Best Tim Shephard Podcasts (2024)

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Jake Hanson: "This ecosystem needs me" 1:03:13

3M ago1:03:13

1:03:13

Tony sits down with Jake Hanson, former church camp director and now Director of Development at Pheasants Forever. They discuss being called to ministry and philanthropy, ministry burnout, deer hunting with grandpa, putting your heart and soul into your career, pheasants as a gateway drug to upland hunting, times of discernment, three dimensions of…

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Samuel Shephard: "There's something about killing wild animals" 53:30

3M ago53:30

53:30

Tony talks with Sam Shephard, associate professor of biology at Ave Maria University and lead author of "Recreational killing of wild animals can foster environmental stewardship," recently published in Nature Sustainability. Tony and Sam discuss being from the Isle of Skye, wandering barefoot around India, fishing with indigenous people in Guyana,…

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Episode 100! 21:03

4M ago21:03

21:03

Tony sits down to share some news about the Reverend Hunter Podcast, give some shout-outs, and talk about the future of the podcast. He also talks about a tough summer, full of both joys and sorrows, and updates listeners on his book, GodOfWildPlaces.com. Be sure to tune in for this very special episode. Find Tony's new book at GodOfWildPlaces.com …

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Ben Padilla: "The edge holds the most diversity" 49:48

5M ago49:48

49:48

Tony chats with Oregon wildlife biologist Ben Padilla about what drives wildlife populations, failing as a high school teacher, growing up on a seminary campus, the practice and attention that comes from hunting, the power of disturbance, bugs killing caribou, climate change, the beauty of evolution, the damage of dualism, the indigenous ways of em…

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Evan Moffic: "Eat more meat" 56:19

5M ago56:19

56:19

Tony sits down with Evan Moffic, the "Carnivore Rabbi." They discuss Evan's journey into the carnivore lifestyle, plus antisemitism in America, political divisions, stomach issues, becoming keto, hunter-gatherers, a life full of extremes, the lion diet, cows' stomachs as filters, feeding our kids crap, eating more fat, poop, the Jewish aversion to …

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Jake Lindemann: "I'm closer to God than I've ever been in my life" 46:55

6M ago46:55

46:55

Tony talks with Jake Lindemann, founder of Chief Upland, a hunting gear and apparel company. They talk about being an entrepreneur at 16, Wisco bow bros, being born without a left hand, wearing jeans to thread a fishing hook, Chief and Buzz, fighting anxiety and imposter syndrome, spending less time in church and more time in the woods, an epiphany…

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Jan Dizard: "The joyful burden of taking a life" 59:44

7M ago59:44

59:44

Tony sits down with Jan Dizard, retired professor of sociology at Amherst College and author of several books on hunting, including "Hunting: A Cultural History" (MIT Press, 2022). They discuss hunters at Amherst, non-utilitarian views of nature and animals, struggling R3 efforts, growing up in Duluth, hunting by two rivers, the spiritual attachmen…

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A Storm on Gunflint Lake 21:23

7M ago21:23

21:23

In this special episode, Tony reads from his new book, "The God of Wild Places," at the book launch event on April 2. He tells a harrowing story of getting caught in a storm with his kids in the boat. Find Tony's new book at GodOfWildPlaces.com https://reverendhunter.com/By Ron Schara Productions

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Jerusalem Greer: "Liturgical, agrarian shenanigans" 58:25

8M ago58:25

58:25

Tony talks with Jerusalem Greer, author of "At Home in this Life," and executive director of Procter Camp and Conference Center. Topics include living on the Darby Plains, rewilding projects, something not clicking in the city, Phyllis Tickle, needing to get to the land, a theology of place, being an early mommy blogger, staring at our spiritual be…

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Tim Brown: "We're kinda loud" 52:43

8M ago52:43

52:43

Tony sits down at PheasantFest in Sioux Falls to talk with Tim Brown, the "Bearded Uplander." Topics include having an angry gall bladder, hunting in a blizzard, released pheasants, shooting a turkey on the wing, the ethics of hunting, scoring a deer, not having a bird dog, thanking farmers with a 30-pack of Busch Light, hunting on Sundays, taking …

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John Dailey: “Tough, rugged bastards with strong backs and hard feet.” 1:04:07

9M ago1:04:07

1:04:07

John Dailey is a retired Marine and the author of the forthcoming book, Tough, Rugged Bastards. He talks with Tony about his parents’ conversion, having a holy roller pastor dad, being scared of God, how the Marine Corps is somewhat cult-like, boot camp indoctrination, 9/11 in Darwin Australia, waiting for bad guys outside of Kandahar, a big truck …

