An Unofficial 'The MeatEater Podcast' Reading List

J.K. Rowling

3 books referenced

Books by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter

Referenced in 2 episodes

Ep. 757: Surviving and Thriving (and Finding a Dead Man) in the Alaska Bush

September 01, 2025

Context:

Speaker 1 proposes a sociological comparison between 'Lord of the Rings people' and 'Harry Potter people' in terms of their moral perspective and work ethic. Speaker 2 mentions his younger son read and loved Harry Potter.

Ep. 084: Grizzlies in Camp!

October 02, 2017

Context:

Referenced in an analogy about different types of people. The speaker says 'There's some grown ups that read Harry Potter, right, and there's something that read pension.' This is part of a discussion comparing hunters who use guides versus those who prefer unguided hunts, using the analogy of different reading preferences to illustrate that there are simply different kinds of people with different values.

Harry Potter series

Referenced in 1 episode

Ep. 314: Skip the Flip

February 14, 2022

Context:

Discussion about naming trends after Harry Potter came out. Speaker mentions that many people named their kids Henry instead of Harry because they liked 'those books' but didn't want it to be obvious they were Harry Potter fans.

Harry Potter books

Referenced in 1 episode

Ep. 081: Live from Bozeman

September 11, 2017

Context:

Speaker uses Harry Potter books as an analogy when discussing paddle boarding, suggesting that if humanity were reset, certain things like Harry Potter books wouldn't necessarily emerge again, unlike hunting with projectiles which would naturally develop.