Episode #886
Hank Shaw
Books mentioned
Big Sky
Mentioned by Hank Shaw · at 01:39:15
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Duck, Duck, Goose
Mentioned by Hank Shaw · at 02:06:18
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Hunt, Gather, Cook
Mentioned by Hank Shaw · at 02:06:33
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Buck, Buck, Moose
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Hank Shaw, a former restaurant cook, journalist, and wild-game cookbook author, discusses his move from political reporting to cooking food sourced from wild animals. He and Joe Rogan cover hunting ethics, public-land access, overpopulation, conservation controversies, fishing, unusual species, hunting stories, and how animal diets shape the flavor of game.
What they talked about
- Hank Shaw's background as a political reporter
- Comparison of cooking and stand-up comedy as crafts
- Mountain lion depredation and public land management
- Shark fishing and conservation nuances
- Sturgeon fishing and poaching issues
- Toxoplasmosis effects on behavior
- Cooking and eating wild game like bear and javelina
- Hunting's role in human evolution and population control
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