Meateater Podcast

Steven Rinella talks with Greg Fonts, Alex Reynaud, George Scheidt, and Janis Putelis. Subjects discussed: How to free dive and read a reef; hole hunting; nibbling for curiosity; how to corner a ling cod; where grizzlies end and great white sharks begin; spearfishing as a way to find out everything that’s wrong with your body; vomiting coffee through your snorkel; the barely existing membrane separating Steve's brain and body; what exactly does “ground and pound” mean?; and more.   Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch

Steven Rinella talks with the author Tom McGuane, Corinne Schneider, and Janis Putelis. Subjects discussed: What to write on your gravestone; Tom's lifelong bond with Jimmy Buffett and Jim Harrison; is Jack Nicholson kind of a prick?; living with Marlon Brando; The Missouri Breaks; shooting into coveys; the profile of a "Fudd"; the relationship between biodiversity and active ranch land; before Key West became Key West; America as a people; becoming nobody on a windy porch; and more.   Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch

Steven Rinella talks with Matt Ross, Ryan Furrer, Hank Forester, Mark Kenyon, and Janis Putelis. Subjects discussed: having kids by accident; Mark Kenyon’s “That Wild Country”; slunger and slow-walker as new synonyms for mondo; where quality deer management ends and trophy deer management begins; busting deer myths; Field to Fork; when teeth start floating; and more. Plus, stay tuned for Steve’s special feature on the joint onX and TRCP report about state landlocked public lands.   Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch  

Steven Rinella talks to Clay Newcomb, Kevin Harlander, and Janis Putelis. Subjects discussed: double-battered buttermilk squirrel; shit on a shingle; fell, or the skin under the skin; Kevin raising Steve's hog; MeatEater and First Lite as kissing cousins; anteater boots; say no to flip flops; when a boy horse and a girl donkey do it; doggin' on traditional bows; the time when Clay's arrow touched a bear's nose; what is meant by "fair chase"; Oklahoma bear oil; and more.   Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevenrinella MeatEater on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meateater Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StevenRinellaMeatEater/ Web: http://www.themeateater.com Shop MeatEater Merch: http://themeateaterstore.com

Steven Rinella talks to Jesse Griffiths, Corinne Schneider, and Janis Putelis. Subjects discussed: tons of audience death stories; flounder gigging in Texas; the human egret; more about Long Tong Jani; frying fish with a passion; Steve's strong dislike of batter; the smallmouth bass’ trashy cousin, the largemouth bass; titillation; trapping feral hogs; the garlic-tipped fork; custom ordered feral cow sausage; Jesse's first book and his upcoming book on cooking feral hogs; and more.   Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevenrinella MeatEater on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meateater Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StevenRinellaMeatEater/ Web: http://www.themeateater.com Shop MeatEater Merch: http://themeateaterstore.com

Steven Rinella talks to Jason Phelps, Dirk Durham, Ryan Callaghan, Seth Morris, and Janis Putelis. Subjects discussed: Purple Nurple; swimming with a fairly attractive aunt; more on hunting from the Bible; Steve and Seth’s Southwest Montana nuisance beaver removal; Jason Phelps and American elbow grease; how to call in non-stop big giant bulls; plenty of latex; Dirk Durham, six-time world champion elk caller; glunking; lost calves; and more.    Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevenrinella MeatEater on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meateater Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StevenRinellaMeatEater/ Web: http://www.themeateater.com Shop MeatEater Merch: http://themeateaterstore.com

Steven Rinella talks with Doug Emlen, Sam Lungren, and Janis Putelis. Subjects discussed: Character above all else; good shit for a tombstone; fighting WW4 with sticks and stones; saber tooth cats and supination; a simple definition of evolution; a third generation biologist; GMO mosquitos; do does really go for big antlers?; animal arms races; Janis’ love for a good shirker; a fish that starts as a female and switches to a male; beetle battles; and Doug’s Animal Weapons.   Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevenrinella MeatEater on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meateater Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StevenRinellaMeatEater/ Web: http://www.themeateater.com Shop MeatEater Merch: http://themeateaterstore.com

