318 - John Porter (Rattlesnake Expert)
Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan
Chris Ryan
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2018
⏱️ 156 minutes
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Summary
John is fascinated by the things that frighten him -- from nudity to venomous snakes. He's been studying rattlesnakes for around 50 years. He's been bitten 15 times, so far, but has no intention of giving up on the pursuit of his passion. He's a fully realized, no-bullshit human being.
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| 0:00.0 | Radio Manu, Papa Tzango. |
| 0:02.3 | How's it going, Dr. Ryan? |
| 0:31.0 | I am a hiking guide around Moab, Utah. |
| 0:37.0 | I live in Castile Valley, Utah, which is a community of about 350 people just outside the Moab. |
| 0:43.5 | I spend my days taking people hiking in the backcountry around Canyonlands and Arches National Park |
| 0:48.8 | and other federal lands here in the Moab, Utah area. |
| 0:53.9 | I love the show. |
| 0:55.5 | I can't say enough good things about it. |
| 0:58.0 | I turn everybody out. |
| 0:59.0 | I can't on to it. |
| 1:00.0 | Thank you so much for that and I'll keep listening. |
| 1:05.0 | Thanks, Micah Hatcher. |
| 1:07.0 | If you have a little intro like that you want to send, I'll be happy to play it. |
| 1:13.0 | Although I'm getting way more than I can play, so no guarantees there. |
| 1:17.0 | But always nice to hear from people. |
| 1:19.0 | I'm going to play one each episode until we get tired of it. |
| 1:23.0 | And we'll see. |
| 1:24.0 | Maybe we'll never get tired of it. |
| 1:26.0 | Anyway, welcome to another edition of Tangentially Speaking People. |
| 1:30.0 | This is a pretty crazy one. |
| 1:33.0 | Oh yeah, and brought to you by you as so many of them are. |
| 1:38.0 | This is a woman named Dorothy, wrote to me saying, hey, I see you're in Arizona driving around in the Southwest with Cassie. |
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