The Pondcast

The Pondcast

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The Pondcast episodes

  • Ep. 23: Rummaging Through the Library
    Anthony and Steve pull a score of books off their shelves and talk about some of their favorite books about turtles. As Anthony and Steve run through these books, they also discuss their experiences with several turtle personalities they've gotten to meet over the last year, or those who have impacted their work.
    1 hr 1 min
  • Ep. 22: Injurious Wildlife
    Steve Rozhon subs in for John to talk chelonian health issues with Anthony, specifically the death of one of the few remaining Rafetus swinhoei and the recent listing of 201 salamander species on the Lacey Act's injurious wildlife listing due to the perceived threat of Bsal fungus. Steve R, Anthony, and Steve E also took questions from listeners on a wide range of topics from turtle farming to getting/keeping teenagers involved in the hobby.
    1 hr 15 min
  • Ep. 21: Hanging Ten
    Anthony and Steve fly without John and have a conversation focused around 10 of the species featured in the 2016 Turtle and Tortoise Calendar. This fun conversation moves from talking about the personality of a species (even individual turtles), to its status in the wild, and its status in conservation programs and private collections.
    1 hr 3 min
  • Ep. 20: Under the Weather
    Anthony, John, and Steve focus this episode around Anthony's trip to the Turtle & Tortoise Preservation Group's conference in Phoenix. John, despite being under the weather, is his usual comedic self. Like always, they start the episode with some fascinating articles that we've found over the past month.
    1 hr 3 min
  • Ep. 19: Summer Trip Recaps
    Anthony talks about his trip to Florida, including a behind-the-scenes visit to Gatorland, a visit to the Chelonian Research Institute to meet Dr. Pritchard, and speaking at the Clearwater chapter of the Florida Turtle and Tortoise Society; Steve recaps his trip to Tucson, Arizona to attend the TSA Conference; and John talks about the opportunity he had to swim with sea turtles and sharks in Belize on his honeymoon. You also won't want to miss the "Halloween Candy Game" John and Anthony play during the show!
    1 hr 15 min
  • Ep. 18: Obligations
    John and Anthony talk about our obligations to the hobby, particularly how we have an obligation to be the best we can and do the most we can to represent ourselves and other quality chelonian keepers as well as we possibly can. A moment you won't want to miss is a "The Top Ten Classified Ad Blunders That Make Us All Look Bad" as John does his best David Letterman in tribute to the final episode of The Letterman Show. As usual, the team covered some news items at the top of the show.
    1 hr 10 min
  • The Pondcast, Episode 17

    Anthony man-crushes on our staff member, Ben. John and Anthony also highlight this TED talk from Jon Mooallem, a new blog from Anthony, and spent some time talking about everyone's favorite, tiny, elusive turtle.

    1 hr 1 min
  • The Pondcast, Episode 16

    Most of the discussion from your hosts, John and Anthony, centered on a controversial topic -- "If you had to pick one species to go extinct to help save other species, which species would you pick?" This topic of discussion was inspired by this article on the Devil's Hole Pupfish.

    1 hr 10 min
  • The Pondcast, Episode 15

    Kévin Labille joined Anthony and Steve to talk about African Chelonian Institute, which launches their first website on Monday, March 9th. Please go visit the page and sign up for their newsletter! We're excited to partner with them in the development of their new site! Kévin also challenged Anthony to identify the species in their logo - watch to see how Anthony fared, find out what species it is, and how to identify it!

    Anthony and Steve also talked extensively about the development of our new logo and new website, as well as which species we used as a basis for the silhouettes in our new logo.

    1 hr 3 min
  • The Pondcast, Episode 14

    A very special guest, good friend Chris Leone, joins John and Anthony for this episode. We talked about keeping turtles and tortoises in colder climates successfully, as well as the Western Hermann's Tortoise Studbook, and many other related topics. Please visit his websites, Garden State Tortoise and Hermanni Haven to learn more about Chris, Garden State Tortoise, and Hermann's Tortoises.

    Also, check out this video from when Steve and Anthony visited Chris and his animals last June.

    1 hr 16 min

About The Pondcast

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The Pondcast was created to tackle topics related to reptile conservation and the reptile trade. Hosted by our own crew of “turtle nerds”, The Pondcast brings you its own brand of hilarity…