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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.

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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.

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@meateaterTV

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English


Episodes

Ep. 499: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia LXXXVIII

11/29/2023
Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Clay Newcomb, Seth Morris, Cory Calkins, Roman Schnobrich, Max Barta, Hilary Byrne, Logan Dove, and Alyssa Smith. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:45:20

Ep 498: Hunting, Singing, and Going Dry with the Turnpike Troubadours

11/27/2023
Steven Rinella talks with Evan Felker, Janis Putelis, Hunter Spencer, Randall Williams, Maggie Hudlow, Max Barta, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: Knowing how to conduct a vault toilet rescue from having listened to The MeatEater Podcast, Ep. 377: The Great Outhouse Rescue; Phil kissing; the dead-alive fish dish; ménage-à-frog; pig leases in timber country; First Lite’s new Stormy Kromer cap; how Evan’s dad is a fanatical hunter; cowboy-ing; Johnny Horton playing Jimmy Driftwood; how Cal thinks that “The Bird Hunters” song is the best hunting song ever written; an anapodoton; bean sayings from our audience; quitting drinking; NA beer; going to rehab and rewiring your entire being; trustworthiness and how no one would actually show up to ice fish at 7am the next morning; watching the lake give birth; writing prompts; buy Turnpike’s new album, “A Cat in the Rain,” and go see them in concert; a live performance of “The Bird Hunters”; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:01:39:56

Ep. 497: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia LXXXVII

11/22/2023
Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Ryan Callaghan, Hanzi Deschermeier, Mackenzie Elmquist, Christine Sawicki, Sam James, Chilly, and The Ghost of Chester Floyd. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:57:16

Ep. 496: A Game Warden on Otter Attacks and Being Your Referee

11/20/2023
Steven Rinella talks with Adam Pankratz, Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, and Phil Taylor. Topics discussed: When the Tough Book laptop shatters the porcelain urinal; when you’re an outfitter and a game warden moves in across the street; get your protein and your vaccine at the same time; Chester the Midwester is performing at The MeatEater Live Tour; where’s Colorado getting its wolves for relocation; the attempt to ban mountain lion and bobcat hunting in Colorado; when your dad’s a vegetarian trapper in Alaska; the snowmobile that said “law enforcement” on it; herbicide; how, “I didn’t know I needed a license,” doesn’t cut it; how Adam doesn’t want to be your referee; getting charged by critters; investigating animal conflicts; when the feds want the state to have management authority; planning hunts to avoid bear areas; otter attacks; humans displacing wildlife; how you shouldn’t fight animals without legs; commercial harvest; the illegal “private menu” that might feature bear paw soup; unknowingly committing a crime while talking to a game warden and then getting ticketed; teaching vs. ticketing; entrapment and not trying to make people into poachers; creating good interactions between the public and game wardens; when you see something, say something; 1-800-TIPMONT; turning in poachers for cash or limited draw tags; listener Peter Block's "Fish and Game" outdo song; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:02:40:35

Ep. 495: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia LXXXVI

11/15/2023
Randall Williams guest hosts MeatEater Trivia with Brian Harman, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Spencer Neuharth, Ryan Callaghan, Cory Calkins, Hunter Spencer, and Corinne Schneider. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:52:55

Ep. 494: Golfing with Brian "The Butcher" Harman

11/13/2023
Steven Rinella talks with Brian Harman, Danny Bolton, Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Hunter Spencer, Randall Williams, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: Whisper-yelling at your kids; Jimmy dickin’ around with a fossilized clam, then fwap! right in the neck; how the Brits invented the game; why Steve hates golf; “take a breath, be a predator”; when you can tell who's a snorer; an old trophy that holds two and a half pints of Guinness; the Ciguatera tracking website; face-to-face with a goliath grouper; the cycle of mercury intake; how Brian's dad hates golf more than Steve hates golf; the golfer’s relationship with the caddy; the difference between being in good golf shape and being in good athletic shape; farming during the off season; what the land gets out of it; how every hunt becomes a hog hunt; golf ball accidents; Clay getting grind shamed; a heart-to-heart problem; fixed or mechanical blades?; piles of wood ducks; the movie about moving a boat; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:01:47:16

Ep. 493: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia LXXXV

11/8/2023
Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Seth Morris, Randall Williams, Christine Sawicki, Hunter Spencer, and Alyssa Smith. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:54:08

