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Ep. 008

Published: 2015-05-01 00:35:00
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Prince of Wales Island, Alaska: Weathering a rainstorm during a Sitka Blacktail Hunt, Steven Rinella talks with guests Joe Rogan, Bryan Callen, Janis Putelis, and Dan Doty. Subjects discussed: the highly flammable nature of Frito Lay corn chips; staying warm with fleece sleeping bag liners; getting stranded by bad weather when doing fly-in hunts; why suffering is fun; how everything in life is a reaction to whatever happened last; overlooked DIY big game hunts; how bald eagles salute Bryan Callen when he takes his shirt off; infanticide among bear populations; evolution and coincidence; Steve's animal scat collection; Hunter S. Thompson; Mormon apostate James Jesse Strang; moose droppings as incense; the anxiety of influence; and why it's bad if women think you're "nice" but it's good if women think you're "funny."  Notes and misc links: Steven Rinella's coffee table scat collection: http://themeateater.com/2012/scat-collection/ Matt Rinella on the joys of moose scat incense: http://themeateater.com/2012/scat-and-sniff/ Lone Survivors: How We Came to Be the Only Humans on Earth

 

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Referenced Books

The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Discussed in the context of Hunter Thompson's writing practice - he would write The Great Gatsby word for word to learn the rhythm and music of the language.
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The Great Lakes
by Jerry (last name not mentioned)
Steve Rinella mentions this book came out while he was working on his own Great Lakes project. He was frustrated because it contained some of the same historical anecdotes he had discovered, including the story about animals being sent over Niagara Falls and James Strange's piracy on Beaver Island.
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Exodus
by Leon Uris
Mentioned as an example of a novel that touches on the history of the founding of Israel, but noted that you wouldn't want to draw your historical knowledge solely from it since it's a novel.
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The Blank Slate
by Steven Pinker
Referenced in a discussion about academic taboos regarding innate differences in people. Pinker's book addresses the controversial topic of people being born differently physiologically and mentally.
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The Sports Gene
by David Epstein
Discussed in relation to genetic differences in athletic performance, specifically noting that sprinting medalists in major competitions over the past twenty years have been predominantly of West African descent.
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Lone Survivors
by Chris Stringer
A book about human genetics and evolution exploring why Homo sapiens are the only humans on Earth and what happened to other human forms like Neanderthals. The author discusses career suicide topics related to gene distribution.
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Guns, Germs, and Steel
by Jared Diamond
While the title is not explicitly stated, Jared Diamond's work is extensively discussed regarding why some civilizations advanced faster than others, the role of geography, domesticated animals, disease, and the importance of trade routes and idea-sharing between cultures. The discussion matches the content of this specific book.
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