Uncovering Sasobek is a multi-part series that shines a light and picks the legendary Leopard Gecko Breeder brain, Matt Baronak. Matt has made many contributions to the Leopard Gecko since stepping away from the hobby. Many may know him from his YouTube videos or Facebook. In this series, we get to know Matt and the knowledge he's gained over his breeding career.

It's the late 2000's and a young Leopard Gecko breeder in his mid 20's from the east coast of the U.S. is hatching out countless world firsts and stunning the world of Leos. This young breeder turns out to be Matt Baronak of SaSobek Reptiles. Matt is a legendary figure in Leopard Geckos who is known for his linebred projects, countless world firsts, introducing new morphs to the hobby, and most notably his YouTube channel. So join us for this multi-part series that uncovers SaSobek. 

Frequent guest here on the podcast, Chris Charlton from Suburban Geckos, joins us today for our season premiere. In today's episode, we talked about many of the trials and tribulations that come with Leopard Gecko breeding. If you've been breeding for any amount of time you know that the journey is a marathon and not a sprint. I'd also like to add that when we discussed morphs such as the Clowns, we had no intentions of being over-critical or bashing anyone working with them.

Welcome to the 50th episode and the season finale of season two of the Strength In Leos Podcast! For this special occasion, we brought on Miles Schwartz of Impeccable Gecko. After not being on the podcast for over a year, Miles is back to give us a ton of updates. In this conversation, we discussed everything from Ciphers to some of his dreams for the future. Enjoy!

Chris Charlton has come on this podcast multiple times now, and every time, I am amazed by the great information that he shares. On this episode of the podcast, we caught up from the last time we spoke and discussed some big changes over Suburban Geckos. In our conversation, we focused on what it really took to be successful as a Leopard Gecko breaded, along with great advice that has helped Chris get to where he is now. 

Jorge Diaz is a dedicated hobby-based breeder of Leopard Geckos and the brains behind Golden Valley Reptiles. He continues to work with high-end genetics and providing healthy Leopard Gecko morphs. In this episode, we touched on many topics that can help get people started into breeding or refine genetics for people who are more experienced. 

Brian has been an animal enthusiast his entire life, owning pets such as mice, rats, hamsters, cockatiels, pigeons, doves, hawks, owls, snakes, and many other species. In this episode, Brian takes us on a journey of his reptile experiences throughout his life, along with his unique perspective. Brian is most notably known for his reptile shows where he tends to take a very different approach than most. 

In this episode of the podcast, I was lucky enough to get on with two great breeders for a round table episode. Today we're joined by Heidi Nielsen of Xeno Gecko Morphs and Seth Hoffpauir of Huff's Herps. We decided that it would be beneficial for us to discuss how we do things in our personal collections. So we did just that and talked about our experiences as well as how we go through the breeding process. 

This episode is all about stress in Leopard Geckos! I want to talk about stress and its importance in keeping the amazing creatures that are Leopard Geckos. I feel like too often we talk about the cases which is really important. But how do you find the cause if you don’t even realize that your gecko is stressed? Today I really want to talk about responses to stress and how you can look out for these in your Leos.

We're taking y'all back to good ole' days of Leopard Gecko breeding. For this episode, I had the great opportunity of speaking with Jason Haygood, who used to own and operate The Best Geckos. Many may know Jason from his work with the Gecko Genetics Tangerine. We made sure to do a deep dive into the history of this stunning line and touch on some of the differences that divide this era from the era when Jason was prominent as a breeder.