Podcast appearances and mentions of alex krohn

Hello everyone!  Episode 110 features another edition of Herp Science Sunday with Dr. Alex Krohn. Alex and I had a crazy cool conversation with Dr. Evan Grant, of the Northeastern Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative at the USGS Eastern Ecological Research Center, Dr. Grant is a co-author on a paper regarding range-wide salamander densities, focusing on the Redback Salamander (Plethodon cinereus), and he guides us through some mind-blowing discoveries about these mostly invisible creatures of the woodland realm. The paper we discussed in the episode is titled "Range-wide salamander densities reveal a key component of terrestrial vertebrate biomass in eastern North American forests", and was published in 2024 in the Biology Letters of the Royal Society Publishing, Vol 20 (https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2024.0033). If you would like a PDF copy of the paper, email me at somuchpingle@gmail.com and I will send it to you! Here is the link for the Salamander Population & Adaptation Research Collaboration Network (SPARCNet). And as always, I am grateful to all the show's patrons who help to keep the show moving forward. And if you're out there listening and you would like to kick in a few bucks, it's easy to do, you simply go to the So Much Pingle Patreon page. You can support the show for as little as three bucks a month – less than a fancy cup of coffee! You can also support the show via one-time contributions via PayPal or Venmo (please contact me via email to somuchpingle@gmail.com). And thanks for listening everyone! And as always, please keep the comments and suggestions coming, and please take time to rate the show on your podcast platform! The show email is somuchpingle@gmail.com, and there's also a So Much Pingle group on Facebook, for discussion, comments, feedback, suggestions, herp confessions, tips for herping better, etc. -Mike

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode One Hundred and Six!  And I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there It's Thanksgiving weekend and I want to take a moment to thank all of you out there listening to the show. I appreciate you.  And thanks to all of the folks who have come on the show to talk with me, when the natural tendency for most of us  is to run from anyone pointing a microphone at your face :) And as always, I am grateful to all the show's patrons who help to keep the show moving forward. And if you're out there listening and you would like to kick in a few bucks, it's easy to do, you simply go to the So Much Pingle Patreon page. You can support the show for as little as three bucks a month – less than a fancy cup of coffee! You can also support the show via one-time contributions via PayPal or Venmo (please contact me via email to somuchpingle@gmail.com). NEW BOOK PLUG:  Coming out in just a few days, it's The Natural History of the Turtles of Iowa, authored by Terry VanDeWalle and Dr. Neil P. Bernstein. This book is an in-depth look at the natural history of every turtle species found in Iowa, much more than just a field guide. It is published by the University of Iowa Press, and It is available for pre-order right now through the Press and will be released on December 3. If you order through the University of Iowa Press it can be received in time for Christmas. I encourage you to order directly from the University of Iowa Press and skip the big billionaire middleman if you can! Have you ever seen something noteworthy in the herp world, and wondered how to submit a natural history note? You're in luck, because Dr. Alex Krohn and Dr. Andrew Durso are here to lay out the process for you. It takes some work, but it can be done, even if you're not a scientist.  As we discussed in this episode, I've included a link here to the SSAR's open access to past issues of Herp Review, which provides many examples of how a natural history note is constructed. Thanks for talking with me, Alex and Andrew!  And thanks for listening everyone! And as always, please keep the comments and suggestions coming, and please take time to rate the show on your podcast platform! The show email is somuchpingle@gmail.com, and there's also a So Much Pingle group on Facebook, for discussion, comments, feedback, suggestions, herp confessions, tips for herping better, etc. -Mike  

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Ninety Four!  And while we're at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. SMP Patrons! I want to thank a couple of folks for their support - Clint Guadiana, for his contribution via Patreon, and Dave Weber, who made another one-time contribution via PayPal.  Thank you Clint and Dave! And as always, I am grateful to all the show's patrons who help to keep the show moving forward. And if you're out there listening and you would like to kick in a few bucks, it's easy to do, you simply go to the So Much Pingle Patreon page. You can support the show for as little as three bucks a month – less than a fancy cup of coffee! You can also support the show via one-time contributions via PayPal or Venmo (please contact me via email to somuchpingle@gmail.com). Here we go with the eighth installment of Herp Science Sunday with Dr. Alex Krohn.   I've really enjoyed doing these shows with Alex, and this one was no exception - a conversation with Dr. Harry Greene on a variety of subjects including Pleistocene rewilding, Bolson Tortoises, a breakdown of serpent prey items, and much, much more.  Harry is a deep thinker and don't be surprised if you find yourself thinking deeply about some of the topics we discuss! Thanks for listening everyone! And as always, please keep the comments and suggestions coming, and please take time to rate the show on your podcast platform! The show email is somuchpingle@gmail.com, and there's also a So Much Pingle group on Facebook, for discussion, comments, feedback, suggestions, herp confessions, tips for herping better, etc. -Mike    

