The Origins Foundation Podcast

The Origins Foundation is an non-profit organization bringing unique storytelling and conservation together to change not only how hunting is viewed, but also how we fund conservation programs around the world more efficiently and effectively.

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Episode 186 - Roundup 47 || Mountain Lions, Aga...
Randy Newburg - or as Cody’s wife would call him ‘the nice guy hunter’ - joins this week’s roundup. The boys dish on Cody’s quest for an ‘agave’ brand sponsorship, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte’s mountain lion hunting controversy, lead bullets and more.
63 min
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Episode 185 - Craig Maartens || A Family of Pro...
South African Professional Hunter Craig Maartens joins Robbie on his Africa trip to talk about growing up in a professional hunting family. His father was a pioneer in professional hunting and one of the first licensees in Southwest Africa, so you can essentially assume that hunting, and then guiding people as a professional hunter is in his blood.
37 min
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Episode 184 - Spyder || A Blasting of Anti-Hunt...
Spyder, the camp operations manager and cook at Greater Kuduland Safaris, accompanied Robbie on his recent Africa trip. Working 30 years for Greater Kuduland, he’s seen pretty much everything. He shares his thoughts on hunting’s place in society in Africa, and his thoughts to those that wish to remove hunting!
14 min
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Episode 183 - Roundup 46 || Brad Luttrell of Go...
Brad Luttrell, founder of the wildly popular GoWild social media app built for hunters, joins Robbie and Cody on this week’s roundup. 
61 min
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Episode 182 - Doug Cockcroft || The Fine Art of...
Doug Cockcroft is the managing director and owner of Splitting Image Taxidermy in South Africa. He joins Robbie during the Success Untold filming to discuss the fine art of taxidermy and how this industry is integral to Africa. Doug was instrumental in bringing Success Untold to light, and Splitting Image Taxidermy is the presenting partner in the film itself.
41 min
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Episode 181 - Howard Knott || Game rancher firs...
Howard Knott, a third-generation game rancher and second-generation outfitter in Limpopo Province just outside of Zimbabwe, talks about his hunting heritage with Robbie on site in Africa. Howard is the land owner in the upcoming film called Success Untold that showcases the very successful wildlife management model of South Africa.
39 min
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Episode 180 - Roundup 45 || Cable Smith Joins T...
Cable Smith, the host of the popular Lonestar Outdoors Podcast, joins Robbie and Cody on this weeks roundup. The boys debate Robbie’s astrological sign, social media censorship and why hunters need a platform like GoWild, realizing the rest of us have been doing ice fishing wrong this whole time, why Robbie is a ‘6.5 Creedmoor guy’ and much more!
60 min
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Episode 179 - Erin Merrill | Get to know the Bl...
Get to know Blood Origins team member Erin Merrill as she shares her origins story, and talks about drawing and filling her first moose tag in her native Maine this past season!
58 min
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Episode 178 - Jordan Syatt || Push Back for Cel...
Weight lifting influencer Jordan Syatt joins Robbie to talk about his recent decision to publicly show his journey in becoming an adult-onset hunter - from pushback to praise and what it’s like to make such a sensitive decision in the public light.
43 min
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Episode 177 - Roundup 44 || Kane Overstreet Joi...
Kane Overstreet joins the podcast for a well-overdue good time. Cody, Robbie and his old friend Kane discuss poaching, the ongoing Idaho wolves controversy, and the all important subject of rhetoric.
58 min
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Episode 176 - Rebecca Baker || A Fly Fisher "Wo...
Non-hunter and fly fisherman Rebecca Baker joins Robbie to discuss her perceptions as a fly fisherman and women in the hunting and angling space.
34 min
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Episode 175 - Jake Franklin || Raised with Hunt...
Jake Franklin describes what it was like growing up and learning the heart of a hunter alongside his father and what it was like in high school to discover hunting and learn those things together.
33 min
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Episode 174 - Roundup 43 || Ryan Furrer Joins T...
Ryan Furrer of Southwest PA joins the roundup to talk about his thoughts on the Matt Rinella controversy, the political divide, the fruits of anti-hunters’ coordinated attacks - all before finally getting to an article, too!
