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Join co-hosts Chris and Ari for a discussion of animal training, behavior, human-animal relationships, and all things NEI-TEC (the Natural Encounters Inc Training and Education Center), and featuring guests from the NEI team and around the professional animal care world! Email us at podcast@naturalencounters.com if you have a question or something you'd like us to discuss on the show!
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I Should Roll is an Actual Play podcast set in the Mass Effect universe, featuring eleven voice actors from three continents going on adventures across the galaxy. It's definitely Commander Shepard's favourite podcast on the extranet.
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Grey (or gray) literature – 'grey lit' for short – includes such forms of communication as reports, white papers, dissertations, newsletters, slide decks, blogs, and podcasts. The Grey Lit Café explores the opportunities and benefits that grey lit provides for professionals and researchers. The podcast is directed by Anthony Haynes, produced by Dr Bart Hallmark, and published by Frontinus Ltd, a communications agency focused on engineering, infrastructure, sustainability, and research. Front ...
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The Plastics and Beyond Podcast is an SPE-sponsored podcast hosted by Lilian Judy that is curated to discuss diversity, equity and inclusion in the manufacturing industry. This Podcast is designed to provide in-depth conversations around inclusion in the plastics industry, while exploring the trials, tribulations and discrimination underrepresented groups have had to overcome and are still facing. With the aim to empower and recognize underrepresented groups, our philosophy is to envision an ...
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Through questions with definite answers, study Bible books in full, in one sitting. Or, I should say, I am creating podcast episodes which would allow that. I study with an intense focus when it comes to my job, but I never have taken the same approach with the Bible. Now is as good a time as ever to change things up. No distractions, no clock, just the Word of God. Each episode includes a reading of the book in full, straight through. This is preceded or followed by a diligent, accompanying ...
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I Should Roll: Antecedents Coming this October: experience the spooky side of the Mass Effect universe in three feature-length improvised audio adventures spanning over two decades. Discover the fates of the MSV Bosco, the MSV Miri Chel, and the CCV-S T'Sinati in these hair-raising episodes, beginning October 14. I Should Roll is a production of th…
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Despite cell phone signals doing their best to keep us apart, Chris AND Ari are joined for the return of Greg Peccie, Riverbanks Zoo and Garden's Director of Animal Care and Welfare! Greg returns to the show to help us dig deeper into the many angles of professional development: developing a shared language for what those two words mean, how "quiet…
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I Should Roll: Dangerous Dangers, Minisode Six Just Another Day at the Lab Nyx has worked on a remote and secretive asari research installation for several decades, hidden away from the larger galaxy to protect her data and her patients. Today, all of that will change. Cast, in order of vocal appearance: Kaya Renwick - Narrator and NPCs Maria Damia…
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Because we thought it might be fun to talk about animals for a change on our animal training podcast, Ari and Chris are joined by Brookfield Zoo Chicago's Tim Sullivan to talk about the history, evolution, and future of environmental enrichment! Inspired by Tim's presentation at the 2024 ABMA Conference, we discuss the shift from "throwing trash in…
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I Should Roll: Ride of the Valkyrie, Minisode Six A Krogan Called Kache Young, headstrong, and principled merc Kache is making a name for himself in the Terminus Systems. Today, he's got a bone to pick with some slavers…heh heh heh. cast, in order of vocal appearance: Kaya Renwick - Narrator and NPCs JD Kelly - Kache I Should Roll is a production o…
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Want to know more about what control can look like for the animals you work with? This is the episode for you! Ari and Chris are joined by Khaz Brooks and Ryan Talbot to talk about the work they did with (what they learned was) assent training at Wolf Park. They share how research into ABA and control gave them new language for giving their wolves …
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Chris is joined by many people using many microphones to talk about the 2024 AZA Annual Conference in Calgary, Canada! What did we learn? Who did we meet? What did we do? Listen and find out! Big thanks go out to Jen Charette (Zoo Community Manager, Tessere), Liz Evans (Manager of Behavioral Husbandry and Animal Programs), Jon Rossi (host/producer,…
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I Should Roll: Ride of the Valkyrie, Episode Seven A Pocketful of Dead Bodies The crew of the Valkyrie are reunited after their misadventures with mercs and in the slums of Omega. In their finest brightly colored attire and with a trio of dead bodies in tow, they head for the clinic of a certain former STG operative. cast, in order of vocal appeara…
