The MeatEater Podcast Redux

Steven Rinella talks with Ronan Donovan. Topics discussed: What it means to be a National Geographic Explorer; doing hard shit to get the perfect image; photographing beavers through the ice; when arctic wolves get used to you being around; musk ox kills; and more.

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 (the final official score has been recorded as 206 inches) donating wild game to food banks; and mor

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 T

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 si

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; reintroductio

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.

Steven Rinella talks with best selling author John U. Bacon about his new book, The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Joined by Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics: A room full of hockey lovers: the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald: how and why The Great Lakes are so much more dangerous than the ocean: a

Steven Rinella talks with MeatEater's very own Jordan Sillars about the stories and cold cases behind his brand new investigative outdoor true crime podcast, ""Blood Trails.""

Steven Rinella talks with Dr. Bronson Strickland, Mark Kenyon, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Spencer Neuharth, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: In the name of efficiency and how Steve doesn't have room for pleasantries with the people he's close to: what the moon's doing and how it impacts deer behavior: the wildlife that is driven by moon phase: the buck movement study: the

Steven Rinella talks with Matt James, Brody Henderson, Spencer Neuharth, Randall Williams, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: The ascendancy of Dr. Steve, PhD.: are dire wolves back?: cracked robin eggs: our book Catch A Crayfish, Count the Stars is out now in paperback: alligators killing people: skull morphology: similarities between grey wolves and dire wolves: how similar a

Steven Rinella talks with Randall Williams. Topics discussed: A fascinating period in our history: all about hunting hides: and our new audio original, MeatEater's American History: The Hide Hunters (1865-1883).

Steven Rinella talks with Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke. Topics discussed: Being red, white, and blue: from the military to politics: the fight for public lands: migration corridors: the Roadless Rule: delisting grizzlies: and more.

Steven Rinella talks with Benji Backer, Ryan Callaghan, and Randall Williams. Topics discussed: How wilderness is (or should be) non-partisan: pulling a B&E at Doug's place: the latest anti-hunting crusade over Florida's bear hunt: knocking on doors for candidates at age 10 and starting a PAC at 18: becoming disillusioned and starting Nature Is Nonpartisan: what we define as a conservation ""win""

Steven Rinella talks with Mark Ruder, Michael Chamberlain, and Ryan Callaghan. Topics discussed: The premier of MeatEater Sheds: back to the 101 of what CWD is and the myths surrounding it: it's just not a hoax: the slow, cryptic nature of the disease: are we still going to be able to grow old, big deer?: how there's no test for live deer: filling up space in the brain stem: high prevalence rates:

Steven Rinella talks with author Wright Thompson. Topics discussed: Grab a copy of Wright's book, The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi; the history of a patch of ground; the Mississippi Delta as manmade land; the murder of Emmett Till; cotton; the sharecropper system; always referring to "The War"; what it means to be Southern; the connection between Chicago and Mississippi; lea

Steven Rinella talks with author Nathalia Holt, Randall Williams, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics discussed: Nathalia's new book, ""The Beast In The Clouds: The Roosevelt Brothers' Deadly Quest to Find the Mythical Giant Panda"" is out!; get presale tickets for MeatEater's Christmas Tour 2025 starting 9/22; the epitome of the bear to find; Roosevelt as a good dad; an expedition to China

Steven Rinella talks with Randy Brown. Topics discussed: Steve and Randall's latest audiobook is available for presale; MeatEater's Tailgate Tour is back!; our favorite First Lite Navigator Hoody; digging in other peoples' gut piles; what do harvest off a bear; frying caribou tongue; hunting wolves; Tolkien people; the biggest lesson; and more. 

Steven Rinella talks with Mike Douville, Heather Douville, Janis Putelis, Seth Morris, and Jimmy Rinella in Alaska. Topics discussed: Fishing to support the family; building your own boat; herring fisheries; naming a boat after your daughter; forced into boarding schools; sea stars and salmon sharks; long lining for black cod; diminishing quota allowances; recreational catch yields troucing commer

Steven Rinella talks with Jimmy Rinella, Katie Finch, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, and Seth Morris. Topics Discussed: Jimmy's public face reveal: Steve's big butt hole: Jani's race and chap ass: unevenly-hanging testes: how another American recently died being charged by a cape buffalo in Africa: the hats that Steve can and can't pull off: and more. 

Steven Rinella talks with Kevin Monteith and Randall Williams. Topics Discussed: The Monteith Shop: Hornography and how we're gonna make a t-shirt: bad winters: die offs: what impacts horn size and how healthy mamas birth big bucks: what's going on in the Wyoming range: and more.

Steven Rinella talks with Rey Macias and Ace Alexander of Bischoff's The Animal Kingdom, Randall Williams, Seth Morris, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics Discussed: How much folks love their pets: buying a taxidermy business when you've never done taxidermy before: more on stolen valor and taxidermy: the films and shows that Rey and Ace have contributed to: the Frenchie and its heart: pla

Steven Rinella talks with Bryan Burrough, Randall Williams, Brody Henderson, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics Discussed: Bryan's book, ""The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild"" is out: settling the score with a duel: the Colt revolver: robbing trains and robbing banks: Hickok, Jesse James, Billy The Kid, and more. 

Steven Rinella talks with BHA's Western Policy and Conservation Manager Devin O'Dea, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Cory Calkins, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics Discussed: Steve gets the short end of the stick with a wafer cone, twice: a hot tip on using hydrogen peroxide to remove blood from fabric: an organic mass: subscribe to The MeatEater Kids Podcast feed to catch our fresh d

Steven Rinella talks with Morgan Potter, Seth Morris, Austin "Chilly" Chleborad, Randall Williams, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider. Topics Discussed: An Australian's blatant refusal to perform the American accent; the book "Thunder Without Rain"; how Steve really wants to get charged by a Cape buffalo in Tanzania; the full year of the Roosevelt Safari; Chilly's New Zealand tar hunt.