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The Origins Foundation Podcast
The Origins Foundation podcast has hard hitting conversations about wildlife, hunting, and sticky topics in our sustainable use space. Its a rare podcast that isn't afraid to have the hard conversations with people inside and outside our community.
Episodes
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 156 - Aron Synder || The Good in Social Media
Aron Synder is the CEO of Kifaru and recently had a debate about what he heard from Matt Rinella, and we wanted to have a discussion with him about why there…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 157 - Roundup 38 || The Working Class Bowhunters Join the Podcast
Curtis and Austin from the Working Class Bowhunters join the podcast to discuss the incident that has been circulating around the podcast and social media…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 154 - Jaden Bales || Preference Point Creep Reality
Jaden Bales, the catalyst for our recent Wyoming Hunters For The hungry fundraising program, joins Robbie to talk the reality of preference points and the…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 153 - Will deRover || Hunting Jack of All Trades.
Will deRover is a young man (only 24) who started hunting in his late teens, has run a successful dairy farm, has started a successful guide business, and has…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 152 - Roundup 37 || Taylor Latchem joins the roundup!
Taylor Latchesm the first female listener to co-host the roundup, joins Cody to dish on the most important breaking news in hunting. They talk about wolf…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 151 - Nicole Qualtieri || Issues Affecting Hunting
Nicole Qualtieri, the hunt and fish editor of Gear Junkie, dishes with Robbie on her controversial article “The Hunters’ Decline Myth” and what she perceives…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 150 - Sarah Roberts || A Non-Hunter Scientist Perspective on Hunting
Author, non-hunter, former grizzly bear and shark biologist Sarah Roberts joins Robbie to give a non-hunter scientist’s perspective on hunting and the issues…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 149 - Jake Marquez || Understanding Death from a Former Vegan
Former vegan, documentary filmmaker (about meat, no less) and producer of upcoming documentary “Death In The Garden", Jake Marquez joins Robbie to talk about…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 148 - Durrell Smith || Dogmen
Durrell Smith - founder, director and President of the Minority Outdoor Alliance and a Dogman - joins Robbie for a hell of a conversation on the ‘why’s’ of…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 147 - Roundup 36 || Gabriella Hoffman joins the roundup!
Freelance Writer and friend of the show Gabriella Hoffman join the boys for this week’s roundup. They discuss a new anti-poaching measure in Oregon involving…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 146 - Austin Booth || Ballsy Conservation to Save Duck Hunting
Austin Booth, a retired marine, is the youngest ever state fish and wildlife director for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, and currently youngest State…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 145 - Mandi Thomas || Veteran, Firefighter, First Time Hunter
Mandi Thomas is a Veteran and a Firefighter who went hunting for the first time with the Blood Origins crew. In this episode Robbie and Mandi dive deep…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 144 - Roundup 35 || Matt Rinella is back!
Matt Rinella rejoins the Blood Origins podcast to do a bit of an ‘unstructured roundup’. They launch right in, asking big questions like ‘when - or even…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 143 - Jay McNair || Representation Matters!
Only beginning hunting during her time at university, Captain Jocelyn ‘Jay’ McNair shares her unique perspective on who she is, why she hunts, and shares those…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 142 - Julie McQueen || Perspectives of a female hunter
Julie ‘Jules’ McQueen, CEO of OTT streaming service Carbon TV, joins Robbie to talk about what the female hunter looks like from the perspective of a veteran…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 141 - Roundup 34 || Sue Tidwell joins the Roundup
With Robbie on location filming this week for an upcoming project, Cody took the reins on today’s Roundup and is joined by Sue Tidwell. Together, they talk…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 140 - The Season || Changing the Narrative of Australian Hunting
Aussie outdoorsman Craig Pringle talks about the making of and upcoming release of the first hunting show to grace Australian national broadcast television -…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 139 - Joe Schwenke || Just an ‘average’ hunter
Robbie lets loose of the reins and allows Cody to do a podcast on his own… finally!! Cody sits down with Joe Schwenke. Joe claims he is just an “Average…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 138 - Roundup 33 || Jules McQueen Joins The Roundup
Julie and Robbie discuss why it’s not a good idea to look at your iPhone right when you wake up, giving Cody crap for punking out on the roundup this week, the…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 137 - Karen Seginak || How we need to evolve our message as hunters
Karen, a field biologist for a biotechnology company, sits with Robbie for a thought provoking discussion on how we can and should evolve the message we spread…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 136 - Mike Hairston || A tradition going back to the ancestors
Mike Hairston talks about the ‘why’ behind taking up one of the hardest instruments of the hunting world, the longbow, and what rewards, chief among them a…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 135 - Roundup 32 || Darrell is back on the roundup!
