Ep. 289: We Did Start the Fire

Published: 2021-09-06 09:00:00

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Steven Rinella talks with Paul Hessburg, Rick Hutton, Brody Henderson, Seth Morris, Phil Taylor, and Janis Putelis.

Topics discussed: How Jani doesn't like growling bear rugs; the coyote on the couch; second degree kindred; FHF's upcoming gear launches; Brody's three and a half legged bear; Jani drawing his first bighorn tag; all the math required to pack well; redemption: the FUODS calendar sold out in 24 hours; Season 10 of MeatEater on Netflix dropping on September 29th; Ep. 258: "The Chit and the Poof"; Sunday hunting in PA; documentation that the ell of bear grease is a real thing; highschoolers working with skunk oil and fox urine; Fish Joyce's Dock; whitetails with Covid antibodies; the real impact of climate change and the increasing intensity of wildfires; the importance of prescribed burning; soil severity and seed caches; why big fires aren't news; what happens if we do nothing?; having a trigger reaction to logging; where we're headed; and more.

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Referenced Books

The Big Burn

by Timothy Egan

Referenced when discussing historical forest fires in comparison to modern fires. Steve mentions 'There's that book called was Rick was the Big Burn? The Big Burn? About the ten like the catastrophic fires of earlier.' This refers to a book about catastrophic fires in the early 1900s, discussed in the context of whether modern fires represent a new era or are similar to historical events.

Referenced at Unknown (during fire history discussion)

None

by None

An unnamed biography about John McKay is referenced when discussing the origin of Mark Twain's pen name. The speaker states: 'But this guy gets into this book tells the book a biography about John McKay, a contemporary of Samuel Clemens whose past intersected with his at the Calm stock load and Virginia City, Nevada.' The book provides an alternative explanation for how Samuel Clemens got the pen name 'Mark Twain,' suggesting it came from his habit of ordering two whiskeys at a saloon rather than from riverboat terminology.

Referenced at Unknown (during Mark Twain name origin discussion)