An Unofficial 'The MeatEater Podcast' Reading List

Jon Krakauer

1 book referenced

Books by Jon Krakauer

Into the Wild

Referenced in 2 episodes

Ep. 506: The Future of Alaska Hunting

December 25, 2023

Context:

Steve Rinella mentions reading this entire book while watching an avalanche slide for black bears. The book is about Chris McCandless (Alexander Supertramp) who died in a bus in Alaska. A movie was made from the book, and Eddie Vedder made a song for it.

Ep. 028

February 05, 2016

Context:

Referenced (author name misspoken as 'John Cracker') when discussing proper game care and butchering. Speaker mentions the story of Chris McCandless shooting a moose, which is from Krakauer's book about McCandless (likely 'Into the Wild'), using it as an example of what happens when you don't properly plan for field care of large game.