This week on the Bear Grease Podcast, we’ve got the third and final episode in our series on the extraordinary life of the former slave, confederate soldier, bear hunter and Mississippi native, Holt Collier. Many believe he deserves to sit in the saddle with the greats of American history, but his life is stacked deep in controversy, murder, fortunes won and lost, and unrivaled adventure. We’ve tracked all the data points we have on Holt, but like boar bear pursued by hounds, he’s difficult to course. This episode is dedicated to his famous Teddy Bear Hunt where he guided president, Theodore Roosevelt, AND we’ll discuss Holt’s lasting legacy. He lived in bold opposition to the trends of the age – he was a black man that overcame, endured and thrived in the South in a dangerous period, but even in the midst of victory, his life leaves us with a tragic aftertaste. The story of Holt’s life exemplifies core Bear Grease, it’s the finest renderings, the choice meat of the akern, the flash of the flashiest mule, the crescendo trill of the barred owl, it’s the black panther of all black panther stories and I’m honored to tell it to you….I doubt you’re going to want to miss this one.
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Ep. 60: The Deathwind - Lewis Wetzel
Ep. 59: Bear Grease [Render] - The Game Warden’s Here
Ep. 58: Poaching - Our Relationship with the Law
Ep. 57: Bear Grease [Render] - Outlaws and Undercover Stings
Ep. 56: Genuine Outlaws - Covert Operations, Part 3
Ep. 55: Bear Grease [Render] - Predator Calling Grizzlies and Crackling Fat
Ep. 54: Genuine Outlaws - Rough Men, Part 2
Ep. 53: Bear Grease [Render] - Waylon Wins, Flipping Four-wheelers, and Outlaw Debrief
Ep. 52: Genuine Outlaws - Louie Dale and Charley Edwards, Part 1
Ep. 51: Bear Grease [Render] - Mustaches, Bear Collars, and Wild Turkey Biologist, Jeremy Wood
Ep. 50: Turkey Tales
Ep. 49: Bear Grease [Render] - One Thousand Bandaids, Mr. Leon, and Turkeys
Ep. 48: The Trouble with Lovin’ Gobblin’ Turkeys with Will Primos and Dr. Mike Chamberlain
Ep. 47: Bear Grease [Render] - Steve Rinella on Jerry Clower and Trimming Mule Hooves
Ep. 46: Jerry Clower - Southern Identity, Raccoon Hunting, and Comedy
Ep. 45: Bear Grease [Render] - LIVE at the Bonanza
Ep. 44: Where the Red Fern Grows (Part 2) - Character and Manhood
Ep. 43: Bear Grease [Render] - Nine Miles In Reverse and Raccoon Camp
Ep. 42: Where The Red Fern Grows (Part 1) - The Peculiar life of Wilson Rawls
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