Ep. 92: Cal on Being a Mentor, Change Versus Loss, and the Mindful Carnivore with Tovar Cerulli
The Hunting Collective
MeatEater
4.5 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2019
⏱️ 148 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s show, we’re joined by Ryan “Cal” Callaghan and Phil the Engineer for a conversation on why we’re annoyed by Christmas, how to mentor new hunters, and where Phil might go for his first hunt. In the interview portion of the show we’re in Princeton to meet up with author and conservationist Tovar Cerulli to talk about his shift from vegan to hunter, his book “The Mindful Carnivore,” and what it means to accept change. Enjoy.
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| 0:00.0 | If you got kids like me, you know summer break is coming up. School's almost out. |
| 0:07.0 | It's time for that perennial question. How do you keep your kids occupied off the couch |
| 0:12.0 | when you're busy on long summer days? You sick of yelling at them, get out of the house and go, |
| 0:18.6 | oh, sorry! Well, how do you do that? Look no further. We've got a book that will provide the answer |
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| 0:38.7 | knowledgeable, tough, competent kids with a little bit of a raw edge to them. You want to build up a good |
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| 0:53.0 | build a wildlife viewing blind. How to gig a bullfrog. How to navigate through the wilderness using |
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| 1:33.5 | It's for kids eight and up. Catch a crayfish, count the stars, raise some serious outdoor kids with |
| 1:40.2 | some serious know how. Get the book now. Oh, hey, everybody, welcome to episode 92 of the hunting |
| 1:47.9 | collective. I am Benjamin Patrick O'Brien. And I'm joined by Phil, middle name Taylor Charles |
| 1:56.9 | Philip Charles Taylor. Philip Charles Taylor. Philip Charles Taylor the third. He's also an engineer |
| 2:03.3 | here at me, Deeter. And we're bringing you another show, another week, another show. This one is good. |
| 2:08.9 | I promise we have Ryan Cal Calahan, host of Cal's Week in Review, Moustache, Yoad, Man of Mystery. |
| 2:17.6 | You will very much enjoy what he has to say. We talked about Phil's first hunt. |
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