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Modern Carnivore Podcast
by Mark Norquist
Conversations and interviews with host Mark Norquist and guests on everything related to hunting, fishing and other paths to eating meat responsibly.
Episodes
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Forward Facing Sonar / Fair Chase – Modern Carnivore Podcast – (Ep: 051)
Forward Facing Sonar / Fair Chase – Modern Carnivore Podcast – (EP:051) This episode of the Modern Carnivore Podcast was recorded at the 2025 Backcountry Hunters & Anglers North Country Ice Breaker. The event provided an opportunity to capture insights from three experienced outdoorsmen on the...
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New Grouse Hunters – Modern Carnivore Podcast – (Ep: 050)
New Grouse Hunters Share Experience – Modern Carnivore Podcast – (EP:050) In this episode of the Modern Carnivore Podcast Mark talks with Tekoa Cochran, Hassanen Mohamed and Chance York about their first grouse hunt. All three are new hunters and they share their experience in being part of a...
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Darkhouse Spearing with Jay Leitch – Modern Carnivore Podcast – (Ep: 049)
Darkhouse Spearing with Author Jay Leitch – Modern Carnivore Podcast – (EP:049) In this episode of the Modern Carnivore Podcast Mark visits Jay Leitch at his home in northwest Minnesota. Jay is the author of the only book written on darkhouse spearing through the ice. It’s title “Darkhouse…
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Chronic Wasting Disease – New Diagnostics – Modern Carnivore Podcast – (Ep: 048)
Chronic Wasting Disease – New Diagnostics from Priogen – Modern Carnivore Podcast – (EP:047) In this episode of the Modern Carnivore Podcast Mark talks with Dr. Peter Larsen and Marc Schwabenlander from the startup diagnostics company Priogen. The company is on the cutting edge of diagnostics and...
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Cecka and Lachelle’s First Turkey Hunt – Modern Carnivore Podcast – (Ep: 047)
Cecka and Lachelle’s First Turkey Hunt – Modern Carnivore Podcast – (EP:047) This episode of the Modern Carnivore Podcast is brought to you by Drift West. In today’s episode Mark heads to McCall Idaho with two friends who are new hunters. Cecka Parks is the founder of Minneapolis Meat Collective...
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Pheasant Fest 2023 – Modern Carnivore Podcast (Ep: 046)
Pheasant Fest – Modern Carnivore Podcast – (EP:046) This episode of the Modern Carnivore Podcast, was done jointly with Rob Drieslein who is the Publisher of Outdoor News. Rob and Mark sit down with Land Tawney who is the President and CEO of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers as well as Katie McKalip...
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Rue Mapp of Outdoor Afro – Modern Carnivore Podcast – (Ep: 045)
Rue Mapp of Outdoor Afro – Modern Carnivore Podcast – (EP:045) In this episode of the Modern Carnivore Podcast, Mark is joined by Rue Mapp who is the founder of Outdoor Afro. Rue has a forthcoming book titled Nature Swagger. You can find it on Amazon, or anywhere that books are sold. The Outdoor...
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Game Fair 2022 – Modern Carnivore Podcast – (EP:044)
Game Fair 2022 – Modern Carnivore Podcast – (EP:044) In this episode of the Modern Carnivore Podcast, Mark Norquist is joined by Rob Drieslein at Game Fair 2022. If you’re not familiar with this annual hunting-centric festival you should check it out. Rob and Mark talk local Minnesota politics,...
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Self-Reliance – Modern Carnivore Podcast – (EP:043)
Self-Reliance – Modern Carnivore Podcast – (EP:043) In this episode of the Modern Carnivore Podcast, Mark sits down with author Clint Emerson. Clint is the author of a book titled The Rugged Life. It’s also referred to as “the modern guide to self-reliance”. We often talk about the different...
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For the Love of Rough Fish – Modern Carnivore Podcast – (EP:042)
For the Love of Rough Fish – Modern Carnivore Podcast – (EP:042) In this episode of the Modern Carnivore Podcast, Mark talks with Tyler Winter (@buffalo_catcher). Tyler advocates for a more equal footing of rough fish in the system of naming and rules by state agencies. More goes into the...
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Foraging for Food- Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:041)
Foraging for Food – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:041) On this episode of the Modern Carnivore Podcast, Mark talks with Orion from Forage Colorado. Not only does Orion Aon have one of the most unique (and cool) names, but he has a peculiar obsession with all things foraging. Orion created Forage...