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After wayyyyy too much time of talking about making it happen, Chris and Ari finally sit down to chat with the legendary Ken Ramirez! Ken shares his inspiring and unique journey through the animal training field—from his early passion for guide dogs, to his long career in marine mammal training, all the way up to his current role leading up Karen P…
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I Should Roll: Ride of the Valkyrie, Minisode Five Welcome to the Citadel Bean Gainian has finally ventured out of their comfort zone and is visiting the Citadel for the first time. They're keen to bring some small-town friendliness to the big city, and hopefully find a friend of a friend while they're at it. Nothing could possibly go wrong. cast, …
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In our continuing quest to collect the entire AZA Professional Development Committee on the show, we're excited to be joined by Jennifer Charette, Zoo Community Impact Manager at Tessere! Jen shares her unique path from birthday party host to zoo industry professional, the importance of committee service and understanding your "resource engine", ho…
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Anthony Haynes writes: On The Grey Lit Café we frequently focus on specific genres.* In this episode, we focus on the genre of essays. In particular, we discuss the use of essays in examinations. Engy Moussa (University of Cambridge) and I debate: the strengths and weaknesses of essays as an assessment tool multiple ways to help students improve th…
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I Should Roll: Dangerous Dangers, Episode Six You Cannot Kill Me in a Way that Matters The Corsica crew's ransacking of the Minos safe house is interrupted by its occupants coming home. A firefight ensues, followed by some…interesting interrogation. cast, in order of vocal appearance: Kaya Renwick - Narrator and NPCs Dan Spitaliere - Jesse Westcott…
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Original horror tales to stun, frighten, and delight you. Each with their own little twist. They are, after all...quite unexpected! www.theunexpectedpodcast.com Binge on all of our audio shows at atlantafringe.org/fringe-audio or wherever you enjoy podcasts.Atlanta Fringe Festival tarafından oluşturuldu
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When a mysterious guest is found dead during the grand opening of a new lunar resort, two detectives are sent to investigate. What they find is a rich assortment of potential suspects, and the emergence of a mystery that goes deeper than they imagined. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/homicide-at-heavensgate/id1690810100 Binge on all of our au…
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With Wraythe’s body stolen, Roxxie and Deuter are left searching for clues and scraps in Nebraska. While scanning the radio, they’re given a break: Gas station entrepreneur Gilbert Gutman has found a single finger from Captain Wraythe. Binge on all of our audio shows at atlantafringe.org/fringe-audio or wherever you enjoy podcasts.…
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With Ari away having some extended Labor Day Weekend fun with family, Chris is joined by NEI's Samm Griffin! We chat about the path through the animal care field that brought Samm to NEI (take note, aspiring future animal care professionals), the importance of - and the advantages of working for - smaller zoological institutions, and how the suppor…
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I Should Roll: Ride of the Valkyrie, Minisode Four GRATCH IS STRONGEST Gratch go boom. Gratch save the universe. Gratch is strongest. QED. cast, in order of vocal appearance: Kaya Renwick - Narrator and NPCs Chase Hutchison - Gratch Leah Ryan - Bean Gainian JD Kelly - Kache Hunter LaPaglia - Carver Fairbank Ché Grové - Titoh Raas Hans Cummings - Zy…
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Ari is busy getting ready to visit our team in Rhode Island, so this week Chris is joined by returning co-host Adam Geltz to welcome back to the show two of our favorite people in the animal care world, Shelby Jecius and Kyle Alexander from Bearizona Wildlife Park! The four of us chat about their recent experience of moving from being supervisors i…
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I Should Roll: Ride of the Valkyrie, Episode Six Into the Barrows Zyn and company have survived their encounter with the Queen of Omega, and have come out of it with an assignment. After downing some liquid courage, they head to the slums. Uh, the…worse slums. The ghetto. The really bad part of Omega, okay? Sheesh. cast, in order of vocal appearanc…
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The TEC Talk Podcast is super excited to invite Rick Hester to the show! Rick joins us to talk about the journey that brought him to his current role as Curator of Behavioral Husbandry at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, the important ways his understanding of training and behavior were moved ahead by formative experiences with both NEI and Dr Susan Friedman…
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I Should Roll: Dangerous Dangers, Minisode Five A Tuchankan Letter of Resignation The war has been over for almost a year. The relay has just come back online in the Aralakh system. Vraga's done with this shit. Cast, in order of vocal appearance: Kaya Renwick - Narrator and NPCs Tiff Compton - Ravanor Vraga I Should Roll is a production of the Inte…
