Episodes

Josh, Whitney, Brenna, Sam, John, and MJ Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Eighty! A nice round number and I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. First up, I want to give a shoutout to Claire Pedersen, who only found out about the show recently but has been working her way through the episodes in chronological order. She’s more than halfway through so I expect it won’t be long before she hears this. I also want to give a shoutout to Charlotte Pedersen as well. She’s Claire’s youn...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode 79! It’s been a while since an episode dropped and I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. I’ve had the best excuse for not getting a show out for a while – I’ve been traveling! I just got back from two weeks in Madagascar, and before that I spent most of January and February in Peru. I am home for a while now, so the show schedule will go back to something close to regular for the near future. So Much Pingle Patrons! I want to give a big shout-o...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode 78 and I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. After three weeks at home, I am heading back to Peru this afternoon for this year’s third and final tour. I’m happy to get another show out before I leave, and we will touch base again in early March when I return. So Much Pingle Patrons! As always, I want to thank everyone who keeps the show rolling along. And if you’re out there listening and you would like to kick in a few bucks, it’s easy to do, y...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Seventy Seven! And I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there, and I want to wish all of you a happy, healthy, and prosperous new year. It’s the first week of February and it’s good to be back home and to be turning out another episode, after being away for nearly a month in Peru. It was an interesting trip, to say the least, with a lot of travel issues going both down and back. I’ll spare you the details, but I am beginning to suspect that the golden...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Seventy Six! And I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there, and I want to wish all of you a happy, healthy, and prosperous new year. Well it’s Sunday, and New Year’s Day, and that can only mean that the first episode of 2023 is a Herp Science Sunday show with Dr. Alex Krohn! I’m happy to get one more show in before I head down to Peru in just a few days. This visit is a prolonged trip, actually two trips back-to-back, and I won’t return home until al...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Seventy Five! It’s the day after Christmas, and I hope you all are safe, healthy, and warm. The temperatures at my house are back into the mid-teens Fahrenheit, after a few blustery and frigid days leading up to the holiday. I’m working to crank out a few episodes over the next week or so before I head to Peru for another visit. I want to give a big shout-out to Dick and Patti Bartlett, the show’s newest patrons. I appreciate your one-time contribution and ...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Seventy Four! I want to wish you all a happy and peaceful holiday season. I have shoutouts to some new patrons of the show! Ian Kanda, thanks so much for your one-time contribution. Ian is strictly listening to the show in order so hopefully he’ll hear my shout-out before the fourth of July. I have some new Patreoners as well! Kim Brown, thank you so much and your timing is rather excellent! And a special shout-out to Ruth and Henry, who love to go herping ...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Seventy Three! Tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the US and I wish everyone a good holiday. It’s good to be back in the studio again after a few weeks off. As always, I want to say thank you to all of the show’s patrons! I’m grateful for everyone’s contributions and it does keep the show rolling along. And if you’re out there listening and you would like to kick in a few bucks, it’s easy to do, you simply go to the So Much Pingle Patreon page. You can suppor...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Seventy Two! It’s the day before Halloween, an appropriate time to release these tales of strange occurrences from the world of field herping. As always, I want to say thank you to all of the show’s patrons, including our newest Patreon member Brad Allen! Thank you so much Brad, and I appreciated your note as well. I’m grateful for everyone’s contributions and it does keep the show rolling along. And if you’re out there listening and you would like to kick ...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Seventy One! Here it is, mid-October and the fall rains are soaking us here at SMP world headquarters. As always, I want to say thank you to all of the show’s patrons, including Brandon Bourassa, who came in at one Patreon level and recently went up to the next level – thank you Brandon, I appreciate that. I also want to give a shout out to our newest patron, Christian Diederich, who made a one-time contribution via Venmo. Thank you so much, Christian, and ...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Seventy! It’s nearly October and I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there. It’s good to be talking with you all again after a bit of a gap – I had a lot on my plate for the past few weeks. You’re probably thinking that an old retired guy ought to have plenty of free time, and usually that is true enough. But I recently started doing some half-time consulting work for my old department at the university, and I’ll be working there for just a few mon...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Sixty Nine! And for the first time, we have a guest host, Josh Holbrook, who graciously agreed to turn things around and ask me some questions. Since I started the podcast, I have received many requests along the lines of “I wanna hear someone interview YOU!”. I figured I would just keep putting this off but okay, here it is! Like most people I’m not entirely comfortable talking about myself but Josh made things easy and we rolled along for almost two hours....

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Sixty Eight! Here we are in mid-August and I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there. I’ve been working on re-siding and painting my garage all week, and it feels good to scrub the paint from my hands and strap into the podcasting chair for a bit. Now before we get to the show notes portion of the show notes, I want to take a minute to thank all of the show’s patrons, including our newest Patreon supporters, Wes Redridge, and Lawrence Erickson! Th...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Sixty Seven! It’s the end of July and I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there. As always, I want to thank all of the patrons of the show – we would not be kicking off a third season without you and I appreciate your support. To others in the listening audience, if you like the show, please consider supporting it via the So Much Pingle Patreon page. You can support the show for as little as three buck a month – less than a fancy cup of coffee! Yo...

Photo by Kevin Messenger. Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Sixty Six! It’s good to be back in the studio, and I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there. It’s mid-summer here at SMP world headquarters and I’m back after a week off to get some work done around the house. As always, I want to thank all of the patrons of the show – we would not be kicking off a third season without you and I appreciate your support. To others in the listening audience, if you like the show, please co...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Sixty Five! I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there. I’m back in the booth after a couple of weeks in Peru and it’s great to talk with you all again. As always, I want to thank all of the patrons of the show – we would not be kicking off a third season without you and I appreciate your support. To others in the listening audience, if you like the show, please consider supporting it via the So Much Pingle Patreon page. You can support the show fo...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Sixty Four! I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there as we roll into June. First up I want to give a shoutout to the Minnesota Herpetological Society for inviting me to speak at their first in-person meeting since pre-Covid. I made a rocket run up to Minneapolis St. Paul on Friday and back on Saturday, and I talked about The Field Herping Guide, the Pingleton/Holbrook collaboration project, and also, this show and how it got started. It’s a great ...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Sixty Three! I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there as we feature yet another Herp Science Sunday episode, which features aquatic turtles and drones – yay science! As always, I want to thank all of the patrons of the show – we would not be kicking off a third season without you and I appreciate your support. To others in the listening audience, if you like the show, please consider supporting it via the So Much Pingle Patreon page. You can also...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Sixty Two! I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there as we roll into Season Three! First of all, I want to thank all of the patrons of the show – we would not be kicking off a third season without you and I appreciate your support. To others in the listening audience, if you like the show, please consider supporting it via the So Much Pingle Patreon page. You can also support the show via one-time contributions via PayPal or Venmo (please contact ...