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The MeatEater Podcast

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Building on the belief that a deeper understanding of the natural world enriches all of our lives, host Steven Rinella brings an in-depth and relevant look at all outdoor topics including hunting, fishing, nature, conservation, and wild foods. Filled with humor, irreverence, and things that will surprise the hell out of you, each episode welcomes a diverse group of guests who add their own expertise to the vast world of the outdoors. Part of The MeatEater Podcast Network.

Episodes

Ep. 710: MeatEater Radio Live! Noodle the Morel Dog and Kayak Bassing

Hosts Spencer Neuharth , Ryan Callaghan , and Brody Henderson , talk with Ellen and her mushroom-hunting dog, Noodle, find out how much Cal and Brody know about their fellow outdoorsmen with a game of Meat Poll, play a round of 1-Minute Fishing with Kristine Fischer in Oklahoma, chat with Brock Wahl about the newly formed North American Pronghorn Foundation, and review listener hot tips about parenting in the outdoors with a special guest judge Watch the live stream on the MeatEater Podcast Netw...

May 30, 20251 hr 11 min

Ep. 709: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CLXVI

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson , Randall Williams , Seth Morris, Cory Calkins, Nate Mason, and Anthony Finissi. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , YouTube , and YouTube Clips Subscribe to MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Trivia Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

May 28, 202541 min

Ep. 708: A Near Death Experience with Sebastian Junger

Steven Rinella talks with Sebastian Junger , Brody Henderson , Randall Williams , Corinne Schneider , and Phil Taylor . Topics discussed: In My Time of Dying , The Perfect Storm , Fire , and Sebastian’s other books; climbing trees; embedding with U.S. troops in Afghanistan; dangerous work; swordfish long liners; when you think you’re about to be executed; massive internal bleeding and going into shock; the black void and near death experiences; defining “sacred” as preserving human dignity; cons...

May 26, 20251 hr 50 min

Ep. 707: MeatEater Radio Live! Mountain Lions, Hot Gear Tips, and Freaky Sheds

Hosts Janis Putelis , Brody Henderson , and Cory Calkins recount spring hunts, catch up with Bart George , Director of Wildlife for the Kalispel Tribe, about his latest mountain lion research, shepherd a triumphant return of Gear Talk, and have an antler themed show & tell. Watch the live stream on the MeatEater Podcast Network YouTube channel. Subscribe to The MeatEater Podcast Network MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and YouTube See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat...

May 23, 20251 hr 35 min

Ep. 706: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CLXV

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Tony Peterson , Lake Pickle , Kaitlin Lospinoso , Brody Henderson , Randall Williams , Sarah Delany, Max Barta , and Maggie Hudlow . Connect with MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , YouTube , and YouTube Clips Subscribe to MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Trivia Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

May 21, 202542 min

Ep. 705: Fishing at 200 MPH with NASCAR's Chase Elliott

Steven Rinella talks with Chase Elliott , Seth Morris , Jordan Moss, Corinne Schneider , and Phil Taylor . Topics discussed: Being a good driver; speeding tickets; fly fishing in Montana for the first time; watch Chase in NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600 race ; what it takes to be a good NASCAR driver; not actually having a death wish; and more. Connect with Steve and The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and Youtube See omnystudio.com/l...

May 19, 20251 hr 28 min

Ep. 704: MeatEater Radio Live! Happy Dogs, Hound Dogs, and Hot Dogs

Hosts Randall Williams, Tony Peterson, and Lake Pickle dig deep into dogs with trainer Jordan Horak of Cato Outdoors, play a thrilling round of MeatEater Price is Right with help from their friends as Scheels, discuss 1974's canine classic, Where the Red Fern Grows, talk ticks with Dr. Mani Lejuene of Cornell University, and throwback to some cherished dog memories. Watch the live stream on the MeatEater Podcast Network YouTube channel. Subscribe to The MeatEater Podcast Network MeatEater on Ins...

