Son of a Blitch

Send us Fan Mail LaMonica Garrett joins George Blitch to unpack Man Of War , his first leading role in a major motion picture, and the wild way it came together. While filming a brutal, heat-soaked Lioness finale (for season 2) in Fort Worth, he gets an unexpected call from director William Kaufman: the original actor is injured, production in Europe is close, and an answer is needed fast. Garrett...

Send us Fan Mail Today, George Blitch joins the two founders and main songwriters from The Boxmasters , J.D. Andrew and Billy Bob Thornton . With their 21st album “ In the Bay ” newly released and the Morro Rock Tour underway, we begin by discussing the first handful of shows and how this album took shape.  Billy describes spending time near Morro Bay while his daughter attends Cal Poly, with long...

Send us Fan Mail Chief Arvol Looking Horse is the 19th generation keeper of the sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe (chanupa) for the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota - the Great Sioux Nation. He describes being entrusted with the sacred bundle at age twelve, during an era when Native ceremonies were pushed into hiding and public prayer at sacred sites was not protected until the American Indian Religious Fr...

Send us Fan Mail America’s grasslands are disappearing in plain sight, and the ripple effects hit everything from bobwhite quail and pheasants to pollinators, water quality, and the long-term health of working farms and ranches. We sit down with Bob St. Pierre , Chief Marketing & Communications Officer with Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever to trace how a lifelong bird hunter and baseball gu...

Send us Fan Mail Four years ago, the Son of a Blitch Podcast was launched and today I’m celebrating a few major milestones: 140+ episodes, listeners in 115+ Countries and Territories, millions of downloads, listens and views from the podcast and related social media content. This anniversary update also provides a preview of what’s coming up in year five, with a mix that reflects the show’s identi...

Send us Fan Mail The conversation opens with Scott Mann ’s one-man play, 11 Days , drawn from Operation Pineapple Express and the final, chaotic days of the Afghanistan withdrawal. He explains why live theater is a different kind of truth telling: it reaches veterans, military families, and civilians who only absorbed political sound bites and 24-7 news coverage. By touring community venues around...

Send us Fan Mail M.P. Woodward , a former Navy Intelligence Officer turned Best-Selling novelist, explains how his career moving between operational teams and strategic work shaped his storytelling instincts. After two decades in the tech industry, including Amazon Prime Video, he returned to writing and quickly built momentum with THE HANDLER , Tom Clancy “legacy” novels, and now a major collabor...

Send us Fan Mail JACK CARR Introduces Chris Walker w/ His New Thriller, THE FOURTH OPTION (co-written w/ M.P. Woodward) A former Navy SEAL and CIA operator rolls into New Orleans in a beat-up VW pop-top with a Belgian Malinois and a head full of ghosts. That’s the spine of The Fourth Option, Jack Carr’s newest thriller and the start of the Chris Walker series, and we get into why this story feels...

Send us Fan Mail Joe Betar ’s debut thriller novel, HAMMER , is built on a simple promise: put a capable hero in an unfair situation, then force him to chase the truth faster than the system can. The story follows Jack "Hammer" Garrett , a retired UFC world champion who walks away from the cage to build a quieter life in the Texas Hill Country as a rancher, hunting operator, and shooting...

Send us Fan Mail LOCKHART RISING III @ MILL SCALE METALWORKS, MAY 9th, 2026 THIRD ANNUAL LOCKHART COMMUNITY FOOD & MUSIC FESTIVAL 800 N. COMMERCE ST, LOCKHART, TX 78644 Hosted by Daniel Vaughn of TX Monthly Saddle up folks - we’re heading to Lockhart Rising III, happening May 9th in Lockhart, Texas at Mill Scale Metalworks! The event features a family-friendly atmosphere with a deep roster of...

Send us Fan Mail If you use your pickup for hunting, farming and ranching, fishing, construction, daily work, travel, overlanding, or just hauling around friends and family on your next adventure, you already know the problem: the truck bed becomes a rolling pile of gear. Tools slide, straps vanish, and the one item you need ends up buried at the back of the cab. Truck bed storage and truck bed or...

Send us Fan Mail The conversation with Tyler Sharp of Modern Huntsman , begins with a childhood in Texas and an unexpected path through USC film school that led to an unfiltered apprenticeship in Tanzania. Six months in the bush without phones or modern buffers delivered a crash course in risk, awe, and humility. Lions in the camp and black mambas in the bathroom have a way of recalibrating priori...

