Steven Rinella talks with Rachel Schmidt , Sam Lungren , Brody Henderson , Spencer Neuharth , Phil Taylor , and Corinne Schneider . Topics discussed: testing our interest meter; engorged cloacas and Steve's son interrupting turtle sex; Spencer's first tattoo of South Dakota's state tree; Rachel's collection of fly tattoos; gumbo areas and the Bermuda Triangle of turkey spots; Steve's tip to celebrities: you'll get the right attention if you talk about eating squirrels; the Tower of Power, Steve'...
Jun 07, 2021•2 hr 25 min
Steven Rinella talks with Michael Punke , Spencer Neuharth , Phil Taylor , and Corinne Schneider , Topics discussed: Go get Michael Punke's new book, "Ridgeline" ; a gun that ain't a firearm; when brain matter splatters; how Michael and Steve were both going to write a book about the Nez Perce War; cicadas are a turkey hunter's best friend; free hunting and fishing licences for getting vaccinated; how mountain lions have an unlikely predator; happy endings to raptor rescues; critter vs. human fa...
May 31, 2021•2 hr 14 min
Steven Rinella talks with Jacob Broussard , Mike Chamberlain , Brody Henderson , Phil Taylor , Corinne Schneider , and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: How The Wild Turkey Doc is also a Wolf Doc; the attempted recovery of the red wolf and why there are only 10 left in the wild; in the absence of wolves, coyotes; red hot radio collar action; ravens destroying young livestock and deer; when you pop open a prosecco bottle and a turkey gobbles back; dying from yellow perch; a reminder about the Wis...
May 24, 2021•2 hr 1 min
Steven Rinella talks with Kimi Werner , Justin Turkowski , Ryan Callaghan , Seth Morris , and Chester Floyd . Topics discussed: A hodgepodge of Japanese and Hawaiian fish names; poaching a wolf; a Meatcrafter knife goes for huge cash on Ebay; getting baptized in a sous vide tank; getting bit by sea turtles; the ocean louse that kills your tongue and then replaces it; social distancing from wildlife; putting food on the table by spearfishing; what does it mean to spearfish for a living?; how Kimi...
May 17, 2021•2 hr 38 min
Steven Rinella talks with with Whit Fosburgh , Ryan Callaghan , Seth Morris , and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: The deer of the NJ turnpike; Joe Cermele's IG handle and B-Side Fishing ; Steve's kids get their first turkeys; the time when a retracting bike kick stand made a turkey gobble; New Mexico's trapping ban and challenging the hypocrisy of its grounds; estate sales and the laws of selling taxidermy; what would you do if your dog drowned a fawn?; more on whether snapping turtles will bi...
May 10, 2021•1 hr 57 min
Steven Rinella talks with Ronnie Boehme , Clay Newcomb, Brody Henderson , Phil Taylor , Corinne Schneider , Hayden Sammak , and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: Infanticide among house cats; Ronnie as Steve's most impactful employer; Clay Newcomb's new Bear Grease podcast ; your pistol getting you in trouble with the TSA; Tiddlywinks and meat raffles; "Mingus" by Trampled by Turtles ; Clay's big apology about fox hunting; blood tracking dogs and recovery statistics; coons and dogs duking it out...
May 03, 2021•2 hr 10 min
Steven Rinella talks with meat scientist Dr. Chris Calkins , Rick "Nature is Metal," Spencer Neuharth , Seth Morris , Phil Taylor , Corinne Schneider , and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: An alternate explication of "Arkansasing"; Steve's opinion that the 1980s is too recent a decade from which to pluck pop culture references; cleaning up in your shrimp pot; what happens, physiologically, when an animal freezes to death and can you eat it?; and what about by electrocution?; when lighting strik...
