🌍 What if prepping was about people, not panic? In this episode of Tangelic Talks, Victoria Cornelio and Jensen Cummings speak with Eric Shonkwiler—novelist, abolitionist, and creator of When If—to explore a radically human take on collapse, survival, and solidarity.<br /><br />Ditch the doomsday stereotypes. This conversation weaves together fiction, mutual aid, and emotional insight to paint a hopeful path through crisis—where prepping means building, connecting, and growing with joy.<br /><br />🎙️ What You’ll Learn:<br />✅ Why prepping isn’t just for the far-right—reclaiming collective resilience<br />✅ How to build community infrastructure rooted in care, not fear<br />✅ Emotional preparedness as survival strategy<br />✅ What fiction and the Great Depression can teach us about collapse<br />✅ Why chickens, compost, and joy are part of the plan<br /><br />📌 Timestamps:<br />00:00–01:22 Leftist Prepping? Rethinking Survival in a Collapsing World<br />01:23–03:15 Meet Eric Shonkwiler: Author, Activist & Collapse Communicator<br />03:16–05:44 Filling the Gap: Leftist Voices in a Right-Leaning Prepper Space<br />05:45–08:00 Preparedness = Community: Shared Infrastructure & Emotional Resilience<br />08:01–10:55 Grandmother’s Wisdom & Growing Up Poor: Lessons in Survival<br />10:56–13:50 Oxygen Mask First: Self-Reliance as a Path to Collective Aid<br />13:51–16:16 No Trust in the System, Deep Faith in People<br />16:17–19:31 Shared Values, Different Worlds: Where Left & Right Preppers Overlap<br />19:32–23:25 Facing Collapse with Courage: Letting Go of Strawberries & Netflix<br />23:26–26:55 Joy in the Simple: Chickens, Gardens & Gift Economies<br />26:56–30:13 Survival Is Not the Goal: Living Fully, Together<br />30:14–32:46 Reflections & Close: Bridging Worlds with Pop Culture & Purpose, and End<br /><br />💚 About the Guest: Eric Shonkwiler is the author of Above All Men and founder of When If, an abolitionist, anti-capitalist prepping newsletter featured in The Guardian and CNN. He bridges storytelling and resilience with grounded, practical insights for a better future.<br /><br />📽️ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tangeliclife/podcasts<br />🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Tp4UAU4FmUmKS4md9orvi<br />🍏 Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tangelic-talks/id1789613381<br />🌐 More Episodes: https://tangeliclife.org/tangelic-talks-podcast/<br /><br />🌱 Join the Movement: What does community resilience mean to you? Share your stories and survival dreams in the comments!<br /><br />✅ Like • Share • Comment • Subscribe and help spread tools for a more caring, connected climate future.<br /><br />🔖 #LeftistPrepping #MutualAidMatters #CollapseWithCare #EmotionalResilience #JoyInHardTimes #ClimateCollapse #AntiCapitalistFutures #SurvivalIsCollective #GrowShareThrive #TangelicTalks #RadicalHope #PreppingWithoutFear #BuildingTogether<br />