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Eighty Seven!  And while we're at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. And as always, I am grateful to all the show's patrons who help to keep the show moving forward. And if you're out there listening and you would like to kick in a few bucks, it's easy to do, you simply go to the So Much Pingle Patreon page. You can support the show for as little as three bucks a month – less than a fancy cup of coffee! You can also support the show via one-time contributions via PayPal or Venmo (please contact me via email to somuchpingle@gmail.com). It's another episode of Herp Science Sunday!  On this installment, Dr. Alex Krohn and I discuss two papers: Between fruits, flowers and nectar: The extraordinary diet of the frog Xenohyla truncata by Carlos Henrique de-Oliveira-Nogueira et al., and published in Vol 35 of the journal Food Webs Aggregation and social interaction in garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis) by Morgan Skinner and Noam Miller, and published in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (2020) 74: 51 and as always, drop me a note if you need a copy of these publications. Thanks for listening everyone! And as always, please keep the comments and suggestions coming, and please take time to rate the show on your podcast platform! The show email is somuchpingle@gmail.com, and there's also a So Much Pingle group on Facebook, for discussion, comments, feedback, suggestions, herp confessions, tips for herping better, etc. -Mike    

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Eighty One!  And Season Four!  And while we're at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. In this episode, I talk with Gerold Merker, who with his son Walter recently published an updated edition of The Gray-banded Kingsnake, which I think is a fabulous book.  I talk with Gerold about the book, about west Texas, and of course, Gray-bands!  The book is available from Eco Wear and Publishing. So Much Pingle Patrons! A big thank you to Gerold Merker, our newest patron and the star of this episode as well.  And as always, I want to thank everyone who keeps the show rolling along. And if you're out there listening and you would like to kick in a few bucks, it's easy to do, you simply go to the So Much Pingle Patreon page. You can support the show for as little as three bucks a month – less than a fancy cup of coffee! You can also support the show via one-time contributions via PayPal or Venmo (please contact me via email to somuchpingle@gmail.com). And given that we're now kicking off Season Four, I want to take a little time to mention all of the folks who have contributed to show via Patreon or one-time contributions:  Justin Michels, Jason Jones of Herp MX, Smetlogik AKA Rob Kreutzer, Ryan Borgmann, Joshua Wallace, Jill Rials, Marty Whalin, Chris Smith, Dr. Emily Taylor, John Burris, Kamil Scepanski, Brandon Kong, Issac Chellman, Dr James van Dyke, Brandon Ballard, Mike Rochford, Josef Thompson, Dr. Alex Krohn, Matt Ratcliffe, Jeroen Speybroek, Bryan Hughes, Brandon Bourassa, Josh Holbrook my favorite co-author, James McGhee, Michael Moffat, Andy O'Connor, Jake Scott, Deb Krohn, Duane McDermott, John Sullivan, Josh Emms, Justin Elden, Matt Cage, Patrick Connolly, Chris McMartin, Michael Cravens, Ana Ware, Tim Warfel, David Burkart, Adam Cooner, Dr. Bill Peterman, Cynthia Samake, Paul-Erik Bakland, William Bone, Jeremiah Easter, Richard Legere (AKA Squeaks), Tom Eles, Jeremy Schumacher, Neill Jones, Alec Gordon, Martin Habecker, Daniel Dye, Clint Henke, Ross Maynard, Nick Sobel, Moses Michelsohn, Myles Masterson, Ben Genter, Pearson McGovern, Tom Eles again, Sal Scibetta, Alicia Ballard, Ben Stegenga, Kam Delahoz, Dave Weber, JJ Apodaca, the Urbanek family, Will McManus, Jason Folt, Lawrence Erickson, Wes Redridge, Christian Diederich, Brad Allen,Ian Kanda,  Kim Brown, Andrew Davis, Dick Bartlett, Craig Howard, Sheri Monk, Ian Kanda again, and finally, Gerold Merker.  My apologies for any mispronunciations, or if I left anyone out (pretty sure I didn't).  What can I say?  Thank you, all of you, for supporting this show, I am more grateful than I can possibly express to you all. I also want to thank all the folks who I've talked to over the course of three seasons –easily a hundred or more people and I'll skip reading all those names.  I've enjoyed talking with each and every one of you. Thank you Gerold Merker for starting off Season Four on a high note!  And thanks for listening everyone! And as always, please keep the comments and suggestions coming, and please take time to rate the show on your podcast platform! The show email is somuchpingle@gmail.com, and there's also a So Much Pingle group on Facebook, for discussion, comments, feedback, suggestions, herp confessions, tips for herping better, etc. -Mike  

