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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 36 - “Why Hunt South Africa?”
In this episode, Robbie asks the tough questions every hunter who’s never been wants to know or learn about hunting in Africa. Oliver from Wettstein Safari's…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 35 - “North Alabama to North Mocambique - A Redneck in Africa"
Bribery, corruption. Hunters just come in and pay people off, right? Wrong. Jeff McCollum is a land manager in Mocambique. His perspective is critical, because…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 34 - Blood Origins RoundUp of Current Events: Wolves, New Mexico, Photographers Loving Gore Porn.
We're starting something new. We get a lot of questions - whether through instagram, FB messenger, email or otherwise making us aware of so many topics - we…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 33 - Perceptions are 9 tenths of the Law, right?
Terrance Butler is a game warden with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Robbie caught up with him at Sorinex WinterStrong to discuss how he is changing…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 32 - India's Tiger King
For well over a century, the Tigers of India have been the subject of intense debate. What you’re about to hear is the first of many conversations between…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 31 - A Pro-Hunting Vegetarian
Cayce De Simone is an avowed lifelong vegetarian and mother who has come through her years to understand who hunters are, even marrying one. She is from the…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 30 - “The Anti’s are never gonna stop”
Sportsmen’s Alliance is an advocacy organization that fights for sportsmen’s rights in the political arena nationwide. Brian Lynn and Bruce Tague push the…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 29 - Wolf Problems are Global
Aleksi is a Finnish hunter, author and IT professional with a passion for the wolves of his Scandinavian homeland. In this episode, Robbie and Aleksi tackle…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 28 - Amy Dickman. Big Cat Biologist. Non-hunter. Vegetarian. Self-professed “bunny hugger”.
Big Cat Biologist. Non-hunter. Vegetarian. Self-professed “bunny hugger”. Advocate for the benefits of hunting? Amy Dickman is a jack of of all trades in the…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 26 - “It requires patience. It requires courage. It requires discipline.”
Jack was not raised a hunter, but he knew he wanted to be one. After pestering his father until the age of 12, Navy Diver Jack Bottoms’s father bought him his…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 27 - “I hunt because…”
Renee Snider is arguably the toughest female hunter on the planet. Weatherby Award Winner Renee Snider grew up at the foot of the Bitterroot Mountain Range in…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 24 - “Why do you hunt?” - for Pepe Madrazo, it’s in the blood.
In this social media age; where vegan, anti-hunting, non-hunting is on the rise, there is a very important question that hunters need to be able to answer…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 25 - “Where it all started”
In this episode, Robbie and Prairie Rock Outfitters Co-Owner Jake Latendresse venture to where it all started for him on his hunting journey. This private…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 23 - A Vegan Hunter. Yes. You read that correctly.
Katie Hargreaves is an exceptional artist that typically focuses on wildlife as her subject of choice. She is a highly intelligent individual that has chosen…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 22 - “Sheep Hunters Are Just Rich Guys”
Gray Thornton is the CEO and President of the Wild Sheep Foundation, in which every year during their annual convention they raise millions of dollars for…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 21 - "It's impossible to spot and stalk bowhunt in Africa!"
Russel De Le Harpe (or just Russ) is a young bow-hunter out of Zambia who has started an outfitting business called Back Country Africa that specializes in…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 20 - State of the Union: Blood Origins
Since the new administration’s State of the Union is due any day now, we decided to do a Blood Origins "State of the Union". 2020 was an incredible year, what…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 19 - Ashton Mallette – One of the baddest female waterfowlers blowing up hunting stereotypes
There is a stigma associated with the duck hunting world. A stigma where women are nice to have around in the blind, not a need to have. A stigma where one…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 18 - Ryan Baudhiun – Tattoo's and thoughtfulness are not mutually exclusive
Ryan is an ex-combat marine that will tell you that its waterfowl above anything. He is chasing the elusive 41, and I have been engaging Ryan over the last…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 16 - Cole Kramer – All I wanted to do is Hunt!
Cole Kramer is very well known in the hunting industry circles for his passion for hunting in Alaska - chasing goats, grizzlies, you name it, he chases it…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 17 - Fulton Mangwanya – An African's Voice to the Anti-Hunting Crowd
Dr. Fulton Mangwanya is the Director-General of Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority. There has been, and continues today to be a very loud chorus…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 15 - Johnathan West – I'm African American, I'm from the Suburbs, I'm not Supposed to Hunt
Johnathan West is an African American from Nashville Tennessee that self-proclaims that he is from the suburbs. He didn't hunt, but after he and his wife…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 14 - Josh Quong - Harvest vs. Kill According to a Half-Chinese English Teacher
Josh Quong is a second generation Chinese American that grew up in the Mississippi Delta, that has this burning passion for upland bird hunting, german…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 13 - Wolves: Delisted, Introduced, and Hotly Debated
Anytime Wolves are brought up there is immediate controversy from delisting, to Proposition 114 in Colorado to introducing wolves by 2023. Wisconsin, Michigan…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 12 - Trish: I don't like shopping at the meat-counter at the grocery store.
Trish Michler, wife to Ryan Michler, was raised in a hunting lifestyle. She is a homemaker, a hunter, and a connoisseur of homegrown sourcing of food. Hunting…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 11 - Are Giraffes Really Endangered??
You have heard the headlines, "Lady Kills Giraffe"! "How could she!?" "Giraffes Are Endangered!!" - well technically they are not endangered. Conversations…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 10 - Kyle Faucher - Non-Hunter to Blooded Hunter
Kyle didn't grow up a hunter. But today he is a proud hunter. Hunting is a passion now for him. He is a member of the hunting fraternity. Add another to the…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 9 - Arizona Game And Fish Commission – Discussing The Decision To Ban Trail Cameras
The Arizona Game And Fish Commission recently decided to propose a ruling to ban the use of trail cameras for the take of the state’s wildlife. Robbie invited…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 8 - Meredith Bernard – Steak, butter, but I don’t hunt.
Meredith Bernard’s kids hunt, her husband hunts, but she doesn’t hunt. She’s better known as This Farmers Wife, cooking steak with lots of butter, and learning…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 7 - Ryan Michler – My wife is a better hunter than me
Ryan Michler runs an organization for men called Order of Man. It may be surprising that his wife is a longer, and better hunter than he is. Hunting is…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 6 - Memo Someh – A Kenyan conservation advocate who is against hunting
Memo Someh runs a non-profit in Kenya called Wildnow – an organization keenly interested in engaging youth in wildlife conservation. She is a 19yr old African…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 5 - Suzanne Call – A non-hunter married to a hunting lifestyle
Suzanne Call’s non-hunter perspective dropped in Season 5 of Blood Origins. She is currently a non-hunter, but has recently taken her hunter safety and has…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 4 - Candace Sabol – A feminist who likes to hunt
You will struggle to find a more unique individual that Candace Sabol. Lives in Maine, works for a feminist organization, loves to hunt, used to be a…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 3 - John Bair – Auctioneer, Hunter, Advocate
John Bair lives in Utah. He is a passionate predator hunter and has been working behind the scenes in the State of Utah for 25+ years championing wildlife…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 2 - Perrin Noelke – A Non-Hunter Organic Goose Farmer
Perrin Noelke owns and operates Labelle Vie an organic farm a little outside Austin Texas. She is originally of French descent but married a good ole guy from…
The Origins Foundation PodcastEpisode 1 - An Introduction
Blood Origins started as a way to convey the stories behind hunters and hunting. Over the last 4 years the project has grown into a platform and now into a…