CHAPTERS
- 0:00 – 3:37
Remi’s wrist surgery: the duck-catching injury and brutal reconstruction
Joe opens by asking about Remi Warren’s heavily bandaged hand, leading to the story of a serious wrist injury that Remi ignored for months. Remi explains how it likely started by trying to catch a mallard mid-flight, then worsened through overuse until surgery became necessary.
- 3:37 – 8:59
Rehab mindset and staying functional: straps, hooks, and mouth-tab archery
They talk through recovery expectations—range of motion vs. strength—and how to keep training while protecting the wrist. Remi shares creative workarounds to keep shooting a bow, including a mouth tab technique similar to what pro archers have used after injuries.
- 8:59 – 10:51
Injury recoveries and alternative treatments: Joe’s prolotherapy experience
Joe compares Remi’s recovery to other long rehab timelines and brings up prolotherapy for his own wrist issues. They discuss how medical interventions can strengthen connective tissue and how surprising modern medicine can be.
- 10:51 – 11:46
Remi’s podcast reboot and “Live Wild” philosophy
Joe praises Remi’s podcast and asks about the shift from his previous show to the new branding, “Live Wild.” Remi frames the name as a personal philosophy centered on pursuing challenging, outdoors-based experiences that most people don’t.
- 11:46 – 17:14
Pandemic era: hunting, food security, and renewed interest in self-sufficiency
They reflect on how little changed for people already living a remote lifestyle, and how COVID drove many to reconsider food sourcing. Remi describes a surge of new hunters and returning childhood hunters, while Joe recalls feeding friends from his freezers.
- 17:14 – 19:58
Fear-based headlines, “food shortages,” and the clickbait economy
Joe and Remi dig into why constant warnings about shortages and disasters spread so well online. They discuss how fear sells, how panic buying can become self-fulfilling, and why having meat stored (or dehydrating) changes one’s psychological baseline.
- 19:58 – 23:29
Life on the road: 200+ hunting days and international seasons (New Zealand & Argentina)
Joe asks how much Remi travels and hunts annually; Remi estimates it’s still in the 200-day range across hunting, filming, and guiding. The conversation shifts to Southern Hemisphere hunting—especially red deer roaring seasons—and Remi’s recent Argentina trip.
- 23:29 – 28:05
Introduced species and population control: New Zealand culls, predators, and ecosystem collapse
They explore how red deer were transported and released worldwide, then connect that history to New Zealand’s invasive populations and aggressive control methods. Remi emphasizes that without predators, humans become the de facto apex predator to prevent habitat destruction and mass die-offs.
- 28:05 – 33:44
‘Back to normal’ is impossible: habitat loss, wild horses, hogs, and agricultural reality
The conversation expands from predator policy to a broader point: ecosystems can’t simply be restored by “letting nature take its course” because humans have permanently altered landscapes. They discuss emotionally protected species (wild horses), invasive animals, and how habitat and agriculture constrain wildlife recovery.
- 33:44 – 55:32
Conservation at scale: American Prairie Reserve and ‘habitat is the keystone’
Joe brings up large-scale restoration efforts like the American Prairie Reserve, aiming to reassemble a historic Great Plains-like ecosystem. Remi underscores that habitat restoration is the core lever for conservation and explains how some species thrive in places like Texas due to available habitat, not native range.
- 55:32 – 1:02:15
Predator stories: close calls with bears, carcass disputes, and grizzly temperament
They shift from systems-level ecology to personal risk, revisiting Remi’s bear encounters and Joe’s fear of big bears. Remi describes black bear charges around cabins and explains grizzly behavior: most run, but the dangerous minority can escalate quickly.
- 1:02:15 – 1:10:18
The scariest moment: a near-vertical New Zealand recovery that could’ve been fatal
Remi recounts his most frightening wilderness experience—recovering a chamois from dangerous cliffs in New Zealand while guiding an older client. Only after throwing the animal and watching it fall for an unnervingly long time did he realize how exposed and trapped he was, forcing a risky climb out.
- 1:10:18 – 1:28:11
Danielle goes missing in Nevada: Remi’s nighttime search and dramatic rescue
Remi tells the story of his future wife Danielle going missing for nearly three days in the high desert with no gear or water. He joins search-and-rescue, chooses an unconventional approach, hears her faint response in the dark, and coordinates a rapid extraction despite skeptical decision-makers.
- 1:28:11 – 1:34:27
Fatherhood and hunting as primal switches: ‘a feeling you didn’t know was available’
They connect the rescue story to the deeper theme of primal experiences that reshape identity—having a child and taking an animal while hunting. Joe explains how hunting rewired his relationship to food, while Remi describes how becoming a dad changes risk calculus and responsibility.
- 1:34:27 – 2:37:48
Modern life recorded: phones, privacy, and the Depp/Heard trial as a warning
A brief detour into technology and culture wars: Android vs. iPhone convenience, encrypted messaging, and the reality of digital surveillance. The conversation then pivots to how texts and recordings surface in court, using the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trial as an example of relationships turned into evidence.