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Seventy Seven!  And I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there, and I want to wish all of you a happy, healthy, and prosperous new year. It's the first week of February and it's good to be back home and to be turning out another episode, after being away for nearly a month in Peru.  It was an interesting trip, to say the least, with a lot of travel issues going both down and back.  I'll spare you the details, but I am beginning to suspect that the golden age of air travel is behind us.  All travel issues aside it was a great trip to Peru, and across 25 days and two back-to-back tour groups we managed to find a total of six bushmasters.  Pretty incredible and I'm still processing all of that.  Needless to say, I recorded segments with some of the folks who encountered their first bushmaster, and I will put that out sometime in the next few months. So Much Pingle Patrons!  I want to give a shout-out to Craig Howard, the show's newest patron.  Craig was on our first Peru tour last month and he took some awesome photos, I especially liked some of his frog shots.  It was good to meet you Craig, and thanks so much for your support. And if you're out there listening and you would like to kick in a few bucks, it's easy to do, you simply go to the So Much Pingle Patreon page. You can support the show for as little as three bucks a month – less than a fancy cup of coffee! You can also support the show via one-time contributions via PayPal or Venmo (please contact me via email to somuchpingle@gmail.com). Well, here we are again with another edition of Herp Science Sunday with Dr. Alex Krohn.  That's right, two in a row, even if they are a month apart, and, this one again features a guest from Australia.  As I said before, this is more by accident than design, but Alex and I are happy about it and we hope you are as well.  Our guest this week is Jules Farquhar, a doctoral candidate in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University in Victoria, Australia.  Jules is a co-author on a paper published in the Journal of Biogeography last year entitled “Using Crowd-sourced Photographic Records to Explore Geographical Variation in Colour Polymorphism” Alex and I talked with Jules just before Christmas, about this paper, which concerns Lace Monitors, and we cover some other cool Australian herp stuff as well. Thanks for listening everyone! And as always, please keep the comments and suggestions coming, and please take time to rate the show on your podcast platform! The show email is somuchpingle@gmail.com, and there's also a So Much Pingle group on Facebook, for discussion, comments, feedback, suggestions, herp confessions, baby monitors to watch baby monitors, tips for herping better, etc. -Mike  

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Seventy Six!  And I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there, and I want to wish all of you a happy, healthy, and prosperous new year. Well it's Sunday, and New Year's Day, and that can only mean that the first episode of 2023 is a Herp Science Sunday show with Dr. Alex Krohn!  I'm happy to get one more show in before I head down to Peru in just a few days. This visit is a prolonged trip, actually two trips back-to-back, and I won't return home until almost the end of the month, which means the next SoMuchPingle episode will drop the first week of February.  But as always, I will be bringing my mobile recording gear and I should come back with more content, complete with screeching jungle birds as a backdrop. As always, I want to say thank you to all of the show's patrons!  I'm grateful for everyone's contributions and it does keep the show rolling along. And if you're out there listening and you would like to kick in a few bucks, it's easy to do, you simply go to the So Much Pingle Patreon page. You can support the show for as little as three bucks a month – less than a fancy cup of coffee! You can also support the show via one-time contributions via PayPal or Venmo (please contact me via email to somuchpingle@gmail.com). This edition of Herp Science Sunday centers on serpent genitalia. The paper we discuss is "First Evidence of Hemiclitores in Snakes",  published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society on 12/14/2022.  The paper should be available for download here, and as always, you can also request a copy of the PDF from me.  The co-authors are Megan J. Folwell, Kate L. Sanders, Patricia L. R. Brennan and Jenna M. Crowe-Riddell.  I believe Alex and I both got wind of it from a post made by Dr. Emily Taylor. And we nearly simultaneously decided we needed to talk to at least one of the co-authors of this paper, and soon, since so many people have been interested in the discoveries outlined in the publication.  Long story short, Alex and I had a lovely chat with co-author Megan Folwell recently, and I rushed it through the production process to have it ready for New Year's. Thanks for listening everyone! And as always, please keep the comments and suggestions coming, and please take time to rate the show on your podcast platform! The show email is somuchpingle@gmail.com, and there's also a So Much Pingle group on Facebook, for discussion, comments, feedback, suggestions, herp confessions, entertainment partitioning ideas, tips for herping better, etc. -Mike

