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Welcome to Okayest Cook, where the love for food and the joy of sharing a meal brings us together. Join our community of like-minded individuals on a culinary adventure, exploring new dishes, preserving traditions, and embracing the hunter-gatherer mindset.Discover the joy of commensality, connecting with others through shared meals, whether in person or across space and time. At Okayest Cook, we believe in the power of education, committing to learning and sharing knowledge about hunting, gardening, foraging, processing, and preserving.Fuel your passion for nutrition and fitness with our podcast.

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Goat-head stock meets Sunday dinner; Chris gives your appetite for company as much room as your appetite for food.

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  • a reason to use more of an animal, down to making stock from the head
  • dinner-table talk that makes listening to someone with different views part of the meal
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Building A Stronger Relationship With Your Food: Jason Erman

Practical food talk with a strong values-driven streak and a use-more-of-the-animal ethic.

This episode settles on a clear idea: food is not just fuel, but a way to build a better relationship with what people eat. It moves through commensality, nutrition, wild ingredients, and making fuller use of the animal, with practical stops at heads, stock, soup, and whatever…

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  1. 1

    Building A Stronger Relationship With Your Food: Jason Erman

    Hidden gem

    Chris Wansaller and Andy Heiser talk with Jason Ehrman, who runs the Instagram account nose to tail Nevada County from Nevada County, California, about homesteading, butchery, and cooking more of the animal.

    ·1h 11m·4 clips
  2. 2

    Finding Your Place with Michael Zarick

    Hidden gem

    Okayest Cook host Chris Wonteller and Michael Zarick discuss Third Space Indie, Michael's project about how community spaces form outside home and work.

    Mar 9, 2026·1h 8m·5 clips
  3. 3

    Combating food insecurity with Sierra Nuckols

    Hidden gem

    Okayest Cook host Chris Wansettler interviews Indianapolis food-access organizer Sierra Knuckles about food insecurity, community food boxes, and local growing.

    Mar 1, 2026·1h 5m·4 clips
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    Sunday Dinner with Strech

    Hidden gem

    Chris Wanseller and Stretch Thalley discuss commensality, which Chris defines as getting together and eating together, through Stretch's Sunday Dinner events at Tinker Street in Indianapolis.

    Feb 14, 2026·59m·4 clips
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    Boosting Baseline Energy: A Conversation with AJ Kazmierczak

    Hidden gem

    Chris Wanzeller interviews AJ Kazmierczak, known online as the Coffee Viking, about building baseline energy through passion, activity, nutrition, supplementation, and cautious caffeine use.

    Jan 28, 2026·1h 34m·5 clips
  6. 6

    Unlocking the Full Potential of Wild Game with John Wallace

    Host Chris interviews wild game cook John Wallace about his journey creating approachable wild game recipes and his conservation background.

