An Unofficial 'The MeatEater Podcast' Reading List

Seth Cantner

4 books referenced

Books by Seth Cantner

Shopping for Porcupine

Referenced in 2 episodes

Ep. 405: Don't Believe Them

January 16, 2023

Context:

The speaker mentions Seth Cantner as a guest who was raised outside of Kotzebue, Alaska in a sod igloo. Cantner wrote this book among others about his experiences living off the land.

Ep. 348: Eating Walrus and Whale with An Igloo Boy

July 11, 2022

Context:

Mentioned as Seth Cantner's follow-up book to Ordinary Wolves. Cantner explains that people wanted a memoir and he didn't realize it was unusual to grow up in a sod igloo separated from people.

Ordinary Wolves

Referenced in 2 episodes

Ep. 405: Don't Believe Them

January 16, 2023

Context:

Listed as another book by Seth Cantner, discussed in the context of traditional subsistence living and cooking methods in Alaska, particularly boiled meat preparations.

Ep. 348: Eating Walrus and Whale with An Igloo Boy

July 11, 2022

Context:

Steve Rinella mentions this was Seth Cantner's first novel and his introduction to Cantner's work. Cantner explains he wrote it as a novel to tell the truth about northern Alaska and Inupiat villages, and had difficulty getting it published, receiving a $1,500 advance after ten years of trying.

A Thousand Trails Home

Referenced in 1 episode

Ep. 405: Don't Believe Them

January 16, 2023

Context:

The speaker describes this as Cantner's book about Caribou, which discusses traditional cooking methods including boiling moose knees and caribou parts that influenced the conversation about normalizing boiled meat preparations.

A Thousand Trails Home: Living with Caribou

Referenced in 1 episode

Ep. 348: Eating Walrus and Whale with An Igloo Boy

July 11, 2022

Context:

Described as Seth Cantner's most recent book. Rinella praises it extensively, noting it covers the biology and cultural significance of caribou, and demonstrates how one cannot talk about caribou without talking about people. The book is discussed multiple times throughout the episode, and Cantner mentions it's published by Mountaineers Books, a nonprofit publisher.