Through the Gates

About Through the Gates

Informing the Public on the Benefits of Hunting and Fishing along with the importance of the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Responsible Science Based Wildlife Management

Publisher

Dan Gates - Save the Hunt

Category

science · sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Jan 2025

Latest episode

3 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

30 of 124 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   3 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Ep. 123 - Arizona to Colorado: The Growing Battle Over Hunting, Wildlife & Conservation

   Host Dan Gates interviews Chuck Podolak, president of Conserve and Protect Arizona, about the growing battle over hunting and wildlife conservation across Western states.

2. 

   27 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Ep. 122 - From Texas to Colorado: The Battle for Hunting, Public Lands & Wildlife Conservation

   Host Dan Gates interviews Cable Smith, host of the Lone Star Outdoor Show, about the critical intersection of hunting, public lands, and wildlife conservation in the political arena.

3. 

   20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Ep. 121 - The “Pristine Myth” Is Changing How We See Wildlife | Trinity Vandenacre

   Host Dan Gates interviews Trinity Vandenacre of Life in the West about the "pristine myth" and how human involvement shapes wildlife conservation.

Inside a recent episode

Ep. 123 - Arizona to Colorado: The Growing Battle Over Hunting, Wildlife & Conservation

Published 3 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] This goes to the core of attacks on science, on how we manage. Then ConcernProtect will engage in that political realm. So one example is we had some ill-considered attempts in the legislature to implement a landowner tag system to start to go down that path of I know you guys have some here. I know we look at New Mexico is what I think a very bad example of privatizing the tag allocation. So concern protects it. We don't want to go down that path. We have a very, very egalitarian, democratic tag system in Arizona, and we didn't want to unwind that. And so, well. Groups like Arizona Sports for Wildlife Conservation engaged on a whole slew of bills. […]

Who has been a guest on Through the Gates

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Chuck Podolak
• Cable Smith
• Trinity Vandenacre
• Chris Tymeson
• Kevin Grantham

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

46,239

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.6 / 5

41 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

20 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 81 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

97

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

85

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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