Cody and Robbie, joined by Blood Origins’ Darrell Carver, dive right into the important things with Cody’s new office that you can’t see, why he’s not in his…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 134 - Nathan Ravenscroft || Feral Cats: They’re not mating with the native species, they’re eating them
Nathan Ravenscroft, an Aussie land management professional who focuses on feral and invasive species in northern Queensland, Australia discusses Australia’s…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 133 - Rob Shaul || ‘It feels like an attack’
5th generation Wyomingite and ‘Mountain Pursuit’ executive director Rob Shaul joins Robbie for a rip-roaring conversation. Its so hard-hitting that we don’t…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 132 - Roundup 31 || Robbie meets his childhood hero and blows it!
Robbie and Ben Cassidy from Safari Club International dish on a very special guest on a recent zoom call, trophy bans in Washington, the antiquities act, and…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 131 - James Connolly || The front lines of the war against meat
James Connolly, the filmmaker behind Sacred Cow and a powerful new documentary called Death In The Garden talks about the front lines defending against the war…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 130 - Carla Brauer || Life’s ‘Great Equalizer’
Carla Brauer - former vegan activist, current hunter, and current taxidermist - dishes with Robbie on the why’s of vegan activism, what she wants hunters to…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 129 - Roundup 30 || Tim joins the roundup!
Cody, Robbie and Tim tackle the ‘woof’ debacle, as Cody calls it, some exciting supporters and conservation club members, and so much more in this week’s…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 128 - Travis 'T-Bone' Turner || A Father’s Journey
Travis T-bone Turner, co-host of Michael Waddell's Bone Collector TV Show on the Outdoor Channel, joins Robbie to discuss his journey as a hunter and a father…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 127 - Charlie Jacoby || We have done a horrible job of branding hunting
Charlie Jacoby, the host of Field Sports Channel on Youtube, is a UK hunter and conservationist who joins Robbie to debate the way we brand hunting worldwide…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 126 - Roundup 29 || The Wild West vs. Robbie
Robbie and Todd get started without Cody because he can’t tell time, Robbie’s astounding lack of Wild West knowledge, a recent unfortunate incident in Wyoming…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 125 - Michael Sabbeth || ‘If we can give them the words to defend hunting…’
Michael Sabbeth, author of The Honorable Hunter, sits down with Robbie to discuss how we give hunters the tools to show hunting in a positive light and defend…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 124 - J Alain Smith || What's the craziest hunt you have been on???
Past Weatherby Award winner J. Alain Smith (pronounced ‘Alan’) talks about adventure hunting with Robbie and gets down to the brass tax of what drives him to…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 123 - Roundup 28 || Todd Fish
Another Blood Origins community member joins Robbie and Cody on this week’s roundup. They talk about mistakes in the woods, when a mistake is negligent -…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 122 - Chris Parish || The ‘Redneck Biologist’ discusses non-lead initiatives
Chris Parrish, director of the Peregrine Fund and cofounder of North America’s largest non-lead partnership - also known as ‘the redneck biologist’ - joins…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 121 - Who Pays For All That Land? || A Game And Fish Commissioner Answers
Anne Marie Doramus, current - and the state’s first woman - member of the Arkansas game and fish commission discusses the origins of conservation and how…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 120 - Roundup 27 || Steve (no it’s not Blues Clues Steve) joins the Roundup!
The boys, joined by Steve, discuss Cody’s (lack of) beard care routine, responding to HSUS’s newest anti-rhino-hunting campaign, what a hunter’s ‘no-shoot’…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 119 - Wrapping up on the Arizona Trail Camera Ban Controversy
Cody and Robbie wrap-up the Trail Cam controversy with final thoughts after hearing from the neutral, pro-cam and pro-ban sides of the argument this week…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 118 - Arizona Game Trails Part 3 || The Anti-Camera Side
Third in a series discussing the controversial Arizona Trail Camera Ban. Two Arizona Game and Fish Commissioners, James Goughnour and Kurt Davis, join Robbie…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 117 - Arizona Game Trails Part 2 || The Pro-Camera Side
Arizona residents, and game camera activists, Ron Nixon and Josiah Scott join Robbie and Cody to discuss what they see as an unfair mischaracterization of the…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 116 - Arizona Game Trails Part 1 || The Neutral Side
Jay Scott, a Arizona outfitter, professional wildlife manager, and avid sportsman who while deeply knowledgeable about Arizona’s fish and wildlife scene after…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 115 - Roundup 26 || Our inaugural Blood Origins "Listener" guest!
