The Origins Foundation Podcast

Mandi Thomas is a Veteran and a Firefighter who went hunting for the first time with the Blood Origins crew. In this episode Robbie and Mandi dive deep, exploring what this experience meant to Mandi and how, if at all, it changed her. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Wren & Ivy: https://www.wrenandivy.com/  Minus33: https://www.minus33.com/  Rugged X Expedi...

Matt Rinella rejoins the Blood Origins podcast to do a bit of an ‘unstructured roundup’. They launch right in, asking big questions like ‘when - or even WHETHER - it is okay to post kills on social media, Matt’s ‘hunting purity index’, and Matt’s unvarnished views of some big names in the hunting world. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Wren & Ivy: https://w...

Only beginning hunting during her time at university, Captain Jocelyn ‘Jay’ McNair shares her unique perspective on who she is, why she hunts, and shares those thoughts in one of our most hard-hitting conversations yet. Buckle Up. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Wren & Ivy: https://www.wrenandivy.com/  Minus33: https://www.minus33.com/  Rugged X Expedition...

Julie ‘Jules’ McQueen, CEO of OTT streaming service Carbon TV, joins Robbie to talk about what the female hunter looks like from the perspective of a veteran of this industry along with intentionality behind content and why it is important. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Wren & Ivy: https://www.wrenandivy.com/  Minus33: https://www.minus33.com/  Rugged X...

With Robbie on location filming this week for an upcoming project, Cody took the reins on today’s Roundup and is joined by Sue Tidwell. Together, they talk about self publishing, poaching and game reserves in Africa, and so much more. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Wren & Ivy: https://www.wrenandivy.com/  Minus33: https://www.minus33.com/  Rugged X Expedi...

Aussie outdoorsman Craig Pringle talks about the making of and upcoming release of the first hunting show to grace Australian national broadcast television - including his camera man’s conversion from non hunter to hunter and what non-Americans try and call ‘tomato sauce’. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Wren & Ivy: https://www.wrenandivy.com/  Minus33: ht...

Robbie lets loose of the reins and allows Cody to do a podcast on his own… finally!! Cody sits down with Joe Schwenke. Joe claims he is just an “Average Hunter” … we discover there is a little more to him and his upland adventures.  Podcast is brought to you by: Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Wren & Ivy: https://www.wrenandivy.com/  Minus33: https://www.minus33.com/  Rugged X Expediti...

Julie and Robbie discuss why it’s not a good idea to look at your iPhone right when you wake up, giving Cody crap for punking out on the roundup this week, the CWD epidemic and what solutions could look like.  Podcast is brought to you by: Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Wren & Ivy: https://www.wrenandivy.com/  Minus33: https://www.minus33.com/  Rugged X Expeditions: https://jalainsmit...

Karen, a field biologist for a biotechnology company, sits with Robbie for a thought provoking discussion on how we can and should evolve the message we spread as hunters. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Wren & Ivy: https://www.wrenandivy.com/  Minus33: https://www.minus33.com/  Rugged X Expeditions: https://jalainsmith.com  See more from Blood Origins: ht...

Mike Hairston talks about the ‘why’ behind taking up one of the hardest instruments of the hunting world, the longbow, and what rewards, chief among them a sense of history, he gets from his time in the woods. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Wren & Ivy: https://www.wrenandivy.com/  Minus33: https://www.minus33.com/  Rugged X Expeditions: https://jalainsmit...

Cody and Robbie, joined by Blood Origins’ Darrell Carver, dive right into the important things with Cody’s new office that you can’t see, why he’s not in his man shed, a recap of Cody and Darrells mule deer hunt. Then, the boys make time for the wolf season injunction, Africa and the rest of the articles from the list. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Wren...

Nathan Ravenscroft, an Aussie land management professional who focuses on feral and invasive species in northern Queensland, Australia discusses Australia’s invasive species issues with Robbie - especially of cats - and why the Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) method touted by anti-hunters doesn’t work. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Wren & Ivy: https://www.wrena...

5th generation Wyomingite and ‘Mountain Pursuit’ executive director Rob Shaul joins Robbie for a rip-roaring conversation. Its so hard-hitting that we don’t want to give too much away, so listen to the end! Podcast is brought to you by: Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Wren & Ivy: https://www.wrenandivy.com/  Minus33: https://www.minus33.com/  Rugged X Expeditions: https://jalainsmith.c...

