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Episode 164: Staying Constructive in an Evolving Animal Field (with Lizzi Fricker)
The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - June 08, 2023 15:21 - 48 minutesChris has the plague! But don't worry, he is resting at home and Ari is joined this week by NEI trainer Lizzi Fricker (which is definitely her last name, as we learn during this episode). They chat about how Lizzi started in the field, the culture shift that is occuring for zoo professionals ind...
Episode 163: How is "DRSA" Not a Thing? (The Ten Laws of Shaping, Part 1)
The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - June 01, 2023 08:00 - 35 minutesAri and Chris reconvene in their office to discuss Don't Shoot the Dog's Ten Laws of Shaping! Having not read the book in years, we were interested to look at Karen Pryor's ten suggestions for successful shaping through the filter of our current training practices and understanding of the scienc...
Episode 162: Disaster Response (with ZDR3's Julia Wagner)
The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - May 25, 2023 08:14 - 51 minutesAri hosts while Chris is stuck on a train somewhere in Europe, but it's far from a disaster because Julia Wagner, ZDR3's Executive Director, joins the show to talk about all things disaster response, from hurricane season to mental health support. Julia shares with us the inner workings of the Z...
Episode 161: Best. Zoom. Background. EVER!
The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - May 18, 2023 08:00 - 42 minutesAri is back in Orlando so Chris had to flee Florida again - too much podcasting power to keep in one city! Ari recounts her time at AZA Croc School, while Chris shares his adventures bopping around Lake Geneva in Switzerland and the his experinces with the questionable taxidermy of the UK as he ...
Episode 160: Return of the TEC Talk Book Club (Crucial Conversations, Chapters 7-9)
The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - May 11, 2023 08:00 - 53 minutesWith Ari busy teaching a training course at Croc School (who knew crocs even went to school, amazing!), our hosts meet up via the power of the Internet for another TEC Talk Book Club episode about Crucial Conversations! This time we cover Chapters 7 (STATE My Path), 8 (Explore Others' Paths), an...
Episode 159: Spending Time in the Messy Middle Bit (with GRAZE's Shannon McKinney and Hannah Fulmer)
The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - May 04, 2023 08:00 - 1 hourMay is Mental Health Awareness Month, and Chris and Ari are very excited to be joined by Shannon McKinney and Hannah Fulmer from GRAZE (Growing Resiliency for Aquarium and Zoo Professionals)! After a bit of background about their histories in the animal care field and how it lead to the formatio...
Episode 158: One Order of Show Feedback, Hold the Poop Sandwich
The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - April 27, 2023 08:00 - 46 minutesChris and Ari share a microphone to discuss how they provide show feedback! They discuss the general format for how and when they present it, share some specific notes from shows they've watched in the past (because neither of them ever delete Notes from their phones), contemplate how starting a...
Episode 157: Happy Third Anniversary, TEC Talk!
The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - April 20, 2023 02:00 - 22 minutesDespite being separated by 4,700 miles and the Pacific Ocean, Ari and Chris sit down to celebrate the third anniversary of the TEC Talk Podcast! We share our highlights from the last three years and hopes for the future of the show - thank you to everyone who's come along for the ride with us an...
Episode 156: Listener Feedback for Pod-iversary Eve
The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - April 13, 2023 08:00 - 33 minutesWith the third anniversary of the show looming, Ari and Chris reflect on some emails and show reviews we've recently received, tease an upcoming episode with some exciting guests, take a look at our listenership's current geographic breakdown, and count down our current Top 10 "most experienced"...
Episode 155: Out of Control! (with Steve Martin)
The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - April 06, 2023 07:00 - 38 minutesChris is in Arkansas doing his best to dodge tornados, so this week Ari has the opportuntiy to sit down with the one and only Steve Martin (President/CEO of Natural Encounters, Inc.) to talk about one of his favorite training topics: control! They discuss what it is, how to utilize it as a reinf...