Steven Rinella talks with John Nores and Janis Putelis. Subjects discussed: Cartels growing pot on public land; wildlife poisoning by weed growers; Vietnam War-style punji pits in Shasta National Forest; special ops game wardens; pink death; concealing man tracks with fake cow prints and carpet slippers; Phoebe, the one-in-a-million K9 lifesaver and her 900+ arrests; secret attack commands; 445 miles of poly pipe; DIY dams; Silicon Valley science camp; and more.   Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevenrinella MeatEater on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meateater Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StevenRinellaMeatEater/ Web: http://www.themeateater.com Shop MeatEater Merch: http://themeateaterstore.com

Steven Rinella talks with David J. Meltzer and Janis Putelis. Subjects discussed: Understanding radio carbon dates; crossing the Bering Land Bridge; who were the first Americans?; the early human aversion to incest; ecotones, or where a bunch of good shit comes together; glyptodons and 3-ton ground sloths; a big extinction on one fine Tuesday; Rambo; the tidy appeal of the blitzkreig hypothesis; Clovis points; cross examining conventionalisms; snacking on bison tongue; and more.   Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevenrinella MeatEater on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meateater Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StevenRinellaMeatEater/ Web: http://www.themeateater.com Shop MeatEater Merch: http://themeateaterstore.com  

Steven Rinella talks with Carter Smith and Janis Putelis. Subjects discussed: College epiphanies; a wrong turn at Waco; social ecologist Steve Kellert and sociobiologist E.O. Wilson; private land in Texas; what happens when critters cross international borders; Aldo Leopold; thriving in order; Texas’ massive population growth; everybody's deer; capture related myopathy; hitting hogs with cars; CWD and local economies; and more.   Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevenrinella MeatEater on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meateater Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StevenRinellaMeatEater/ Web: http://www.themeateater.com Shop MeatEater Merch: http://themeateaterstore.com

Steven Rinella talks with Travis Swartz, Miles Nolte, Sam Lungren, and Janis Putelis. Subjects discussed: Steve’s field trip to the graveyard and the fishy circumstances surrounding the death of John Bozeman; Reel Recovery; where Travis ends and Hank Patterson begins; fishing etiquette infractions; aural deception and ham juice; fair trade flies; offing the head; keeping fishing holes secret; getting arrested; effete anglers; why fly fishing is so parody-able; and more.   Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevenrinella MeatEater on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meateater Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StevenRinellaMeatEater/ Web: http://www.themeateater.com Shop MeatEater Merch: http://themeateaterstore.com    

Steven Rinella talks with Doug Duren, Randall Williams, Matt Rinella, and Janis Putelis. Subjects discussed: Nip ripping stories; the essays of historian Elliott West; a dead man’s brother packs him in brandy; shooting out the windows; Steve’s interview with R. Kelly; Matt’s three favorite foods; Randall's missing pituitary gland; the hunting sadness; 1SHOTJJ; Doug’s morel village; monster trucking chicken wings as a matrimonial bonding experience; hunters according to Looney Tunes and the anti-hunting bias in children's books; Stars In The Sky; and more.   Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevenrinella MeatEater on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meateater Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StevenRinellaMeatEater/ Web: http://www.themeateater.com Shop MeatEater Merch: http://themeateaterstore.com    

Steven Rinella talks with Bo Jackson, Matt Cook, Guy Zuck, and Janis Putelis. Subjects discussed: The gar pike exists and Steve is way wrong; Bo Jackson’s lessons for parents and married people; hunting chickens on Saturday; Tarzan as inspiration; speed like a spooked deer; Bo’s beloved momma; George, the hunting mentor; a visit to the hog barn; the protective brain cushion of a woodpecker; Bo Knows loyalty; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevenrinella MeatEater on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meateater Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StevenRinellaMeatEater/ Web: http://www.themeateater.com Shop MeatEater Merch: http://themeateaterstore.com    

