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Ep. 419: Hot Legs and Burnin' Squirrel

Published: 2023-03-06 10:00:00
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Steve Rinella talks with Kevin Murphy, Guy Zuck, Seth Morris, and Chester Floyd

Topics include: Hot wings, six ways; unstabilized lard is superior; when you scratch your beard and come up with the answer; what a larder is; Kevin's melted ring bangle jewelry; neanderthal's euro mount collections; the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect; the "weights in fish!" Leatherman; cheating at a walleye tournament and encouraging your son to pass off counterfeit money; cremating your deceased dogs and saving a spot for yourself among them; how Steve doesn't like to re-hunt spots for small game; addressing wild cattle in the Gila Wilderness; Australia's Shooters, Fishers, and Farmers party; when you find a human deadhead; Florida country club considers relocation due to "aggressive squirrels''; how the Chinese train squirrels to detect drugs; your antipodes; testing wind direction with milkweed; and more.

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Referenced Books

Dispatches
by Michael Herr
Referenced during a discussion about milkweed and keeping items in different pockets. The speaker mentions how Michael Herr's book 'Dispatches' describes long range reconnaissance patrollers in Vietnam keeping uppers in the right pocket and downers in the left pocket of their tiger suits.
Referenced at Unknown (later in episode)
Sam and Dave Dig a Hole
by Mac Barnett
Mentioned as 'a great kids book' during a discussion about digging through the earth to the other side (antipodes). The speaker describes the plot where two characters dig a hole, fall through to the other side of the planet, and land back in their own yard, but things are slightly different.
Referenced at Unknown (later in episode)