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The Reverend Hunter Podcast Ron Schara Productions
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Outdoorsman and theologian Tony Jones sits down with fascinating people who find transcendence in their outdoors experiences. Hunters and anglers, hikers and kayakers, talk about how they connect to the divine, and to themselves, as they pursue their passions. The conversations are at turns poignant and humorous, illuminating and inspiring. If your spirituality is connected to the outdoors, this is the podcast for you.
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Ben Padilla: "The edge holds the most diversity"
Tony chats with Oregon wildlife biologist Ben Padilla about what drives wildlife populations, failing as a high school teacher, growing up on a seminary campus, the practice and attention that comes from hunting, the power of disturbance, bugs killing caribou, climate change, the beauty of evolution, the damage of dualism, the indigenous ways of embodying nature, maintaining hope, and more.
Find Tony's new book at GodOfWildPlaces.com
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Evan Moffic: "Eat more meat"
Tony sits down with Evan Moffic, the "Carnivore Rabbi." They discuss Evan's journey into the carnivore lifestyle, plus antisemitism in America, political divisions, stomach issues, becoming keto, hunter-gatherers, a life full of extremes, the lion diet, cows' stomachs as filters, feeding our kids crap, eating more fat, poop, the Jewish aversion to hunting, and much more.
Find Evan on all the socials under @CarnivoreRabbi, and follow his videos here: https://www.youtube.com/@meatprayluv
Find Tony's new book at GodOfWildPlaces.com
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Jake Lindemann: "I'm closer to God than I've ever been in my life"
Tony talks with Jake Lindemann, founder of Chief Upland, a hunting gear and apparel company. They talk about being an entrepreneur at 16, Wisco bow bros, being born without a left hand, wearing jeans to thread a fishing hook, Chief and Buzz, fighting anxiety and imposter syndrome, spending less time in church and more time in the woods, an epiphany moment on the roof of a houseboat, watching a coyote chase a turkey, and more.
Find out more about Jake and his gear at chiefupland.com
Find Tony's new book at GodOfWildPlaces.com
https://reverendhunter.com/ -
Jan Dizard: "The joyful burden of taking a life"
Tony sits down with Jan Dizard, retired professor of sociology at Amherst College and author of several books on hunting, including "Hunting: A Cultural History" (MIT Press, 2022). They discuss hunters at Amherst, non-utilitarian views of nature and animals, struggling R3 efforts, growing up in Duluth, hunting by two rivers, the spiritual attachment that human beings have to food, the mortal stakes of hunting, growing uneasy with killing as you age, the Rinella/Hanes/Rogan effect on hunting, de-fetishizing technology, the moral compact that the hunter has with the animal s/he is pursuing, and more.
Find Jan's latest book here: https://amzn.to/3W0SgkP
Find Tony's new book at GodOfWildPlaces.com
https://reverendhunter.com/ -
A Storm on Gunflint Lake
In this special episode, Tony reads from his new book, "The God of Wild Places," at the book launch event on April 2. He tells a harrowing story of getting caught in a storm with his kids in the boat.
Find Tony's new book at GodOfWildPlaces.com
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Jerusalem Greer: "Liturgical, agrarian shenanigans"
Tony talks with Jerusalem Greer, author of "At Home in this Life," and executive director of Procter Camp and Conference Center. Topics include living on the Darby Plains, rewilding projects, something not clicking in the city, Phyllis Tickle, needing to get to the land, a theology of place, being an early mommy blogger, staring at our spiritual bellybuttons, the growth of wild churches, the hunger to be connected, zhuzhing, and more.
Find Jerusalem at jerusalemgreer.com
And find Tony's new book at GodOfWildPlaces.com
https://reverendhunter.com/
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