In this episode we chat with Krohn about his recent experience at Snake Eyes GT in Merlbourne, Australia, where he went 5-0 and came 2nd. We cover his list, what worked and didn't work, and how he steered the list to victory in each game. Plus we discuss Drekki Flynt's warscroll and whether we think he'll be a useful addition to Kharadron Overlords Armies.   00:00:00 - News & intros 00:17:00 - Drekki Flynt unboxing 00:22:00 - Is Drekki Flynt good? 00:56:00 - Alex Krohn's Zilfin Kharadron Overlords list for Snake Eyes 01:09:00 - Game one vs Soulblight Gravelords 01:25:15 - Game two vs Custom Skyport Kharadron Overlords 01:34:00 - Game three vs Daughters of Khaine with Ravenak's Gnashing Jaws 01:40:20 - Game four vs Daughters of Khaine with Chronomantic Cogs 02:00:00 - Game five vs Maggotkin of Nurgle 02:13:30 - Thoughts going forwards and general chat   Would you like Aethercast Dice? https://ko-fi.com/aethercast   Get 15% discount at pro Painted Studios with the code "AETHERCAST" https://www.propaintedstudios.co.uk/

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Sixty Eight!  Here we are in mid-August and I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there. I've been working on re-siding and painting my garage all week, and it feels good to scrub the paint from my hands and strap into the podcasting chair for a bit. Now before we get to the show notes portion of the show notes, I want to take a minute to thank all of the show's patrons, including our newest Patreon supporters, Wes Redridge, and Lawrence Erickson!  Thank you so much, Wes and Lawrence!  And as always, a big thank you to all of the show's supporters – there are costs associated with running any entertainment channel and I am grateful to all of you for keeping this little boat afloat.  And if you're out there listening and you would like to kick in a few bucks, it's easy to do, you simply go to the So Much Pingle Patreon page. You can support the show for as little as three bucks a month – less than a fancy cup of coffee! You can also support the show via one-time contributions via PayPal or Venmo (please contact me via email to somuchpingle@gmail.com). Excellent photo courtesy of Ben Revell. Episode 68 happens to be another installment of Herp Science Sunday with my pal Dr. Alex Krohn and features Coen Hird, a doctoral candidate from the University of Queensland in Brisbane. This episode came about because Alex saw a tweet from Coen about a paper that he co-authored, concerning a certain species of pobblebonk, in this case the Northern Banjo Frog, Limnodynastes terrareginae.  Love that name, pobblebonk, and there are more than one species of frogs under the pobblebonk umbrella.  So anyway, Alex pings me right away about this paper as a great candidate for Herp Science Sunday, and Coen was keen to come on the show, so here we are.  The title of the paper is: "The role of environmental calcium in the extreme acid tolerance of northern banjo frog (Limnodynastes terraereginae) larvae" I've added a link so that you can click on the title and get access. And as always, you can drop me a note and I will send you a PDF copy of the paper. Also – the teaser at the beginning of the show is a short clip of some pobblebonks calling, and the clip comes from some recordings I purchased from a company called Wild Ambience. Long story short, I got 45 minutes of pobblebonks and cool birds and other nature sounds for about 8 bucks U.S.  So THIS is an unsolicited and yet much deserved plug from me – check out wildambience and maybe you'll hear something you like. Thank you Alex and Coen!  That was a fun show.  And thanks for listening everyone! And as always, please keep the comments and suggestions coming, and please take time to rate the show on your podcast platform! The show email is somuchpingle@gmail.com, and there's also a So Much Pingle group on Facebook, for discussion, comments, feedback, suggestions, herp confessions,, tips for herping better, etc. Cheers! Mike

