Ep. 134: An Object and Its Shadow

Published: 2018-09-17 15:40:00

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Anchorage, AK- Steven Rinella talks with his brother Danny Rinella, Army veteran Levi Meyer, Chris "Ridge Pounder" Gill, along with Dirt Myth and Janis Putelis of the MeatEater crew.

Subjects Discussed: risking life and limb for household birds; the ballad of Jani Tsimane; dipping, smoking, and chaw dawgs; Matt Rinella's primitive navigation tool; Danny's swollen uvula; the blond bombshell of the grizz world; Ovis dalli and its rocky, nasty, glaciated homeland; full curls, double broomers, and other marks of a legal ram; poaching and the state's response; God's penthouse; Janis's bear protection; Danny's fall down the mountain; angle of repose; an object and its shadow; squirrely glacial weather; and more.

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Referenced Books

A Sand County Almanac

by Aldo Leopold

Referenced during a discussion about Luna Leopold (Aldo Leopold's son who became a hydrologist). The speaker mentions 'Aldo Leopold's son, the author of Sand County Almanac' - though this phrasing is slightly unclear, Aldo Leopold is the actual author of Sand County Almanac. The discussion leads into a quote about rivers and geological formations.

Referenced at 00:00:08

None

by Tony Rust

Referenced as 'Tony Rust talks about it in his books about hunting Dollar Sheet [Dall Sheep]' during a discussion about how Dall sheep are relatively weak animals from a projectile/hunting standpoint, and how they don't travel far after being hit compared to elk.

Referenced at 00:00:08

Natural History of Alaska

by None

Referenced as 'There's a bill just wrote a there's a bill just wrote like Natural History of Alaska' during a discussion about predators of Dall sheep, specifically mentioning an eyewitness account of a lynx killing a Dall ram. The author is referred to as 'bill' but the full name is not provided.

Referenced at 00:00:08