Ep. 492: Fishing and Films with Rob Lowe

11/6/2023
Steven Rinella talks to Rob Lowe, Spencer Neuharth, Randall Williams, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: The Trivia board game is available at last!; Spearing and fileting mahi; when you have a law degree and a commercial fishing license; being into the technical fishing scene; how Rob’s mom studied under Faulkner; tough-assed feet; filleted squirrel; when picking up live lobster gives you the shivers; the fish grooming the turtle’s head; Rob’s quiz show, “The Floor,” coming in 2024; just how badly Steve wants to be a contestant on Rob’s show; hive mentality; one of the ten sexiest men alive who is not recognized for that sexiness; wilderness movie trivia with Rob Lowe; tapping, slapping, or dinging quickly; seeing “Goldfinger” in the theater; “Jeremiah Johnson” as the most un-Sydney Pollock ever made; when the guy in the movie doesn’t fill his pronghorn quota; writing in a game warden character; when the star of the film is a duck stamp painter; a fluff of down; the invertebrates square; go listen to Rob’s podcast, “Literally!"; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:57:09

Ep. 491: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia LXXXIV

11/1/2023
Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Max Barta, Corinne Schneider, Phil Lavretsky, Brady Davis, and Matt McCormick. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:43:26

Ep. 490: Duck DNA: Are “Wild” Ducks Really Wild?

10/30/2023
Steven Rinella talks with Phil Lavretsky, Janis Putelis, Matt McCormick, Brady Davis, Max Barta, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: The open-faced sandwich; a red stag hunt in Scotland and skull plates; when you have a genetics lab named after you; “field to gene’; Flying V like the Army Corps of Engineers; get tickets for the MeatEater Live Tour; how the New Jersey black bear hunt is back on; the Cal Pouch and the waterfowl system from FHF, DSD’s waterfowl decoys like fine art, and Phelps duck and geese calls; Montana artist Chuck Black wins the Federal Duck Stamp competition for 2024; when all of the extinct species are in the same drawer; be as good or better than everyone else; how genetic analysis plays into management; releasing pen-raised mallards is a thing; so much hybridization; the Ming Dynasty as the first to domesticate ducks; when you send your wife out to track known game farm mallards; game farm duck DNA mixing with wild duck DNA; Oh, Jersey!; back-crossing; physiological and morphological shifts; volunteers are needed for the new waterfowl research project; calling all duck hunters to apply today to be a citizen scientist!; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:02:43:24

Ep. 489: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia LXXXIII

10/25/2023
Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Randall Williams, Seth Morris, Maddy Lehman, Mackenzie Elmquist, and Hunter Spencer. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:40:31

Ep. 488: The Wyoming Corner Crossing Lawyer Finally Speaks Out

10/23/2023
Steven Rinella talks Ryan Semerad, Ryan Callaghan, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, and Phil Taylor. Topics discussed: Political figures who pose as hunters; island biogeography and culling mule deer on Catalina; when you follow a girl to Wyoming; law doggin’; driving a turtle cross country to reunite with another turtle; when you thought checkerboard is where you play chess; philosophical, moral, and legal; the fence builder, his employee, the truck repairman, and the highschool band director; property lines as arbitrary and what people kill each other over; when the case went from state to federal court; "it looked elk-y"; can't touch the T-post; value of the property trespass; the irony of having exclusive access to public land; how you should maybe be mad at your real estate agent; not guilty on the criminal case; the conditions around airspace trespass; listening to supreme court arguments while you’re out on your morning jog; legal risk; physically identifying the stake; the wider implications; will this case go to the Supreme Court?; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:02:02:07

Ep. 487: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia LXXXII

10/18/2023
Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Max Barta, Anna Borgman, Randall Williams, Chester Floyd, and Kevin Pearson. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:52:44

Ep. 486: Steve Finally Gets a Giant Moose

10/16/2023
Steven Rinella talks to Clay Newcomb, Dirt Myth, and Seth Morris. Topics discussed: At long last it’s here–watch MeatEater’s Season 12 now; our new “Complain About Dirt Myth Hotline’; audience edits on Steve’s saying about beans; Dirt and Clay; come out for MeatEater’s Live Tour kicking off in December 2023; write us and send your photo to themeateaterpodcast@themeateater.com with ‘TRAIL CAM MYSTERIES’ in the subject line; Clay’s “skill” at detecting American black panther prints; the Dirty Dozen 2024 calendar; Steve’s elk in the Yellowstone National Park buffer zone; the unanswerable riddle of why a raccoon and squirrel would run up the same tree; prioritizing opportunity over quality; how everyone beats Steve at ping pong; the 16.5 species that Steve, Kimi, and Cam speared in the Bahamas episode; the epic wetsuit black bear hunt; calling a moose in from two miles away; how a moose grunt sounds like the noise you make when you get a nut tap in the brush; the Champagne Supernova bull; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:01:17:26

