Tony sits down with social psychologist Jeff Green to talk about our attachment to dogs. Discussed topics include Jeff's longstanding love of chinchillas, the co-evolution of dogs and humans, our tendency to underestimate animals, consciousness and cognition, whether dogs feel happy or sad, why we grieve when dogs die, and more.https://reverendhunter.com/

Tony talks with conservationist, hunter, angler, and author John Motoviloff about St. Seraphim, studying Heidegger, truth as disclosive, how forgetting lunch led to a life of hunting, watching ducks pitch in, recruiting new hunters, the butterfly effect, putting sturgeon before rabbit, the order of the natural world, the woods as an icon, and more. Find John's book here: https://amzn.to/41mLAN6https://reverendhunter.com/

Tyler Webster is an avid upland hunter and the host of the Birds Buds and Booze Podcast. Tyler tells Tony about growing up in Minot, how to get out of Illinois tolls, why there's a town every seven miles in North Dakota, moving the mailboxes to the other side of the road, getting cited for cutting fillets, not going to a wedding on pheasant opener, learning to hunt from his grandfather, dumb ptarmigan in Alaska, and more. Find Tyler's podcast here:...

Tony sits down with Scott Fransen and Aaron Achtenberg, the host and cameraman for the episode of The Flush television show that they all filmed together in South Dakota in January. They discuss how longevity comes with authenticity, weather, soup to nuts, deciding a storyline on the fly, headlines, cussing, talking to the cameraman, the layers of a story, writing vs. editing, cranking out a lot of television, and more. Catch past episodes of The Flush here:...

Tony sits down with outfitter, guide, TV host, museum curator, and novelist Jim Shockey, and they discuss the cathedral of the outdoors, travel being the death of bigotry, the true meaning of tolerance, urbanization as a false prophet, the ethics of hunting, how every day is a beautiful day, risk vs. challenge, the allure of the Yukon, the possibility of failure, mortality, death, and aging, founding a museum, writing a novel, and much more. Find Jim at jimshockey.com, and pre-order his novel...

Tony talks with Randy Newberg, host of Fresh Tracks with Randy Newberg television show, the Hunt Talk Radio podcast, and an avid advocate for public land. Randy discusses growing up in Big Falls, Minnesota, grouse hunting on county roads, a childhood of freedom, being the only kid with divorced parents, the charity of time, Grandma Ethel, thanking the creatures who die so that we can live, the spirituality of the outdoors, being religious but not so observant, and much, much more. Find Randy...

Captain Rick Hilliard is a fishing charter guide on the east coast of Florida, with a masters degree in theology. He and Tony discuss coming home with 51 chickens, swamp donkeys, growing up passionate about the Bible, being to the left of Fuller Seminary, being a surfing missionary, the crushing tooth at the back of a redfish's throat, gin clear water, fish waving, the last Millennial to join social media, and more. You can find Rick at...

Tony sits down with butcher Cecka Parks, owner of the Minneapolis Meat Collective. They talk about the smoking pit at YoungLife camp, studying in Cairo, works backwards from the dinner plate, biking through George Floyd Square, gun clubs, hunting deer with a muzzleloader, dreaming about butchering a dog, and more. Find Checka at https://www.mplsmeatcollective.com/

Adam Tobey is the executive director of Tall Timber Camp in Central Washington and the founder of Arcadia Guided Outdoor Education. Adam and Tony discuss Adam's strong beard game, bring a surfboard to seminary, being happy having no cell service, no such thing as a "safe place," deep learning in the wilderness, becoming more generous and hospitable, and more.Read about Arcadia here: goago.org and Tall Timber here: talltimber.org.https://reverendhunter.com/

Payton Hoegh is the founder of All Wanderers, a spiritual community in Southern California, and the Spiritual Communities Director at the Center for Spirituality in Nature. Payton and Tony discuss going from the Southern Baptist Convention to the Episcopal Church, the surprising nature in Southern California, connecting with God most profoundly on a trail in the woods, hope and freedom, guarding against spiritual abuse, appreciating John Cobb, being rooted in relational thinking, and having a...

Tony sits down with Joel Pontius, director of the graduate program at Teton Science Schools and editor of the book, Place-Based Learning for the Plate. They talk about stringers of fish on the handles of a bike, shooting does and young bucks, spending time with your first kill, stopping to pay attention to the silence, getting to know elk, learning humility from elk hunting, gathering road kill for college students, and the connections that make God happy.