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Sixty Three!  I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there as we feature yet another Herp Science Sunday episode, which features aquatic turtles and drones - yay science! As always, I want to thank all of the patrons of the show – we would not be kicking off a third season without you and I appreciate your support.   To others in the listening audience, if you like the show, please consider supporting it via the So Much Pingle Patreon page. You can also support the show via one-time contributions via PayPal or Venmo (please contact me via email to somuchpingle@gmail.com). HERPETOLOGY SUMMER CAMP!  Coming up this summer! Through their Compass Summer Experience program, Montreat College is hosting their annual Herpetology Summer Camp for high school students, from June 19th thru the 24th, with an option for an additional week thru July 1st.  The camp is hosted by Professor Josh Holbrook, and students will experience amphibians and reptiles through a blend of classroom and field sessions.  For more information and to register, see the Herpetology Summer Experience page. This Herp Science Sunday is a three-person conversation between me, Dr. Alex Krohn, and Dr. Drew Davis, a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.  Drew describes the details of a drone survey project along the Rio Grande drainage in south Texas, which looked for presence and numbers of the Rio Grande Cooter (Pseudemys gorzugi).  The results are published in a PLOS ONE research article entitled: A drone-based survey for large, basking freshwater turtle species and the authors are Amy P. Bogolin, Drew R. Davis, Richard J. Kline, and Abdullah F. Rahman. You can download the paper as a PDF from the link above, or you can contact me and I will email you a copy. I enjoyed our conversation and was amazed at all of the logistical and bureaucratic hurdles that needed to be cleared to do this survey.  Dr. Davis is also the chief editor for the SSAR publication Herpetological Review, which we also discuss for a bit.  I should also mention that Drew is also researching the distribution and ecology of the threatened Black-spotted Newt (Notophthalmus meridionalis) in south Texas.  Did I mention he's very busy? Thank you Drew for coming on the show, and thanks as always to Alex, who makes Herp Science Sunday possible. And thanks for listening everyone! And as always, please keep the comments and suggestions coming, and please take time to rate the show on your podcast platform! The show email is somuchpingle@gmail.com, and there's also a So Much Pingle group on Facebook, for discussion, comments, feedback, suggestions, herp confessions, drone acrobatics exercises, tips for herping better, etc. Cheers! Mike  

Hello everyone, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there, and welcome to Episode Fifty!  Yay!  It feels good to make it to half-a-hundred shows.  It's a nice milestone to reach!.  And this episode features another installment of Herp Science Sunday with Dr. Alex Krohn, and I'm very excited about that and I hope you are too. Patrons!  I want to give a shout-out to Peter Berg for his one-time contribution.  Thanks Pete!  And thanks as always to all of the folks who help keep the show going and to reach fifty episodes!. To others in the listening audience, if you like the show, please consider supporting it via the So Much Pingle Patreon page. You can also support the show via one-time contributions via PayPal or Venmo (please contact me via email to somuchpingle@gmail.com). I'm excited to put out another installment of Herp Science Sunday, as I received some encouraging feedback and comments about the first show Alex and I did.  Plus I just enjoy talking to Alex, his enthusiasm is contagious and I love hearing his perspective on all things herpetological.  We will be talking once again about two different papers, but the conversation also veers off on an unexpected and totally cool tangent and I will attempt to tie it all up in a neat and tidy package in the epilog after our conversation. First paper up for discussion: Bromeliad Sampling: A Passive Technique for Arboreal Amphibians across Ecosystems in the Neotropics Yonatan Aguilar-Cruz, Marıa de los Angeles Arenas-Cruz, Leticia M. Ochoa-Ochoa, and Gerhard Zotz Ichthyology & Herpetology 109, No. 1, 2021, 211–218 Second paper: Frequency modulation of rattlesnake acoustic display affects acoustic distance perception in humans Michael Forsthofer, Michael Schutte, Harald Luksch, Tobias Kohl, Lutz Wiegrebe, Boris P. Chagnaud Current Biology 31, 1–6, October 11 2021 For this rattlesnake acoustics paper, be sure to check out the associated YouTube video that provides insight into how the experiments were run. Bonus paper! Homoplasy: The Result of Natural Selection, or Evidence of Design Limitations? David B. Wake The American Naturalist, Vol. 138, No. 3 (Sep., 1991), pp. 543-567 (see page 560 for miniaturization discussion) You can get all three papers from the SciHub repository, or you can drop me an email and I will send you a PDF. And as always, thanks for listening everyone!  Please keep the comments and suggestions coming, and please take time to rate the show on your podcast platform! The show email is somuchpingle@gmail.com, and there's also a So Much Pingle group on Facebook, for discussion, comments, feedback, suggestions, how to see your own genome using this one weird trick, herp confessions, tips for herping better, etc. Cheers!  Mike    