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Hera's offline for a routine debug, and Minkowski's nervous: bad things happen when Hera's offline. Will the intrepid Hephaestus crew survive the night? Plus, rockin' out to 80s tunes, the “oh god we're all gonna die” alarm, and buzzing Boston creams. This episode takes place between S1E9 “The Empty Man Cometh” and S1E12 “Deep Breaths”. Nothing Exp…
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Chris is back from New Zealand and surprises Ari to share (and get her feedback on) the quotes he included in his recent ABMA presentation, "Communication and Teamwork Through the Eyes of a Trainer." Spoiler alert: she thinks they're pretty great, and has lots of great further information to share! If you have a shout-out you’d like us to share, a …
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I Should Roll: Dangerous Dangers, Episode Five Hack First, Ask Questions Later The crew of the Corsica are hot on the tail of the Minos fugitives from the Presidium firefight. After a brief exploration of the underbelly of the Citadel, they discover a treasure trove. cast, in order of vocal appearance: Kaya Renwick - Narrator and NPCs Lea Lawson - …
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Despite being separated by 8,061 miles and a 16-hour time difference, Chris and Ari are back behind their microphones to chat about the aftermath of Hurricane Debbie and Chris' adventures consulting at Hamilton Zoo in New Zealand. Sweet as! If you have a shout-out you’d like us to share, a question or a topic you’d like us to discuss, or a suggesti…
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I Should Roll: Dangerous Dangers, Minisode Four The Mystery of the Unclaimed Urchin Leorlyn the elcor's boring office-worker life is thrown into emotional chaos by an old movie, an aquarium mishap, and terrible puns. Wait, no, the last one's just her. cast, in order of vocal appearance: Kaya Renwick - Narrator and NPCs Amanda Cotter - Leorlyn, a.k.…
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Chris is flying to the future (sort of) as he heads to New Zealand to do some consulting in the land of Hobbits, so Ari hosts this episode without him, but she is not alone! Natural Encounters Senior Trainer, Nathan Hensley, joins her to talk about the many, many things he does with and for NEI. A lover of Science, he found his way into the field a…
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I Should Roll: Ride of the Valkyrie, Episode Five Two Small-Town Colony Kids on Omega Carver and Bean run back to the Valkyrie to see what's gone wrong. A lot more goes wrong after that. cast, in order of vocal appearance: Kaya Renwick - Narrator and NPCs Leah Ryan - Bean Gainian Hunter LaPaglia - Carver Fairbank I Should Roll is a production of th…
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Earlier this month, NEI had the priviledge of hosting the students and staff of Santa Fe College's Zoo Technology Program for an all-day field trip to our home base facility (aka "The Ranch) in Winter Haven, FL, and leave it to us to find a way to turn it into a podcast. This week's episode is the Q&A panel that Chris hosted, featuring Steve Martin…
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I Should Roll: Ride of the Valkyrie, Minisode Three The Wretched Refuse of These Ones' Teeming Shores This episode contains scenes of parental illness and loss. Listener discretion is advised. Titoh Raas needs work. Her father's off on another job, her mother's sicker every day, and her little sister needs someone to depend on. Unfortunately, today…
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With Ari away at the IAATE Midyear Meeting, Chris is joined by fellow ABMA Board Member and animal behavior podcaster, Shane Gorbett, to attempt to answer this question: how do we define a "modern zookeeper"? If you have a shout-out you’d like us to share, a question or a topic you’d like us to discuss, or a suggestion for a guest we should have on…
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Policy Commons is on a mission to make grey literature - especially in the form of reports, more discoverable and accessible. Its content platform, Coherent Digital, hosts over 12 million documents - and the number is growing rapidly. Who better to discuss this massive initiative than Toby Green, Founder and Publisher of Policy Commons? In this epi…
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I Should Roll: Dangerous Dangers, Episode Four Rumble on the Presidium The Corsica crew made contact with Minos, only to have their liaison disappear into thin air. Now there's a firefight on the Presidium. Will they beat the bad guys? cast, in order of vocal appearance: Kaya Renwick - Narrator and NPCs Lea Lawson - Athena Hellier Dan Spitaliere - …
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Well, this one is certainly a blast from the past! On this episode, we are extremely excited to welcome journalist and author, Amy Sutherland! Chris first met Amy 21 years ago (!) when she came to spend time with him and his classmates at Moorpark College's (then-named) Exotic Animal Training and Management Program (aka "EATM") to do research for w…
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I Should Roll: Ride of the Valkyrie, Minisode Two The Eternal Sunshine of the Enkindled Mind Zynamondan is in their ninth year of seminary and bored out of their coral. They pass the time by reading bootleg comics with the cool kids - and the comic they read today will change their life forever. cast, in order of vocal appearance: Kaya Renwick - Na…
