Scoutmaster Podcast 174

Opening joke: Clarke teases the answer to 'what is a scout banana?' promising it's worth listening to the whole podcast.

Listener mail from Greg Gotcher (on becoming a lifelong scouting volunteer), Owen Heyman from Sheffield England (praising the resource), Scoutmaster Shane Strubart (renewed enthusiasm), and John Rust of Cub Pack 44 in New Jersey (on scouting's mission and the membership policy vote). Clarke also mentions the Echo Zoom wood stove video review, the June Scout Circle on Order of the Arrow with Lodge Advisor Andy Koh, and previews the Colorado Experiment segment.

Third interview with Arlam Ward, Scoutmaster of Troop 17 in Colorado, covering the troop's first Memorial Day camping trip: patrol-led setup and cooking, managing involved parents, duty rosters, the stop-start-continue reflection tool, upcoming backpacking and summer camp plans, and the origin of the 'scout banana' nickname for the fleur-de-lis.