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Ep 498: Hunting, Singing, and Going Dry with the Turnpike Troubadours

Published: 2023-11-27 10:00:00
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Steven Rinella talks with Evan Felker, Janis Putelis, Hunter Spencer, Randall Williams, Maggie Hudlow, Max Barta, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider

Topics discussed: Knowing how to conduct a vault toilet rescue from having listened to The MeatEater Podcast, Ep. 377: The Great Outhouse Rescue; Phil kissing; the dead-alive fish dish; ménage-à-frog; pig leases in timber country; First Lite’s new Stormy Kromer cap; how Evan’s dad is a fanatical hunter; cowboy-ing; Johnny Horton playing Jimmy Driftwood; how Cal thinks that “The Bird Hunters” song is the best hunting song ever written; an anapodoton; bean sayings from our audience; quitting drinking; NA beer; going to rehab and rewiring your entire being; trustworthiness and how no one would actually show up to ice fish at 7am the next morning; watching the lake give birth; writing prompts; buy Turnpike’s new album, “A Cat in the Rain,” and go see them in concert; a live performance of “The Bird Hunters”; and more. 

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Referenced Books

The Three Day Blow
by Ernest Hemingway
Evan Felker discusses inspiration for his song 'The Bird Hunters,' explaining that part of it comes from this Hemingway short story, along with real life experiences and things he made up.
Referenced at 00:43:00
No Country for Old Men
by Cormac McCarthy
Steve Rinella discusses how the book feels like a hunting book because of the blood trailing scene where the protagonist finds the massacre site. They analyze how McCarthy uses hunting as a backdrop for the story.
Referenced at 01:28:40
Killers of the Flower Moon
by David Grann
Phil mentions seeing the movie adaptation, and Steve notes they had the author David Grann on the podcast previously to discuss this book, though he was promoting a different book at the time.
Referenced at 01:32:23
The Wager
by David Grann
Steve clarifies that when David Grann was on their podcast, he wasn't promoting Killers of the Flower Moon but rather his book The Wager.
Referenced at 01:33:03