Steven Rinella talks with Becky Humphries, Spencer Neuharth, Ryan Callaghan, Joe Ferronato, and Janis Putelis. Subjects discussed: Joe Ferronato as Vanna White; 8 inch beards; nail files; the Lacey Act; swapping turkeys for zebras; West Nile, bird flu and the pox; over-the-counter tags vs. tag draws; Steve’s genius idea for the NWTF; a pretty aggressive female name; anti-shaming; how to be a good hunting mentor; the crawfish and snake diet; the beauty of saying "I don't know"; thighs and drumsticks; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevenrinella MeatEater on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meateater Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StevenRinellaMeatEater/ Web: http://www.themeateater.com Shop MeatEater Merch: http://themeateaterstore.com  

Steven Rinella talks with Pat Durkin, Spencer Neuharth, and Janis Putelis. Subjects discussed: Steve's death at the mic; why, exactly, do deer lose their antlers; buying ice fishing bait at 2AM; Rick "Radio" Krueger; finding dead people with sonar and psychics; Isle Royale’s inbred wolves; how hunters remember the deceased; Pat's love of a good obituary; wrathful birders; Gordon Lightfoot, live; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevenrinella MeatEater on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meateater Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StevenRinellaMeatEater/ Web: http://www.themeateater.com Shop MeatEater Merch: http://themeateaterstore.com    

Steven Rinella talks with Land Tawney, Ben O'Brien, Matt Rinella, Ryan Callaghan, and Janis Putelis at Backcountry Hunters and Anglers North American Rendezvous in Boise, ID. Subjects discussed: Seeing through the bullshit; BHA’s insidious plot to destroy America; tying a tuna to the back of your girlfriend's car; missing fingers, biting tongues, and man-eating house cats; the perils of getting your wildlife news from ABC news; Appalachian confit; gender neutral hunting terms; jaguar recovery in the United States; hunting for mountain lions; Latvian folklore; blaze pink; and more.   Connect with Steve & MeatEater Steve on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevenrinella MeatEater on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meateater Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StevenRinellaMeatEater/ Web:  http://www.themeateater.com   Shop MeatEater Merch http://themeateaterstore.com  

Steven Rinella talks with Maggie Smith, Tracy Crane, Seth Morris, and Janis Putelis. Subjects discussed: what happens when the Latvian Eagle locks his jaw; driving under the influence of turkeys; peacocks; the trials and tribulations of hunter's safety; eye patches and left-eye dominance when shooting; the impressions of a first-time hunter; hanging at the gun range; Maggie's emotional rainbow; shooting in full strut; running down a wounded critter; and more.   Ridge Wallet: RidgeWallet.com/meateater   Connect with Steve & MeatEater Steve on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevenrinella MeatEater on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meateater Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StevenRinellaMeatEater/ Web:  http://www.themeateater.com   Shop MeatEater Merch http://themeateaterstore.com

This week Cal brings you cool facts about old poop, fish, birds, ticks, poachers, snakes and a bunch of other cliff notes from the world of wildlife and conservation.

Steven Rinella talks with Ryan Callaghan, Ben O’Brien, and Janis Putelis. Subjects discussed: Gashed nipples and the saga of Scarface; Texas and it’s love for exotic wildlife; more doggin' on Texas; Texas game wardens and drunk folks; the #metoo movement and waffles; a flying squirrel fetish; sandbaggin’; pedicures before hunts; and more.   Connect with Steve & MeatEater Steve on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevenrinella MeatEater on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meateater Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StevenRinellaMeatEater/ Web:  http://www.themeateater.com   Shop MeatEater Merch http://themeateaterstore.com

Steven Rinella talks with Ryan Callaghan, Ben O’Brien, and Janis Putelis.   Subjects discussed: Making soap with wild game fat; turkey hunting in the Texas Hill Country; how to call shitloads of turkeys; how many showers is too many?; what’s the temperature in hell, and why is Steve headed there?; why turkey hunts never end up the way you imagine; a new hunting mantra; and more.