May 16, 20251 hr 11 min

Ep. 703: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CLXIV

Spencer Neuharth hosts Round 2 of Jabroni MeatEater Trivia with Seth Morris, Cory Calkins, Maggie Smith, Hanzi Deschermeier, Alyssa Smith, Tressa Croaker, Nate Mason, and Jon Montresor. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , Youtube , and Youtube Clips Subscribe to our new MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Trivia Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

May 14, 202535 min

Ep. 702: How To Argue About Hunting and Fishing Like A Lawyer with Jefferson Fisher

Steven Rinella talks with Jefferson Fisher , Ryan Callaghan , Brody Henderson , Spencer Neuharth , Randall Williams , Corinne Schneider , and Phil Taylor . Topics discussed: How to communicate in tricky hunting and fishing scenarios; Jefferson’s book, “The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More” ; sharing the same literary agency; "How to Argue Like A Lawyer" ; chainsaw accidents and backing in so you can get out quickly later; “I’m always around but now always there”; courtroom tactics and ho...

May 12, 20251 hr 58 min

Ep. 701: MeatEater Radio Live! The Dinosaur Highway and 100 Humans v. 1 Gorilla

Hosts Spencer Neuharth, Ryan Callaghan, and Randall Williams touch on a primal fight against a primate, talk with Okaloosa County's Natural Resources Chief Alex Fogg about creating the world's largest artificial reef, get another round of turkey reports from the crew, cheer on Seth in 1-Minute Fishing, play show-and-tell, and hear from Duncan Murdock, a paleontologist from the University of Oxford Museum of Natural History about the newly uncovered dinosaur highway in England. Watch the live str...

May 09, 20251 hr 16 min

Ep. 700: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CLXIII

Spencer Neuharth hosts Round 1 of Jabroni MeatEater Trivia with Seth Morris, Cory Calkins, Maggie Smith, Hanzi Deschermeier, Alyssa Smith, Tressa Croaker, Nate Mason, and Jon Montresor. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , Youtube , and Youtube Clips Subscribe to our new MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Trivia Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

May 07, 202534 min

Ep. 699: The American West with Dan Flores

Steven Rinella talks with Dan Flores , Randall Williams , Cory Calkins , Corinne Schneider , and Phil Taylor . Topics discussed: Dan's brand new podcast on The MeatEater Network, "The American West With Dan Flores" ; an unconventional telling of the West by an environmental historian; a pigeon catching controversy in New York; the International Order of St. Hubertus; invasive aoudad as detrimental to native desert bighorn sheep populations; hunting the University of Texas, El Paso's Indio Mounta...

May 05, 20251 hr 57 min

Ep. 698: MeatEater Radio Live! Turkey Reports and Do Aoudad Dream of Bighorn Sheep?

Hosts Brody Henderson, Cory Calkins, and Corinne Schneider recap Cory and Corinne's TX aoudad hunt, chat with Froylan Hernandez of Texas Parks and Wildlife about bighorn sheep in the region, get letters from the turkey woods frontline, order from the MeatEater Menu, and talk with Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks' Scott Thompson about aerial big game surveys. Watch the live stream on the MeatEater Podcast Network YouTube channel. Connect with The MeatEater Podcast Network MeatEater on Instagram , ...

May 02, 20251 hr 5 min

Ep. 697: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CLXII

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Randall Williams , Nate Mason, Logan Dove, Matt Miller, and Nic Tapia. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , Youtube , and Youtube Clips Subscribe to our new MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Trivia Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Apr 30, 202538 min

Introducing: The American West with Dan Flores

New from the MeatEater Podcast Network: Long-time western author Dan Flores presents a big picture history of an American West you've never encountered. Covering a vast time span in a western America whose landscapes and wild animals drew people from around the world, this podcast tells a new story of our most fascinating region. Subscribe now wherever you listen to podcasts. Don't miss episode one coming out May 6th! YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIQv7voZWHy4X3UFECqr3ggF...

