The Hunting Collective

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Ep. 97: Win a Hunt in New Zealand, Hunters Charged with Animal Cruelty, and Tragic Wisdom with Cornell Ethicist Dr. James Tantillo Jan 21, 2020

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On this week's show, we're joined by Anthony Licata and Joe Ferronato from the MeatEater crew to talk about Phil's backstabbing appearances on another podcast, two Pennsylvania hunters charged with animal cruelty, and winning a hunt in New Zealand with Ben. In the interview portion of the show Cornell ethicist James Tantillo talks about the tragic wisdom hunting provides and how it can help us understand death. Enjoy.

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Ep. 96: Best of THC, Volume 4: Outdoor Legends Valerius Geist, Col. Tom Kelly, and Jim Posewitz Jan 14, 2020

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On this week’s show we’re finishing off the “Best of THC” series with volume four. This week it's the outdoor legends we've had on our show including Dr. Valerius Geist, Col. Tom Kelly, and Jim Posewitz. Enjoy.

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Ep. 95: Best of THC, Volume 3: The Wildest Bear Attack Stories Jan 07, 2020

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On this week’s show we’re rolling out the third volume of “Best of THC” with the wildest bear attack stories from our show. Those include Todd Orr's viral video from Montana, Brad Jameson's gruesome encounter on Afognak Island, and Barrie K. Gilbert's Yellowstone attack from the 1970s. Enjoy.

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Ep. 94: Best of THC, Volume 2: Rinella Learns Game of Thrones, Cam Hanes Digs the Bachelor, and Ben Visits Berkeley Dec 31, 2019

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On this week's show we're rolling out the second volume of "Best of THC" with listener picks for the top moments of our show. Those include Steven Rinella learning about Game of Thrones, Cameron Hanes doing a pack dump and talking about The Bachelor, and when Ben traveled to Berkeley, Calif., to interview an animal rights activist and a vegan philosopher. Enjoy.

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Ep. 93: Best of THC, Volume 1: Wyman Meinzer, Dusan Smetana, and Charles “The Rabbit Man” Rodney Dec 24, 2019

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This week we're rolling out our very first "Best of THC" podcast featuring some of our favorite characters from almost two years of conversations on hunting and life. In this episode you'll hear from Texas photographer, biologist, and predator hunter Wyman Meinzer on his upbringing, and photographer Dusan Smetana on escaping communist Czechoslovakia and finding his way to Montana. To wrap things up Charles "The Rabbit Man" Rodney talks about coming up as a sharecropper's son in segregated Louisiana.

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Ep. 92: Cal on Being a Mentor, Change Versus Loss, and the Mindful Carnivore with Tovar Cerulli Dec 17, 2019

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On this week’s show, we’re joined by Ryan “Cal” Callaghan and Phil the Engineer for a conversation on why we’re annoyed by Christmas, how to mentor new hunters, and where Phil might go for his first hunt. In the interview portion of the show we’re in Princeton to meet up with author and conservationist Tovar Cerulli to talk about his shift from vegan to hunter, his book “The Mindful Carnivore,” and what it means to accept change. Enjoy.

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Ep. 91: Studying the Earliest MeatEaters and the Evolution of the Human Diet with Brianna Pobiner Dec 10, 2019

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This week on this show, Ben O’Brien and Phil the Engineer take a closer look at the reaction (both good and bad) to Episode #89 with Dr. Carolyn Finney. In the interview portion of the show, Ben is joined by Brianna Pobiner, a paleoanthropologist at the Smithsonian studying the evolution of the human diet. After a walk through “The Hall of Human Origins,” they discuss how eating meat has contributed to our humanity. Enjoy.

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Ep. 90: ASMR for Hunters, Maggie's First Buck, and Telling Our Story with Photographer Andy Anderson Dec 03, 2019

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On this week's show, I'm joined by MeatEater's Joe Ferronato and Maggie Smith to hear the story of Maggie's first deer. We also check in on a fledging YouTube controversy involving a big giant buck and a young gun hunter that wasn't wearing his orange. In the interview portion of the show, we're joined by Andy Anderson and Bill Roden for a discussion on marketing in the outdoors and how storytelling is effecting our future. Enjoy.

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Ep. 89: Hunting While Black and Questioning Our Cultural Competency with Dr. Carolyn Finney Nov 26, 2019

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On this week’s show, MeatEater’s Miles Nolte and I discuss the issue of race in the hunting community and consider the idea of increasing diversity within and among hunters. For the interview segment, I’m joined by Dr. Carolyn Finney, a storyteller, author, and cultural geographer who wrote the book, Black Faces, White Spaces, which addresses the relationship of African Americans to the outdoors. It’s an incredibly difficult and important conversation for us all. Enjoy.

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Ep. 88: Beyond Factory Farming, the Power in Our Soil, and Learning About Regenerative Agriculture at Roam Ranch Nov 19, 2019

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On this week's show, Phil the Engineer and I read some listener emails and tie up the loose ends from past episodes. We also put Skimpy McWeakstache to rest for good. In the interview segment we're joined by Taylor Collins, Robby Sansom, and Marshall Seedorf from Force of Nature Meats to explore regenerative agriculture, how we can better consume meat on a large scale, and the power in our soil. Enjoy.

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