Apr 26, 2021•1 hr 30 min
Steven Rinella talks with Robert Abernethy, Rick Smith , Chris Gill , Seth Morris , and Chester Floyd . Topics discussed: How you need to watch Joe Cermele 's B-Side Fishing ; caught on trail cam: tractor driver hangs out of tractor to defecate ; Steve's tooth improvement and a mountain goat hunting dentist; the impulse to make everything a competition; how Robert Abernethy has been shot twice; incident vs. accident; Chester's daily Bitcoin Liquid Index report; MeatEater's House of Oddities Auct...
Apr 19, 2021•1 hr 55 min
Steven Rinella talks with David J. Meltzer , Ryan Callaghan , Spencer Neuharth , Corinne Schneider , and Phil Taylor . Topics discussed: Making sure that your local humane society is not The Humane Society of the United States; Jim H. encouraging hunters to be true to the message of conservation and favor wolf recovery even if it costs them a few extra elk tags; Covid vaccines for mink and great apes; Spencer saves bird lives; spotting an arrowhead by the side of the road as a bus driver holding...
Apr 12, 2021•2 hr 12 min
Steven Rinella talks with Congressman Mike Simpson , Eric Crawford , Ryan Callaghan , Chester Floyd , and Phil Taylor . Topics discussed: Phil's parfait and Cal's Covid shot; Buck Bowden's burl bowls; energy consumption and Bitcoin; would someone just give Chester a free boat already?; a reminder to get all the right permits and licenses and extra stuff when you hunt, fish, or trap; caught on (trail) cam; the prevalence of same sex behavior in the animal kingdom; icy hotspring monkeys as kind of...
Apr 09, 2021•2 hr 7 min
Steven Rinella talks with Jon Mooallem , Gaspar Perricone , Brody Henderson , Ryan Callaghan , Phil Taylor , Corinne Schneider , and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: Papa Jani's wish to have guests introduced at the beginning of the show; how Ronny B. got Steve in trouble, and a correction about raccoons duking it out with dogs inside barrels; moss balls and zebra mussels; Tonka trucks and tularemia; "Wild Ones," "This Is Chance!" and the great Alaska earthquake of 1964; Richter as a nudist; th...
Mar 29, 2021•2 hr 11 min
Steven Rinella talks with Mike Ruhl, Jeremy Romero , Kevin Murphy , Seth Morris , and Chester Floyd . Topics discussed: Has the Bitcoin boat sailed?; a hot tip on using tampons dipped in vaseline as a fire starter; proof of the albino porcupine; one hairy-assed deer eyeball; feeding grizzly bears (ahem, moose!) in your backyard; cloning black footed ferrets; the death of the last passenger pigeon; that time when a squirrel hefted up his dead buddy into a tree; how ibex hunting came to be a thing...
Mar 22, 2021•2 hr 5 min
Steven Rinella talks with Preston Pittman , Ryan Callaghan , Phil Taylor , Corinne Schneider , Samantha Bates, and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: The caviar of the south; the story of Cal's forearm scar; is there such as thing as a Covid tweaker?; the champ has been shot twice, but doesn't call the cops; the beautiful Grim Reaper choking noises that Steve makes when trying to gobble; Jani's talent; David Letterman; breaking down tag team competitive calling scenarios; how life's too damn shor...
Mar 15, 2021•2 hr 3 min
Steven Rinella talks with Clay Newcomb, Seth Morris , Chester Floyd , Rick Smith , and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: The story of a deer called Moose; sturgeon spearing in Wisconsin on the Fur Hat Ice Tour ; bartering services for caviar, then serving the caviar in a restaurant; NY's squirrel hunting tournament going strong; an ear-tagged squirrel traveling 62 miles; the dachshund (weiner dog) and Steve's pronunciation attempts; what it means when you hang a painting on the ceiling; the abun...
Mar 08, 2021•1 hr 59 min
Steven Rinella talks with Jason Phelps , Dirk Dirham , Seth Morris , Phil Taylor , Corinne Schneider , and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: Chester The Investor makes a solid plan on a walleye boat; how skepticism is the chastity of the intellect; reconsidering the use of a sous vide wand to warm up your bathtub; Steve's FOMO were he to die while other humans got to keep living; Texas' record low temperatures wiping out piles of exotic big game; yet another nipple ripping tale; taxidermying an ...
