Ep. 549: Musky Scandals and Governor's Tags Get a Kick to the Nuts

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Steve discusses this as 'one of the best books about the Vietnam War.' He explains that Michael Herr was sent by Rolling Stone or Esquire to cover the Vietnam War, and that most of the dialogue in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket comes from this book. Steve describes it as 'a masterpiece of war reporting' and discusses how the author struggled to reintegrate into society after the experience. He specifically recalls Herr describing an odor as 'smelling like snakes left too long in a jar.'

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Clay mentions reading this book about 15 years ago. He explains it was 'written by a neurologist and a horse trainer' and discusses the book's premise that horses don't have the brain capacity to 'like' or 'dislike' humans the way people anthropomorphize them. He uses this to justify his desire to keep a rattlesnake, arguing that the snake would be content in captivity. The book apparently examines horse behavior from a neurological perspective.

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A listener writes to Steve suggesting he should 'read a compendium Musky angling history by Larry Ramsell' to brush up on his musky biology knowledge. The book is mentioned as covering the history of faked musky records. Later in the conversation, it's noted that Ramsell 'wrote a highly detailed book in nineteen eighty four' and is described as 'the premiere historian of musky lore' in Hayward, Wisconsin.