Donny Dust has been a solid mentor the last few years. Since his TikTok exploded, it's been ironic to watch my caveman sensei(?) amass over 10 million followers on TikTok. All 10mil of whom....in 2023, watch him make stone tools everyday.

Here's us chatting about dogs, rocks, prehistory, and how his time as USMC Counterintelligence kinda made him an applied anthropologist, survivalist, and educator. But mostly about the things mentioned in the title.

You can find his books and classes on his website: https://www.donnydust.com/

Timecodes

0:00 Intro and catching up

07:23 What is Military Intelligence?

09:58 Overt, Covert, Clandestine

11:56 After the service?

15:35 Widow-Maker Heart Attack

20:45 How the Woods are a Reset

21:38 Dogs in the Woods

24:04 What do Dogs mean to you?

25:59 Encountering Moose and Safety Tips

30:07 Have you ever seen a wolf?

32:18 Encountering Cryptids? / Bigfoot

34:15 "Pattern of Life"

36:03 Firearms / Mountainmen

38:44 Craziest Experience/ encounter

39:50 Surviving in the Amazon

42:00 Gathering Local Intel for Survival Tips

43:01 Fungi

44:61 Go-to Meal When in the Woods?

47:48 Survival Mistakes

48:00 T.O.W.E.R.S.

51:00 Deciduous vs. Pine

55:46 DONNY'S BOOKS

57:11 Stone Tools 1:02:00 Artifact Identification

1:06:00 Spirituality

1:08:00 How was Fire Invented?

1:10:00 Did Hominins have Speech?

1:13:00 Teachers

1:22:00 TikTok success and Advice

1:27:00 Your son managed your TikTok??

1:29:00 Video Games as Communication

1:33:00 Alone the Beast

1:36:00 What does it mean to be Human?

1:38:00 RESCUE Podcast