Mar 01, 2021•2 hr 6 min
Steven Rinella talks with Nels Johnson , Ryan Callaghan , Spencer Neuharth , Corinne Schneider , and Phil Taylor . Topics discussed: How the name Phil means lover of horses; the crossbow arms race and slippery slopes; a war against lucky people and children; The MeatEater Podcast saves yet another life ; outing your grandpa for unsportsman-like conduct; when bad people mess with good beaver trappers; a solar and wind footprint the size of Texas; acid rain of days past; what does "clean coal" act...
Feb 22, 2021•2 hr 1 min
Steven Rinella talks with Doug Duren , Spencer Neuharth , Seth Morris , Phil Taylor, Corinne Schneider, and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: Picking on Chester's donut purchases; Sonja's coyote pecker bone earrings; was Elvis's colon really full of cheeseburgers?; when you're an early 1800s botanist who gets held up by the New Madrid Earthquake and your assistant steals your samples, then publishes your information; duck hunters murdered on Reelfoot Lake ; how Spencer sends boxes of rocks to Do...
Feb 15, 2021•1 hr 39 min
Steven Rinella talks with Dr. John Koprowski , Spencer Neuharth , Clay Newcomb , and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: Having a Phd in all things squirrels; what a squirrel has for a penis; when squirrel semen hardens into a waxy plug to prevent other squirrels from breeding; 45 male squirrels chase a single female for six hours; what the hell is a drey?; settling the score on testicle biting; how color phasing works; hitting the ground from 70 feet and shaking off the daze; freakish ways to die...
Feb 08, 2021•2 hr 11 min
Steven Rinella talks with Rick Hutton , Rick Smith , Dirt Myth , Loren Moulton , and Seth Morris . Topics discussed: Steve's fake teeth woes; Dirt's incredibly dirty hat; when Steve's brother ate a lightbulb; the ban on Sunday Hunting; how Seth and Rick had to identify 50 trees just by looking at little twigs; Rick's dad as the first American to get a deep brain stimulator implanted through his left shoulder so he could still shoot a gun right handed; huntin' the strippins; Steve's parents' hone...
Feb 01, 2021•1 hr 41 min
Steven Rinella talks with Brandon Butler , Matt Desrosiers , Chase Millemann , Duke Wasteney , Seth Morris , Ryan Callaghan , and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: When an arsonist is caught on trail cam; Steve trying to take credit for Luke Comb's "Better Together" ; creating a big foot hunting season; the "build not bought" movement; catching whoever poached a nanny mountain goat with a crossbow; when neighbors suspect you're BBQ-ing a neighborhood dog; makeshift-grills; Cal's sister birthing ...
Jan 25, 2021•1 hr 37 min
Steven Rinella talks with Brandon Butler , Jim Heffelfinger , Brody Henderson , Ryan Callaghan , and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: Steve's fourth quarantine and how his kids turned against their mother; when a poacher burns you down; how to support our buddy Brandon ; Mingus the dog's first mountain lion and Jani's deep-felt pride; can Mingus excel as a coon hound?; when your scrotum retains its natural abilities to retract and firm up, and implications for horsemanship; caught on camera: a ...
Jan 18, 2021•1 hr 42 min
Steven Rinella talks with Clay Newcomb , Seth Morris , Chester Floyd, and Spencer Neuharth . Topics discussed: the time when Steve put a hit on a beaver; wolves and their magical ability to sniff out CWD-positive deer; why Doug feels you're missing the point; would you feed CWD-positive deer meat to your dog?; having mega colon and then dying from constipation; the handbook of mummy studies; how Seth survived a weasel attack; fear of too much renewable energy infrastructure and the failure to re...