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Forty Seven!  I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there.  I'm back in SMP World Headquarters after a brief hiatus (AKA herping) in Mexico of all places.  I went down to Baja California with a group of folks and we dipped all the way down to the northern portions of Baja Sur, and I can now claim to have traveled every inch of Mexico's highway one. I'm thinking there should be a patch or a merit badge for that. So a couple thousand miles in a little Chevy Spark and here's a shout-out to Jake Scott for being an excellent companion in that tiny car's close quarters. One step above a clown car and yet it only held two clowns and their luggage. PATRONS:  I want to thank all of the show's patrons who contribute to keep this show rolling.  It goes without saying that I appreciate each and every one of you.  And here together for the first time is a list of all the show's supoorters to date: Justin Michels, Jason Jones of Herp MX, Smetlogik AKA Rob Kreutzer, Ryan Borgmann, Joshua Wallace, Jill Rials, Marty Whalin, Chris Smith, Dr. Emily Taylor, John Burris, Kamil Scepanski, Brandon Kong, Issac Chellman, Dr James van Dyke, Brandon Ballard, Mike Rochford, Josef Thompson, Dr. Alex Krohn, Matt Ratcliffe, Jeroen Speybroek, Bryan Hughes, Brandon Bourassa, Josh Holbrook, James McGhee, Michael Moffat, Andy O'Connor, Jake Scott, Deb Krohn, Duane McDermott, John Sullivan, Josh Emms, Justin Elden, Matt Cage, Patrick Connolly, Chris McMartin, Michael Cravenss, Ana Ware, Tim Warfel, David Burkart, Adam Cooner, Dr. Bill Peterman, Cynthia Samake, Paul-Erik Bakland, William Bone, Jeremiah Easter, Richard Legere, Tom Eles, Jeremy Schumacher, Neill Jones, Alec Gordon, Martin Habecker, Daniel Dye, Clint Henke, Ross Maynard, Nick Sobel, Moses Michelsohn, Myles Masterson, and Ben Genter. Now THAT is quite a list, and some of the coolest people I know. Thank you all. Andrew DuBois is our featured guest for this episode.  Andrew and I have been friends for a number of years and we've been to a number of amazing herp spots across the planet in that time.  Andrew is a senior natural resources specialist (and a wildlife ecologist) with Jefferson County Open Space in Colorado and part of our conversation centered on the work he does there with leopard frogs, prairie rattlesnakes, and other interesting critters.  Microphone or not, I enjoy talking to Andrew, he is a deep thinker, and I always come away from our conversations having learned something new or seeing something from a different perspective.  Aside from collecting data and managing the herps and other flora and fauna that live on the 55K acres across JCOS, Andrew and other colleagues also engage with the general public who recreate on these lands, and I've included some related links, including Jefferson County Open Space Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.  Andrew also took part in a rattlesnake education video produced by JCOS which provides an excellent overview of the single species of rattlesnake that can be found within JCOS, how to tell it apart from harmless snakes, and where and under what conditions rattlesnakes might be encountered.  Very useful for Coloradans who may encounter snakes within JCOS. Backpack 'Clip Card' mentioned in the show. As always I enjoyed talking with Andrew, not only about the work he's engaged in, but also about herpetofauna and herping as well.  You can find Andrew on Instagram and Twitter, his email is adubois@jeffco.us and his professional profile is on Weebly. Thanks for coming on the show again, Andrew! And thanks for listening everyone!  And as always, please keep the comments and suggestions coming, and please take time to rate the show on your podcast platform! The show email is somuchpingle@gmail.com, and there's also a So Much Pingle group on Facebook, for discussion, comments, feedback, suggestions, herp confessions, tips for herping better, etc. Cheers!  Mike      

In this episode of Aethercast we catch up with how some of the crew have faired in the tournaments they've attended so far. We take a look at the Kharadron Overlords lists Alex Krohn and Kyle Calip have used at events, talk about how they played, what worked and what didn't, and what they plan to change for the future. 00:00:00 - Intros, news, tournament rulings on KO rules 00:22:47 - Krohn's Barak Mhornar list 01:00:38 - Kyle's Barak Mhornar list with Gotrek 01:33:05 - Kyle's Barak Mhornar list for Old Town Throwdown 02:05:29 - Old Town Throwdown Kharadron Overlords lists rundown   Did you know you can support Aethercast on Ko-Fi? https://ko-fi.com/aethercast   Get 15% discount at pro Painted Studios with the code "AETHERCAST" https://www.propaintedstudios.co.uk/

