Ep. 711: So Are Dire Wolves Back From The Dead Or Not?

Published: 2025-06-02 09:00:00

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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 carrot is to a human; cloning DNA; Colossal's dire wolf care manual; how a household somewhere has the dire wolves' dog momma surrogate; the ghost portion; genetic rescue efforts; transgenics and taxonomy; spurring conversation about the biodiversity crisis; and more.

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Referenced Books

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Steve Rinella mentions owning a Japanese fish cleaning book, which he describes as 'my favorite book of all the books I've ever owned.' The book contains process descriptions on how to clean all kinds of fish and reads from back to front in the traditional Japanese style. No specific title or author is provided.

Referenced at 00:12:36

Gomorrah

by Roberto Saviano

Steve Rinella explicitly states 'Gomora was a book, was a nonfiction book about the Italian mafiosa.' He mentions he watched the Gomorra series because he was 'liking Gomore of the book, Gamore of the movie.' The book is about the Italian mafia, and it was adapted into both a film and a TV series. No author is mentioned in the transcript.

Referenced at 01:28:40

Game of Thrones series

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While primarily discussing the TV show, Matt James mentions 'the books are just so the books kept it going for them,' referring to how the Game of Thrones books provided source material for the television series. The discussion acknowledges the books as the original source material, though no author name is mentioned and the books are not discussed in detail.

Referenced at 02:29:23