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Ep. 250: Doin' it Your Own Way with Whiskey Myers

Published: 2020-12-07 10:00:00
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Steven Rinella talks with Cody Cannon, Chris Alexander, and Khris Poage of Whiskey Myers, and Spencer Neuharth, Sam Lungren, and Corinne Schneider.

Topics discussed: switching your name to Steve Fever; natural condoms made out of lamb casings; castration bands; unethical hunting and plowing down an elk herd; calf shelters as a moral boosting thank you to ranchers who enroll in block management; to wolf reintroduce or to not wolf reintroduce?; when the best stuff about America is written by a bunch of British guys; thoughts on eating bass; when the best country music is really just rock-n-roll; people gravitating towards sad songs and the song called "Sad Song"; the cultural difference between European and American hunting; Americans ignorantly talking about Europe as a monolith; Fergusson the carp being pulled to shore on a landing mat; starting on music because your wild grandpa leaves a guitar for you; a superb day of duck hunting; peiking-ing a duck; and more.

 

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Referenced Books

Father and Son
by Larry Brown
Discussion about Southern writer Larry Brown's bibliography. Multiple books are listed including this title. Brown was a firefighter in Oxford, Mississippi who wrote novels.
Referenced at 00:00:08
Facing the Music
by Larry Brown
Listed as one of Larry Brown's published works during discussion of the Southern writer's career.
Referenced at 00:00:08
Dirty Work
by Larry Brown
Listed as one of Larry Brown's published novels.
Referenced at 00:00:08
Big Bad Love
by Larry Brown
Listed as one of Larry Brown's published works.
Referenced at 00:00:08
Joe
by Larry Brown
Listed as one of Larry Brown's novels, mentioned that some of his work was optioned by the Coen Brothers.
Referenced at 00:00:08
On Fire
by Larry Brown
Listed among Larry Brown's published works.
Referenced at 00:00:08
Faye
by Larry Brown
Listed as one of Larry Brown's published books.
Referenced at 00:00:08
Billy Ray's Farm
by Larry Brown
Listed among Larry Brown's published works.
Referenced at 00:00:08
Rabbit Factory
by Larry Brown
Listed as one of Larry Brown's novels.
Referenced at 00:00:08
Miracle Catfish
by Larry Brown
Specifically mentioned in context of Brown telling a story about catfish broodstock that made its way into this novel.
Referenced at 00:00:08
Tiny Love
by Larry Brown
Listed as one of Larry Brown's published works.
Referenced at 00:00:08
None
by Timothy Egan
Referenced as a book Timothy Egan wrote about Thomas Meagher before 'he started hit it big.' Described as 'the drinking Man's bio.' Specific title not mentioned but clearly identified as a biographical book.
Referenced at 00:00:08
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy
Discussion about reading the book versus watching the movie adaptation, and how the reader's imagination differs from the film's portrayal of characters. Described as being about a boy whose dad dies and he gets picked up by someone at the end.
Referenced at 00:00:08
Walden
by Henry David Thoreau
Mentioned in discussion of a college class called 'Literature of Natural History' where students 'read everything from you know, like Henry David Throw, you know, like Walden' through to modern works.
Referenced at 00:00:08