Illustrations from the Varanus and Spadefoot papers. Click image for full size Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Forty Two!  It's good to be back after a bit of a vacation, I was off in Mexico for a few weeks, chasing some herps in various locations.  But as always, I am not idle while on the road, and I captured some recordings for future episodes because that's how this show rolls. SMP Patrons!  I want to thank our latest Patreon member, Moses Michelsohn!  Thank you so much for supporting the show, Moses!  And thanks as always to all of the folks who help keep the show going. To others in the listening audience, if you like the show, please consider supporting it via the So Much Pingle Patreon page. You can also support the show via one-time contributions via PayPal or Venmo (please contact me via email to somuchpingle@gmail.com). This episode comes out of the mind of Dr. Alex Krohn and some fortunate happenstance.  I've been looking for a way to talk about herp science in general, without boring everyone to tears, and Alex suggested that we have an informal chat (that's just my game) about some of the recently published herp papers that we think are cool, and that our listening audience would think are cool as well.  So this episode is our Herp Science Sunday kickoff, and we plan to do this once a month or so. I hope you all enjoy it as much as Alex and I did!  This episode features two papers, and here they are: "Ecosystem engineering by deep-nesting monitor lizards" published in Ecology "Confirmation Bias Perpetuates Century-Old Ecological Misconception: Evidence Against ‘Secretive' Behavior of Eastern Spadefoots" published in the Journal of Herpetology Now as I mentioned after the show, it's not always easy to get access to recent scientific papers, so if you would like a copy of one or both of the papers we discussed, send me a note to somuchpingle@gmail.com and I will get them to you. Extra Credit:  To go along with the Varanus spiral burrow paper, here's a link to the Wikipedia page on Palaeocastor, a genus of extinct beavers who, like the monitors, excavated spiral burrows in early Miocene Nebraska - really cool with some interesting photos.  Check it out! One More Thing:  If you like Herp Science Sunday, please let us know!  Thanks for listening everyone!  And as always, please keep the comments and suggestions coming, and please take time to rate the show on your podcast platform! The show email is somuchpingle@gmail.com, and there's also a So Much Pingle group on Facebook, for discussion, comments, feedback, suggestions, herp confessions, corkscrew techniques for the left-handed, tips for herping better, etc. Cheers!  Mike  

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Twenty Seven!  And we add yet another country to the list with this episode, a lengthy conversation with Belgian researcher / author/ herper Jeroen Speybroeck, recorded on Thanksgiving.  We had a lot to talk about during this episode, including Jeroen's fire salamander research, herping in various places around the globe, and also his very good field guide to the herps of Britain and Europe (see second photo).  Jeroen and I are both life listers, and we talk about that a bit, and for the second show in a row, Australian thorny devils (Moloch) are discussed (top photo of lucky Jeroen and a thorny devil, I'm just a bit envious). After the interview and before this episode was released, I got a copy of the Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Britain and Europe (available on Amazon!).  Between the species descriptions, range maps, and lovely species illustrations by Ilian Velikov, the book is excellent, and Jeroen and his collaborators should be proud of the work.  I've been poring over my copy, stroking my goatee and making future plans... Another thing Jeroen and I have in common is the documenting of herp adventures - his trip reports can be found here and are most certainly worth your time.  Jeroen is also on Facebook and Instagram.  I hope you enjoy our conversation! PATREONERS!  I want to give a shout-out to our new patreon contributors since the last episode: Mike Rochford, Josef Thompson, Alex Krohn, Matt Ratcliffe, Jeroen Speybroeck, Bryan Hughes, Brandon Bourassa, Josh Holbrook, and James Mcghee. Thank you all so much for supporting the show! I really appreciate it. To others in the listening audience, if you like the show, please consider supporting it via the So Much Pingle Patreon page. And thanks in advance! And as always, please keep the comments and suggestions coming!  The show email is somuchpingle@gmail.com, and there’s also a So Much Pingle group on Facebook, for discussion, comments, feedback, suggestions, herp confessions, life list bragging sessions, tips for herping better, etc. Stay tuned for more episodes! And don’t forget to herp better! -Mike  

I'm joined by Alex Krohn, Max Baumann and Kyle Calip for the second in our Navigating The Skyports series where we'll discuss how to make the most of Barak Thryng. We discuss the allegiance abilities, key list components and synergies and then look at some example lists and talk about how they play.