Episode 154: The TEC Talk Book Club Strikes Back (Crucial Conversation, Chapters 4-6, with Bella Sorensson)
The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - March 30, 2023 08:00 - 58 minutesThe TEC Talk Book Club returns to cover chapters 4-6 of Crucial Conversations with NEI's Bella Sorensson! Having just completed the book with the other awesome folks of the original NEI Book Club, Bella joins us to talk about the chapters "Learn to Look", "Make it Safe", and "Master Your Stories...
Episode 153: We Have Different Viewpoints of What Flight Means for Humans (with Dave Womach, Jamie Womach, and Daryl Peterson)
The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - March 23, 2023 08:00 - 58 minutesChris returns from his second bout with COVID-19 to join Ari in welcoming three cool people to the podcast, BirdTricks' Dave and Jamie Womach, and Master Falconer Daryl Peterson! We chat about the unusual path that took the Womachs from a traveling family on the road with Dave's work as a "thril...
Episode 152: Professional Relationships with Animals
The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - March 16, 2023 15:50 - 23 minutesChris is out sick and Ari is up at the crack of dawn to bring you this Morning Coffee SoloCast! Join her as she shares some thoughts on professional relationships with animals. As Ari ponders her decision to take her dog in for surgery she explores our relationships with the animals we care for ...
Episode 151: So Many Good Steves! (Live from the 2023 ABMA-IMATA Conference)
The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - March 09, 2023 12:54 - 34 minutesGreetings from the 2023 ABMA-IMATA Joint Conference in Atlanta! Chris sits down with fellow ABMA Board Members and all-around awesome people Christina Lavallee from Zoo Atlanta, Justin Garner from Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, Shane Gorbett from Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, and Scott Trauger from Natur...
WV Grouse Season Wrap Up With Jedd Guthrie
Part Time Outdoors - March 02, 2023 15:24 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 58 ratingsThis episode entails a summary of Matt and Jedd’s WV Grouse season. We talk about the ups and downs of hunting Ruffed Grouse in the Mountain State. Jedd also gives some details on his German Short Hair Pointers and his Pheasant trip to South Dakota. https://linktr.ee/PartTimeOutdoors https://...
Episode 150: Welcome to the TEC Talk Book Club! (Crucial Conversations, Chapters 1-3)
The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - March 02, 2023 09:00 - 42 minutesThe show returns to its influenza roots to celebrate 150 episodes with Ari home sick (just the regular flu, thank you very much) and Chris at work, talking into separate microphones, to discuss the first three chapters of the much-referenced and highly recommended book Crucial Conversations! Thi...
Episode 149: Better Humans All Around (with Shelby Jecius)
The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - February 23, 2023 09:00 - 1 hourAri and Chris sit down for a chat with Bearizona's very own Shelby Jecius! Shelby shares the path through the animal field that lead to her current role as a Supervisor at the wildlife park, and (after getting "voluntold" to be a guest on the show by fellow Bearizona Supervisor, Kyle Alexander) ...
Episode 148: Pet Floofy Kittens (Live from the 2023 IAATE Conference)
The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - February 16, 2023 15:22 - 37 minutesAri sits down after the 2023 IAATE Conference Icebreaker with some of the amazing attendees and board members to talk about what they're looking forward to at this year's conference. They chat about fish behavior, turtle collanders, magical alligator trainers, carrot gavels, and PTSD (Peacock Tr...
Episode 147: The First Rule of Book Club is We Talk About Book Club (with The NEI Book Club)
The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - February 09, 2023 09:00 - 29 minutesChris is joined by NEI's Erik Montgomery, Clarie Santiago, Bella Sorensson, Kassidy King, Hunter Peck, and Cori Dawson to chat about the newly-launched NEI Book Club! We talk about the where the idea came from, how Crucial Conversations became the first title they're tackling, and how the proces...
Episode 146: Multitasking to Talk About Multitasking
The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - February 02, 2023 09:00 - 28 minutesWhat better way to demonstrate the challenges of multitasking than to record a podcast at 70mph? While pursuing different alternate routes to a meeting at the Ranch, Chris and Ari keep their eyes on the road while chatting about multitasking: digging into why it's a bad idea, why it's not even r...
