The MeatEater Podcast

Steven Rinella talks with Roman Dial , Anthony Licata , and Ryan Callaghan . Topics discussed: the death of a son ; dip-netting salmon; quitting climbing for marriage; playing the long game in child rearing; scaring yourself; being aware of what's dangerous; out dates; deadly snakes; the helplessness of modern humans; getting kicked out of the search for your own son; documentary tv vs. reality tv...

Steven Rinella talks with Whit Fosburgh , Phil Taylor, and Ryan Callaghan . Topics discussed: Steve's perspective on why Jani isn't a true outdoorsman; Euro-mounting your amputated arm; why is a doornail dead?; New Mexico's stream access laws; S. 47 ; haggling over the Farm Bill ; what CRP fields are; pollinators; testifying before Congress; Pittman-Robertson and Dingell-Johnson ; migration corrid...

Steven Rinella talks with JT Van Zandt , Jesse Griffiths , Seth Morris , and Janis Putelis .  Topics discussed: Lola and Stone Age chewing gum; how Texas is the highest of the high and lowest of the low; hunting nilgai; poop piles; how Steve shot the top of a nilgai's heart out and then saw it run off like it was carrying the mail; electro-tenderizing meat using a car battery; fish-spotting abilit...

Steven Rinella talks with Kylee Archer, Samantha Bates, Maggie Smith , Tracy Crane , Brody Henderson , Kevin Harlander, and Janis Putelis .  Topics discussed: Brody's elk and trout-infested house is for sale; Kevin's hog-fattening business; Pfeilstorch, which is German for a stork with an arrow stuck in it; crying after butchering; bring the scope to your eye and not the other way around; Cal's bo...

Steven Rinella  talks with Anthony Licata , Ryan Callaghan , Phil Taylor, Mark Kenyon , Samantha Bates, Corinne Schneider, Ben O'Brien , and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: Trippin' on nutmeg; cutting corn with Doug Duren ; Cal as the ultimate elf; how MeatEater's Whiskey makes the best eggnog in the world; Christmas hunting and fishing traditions; why you should buy Kenyon’s new book, "That Wil...

Steven Rinella  talks with Director of Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks,  Martha Williams , Greg Lemon, and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: A fancy playdate that includes some deer stalking; different names for your fish and game agency; death to blue laws; hunting with an atlatl; regular science vs. social science; what does it mean to love a resource to death?; when science is weaponized; rai...

Steven Rinella  talks with New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso, Cody Fahrion, Rick Smith, Seth Morris , and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: All those home runs; the value of a high ass; Steve and Jani’s disagreement over “natural”; shooting a duck on the ground and a turkey in the air; chocolate milk, squats, and yodel-sounding farts induced by chocolate milk; what it feels like to win a mil...

Steven Rinella  talks with Buddy Levy  and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: Jumping out of planes with sacks of cash; the outlaw Claude Dallas as both an asshole and a good book subject; a crash course on David Crockett ; the Labryinth of Ice ; promiscuity on the frontier; eating spuds basted in human fat; flossing out a bullet hole with a silk handkerchief; that time when Steve mistook a communa...

Steven Rinella  talks with Dr. Lawrence C. Todd and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: kill sites; the meaning of an artifact; taphonomy: the study of death; possum that took up residence inside of a dead buck; big-assed tongues; Larry's "it's not my problem, I'm retired" ethos; humans as the most invasive species; catch and release archaeology; high elevation corridors ; the argument against Steve...

Steven Rinella  talks with Rick Smith , Danny Morrison, Sean Weaver, Ryan Callaghan ,  Seth Morris , and Janis Putelis .  Topics discussed: Steve's favorite thing to talk about: swiping right for love; how Danny blew off two of his toes while goose hunting; South Dakota's historic flooding and underwater highways; how fish eggs can survive in bird shit; Cal’s voyeuristic tendency to watch salamand...

Steven Rinella  talks with Adam Weatherby , Landon Peterson , Stewart Peterson , Seth Morris , and Janis Putelis .  Topics discussed: A shot so bad it didn’t even spook the buck; Wyoming’s Region G; magic mountains and crooked skies ; animosity toward your mentor; horses vs. mules as hunting equipment; riding horses on steep-assed cliffs; is it unsportsmanlike to shoot bedded bucks?; Janis shootin...

Steven Rinella  talks with Maggie Smith,  Ryan Callaghan , and Janis Putelis .  Topics discussed: How willows grow toward the sound of water; Cal’s famous prehistoric bison tooth; more on Sneaky Pete the turkey ; Maggie as a brand new hunter ; R3 and R1.5; the slightly distorted reality of filming hunts ; when Steve's dad figured out his kids curse like holy hell; flying with firearms, ammo, and g...

Steven Rinella  talks with  Dr. Alan Lazzara ,  Ryan Callaghan ,  Brody Henderson , and the spirit of  Janis Putelis .                 Subjects discussed: On missing Jani; the piranha of the north; the cadaver bone in Steve's mouth; is it really ok to use super glue to patch yourself up?; treestand falls and opening your scro on a hook; living to hunt another day;  how to apply tourniquets ; chain...

Steven Rinella talks with epidemiologist Timonthy Sly , Sam Lungren , and Janis Putelis . Topics discussed: The meaning of the word "epidemiology"; tularemia and rabbits; ashing deer meat; on being trichinosis positive; cannibalism; what’s up with eating raw freshwater fish?; beaver fever; ribbony tape in your feces; putting money in your mouth; having a third ex-wife; the alimentary canal; just a...

Steven Rinella talks with  Spencer Neuharth ,  Danielle Prewett ,  Ryan Callaghan , Phil Taylor, and  Janis Putelis . Subjects discussed: Starting the rut by mixing corn and Viagra; fact checking the poisonous status of daddy long legs; what, exactly, is flavor?; appreciating the natural; paper towel budgets;  how to properly brown ground meat ; theories on fat content; Ol’ Cal’s throat roast; the...

Steven Rinella talks with Danny Schmidt , Chris Gill , Rorke Denver , Seth Morris , and  Janis Putelis . Subjects discussed: More on the pros and cons of flip flops; getting your heel peeled off by an alligator’s back; Steve's annoyance with people being annoyed over people doing stupid things in a park; the immense hunting pressure in southern Colorado; strapping stuff to the outside of your truc...

Steven Rinella talks with Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard and Janis Putelis . Subjects discussed: Botching people’s names; blacksmithing; fishing with a single fly forever; 18 strands of white stallion tail; Steve being good at libraries; feeling the current with your testicles; taking kids fishing on the Crow reservation; riding out an avalanche and burying a dead friend; being an asshole when y...

Steven Rinella talks with Anthony Licata , Doug Duren , Ryan Callaghan , Phil Taylor, and Janis Putelis . Subjects discussed: drinking curdled mother's milk from a calf's stomach; bluegills on dip; Steve's sebaceous cyst as fish bait; the Fort Keogh gate situation; clearing the air with Doug over CWD; Cal's bugles; crunch-pfff; what happens when an elk falls off a cliff; Matt “MacGyver” Rinella ki...

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...

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...

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 Ste...

Steven Rinella talks with  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 to...

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 fera...

Steven Rinella talks with  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 c...

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 star...