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Ep. 340: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia XL Dec 28, 2022

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Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Janis Putelis, Hayden Sammak, Hunter Spencer, Garrett Long, and Randall Williams.

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Ep. 399: The Kingpin Antler Dealer Dec 26, 2022

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Steven Rinella talks with Tony Schaufler, Jamie Schaufler, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.

Topics include: Steve's Instagram picture of a shipping container full of antlers; PA antler restrictions; did mountain men bait?; expropriation of land and being a good neighbor; the potential medicinal value of consuming paper thin antler slices; making a living picking antlers; the dog chew market; fake antler chandeliers; a Texan named Mike; profit margins; "trophy" sheds; antler poaching sting ops; how to reach Tony; and more.

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Ep. 398: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia XXXIX Dec 21, 2022

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Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia and a special holiday round of Family Feud with Steven Rinella, Dan Chumbler, Janis Putelis, Hayden Sammak, Maggie Smith, Hunter Spencer, and Corinne Schneider.

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Ep. 397: Don't Nočakarēt Christmas Dec 19, 2022

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Steven Rinella talks with Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Chester Floyd, Hunter Spencer, Hayden Sammak, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.

Topics include: Drinking with your parents when you're underage; which states drink the most?; MeatEater's Fancy Pants Christmas Cocktail, featuring Desert Door sotol; reinterpreting, "Baby It's Cold Outside"; Song and Dance Phil performs "It's The Most Wonderful Time to Kill Deer"; Phil and Hayden's duet; how not to be a surface shitter when the ground is frozen; how to deal with popping while ice fishing; the final authority; a Hot Tip on no TP: psyllium fiber; Jani practicing his Latvian; Diana, Goddess of the Hunt; pursing the raccoon dog; how everyone's using thermal vision in Latvia; don't shoot the shovel; when Jani nočakarēt-ed big time; beware the through wind; super broth measured in units of love; and more.

MeatEater's Fancy Pants Cocktail recipe by Kevin Gillespie:

2oz Sotol Blanco (get your Desert Door sotol here)

.75 oz Sercial Madeira

.75 oz fresh lemon juice

.75 oz Hibiscus Syrup

3 dashes Orange bitters

Shake all ingredients together with ice, strain and serve up (martini style) garnished with an orange peel and a sprig of rosemary.

Hibiscus Syrup

1 cup sugar

3/4 Cup water

1 Cup hibiscus flowers

1 cinnamon stick, broken in half

1 whole star anise pod

3 whole cloves

Peel of one lemon

Bring all to a boil and then allow to steep hot for 30 mins before straining and cooling.

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Ep. 396: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia XXXVIII Dec 14, 2022

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Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Cory Calkins, Hayden Sammak , Seth Morris, Janis Putelis, Garrett Long, Alyssa Smith and Carl Hansen.

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Ep. 395: When Things Go South Up North Dec 12, 2022

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Steven Rinella talks with Buddy Levy, Brody Henderson, and Phil Taylor.

Topics discussed: Buddy’s latest, “The Empire of Ice and Stone,”; calling people how they'd like to be called; how an arrow nock exits out of your nostril; capitalizing and "the truth about"; trying to find uncontacted people to hang out with; headlines of blonde eskimos; becoming a Canadian; getting separated big time; the importance of a rounded hull; eating polar bears raw; Chopin's funeral march; stalking a bear that turned out to be a ground squirrel; just how deceptive the arctic can be; saving your dogs from a polar bear; no human presence; swollen hands; the race against time; jigging for cod with a sewing needle; just how deceptive the arctic can be; saving your dogs from a polar bear; no human presence; swollen hands; the race against time; Stefansson's book, "The Friendly Arctic"; Ada Blackjack; a future book about the blimp that’s never been seen since; and more.

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Ep. 394: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia XXXVII Dec 07, 2022

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Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Janis Putelis, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Hayden Sammak, Phil Taylor, Cory Calkins, Maggie Hudlow, and Corinne Schneider.

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Ep. 393: The Weirdest Little Elk Hunt in America Dec 05, 2022

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Steven Rinella talks to Janis Putelis, Garret Long, Cory Calkins, Seth Morris, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.

Topics discussed: Phil the Engineer, aka Phil the Song and Dance Man, performs in “A Christmas Carol”; Steve’s lesson the United State’s bifurcated legislature; Sen. Martin Heinrich explains Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (RAWA); the coveted elk buffer zone tag; how it became legal to cross national parks with a firearm; interpreting “impossible or otherwise impractical”; crossing the river; Steve Rinelli; years of accumulated preference points and Steve’s good draws; going back to the day before; when the effort to size ratio doesn’t mean anything; when the biggest bull you see is the first bull you see; being able to repeat the experience; discovering mange; being a little sad after the fact; and more.

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Ep. 392: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia XXXVI Nov 30, 2022

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Spencer Neuharth hosts MeatEater Trivia with Steven Rinella, Chester Floyd, Hayden Sammak, Phil Taylor, Maggie Smith, Cory Calkins, Maggie Hudlow, and Corinne Schneider.

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Ep. 391: Border Patrol Nov 28, 2022

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Steven Rinella talks to Richard Fortunato, Charles Trost II, James Searl, Janis Putelis, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.

Topics discussed: Pistol packing bagpipe players; the U.S. Border Patrol's role in public land and critter management; Jani's daughter's incredible turkey gobbling skills; the time when Steve and Jani got pulled over by Border Patrol; wild horses; establishing base truth; darting eyes and deception; templing; HR concerns; speaking Yiddish on The MeatEater Podcast; picking up your poop with your bare hands under threat; the Makushi story about the disappearance and reappearance of the white-lipped peccary population; why pronghorns and dogs smell like Fritos; operating between ports of entry; what you can't bring back from Canada; when do you know that you've crossed the border?; making a meaningful entry; the Tick Riders; big ass blimps; monitoring critters with Border Patrol surveillance cameras; skilled at tracking; carrying diamonds across the Boundary Waters; wildlife smuggling; the pronghorn roundup; and more.

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