Ep. 466: Direwolves and Ancient Hunting Dogs

Published: 2023-08-07 09:00:00

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Steven Rinella talks with Angela Perri, Brent Reaves, Ronny Boehme, Janis Putelis, Spencer Neuharth, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.

Topics include: Brass knuckle daggers and TSA confiscating stuff; who had the very first pet dog?; how Steve thinks The North Wall in “Games of Thrones” is in Alaska; a very special bobcat burial; Steve’s 12 signs of astrology; hunting the wooly rhino; when wolves turn into dogs; from hunting to scavenging in a few generations; being the first human to ever run into a critter; culled and “kinlin”; how the tar pits are still taking victims; hunting boars with dogs in Japan; breeding wolves with dogs and getting the DNA all muddled up; how most folks don’t know that dire wolves were real; body farms and clipping cadaver fingernails; when your dog hunts behind you; how Brent spoils his hound in a temperature controlled dog house; watch Ronny’s new training dog series; dogs stars; and more.

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Referenced Books

The Oregon Trail

by Francis Parkman

Speaker 1 discusses historian Francis Parkman (mispronounced as 'France's Apartment') who wrote a definitive history of the French and Indian War and later wrote 'The Oregon Trail' after traveling to the Great Plains in 1834. The book is mentioned in the context of discussing Parkman's visit to a Sioux family's tepee where he witnessed their treatment of dogs and puppies.

Referenced at 01:16:00

To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee

Speaker 7 references this novel when explaining their daughter's name 'Scout' comes from the character in the book/movie. The conversation then leads to discussion of a conspiracy theory that Truman Capote actually wrote the novel, though Harper Lee is the credited author. Speaker 1 explicitly identifies it as 'a novel.'

Referenced at 01:27:00

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

by Joan Didion

Speaker 1 references Joan Didion's book while discussing how people cope with overwhelming amounts of information and the appeal of conspiracy theories. The speaker uses Didion's insights about people choosing between understanding complex information or believing they know 'a little thing that no one else knows' to explain phenomena like the 'dog star' alien theory.

Referenced at 01:34:00