Friends, things continue to be strange and stressful for a lot of us. The pandemic has impacted almost every aspect of “normal” life, including conservation ....

If You Love Something, Shoot It In the Face

Apr 5th, 2020 53m 57s

Like all good Midwestern kids, I grew up hunting and fishing. These were activities my dad grew up doing and his dad before him. These ....

Drowning in Plastic

Mar 1st, 2020 47m 12s

Few things in life terrify me as much as plastic. It’s a material that popped up just a few decades ago, and now it’s everywhere. ....

Corporate America Saves the World

Feb 9th, 2020 52m 8s

It won’t come as a big surprise that I’m not the biggest fan of corporate America. Like a lot of folks who work in conservation, ....

Save The < fill in the blank >

Dec 21st, 2019 41m 50s

One of the most important pieces of legislation in the United States is the Endangered Species Act. For people who work in conservation, the ESA ....

They Paved Paradise

Dec 8th, 2019 40m 57s

I never considered myself a “city kid.” I grew up in a rural part of the country, but today, I live in a city. More ....

I'm Not Breeding

Nov 16th, 2019 44m 11s

The human population is huge, and it just keeps growing. For a lot of environmental problems, it’s the elephant in the room that’s always in ....

Yeah Bugs!

Nov 4th, 2019 44m 31s

It’s Halloween in the U.S., which means it’s a good excuse to talk about spooky creepy crawlies! That’s right: bugs! I know what a lot of you are thinking. “Bugs? Gross.” But wait! Bugs are actually really cool, really important, and really

Alaska Song

Oct 20th, 2019 4m 59s

So this last month has been a little crazy, and I wasn’t able to turn out a new, full-length episode. Don’t worry – there’s more drunken, nerdy conversations coming, but in the meantime, pour a glass and enjoy this bonus episode. After our Alas

Danger Floof Floofing (Alaska: Part 2)

Oct 6th, 2019 45m 30s

When we last left our Alaska adventurers, we were in Seward and watching wildfire smoke blow back in to the city. Fortunately, we were on our way north to Denali, with the hope of seeing more wildlife (which up to this point, we had hardly seen

The Last Frontier? (Alaska: Part 1)

Sep 22nd, 2019 35m 14s

This summer, I had the privilege to visit Alaska with three of my favorite people, Liz, Jason (aka: Ocho), and David on an RV camping trip from Anchorage, to Seward, and finally to Denali. For all of us, it was our first time visiting Alaska, a

#BeBetter

Sep 8th, 2019 39m 22s

Social media seems to be in the news a lot more lately, usually for bad reasons. Election interference, violations of privacy, concerns about companies becoming monopolies, bullying, and on, and on. Even conservationists have been pointing out

Stupid Green Squares

Aug 18th, 2019 32m 2s

Lawns are the dumbest thing ever! They’re obsessively managed squares of an invasive species. And what’s the point of them? They don’t grow food. They don’t provide habitat. They’re just stupid green squares. I recently bought a house (brag

Are We Racist?

Aug 5th, 2019 36m 15s

Hey friends,If you’re a political junky like me, the current national news cycle has been really depressing. It feels like every day we hear about a new racist tweet from the President of the United States. It’s awful, and it reminds me of

Fires and Floods

Jul 15th, 2019 42m 37s

My love for whisky started when I went to college in Iowa with my friend, Jenny. We learned that all bad ass conservationists have to drink whisky, so we learned to deal with the burn of whisky and have stumbled our way forward ever since.

We're All Gonna Die

Jul 1st, 2019 29m 9s

Sometimes, working in conservation can be tough, demoralizing, and frustrating. One of the reasons I started this podcast was (admittedly) to do some group therapy with other conservationists who are just as worried and depressed about the down

Coming Soon - Whisky and Conservation

Jun 18th, 2019 1m 51s

Wildlife conservation is a stressful career, so it’s no wonder that whenever conservationists get together, we have a drink (or four). And because we’re all so passionate about our work, we all end up having drunken conversations about animals

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