{"podcast":{"title":"Living Free in Tennessee - Nicole Sauce","slug":"living-free-in-tennessee-nicole-sauce-1045875","podcast_index_feed_id":1045875,"rss_url":"https://nicolesauce.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://LivingFreeInTennessee.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/a/2/c/5/a2c5678b2fa7a7bad959afa2a1bf1c87/lftnlogo3.jpg","author":"S. Nicole Williams","episode_count":1194,"summary":"Helping you live the live you life you choose on your terms. Living Free in Tennessee chronicles how we build our homestead, develop independence, plan and manage time and grow and preserve food sustainably - from a woman's point of view.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-24T14:22:16.847053+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-free-in-tennessee-nicole-sauce-1045875"},"episode":{"title":"Live Interviews from MWPP - EP 1164","slug":"live-interviews-from-mwpp-ep-1164","published_at":"2026-09-14T20:58:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-free-in-tennessee-nicole-sauce-1045875/live-interviews-from-mwpp-ep-1164","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-free-in-tennessee-nicole-sauce-1045875","url":"https://nicolesauce.libsyn.com/live-interviews-from-mwpp-ep-1164","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/clean/secure/nicolesauce/Episode_1164_-_Living_Free_in_Tennessee.mp3?dest-id=371392","summary":"Today I'm coming to you live from the Midwest Preparedness Project Fall Festival with a few of the people who make events like this worth showing up for. We talk about building a life on your own terms, knowing when to reset, raising capable kids, testing your gear before you need it, and why the conversations around the campfire may matter more than anything happening on stage. Featured Event Midwest Preparedness Project Fall Festival Sponsors Midwest Preparedness Project Red Flyer Media Today's Guests & Topics Dawn Gorham of The Gorham Homestead Going from working in the court system to running her own dairy How Self-Reliance Festival and community helped her make the leap Why sometimes the first thing you try is the wrong thing — and that is still progress Goats, milk cows, and learning what livestock can teach you the hard way Building confidence by doing the thing Realizing the skills from your old life may transfer directly into the new one Knowing when you have reached maximum capacity Creating margin instead of trying to keep every plate spinning Getting back to your purpose when it is time for a reset Building stronger local food networks The Gorum Homestead: https://thegorhamhomestead.com Britt Baker of Mission Brit Growing up homeschooled and around preparedness before calling it preparedness Mission work, including time in Africa, and how that changed her perspective Why your mission may be much closer to home than you think Helping people identify what is holding them back from their mission or purpose What makes preparedness events different Why the people around you are often the most valuable part of an event Getting out of your comfort zone and actually talking to people Testing your gear before you need it Camping as a practical way to build confidenc…","meta_description":"Today I'm coming to you live from the Midwest Preparedness Project Fall Festival with a few of the people who make events like this worth showing up for.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3441,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/living-free-in-tennessee-nicole-sauce-1045875/episodes/live-interviews-from-mwpp-ep-1164/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-free-in-tennessee-nicole-sauce-1045875/live-interviews-from-mwpp-ep-1164.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}