Joe Rogan Experience #1674 - Clay Newcomb

Clay Newcomb is a 7th-generation Arkansan that grew up in the Ouachita Mountains. He's a hunter, mule skinner, curious naturalist, and observer of rural culture. He's also a writer, filmmaker, owner/publisher of "Bear Hunting Magazine" and host of the hit MeatEater podcast "Bear Grease."

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Jun 27, 20242h 37mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: June 27, 2024
Duration: 2h 37m
Channel: The Joe Rogan Experience
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Clay Newcomb is a 7th-generation Arkansan that grew up in the Ouachita Mountains. He's a hunter, mule skinner, curious naturalist, and observer of rural culture. He's also a writer, filmmaker, owner/publisher of "Bear Hunting Magazine" and host of the hit MeatEater podcast "Bear Grease."

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Clay Newcomb
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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Joe Rogan and Clay Newcomb, Joe Rogan Experience #1674 - Clay Newcomb explores clay Newcomb, Joe Rogan Reclaim Bear Hunting’s Forgotten American Legacy Joe Rogan and Clay Newcomb dig into the history, culture, and ethics of bear hunting in North America, using Newcomb’s Bear Grease podcast as a springboard. They explore how bear fat once functioned as frontier currency, how much of a bear can be used, and why bears remain both spiritually symbolic and biologically crucial. The conversation also covers the North American conservation model, the misunderstood role of “trophy hunting,” and how modern media has distorted public perception of hunters. Along the way they veer into mule lore, Native taboos, mysterious wildlife sightings, and how storytelling connects modern people to a quickly vanishing frontier past.

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