Episode #1738
Ben O'Brien
Books mentioned
Sapiens
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 00:45:11 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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Writer and editor Ben O’Brien, a Backcountry Hunters and Anglers board member, joins Joe Rogan to discuss hunting as a craft, food tradition, and immersive connection to the outdoors. They examine ethics, conservation funding, predator management, gun safety, pandemic-era participation, and how local communities can help newcomers enter hunting.
What they talked about
- Hunting as a transformative experience
- Self-taught elk hunting on public land
- Comparison of hunting skill to jiu-jitsu belts
- Dragon Man skull and human evolution
- Kyle Rittenhouse trial and gun safety
- Cult-like thinking and media labels
- North American model of wildlife conservation
- Grizzly bear encounter in Montana
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