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When it's fall, we're going to talk about cooking animals. Luke and Mike try to work up an "easy win" recipe list that can convert new eaters of wild game into full-on enthusiasts. So dispense with the fancy tricks and impressive techniques - what gets 'em asking for seconds?

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After months and months of beating himself up over not learning to fly fish, Mike takes us through how quarantine has given him an opportunity to tackle this oft-intimidating hobby. In typical fashion, Mike finds a way to get some quick and easy rewards, and shares them in the hopes that everyone can get some wins with the fly rod and catch the bug like he has (ok, poor choice of words).

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David Barrow is the man in charge of Eden East, an urban farm and restaurant operating on Austin's vibrant east side. David has an incredible personal history, and is truly passionate about sustainability and rebuilding the tradition of local food. From cilantro to dog catering, we cover a lot of ground in this episode.

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As the first deer season on the lease comes to a close, Luke and Mike run back over what they learned from it, and whether or nor they feel smarter or dumber. Mike has big hippie flower child plans for the lease, and Luke wonders if his money and time wouldn't be better spent wandering around the woods alone.

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Mike and Luke have a belated deer camp and start chatting about Christmas traditions, recipes, and booze. Pagans, butchery, haptics, ancestry, and seafood boils. Lots of ground can get covered in a conversation when you're holed up in a cabin in the woods.

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Luke cozies up in an SUV with Greg Amato, our resident DIY King to discuss his obsession with learning new skills and crafts. Greg is a chef, baker, fabricator, woodworker, angler, hunter, artist...you name it. If Greg runs across something he needs, his next step is to figure out how to make it himself. Luke and Greg dig into the culture of thinking "well I can't do that" and challenge the idea that anyone has limits in what they can get their hands into.

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Mike and Luke turn on the mics for a discussion after a day on the lease hunting whitetails. They wonder why they choose hobbies that kick their ass so much.

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Jesse Griffiths is the owner of Austin-based restaurants Dai Due & Dai Due Taqueria. He is also founded the New School of Traditional Cookery. Jesse is one of the earliest adopters of a strictly local ethos in his kitchens, heavily featuring game meat, produce, and flavors from within the borders of Texas and its coastal waters. Jesse sat with us to discuss sustainable food, hunting, and pig mythology.

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Real men work with metal. Marcelo is a self-taught fabricator, blacksmith, and Scottish Highland Games athlete. Mike sat down with Marcelo after the competition day ended at the festival Marcelo runs in Kerr County, Texas. Topics included the fact that Marcelo built everything in sight on that field, how athletes actively try to destroy it all, and how he is building his own forge so he can make various weapons and tools. 

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Mike and Luke were THIS close to landing a hunting lease in Texas, but it looks like it is slipping away. This leads into a discussion about the sorry of state of public land in Texas, and a quick dive into the history of why things are this way. 

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