The Reverend Hunter Podcast

Jason Micheli: ”Death is a big part of what I do”

Jason Micheli is a Methodist pastor, podcast host, Substacker, and author of Cancer Is Funny. He talks with Tony about living with cancer, not being able to hear animals scream, the end that will summarize the story of you, our modern cathedrals, when the science ends and the dying begins, discovering that the Bible is interesting, becoming more Christian, the war in Israel, the astonishing pristineness the BWCA, the difference between exercise and labor, and much more.Find Jason at https://jasonmicheli.substack.com/https://reverendhunter.com/Brought to you by Grain Belt Premium Beer (https://www.grainbelt.com/)

Todd Littleton: ”We did this thing”

Tony's guest is Rev. Dr. Todd Littleton, a Baptist pastor in Oklahoma. Todd joined Tony on a canoe trip to the BWCA recently, and they talk about their shared experiences, paddling for the first time in 50 years, the importance of pilgrimage, lakes and trees and stillness and quiet, how hard it is to describe the BWCA, uncontrollability, finding subversive things, a long obedience in the same direction, and more.Find Todd at https://www.toddlittleton.net/, and find Rosa's book on uncontrollability here: https://amzn.to/3X7RQbfhttps://reverendhunter.com/Brought to you by Grain Belt Premium Beer (https://www.grainbelt.com/)

Jessica Carew Kraft: ”We need to be wild”

Jessica Carew Kraft is the author of "Why We Need to be Wild: One Woman's Quest for Ancient Answers to 21st Century Problems." Tony talks with her about watching her mother die of MS, the epiphany of a beehive, what it means for a species to be successful, the rewilding movement, living like the Pleistocene, being called by ancestral wisdom, converting to Judaism then away from it, the importance of social ties, when kids discover the wonder, how the whole idea of the world is a little absurd, Rod Carew, and more.Find Jessica at https://www.jessicacarewkraft.com/ and buy her book here: https://amzn.to/44YH35Ihttps://reverendhunter.com/Brought to you by: Caldera Lab (https://calderalab.com/REVHUNT)

David N. McIlvaney: ”Rivers wash away your sins”

Tony talks with fly fisherman and essayist, David N. McIlvaney, about growing up in a Canadian steel town, a grandfather who was conscripted into the Russian army, the strike of a salmon and death, picking up a flyrod at age 50, a cabin the Catskills, being peers with nature, Andy Griffith experiences, a thousand ways not to shoot a deer, how standing in a river is redemptive, and more. Read David's essay, "A More Perfect Day of Fishing" here: https://www.hatchmag.com/blog/more-perfect-day-fishing/ and find him on Instagram at @the_real_dnm.https://reverendhunter.com/Brought to you by: Caldera Lab (https://calderalab.com/REVHUNT)

Jeff Green: ”Your dog is not going to leave you”

Tony sits down with social psychologist Jeff Green to talk about our attachment to dogs. Discussed topics include Jeff's longstanding love of chinchillas, the co-evolution of dogs and humans, our tendency to underestimate animals, consciousness and cognition, whether dogs feel happy or sad, why we grieve when dogs die, and more.https://reverendhunter.com/

John Motviloff: ”That bite of wild game did it”

Tony talks with conservationist, hunter, angler, and author John Motoviloff about St. Seraphim, studying Heidegger, truth as disclosive, how forgetting lunch led to a life of hunting, watching ducks pitch in, recruiting new hunters, the butterfly effect, putting sturgeon before rabbit, the order of the natural world, the woods as an icon, and more. Find John's book here: https://amzn.to/41mLAN6https://reverendhunter.com/

Tyler Webster: ”Sunday was our day”

Tyler Webster is an avid upland hunter and the host of the Birds Buds and Booze Podcast. Tyler tells Tony about growing up in Minot, how to get out of Illinois tolls, why there's a town every seven miles in North Dakota, moving the mailboxes to the other side of the road, getting cited for cutting fillets, not going to a wedding on pheasant opener, learning to hunt from his grandfather, dumb ptarmigan in Alaska, and more. Find Tyler's podcast here: https://westernwingshooter.libsyn.com/https://reverendhunter.com/

Scott Fransen and Aaron Achtenberg: ”If you like to watch people suffer, this is the show for you”

Tony sits down with Scott Fransen and Aaron Achtenberg, the host and cameraman for the episode of The Flush television show that they all filmed together in South Dakota in January. They discuss how longevity comes with authenticity, weather, soup to nuts, deciding a storyline on the fly, headlines, cussing, talking to the cameraman, the layers of a story, writing vs. editing, cranking out a lot of television, and more. Catch past episodes of The Flush here: https://www.youtube.com/TheFlushhttps://reverendhunter.com/

Jim Shockey: ”Getting in touch with your ancestral soul”

Tony sits down with outfitter, guide, TV host, museum curator, and novelist Jim Shockey, and they discuss the cathedral of the outdoors, travel being the death of bigotry, the true meaning of tolerance, urbanization as a false prophet, the ethics of hunting, how every day is a beautiful day, risk vs. challenge, the allure of the Yukon, the possibility of failure, mortality, death, and aging, founding a museum, writing a novel, and much more. Find Jim at jimshockey.com, and pre-order his novel here: https://amzn.to/3LzGSH3https://reverendhunter.com/

Randy Newberg: ”The outdoors makes us better people”

Tony talks with Randy Newberg, host of Fresh Tracks with Randy Newberg television show, the Hunt Talk Radio podcast, and an avid advocate for public land. Randy discusses growing up in Big Falls, Minnesota, grouse hunting on county roads, a childhood of freedom, being the only kid with divorced parents, the charity of time, Grandma Ethel, thanking the creatures who die so that we can live, the spirituality of the outdoors, being religious but not so observant, and much, much more. Find Randy at randynewberg.com.https://reverendhunter.com/