Ep: 652: Hunting History

Published: 2025-01-20 15:16:39

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Steven Rinella talks with Morgan Fallon, Randall Williams, and Phil Taylor.

"Hunting History with Steven Rinella" premiers on the History Channel on Tues., Jan. 28th at 10/9c and streams the next day.

Topics discussed: How Mo's first film work was with "Ali"; years spent on Anthony Bourdain's show; being a gracious guest; Land Cruiser country vs. Land Rover country; multiple wins and nominations for an Emmy; "Hunting History with Steven Rinella" premiers on the History Channel on Tues., Jan. 28th; all of the unsolved mysteries; and more.

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Referenced Books

Kitchen Confidential

by Anthony Bourdain

Steve Rinella mentions Anthony Bourdain's book Kitchen Confidential, recalling when it came out and was excerpted in the New Yorker. This led to the production company optioning it and creating the TV shows that Morgan Fallon would later work on.

Referenced at 00:33:00

Death on the Barren Ground

by Edgar Christian

Steve discusses a book given to him by podcast guest Randy Brown. The book is described as a journal chronicling three people starving to death in the Canadian Arctic along the Thelon River in the 1920s. The youngest survivor kept a meticulous journal documenting his companions' deaths and eventually his own death from starvation. Steve relates this to the Donner Party episode they filmed, particularly regarding the effects of eating boiled bones and animal hides during starvation.

Referenced at 01:39:30