her...or doesn't, in Cheshire. Susan overcomes her claustrophobia to help customize a truckload of supplies for Cheshire.
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2023-01-1336 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 4: Chapter 9: Practice and PurposeSusan resolves to teach herself how to hunt with a throwing stick, like Owen did. After a great deal of trial and error, she develops some skill. As darkness approaches, she must confront her fears of enclosed spaces in order to tell the others of her intentions to help load the trucks due to arrive tomorrow. In order to load a truck and ride in it back to Cheshire, she will need to master her fears.
>> If you're enjoying this podcast, please consider buying Mic a coffee at Mic's Buy Me A Coffee page -- BuyMeACoffee.com...2023-01-0625 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 4: Chapter 8: Dark WatersSusan begins to experience uncontrolled anxiety as a result of her being assaulted and shooting the two soldiers. Others at the camp try to console her but she would rather forget than cope. While seeking some quiet time on a hilltop, perhaps to seek God's help, she watches Owen hunting crows with this throwing stick.
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2022-12-3028 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 4: Chapter 6: Salvage LookoutSusan awakens to the bustle of camp members getting ready to salvage three large gravel conveyors for trusses with which to repair the bridge. Embarrassed at not having a way to contribute, Susan talks her way into any sort of task in order to help out. At the distant gravel yard, she finagles a lookout post at what was supposed to be an empty sector. It wasn't empty.
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2022-12-1627 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 4: Chapter 5: Trail BlazingAfter helping the volunteers get set up to work on the bridge, Hal, Charon, and Susan set out to look for the lost road again. Relying more on her memories than what can be seen, she identifies the spot where the true road forked off but had become overgrown. Susan and Charon follow the ghost of a road all the way to the dairy farm staging area. Their return to camp takes too long. The evening drone fights begin before they are back across the river.
Support this podcast with a cup of coffee! BuyMeACoffee.c...2022-12-0930 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 4: Chapter 4: Tough TaskSusan assists Byron in the skinning and cleaning of a raccoon. It is more than she ever wanted to know. Afterward, she gets settled into her temporary lodgings -- the earthen basement of the camp's Girls' Cabin. Susan and her new room mate Justine get to know each other. At supper, Susan is gifted with the best cut of the raccoon meat -- at treat would prefer to avoid.
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2022-12-0231 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 4: Chapter 1: Into the VoidBook 4 starts with when, in Book 3, Martin and the others dropped Susan off near the Mass border. She is being escorted through the closed and guarded border by Charon, one of the Coalition's tactical operatives. While Susan is determined to help Operation Longbow succeed in getting food to New Hampshire, she battles doubts about herself and the wisdom of her choices.
Now that we're starting another book, consider buying Mic a cup of coffee at BuyMeACoffee.com/microland. Or become a supporting member at BMAC or a patron at Patreon.com/mic_roland, and keep the story c...2022-11-1124 minThe Siege of New HampshireSiege of NH: Extra: HorsepowerBonus Episode -- Horsepower
After a collapse, the use of horses for transportation and work could see a revival. What would it be like to farm with horses? Mic interviews Jonathan, a man who currently farms with horses. We get a glimpse of what it's like, and what it could be like.
Photos of Jonathan farming with horses at Buy Me A Coffee / microland / gallery
Resources from Jonathan:
SmalllFarmers Journal -- www.smallfarmersjournal.com
Www.DocHammill.com -- Doc Hammill does workshops and has a series of videos.
He is a...2022-11-0436 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 3: Chapter 20 part 2: BackdoorThe conclusion of Chapter 20, the last chapter in Book 3: Hunger Season. Martin leaves the barn of the Town Farm after helping subdue their captors. His goal is to find Margaret, hopefully in the orchard's small store. While he's making his way through deep snow, a battle rages up the hill. Raiders from the criminals' camp in Nutfield have traveled north, attacking their way toward the center of town.
