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Ep. 071: The Buttery Tones of Karl Malcolm

Published: 2017-07-06 20:21:00
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Steven Rinella talks with Dr. Karl Malcolm and Janis Putelis of the MeatEater crew.

Subjects Discussed: Zoonotic disease and the guy with the dead lion; Hua Gua or Karl's take on Chinese hot pot; ideas on how to capture blood for blood sausage; Latvian meals using ice wands; the 45th Parallel; Asiatic black bear and the Sichuan takin; the Blue Ribbon Panel project; the North American, European, and African models of wildlife conservation; contract culling of wildlife; pit hunting; the Imperial Feast: bear paw, swallow saliva consume, and 124 more dishes; Theodore Roosevelt's kids were specimen hunters?; the enjoyment of hunting and fishing indigenous species; the future of hunters and conservation; venavores; and more.

 

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Referenced Books

East of the Sun and West of the Moon
by Kermit Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Carl mentions this book was published by Kermit and Ted Roosevelt about a previous asiatic expedition in the nineteen twenties. He states: 'They had done a previous uh asiatic expedition in the nineteen twenties, and they published a book from that expedition as well, and that the title that book is East of the Sun and West of the Moon.'
Referenced at Unknown (latter portion of transcript)
Trailing the Giant Panda
by Kermit Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Carl explicitly discusses obtaining this book: 'So the expedition that involved the hunting of the panda. They published a book, Trailing the Giant Panda. I got a copy of this book after hown like scrounging libraries all over the country to try to find a copy of this book.' He describes how everything in the book's account matched what a villager in China had told him about the Roosevelt sons' visit.
Referenced at Unknown (latter portion of transcript)
The Chronicles of Narnia
by C.S. Lewis
Carl uses this as a comparison when describing a nature reserve in China: 'it's kind of it reminds me kind of like the Chronicles of Narnia, where you'd see vegetation.' He's describing the diverse and somewhat fantastical-seeming biodiversity of the Tanjahu nature reserve.
Referenced at Unknown (during discussion of China nature reserves)