The MeatEater Podcast

Steven Rinella talks with Iowa Auditor of State Rob Sand.

Topics discussed: Iowa's big-buck-killing Auditor of State and what an Auditor actually does; 406 Boneworks; running for Iowa Governor; public servant vs. politician; catching chickens; the Des Moines Urban Buck Program; the story of The 209*; donating wild game to food banks; and more.

*The final official score has been recorded as 206 inches.

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Steven Rinella talks with Pablo Esquivel and Janis Putelis. 

Topics discussed: Blow guns and sling shots; learning about ballistics; getting whopped as a kid for hunting illegally; cooking everything; when your ma designates your personal fry pan; coming to American; learning and hunting for a long time before getting a deer; and more. 

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Hosts Spencer Neuharth, Ryan Callaghan, and Cory Calkins interview Matt Ross of the National Deer Association about what dew claws tell us about deer, throw a Hot Tip Off, play a round of Meat Poll, chat Christmas trees with Cornell University's Trent Preszler, and take a look at some regrettable tattoos.

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Steven Rinella talks with Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.

Topics discussed: A snow goose with an underbite; Steve betting on NFL teams because their mascots have grrrr; how dolphins always steal the spotlight; how it's just not "huckle bearer"; the trials and tribulations of butchering elk in an apartment building; hunting advice needed and given; how Colorado has now classified...

Hosts Spencer Neuharth, Seth Morris, and Randall Williams don their Christmas Spirit in hopes of a visit from St. Nick, interview Kurt Steiner, who holds the record for most consecutive skips with a single rock throw, and bring back some Gear Talk.

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Steven Rinella talks with author Todd Goddard.

Topics discussed: The first literary biography of Jim Harrison, Devouring Time: Jim Harrison, A Writer's Life; a brilliant writer and a person full of flaws; blinded as a kid in one eye; a fly fishing snob who hated snobs; how writing poetry would lift Jim out of depression; respecting nature and not hunting or fishing more than you need; Legends Of The Fall, Wolf, True North, and...

Hosts Brody Henderson, Janis Putelis, and Randall Williams catch up with Jim Heffelfinger about all things elk subspecies, put on their chaps for a news roundup, chat with butcher Anna Borgman about the meat processing she does at Chaos Farms, and pit two listeners head-to-head in a Hot Tip Off.

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Steven Rinella talks with author Mark Lee Gardner, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. 

Topics discussed: Mark Lee Gardner's brand new book: Brothers of the Gun: Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and a Reckoning in Tombstone; having a deep love for estate sales and rare books; insights into cowboy hats; being the author of interpretive guides for National Park historic sites; Old West cliches; &ldquo...

Steven Rinella talks with Ryan Callaghan, Spencer Neuharth, Randall Williams, and Cory Calkins.

Topics discussed: Cal's AK grizzly; the new CEO of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers; our newest true crime podcast "Blood Trails" and why you oughta keep your eyes pealed in the woods; a dude poaching deer on prison grounds; baiting with a medium-sized deer; self turn-ins; foul tasting salt water estuary ducks; how you can't get "almost-c...

Steven Rinella talks with James Campbell, Randall Williams, Brody Henderson, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. 

Topics discussed: James' latest book, "Heart of The Jaguar"; how much Steve loves our newest true crime-in-the-woods podcast, Blood Trails by our colleague Jordan Sillars; the historic and preset-day ranges of jaguars; jaguar behavior, El Hefe; the latest jaguar sightings; reintroduction efforts; and more. 

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Hosts Randall Williams, Seth Morris, and Cory Calkins interview Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks biologist Franz Ingelfinger about his work monitoring elk in rural Montana, put on the inaugural performance of MeatTheater, talk with hunter Derek Demun about a particularly explosive hunt he experienced, and pit two listeners head-to-head in a Hot Tip Off.

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Steven Rinella talks with Solomon David AKA "The Gar Guy," Spencer Neuharth, Brody Henderson, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. 

Topics: The GarLab; the whole "rough fish"/"trash fish" thing; defining non-game fish; a bow fishing conundrum; the gar wars; seven different species of gar, the record alligator gar; an ancient fish, gar native range; use of gar armor; and more. 

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Hosts Spencer Neuharth, Steven Rinella, and Ryan Callaghan interview angler Sean Konrad about his myriad of world record catches, play another thrilling round of MeatEater Price is Right, and chat with Steve Powell of North America Diving Dogs about training pups for the pier.

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