Ep. 396: This Country Life - The Things that Make Me Happy
Bear Grease
MeatEater
4.8 • 7.1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
On this week's episode, Brent's sharing a fishing story from a listener where no records were broken, nothing amazing happened, and no one got hurt or even came close. A simple story that brought joy to the ones fishing and the ones who hear it. Then, he's giving us the details on the things that make him happy. It's a short list that represents a lot of the people and pleasures of his life. It just might make you happy as well.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this country life. I'm your host, Brent Reeves. |
| 0:09.1 | From coon hunting to trotlining and just general country living, I want you to stay a while as I share my experiences and life lessons. |
| 0:17.2 | This country life is presented by Case Knives from the Storemore Studio on Meat Eaters Podcast Network, bringing you the best outdoor podcasts that Airways have to offer. |
| 0:29.3 | All right, friends, grab a chair or drop that tailgate. |
| 0:33.2 | I've got some stories to share. |
| 0:39.3 | The things that make me happy. |
| 0:43.0 | From the moment I wake up in the morning and realize that I'm still amongst the living, |
| 0:47.9 | I'm as happy as I'm going to be all day. |
| 0:51.5 | Don't interpret it that as it all being downhill from there. I don't, I don't mean that at all. |
| 0:57.8 | I love living and being just about anywhere I am. I live by the advice. My father gave me when I was a |
| 1:05.8 | little boy that I've shared on here numerous times, and that is, there's no place that you can't have fun. |
| 1:14.0 | If you're in a place that ain't fun, you make it fun. |
| 1:18.1 | Today I'm going to highlight the things that make me happy. |
| 1:21.4 | It's a simple and short list that probably ain't going to shock anyone. |
| 1:25.6 | Regardless, I'm going to tell you all about it. But regardless, I'm going to tell you all about it. |
| 1:28.6 | But first, I'm going to tell you this story. |
| 1:38.2 | Today's offering, Chris crosses this great nation of ours from Arkansas to California, |
| 1:45.5 | back to Arkansas, back to Arkansas, |
| 1:50.0 | back to California, and eventually to North Carolina. |
| 1:56.8 | That's where native Californian Zach Brady lives with his wife Holly and their children, |
| 1:59.9 | Jack, Haddy, and Clay. |
| 2:01.1 | Zach works for the city of Charlotte and helps keep the water running every time someone turns |
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