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This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von

#613 - Forrest Galante

This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von

Theo Von

Comedy

4.824.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2025

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Summary

Forrest Galante is a wildlife biologist, adventurer, and TV host known for his shows “Animals on Drugs” and “Extinct or Alive”, along with his multiple Shark Week specials. Forrest joins Theo to talk about growing up a bush-kid under political turmoil in Zimbabwe, his multiple near-death experiences in the wild, and how to make an animal “de-extinct”. Forrest Galante: https://www.instagram.com/forrest.galante/  ------------------------------------------------ Tour Dates! https://theovon.com/tour New Merch: https://www.theovonstore.com ------------------------------------------------- Sponsored By: Celsius: Go to the Celsius Amazon store to check out all of their flavors. #CELSIUSBrandPartner #CELSIUSLiveFit https://amzn.to/3HbAtPJ  Armra: Go to https://tryarmra.com/THEO  or enter THEO to get 15% off your first order. Netsuite: Download the free CFO’s Guide to AI and Machine Learning at https://NetSuite.com/THEO.  Valor Recovery: To learn more about Valor Recovery please visit them at https://valorrecoverycoaching.com/  or email them at admin@valorrecoverycoaching.com Perplexity AI: Ask anything at https://pplx.ai/theo and download their new web browser Comet at https://comet.perplexity.ai/ ------------------------------------------------- Music: “Shine” by Bishop Gunn Bishop Gunn - Shine ------------------------------------------------ Submit your funny videos, TikToks, questions and topics you'd like to hear on the podcast to: tpwproducer@gmail.com Hit the Hotline: 985-664-9503 Video Hotline for Theo Upload here: https://www.theovon.com/fan-upload Send mail to: This Past Weekend 1906 Glen Echo Rd PO Box #159359 Nashville, TN 37215 ------------------------------------------------ Find Theo: Website: https://theovon.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/theovon Facebook: https://facebook.com/theovon Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thispastweekend Twitter: https://twitter.com/theovon YouTube: https://youtube.com/theovon Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheoVonClips Shorts Channel: https://bit.ly/3ClUj8z ------------------------------------------------ Producer: Zach https://www.instagram.com/zachdpowers Producer: Trevyn https://www.instagram.com/trevyn.s/  Producer: Nick https://www.instagram.com/realnickdavis/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Ah, Benny's parents, thanks for coming.

0:02.3

Hiya.

0:02.9

So, Benny has really blossomed this term.

0:05.6

You're telling me, he outgrew his bike. We sold it, on eBay.

0:09.6

Oh, that's not quite what I meant.

0:11.1

It's free to sell on there?

0:12.3

Free to sell?

0:13.5

Easy too. Sold Benny's bike, your guitar, my jacket.

0:16.8

You sold my guitar?

0:19.9

Shall we talk about Benny? When it's this easy to sell for free, you can't

0:24.7

help but say when it's eBay. Things people love. T's and Cs apply, excludes vehicles. Today's

0:30.8

guest is an outdoorsman. He's a master of animalia, or animals, means animals. He's known for his focus on animals close to extinction.

0:41.0

He's a host on Discovery.

0:43.0

He's been to some of the most insane parts of the world.

0:46.1

I'm grateful to get to know him and learn about his life.

0:49.2

Today's guest is Mr. Forrest Galante.

0:51.7

Shine on me and I will find Mr. Forrest Galante.

1:09.1

Yeah, that's the best, dude.

1:43.5

Forrest Galante, thanks for coming in, man. Yeah, dude, thanks for having me. Glad we made it work. Yeah, I really appreciate it. I'm excited, dude. I'm excited to talk about animalia and a little bit about your life so our listeners know who you are. Sure. Yeah, I was complimenting those shoes, dude. Those things are nice. Dude, the GoRux. Is this company that's all about putting heavy weight on your back and training? And, you know, I spend a lot of time in a backpack, so I'm a big fan. Yeah, they look pretty springy, dude. I went with the boots today. How do you like the cowboy? Is that your go-to? Are you a cowboy boots guy? about two days a week now two days a week yeah trying Two days a week. Yeah. Trying to quit, though. Yeah. You have none of these six milligrams. Yeah, there you go. That's a heavy dose of boot right there. Dude, what if they do come out with boots? Like, what if Zinn or Alp comes out with a boot that has, like, nicotine in the rim of it? So, like, soaks into your body through your feet yeah getting that

2:01.0

little head buzz i'd buy them dude i would put them on if i had to do um one of those field sobriety

2:07.4

test there you go there you go yeah you're like i'm good from the knees up yeah um good to see today

2:14.2

you were you grew up in i mean you were kind of born into Anamalia there in like, on the edge of Africa in Zimbabwe. That's where you grew up. Yeah, exactly right. So son of safari business owners, if I wasn't in school, we either lived on a farm or my family ran safari, so I was out in the bush. So I've just been around wildlife my entire childhood. Oh, wow. That's you right there. Yeah. Look at them teeth right there. Oh, yeah. I wouldn't want to get bit by that. No, yeah. I was part beaver growing up. Yeah. Take me into some of that, like what it's like growing up on, in like a safari land. Does it give you a different appreciation of animals? Does it make you

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