Ep. 471: Future Wild - The Simplest Approach to Fishing, Adventure, and Saving Our Home Planet with Yvon Chouinard

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with Yvon Chouinard about simplicity in fishing and adventure while addressing environmental issues.

In this inaugural episode of Future Wild, we kick off this new show exploring the future of our wild world with a discussion with Yvon Chouinard - angler, activist, and founder of Patagonia - about his ethos of simplicity and how it might apply to fishing, adventure, and the fight to redeem the natural world. Thanks to our sponsor,  Conservation First Bank . Follow Future Wild on Apple , Spotify , YouTube , iHeart, Pandora, Amazon. Connect with Mark Kenyon and  MeatEater MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube MeatEater on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , Youtube , and Youtube Clips See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Guest: Yvon Chouinard

Topics covered

• fishing
• adventure
• environmentalism
• simplicity
• wildlife conservation

Keywords

• fishing
• adventure
• Yvon Chouinard
• simplicity
• environment
• wildlife
• Patagonia

Sponsors

Conservation First Bank

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patagonia, MeatEater, Future Wild, Apple, Spotify, YouTube, iHeart, Pandora, Amazon

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