If you've enjoyed the story, consider buying Mic a cup of coffee at BuyMeACoffee.com/microland. Or become a supporting member at BMAC or a patron at Patreon.com...2022-10-2132 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 3: Chapter 20, part 1 BackdoorMartin gets work that a group of men have started to raid homes on the south side of town. They are moving north, toward the center of town. They will pass Town Farm, where Margaret and Dustin were holed up during the blizzard. Martin missed riding with the other defenders, so had to trek to Town Farm by snowshoes. Trevor comes along. Passing the dairy, Adam is one of the attackers. He recognizes Martin and raises his rifle to settle an old score.
To support this podcast, check out Mic's Buy Me A Coffee page a...2022-10-1424 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 3: Chapter 19: Lost and FoundJudy frets over the lack of contact with the Town Farm, where Dustin and Margaret were when a strong and sudden blizzard engulfs Cheshire. Martin helps search in near-zero visibility for his neighbor's son who started home from town but never made it.
Thugs and hunger were trouble enough. Now, they have to contend with the power of winter.
A blizzard tale is a great time for a nice hot cup of coffee! :-) Consider buying Mic a cup of coffee at BuyMeACoffee.com/microland. Or become a supporting member at BMAC or a patron...2022-10-0740 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 3: Chapter 18-B Tempest FugitWith Candice now in custody, implicated in helping Quinn foment trouble in Cheshire, the problem becomes what to do with her. Martin decides to take Trevor to the Simmons' home, freeing up room in the Town Farm's ad hoc jail cell for Candice. While getting Trevor settled in, a powerful snow storm descends quickly, with bitter cold and white-out conditions.
If you're enjoying the story, please consider buying me a coffee to support this project, at BuyMeACoffee.com/microland. Buy Me A Coffee Or become a supporting member at BMAC or a patron at Patreon.c...2022-09-3028 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 3: Chapter 17: Tough SummonsA group of Cheshire men accompany the police chief, attempting to bring in the shopping cart gang from their hidden camp. One of the gang is suspected of the Altman murders. A shootout ensues. Martin coaxes one of the survivors into telling her tale as a refugee from grid-down Manchester, taken in (captive) by the gang. She becomes Martin's "start witness" in the trial of the accused neighbor.
Thank you for supporting this podcast by buying Mic a cup of coffee at BuyMeACoffee.com/microland. Buy Me A Coffee Or become a supporting member at BMAC or...2022-09-1644 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 3: Chapter 15: RemnantsWhile on patrol, Martin and Margaret discover Mara (living the wild woman life in their backwoods) just as she is being abducted by strange (and large) man. Martin and Andy show the residents of the Town Farm how to make pine fries to supplement their dwindling food supplies. On the way home, they stumble across an apparent murder scene.
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2022-08-1947 minThe Siege of New HampshireBook 3: Chapter 3: Cutting HopeMartin helps the folks at the Town Farm start cutting new wood to help them have heat during the coming winter. Their shortfall of food supplies spurs Martin to go up to Town Hall to suggest that the town acquire some of Clyde's corn for the Town Farm. While at Town Hall, Martin becomes embroiled in what to do with the gang member prisoner.
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2022-06-1036 minThe Siege of New HampshireA Little Morning TourWhile giving the survey a little more time for results, Mic takes you along on a little morning audio tour of his New Hampshire homestead.
Photos to go with the tour are HERE
Results from the survey soon.
2022-05-2020 minThe Siege of New HampshireQ & A with Todd SepulvedaTodd Sepulveda, host of ThePrepperWebsitePodcast.com interviews Mic with some questions about the Siege story. If you're a subscriber to Todd's podcast, you'll have already heard this interview. If not, listen in. Todd asks some questions relevant to a preparedness perspective and about the background of the story.
2021-11-1657 minThe Siege of New HampshireAuthor‘s Notes: Two QuestionsA pause in the story to answer two of the questions sent to the author.
One: Why isn't Martin carrying a gun? A few notes on why.
Two: What's up with Susan? She has her fans, others wonder how anyone can be that clueless. There are reasons...
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