Worth a Listen: 10 Podcasts for New England Outdoor Folks
By Joshua Smith
New England is a fine place to be outside. We’ve got mountain trails, trout streams, deer woods, snowmobile routes, back ponds, rocky coastlines, maple lots, and enough old logging roads to keep a person curious for a lifetime. This week’s podcast list is for folks who like fresh air, muddy boots, camp coffee, and a good story from the woods.
1. New England Outdoor Life
A natural first pick for our region. This show focuses on hunting, fishing, outdoor heritage, and conservation in New England, with conversations rooted in education and tradition.
2. Hunt Fish New England
This one highlights New England’s hunting, fishing, and outdoor community, including small businesses, local gear, fishing expos, and regional outdoor voices.
3. The MeatEater Podcast
Hosted by Steven Rinella, this popular show covers hunting, fishing, conservation, wild foods, and the natural world. It is a good choice for listeners who enjoy thoughtful outdoor conversations with plenty of field experience behind them.
4. The Outdoor Life Podcast
Outdoor Life has been covering hunting, fishing, and conservation since 1898, and its podcast carries that same practical outdoor spirit into audio form.
5. The Field & Stream Podcast
A good pick for anyone who likes outdoor storytelling, sporting traditions, hunting, fishing, conservation, and the culture that surrounds campfires, rivers, and backwoods memories.
6. Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Podcast & Blast
This podcast digs into public lands, wildlife habitat, hunting, fishing, and conservation issues. One recent New England-related topic focused on recreation trails and their effect on wild places.
7. The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast
A must-try for anglers, especially in a region where brook trout, river health, and fly-fishing traditions run deep.
8. Outside/In
Produced by New Hampshire Public Radio, this is a strong fit for listeners who enjoy nature, science, climate, animals, land use, and the way people interact with the outdoors.
9. Bear Grease
A storytelling-heavy outdoor podcast that blends hunting, conservation, history, and rural culture. It has a campfire feel, but with plenty of substance.
10. WildFed Podcast
For listeners interested in foraging, wild foods, hunting, fishing, and living closer to the land, this show brings a thoughtful angle to outdoor life.
And right here at home, The St. Johnsbury Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Outdoor Edge, hosted by Gary Moore, is available as a podcast too. Along with hunting, fishing, conservation, and rural life, Gary always works in a bit of local outdoor history, the kind of stories that remind you how much is tucked into these hills, rivers, and back roads. Find Outdoor Edge wherever you get podcasts and on the WYKR app.