    Jan 24, 2026·1h 16m
  7. 7

    BHA Rendezvous Wild Game Cookoff with Jordan Linger

    Jan 14, 2026·58m
  8. 8

    Escaping the Kitchen Rut with Nick Otto

    Jan 7, 2026·1h 5m
  9. 9

    Culinary Storytelling with Holly Hearn

    Jan 1, 2026·55m
  10. 10

    Hands on Venison Butchering

    Dec 6, 2025·1h 19m
  11. 11

    Making Food My Way with Jose Alberto Berraza

    Nov 18, 2025·1h 26m
  12. 12

    Bradley Houser - Chicken & Beer Fest

    Oct 1, 2025·53m
  13. 13

    BHA Rendezvous Pt5 - Jeff Benda - Walleye with Dandelion Gremolata

    Sep 22, 2025·51m
  14. 14

    Eat more (Alaskan) Fish with Sena Wheeler

    Aug 28, 2025·58m
  15. 15

    BHA Rendezvous PT4 - Tom Healy - Pickled Fiddleheads

    Aug 6, 2025·34m
  16. 16

    Indiana Roll for Sandwich with Jacob Pauwels

    Jul 31, 2025·1h 50m
  17. 17

    BHA Rendezvous Pt 3 - Rikki Folger - Elk Sausage Gyoza

    Jul 23, 2025·32m
  18. 18

    The Best Pizza in Town with Tommy Barrett

    Jul 23, 2025·40m
  19. 19

    Culinary Collaborations with Tinker Street

    Jul 14, 2025·1h 1m
  20. 20

    BHA Rendezvous Pt 2 - Velvet Buck Vineyards

    Jul 8, 2025·23m
  21. 21

    BBQ & Beyond with Michael Gomez

    Jun 30, 2025·1h 10m
  22. 22

    BHA Rendezvous Pt 1 - Jaime Teigen

    Jun 22, 2025·37m
  23. 23

    Collin Hilton - The World Food Champion

    Jun 7, 2025·1h 7m
  24. 24

    SAUCE with The Tailgate Foodie

    May 28, 2025·1h 4m
  25. 25

    Shucking Oysters with Neal Warner at Strange Bird

    May 11, 2025·1h 10m
  26. 26

    School Lunches with Chef Shannon at the Patachou Foundation

    May 3, 2025·48m
  27. 27

    Heirloom Grains and Southern Heritage with Greg Johnsman

    Apr 23, 2025·1h 5m
  28. 28

    Food Styling with Chef Nicky Morse

    Apr 16, 2025·1h 11m
  29. 29

    Food Photography with Outdoor Creatives Co-Op

    Apr 9, 2025·50m
  30. 30

    Exploring the Art of Sausage Making with Christopher Kyer

    Apr 2, 2025·1h 30m
  31. 31

    The Feral Kitchen of Heather Evans

    Mar 26, 2025·55m
  32. 32

    Year In Review

    Mar 19, 2025·59m
  33. 33

    Foraging and Offal with Alan Bergo

    Mar 13, 2025·1h 9m
  34. 34

    Culinary Diversity with Youssef and Ariel

    Mar 5, 2025·1h 5m
  35. 35

    Healthy Swaps with Natalie Auer

    Feb 27, 2025·1h
  36. 36

    Whitney Tramel's Wild Strength

    Feb 14, 2025·1h 6m
  37. 37

    Game Day Appetizers

    Feb 5, 2025·41m
  38. 38

    Kitchen Accidents

    Jan 25, 2025·58m
  39. 39

    Reducing Food Waste & Making Stock with Ian Groesbeck

    Jan 17, 2025·1h 8m
  40. 40

    Breakfast at Amelias

    Jan 13, 2025·40m
  41. 41

    Biscuits & Gravy with a Twist

    Jan 1, 2025·36m
  42. 42

    The Kitchen of Tyler Mieden

    Dec 20, 2024·52m
  43. 43

    Going Off-Grid with Halfass Offgrid

    Dec 11, 2024·1h 3m
  44. 44

    The Future of Food with Gunnar Emberg

    Nov 27, 2024·1h 11m
  45. 45

    Alan Sternberg

    Nov 20, 2024·1h 3m
  46. 46

    Thanksgiving Prep

    Nov 13, 2024·51m
  47. 47

    Adventures and everyday life of Rikki Folger

    Nov 6, 2024·46m
  48. 48

    Deer Ducks & Geese with Greg Tubbs

    Oct 30, 2024·1h 2m
  49. 49

    Pizza

    Oct 23, 2024·1h 4m
  50. 50

    Small Talk

    Oct 16, 2024·57m
  51. 51

    Encouraging Commensality with A Couple Cooks

    Oct 9, 2024·36m
  52. 52

    Exploring Cooking Techniques with Harvesting Nature

    The hosts discuss the start of hunting season, promote a knife discount code, and introduce guests from Harvesting Nature.

    Oct 2, 2024·58m
  53. 53

    Hog Stuff

    Sep 25, 2024·1h 2m
  54. 54

    Introduction to Foraging with Adam Berkelmans

    Host interviews Adam Berkelman, a recipe developer and managing editor at Harvesting Nature, about his background and expertise in cooking and food lifestyle.

    Sep 18, 2024·1h 2m
  55. 55

    Eating on the Road with Keagan Keddell

    Host Chris Wan Settler interviews wildlife photographer Keegan about his nomadic lifestyle, hunting, and outdoor adventures.

    Sep 11, 2024·49m
  56. 56

    Foam Fest!

    Sep 4, 2024·16m
  57. 57

    From Field To Plate with Jeremiah Doughty

    An interview with wild game cooking expert Jeremiah Dowdy about making wild game accessible for everyday meals.

    Aug 28, 2024·48m
  58. 58

    Snack Attack!

    Aug 21, 2024·59m
  59. 59

    Taboo Foods

    Aug 16, 2024·1h 3m
  60. 60

    EAT. REAL. FOOD. with health coach Caitlin Green

    The hosts discuss nutrition and eating habits with a guest in a gym setting, aiming to improve their diet and lifestyle.

    Aug 7, 2024·1h 2m
  61. 61

    Herbs & Spices

    Jul 31, 2024·1h 1m
  62. 62

    Enter Sugar Rush

    Jul 24, 2024·1h 2m
  63. 63

    Pasta - Al Dente Adventures

    Jul 17, 2024·59m
  64. 64

    How Do You Casserole?

    Jul 10, 2024·57m
  65. 65

    Meal Prepping

    Jul 3, 2024·59m
  66. 66

    Childhood Staples

    Jun 27, 2024·57m
  67. 67

    Are Eggs the Greatest Ingredient of All Time?

    Jun 19, 2024·57m
  68. 68

    Best Thing Since Sliced Bread

    Jun 12, 2024·59m
  69. 69

    Growing Dinner

    Jun 5, 2024·1h 4m
  70. 70

    How Do You Like Your Jerky?

    May 29, 2024·57m
  71. 71

    Grilling Season

    May 22, 2024·1h
  72. 72

    Local Food and Urban Farming with Jason Michael Thomas

    May 15, 2024·59m
  73. 73

    Where Is Your Coffee From?

    May 8, 2024·1h 12m
  74. 74

    Heirloom Recipes

    May 1, 2024·1h 9m
  75. 75

    Wild Turkey Legs Don't Suck

    Apr 24, 2024·1h 6m
  76. 76

    Elevating Side Dishes

    Apr 17, 2024·1h 1m
  77. 77

    Cooking Steak

    Apr 10, 2024·1h 1m
  78. 78

    Chili Controversies

    Apr 3, 2024·59m
  79. 79

    You Are Browning Meat Wrong

    Mar 27, 2024·58m
  80. 80

    Top 5 Pieces of Gear

    Mar 20, 2024·1h
  81. 81

    Introduction to the Okayest Cook podcast

    Mar 12, 2024·45m