Ep. 910: Steve Eats Narwhal, Wetlands in Distress, and Wag Bags!
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Welcome to the new show. Today, we're going to make Nate read a correction on his wolf coverage. Then we're going to get into a big change for game wardens in Pennsylvania. Randall is going to explore people packing out their own poop. Cal is here to talk about some big trouble with wetlands. And finally, we're going to hit a possible expansion to a controversial pheasant stocking program here in Montana. With that, we're on to the news. Alright. Okay, you might have noticed that Steve Rinell is not sitting in this seat.
Thank God.
Yeah, we don't know where he is. Actually, Steve is off doing a super cool filming project way up north. So he's going to miss the next couple of shows. But he did send us a video to check in with us and let us know what's going on up there where he's at. Phil, you got that video?
Yeah, I'll take a look. Okay, we have a news flash from Nunavut. I'm here with Dirt. And our friend Avery is cutting up. Can you explain what you're doing, but tell everybody the Inuit words.
So I'm cutting up alanguak, or two garlic, which is narwhal. And this was caught a couple days ago in Pondinlit, North Baffin.
But look at the skin on that thing. You would think that was made like a marble countertop. The skin on that thing. And you're cutting it. Sorry, but I just wanted to comment on the wildness of that skin.
So now I'm just cutting off the fat, the blubber. Because if you have too much, you might get a stomachache. Oh, really? Yeah. And then I'm cubing it. And I prefer the cuts smaller. I find it tastes better, but everyone has their own preference.
You're almost cutting through.
So I'm just cutting the hard part. People prefer to cut different depths.
Do you mind telling everybody what that is?
This one's .
And that's a frozen chunk of caribou, which you just eat like that. Yeah. And they're cooking up, can you go check out those seal ribs for them?
Yeah. These are clams, and that's .
Wow, they got it all there.
We're back. Oh, this is the only man in the planet who I have ever met who had a King Eider for a pet. P, no. Yeah. And that refers to, it's dried Arctic char, but that refers to how it's cut.
Steve speaks Spanish the same way.
Okay, so it doesn't mean that it's cut that way.
Smoked Arctic char?
That's Arctic char. That's a big Arctic char.
Yeah.
Okay, and that?
And caribou fat.
Caribou fat.
Okay.
And some more over here.
And this is a crazy one right here. Get a look at that. That's broccoli.
See right there, they have a... Do you need help with anything?
They walk down. Our host here, they can walk down and they run a net across that little bay, that little inlet right there and catch char out of a little gill net. We were down there last night and they had six char. which is, that's the ones you have, right? From that, from that net there. Um, okay. You're right. Dirt.
Yeah. Let's go.
I already tried it.
What is Steve’s Nunavut “News Flash” about narwhal and Arctic food traditions?
You already tried it.
I haven't tried it.
What is it? It's not the most adventurous eater either. Yeah.
It's kind of chewy.
It's chewier than I was expecting. But really good. That's good. That is really good. Can I try just a pure chunk of that fat? How bad could it be?
Is it good?
Yeah. I don't know.
What's that going to do to anybody?
Ignoring the warnings of locals to not do it. Yeah, he's going to poop his pants.
Yeah, but I mean, what would it be? Something bad would happen?
Well, if you have a lot of it, you're going to get a stomachache.
Well, I can picture that.
Yeah.
That is good. That's better.
Straight up.
Try that, man. Can I get a little sliver? Yeah. That is good. Dirt is going to try just the pure fat, which I think is the good way to go.
Narwhal whisking was good. If it's better than that, hot dog.
Or do you mind, while we're making this news segment, if we try the beluga, a little piece of beluga?
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Chapters
4 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–4:22
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What is Steve’s Nunavut “News Flash” about narwhal and Arctic food traditions?
4:22–43:18
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How do the hosts describe becoming a new parent and what fatherhood advice do they share?
43:18–1:17:16
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What correction does Nate make about his wolf coverage and the Dunning-Kruger discussion?
1:17:16–1:35:31
Speakers
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