The MeatEater Podcast
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.
Episodes
Steven Rinella and the MeatEater Crew Discuss: a West Virginia Ginseng poaching bust; Nantucket will pay you to kill (and donate) deer; Trump copied our Land Access Initiative concept (just kiddin’); Turns out green decoys are real; New Mexico is gonna change who gets elk tags and who don’t; and more!
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Randall Williams guest hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Jordan Sillars, Cory Calkins, Omar Lopez, and Logan Dove.
Presented by Busch Light
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Steven Rinella is joined by Randall Williams to discuss the latest edition of MeatEater’s American History. Topics include: the Klondike Gold Rush; mobster movies, flappers, and fine fur; suicide by snare; fighting the Japanese on American soil; how World War II forever changed Alaska; living off the land on the Final Frontier; the nastiest muskrat recipe in the world; and more.
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Steven Rinella and the MeatEater Crew Discuss: a songbird smuggler; are you smoking drugs or calling ducks?; the Chai Vang Massacre; a bobcat poaching ring; Steve as a big time anti-hunter; is Ambler Road the right move right now; and more.
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Janis Putelis guest hosts MeatEater Trivia with Spencer Neuharth, Brody Henderson, Mark Kenyon, Randall Williams, Laura Mascari, and Matt Miller.
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Steven Rinella is joined by Dan “Larry the Cable Guy” Whitney in his box seat at the Nebraska Cornhuskers homecoming game. They discuss: making the perfect venison hot dog with a meat scientist; Larry’s favorite one-liners; pig farming and bucking bulls; bass fishing; the “git-r-done” origin story; behind the scenes of his comedy central roast; being Tow Mater from Cars; and more.
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Tony Peterson is joined by videographer Max Barta, to answer viewer questions about his 12 in '26 film with Steven Rinella hunting whtietail in Nebraska. In the film they head to Nebraska with Pat Hoffman to hunt whitetail deer on Pat's family ranch. In this episode, they break down Tony's approach to scouting, setting up each hunter, and reading the deer.
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Steven Rinella and the MeatEater Crew Discuss: last spring’s Wisconsin turkey hunting tragedy; how to get the right blend with your burger meat; is the snow goose free-for-all coming to an end; a kid gets busted for peddling black market turtles; 14 bears are euthanized in Bozeman thanks to an illegal bait pile; and more!
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Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Mark Kenyon, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Reva Hansen, and Nick Glenn.
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Steven Rinella talks with alligator hunter Bob Stafford after a successful Florida hunt. They discuss Bob's experiences as one of Florida's first gator hunters; how gator hunting continues to evolve and the ways in which gators respond to hunting pressure; Bob's experiences a commercial gator egg collector; the difference between catching baby gators and giant gators; the markets for meat and hides; and mo...
Janis answers YouTube listener-submitted questions and comments from his 2026 high country mule deer hunt. He covers gear used, tactics, training, preparation and lots more in this companion podcast to the Mountain Muley Honey Hole 12 in '26 film.
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Randall Williams and the MeatEater Crew discuss: putting a baseball stadium in a national park; a very fat buck; a grizzly bear stealing an elk; Steve and Rob Sand discuss his very wet buck; Bryan Burrough shared about his new podcast Gunfighters; and more!
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Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Laura Mascari, Brianna Stroebe, and Dane Williams.
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Steven Rinella talks with director of the Missouri Department of Conservation, Jason Sumners, about: honest updates on the state of chronic wasting disease in America; managing deer herds; what other states can learn from Missouri; keeping hunters at the core of conservation; whether we might be seeing the end of big bucks; and more!
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Steve Rinella and the MeatEater Crew Discuss: Trump’s executive orders on hunting and fishing; Etsy loves Epstein but hates squirrels; a new U.S. record whitetail and a Pennsylvania state record elk; a little more on Yellowstone wolves (yes, it never ends), Congressman Ryan Zinke on the A River Runs Through It Act; and more!
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Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Seth Morris, Logan Dove, Sarah Delany, Alyssa Smith, Jon Montressor, and Jen Pierson.
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Steven Rinella talks with Paul Rosolie about the Amazon, crazy jungle critters, arguing with indigenous people, dolphin intercourse, Chinese in the Amazon, and more!
Find Paul Rosolie’s book, Junglekeepers, here: https://www.junglekeepers.org/store
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Steven Rinella answers questions from listeners, forums, and reviews including: does hunting need more recruitment; career regrets; the most maligned game animal; guided hunts; the best restaurant meals; invasive species; and more!
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Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Seth Morris, Alyssa Smith, Reva Hansen, and Dane Wiliams.
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Steven Rinella talks with Drs. David Meltzer and Metin Eren on: huge Clovis points; human mammoth scavenging; the overkill question; and more!
Find their paper at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X26003317?via%3Dihub
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