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Wes Larson | Bear Necessities

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Bleav + Rachel Selig & Jason Doyle

Leisure, Society & Culture, Relationships, Sports, Comedy, Interview

4.9526 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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🐾 Listen to this episode AD-FREE! Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/isthisgood 🐾 On today’s wild show, Wes Larson (Tooth & Claw) joins Matt & JD to discuss going viral for tackling a bear, forcing your friends to wrestle dangerous animals, helping critters get away from predators, how to save yourself during a grizzly attack, a surprising take on zoos, the scariest performance by an animal in a movie, why conservationists hate Jaws, wearing zebra-print pants, adults sleeping with stuffed animals, why saying ‘there’s plenty of fish in the sea’ may not be helpful to a lonely person, and the cutest interspecies animal friendships. 📸 Follow Wes on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grizkid/ 👕 Is [This] Good? Merch: https://breakingt.com/isthisgood 📺 Subscribe to Is [This] Good? on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@isthisgood 😎 Follow Is [This] Good? on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/isthisgoodpod 📸 Follow Matt Osten on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mosten 📸 Follow JD on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tjasondoyle 🏀 Subscribe to No Dunks on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nodunksinc

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0:00.0

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0:09.5

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0:13.6

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0:19.8

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0:23.0

and new features at Apple.com. You can even buy yourself something new. See Apple.com for product

0:28.1

availability updates. Apple intelligence coming this fall. I pulled into the campsite where the moose was,

0:32.7

but I could tell it was aggravated. And I'd been listening to my music quite loud, so I thought maybe maybe it doesn't like my music. Okay, we got to know. What were you playing? What music do you think a moose would not like? I was playing this band I really like called Howdy, and they're kind of like real low-key. Oh, I know, howdy, sure. I love them. So, but I was playing it loud. and for me I just just kind of... So Moose Hate IndiWalk, that's what we know.

0:54.3

Hello and welcome to Is This Good?

1:08.0

The show we boldly, conclusively, and scientifically decide what things in this

1:12.7

big wide world are good. I'm Matt Austin, and with me as always is production powerhouse

1:17.5

Jason Doyle. Hello. Hi, JD. Thanks for coming. And today's guest is the rare example of something

1:23.6

I thought was impossible, a podcaster who actually knows what the hell he's talking about.

1:29.0

Offline, he's a scientist with a master's degree in wildlife conservation. Online, he hosts

1:34.1

Tooth and Claw, the world's most popular wildlife podcast, telling true stories of the most

1:38.9

extreme animal attacks ever documented. He's also appeared on CNN's Mission Wild, told a story on this American

1:45.8

life, and gone viral in National Geographic for no less than tackling a bear. All right,

1:51.4

let's get into it all with Wes Larson. Wes. Welcome to Is This Good. Hey guys, thanks for having me.

1:57.9

Okay, look, I just said you tackled a bear. Then I introduced you and you're like, hi guys, thanks for having me. Okay, look, I just said you tackled a bear. Then I introduced it and you're like,

2:01.4

hi, guys, thanks for having me. The most soft-spoken bear tackler of all time.

2:09.1

It's not, yeah, I don't, it's something that's been talked about a lot, so I don't feel the

2:15.3

need to like brag about it, but it was a crazy night that was a very

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