Ep. 466: This Country Life - Bait It's What's For Dinner

About this episode

Brent shares eclectic facts and memories about fishing bait and an impromptu lesson for calming insect fears.

Join us for an eclectic group of facts and memories about fishing bait from Brent's storied upbringing. You'll hear how bait that was purposed for a fish's mouth ended up in his. He's also sharing an impromptu lesson he used to calm his oldest daughter's fear of insects. You may want to try it yourself, but we doubt it. All that and more on this week's episode of "This Country Life" podcast. Take the listener survey: themeateater.com/grease Thank you to our sponsors, Case Knives and Stor-Mor . Shop This Country Life Merch Connect with Brent and  MeatEater MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , Youtube , and Youtube Clips Subscribe to the  MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop This Country Life Merch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Guest: Brent

Topics covered

• fishing bait
• childhood memories
• insect fear
• country life
• outdoor experiences

Keywords

• fishing
• bait
• insects
• memories
• country life
• outdoors
• childhood

Sponsors

Case Knives, Stor-Mor

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MeatEater

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