Ep. 485: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia LXXXI

10/11/2023
Steven Rinella hosts MeatEater Trivia with Spencer Neuharth, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Tressa Croaker, Randall Williams, Cory Calkins, Seth Morris, and Kevin Pearson. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:59:48

Ep. 484: Cooking Noodles and Catching Permit with David Chang

10/9/2023
Steven Rinella talks with David Chang and Randall Williams. Topics discussed: Eating David Chang's ramen in an area that no one has ever eaten David Chang's ramen; why Dave named his company Momofuku; the Korean guy who fly fishes the flats in Mexico; pregnancy frogs; the massively irresponsible dumping of 800,000 pogies; how Dave used to be a competitive golfer; when all the sales reps at your dad's golf store are hunters; permissions!; how inheriting success is a curse; a restaurant in Japan that’s been open for over 400 years; a 14th generation farmer probably knows what he’s doing; cooking turtles; the history of ramen; hard work as the greatest equalizer; how working in that kitchen was like working in a coal mine; the overbearing shuffling of plates; balance as being simultaneously committed to two things equally, all the time; opening the original Momofuku restaurant in NYC; permit fever; trout fishing to practice permit fishing; and more. Shop Momofuku goods at THIS LINK for a generous 20% OFF from Dave Listen to and watch The Dave Chang Show with guest Steven Rinella Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:01:42:26

Ep. 483: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia LXXX

10/4/2023
Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Levi Morgan, Nick Pinizzotto, Steven Rinella, Brody Henderson, Maggie Hudlow, Randall Williams, and Corinne Schneider. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:41:30

Ep. 482: Flinging Arrows with Levi Morgan

10/2/2023
Steven Rinella talks with Levi Morgan, Nick Pinizzotto, Maggie Hudlow, Chester Floyd, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: Competing against your future wife as a kid; white-tailed deer; Chester performing at all of the MeatEater Live Shows; Phil the Engineer’s live show; The MeatEater Podcast saving lives again; Test My Meat with the Warner Bratzler Shear Force Tender Tester; just how tender a yearling backstrap really is; check out all of our great whitetail content on The MeatEater website; play in the Caliber Battle brackets on themeateater.com; watch Wildtail: America’s Wildest Conservation Story, produced by the National Deer Association in partnership with state fish and game agencies; how an archery tournament works; when you’re the walking rangefinder; staying in the 10 and aiming in the 12; stable platforms; how target panic still rears its head; one pin on a mover; how some competitive archers can't hit a deer to save their lives; a big mistake is to aim where you want to hit; ducking to run; picking a hair on the deer; so many failure stories; representing your country at the world cup; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:01:52:42

Ep. 481: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia LXXIX

9/27/2023
Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Chester Floyd, Maddy Lehman, Cory Calkins, Seth Morris, and Tressa Croaker. Connect with MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop Trivia Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:39:57

Ep. 480: Going Feral with the Hmong

9/25/2023
Steven Rinella talks with Yia Vang, Jordan Vold, Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Chester Floyd, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: MeatEater’s Live Tour is coming; 75,000 Hmong people in the Twin Cities; dowry; Steve’s friend’s mobile bar business; when a skunk wins over a mountain lion kitten; feline favoritism; how Hmong sausage cannot be made vegan; hurt people hurt people; changing your name to get healthy again; how Yia translates to “iron skillet”; Optimus Prime Vang; growing up in a refugee camp; how every dish has a narrative; waiting for the sticky rice before you eat; how your word means everything in an oral culture; how Hmong love the mountains; Faithful, Available, Teachable; Hmong Facebook; catering Bar and Bat Mitzvahs; how your uncle always remind you who you are; go eat at Yia’s current restaurant, Union Hmong Kitchen, and his new restaurant, Vinai, in Spring 2024; watch Yia’s invasive critter hunting + cooking show, “Feral”; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:02:25:39