The inaugural roundup with a Blood Origins listener as guest, the boys - Rob, not to be confused with Robbie, included - tackle issues ranging from hunt camps…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 114 - College Football or Hunting? A Investigative College Football Journalist responds.
Steven Godfrey is likely known to those in the College Football ranks as one of the most in depth investigative journalists of College Football. He did a…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 113 - Are California Cougars Better Off Than They Were Before The Hunting Ban?
Mark Hall, Canadian scientist and podcast host, dissects the California cougar problem with Robbie. Together, they delve into a pair of interesting studies and…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 112 - Ivan Carter || On moving Elephants
Ivan Carter, professional hunter, conservationist, and now Elephant mover, sits with Robbie for a mind-blowing conversation about Elephant conservation and the…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 111 - John Bartolo || The Idealism of 2A and Hunting
Cody and Robbie are joined by author of the Honorable Hunter, and friend of Blood Origins, Michael Sabbeth to cover the week's topics. This is the Blood…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 110 - Roundup 25 || A discussion of Western Hunting with the Honorable Hunter
Cody and Robbie are joined by author of the Honorable Hunter, and friend of Blood Origins, Michael Sabbeth to cover the week's topics. This is the Blood…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 109 || The Indian Tiger King Part II
Rajeev, India’s ‘Tiger King’, is back on Blood Origins. After an explosive first interview, Rajeev revisits the issues six months later to give us the…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 108 - A Hunter || Hated by anti-hunters
Robbie gets the sordid details of the experience of one professional badger culler, who for safety’s sake we have decided to keep anonymous, with years of…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 107 - Roundup 24 || Outdoor Life joins the roundup!
The boys are joined by Alex Robinson, Editor in Chief of Outdoor Life, for this week’s roundup. They discuss fitness, recent caribou hunting kills, the hunting…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 106 - Mikiah Carver || Would you ever Hunt?
Mikiah has not always been pro-hunting, but as her interest in wildlife, and research into wildlife, has progressed things might have changed. Robbie dives in…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 105 - Jenn Cubbage || Hair Stylist to Hog Houndsman
Robbie’s had a lot of conversations with interesting, even eclectic, personalities - but few more eclectic than Jenn Cubbage. This master colorist and salon…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 104 - Roundup 23 || Rifle slings, lions and hunting concessions
After a slow couple of weeks in the news, Cody and Robbie get back into the swing with in-depth discussions on lions, justifying rural depredation in Africa…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 103 - Snow Hewetson || On Tahrmaggeddon
Full time professional guide and president of New Zealand’s Tahr Foundation Snow Hewetson joins Robbie to talk about ‘Tahrmaggeddon’ and his work advocating…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 101 - Why you should attend Safari Club International Convention in 2022?
Robbie digs down with Mike Rogers of Safari Club International on exactly ‘who’ the SCI convention is for - and it’s not who you think! The 50th anniversary of…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 102 - Why you should attend Dallas Safari Club Convention in 2022?
Convention season will be back with a vengeance in 2022 and with the first big outdoor convention on the books, DSC Executive Director Corey Mason chats with…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 100 - Roundup 22 || Our 100th episode!
Shanna Finis, the mastermind behind the wildly successful Blood Origins Australia chapter, joins the boys to talk some looks ahead and special announcements in…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 98 - Valentine Thomas || From ‘Underwater Hunter’ to Land Hunter
Lawyer and avid spear fisherman Valentine Thomas discusses what sustainability means to her and how that drove her evolution first to spear fishing, and later…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 99 - Erin Hewetson || A Vegan who works at a Hunting Non-Profit
Robbie delves deep with Erin Hewetson in this short but powerful conversation about her unique and valuable perspective as a vegan who works inside the hunting…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 97 - Alex Harvey || On Humanizing Hunting
Alex Harvey - An African American and Mississippi forester with a steep heritage of hunting in his family digs deep with Robbie on how we can ‘humanize’…