Episode 145: When "Helping the Animal" Hurts the Behavior
The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - January 26, 2023 09:00 - 55 minutesAfter a discussion of the current global makeup of our listenership (based on some very dubious analytics), Ari and Chris (and Ari's dog, Archer) dig into the following training-related statement: "sometimes when we try to help the animal, we hurt the behavior." This chat goes all sorts of place...
Episode 144: Keep It 100! (with Adam Triska)
The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - January 19, 2023 09:00 - 30 minutesAri and Chris sit down with NEI Senior Trainer Adam Triska to chat about his first day of shows as our newest stage presenter at The Theme Park Which Must Not Be Named (#SG@AW)! Adam talks about the pre-NEI experiences that lead up to this new achievement, his process of going from learning the ...
Episode 143: Inspiration at the Shrub of Living Things (Live from the Workshop!)
The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - January 12, 2023 09:00 - 33 minutesRecorded LIVE at NEI's January 2023 Professional Contemporary Animal Training and Management Workshop, it's the TEC Talk Podcast! Chris sits down with some of the staff and attendees of the workshop to chat about how the week's gone so far: training highs, personal revelations, cool connections ...
Episode 142: TEC Talk's Plans for 2023
The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - January 05, 2023 09:00 - 22 minutesAfter a bit of reminiscing over their "holiday drywalls," Ari and Chris share some of the fun new ideas they'll be trying out for the show in 2023. Stay tuned - and glued to our Facebook page - to find out more, and we hope you'll all come along for the ride! Have a question, a topic you'd lik...
Episode 141: Many People Talking into Many Microphones (aka NEI Says Goodbye to 2022)
The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - December 29, 2022 09:00 - 24 minutesFor the last episode of 2022 we're featuring...everyone! The staff of NEI share some of their highlights of the year as we stare down the barrel of 2023. Thanks for listening, and here's to another great year! Have a question or a topic you'd like us to discuss on a future episode? Let us know...
Episode 140: Attitude Determines Your Altitude (with Dave O'Connell)
The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - December 22, 2022 09:00 - 54 minutesAri and Chris get a second sit-down with Bearizona Wildlife Park's "Grand Poo-Pah" Dave O'Connell! Dave "returves" to the show to talk about what he and the other staff at BZ do to create high functioning teams: encouraging people to be themselves when they're being interviewed, training humans ...
Episode 139: Purposeful Recognition and Reinforcement
The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - December 15, 2022 09:00 - 28 minutesAfter a quick review of the 2022 NEI Holiday Party, Chris and Ari chat about the importance of specificity when praising and recognizing others, the line between social niceities and behavor strengthening, and the problems with the statement "just let me know if there's anything I can do to help...
Episode 138: Playing Ketchup From Last Week
The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - December 08, 2022 09:00 - 54 minutesAri and Chris go face to face via "Internet tubes" to talk about keto ketchup, Frank Lloyd Wright, birds that aren't Harris hawks, the 2022 ZAA Annual Conference, and NEI's Professional Contemporary Bird of Prey Training and Management Workshop. Helpful Links: NEI Training Workshops: https:/...
Episode 137: Welcome to the BOP Shop! (with Amy Fennell, Dan Blair, and Adam Triska)
The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - December 01, 2022 09:00 - 25 minutesWelcome to Workshop Week, Bird of Prey Style! Chris sits down for a quick chat with fellow workshop instructors Adam Triska, Dan Blair, and Amy Fennell to talk about the history of NEI's Professional Contemporary Bird of Prey Training and Management Workshop, to reflect on Amy and Dan's experien...
Episode 136: Mom So Hard (with Danielle Poirier Larson)
The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - November 24, 2022 09:00 - 1 hourHappy Turkey Day in the USA! Ari sits down for some mom-talk with Danielle Poirier Larson, Curator of Birds & Training at Southwick's Zoo! Ari and Danielle chat about the challenges of being a mom and a manager in the animal field, the ever-popular concept of work/life balance, and the importanc...
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