The Origins Foundation Podcast

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Episode 273 - Robby Sansom || Force Of Nature Meats Sep 20, 2022

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Long overdue for a conversation in the ‘meat space’, Robbie is joined by Force of Nature Meats CEO Robby ‘with a Y’ Sansom. Robby joins to talk about regenerative agriculture and push back on what he and others in his profession feel are an unfair blanket characterization by some hunters on our podcast of the meat industry as a whole.

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Episode 272 - Roundup 72 || COVID, African trophy hunting, a BIG win and more Sep 19, 2022

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Outdoor Industry veteran and Carbon TV CEO Julie ‘Jules to her friends’ McQueen joins this week’s roundup! Together, they speculation Cody’s COVID status, talk about a big announcement (hint - has to do with Carbon TV), they recap Cody’s recent hunting trip to Africa, take the opportunity to talk about ‘trophy hunting’ and recent efforts to ‘rebrand’ it as something more palatable, moving cheetahs from Namibia to India - where there are rampant wildlife concerns, a MONSTROUS win for the hunting community this week, and much more! Tune in to find out what!

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Episode 271 - Peter Flack || Hunting Is His First Love, Writing Is His Second Sep 15, 2022

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We’re really excited to bring you the legendary South African writer Peter Flack - who FINALLY joins the Blood Origins podcast to catch up with Robbie for a long-overdue conversation. Together, the men talk about their ‘first loves’, hunting Africa, the conservation aspect of hunting and much more.

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Episode 270 - Andrew Winwood || QDM for Tasmania’s ’New Natives’? Sep 13, 2022

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Tasmanian native Andrew Winwood joins the Blood Origins podcast to talk about the small Australian island-state’s Quality Deer Management (QDM) approach to managing Fallow Deer on Tasmania. How does this approach butt heads with Australia’s ‘all of them are invasive’ approach? Find out.

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Episode 269 - Roundup 71 || Our Friends At John X Join The Roundup! Sep 12, 2022

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Carl from John X Safari’s joins the boys on this week’s roundup. Together, they talk about Cody’s fall from grace as an elite shooter on his recent Africa trip, ‘African Professional Hunter-isms’, an update on the John X and Blood Origins conservation project, the real reason behind Robbie’s recent trip to Spain, the recent election (among other news) in the UK and the political ramifications for hunters, and more!

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Episode 268 - G&H Decoys || The Future Of Duck Hunting Sep 08, 2022

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Ray Penny and Carlos Gomez join Robbie from the legendary G & H Decoys. As waterfowls will know, G & H Decoys is the oldest decoy manufacturer in the United States - if not the world - and Ray (under 40) and Carlos (over 60) have formed a team to resurrect this company. Far more than just decoys, this conversation delves into duck hunting, conservation issues around duck hunting, and digs deep on a company, its values, and how those values intimately sink in the 9th future of hunting.

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Episode 267 - Australian Senator Robert Borsak || On Hunting Culture In Australia Sep 06, 2022

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Australian Senator, and Leader of the Shooters, Fishers, and Farmers Party from New South Wales Robert Borsak, joins Robbie on the Blood Origins podcast to talk about Australia, their hunting culture, and the divergence between such a species-rich country with such little public hunting access.

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Episode 266 - Roundup 70 || Moose hunting, Colorado OTC tags, a new wolf lawsuit, and more! Sep 05, 2022

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While Robbie is off galavanting in Europe, Cody and Cody are back at it, and this time they are joined by Lane Walter! Together, the boys talk about Lane’s upcoming moose hunt, the new wolf lawsuit in Colorado, gripes with Colorado’s OTC elk tags, a lawsuit against banning marketing to youth in California, and so much more!

Animal Rights Extremist Groups Sue Feds over Missed Deadline on Gray Wolf Decision: https://www.nrahlf.org/articles/2022/8/15/animal-rights-extremist-groups-sue-feds-over-missed-deadline-on-gray-wolf-decision/

NRA-Backed Lawsuit Challenges California Ban on Marketing Firearms for Youth Hunting and Shooting Sports Programs: https://www.nrahlf.org/articles/2022/8/12/nra-backed-lawsuit-challenges-california-ban-on-marketing-firearms-for-youth-hunting-and-shooting-sports-programs/

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Episode 265 - Christina Pittman || A Hispanic Woman Leading A Trophy Hunter’s Association? Sep 01, 2022

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Christina Pittman is the President and CEO of the Texas Trophy Hunter’s Association. Already an anomaly as an hispanic woman who is leading such a group, Christina joins Robbie to talk about her, her vision for the organization, and what she’s all about in a short, sharp and to the point conversation.

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Episode 264 - Greyling Van Der Merwe || 1 Man. 2 Million Acres. Aug 30, 2022

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Greyling ‘Grey’ Van Der Merwe is a former French Legionnaire who now runs the anti-poaching unit for Mayo Oldiri in Northern and Eastern Cameroon. This is a short, fun conversation with an individual who sets the conservation ethos for a massive area comprising over 2 million acres.

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**Apologies for the bad audio, we were fighting load shedding in South Africa and Wi-Fi issues.

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