CLEVELAND-MeatEater: Under the Hood with Steven Rinella and Janis Putelis
Join host Steven Rinella and producer Janis “The Latvian Eagle” Putelis as they share the ins and outs of producing the groundbreaking Netflix Original Series MeatEater and the top-ranked The MeatEater Podcast. Steve and Janis share their favorite MeatEater clips and tell the full stories behind getting charged by grizzlies, stricken by weird diseases, run over by moose, and other crazy experiences that were never captured on film. It’s an insider’s glimpse into the evolution of MeatEater over 100 gripping episodes.
Steven Rinella
Is an avid outdoorsman, writer, and television personality who has gained wide popularity through his passion for conservation and an exceptional ability to communicate the hunting lifestyle to a wide variety of audiences. He is the host of the Netflix Original Series MeatEater (now in its 7th season) and the weekly The MeatEater Podcast, the most popular podcast in the outdoor category on Apple. He is also the author of the instant bestseller The MeatEater Fish & Game Cookbook; the two-volume series, The Complete Guide to Hunting, Butchering, and Cooking Wild Game; Meat Eater: Adventures from the Life of an American Hunter; American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon; and The Scavenger’s Guide to Haute Cuisine. His articles have appeared in many publications including Field and Stream, Men’s Journal, Outside, Glamour, O: The Oprah Magazine, Men’s Health, The New York Times and the anthologies The Best American Travel Writing (2003, 2010, 2014 and 2016) and The Best Food Writing (2005, 2013). Rinella is a recipient of the Theodore Roosevelt Conversation Partnership’s Conservation Achievement Award.
Janis Putelis
Is the producer of the Netflix Original Series MeatEater and co-host of The MeatEater Podcast. An avid outdoorsman, Putelis spent over a decade as a professional hunting and fishing guide before coming to work at MeatEater, Inc. He lives in Bozeman, Montana with his wife and two daughters.
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Hosts
Janis Putelis is the Director and Executive Producer of the Netflix Original series MeatEater and co-host of The MeatEater Podcast. Before joining MeatEater in 2012, Putelis spent over a decade guiding hunting and fishing trips in Colorado, Arizona, and Mexico and three years in a professional kitchen.
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Steven Rinella is the host of the long-running television show MeatEater and top-ranked MeatEater podcast. He is the New York Times bestselling author of ten books dealing with wildlife, hunting, fishing, and wild game cooking, most recently Outdoor Kids in an Inside World: Getting Your Family Out of the House and Radically Engaged with Nature and the audio original, MeatEater's Campfire Stories: Narrow Escapes and More Close Calls. He is the recipient of the Conservation Achievement Award from The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership.
Check out some of Steve's favorite gear.