Episodes
Academic Coaching with Katy Peplin
March 17, 2021
In today’s podcast, I talk to academic Coach Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive Ph.D. Katy founded Thrive PhD in 2017, where she started out coaching acquaintances to now having a thriving business with clients all over the world and…
Animal Care to Self Care with PJ Beaven of ZooFit
March 11, 2021
In this podcast, I interview PJ Beaven, a zookeeper for over 15 years. PJ created a program called ZooFit where she incorporates health and fitness with conservation. First PJ and I talk about what it was like for her to be …
Big Game Biology with Rebecca Mowry
March 4, 2021
I invited my friend and colleague Rebecca Mowry for a conversation about her job as a big game wildlife biologist on my podcast. Rebecca is the Bitterroot area Wildlife Biologist for Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks. I’ve b…
Mastodons’ Impact on Mice with Mammalogist Mike Cove
Feb. 25, 2021
My colleague and friend, Dr. Mike Cove reached out to me to have a discussion about something he had been thinking about for some time: how mammals of the past impact mammals today. He was especially interested on the impact…
Conservation Careers with Nick Askew
Feb. 18, 2021
This episode is a must listen-to for anyone who wants to go into wildlife or conservation careers. I interview Dr. Nick Askew, founder of Conservation Careers, an organization dedicated to helping students find the right car…
Effective Communication in Conservation with Ben Christ
Feb. 11, 2021
Communication is huge in conservation and wildlife biology careers. People tend to only think of the species, ecosystems, or research that scientists work on, but this research is always communicated in some way – to other s…
You are NOT Too Old! Interview with Jeffrey Hunter
Feb. 3, 2021
A couple of weeks ago, I hosted a Facebook Live entitled, “Are You Too Old for a Career in Wildlife Biology? When I advertised for this event on my social media, I got quite a few comments. One of them was from senior progra…
Science Filmmaking with Rob Nelson
Jan. 27, 2021
This podcast features a fantastic interview with science filmmaker Rob Nelson. Rob is a friend of mine and we both appear together on the Science Channel’s What on Earth. He transitioned from research into filmmaking and has…
Nova Conservation with Laura Marsh:Connecting People to Fieldwork
Jan. 21, 2021
This podcast features an amazing interview with scientist and founder of Nova Conservation: Laura Marsh. Nova Conservation is a brand new organization dedicated to connecting scientists and non-professionals to conservation …
Charlotte Hacker Interview: Elephants, Snow Leopards, and Being Persistent
Jan. 14, 2021
In this episode of the Fancy Scientist podcast, I interview scientist and blogger Charlotte Hacker. Charlotte is a Ph.D. candidate who uses non-invasive genetics through scat (poop) to study snow leopard populations in China…
Lonely Conservationists: An Interview with Jessie Panazzolo
Jan. 10, 2021
This podcast features an amazing interview with conservationist and founder of Lonely Conservationists: Jessie Panazzolo. Jessie is a conserves conservationists; in other words, she works to save those who are saving the wor…
Self-Care for Scientists (and Everyone Else too!)
Jan. 3, 2021
In this podcast, I really wanted to talk about self-care for scientists because we are so bad at it! I wanted to talk about because we are still experiencing the pandemic, which limits what we can do and certainly takes an e…
Palm Oil Boycotts and a Conservation Reality Check
Jan. 1, 2021
Today’s episode was inspired by some people that started trolling me on Twitter and provides valuable lessons for conservation (and dealing with trolls). Palm oil, an ingredient in tons of food, cosmetic, and personal care p…
Overcoming End-of-the-Year Blues
Dec. 27, 2020
t’s getting close to the end of the year. In normal years, this is a time when everyone says their accomplishments. In which case, if you didn’t feel like you did that much or didn’t meet your goals, you can feel like a fail…
Impostor Syndrome, Confidence, and Conservation
Dec. 20, 2020
In this episode, I talk all about imposter syndrome. Part of the reason why I am talking about imposter syndrome is because we’re starting off in a new year! I also just started my second cohort of students in my Confusion t…
Gifts to Connect People to Nature
Dec. 13, 2020
Why do I care about connecting people to nature? Well, it is incredibly important for me to get people outdoors, connecting to nature because that is so important in raising future conservationists to get adults to change th…
Elephant Friendly Tea: A Win-Win for Elephants and Communities
Dec. 7, 2020
Hey everyone. I am so excited about today’s episode. I really truly mean that today I interviewed a special guest. Her name is Lisa Mills and she is the founder of elephant origins tea . I love this for so many reasons. One,…
Why You Need to Clarify Your Career NOW
Dec. 2, 2020
I interviewed Master's student Hannah Som on her journey to becoming a student and what she learned as a student in the first round of my Confusion to Clarity program. We talk about how she transformed and the value of getti…
Make Black Friday Green
Nov. 22, 2020
Black Friday is the official kickoff for the holiday buying season. As a conservationist, I know that buying stuff is inherently bad for the planet. But as the daughter of a family business, I know the holiday season is esse…
Clearing Up Coyote Misconceptions
Nov. 15, 2020
What’s the deal with coyotes? It seems like people are seeing them more and more and some coyotes have unusual behavior. What’s going on? People also seem to really hate them, but do they deserve such a bad wrap? This is so …
Can Coyotes and Humans Replace Apex Predators in the Eastern USA?
Nov. 8, 2020
This week Colorado citizens voted to reintroduce grey wolves on their prey. Historically, grey wolves were all over the west, but currently they extirpated (locally extinct) through most of their range. Voters are now lettin…
Eastern Cougars? How to Know if a Species is Really There
Nov. 1, 2020
This week’s episode is inspired by photos posted to a Facebook group. A user posted these photos of part of a deer carcass high in a tree. They asked what animal would cause this? I watched the responses pour in and I knew w…
Cougar Viral Video: Interview with Trail Runner Kyle Burgess
Oct. 25, 2020
A week ago, I made a YouTube video in response to a cougar “attack/stalking” video that went viral. But what was missing from the cougar viral video is what actually happened. That’s where I came in to get to the truth. In b…