Podcast appearances and mentions of don becker

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Ninety!  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). I've talked about HerpMapper here and there on various episodes, but since September of 2023 was the tenth anniversary of the project, I wanted to devote an episode to it, and talk with Don Becker and Chris Smith.  The three of us are the primary architects of the HerpMapper project, and I am immensely proud of the work we've done, and of the success of the project.  Dr. Josh Otten was kind enough to serve as our interviewer.  You may recall that I talked with Josh and Don recently, along with Jim Scharosch, for The Mud-Box-Hog Extravaganza, in episode 86. Thanks Chris and Don for everything!  And thanks to Josh Otten for guest-hosting on this one. 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 Six!  And while we're at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. Before we get to today's episode, I want to thank Gerry Salmon for his one-time donation to the So Much Pingle podcast. Much appreciated, Gerry, thank you so much.  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). I also want to give a shout-out to Justin Michels and Marty Whalin for their recent comments and suggestions regarding the show, and for just being awesome dudes in general.  As I've often said folks, I'm open to your comments, suggestions, feedback, whatever you got. Drop me a note to somuchpingle@gmail.com. I drove up to Iowa to interview Dr. Josh Otten, Don Becker, and Jim Scharosch, about their ongoing project with Illinois mud turtles, ornate box turtles, and western hognose snakes. Initially this was a survey project, but along the way conservation and restoration components were added. Before we talked, I spent the day in the field with Josh and Don and Jim, and I also want to give a shout out to Laura Scharosch, Jeff Faircloth, and May Quiminales, lovely folks who were also present and willingly gave their time and effort to the project. 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 Sixty Seven!  It's the end of July and I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there. 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 support the show for as little as three buck 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). Many of you have heard my interview with Nick Burgmeier about his work with hellbenders in Indiana.  That was Episode 8, way back in season 1, and I didn't just pull Nick's name out of a hat for that interview.  I had the privilege of helping out with hellbender surveys as far back as 2007, with my buddies Don Becker and Greg Stephens, and little did I know that all of that preliminary work would lead to the current hellbender raise-and-release project going on in Indiana.  And to provide just a bit more detail, these are young adult hellbenders that are being released, they are raised from eggs collected in the wild in Kentucky and Ohio.  This is necessary because Indiana hellbenders are in trouble – the state has a small population of adult hellbenders and if there are any eggs being produced, they haven't been located.   Thankfully these days there's a lot of cooperation between various agencies in states with hellbenders, so there's a lot of dedicated work to keep these awesome creatures in as many rivers as possible. This show was recorded in the field and since I knew we would be spending time in the water, I didn't use my standard field rig.  I captured everything on my Zoom HN4 recorder, which is my backup recorder these days.  I used the unit's built-in omni-directional microphone and so I captured everything – water noises, buckets, lots of banter and yakking, and sometimes multiple conversations happening in parallel.  But I was able to record the event as it happened, and there's a lot of running commentary from Nick and others that help to set the scene, and all of the banter – well, that's just a lot of happy people taking part in a joyous event. Acknowledgements:  First of all, special thanks to my friend Nick Burgmeier – Project coordinator and all-around good guy, and Marci Skelton, Nature Nick's spouse and his number one fan. Shelby Roberts – AKA Bender Baby Mama, thanks for all of your work and for talking with me. Summer Brown, Madison Phillips and Zach Truelock were on hand to make sure everything went smoothly, and let's not forget Thomas Coggeshall, holding down the fort back at the lab. I want to also thank Jarrett Manek for transporting us around and for the great behind the scenes tour at O'Bannon Woods. Other witnesses for this event include Don Becker, Greg Stephens, Justin Michels, Jeff and May Faircloth, John Burris and Jeremiah Jonothan.  It was great to be there with you all. 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, pet names for Hellbenders, tips for herping better, etc. Cheers! Mike  

James and Ashley interview David Heska Wanbli Weiden about his multi-award-winning debut novel 'Winter Counts.' In it, they discuss the shocking American laws that let crimes on Native American Reservations go unpunished, the importance of food in cultural reclamation, and the marvel of Carhenge. Learn more about David on his website, and buy a copy of Winter Counts from your local bookshop, Booktopia or wherever else books are sold.  'Winter Counts' is a contemporary thriller about Virgil Wounded Horse, a hired vigilante on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Through it, Weiden reveals the profoundly broken criminal justice system on American reservations.  David Heska Wanbli Weiden is an enrolled citizen of the Sicangu Lakota nation and the author of Winter Counts. His debut novel, Winter Counts was the winner of the 2021 Thriller Award for Best First Novel, the Spur Awards for Best Contemporary Novel and Best First Novel, the Barry Award for Best First Novel, the Lefty Award for Best Debut Novel, and the Tillie Olsen Award for Creative Writing. He lives in Colorado. Books and authors discussed in this episode:  Jim Thompson, US noir author; Don Becker, Denver comedian; Razorblade Tears by SA Cosby; These Toxic Things by Rachel Howzell Hall; They Can't Take Your Name by Robert Justice; The House of Ashes by Stuart Neville; The Shadow House by Anna Downes (our guest from episode 5); The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright; Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk  Get in touch! Ashley's website: ashleykalagianblunt.com Ashley's Twitter: @AKalagianBlunt Ashley's Instagram: @akalagianblunt James' website: jamesmckenziewatson.com James' Twitter: @JamesMcWatson James' Instagram: @jamesmcwatson

Episode 9 - Doing 7 Figures a Year and DM marketing with Don Becker!

