Ep. 699: The American West with Dan Flores - MeatEater Podcast Reading List

Steven Rinella talks with Dan Flores, Randall Williams, Cory Calkins, Corinne Schneider, and Phil Taylor.

Topics discussed: Dan's brand new podcast on The MeatEater Network, "The American West With Dan Flores"; an unconventional telling of the West by an environmental historian; a pigeon catching controversy in New York; the International Order of St. Hubertus; invasive aoudad as detrimental to native desert bighorn sheep populations; hunting the University of Texas, El Paso's Indio Mountain Research Station and donating to fund research for bighorn sheep conservation; reintroducing species; deep history and long time with Dan; and more.

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Referenced Books

Anasazi America

by David Stewart

Dan Flores references this book while discussing how hunter-gatherer societies evolved into agricultural civilizations and cities in the American Southwest. He relies on Stewart's treatment to analyze the transition from Paleolithic hunters to the development of places like Chaco Canyon.

Referenced at 01:03:21

Guns, Germs and Steel

by Jared Diamond

Steve Rinella brings up this book when discussing why Spanish conquistadors like Pizarro conquered the Incans rather than the reverse. The book examines why Western European civilization came to dominate other civilizations, which Dan Flores then elaborates on, explaining Diamond's argument about Eurasia's advantages.

Referenced at 01:24:42

Wild New World

by Dan Flores

Dan Flores references his own book when discussing the long-term story of humans and animals in North America. He mentions it again at 01:48:29 when talking about Native American animistic beliefs and the idea that humans are kin to other animals.

Referenced at 01:33:42

Custer Died for Your Sins

by Vine Deloria

Dan Flores mentions this book (though Steve mispronounces it as 'God Has Read Custarded for Your Sins') when discussing Vine Deloria, a famous Native American author who contacted him about an article on buffalo. Deloria was described as famous for this book among others.

Referenced at 01:45:42