The Jack Mountain Bushcraft Podcast is about the woods life; guiding, bushcraft, expedition leadership, nature, survival and more. Join Registered Master Maine Guide Tim Smith in the studio and in the field.
Latest episodes
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60 min
Simplifying Fly Fishing with Paul Sveum, Part 2 | JMB Podcast 112
Part 2 of my discussion with Paul Sveum about simplifying fly fishing. We discuss #6-10 of the top ten things Paul wishes someone would have told him when he was getting started in…
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54 min
Simplifying Fly Fishing For Beginners with Paul Sveum, Part 1 | JMB Podcast 111
This episode featuring Paul Sveum began as a blog post, but we decided to have a conversation about the top ten things to keep in mind when getting into fly fishing. This is part 1…
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27 min
No Days Off With Matthew Rhode | JMB Podcast 110
Matthew Rhode just successfully completed the Journeyman Certification on the fall Wilderness Bushcraft Semester. We welcomed him into the studio to discuss the course, his approac…
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40 min
Solos, End Of The Fall Semester | JMB Podcast 109
We’re nearing the end of the fall, 2021 Wilderness Bushcraft Semester. We just finished a 48 hour primitive living experience and are headed out on solos tomorrow. In this episode…
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38 min
Training For Resiliency | JMB Podcast 108
We’re back after a long hiatus to talk about resiliency, the need to balance stress with recovery, sleeping out in the cold with no sleeping bag in front of a fire, and the need to…
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28 min
Nurturing Vs. Accountability As A Coach | JMB Podcast 107
End of the spring semester. Back from our final trip, the spring 2021 Wilderness Guide Training Semester is finished. In this episode of the podcast Christopher and I discuss two a…
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47 min
Everglades Wilderness Waterway Canoe Trip | JMB Podcast 106
The fourth and final installment in our multi-episode reading of On The Trail; Selected Canoe And Snowshoe Trip Journals. This time I read the journal of a 2001 trip on the wildern…
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32 min
Spring Fly Fishing In Maine | JMB Podcast 105
“Fly fishing is beautifully regional.” – Paul Sveum Christoper and I welcomed our old friend and Registered Master Maine Guide Paul Sveum into the studio to discuss spring fly fish…
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25 min
Winter Camping With No Sleeping Bag, Allagash Stream & Big Black | JMB Podcast 104
The third installment in our multi-episode reading of On The Trail; Selected Canoe And Snowshoe Trip Journals. This time I read the journals from a solo canoe trip on Allagash Lake…
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29 min
Teacher, Guide, Mentor, Coach | JMB Podcast 103
The four main jobs of the Jack Mountain Bushcraft School semester instructor are teacher, guide, mentor and coach. Christopher and I discuss this, and how the relationship changes…
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25 min
Allagash & St. John Trip Journals | JMB Podcast 102
The second installment in our multi-episode reading of On The Trail; Selected Canoe And Snowshoe Trip Journals. This time I read the journals from a 1999 Allagash Wilderness Waterw…
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20 min
Swan Lake Canoe Route, Alaskan Trip Journal | JMB Podcast Episode 101
I’m trying something new – creating an audiobook. For episode 101 of the JMB Podcast I read a chapter from my book On The Trail. The chapter is a journal from a June, 2000 canoe tr…
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33 min
Tangible Education | JMB Podcast Episode 100
Recorded at the beginning of week 2 of the spring 2021 semester, we discuss the value of a tangible approach to education as contrasted with an abstract approach. Also we discuss a…
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24 min
Spring 2021 Semester Begins | JMB Podcast Episode 99
Welcome back to the JMB Podcast. After a winter break, we’re back at the field school and beginning the spring 2021 Wilderness Guide Training semester today. For episode 99, we dis…
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36 min
Wilderness Instructor Development Process | JMB Podcast Episode 98
For episode 98 of the JMB podcast, we discuss the process of developing wilderness instructors and guides. We outline the following steps to the process: * Take a course and get th…
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26 min
The Student’s Perspective | JMB Podcast Episode 97
It’s near the end of the fall semester, so we invited some of the current Wilderness Bushcraft Semester students into the Guide Shack so you could hear directly from them about the…
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34 min
Differentiating Professional Training Programs | JMB Podcast Episode 96
We offer several different types of programs, and in this episode of the podcast we describe and define what they are and who they’re for. Two weeks to go in the fall, 2020 Wildern…
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34 min
Minimalism In The Wild | JMB Podcast Episode 95
Minimalism in the wild. In episode 95 of the JMB Podcast Christopher and I discuss the idea of minimalism as compared and contrasted with ultralight in the backcountry. We often di…
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27 min
Transference Or Lateral Thinking | JMB Podcast Episode 94
In episode 94 of the JMB Podcast Christopher and I discuss the concept of transference; where lessons learned in one space are applied in a different space, in a different way. Som…
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22 min
The Advanced Skills Are The Basics Mastered | JMB Podcast Episode 93
In episode 93 we get listeners caught up with current events, then discuss how in bushcraft (and many other aspects of life), the advanced skills are the basics mastered; there is…