Welcome to the David J. Kershner website!
I have created this website so readers and fans alike can keep better track of my writing, podcast, thoughts on a given topic, and everything else. Plus, I don’t have to worry about being banned, shadow banned, doxed or whatever… so there’s that. This site contains a wide range of information for the preparedness minded. First off, we have my five-part post-apocalyptic fiction series Foreign and Domestic, my three non-fiction preparedness books (plus a cookbook), additional fiction/non-fiction book recommendations, three podcasts in The Kershner Files, The Dave Kershner Lightning Round, and Fragile Union, our Etsy page, the Two Rivers Outfitter preparedness Collections, the Contra Radio Network, and a Resources menu chock full of information on HAM radio, precious metals, gun shows, conferences and conventions and so much more… SO ENJOY!
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
New Books Released!
Over the course of the summer, I merged my professional and personal lives by utilizing AI to examine my previously published work, Preparing to Prepare. I used AI to identify and outline topics that could conceivably stand on their own in a separate book. As of early November 2026, I managed to generate, edit, and publish seven new non-fiction books dedicated to a specific topic. Each topic played a significant role in Preparing to Prepare and, frankly, deserved its own spotlight. Below is the cover art and brief write-up for each.
The Practical Water Harvesting Guide
This guide expands the existing concepts presented in Preparing to Prepare as there were a number of concepts I wanted included beyond installing rain barrels and doing the math for collection potential and amounts. This new book has water harvesting down to an exact science.
Bartering in a Post-SHTF World
History has taught us that all nations fall, especially the biggest and most powerful. And when they do eventually fall, there is a vacuum globally but also within the country itself. Existing currency is often devalued to the point of being useless due to mistrust of the failed government and exorbitant inflation. Bartering is likely to become a way of life for a very long time after the SHTF.
Apostles Diet and Exercise Guide
This diet and exercise guide is based on the time of the Apostles during the Roman-period in Judaea and Galilee. This time though, the source material wasn’t Preparing to Prepare, but rather Just a Small Gathering. I believe that it is vitally important for everyone to adjust our diets away from the heavily processed foods that have overrun our country and grocery stores.
Preparing to Prepare introduced bulk storage, gardening, orchards, root cellars, and much more food centric topics. Food After the Fall pulls those food threads into a single, stand-alone system. Food security is not one object. It is a chain.
The central idea in Power After the Grid is simple: resilience is not the same thing as owning a generator, a stack of solar panels, or a large battery. Resilience is the ability to keep the right functions operating for the required length of time, under the conditions that actually exist, without creating a new hazard. Equipment matters, but the plan that connects the equipment to the household matters more.
Get Home, Get Out, Stay Mobile
Get Home, Get Out, Stay Mobile was born from the evacuation-route, vehicle-planning, shelter, location, and portability discussions in Preparing to Prepare. The earlier work introduced the need to understand building exits, local and regional routes, vehicle emergency equipment, get-home supplies, destination climate, map use, pre-positioned resources, and the weight of anything that may eventually have to be carried. Those subjects are expanded here into a complete household mobility system.
‘Designs by D and T Store’ ETSY Page! Check it Out!
The wife and I now have the Designs by D and T Store Etsy shop up and running. The store contains a number of fun t-shirts, barware, tumblers, mugs, stickers, and more! Many items contain patriotic, preparedness, and humorous designs and phrases. Selections include: ‘Kilroy Was Here’, the Gadsden Flag, Ben Franklin’s ‘Live Free or Die’ snake, ‘Stack it Deep’, ‘Two is One, One is None’, ‘Happy Treason Day’, the ‘Slow is Smooth’ sloth, ‘Covfefe’, and much more! Feel free to peruse the Designs by D and T Store on Etsy. If you have suggestions for a new designs, drop us a line along with your idea(s) on the Contact page!
Contra Radio Network Has a New Home Too!
You’ve also found the new home of the Contra Radio Network! Since taking over CRN from its original owner John Jeffers, the Contra Radio Network has had some notable changes. CRN is currently broadcast on the Contra Radio Network Rumble channel exclusively. CRN hosts a variety of shows that cover everything from religion, preparedness and self-sufficiency, and current events. Tune in on Rumble and join the community! To see the current slate of shows we offer, go to the Contra Radio Network page.
The Home-Scale Orchard: A Practical, Research-Based Field Guide
This guide takes you through all eleven USDA cold-hardiness zones and makes recommendations for fruit trees, nut trees and shrubs, berry bushes, shrubs, and low fruit, and grapes and grape-like trellis crops based on each zone.
Two Rivers Outfitter Has a New Home… Right Here!
After some very long conversations we’ve made the decision to consolidate several websites. As a result, the entirety of the previously stand-alone Two Rivers Outfitter website has been folded in my original site right here. All of the Collections remain intact.