It’s 2021 and we’ve got not one, but two nights of Wrestlemania coming this weekend. Harvey and Don Becker join us to talk about everything related to Wrestlemania 37, including the Hall of Fame and NXT Takeover: Stand & Deliver. Meanwhile, HBO Max dropped its own showcase of the immortals with the premiere of Godzilla […] The post Wrestlemania 37 Extravaganza, Godzilla vs Kong, The Irregulars appeared first on Cult of George | Pop Culture, Tiki Bars & Rock & Roll.

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Thirty Four!  Here's a shout-out to all of the people in Texas, I hope today finds you recovering from the terrible weather last week.  Much warmth and good wishes to everyone. PATREONERS!  Here’s a shout-out to new Patreon contributors to the show since the last episode:  Bill Peterman, Cynthia Samake, and Paul-Erik Bakland!. Thank you Bill and Cynthia and Paul-Erik!   And thanks so much to all of my Patreoners 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! Our guest this week is Dr. Chris Jenkins, CEO of the Orianne Society.  In addition to operating Orianne, Chris also hosts the Snake Talk podcast, which is great and I've enjoyed listening to about half of the episodes so far, and I also made an appearance on the show with Don Becker to talk about the HerpMapper Project.  Of course I wanted to talk with Chris about Orianne, and about Snake Talk, but we also talked about rattlesnakes!  I'm always down to chat about crotes, and it was good to hear Chris's perspective on observing and enjoying our buzzy buddies in the wild, and not surprisingly, we share some of the same sentiments about enjoying rattlesnakes in a hands-off manner. I had a great talk with Dr. Jenkins and I hope you all take the time to visit the Orianne Society's landing page and see what the organization is all about.  And if you haven't already done so, check out Snake Talk!  You can reach it via the Orianne page, or search for it on your favorite podcast platform. Thanks for coming on the show, Chris! 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, places you've never herped but really want to, tips for herping better, etc. Cheers!  Mike    

Adam Bird is back to give his point of view about why Solo: A Star Wars Story bombed in the box office. We also discuss the hilarious fallout from the CM Punk trial, argue over our favorite (and least favorite) TV finales, I review the recent Shelter reunion show and Don Becker joins us to […] The post CM Punk trial, Favorite finales, Shelter, Far Cry 5 DLC appeared first on Cult of George | Pop Culture, Tiki Bars & Rock & Roll.

Josh Goldfarb and Don Becker join us for our first four-man show as we discuss the tragic end of The Warped Tour and share our favorite stories from years of going to the longest-running music festival. We also argue over what the bigger franchise is: Marvel or Star Wars. Finally, we review Ric Flair 30 […] The post 46: Farewell Warped Tour, Marvel vs Star Wars, Ric Flar 30 for 30, Survivor Series preview appeared first on Cult of George | Pop Culture, Tiki Bars & Rock & Roll.

Addison Snell and Michael Feldman are joined by guests Horst Simon of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and Don Becker as they talk TOP500, SC17 early highlights, and the Beowulf Bash.

The illustrious Don Becker joins the show this week, as the boys take a deep dive into the world of Nintendo and discuss why the company seems to be so allergic to making money. We review the new Super Mario Odyssey and offer advice on how to score your own SNES Classic. Also on the […] The post 45: SNES Classic, Stranger Things 2, Thor, Bruce Dickinson appeared first on Cult of George | Pop Culture, Tiki Bars & Rock & Roll.

Attorney Edward A. Coleman, Esq. kicks the show off in a glum manner. He thanks the listeners for listening and recounts his abduction for sympathy. Ed bores producer Ken Lucas with the details of his illness. We cut to the Guess My Middle Name contest and announce Don Becker as the winner. Congrats Don! We will contact you shortly about your prizes. Ed reads some hate mail and then proclaims that he is so down that he didn’t schedule a guest. Ken offers to bring in a special friend to help cheer Ed up and then we hear another excerpt from Strunk & White. Ed answers another Ask An Attorney question by mega-fan David Shimomura and then we hear a word from our sponsor, Fun Laboratories. We return from our break with our special guest, Head of the Motivational and Emotional Empathy Department, John ‘Hambone’ McGuire. Hambone comes forth and whips Ed into shape with his fiery words. Ed is rejuvenated and Hambone graces us with his slogan, “Lead with your dick and follow your heart”. Ed tries to close the show and Hambone shares his 3 rules with us. Check out Hambone with George Koroneos on their weekly podcast, Mai Tai Happy Hour. http://cultofgeorge.com/category/mai-tai-t-v/ and follow Hambone on twitter @hambreaker https://twitter.com/hambreaker Don’t forget to subscribe to Unwinnable Monthly, the best cultural criticism in your inbox every month. http://www.unwinnable.com/subscribe/ Email us at info@unwinnable.com Tweet questions for the “Ask An Attorney” and “What’s My Middle Name?” segment to Edward A. Coleman, Esq. @UnwinnableOotGC www.twitter.com/UnwinnableOotGC Follow the staff on Twitter Kenneth Lucas @Kursse www.twitter.com/kursse Stu Horvath @stuhorvath www.twiter.com/stuhorvath Music by Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-f

Join HTR as we welcome Don Becker of Herp Mapper.  Herp Mapper is a world wide data base we will find out more about on this show.  Don also developed apps for NAFHA , PARS and Herp mapper for easy record adding in the field.http://www.herpmapper.org