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Fisher Neal: "It's really hard to hide two dudes" 1:02:03

9M ago1:02:03

1:02:03

Fisher Neal is the "Hunting Actor," and the founder of Learn to Hunt New York. Fisher talks with Tony about hunting being foundational to his identity, growing up in a church that frowned upon clapping, moving to New Jersey, the use of crossbows, how it's morally superior to use the most effective weapon available, being the most prolific hunting m…

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Mike Neiduski: "God shows up for me in birds of prey" 54:05

10M ago54:05

54:05

Tony sits down with upland hunting zealot and writer Mike Neiduski, and they discuss growing up in Worchester, Mass., writing poetry, stopping writing poetry, getting a German Wirehair Pointer, training dogs so that you can hunt year-round, letting it rip, divorce and dead dogs, growing up Catholic, writing about grief, becoming an entrepreneur, an…

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Julia Schrenkler: "It would be a sin not to hunt her" 55:28

10M ago55:28

55:28

Tony talks with Julia Schrenkler, subject of the Franchi film, "Old Dog / New Dog," about how her dog recruited her into hunting, post-Wegman confusion, how you can't just look at puppies, watching your dog bring you a pigeon for the first time, the eyelash rule, the tailgate of death, cultivating reverence, making your own mistakes, hunting out of…

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Tony & Brandon: ”Father Time welcomes Baby New Year” 14:16

10M ago14:16

14:16

Tony and Brandon welcome 2024 with some thoughts about what's coming up on the podcast and in their lives. https://reverendhunter.com/By Ron Schara Productions

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Tripp Fuller: ”No, I would not hunt Ewoks” 1:13:05

11M ago1:13:05

1:13:05

Tony sits down with Tripp Fuller, author of several books and founder and host of the world's most popular theology podcast, Homebrewed Christianity. They talk about growing up as a rural Baptist preacher's kid, seeing crooked, offering a Whopper to a Jain and making her cry, the ethics of eating pork, epiphenomenology, life being more complex than…

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Johnny Carrol Sain: ”None of the lives I’ve taken is just another notch on my bow” 59:02

11M ago59:02

59:02

Tony chats with hunter, angler, and essayist Johnny Carrol Sain about Mississippi pot roast, flying with elk meat, the danger of removing ourselves from the processes of the world, the inevitability of being eaten when we die, feeling things deeply, weeping over dead deer, hunting as core to who we are, becoming intimate with the animals we kill, a…

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Robert Herbst: ”I got a call from the White House” 49:51

12M ago49:51

49:51

Tony talks with Bob Herbst, who had a legendary career in conservation, culminating as Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Tony talks with Bob about keeping Minnesota green, denying an airport in Ham Lake, protecting Lake Superior from taconite tailings, taking a sauna with Sigurd Olson, conservation as a never-ending process, …

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Aaron Hebeisen: ”I’m part of this ecosystem” 1:04:36

1y ago1:04:36

1:04:36

Tony sits down with Aaron Hebeisen, Chapter Coordinator of IA, IL, MN, MO, and WI for Backcountry Hunters and Anglers. They discuss growing up in Mora, Minnesota, the awesomeness of Irish Setter boots, deer camp traditions, canoe hunting, elk hunting, finding God inside and outside of church, assortments of ball caps, vegetarians vs. veterinarians,…

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Russell Worth Parker: ”War made me more empathetic” 1:08:48

1y ago1:08:48

1:08:48

Tony talks with outdoorsman, writer, and marine, Russell Worth Parker, about marine vs. Marine, "might could," pulling items out of dogs' anuses, writing without a pitch letter, doing this thing that thing and the other thing, becoming a writer, the military-civilian gap, the lack of battle epiphanies, how military and clergy are similar, not under…

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Jason Micheli: ”Death is a big part of what I do” 1:02:12

1y ago1:02:12

1:02:12

Jason Micheli is a Methodist pastor, podcast host, Substacker, and author of Cancer Is Funny. He talks with Tony about living with cancer, not being able to hear animals scream, the end that will summarize the story of you, our modern cathedrals, when the science ends and the dying begins, discovering that the Bible is interesting, becoming more Ch…

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Todd Littleton: ”We did this thing” 58:26

1y ago58:26

58:26

Tony's guest is Rev. Dr. Todd Littleton, a Baptist pastor in Oklahoma. Todd joined Tony on a canoe trip to the BWCA recently, and they talk about their shared experiences, paddling for the first time in 50 years, the importance of pilgrimage, lakes and trees and stillness and quiet, how hard it is to describe the BWCA, uncontrollability, finding su…

