Deer Utopia

The boys sit down with Branden Schweiss, who has been an ICU nurse and ECMO practitioner through the covid-19 pandemic. Topics covered include what that experience was like for nurses, common misunderstandings about covid, and covid misinformation.

Max and Chris sit down with Brandon Mayer to discuss a unique way into and through graduate school, rangeland management, cooperative extension work, and remote control cows.

On this week's episode, the guys have a casual conversation on the state of the show, their lives during the pandemic, and future directions for the show. They are also joined by guest Julie McDonald, sister to Max and Randall.

The guys speak with Stuart Wells, a non-traditional PhD student researching the endangered Mt. Graham red squirrel. The topics discussed involves the many steps along Stuart's career and the importance of zoos in conservation.

The guys speak with Stuart Wells, a non-traditional PhD student researching the endangered Mt. Graham red squirrel. The topics discussed involves the many steps along Stuart's career and the importance of zoos in conservation.

The guys sit down with Susan Washko, an aquatic community ecologist. Topics discussed include her career path, demonic desert donkeys, and understanding aquatic communities of arid land rock pools (tinaja). Check out Susan's podcast Making Waves at https://freshwater-science.org/education-outreach/making-waves

An investigation into the effects of testosterone on the reproductive success of white tailed deer with Monet Gomes.

The boys interview Brandon Strange (@Dendrogobbler), discussing tree ring science, stumbling through open doors, Middle English literature, and what it's like to move across the country for a graduate program.

Discussing spatial ecology and resource selection of an endemic subspecies of voles. Also, discussing the importance of pursuing a path to research on your own terms.

Bonus episode recorded in 2018 featuring Chris Banotai on what the heck a conference is and why you should care about them.