I’m always trying to find ways to keep the boys off their electronics and engaged. While we were on vacation last year Mr B sent me a book too check out named Outdoor Kids in an Inside World by Steven Rinella. I ended up ordering the book and we read most of it as a family. In doing so we absolutely fell in love with what Steven had to say about our relationships with the outdoors as a family. We have been slowly trying to incorporate more of his ideas into our day to day.

For those of you that have never heard of Steven Rinella, he’s the founder of MeatEater. Now mind you I had vaguely heard of the TV show from my brother and nephews but since the videos weren’t available on any of the TV options we have hadn’t checked them out yet. Mr B on the other had watched the show and followed MeatEater on social media and asked for his cookbooks for Christmas a couple years ago. I remember thumbing thru the cookbooks and picking out some recipes to try but not really paying a ton of attention to them otherwise.

After reading Outdoor Kids in an Inside World though I decided to listen to one of the podcasts just to see if Steven really talks the way he writes which I find very entertaining. I was totally hooked after that. I follow several of their podcasts. As a matter of fact they are the most frequently listened to on our road trips. Yes I let my kids listen to them. Yes they swear in the the podcasts but they are honest and educational and are opening my kids minds to new thought processes. They are getting my kids interested in doing more outside. They challenge us all to learn.

One of their weekly podcasts is the MeatEater Trivia. We save up these episodes for long trips because they are the most entertaining for boys. We play along in the car and do our best to try to out score each other. I’ve also over heard the boys talk to their grandparents and other people about things they have learned from these trivia games.

If you and you family are at all into hunting, fishing and the great outdoors I highly recommend you check out some of their stuff whether it’s reading, tv, or podcasts they have plenty of options and they might just inspire you and your family like they have inspired us.