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Is Hunting Still Relevant? – Hal Herring and Tony Jones – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:040)
Is Hunting Still Relevant? – Hal Herring and Tony Jones – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:040) On this episode of the Modern Carnivore Podcast, Mark is joined by Hal Herring and Tony Jones. They are all gathered the Outdoor Writers Association of America Conference. We have been waiting a long time...
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Ed Arnett – All About Conservation – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:039)
Ed Arnett – All About Conservation – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:039) On this episode of the Modern Carnivore Podcast, Mark is joined by Ed Arnett. He is an avid hunter and angler based out of Colorado. He has been working in wildlife management for several decades. Previously, he was the chief...
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The Sober Hunter – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:038)
The Sober Hunter – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:038) Jonathan Norman is The Sober Hunter. Jon lives in the state of Washington and at a young age he learned that he was adopted from biological parents who had problems with substance abuse. Fast forward in his life to 22 years old and taking his...
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Minority Outdoor Alliance – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:037)
Minority Outdoor Alliance – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:037) This episode of the Modern Carnivore Podcast was recorded at Pheasant Fest 2022 with Durrell Smith and Kris Rockwell of the Minority Outdoor Alliance (MOA) and Colby Kerber from Pheasants Forever / Quail Forever. Durrell and his wife...
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Darkhouse Spearing in Minnesota – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:036)
Darkhouse Spearing in Minnesota – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:036) This episode of the Modern Carnivore podcast takes place after a very fun, yet very cold darkhouse spearing trip. A large cast joins Mark on this episode. Firstly, we have Katie Burgert. Katie is the host of the Fish Untamed...
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The Non-Lead Partnership – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:035)
North American Non-Lead Partnership – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:035) On this episode of the Modern Carnivore Podcast, Mark talks with three representatives from the North American Non-Lead Partnership. This partnership is a formation of more than 40 entities across the country. They’re a...
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Jeb Taylor Knives – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:034)
Jeb Taylor Knives – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:034) A knife is the one universal tool that you need in the field and woods, or on the water. Whether you’re hunting, fishing or foraging the knife in an indispensable tool. Jeb Taylor has been in love with knives his entire life. He fondly…
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Artemis Outdoors – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:033)
Artemis Outdoors – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:033) On this episode of the Modern Carnivore Podcast, we throw it back to a conversation from a couple years ago. Mark sits down with Jessi Johnson and Chelsea Cassens. Jessi Johnson is the founder of Artemis Outdoors. This organization, as Jessi...
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Ryan Busse – Author of Gunfight, Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:032)
Ryan Busse – Author of Gunfight In this episode of the Modern Carnivore Podcast Mark sits down with Ryan Busse. Ryan is the author of the forthcoming book Gunfight – My Battle Against the Industry that Radicalized America*. Ryan Busse is a former sales and marketing executive at one of the most...
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The MacGillis Brothers – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:031)
The MacGillis Brothers On this episode of the Modern Carnivore Podcast, we have a story of the MacGillis brothers. Their names are Pierre, Alex, and Jim MacGillis. None of them grew up hunting, yet all found their own way to it eventually. This podcast has their unique experiences of learning to...
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Game Fair 2021 – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:030)
Conversations from Game Fair 2021 On this episode of the Modern Carnivore Podcast Mark sits down for six separate interviews. These interviews take place in the Minnesota Backcountry Hunters and Anglers booth at Game Fair 2021. Listen in for a sampling of the wide range of people you might...
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Northstar Bison – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:029)
Northstar Bison – Ethical Bison Farming On this episode of the Modern Carnivore Podcast Mark chats with Sean Graese. Sean lives in New Mexico where he is an avid elk hunter. However, this conversation has a little bit different topic. Sean is a Wisconsin native where his family owns a 100% grass...
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Hunters in Conservation – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:028)
Hunters in Conservation On this episode of the Modern Carnivore Podcast we talk about conservation. Joining Mark are guest Kyle Daly and Dan Born. Kyle is a wildlife biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Dan is an archeologist and environmental analyst formerly for the U.S. Forest...
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Data Driven Hunter Recruitment – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:027)
Hunter Recruitment, through a New Lens! On this week’s episode Mark has a conversation with Torey Vayer and Lincoln Larson. These two are researchers with the North Carolina State University’s College of Natural Resources. In contrast with many of the guest on this podcast, Torey and Lincoln are...
