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Ep. 276: An Outdoor Recreation Pissing Match

Published: 2021-06-07 09:00:00
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Steven Rinella talks with Rachel Schmidt, Sam Lungren, Brody Henderson, Spencer Neuharth, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.


Topics discussed: testing our interest meter; engorged cloacas and Steve's son interrupting turtle sex; Spencer's first tattoo of South Dakota's state tree; Rachel's collection of fly tattoos; gumbo areas and the Bermuda Triangle of turkey spots; Steve's tip to celebrities: you'll get the right attention if you talk about eating squirrels; the Tower of Power, Steve's sebateous cyst, and trucker butt; camping out at highway medians; Sam's delicious aged deer ham; a lobster fight and the UN; exercising treaty rights and how the Sinixt of Canada are not extinct; developments with the Herrera case; locking you out of 60 million acres of public land; how the U.S. recreation economy is bigger than the automotive and pharmaceutical industries; undermining the false notion of "non-consumptive" use of the land; how Steve dogs on people who have camper trailers, but now has a camper trailer of his own; why water recreationists should kiss anglers' asses; the backpack tax; going from being a person in the outdoors to being a parent in the outdoors; and more.



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Referenced Books

Lonesome Dove
by Larry McMurtry
Referenced when discussing the generational transformation of the American West, specifically Rachel Schmidt's family history moving from logging and mining to outdoor recreation industries. The speaker compared her family's story to a 'Larry McMurtry novel about the like Lonesome Dove.'
Referenced at Not specified (latter portion of transcript during Rachel Schmidt interview)
The Last Picture Show
by Larry McMurtry
Mentioned in the same conversation about Larry McMurtry's writings on the transformation of the American West. Discussed alongside 'Lonesome Dove' as examples of McMurtry's work depicting Western life and change.
Referenced at Not specified (latter portion of transcript during Rachel Schmidt interview)
All My Friends Are Gonna Be Strangers
by Larry McMurtry
Referenced as another Larry McMurtry work about the American West. The speaker initially had trouble remembering the exact title, saying 'all my friends are going to be on nwees, Oh is it all my friends are gonna be strangers.'
Referenced at Not specified (latter portion of transcript during Rachel Schmidt interview)