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Anthony Haynes is the author and publisher of an extensive series of Writing Protocols. In this episode, Engy Moussa interviews Anthony on how to produce protocols in order to get things done - and get them done well. In the process, they discuss such questions as: What is a protocol? How to compose protocols How are they used and what is their rat…
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You know what they say: you send Chris and Ari an email, you end up on the podcast. We're super happy to welcome Jeremiah Shon from John Ball Zoo to the show! Jeremiah is a recent NEI workshop attendee who reached out to share some cool training stuff that he and his team have been doing with their birds recently, so we brought him on the show to t…
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I Should Roll: Ride of the Valkyrie, Episode Four Dancing with the Asteroids With two of their crew off dealing with an emergency, Zyn inquires after Omega's 'cultural experiences'. Kache is only too happy to show them around. This goes about as well as you'd think. cast, in order of vocal appearance: Kaya Renwick - Narrator and NPCs Chase Hutchiso…
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Our hosts dig into all forms of media - print, social, and electronic - to discuss the challenge of "cultures of silence" in the zoo field (which, we beg your pardon, involves us repeating a little salty language), and chat about some good advice about how positivity and leadership behaviors can help, courtesy of great recent articles in IAATE's pu…
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I Should Roll: Dangerous Dangers, Minisode Three Athena Consults Her Rolodex Athena Hellier has amassed a formidable network of allies and acquaintances. When faced with a multitude of mysterious meetings, she calls in a few favours to get the information she needs - and has a good chat with her closest friend. Cast, in order of vocal appearance: K…
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With Chris stuck in traffic between work locations, Ari is joined by NEI's own Brittni Rice on the eve of her first anniversary with the company! Brittni shares her history in the field, the differences between working as a show trainer and a zoo keeper, the experience of being both a learner and a teacher, why she doesn't want to go back to marine…
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Anthony Haynes writes: In this, our latest genre-based, episode, Engy Moussa and I explore newsletters - primarily from the perspective of the reader. We range widely, exploring questions concerning quantity, spatial design, schedules, the reading journey, distinction, and offputting features. And we review our favorite examples, asking what can be…
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I Should Roll: Dangerous Dangers, Episode Three Many Legs Make Light Work The crew of the Corsica runs errands. These errands include roughing up an old 'friend', getting busy signals, buying gas, and quitting their day jobs. Cast, in order of vocal appearance: Kaya Renwick - Narrator and NPCs Tiff Compton - Ravanor Vraga Lea Lawson - Athena Hellie…
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Ari and Chris are back in the office together and are joined (with the recording gods on our side this time) by Jessi Krebs and Grep Lepera! Jessi and Greg share their paths in the zoo field (we're talking 95 combined years of reptile awesomeness, ya'll), their history with the Crocodilian Biology and Management Course at St. Augustine Alligator Fa…
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I Should Roll: Dangerous Dangers, Minisode Two Solace Phone Home Solace-Within-Clay left the toxic mists of Suen to explore the cuisine of the galaxy. Something about their new friends isn't sitting quite right, so they call their mom. cast, in order of vocal appearance: Kaya Renwick - Narrator and NPCs Alanya Campbell - Solace-Within-Clay I Should…
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It's the return of the two-host podcast! Ari takes some time from her vacation to sit down with Chris to talk about the effects of compliments, recognition, paying attention, and the joy that comes from kindness. Awww! Get in here, everyone - group hug! If you have a suggestion for a question, topic, or guest you'd like to hear on a future episode …
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I Should Roll: Ride of the Valkyrie, Episode Three The Prettiest Vorcha at the Ball Coasting on the sudden windfall of proselytical corporate funding, the Valkyrie crew discover that one of their number is unwelcome on Omega. Something must be done. cast, in order of vocal appearance: Kaya Renwick - Narrator and NPCs Hans Cummings - Zynamondan JD K…
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We had so much virtual fun with one out-of-state NEI bird show last week that we decided to send Chris out to visit the other one in person! We are so happy to welcome Morgan Lopes, Josh Sanko, Hunter Peck, and Anthony Rossi to the podcast to talk about the ins and outs of our bird show at Roger Williams Park Zoo in Rhode Island, Flights of Fantasy…
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I Should Roll: Dangerous Dangers, Minisode One Jesse's No Good, Very Bad Day Sergeant Jesse Westcott might be the only person in the galaxy who missed the Reaper War. He's been awake for two months after a mission gone awry, and now he's looking for answers while scrambling to understand what happened while he was out. cast, in order of vocal appea…
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