Ep. 893: A $6 Million Marlin, Fake AI Wildlife News, and Killing a Colorado Wolf
The MeatEater Podcast
MeatEater
4.9 • 37.9K Ratings
🗓️ 23 June 2026
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Steven Rinella and the MeatEater crew discuss: The punt gun video is imminent; hipster Brody; the lack of chill from a lakeside tiki hut owner; the killing of a "protected" wolf in CO; how AI misinformation has infiltrated wildlife news; a life changing marlin out of the Big Rock tourney; elk tag tax fraud; and more.
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| 0:28.8 | welcome to the news show this week we've got a lake access access dispute in Wisconsin that you really need to pay attention to. |
| 0:40.2 | We got a new word neo-native that you really need to learn. |
| 0:44.8 | A ranch hand in Colorado kills a wolf and that needs to be okay. |
| 0:50.0 | Seth catches a 919.9 pound blue marlin, or at least you'll tell you about one, |
| 0:57.0 | AI is being used to make up and push fake wildlife news. |
| 1:02.5 | Randall digs into an elk scandal as well as some elk BS and more. |
| 1:07.7 | But first, we never do this. |
| 1:15.2 | Yeah. |
| 1:15.8 | From the news pile. |
| 1:17.1 | From the paper news pile. |
| 1:19.0 | It's nice. |
| 1:19.6 | Oh. |
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