Apr 29, 20252 min

Ep. 696: Wildfire and the Future of Public Lands with Sen. Tim Sheehy

Steven Rinella talks with U.S. Senator for Montana Tim Sheehy , Ryan Callaghan , and Brody Henderson . Topics discussed: The U.S. military, wildfires, public lands, and more.  Connect with  Steve  and  The MeatEater Podcast Network Steve on  Instagram  and  Twitter MeatEater on  Instagram ,  Facebook ,  Twitter , and  Youtube See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Apr 28, 20251 hr 15 min

Ep. 695: MeatEater Radio Live! 7,000-Year-Old Poison Darts, Fast Food Walleye, and Lip Tattoos

Hosts Spencer Neuharth, Seth Morris, and Austin "Chilly" Chleborad talk with archaeologist Bryon Schroeder of the Center for Big Bend Studies about uncovering an ancient weapon system, take in some listener hot tips, go fishing for one minute with Jesse Vadala of Trout Unlimited, play in another game of MeatEater Price is Right, and chat with Amanda Fairbairn Kimery about a unique tattoo she maybe shouldn't regret. Watch the live stream on the  MeatEater Podcast Network YouTube channel. Con...

Apr 25, 20251 hr 9 min

Ep. 694: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CLXI

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with  Randall Williams , Janis Putelis , Clay Newcomb , Mark Kenyon , Brody Henderson , Brent Reaves, and Tressa Croaker. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , Youtube , and Youtube Clips Subscribe to our new MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop  Trivia Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Apr 23, 202544 min

Ep. 693: Did Clovis Hunters Kill All the Mammoths?

Steven Rinella talks with Spencer Pelton and Todd Surovell from the University of Wyoming , Randall Williams , Spencer Neuharth , and  Brody Henderson . Topics discussed: Testing a Clovis point on an elephant; the book Thunder Without Rain by the late Thomas McIntyre ; breaking down all of the Slams; the prestigious caribou tag;   Clay's Bear Grease podcast with Metin Eren ; thrusting spears; the Clovis overkill hypothesis; hunting mammoths; the Mesa site; and more.  Connect ...

Apr 21, 20252 hr 11 min

Ep. 692: MeatEater Radio Live! A Southern Uprising, Brent's Elk Savior, and a Turkey Serenade

Hosts Brent Reaves, Clay Newcomb, and Mark Kenyon crash the Bozeman HQ to chat episodes v. films, hear Reed Barganier's (@ReedsPianoNews) latest turkey jam, play 1-Minute Fishing with Trout Unlimited's Tanner Belknap, and show & tell of some prized possessions. Watch the live stream on the MeatEater Podcast Network YouTube channel. Connect with The MeatEater Podcast Network MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and  YouTube See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...

Apr 18, 20251 hr 14 min

Ep. 691: BONUS DROP - Bear Grease: Confessions of a Former Outlaw

In this episode of The Bear Grease Podcast, host Clay Newcomb is joined by Oklahoma man Johnny Johnston as he shares the honest, transparent, and nitty-gritty details of his life story and his relationship to wildlife law, but more importantly about the transformation that he underwent that brought him out of this dark time in his life. Subscribe to Bear Grease on Apple , Spotify , or wherever you get your podcasts. Connect with  Clay  and  MeatEater Clay on  Instagram MeatEa...

Apr 17, 202553 min

Ep. 690: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CLX

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with  Randall Williams , Corinne Schneider, Cory Calkins , Maggie Smith, Collin Fopma, Tressa Croaker, and Anthony Finissi. Connect with MeatEater on  Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , Youtube , and Youtube Clips Subscribe to our new MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop  Trivia Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Apr 16, 202537 min

Ep. 689: A National Forest Supervisor Speaks Out

Steven Rinella talks with Scott Fitzwilliams, Ryan Callaghan , Brody Henderson , and Janis Putelis .  Topics discussed: Will it become illegal to launch a vessel off a public roadway for water access in North Carolina?; a proposal to haze mountain lions with hounds in California after the the  mauling death of Taylen Brooks by a mountain lion ; anti-deficiency; the economic activity generated by a forest; having to fire folks whose salaries you're not even paying; the redundancy in gov...

