When you can hear gibbons shouting out from treetops during office hours, you know your job is a bit off the beaten path. As marketing director for the Nashville Zoo, Jim Bartoo gets to spend a lot of time with the noisy, fuzzy, slimy — and just about everything in between — critters that call the South Nashville property home.

Maybe it's not too much of a stretch that Jim once worked in television news — or that his experience in the media helped him land one of his first zoo jobs. He's been at the helm of Nashville Zoo's publicity efforts for 25 years, and in that time he's developed an appreciation for everything from "snot otters" (aka hellbenders) to flamingoes. He's developed a pretty convincing gibbon call, too.

Guest: Jim Bartoo, director of marketing and public relations, Nashville Zoo

Host: Demetria Kalodimos

Producers: Steve Haruch and Andrea Tudhope

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