Jan 11, 2021•1 hr 40 min
Steven Rinella talks with Mike Matney , Rick Matney , Seth Morris , Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: duck feet earrings; something in the cosmos that's making people find buffalo skulls; "muskrat moms"; making enough money trapping as a 16-year-old to buy a brand new four-wheel drive pickup truck; the unpredictability of fur prices; Mike's no grip trap ; trapping as an excuse to run around in the woods; ‘skrats off minty toothpaste; why are trappers always tasked with explai...
Jan 04, 2021•2 hr 1 min
Steven Rinella talks with Jesse Griffiths , Clay Newcomb , Chris Gill , Rick Smith , and Seth Morris . Topics discussed: a requester of GPS collar data explains himself; axiographics; a trail cam enthusiast; meat sheets and meat slaps; the geographic differences of meat cookery; the boneless bear ham through a funnel mesher; what LeBron and bacon have in common; getting mauled by a variety of tick species; Seth's setup of the hog hunt story; the sound a javelina's lips make while eating turkey s...
Dec 28, 2020•1 hr 34 min
Steven Rinella talks with Whit Fosburgh , Clay Newcomb , Brody Henderson , and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: tail strippers and Clay's squirrel tail ornaments ; tanning squirrel hides; smash burgers; crazy fossilized footprints of hunters and a one-legged person from 20,000 years ago; pondering dropping out of the block management program; mistaking movement and a person for a deer; a local priest suffering hunter harassment; intentionally popping mountain bike tires by stringing a wire; out...
Dec 21, 2020•2 hr
Steven Rinella talks with Clay Newcomb and Mark Kenyon . Topics discussed: Clay's sleep-to-hunt equation; Steve's distrust of men-only clubs; The One Shot Antelope Hunt catches up to reality; does Steve qualify as a ringer?; the saga of Bruno the bear; the homing instinct; loving Paul Revere, whether he road or not; requests for radio collar data; the survival of outliers; the bounty of the Back 40 plus 24 bonus acres; all the things you do to renew life on the land; turning sameness into a bunc...
Dec 14, 2020•1 hr 47 min
Steven Rinella talks with Cody Cannon , Chris Alexander, and Khris Poage of Whiskey Myers , and Spencer Neuharth , Sam Lungren , and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: switching your name to Steve Fever; natural condoms made out of lamb casings; castration bands; unethical hunting and plowing down an elk herd; calf shelters as a moral boosting thank you to ranchers who enroll in block management; to wolf reintroduce or to not wolf reintroduce?; when the best stuff about America is written by a...
Dec 07, 2020•1 hr 56 min
Steven Rinella talks with Ben Friedman (youngpageviews) , Spencer Neuharth , Sam Lungren , Brody Henderson , and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: Spencer's long day spent rescuing an owl and then getting his buck because of karma; transporting a doomed owl in a plastic tote; Steve's kids' mouse; the Federal Duck Stamp having racked up a billion dollars so far; how Darien, CT folks are upset about the new Federal Duck Stamp incorporating an image of hunting; Janice’s box of airfreighted shrimp t...
Nov 30, 2020•1 hr 48 min
Steven Rinella talks with Taylor Thorne , Corinne Schneider, Phil Taylor, and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: hand written love letters to MeatEater; shielding Steve from rejection by the Deep Drop Community; photoperiod and how smoke affects hunting; yelling at mallards; living in a camper and traveling around the country with firearms ; Steve mixing up 3-gun and cowboy action; breaking down 3-gun; heavy metal; Teacup Jani and Facebox Steve; mag-fed shotguns; do more folks own guns than not o...
Nov 23, 2020•1 hr 54 min
Steven Rinella talks with Kurt Racicot , Rick Smith , Dirt Myth , Ridge Pounder , Chester Floyd , Seth Morris . Topics discussed: Harder than a woodpecker's lips; being dialed in on your system; a 10,000 year old footprint sandwich of early human, mammoth, and ground sloth; when a pelican starts a brush fire with a carp hanging out of its mouth; dippin' to deficate; free pouring powder and Daniel Boone’s ballistics; bed ticking and muzzleloader families; making your own bird shot by melting lead...
Nov 16, 2020•2 hr 12 min
