Breaking news: I’ve successfully grown cucumbers for four years straight. Everything else? RIP.

Check out my latest Shorts on YouTube for a lighthearted live podcast from the “Preppers in Training” side of my site — where I’ll be planting herbs, leeks, sweet potatoes, garlic, lettuce, and spinach (and trying not to kill them).

It’s still chilly, but hope springs eternal… and apparently so do cucumbers.

Come laugh, learn, and maybe even leave with a few new survival gardening tips — or at least a smile.

Also, please Watch, Like, Comment, and Subscribe to my last YouTube video, Pretzel Nuggets : A Voice to Protect Our Democracy! NO KINGS PROTEST: The Day After. 🌱 Help Me Grow — No Spruces, Just Subscribers!

I didn’t plant any spruces, but I am trying to grow something even trickier — my YouTube channel! 🌿🎥

I MUST hit 500 subscribers to go live and bring you all the chaos, comedy, and cucumber confessions in real time.

If you enjoy my mix of truth, prepping, laughter, and the occasional gardening disaster, please:
👉 Subscribe, like, and share my channel @barbarapretzer2240
👉 Tell your friends — and your plants — to join the fun

Every click gets me closer to live streaming straight from the garden (or what’s left of it). Let’s grow this thing together! 🌞💬🥒

Hey friends,

We’ve been brewing up something exciting — and it’s finally ready to share! The Pretzel Tells Nuggets podcast and website are back with fresh energy, sharper humor, and some serious truth-telling about the world we’re navigating together.

Even better? Our newly enhanced website pretzeltellsnuggets.com is live and looking fabulous! You’ll find:

• Easy access to all our latest podcast episodes including https://youtu.be/UsXQtN2ktCk

• Daily updates and articles on democracy, humor, and hope

• A growing gallery of moments that make us laugh (and think)

We’re still fighting the good fight — with laughter, compassion, and a bit of sass. Join us, share the site, and let’s keep the conversation going.

Visit us today: pretzeltellsnuggets.com
And don’t miss our latest episode on surviving chaos (with a smile).

With love and laughter,
Barbara at Pretzel Tells Nuggets

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Gaza: A Call for Compassion and Awareness

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Thank you for joining our call. So much is happening everyday. Will the Flotilla arrive? Will Egypt and Turkey assist? We will watch new videos on the destruction. We will also the world recogniing a State of Palenstine. Will that matter.

Please welcome our guest, Rami Rizk. Rami met me in 2001. Rami was a very good friend of my son, Kenny. They went to St. Ed's High School in Lakewood, Ohio. 9/11 happened, and chaos hit everywhere. They were thrown together in a difficult situation for Rami. Catholic boys can be very mean, and as Rami put it. he had a 5 o'clock shadow at 9 am.

Rami introduced me to a hookah and Arak. Rami and I had some indepth conversations smoking a hookahbut we didn't always agree. Fun times.

Rami holds a Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from Cleveland State University and a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University.

He possesses years of successful experience designing and executing research projects, streamlining internal processes to enhance overall productivity, and fostering positive relationships with a wide range of clients, colleagues, and key business partners. In addition, I have been consistently recognized for my outstanding contributions to the bottom line and commended for organization, efficiency, and priority management skills.

Rami spent 8 years as a Research Engineer at the Cleveland Clinic. He transitioned into a Software Engineer and Developer at several companies. Rami is currently team lead at Arhaus in Cleveland Ohio.

He is married to Chanel/ They have 3 beautiful children. Welcome Rami to our call on Seeptember 25th.

Crisis, Community, and a Soundtrack for Survival!

I can honestly say this was a fun one to make. Gaza has been wearing me down, but this was about Crisis, Community, and a Soundtrack for Survival!

Gaza and the Global Chorus of Resistance

Everyday, the people of Gaza starve and die. It is heart-wretching. The doctors are giging so much. They are at the hospital without tools or food or even shoes. They are there when dead family members are brought in. The struggles, destruction, and starvation continues.

•The Flotilla

•People Defending the Genocide Are 'SOCIOPATHS'— Mehdi Unpa

cks Israel’s Assault on Gaza Doctors

•UN General Assembly overwhelmingly votes to back a Hamas-free Palestinian state Power & Politics

•The only condition for peace is for Israel to stop the war in Gaza: It’s Time Coalition

A Fun Detour: Preppers, Survivalists & Civic Survival

I’ll admit — watching Blast from the Past recently sent me down a rabbit hole. The movie pokes fun at “preppers” and “survivalists,” but it got me thinking: what does it mean to survive politically in times like these?

Songs and Satire: The Soundtrack of Resistance

Bruce and Neil Young have faught our dicator with song. Willie Nelson is doing the 40th Farm Aide Concert. Taylor Swift and Beyonce give voice against the regime.

Then there's the comedians and actors. With humor and spunk, they show the Orangutan what it takes. Rosie, Stephen, and Jimmy hae paid the price with threats, firings, and suspension. Still they have humor and do not hold back.

If they can do it, so can we!

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The latest podcast on the Genocide in Gaza

Review the history of the conflict. Look at the day to day life in Gaza. Learn what you can do to help the starving people of Gaza. Use your voice to fight back against the evil that Netanyahou is permeating on the women and children every single day. He is an evil man, but so is our president. Most of the rest of the world is trying to help. We need to too!

We will be doing weekly updates on this. Please join us each Monday on Zoom.

barbara pretzer is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Genocide in gaza, 3rd video in series

Time: Sep 1, 2025 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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We aired a special evening podcast concerning the starvation that is happening in Gaza. It is important that our voices are heard in outrage about the genocide that is occurring in Gaza.

Please watch it here or on my channel on YouTube, @barbarapretzer2240. Please hit the like buttom and subscribe. Having our voices and community grow is so important now. Thank you for your support.

It is appalling what is happening. We will dedicate time to keeping you informed.

If you were not able to join us, please catch Brian with York County Rising now. It was a fun conversation.

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It's really exciting. Richard Simpson from The Relatives joined us for an amazing overview of The Relatives. Thank you for the subscribers that joined us. If you couldn't make it, please watch it. If you check it on YouTube, it links to their website, https://therelatives.org/, to donate!

Topic: Podcast with Richard at the Relatives
Time: Jul 11, 2025 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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