Ep. 211: Hunting with Your Enemy

Published: 2020-03-09 10:00:00

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Steven Rinella talks with Dan Ahdoot, Brody Henderson, Phil Taylor, Corinne Schneider, and Janis Putelis.

Topics discussed: Steve and Janis as the J-Lo and Shakira of the hunting world; merfolk and mermaid’s purses; Janis pushing past his limits on the dance floor; using a baby's umbilical cord as fishing bait; a tarantula rehabilitation program; how to make wild game kosher; an Iranian Jew and an Iraqi Muslim as hunting buddy BFFs; Long Island game wardens; having a bone to pick with duck hunting; pheasant ragu; how hunting has affected Dan's view of politics; Dan coming out of the closet as a hunter; going through TSA with a heart and liver in a styrofoam container; joining your local mycological society as a good way to find a date; the meanest gun store in the world; quotes about writing; hunter safety; and so much more.

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Referenced Books

The Omnivore's Dilemma

by Michael Pollan

Dan discusses how this book influenced his decision to start hunting. He mentions it was the first book to make him think about an animal's life before eating it, and references a chapter where Pollan hunts pigs in California. This reading led Dan to call his friend Mo and say he wanted to kill an animal.

Referenced at Unknown (mid-transcript)

Babbo Cookbook

by Mario Batali (associated)

Dan mentions using a recipe from the Babbo Cookbook to make a pheasant ragout after his first successful pheasant hunt. He describes it as 'a great cookbook' and used it to prepare his first successfully eaten game bird.

Referenced at Unknown (mid-transcript)

Great Plains

by Ian Frazier

Steve Rinella mentions this book when discussing writing and writers, describing it as 'History of the American Great Plane, phenomenal book.' He brings up Ian Frazier as a New Yorker writer in the context of discussing writing as a career.

Referenced at Unknown (mid-to-late transcript)

Dubliners

by James Joyce

Steve discusses his attempt to improve his literary knowledge before graduate school. He mentions dedicating a summer to trying to get through Joyce's Dubliners, which he thought would be easy because it was 'a little short book,' but found difficult because he had previously only read nature and history books.

Referenced at Unknown (mid-to-late transcript)