Ep. 516: Huntin' Ducks and Bussin' With The Boys

Steve Rinella talks with David Grann, Janis Putelis, and Corinne Schneider. Topics include: All of David Grann's best selling books; when your books get turned into films; the nautical terms we use in daily life; how history shapes us but we're oblivious about it; infighting at the Audubon society over a name change; a great idea for a new book; the last stitch; the prize of all the oceans; building a ship out of 4,000 oak trees; inspecting fingernails for tar; the natural particles of land; scurvy, the great killer of seamen; why you should bring limes to sea; human bodies acting as concave sails; visiting Wager Island; stranded with nothing but wild celery; the Minnesota Starvation Experiment; forced to proceed to extremities; when the manuscript is so old you have to rest it on a pillow; interpretive vs. fact based; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

3 Jul 20231h 31min

Steve Rinella talks with Ashley Bleau, Bailey Gore, and Captain Greg McCoy. Topics include: The biggest, coolest fish; when the rod changes hands; the East Coast’s biggest tournament; The Sensation; hooking your first blue marlin; the final hour of the final day; keep cranking!; David vs. Goliath; diving deep down; when you catch a 619-pound blue marlin; tournament rules; a shark bite; defining “landed” and “mutilation”; losing out on $3.5 million in prize money; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

30 Jun 20231h 27min

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Brody Henderson, Janis Putelis, Randall Williams, Seth Morris, Max Barta, Sam Bates, Mackenzie Elmquist, and Corinne Schneider.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

28 Jun 202343min

Steve Rinella talks with Scott Carney, Brody Henderson, and Corinne Schneider. Topics include: On the road for the Catch a Crayfish, Count the Stars live tour; watch “The Rise and Fall of the Wim Hof Empire” and read the print story now; ambulance chaser lawyer billboards; how touching a bison calf doesn't lead to rejection from its mother; a correction on freeze drying; harvesting organs; meditating a whole lot; being cast from the womb; Steve being called a Calvinist; ice baths and breathing techniques; when hyperventilating makes you do more push ups; filling your scro with air; shallow water black outs; hiking Mount Kilimanjaro quickly and shirtless; What Doesn't Kill Us, a New York Times Best Seller; proving that you've turned off your immune response; saving the practice from the man; how you must never hyperventilate and then submerge in water; shallow water blackouts; all of the deaths from drowning; how fame accentuates your negative aspects; galimatias, or gobbledygook; Steve's new fake book cover, Lard Man; say "no" to gurus; listen to Scott’s investigative podcast; and more. Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

26 Jun 20231h 58min

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Rick Hutton, Maggie Smith, Randall Williams, and Hayden Sammak.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

21 Jun 202339min

Steven Rinella talks with Michael Snyder, Ryan Callaghan, Seth Morris, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics include: The day Phil died; Michael's book, Woods Whys; why conifers are shaped like cones; a hot tip on pickup lines that work; the maple syrup business; the Wyoming corner crossing victory; when Hunter Biden becomes an unlikely poster child for the Second Amendment; tree weight to fruit weight ratio; how trees aren't throwing off more "akerns" to help critters get through a tough season; 43560; flat vs. hilly; old forests and being defined by function; sap wood, heart wood, and fat wood; why paper birch trees are white; how the injury response of trees causes burls in wood; how Smokey Bear lied a little; being disconnected from our daily consumption of wood products; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

19 Jun 20232h 17min

Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with the kids of MeatEater: Jimmy Taco, Rosemary Slim, Matty Meatball, Teddy, Aina, Mabel, Con Man, and Gobbler Fever. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

14 Jun 202358min

Steve Rinella talks with Clay Newcomb, Randall Williams, Dirt Myth, Seth Morris, and Chester Floyd. Topics include: The infinity house with a missing porch; get your book signed by Steve at MeatEater's Catch a Crayfish, Count the Stars Book Tour event; when you get in trouble for handling a baby bison in Yellowstone National Park; where Chetiquette ends and philosophy begins; buck ball bag shift covers; are you morally obligated to give access to landlocked public land through your private property?; how Steve wants a full mustang suit; bears feeding from the mussel tree; how Southerners get two syllables off the word "hen"; Clay's general ambivalence toward instructions; when putting on your wetsuit initiates a panic attack; so many seals; listen to Clay's Bear Grease episodes on The Education of Little Tree and David Crockett; and more.  Connect with Steve and MeatEater Steve on Instagram and Twitter MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Shop MeatEater MerchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

12 Jun 20231h 19min