Hello everyone and welcome back to the show!  After a few weeks off, here we go with Episode Nineteen, which features Dr. Alex Krohn.  Alex and I have been friends for a decade, and we have visited some exotic places, and had many an interesting conversation, so I am happy to have one more conversation to share with you! Alex is the assistant director of the Kenneth S. Norris Center for Natural History at the University of California, Santa Cruz.  I took the photo of Alex, his wife Allie, and their dog Juniper at the south end of Snake Road a few days ago.  It was great to hang out with the three of them while seeing some cool serpents on the road.  Thanks for coming on the show, Alex, it was great to talk with you again! FUTURE SHOW NOTE:  In the intro I asked everyone to send me interesting herp jargon!  Get those pithy phrases and clever words to me via the show email below, and we'll get a future episode together from the results. And as always, please keep the comments and suggestions coming!  The show email is somuchpingle@gmail.com, and there’s also a So Much Pingle group on Facebook, for discussion, comments, feedback, suggestions, herp confessions. nights at the museum, tips for herping better, etc. Stay tuned for more episodes! And don’t forget to herp better! -Mike

Max and I chat with Alex about his recent tournament win at the Age of Sigmar Cinderfall District Grand Tournament in Australia. We talk through his winning lists, match ups and how he steered his list to victory.

This week on Santa Cruz Naturalist Emily chats with Alex Krohn, the Assistant Director of the Ken Norris Center for Natural History at UCSC, and Cathy Flores, a UCSC undergraduate intern with the center. Listen in as Alex and Cathy explain the art of taxidermy as a way to preserve natural history specimens.

The Kharadron Overlords Age of Sigmar Fan Network Geldraad (admin team) discuss recent Kharadron events! Join us for our thoughts on the KO Underworlds warband and all the other Adepticon news. Plus we delve into Alex Krohn’s game results at the recent SAGT.

Russ Romano and I did a live radio show from Love Hearts Project's love letter writing event. Love was in the air. This was the second annual event put on by Alex Krohn, the creator of Love Hearts Project. We sat down with Alex, and a number of people who were at the event writing postcard love letters. Want to feel the love? Here you go.

Take a hike with Alex Krohn, who is one of my best friends, my hiking buddy, and the creator of Love Hearts Project. There's nothing like a hike -- or an interview -- first thing in the morning while you're still waking up. Why not mix some love in there, too?   Connect with Love Hearts Project: Instagram: @LoveHeartsProject Twitter: @LoveHeartsPrjct Facebook: Love Hearts Project Connect with Alex: Instagram: @icecreamkrohn_ Twitter: @icecreamkrohn   Connect with Take A Hike: iTunes | Google Play | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Tumblr ***** Music in the episode is produced by BigBouncyBright, purchased via AudioJungle.

Take a hike through the Pacific Northwest with host Shannon McCormick and guest Katie Soovajian. Be prepared for some pit stops in South Africa and Zion National Park along the way. Trails and places mentioned: General Pacific Northwest Cape Horn Trail Forest Park Columbia River Gorge Multnomah Falls Eagle Creek Trail Olympic National Park Lake Crescent Hoh Rainforest Kalaloch Beach Ruby Beach Hurricane Ridge Zion National Park The Narrows Angel’s Landing Refrigerator Canyon Walter’s Wiggles South Africa Table Mountain Special shoutouts: The Postcardist, aka Frank Roche / @postcardist, @frankroche @sukiicat Alex Krohn / @icecreamkrohn_ ***** Connect with Take A Hike: iTunes | Google Play | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook ***** Music in the episode is produced by BigBouncyBright, purchased via AudioJungle.

One sunny Sunday afternoon. One thousand postcards. Fifty people. And an idea: cast some love out into the world on a postcard. In this episode, we go to an event put on by the Love Hearts Project, where a large group of people gathered to support the project and show some love by writing postcard love letters. We interview the creator of Love Hearts Project, Alex Krohn, along with three participants in the postcard love letter event. This is postcard writing at its very best: social, energetic and collaborative. Plus...you'll get to meet some very interesting people. And isn't that what postcards are all about?