Outdoor knowledge with dirt on its boots.
The MeatEater Podcast is an outdoors panel show with a hunter’s eye for practical detail and strange natural-world stories. Episodes move from public-land fights and game regulations to trivia rounds, gear talk, historical expeditions, and animal behavior.
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The MeatEater Podcast is an outdoor culture show with a strong appetite for hunting, fishing, conservation, cooking, and the weird edges of wildlife news. It moves fast. Recent episodes bring together moose hunting in North Dakota, catfish regulations in Pennsylvania, South Dakota suppressor talk, Big Buck Hunter championship stories, public-land fundraising, and a joking dismissal of Bigfoot coverage. The same feed can also slow down for long-form history, as with Peter Stark on the Coronado Expedition. That episode leans into the scale, confusion, and almost unreal feel of the journey without turning the conversation stiff. Another episode brings on Doug Roller, described as the chief trainer for LAPD, Los Angeles Police Department's canine unit, for a detailed look at apprehension dogs. The discussion gets practical quickly, focusing on tactics, off-lead handling, scent, reaction time, and the kind of training that makes a seasoned dog valuable. The news episodes have a different charge. They sound like a room full of outdoor obsessives sorting through forest management controversies, bobcat collar data, lost-arrow etiquette, Catalina Island mule deer eradication, Alaska’s mountain lion season, poaching cases, Death Valley blooms, and odd food stories. It can be irreverent. It is rarely vague. MeatEater Trivia adds a recurring game-show format, with Spencer Newhart asking questions across hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking while regular players rib each other over scores and bad guesses. The prize structure keeps conservation in the frame, with donations tied to the winner’s chosen organization. Across formats, the show’s best quality is its mix of field-level specificity and conversational looseness. Regulations, animal behavior, gear, history, and food all get handled in language that feels usable. The result is a broad outdoors show for listeners who want expertise, jokes, arguments, and practical knowledge in the same messy room.
Made for: For hunters, anglers, conservation-minded outdoors people, cooks, and trivia fans who enjoy loose, informed conversation. It also suits listeners who like wildlife stories with practical context rather than polished nature-documentary distance.
What sets it apart: Its strength is the mix: fieldcraft, regulations, conservation fights, oddball news, history, and competitive trivia all share the same table. Few outdoors shows move so easily from catfish rules to Coronado to dog tactics without losing the thread.
Building on the belief that a deeper understanding of the natural world enriches all of our lives, host Steven Rinella brings an in-depth and relevant look at all outdoor topics including hunting, fishing, nature, conservation, and wild foods. Filled with humor, irreverence, and things that will surprise the hell out of you, each episode welcomes a diverse group of guests who add their own expertise to the vast world of the outdoors. Part of The MeatEater Podcast Network.
Soft-shell crab triage meets wolf policy and boat-light trivia; your curiosity had better pack sturdy boots.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A trivia night with boat lights, conservation stakes, and enough cross-talk to stay lively.
MeatEater Trivia CCX plays like a sturdy, good-natured 10-round quiz, with Spencer Newhart guiding Giannis, Brody, Randall, Max, Laura, Corey, and Nate through hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking while a $500 conservation donation hangs on the win.
A grounded look at how off-lead police dogs turn instinct, training, and handler trust into reaction time.
A rough, bug-bitten opening settles into Doug Roller’s focused explanation of apprehension dogs and the judgment behind using them well. As the former chief trainer for the LAPD canine unit, he draws clear lines between apprehension, detection, and tracking, then turns to the…
A loose, lively 10-round quiz that turns outdoors knowledge into shared banter.
MeatEater Trivia CCXI moves at an easy clip across hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking. Spencer Newharth keeps the panel in motion while Giannis, Randall, Brody, Nate, Roman, and Ed swap guesses, challenge each other, and correct mistakes as they come up.
A live MeatEater broadcast where polar-bear logistics, improvised fishing gear, arrow-finding tricks, and cheese-world competition share one table.
A live broadcast from MeatEater HQ in Bozeman becomes a loose, funny pass through outdoor know-how, wildlife management, hunting culture, and food-world competition.
Mountain State hunting and fishing talk.
Gulf Coast outdoors, told from the boat ramp.
Serious carry talk, practical tradeoffs.
Host Spencer Newharth leads MeatEater Trivia episode 860, a 10-round quiz show with questions on hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking.
The MeatEater Radio Live show, broadcast from Bozeman with Poplar Middle School students present, features interviews with Sergeant Ian Van Ness about Manitoba's Polar Bear Alert Program and Emilia Dalbero, the first American to win gold at the Cheesemonger Olympics.
The MeatEater Podcast episode covers Carl McDaniel’s Yellowstone bison attack, historical bison fatalities, and a decline from roughly six annual bison injuries in the 1980s to fewer than two today.
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Luke McFadden explains how he built an independent Chesapeake Bay blue-crabbing operation after starting his own boat at 18 and working winter jobs to return each spring.
This episode covers topics including public land conservation efforts, the National Big Buck Hunter Championship, suppressor regulations in South Dakota, catfish rule changes in Pennsylvania, and a humorous report on Bigfoot.
This episode discusses the historical Coronado Expedition with author Peter Stark while promoting a campaign to preserve 4,000 acres of land at Tuckertown Reservoir in North Carolina as public game lands.
This episode of MeatEater Trivia is a game show featuring contestants competing in categories like hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking, with a focus on raising funds for public land conservation at Tuckertown Reservoir.
This episode covers conservation efforts for public lands at Tuckertown Reservoir, along with wildlife news including mountain lion seasons, bobcat research, and deer management programs.
This episode covers conservation efforts for public land in North Carolina, news about poachers in North Dakota, and a story involving a spear fishing incident in the Bahamas.
Spencer Newhart kicks off MeatEater Trivia with a 10-round quiz and a conservation prize on the line.
The MeatEater Podcast’s “Dogs That Hunt Humans” features Doug Roller, who spent seven years as an LAPD canine handler and seventeen years as the unit’s chief trainer.
This episode is the second round of the 4th Annual MeatEater Trivia Championship, featuring contestants competing in a game show focused on conservation themes.
This episode kicks off the 2026 MeatEater Trivia Tournament with host Spencer Newarth introducing the competition format and contestants while promoting a conservation fundraiser for public lands.
This episode of MeatEater Radio Live features interviews about historical figure Wilson Snowflake Bentley and a search and rescue otter, along with gear talk and fundraising for public land conservation at Tuckertown Reservoir.
This episode of MeatEater Radio Live features discussions on public land conservation efforts for Tuckertown Reservoir, an interview about suppressor ownership news, and hunting stories with guests.
The hosts discuss a fundraising campaign to preserve 4,000 acres of land in North Carolina as public game lands, while also touching on New Year's resolutions and holiday plans.