59 min
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Episode 173 - Bob Holder || A Game Warden Refle...
Bob Holder, who has served the people and wildlife of Colorado for 47 years as a game warden in the same district, joins Cody to reflect on those years, what it has taught him, what has changed, and why it matters.
55 min
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Episode 172 - SB22-031 || Everything You Need T...
In 48 hours the biggest push against hunting will be heard in the Colorado Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, and its SB22-031 to ban the hunting of bobcats, mountain lions, and lynxes. Cody and Robbie decided to talk to the two individuals that know the most about this, Gaspar Perricone and Dan Gates to get to the heart of the matter, why we are seeing this push, and what you can do in the next 48 hours to shut this bill down.
58 min
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Episode 171 - Roundup 42 || A world renowned ex...
Rutgers University professor Dr. Steven Plattick joins Robbie and Cody for this week’s roundup. An expert on yawning with one of the most varied academic CV’s we’ve ever seen, including a fascinating study on semen as an antidepressant, he brings a unique (and hilarious) perspective to this week’s show.
60 min
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Episode 170 - Katy Allan || A Locavore’s Perspe...
Katy Allan, was a non-hunter, but she was intrigued by healthy eating, sourcing your food, and understanding the best way to get the best food for her family. When you get to know Katy, she is a force in the growing ‘locavore’ movement and she joins Robbie to discuss her first hunt - what she felt when she took life for the first time - and her journey from non-hunter to hunter.
56 min
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Episode 169 - Sarah Rowe || Mainstream Influenc...
Sarah Rowe may not be a name familiar to you, but you may know her as Sarah Logan, a professional WWE wrestler - and a hunting advocate. She joins Robbie to illustrate why she does what she does and start the conversation about why mainstream influencers need to help broaden our hunting story.
40 min
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Episode 168 - Marie Neumiller || Fighting back ...
Marie Neumiller from the Inland Northwest Council joins Robbie to discuss the monumental stakes here and what could go down from petitions to even a potential revote by the Washington Fish and Game Council on the black bear season that is happening tomorrow, Friday January 21st.
42 min
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Episode 167 - Amber Munig || Mountain Lion Mana...
Amber Munig, the Big Game Program Management Supervisor for the Arizona Game and Fish Department, joins Robbie to talk about the current opening of hunt guidelines in Arizona. These rules open every five years, and today we cut to the chase on what they mean and why hunters need to make their voices heard in rule making processes like these.
39 min
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Episode 166 - Roundup 41 || Minimal Light and a...
Robbie and Cody are joined by Drew - the original cameraman of Blood Origins and mastermind behind our visual storytelling - for an emotional journey through the history of Blood Origins and how we started.
53 min
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Episode 165 - Jim Miller | “It’s just who I am”
UFC prize fighter and avid hunter Jim Miller joins Robbie to discuss social media and culture around hunting heritage and his take on it as a celebrity who hunts.
36 min
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Episode 164 - Austin Atkinson | On the Utah Tra...
Austin Atkinson, a native and resident of Utah, discusses the recently announced Utah Trail Camera ban and we ask a very straight forward question about whether you are pro- or against the trail camera ban. This discussion is what is needed in the hunting community. Issues will occur, decisions will be made, people will have opinions on both sides of the coin, and disagreements will be rife. Discussions around disagreements are healthy for hunting.
37 min
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Episode 163 - Jay Leydendecker || Buried In The...
Jay Leydendecker talks with Robbie about his deep roots in South Texas - one might even say it’s in his blood. Since 1847, his family has been a part of the land in the area, with generations of hunting stories and friendships that were cultivated over the years.
26 min
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Episode 162 - Logan Hanks || Are you a Trophy H...
West Tennessee farmer and Living Fully Loaded podcast host Logan Hanks is probably most famous for killing the “Cryptorchid” buck, with one of the most interesting antler schemes on record, but that’s not what we discuss here. He joins Robbie to discuss his motivations BEHIND hunting, and what that means to him.
57 min