Forest and Stream, History in the Outdoors

Forest and Stream, History in the Outdoors

This Forest and Stream podcast will take you to the times, the people and the events that shaped America and Americans, our ideals, our values and our dreams. We’ll seat you alongside the affluent and in the boots of everyday citizens to deliver a rare insight and an unfiltered view through a window into the past.

Get connected to our history, rich traditions and understand the legacy created by the sportsman of North America.

Recent Episodes

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The Greatest Fish Story Ever Told!
Feb. 24, 2022

The Greatest Fish Story Ever Told!

The events that happened in Kekoskee, Wisconsin are so extraordinary and improbable that I always hesitate about telling the story. The evidence is legal, convincing and overwhelming.  In total it makes up the grandest fish …
A Greenhorn and Big John in the Wilds of Michigan - January 18, 1877
Feb. 11, 2022

A Greenhorn and Big John in the Wilds of Michigan - January 18, 1877

If the sketch which follows, depicting a general outline of incidents which entered into the experience of a "Greenhorn," on his first deer hunt in the wilds of Michigan, shall have the effect of driving the work-encumbered …
Trout Fishing - January 1, 1874
Jan. 11, 2022

Trout Fishing - January 1, 1874

Forest and Stream - By the Poets Hand, A poem by Eunice B. Lamberton
The Back Lakes of Canada - January 1, 1874
Jan. 8, 2022

The Back Lakes of Canada - January 1, 1874

A Deer Hunting Adventure and a 50 mile Expedition by Canoe
Natures Invitation - August 14, 1873
Jan. 2, 2022

Natures Invitation - August 14, 1873

On the fair face of nature let us muse, and dream by lapsing stream and dropping wood.
Metaphysics of Deer Hunting - October 2, 1873
Dec. 31, 2021

Metaphysics of Deer Hunting - October 2, 1873

A sportsman takes to the woodlands following the Wall Street panic of 1873
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About the Host

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Bryan Muche

Sportsman / Historian

Hello I am Bryan Muche, an American Sportsman, and perhaps like you, I am someone who is deeply interested our history in the outdoors. In this podcast I’ll be sharing with you the stories, observations and opinions of the day to color a historical perspective drawn from the pages of Forest and Stream (a trusted weekly outdoors journal published from 1873 to 1930).