Robbie and Ben Cassidy from Safari Club International dish on a very special guest on a recent zoom call, trophy bans in Washington, the antiquities act, and much more - all while Cody chases (and misses) wolves in Idaho. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Wren & Ivy: https://www.wrenandivy.com/  Minus33: https://www.minus33.com/  Rugged X Expeditions: https:...

James Connolly, the filmmaker behind Sacred Cow and a powerful new documentary called Death In The Garden talks about the front lines defending against the war on meat and what that means for us as hunters. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Wren & Ivy: https://www.wrenandivy.com/  Minus33: https://www.minus33.com/  Rugged X Expeditions: https://jalainsmith.c...

Carla Brauer - former vegan activist, current hunter, and current taxidermist - dishes with Robbie on the why’s of vegan activism, what she wants hunters to know about vegans, and what she sees as the ‘great equalizer’ of life on Earth. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Wren & Ivy: https://www.wrenandivy.com/  Minus33: https://www.minus33.com/  Rugged X Expe...

Cody, Robbie and Tim tackle the ‘woof’ debacle, as Cody calls it, some exciting supporters and conservation club members, and so much more in this week’s roundup. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Wren & Ivy: https://www.wrenandivy.com/  Minus33: https://www.minus33.com/  Rugged X Expeditions: https://jalainsmith.com  See more from Blood Origins: https://bit...

Travis T-bone Turner, co-host of Michael Waddell's Bone Collector TV Show on the Outdoor Channel, joins Robbie to discuss his journey as a hunter and a father, and some of the struggles involved in sharing such an important part of his life with his son, who once told him he didn’t want to become a hunter. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Wren & Ivy: https:...

Charlie Jacoby, the host of Field Sports Channel on Youtube, is a UK hunter and conservationist who joins Robbie to debate the way we brand hunting worldwide and what the roadmap looks like to making it more palatable to ‘the middle’. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Wren & Ivy: https://www.wrenandivy.com/  Minus33: https://www.minus33.com/  Rugged X Expedi...

Robbie and Todd get started without Cody because he can’t tell time, Robbie’s astounding lack of Wild West knowledge, a recent unfortunate incident in Wyoming, how many people die by snake bite in India, and much more! Podcast is brought to you by: Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Wren & Ivy: https://www.wrenandivy.com/  Minus33: https://www.minus33.com/  Rugged X Expeditions: https://j...

Michael Sabbeth, author of The Honorable Hunter, sits down with Robbie to discuss how we give hunters the tools to show hunting in a positive light and defend and discuss our sporting lifestyle in a way that works. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Wren & Ivy: https://www.wrenandivy.com/  Minus33: https://www.minus33.com/  Rugged X Expeditions: https://jalai...

Past Weatherby Award winner J. Alain Smith (pronounced ‘Alan’) talks about adventure hunting with Robbie and gets down to the brass tax of what drives him to hunt species across the world. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Wren & Ivy: https://www.wrenandivy.com/  Minus33: https://www.minus33.com/  Rugged X Expeditions: https://jalainsmith.com  See more from...

Another Blood Origins community member joins Robbie and Cody on this week’s roundup. They talk about mistakes in the woods, when a mistake is negligent - sometimes with fatal consequences, and how we can be better as hunters. Article: https://www.the-journal.com/articles/arrest-affidavit-reveals-details-of-fatal-hunting-incident-in-dolores-county/  Podcast is brought to you by: Dog And Gun Coffee:...

Chris Parrish, director of the Peregrine Fund and cofounder of North America’s largest non-lead partnership - also known as ‘the redneck biologist’ - joins Robbie to talk efforts to institute voluntary non-lead programs and how that contrasts with calls for outright bans. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Wren & Ivy: https://www.wrenandivy.com/  Minus33: htt...

Anne Marie Doramus, current - and the state’s first woman - member of the Arkansas game and fish commission discusses the origins of conservation and how hunter-angler dollars are generated and spent for the betterment of all wildlife resources - in Arkansas and elsewhere. Podcast is brought to you by: Dog And Gun Coffee: www.dogandguncoffee.com Wren & Ivy: https://www.wrenandivy.com/  Minus33: ht...