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Ep. 525: Game Wardens and Grizzlies with CJ Box

Published: 2024-02-26 10:00:00
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Steven Rinella talks with author CJ Box, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.

Topics discussed: Cool stage names; Three Inch Teeth, the 24th Joe Pickett game warden novel out now; when a CJ Box book mentions Steve and MeatEater; novels with an honest portrayal or time and place; how CJ’s wife was called to be on the jury for the Wyoming corner crossing case; get our limited edition “Fresh Set of Eyes…” t-shirt at the MeatEater store now; Clay Newcomb’s high school drawing of a future man with a sci-fi gun pointed at a wild hog; how the next Joe Pickett novel should center around a great vault toilet rescue; audience variations on Steve’s beans saying; NSFW (not safe for work) bird names; how the groundhog can’t tell the weather; hardwired to be a writer; and more. 

Outro song: "Mo' Beans" by Raynor Johnson

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Referenced Books

Open Season
by C.J. Box
C.J. Box discusses his first published novel, which featured a Wyoming game warden and dealt with the endangered species law and black-footed ferrets near Meeteetse, Wyoming.
Referenced at 00:06:22
Dark Sky
by C.J. Box
Steve Rinella mentions this as the first C.J. Box novel he read, where Rinella himself was mentioned in the book. The book features a Silicon Valley CEO character.
Referenced at 00:09:55
Three Inch Teeth
by C.J. Box
The newly released 24th Joe Pickett novel being promoted in this podcast episode, dealing with Wyoming corner crossing and grizzly bears.
Referenced at 00:02:17
Kentucky Straight
by Chris Offutt
Mentioned in discussion about authors and memoirs. Chris Offutt is described as a Kentucky writer who also wrote a memoir about his family that made them livid.
Referenced at 00:50:55
The Highway
by C.J. Box
C.J. Box describes this book as being about a serial killer truck driver. He did research by traveling across the country with truck drivers.
Referenced at 00:47:01