This episode we have a special talk given by Tony at Lutheran Church of the Resurrection in Iowa. Tony talks about his own entry into hunting, our search for the numinous, and where we can find God outside of the walls of the church.

Tony and Brandon respond to listeners' demands for them to return with a very special Fifth Monday episode that's not even on a Monday. They talk about superhero movies, Lethal Weapon, hunting stories, gratitude for the past year of guests, what's coming up on the podcast, how Tony finally shot some Iowa pheasants, and what they're cooking for Thanksgiving. Thanks for listening!!!

Tony talks with theologian and philosopher Tom Oord about God slamming doors shut, what the heck is a Nazarene, Campus Crusade stories, the shifting definition of holiness, church trials, hiking every week, the agency of all created beings, having more empathy for more complex creatures, which animals have consciousness, and having a model of God that works for the 21st century. Find out more about Tom and his work here: https://thomasjayoord.com/

Furman University philosophy professor Aaron Simmons returns to the podcast to discuss his newfound love of mountain biking, taking his students to "dirt church," Kant's awareness of the sublime, grasping our own finitude, faith as risk with direction, liturgical practices on the trail, the vestments of protective gear, being charitably gnarly, whether it would be fun to go camping with Kierkegaard, and much more. Find Aaron's writings, books, and contact info here:...

Tony sits down with Randy "Miyanovich" Miyan, the executive director of the group Liberal Gun Owners. Among the topics discussed: the church of Czech weaponry, "gun culture" and "gun reality," rubbing the rhubarb the wrong way, almost becoming a Buddhist monk, patriot cons vs. purity tests, idiots vs. decent people, a dopaminergic rush, moderates in liberal clothing, what liberalism really is, having a jiujitsu mindset, and much, much more.

Sean "Shug" Emery returns to the podcast! Shug and Tony talk about being a YouTube star, retiring from show business, poking fun at Minnesotans, what's special about the Minnesota State Fair, moments of regard, Shug's newfound love of canoeing, eating a DQ ice cream cake, paddling solo, praying in the wilderness, and much, much more. You can see all of Shug's videos at https://www.youtube.com/user/shugemery.

Tony sits down with his hunting mentor, Douglas Whitney, and they talk about Tony's first duck hunt, being impetuous, arguing theology, the expressive heads of Labs, a dog's peak existence, deacons and seminarians, the water being a delightful medium, and how there's no place closer to God than hunting.

Wes Telyea is the founder of the Snoqualmie Rod Company, which specializes in two-handed spey casting rods. He's also a former senior pastor and a current part-time pastor. Wes and Tony discuss building handmade fly rods, the small of a woman's back, churches that need to change or die, having a bamboo dealer, kids who make noise in church, being an accidental evangelical, the rush of catching a steelhead, and much more.

Tony Jones talks with Joey Svendsen and Neil Dudley about eating musk ox stomach, strangling a deer, stress toxins in dying animals, the definition of "humane," the groaning of creation, and more on this episode of the Reverend Hunter Podcast.

Hal Herring is an award-winning and legendary outdoors journalist and the host of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers' Podcast & Blast. In this joint podcast with Mark Norquist of Modern Carnivore, Tony, Hal, and Mark discuss the transcendent allure of hunting, climbing trees to cage pinecones, Thomas Aquinas, being on the same team as cats, carnivorism, the apocalypse, and much more.

Tony chats with sociologist, professor, and gun convert David Yamane. They talk about the difference between mores and folkways, parking the wrong way on the street, studying religion while being openly religious, the secularization thesis, the sunk cost fallacy in academia, shooting a gun for the first time, Gun Culture 1.0 vs. 2.0, the uneven distribution of guns in America, being Gun Curious, and more.

Tony talks with Hmong-Minnesotan hunter Keng Yang about getting on The Flush television show, going from anti-hunting to pro-hunting with the help of a dog, shooting a snipe and missing a goose, favorite hunting gear, loving TikTok, shamanism and ancestors, the secret war, and the secret hunters, and more.

Chris Estus, aka Bonespur the Chappalachian, returns to the podcast. Having recently completed his year as the Chaplain on the Appalachian Trail, and hiking the entire trail, he tells Tony about flip, flop, and flying, slack packing, platinum blazing, having a trail family vs hiking alone, ignoring emails, ignoring bone spurs, falling down, getting up, impromptu anonymous 12-Step meetings, putting aside ego, embracing the lovefest, and concentrating on A+ relationships.