Hey, I'm Janice Patelis.

And I'm Jordan Bud.

Jordan and I have spent our lives in the outdoors, both as hunters and professional guys.

And on Meet Eaters newest podcast, Gear Talk, we're taking the ultimate deep dive into the tools and gear we rely on in the field,

seeing the natural season.

We're talking classic, don't leave home without it,

staples, to the cutting edge and outdoor equipment.

Listen to Gear Talk on the iHeart Radio app on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.

You know, most stores have a need of protagonist and an antagonist to tell a good story.

What, and telling this story, the protagonist, the good, is the community, is the team, is the boys.

The antagonist is a world that pushes against us.

On this episode of the Bear Geese podcast, we'll be crossing the streams of sports, rural life, and hunting.

As we learn about the Bradleyville Eagles basketball dynasty in Missouri,

lasting from 1962 to 1968, which includes a still standing state record,

64 game winning streak and three state championships.

We'll talk with author Leon Combs, who wrote a book about the dynasty,

and will meet one of the players, Mr. Leon Boyd, the team's ball handling point guard,

and Koon Hunter extraordinaire, who still hunts and loves basketball to this day.

In today's world, extreme specialization is often seen as the key to success in sports and life,

but is that true?

I want to explore the idea of how having diversity can make us better at everything we do,

like being a Koon Hutton basketball player.

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