Ep. 472: This Country Life - Lessons From "Where the Red Fern Grows"
Bear Grease
MeatEater
4.9 • 7.4K Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Whether you call them lessons or just simple observations, Brent thinks there’s no better example of good ones than those presented in “Where the bred Fern Grows”. Come along as he points out a few of the ones that have been the most meaningful to him. It’s time for MeatEater’s “This Country Life” podcast.
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| 0:28.6 | Check out firstlight.com slash C4C. |
| 0:33.6 | This isn't charity. |
| 0:35.6 | It's responsibility. |
| 0:36.6 | Music see this isn't charity it's responsibility welcome to this country life i'm your host brent |
| 0:45.3 | reves from coon hunting to trotlining and just general country living i want you to stay a while |
| 0:50.9 | as i share my experiences and life lessons. |
| 1:00.5 | This country life is presented by Case Knives from the Storemore Studio on Meat Eat Eater's Podcast Network, bringing you the best outdoor podcasts that Airways have to offer. |
| 1:06.5 | All right, friends, grab a chair or drop that tailgate. |
| 1:10.4 | I've got some stories to share |
| 1:11.8 | lessons from where the red fern grows well this one's going to be a little different this |
| 1:22.4 | week i'm talking about a book a book that i read, I can't tell you how many times, |
| 1:28.4 | but I was reminded of it the other day, |
| 1:31.0 | and I haven't been able to quit thinking about it since. |
| 1:34.3 | Join me at the fire. |
| 1:35.7 | I'm going to tell you all about it. |
| 1:49.1 | Chapter 2. Paragraph 2 I was 10 years old when I first became infected with this terrible disease. I'm sure no boy in the |
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