On this episode of the podcast, Shane Kelley from Small Town Xotics chats about all things in the reptile industry. Shane is primarily a ball python breeder, but dabbles in hognose and leos as well. Shane naturally has a high affinity for networking, marketing, and social media within this hobby which he talks about in-depth in this episode. 

Luke O'Sullivan is a naturalist and herpetology masters graduate based in NW/Wales. Luke enjoys taking in-situ observations and photos on his many herping trips across the globe to enjoy reptiles and amphibians in the wild. In this episode, we discussed his journey as a herpetology student, herping, and even Leopard Geckos in the wild on his trip to Himachal Pradesh in Northern India! 

We're back! Coming directly off our Uncovering SaSobek series, we are continuing this season of the podcast with more great interviews. For this episode, I had the pleasure to talk with Jeremy Turgeon of NERD/Brassman Reptiles/Reptile Talk Podcast. Jermy is very knowledgeable in a wide range of species which he uses to his advantage in his personal collection and working at NERD. 

We're back with the Uncovering SaSobek series to talk about the beast that lives inside Matt. As many of you know, he has accomplished a ton in his breeding career, but anything worth having never comes easy. This obviously means a ton of sacrifice and constantly having to push yourself to be better in order to stay at the top. So today we talk about the pressures and mentality that Matt had which played a part in his breeding "greatness". 

In this episode of the Uncovering SaSobek series, Matt and I take a deeper look into his 2021 breeding plans. As you know if you heard this series in chronological order, Matt had no plan to get back into breeding Leos. But as the podcast went on he caught the bug again and decided to get back into breeding. 

As we continue in this series, this episode focuses on Eublepharis pure species. When Matt was at A&M Gecko, he was part of bringing some of the first subspecies of Leopard Gecko into the states. Later down the line, he brought in Eublepharis Hardwickii and became the first to breed them in the US. 

We are back with Matt Baronak of SaSobek Reptiles in the Uncovering SaSobek in this series. Here in Part III, we talk about one of my favorite subjects, Leopard Gecko history. Matt covers a bulk of the knowledge that he has along with the groundbreaking work he did with Leos. We cover the history of so many morphs including the G-Project, the Afra project, the W&Y, RAPTORs, and so much more. 

Matt Baronak joins us again for the second part of the Uncovering SaSobek series on the Strength In Leos Podcast. The episode begins with a small history lesson with many of the popular lines that we see in Leopard Geckos today. As we progress, we touch on how the hobby has changed since Matt's peak, how he selected his projects, and even reptile behavior towards the end of the episode.