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Turkey Hunting Camp 2021 – Modern Carnivore Podcast (Ep:026)
Turkey Hunting Camp 2021 On May 7, 2021 a group of thirty-plus people converged on Ideal Township in north-central Minnesota for turkey hunting camp. Most were new hunters and from as far away as Texas and New York. Others were experienced hunters who had never been turkey hunting. Most…
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CWD Field Test – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:025)
New CWD Field Test For those who don’t know, CWD stands for Chronic Wasting Disease. The animals affected by this disease include deer, elk, and moose. This disease is spread through direct and indirect transmission. Direct transmission is when the animals are together and are in direct contact...
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Access for Urban Hunters – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:024)
Hunting Access for Urban Dwellers On this episode of the Modern Carnivore Podcast we discuss hunting accessibility. Mark is visiting New York City where he talks with his friends Todd Waldron and David Gever. Todd is the host of the Outdoor Feast Podcast and a longtime resident of New York. David...
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Death and the Spirituality of Hunting – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:023)
Death and the Spirituality of Hunting A successful hunt can bring many mixed emotions. It is exciting to succeed in your goal but can be equally as troubling because you have taken the life of a living being. To help sort through these emotions, Mark has a talk with Tony Jones, the Reverend…
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Women in the Outdoors with Ali Juten – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:022)
Women in the Outdoors with Ali Juten Ali Juten is an avid outdoor enthusiast who enjoys hunting and fishing in the north woods of Minnesota. Ali works to bring people, especially women, into the outdoor space via hunting and fishing. On this episode, Mark sits down with Ali and his friend, Todd...
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Firearm Basics with John McAdams – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:021)
Firearm Basics with John McAdams On this week’s episode of the Modern Carnivore Podcast, Mark talks with John McAdams about firearm basics. John McAdams is the founder of the Big Game Hunting Blog. He created this blog as a source of information for the average hunter and to help prepare hunters...
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New Hunter Stories – Ronnell Lynn – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:020)
New Hunter Stories – Ronnell Lynn On this week’s episode of the Modern Carnivore Podcast Mark has a conversation with first-time hunter Ronnell Lynn and his mentor Erik Jensen. Ronnell is a butcher at the Seward Co-Op in Minneapolis and has plenty experience with meat. Erik helped to build and...
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A Conversation with Andrew Zimmern – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:019)
A Conversation with Andrew Zimmern On this episode of the Modern Carnivore Podcast, Mark speaks with culinary expert and outdoor enthusiast, Andrew Zimmern. Andrew is a Emmy award winning TV personality and chef. He currently is the host of two television shows, What’s Eating America on MSNBC and...
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Darkhouse Spearfishing in the Superior National Forest – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:018)
Hardwater Hunters head to the Superior National Forest Editor’s Note: This post is part of the Hardwater Hunters series by Modern Carnivore focused on darkhouse spearfishing. Look for other posts in this series by clicking on this link.) In this episode of the Modern Carnivore Podcast I go...
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New Hunter Stories at Grouse Camp 2020 – Pt. 2 – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:017)
New Hunters at Grouse Camp 2020 – Part 2 I recently attended Grouse Camp 2020 in Eagle River, Wisconsin and got to talk with several new hunters. This is the second year that the Ruffed Grouse Society has held this event, and even though the heavens opened with a deluge of rain on Saturday…
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New Hunter Stories at Grouse Camp 2020 – Pt. 1 – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:016)
New Hunters at Grouse Camp 2020 – Part 1 I recently attended Grouse Camp 2020 in Eagle River, Wisconsin and got to talk with several new hunters. This is the second year that the Ruffed Grouse Society has held this event, and even though the heavens opened with a deluge of rain on Saturday…
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Ben Jones – CEO of Ruffed Grouse Society – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:015)
Ben Jones – President / CEO of the Ruffed Grouse Society and American Woodcock Society Just days before the pandemic required our country to close down I was able to sit down with Ben Jones who is the President and CEO of two hunting conservation organizations: The Ruffed Grouse Society and the...
