{"podcast":{"title":"Homesteading Made Simple I Joyfully Prepared","slug":"homesteading-made-simple-i-joyfully-prepared-127828","podcast_index_feed_id":127828,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/XwfMmMOw","website_url":"https://joyfullyprepared.com/podcast/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/4b4b9556-6240-4732-ad13-25323df365ab/c45b95ae-0fd1-40ba-9aa1-7f539a9be4aa/3000x3000/copy_of_podcast_thumbnail_instagram_post_45_8.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Wendi Bergin","episode_count":226,"summary":"Homesteading Made Simple is a podcast about practical homesteading skills for real life. Homesteading looks a lot different in real life than it does on the internet, and this podcast is about making it feel doable. I’m Wendi, and each episode focuses on homesteading skills that actually fit into everyday life. We talk about gardening, food storage, food preservation, kitchen skills, preparedness, and self-reliance. The calm, common-sense kind. Not extreme. Not fear-based. You’ll also hear about real estate, land, and choosing homes that support homesteading and self-reliant living. Whether you’re dreaming of land, managing a backyard homestead, or simply making better decisions where you live, real estate plays a big role in the life you’re building. This podcast is practical, honest, and rooted in real experience. Some lessons go smoothly. Others are learned the hard way. Either way, the goal is the same. Build skills. Build confidence. Keep it simple. New episodes release regularly. Subscribe and start building homesteading skills that support a more prepared, capable life. On Homesteading Made Simple, you’ll hear conversations around questions like: How do I start homesteading…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T00:20:45.643085+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/homesteading-made-simple-i-joyfully-prepared-127828"},"episode":{"title":"Surviving Survivor w/ Liz Wilcox","slug":"surviving-survivor-w-liz-wilcox","published_at":"2026-02-24T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/homesteading-made-simple-i-joyfully-prepared-127828/surviving-survivor-w-liz-wilcox","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/homesteading-made-simple-i-joyfully-prepared-127828","url":"https://joyfullyprepared.com/podcast/","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/fc1cb7eb-675d-47e7-89be-75a268a3d122/4fa96c68-2efd-46bb-bf6e-66f0d7d7e0c0/episodes/audio/group/ad44f7eb-3a02-4dfa-a248-8f3f903b3422/group-item/3606064d-75e7-49cb-99a4-423b532b5826/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=XwfMmMOw","summary":"Wendi Bergin sits down with her friend and business mentor, Liz Wilcox, who was a cast member on Survivor Season 46, to talk about the part of the show that fascinates Wendi most: the actual surviving. Liz shares what “Coconut Grove” really means, what Survivor’s quick survival training is like, and why making fire in Fiji is way harder than it looks. They talk real food, too, from crabs and tiny fish to the infamous stingray story that turned into “stingray jerky” after a very wrong cooking decision. The big takeaway is simple and very Joyfully Prepared: skills bring freedom. You can’t spend them down. You can only build them.","meta_description":"Wendi Bergin sits down with her friend and business mentor, Liz Wilcox, who was a cast member on Survivor Season 46, to talk about the part of the show th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2994,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/homesteading-made-simple-i-joyfully-prepared-127828/episodes/surviving-survivor-w-liz-wilcox/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/homesteading-made-simple-i-joyfully-prepared-127828/surviving-survivor-w-liz-wilcox.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}