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Jessica Carew Kraft: ”We need to be wild” 1:18:13

1y ago1:18:13

1:18:13

Jessica Carew Kraft is the author of "Why We Need to be Wild: One Woman's Quest for Ancient Answers to 21st Century Problems." Tony talks with her about watching her mother die of MS, the epiphany of a beehive, what it means for a species to be successful, the rewilding movement, living like the Pleistocene, being called by ancestral wisdom, conver…

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David N. McIlvaney: ”Rivers wash away your sins” 1:09:34

1+ y ago1:09:34

1:09:34

Tony talks with fly fisherman and essayist, David N. McIlvaney, about growing up in a Canadian steel town, a grandfather who was conscripted into the Russian army, the strike of a salmon and death, picking up a flyrod at age 50, a cabin the Catskills, being peers with nature, Andy Griffith experiences, a thousand ways not to shoot a deer, how stand…

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Jeff Green: ”Your dog is not going to leave you” 59:45

1+ y ago59:45

59:45

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://reverendhun…

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John Motviloff: ”That bite of wild game did it” 54:46

1+ y ago54:46

54:46

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.…

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Tyler Webster: ”Sunday was our day” 1:08:41

1+ y ago1:08:41

1:08:41

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,…

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Scott Fransen and Aaron Achtenberg: ”If you like to watch people suffer, this is the show for you” 1:00:25

1+ y ago1:00:25

1:00:25

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 …

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Jim Shockey: ”Getting in touch with your ancestral soul” 1:14:05

1+ y ago1:14:05

1:14:05

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 possibil…

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Randy Newberg: ”The outdoors makes us better people” 1:26:16

1+ y ago1:26:16

1:26:16

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 …

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Rick Hilliard: ”There’s a lot of ministry that can be done on an 18’ skiff” 58:48

1+ y ago58:48

58:48

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 wa…

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Cecka Parks: ”Butchering helped me fall back in love with the world” 1:07:22

1+ y ago1:07:22

1:07:22

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.mplsmea…

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Adam Tobey: ”I’m interested in keeping kids alive” 1:03:29

1+ y ago1:03:29

1:03:29

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…

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Jorge Vicuna: ”The unlikeliest of friends” 55:36

1+ y ago55:36

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Payton Hoegh: ”All things are in a process of becoming, including God” 1:08:47

2y ago1:08:47

1:08:47

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 …

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Joel Pontius: ”Hunting, fishing, and foraging make me more awake to the majesty of God” 1:04:59

2y ago1:04:59

1:04:59

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…

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Tony’s Talk in Iowa 1:22:02

2y ago1:22:02

1:22:02

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. https://reverendhunter.com/By Ron Schara Productions

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Special Thanksgiving Episode 48:02

2y ago48:02

48:02

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 Than…

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Tom Oord: ”There is something powerful about witnessing death” 1:08:04

2y ago1:08:04

1:08:04

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 t…

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Aaron Simmons: ”The mountain will always win” 57:59

2y ago57:59

57:59

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, whe…

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Randy ”Miyanovich” Miyan: ”Gun ownership is a pro-human phenomenon” 1:20:59

2y ago1:20:59

1:20:59

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 i…

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Shug Emery: ”No one came to see the juggler” 1:16:04

2y ago1:16:04

1:16:04

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 al…

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Douglas Whitney: ”An unexplainable awe” 1:16:41

2y ago1:16:41

1:16:41

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.…

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Wes Telyea: ”That’s the fish that ruined you” 1:19:12

2+ y ago1:19:12

1:19:12

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 a…

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Vintage VAP Episode 56 50:57

2+ y ago50:57

50:57

Stream vintage episodes at https://thevap.locals.com Check out my Airstream restoration book available at Amazon. https://amzn.to/3SeFTxw Visit our websites: http://www.theVAP.com http://store.theVAP.com https://thevap.locals.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theVAP Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thevapshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com…

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Neil Dudley and Joey Svendson: ”That cowboy spirit” 51:58

2+ y ago51:58

51:58

In a joint podcast with Joey Svendsen of Pastor With No Answers, Tony talks this month with Neil Dudley, host of The Cowboy Perspective Podcast and vice president of Pederson's Natural Farms. Topics discussed include slaughtering 1,500 hogs per week, eating musk ox stomach, strangling a deer, stress toxins in dying animals, the definition of "human…