Send us Fan Mail This episodes features an interview with Houston Safari Club Foundation 's Executive Director, Joe Betar , where we discuss the many successes of the recent Worldwide Hunting Expo & Convention , which took place in The Woodlands (just outside of Houston) at the end of January 2026. This recap features conversations around the severe ice-storm threat that loomed over the c...

Send us Fan Mail Long-range shooting has never been more accessible, yet it’s never been easier to get lost in noise. In my conversation with former sniper and instructor Ryan Cleckner , we cut through mystique and marketing to focus on what truly moves rounds onto steel and animals humanely. Ryan’s new book, " Advanced Long Range Shooting ", extends his beginner-friendly approach into “...

Send us Fan Mail The conversation with Steve Hall opens a wide door into the living history of hunter education, public outreach, and the ethics that keep our outdoor heritage strong. A childhood BB gun accident where he shot his tongue became a turning point, driving a lifelong commitment to safety and responsibility. After earning a wildlife biology degree, Steve found his way to Texas Parks and...

Send us Fan Mail We trace Kenny’ Feinstein’s path from punk rock fueled kid to a bluegrass lifer, the rise, collapse, and rebirth of Water Tower, and how LA off-ramps became a writing room, rehearsal space, and lifeline. We als discuss how a fateful encounter with 311’s Nick Hexum and a shared love for Americans roots music and sober living led to Water Tower touring and performing with Nick on hi...

Send us Fan Mail The heart of this conversation is creative courage. Nick Hexum traces a path from chasing hyper-modern sounds to falling in love with instruments that predate rock, and the shift isn’t a gimmick; it’s a return to vulnerability. He talks about mandolin, pedal steel, and the one-mic stagecraft that forces projection and blend, like old halls before PA systems. That choice changes ev...

Send us Fan Mail A law degree is an unlikely trailhead to bison ranching, yet the path makes sense when conservation is the compass. Matt left Chicago for Bozeman with a plan to protect wild places and ended up building a land-based business that treats the animal and the prairie as one living system. The ranch sits in Montana’s Shields Valley, chosen for its ranching culture and distance from spr...

Send us Fan Mail Kent Savage explores his work and history of Capital Farm Credit, one of the key partners with the Houston Safari Club Foundation Convention (Jan 23-25, 2026 in the Woodlands). Kent, a 7th generation Texan grew up on a ranch and spent nearly his entire career in the agricultural and land business in one way or another. As he mentions, lending for land is a craft that blends apprai...

Send us Fan Mail Careers rarely move in straight lines. Jason Feifer ’s story starts with small-town reporting and a big realization: nobody is coming to pick you. He quit, pitched cold, and built momentum by chasing what nobody asked him to do—what he calls Opportunity Set B. That shift, from waiting to initiating, offers a practical blueprint for entrepreneurs and professionals. If you deliver o...

Send us Fan Mail Pat Kelly ’s incredible debut thriller novel, Rifle Season , is rooted in Colorado’s Western Slope, where elk rifle season draws strangers with rifles and mixed motives. Kelly explains how the book springs from decades of living among hunters, absorbing the rhythms of weather, pressure, and terrain. The inciting spark is painfully human: a careful and well-respected guide, Mason “...

Send us Fan Mail Drew Davis was born with cerebral palsy, yet he refuses to be boxed in by limits or pity. He built Stacked Sauces to prove that humor, heat, and purpose can coexist, and he has the receipts: hundreds of thousands of bottles sold, national media, hundreds of millions of views, and a growing movement to change the lives of the disabled community, and of course, making some damn fine...

Send us Fan Mail The heart of our talk isn’t just about outdoors adventure; it’s the business and conservation model behind Wildlife Partners . As our guest, Brian Gilroy , CEO & Co-Founder explains, his company breeds and brokers exotic wildlife at scale while consulting for roughly a thousand Texas landowners. It also opens the gates for people nationwide to participate without owning land,...

Send us Fan Mail Outdoor cooking has moved beyond campfire improvisation. In my conversation with Brooks Hansen from Camp Chef, we trace that shift from rugged guesswork to reliable, flexible systems designed for real life. Brooks grew up on a northern Utah dairy farm, where days revolved around weather, work, and any excuse to be outside. That background shaped how he thinks about cooking: make i...

Send us Fan Mail You do not want to miss this podcast with Matty Nelson , former Green Beret, with Seekins Precision , to talk about their latest and greatest design, the SIC rifle. Precision shooters, competitors, and professionals have long chased a rifle that balances brute strength with fast modularity and repeatable zero. The Seekins Precision SIC (Seekins Interchangeable Caliber) rifle aims...