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Diversity In Hunting – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:014)
Diversity In Hunting Diversity in hunting and the inclusion of all people is a serious issue that hasn’t often received enough serious attention. We in the outdoor world who hunt and fish are not immune to this. For too long the community and the industries that feed off it have been too…
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Davin Brandt of Minnesota Steelheader – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:013)
Davin Brandt – Founder/Director of Minnesota Steelheader In today’s podcast I sit down with Davin Brandt who is the founder and director of Minnesota Steelheader. This non-profit organization’s mission is to “engage volunteers who share a common interest of conserving the Lake Superior steelhead,...
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Mark Strand Talks Turkeys – Modern Carnivore Podcast (EP:012)
Turkey Hunting with Mark Strand In today’s podcast I sit down with Mark Strand. Mark has been an outdoor writer, photographer, and filmmaker since 1977. He has hunted wild turkeys for 41 years, traveling to hunt 17 states including Hawaii and several regions of Mexico. He has shot all 6 species…
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Sally Fallon Morell – Modern Carnivore Podcast (Ep. 011)
Sally Fallon Morell – The Weston A. Price Foundation In Episode 11 of the Modern Carnivore Podcast I’m joined by Sally Fallon Morell. Sally is the founder of the Weston A. Price Foundation and also the author of Nourishing Fats – Why We Need Animal Fats For Health & Happiness. Sally had several...
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Jon Wipfli – FISH Cookbook – Modern Carnivore Podcast (Ep. 010)
FISH Cookbook In today’s podcast I sit down with Jamie Carlson and special guest Jon Wipfli. Jon is a Twin Cities chef who grew up in Wisconsin and then went off to get trained at the French Culinary Institute in New York before heading back to the Midwest (Minnesota) where he continued his food...
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Foraging For Wild Food – Modern Carnivore Podcast (Ep. 009)
Foraging For Wild Food IMPORTANT NOTE: Eating and foraging for wild food of any sort (including mushrooms, nuts, berries and plants) carries inherent risks. If you forage for food please make sure you know what you are gathering, and that it is safe to eat before consuming any of it. In this…
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Hunting and Fishing in the BWCA – Modern Carnivore Podcast (Ep. 008)
Wilderness Areas and the BWCAW In this eighth episode of the Modern Carnivore Podcast I take a trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) with a great group of guys to go hunting and fishing. That group included Miles Nolte from Gray’s Sporting Journal (but he’s now a member of the...
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Chronic Wasting Disease In Deer – Modern Carnivore Podcast (Ep. 007)
Chronic Wasting Disease In this seventh episode of the Modern Carnivore Podcast I sit down with Dr. Lou Cornicelli who is the Wildlife Research Manager for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Dr. Cornicelli has dedicated his professional career to the study and management of large...
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MN DNR Commissioner Tom Landwehr – Modern Carnivore Podcast (Ep. 006)
In this sixth episode of the Modern Carnivore Podcast I sit down with Tom Landwehr who is the Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. This is a position that is appointed by the Governor of Minnesota. Tom has been in this position for eight years, overseeing the management…
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Howard Vincent, CEO of Pheasants Forever on Modern Carnivore Podcast (Ep. 005)
In this fifth episode of the Modern Carnivore Podcast I sit down with Howard Vincent who is the President and CEO of Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever. The hunting conservation organization he leads is a pioneer in conserving and restoring habitat that benefits upland game. Their work not only...
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Daniel Galhardo from Tenkara Fly Fishing – Modern Carnivore Podcast (Ep. 004)
In this fourth episode of the Modern Carnivore podcast I sit down with Daniel Galhardo who is the founder of tenkara fly fishing company – Tenkara USA. His company designs, manufactures and sells equipment used in this growing trend in fly fishing called tenkara. This simple form of fly fishing…
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Public Lands with Land Tawney & Ashley Peters – Modern Carnivore Podcast (Ep. 003)
In this third episode of the Modern Carnivore podcast I sit down with Land Tawny who is the President and CEO of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) and Ashley Peters who is a new hunter and member of BHA. Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is leading the fight to protect the public lands critical to...
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Vegan Turned Hunter – Modern Carnivore Podcast (Ep. 002)
In this second episode of the Modern Carnivore podcast I sit down with Robyn Migliorini who is a vegan turned hunter. Robyn and her husband Nick were strict vegetarians, and then vegans, until their bodies started giving feedback indicating that they weren’t getting all the nutrients they needed…
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Conversations and interviews with host Mark Norquist and guests on everything related to hunting, fishing and other paths to eating meat responsibly.
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