Apr 14, 20252 hr 6 min

Ep. 688: MeatEater Radio Live! Our Biggest Catches, Endangered Orcas, and Fishing for Treasure

Hosts Spencer Neuharth , Janis Putelis , and Brody Henderson talk with Stephanie Raymond of Orca Network about the state of the Southern Resident pods, fish for a minute with Dan Johnson of Trout Unlimited, recount their top 3 biggest fish caught, and cast a magnet into the middle of NYC with James Kane of Let's Get Magnetic. Watch the live stream on the  MeatEater Podcast Network YouTube channel. Connect with The MeatEater Podcast Network MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and&n...

Apr 11, 20251 hr 28 min

Ep. 687: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CLIX

Randall Williams  guest hosts MeatEater Trivia with  Spencer Neuharth , Janis Putelis ,  Ryan Callaghan , Brody Henderson, Tressa Croaker, Hanzi Deschermeier, and Alyssa Smith. Connect with MeatEater on  Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , Youtube , and Youtube Clips Subscribe to our new MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop  Trivia Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Apr 09, 202558 min

Ep. 686: Cooking and Cleaning with Luke Combs

Steven Rinella talks with Luke Combs, Seth Morris, Chester Floyd, and Austin "Chilly" Chleborad.  Topics discussed: The finer details of wild turkey management; how to lose listeners; how Steve has a song idea for Luke; nice vs. funny; when you don’t know if you’re gonna be alive long enough to fill a trash bag; the rules of pitch meetings; turkey numbers in the 90s; suppressing Turkey harvest; hating and boning out-of-state hunters; turkey DNA; parenthood and bandwidth; how Luk...

Apr 07, 20251 hr 56 min

Ep. 685: MeatEater Radio Live! A Cottonwood King, B&C Javelina, and a Sizable Meat Poll

Hosts Spencer Neuharth, Janis Putelis, and Seth Morris touch on their turkey trips, get the skinny on a fat cottonwood from the University of Nebraska's Justin Evertson, play 1-Minute Fishing with Tyler Coleman of Trout Unlimited, climb the latest Meat Poll, and talk Boone and Crockett javelina with Jim Heffelfinger. Watch the live stream on the  MeatEater Podcast Network YouTube channel. Connect with The MeatEater Podcast Network MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , and  YouT...

Apr 04, 20251 hr 10 min

Ep. 684: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia CLVIII

Janis Putelis  guest hosts MeatEater Trivia with Spencer Neuharth , Randall Williams , Ryan Callaghan , Brody Henderson, Reva Hansen, Roman Schnobrich, and Eric Hamburg. Connect with MeatEater on  Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , Youtube , and Youtube Clips Subscribe to our new MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop  Trivia Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Apr 02, 20251 hr 5 min

Ep. 683: The Healing Power of the Outdoors with Pastor Yates

Steven Rinella talks with Pastor Shane Yates of Task Force Heroes , Janis Putelis , Austin "Chilly" Chleborad,  Phil Taylor , and Corinne Schneider .  Topics discussed: The military CV that goes on and on; the important work that Task Force Heroes does for the veteran and first responder community; showering in love and massaging the heart; knowing the rules of where you are; more Chetiquette; what makes a good street cop; being with them; recalling experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan;...

Mar 31, 20251 hr 52 min

Ep. 682: MeatEater Radio Live! Turkey DNA, Turkey Habitat, and a Risqué Turkey Photo Contest

Hosts Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, and Randall Williams are talkin' Turkey Week! They check-in with Dr. Phil Lavretsky about his new wild turkey DNA project, get the low-down on healthy turkey habitat with Kyle Lybarger, hot tip-off with chef Jesse Griffiths, take a tour of Janis' Wisconsin property with Wyatt Seep, and pick the winner of the 2025 Turkey Photo Contest. Watch the live stream on the  MeatEater Podcast Network YouTube channel. Connect with The MeatEater Podcast Network Meat...

Mar 28, 20251 hr 20 min
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