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Episode 189: It's Almost Like Repetition Builds Confidence... (with Amy Fennell)

The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - November 30, 2023 10:00 - 57 minutes
Ari and Chris are back together and joined by NEI Supervisor of Humaning Amy Fennell! In this wide ranging conversation we talk about the challenge of moving a team of human and animal learners to a new city, the dangers of forgetting to take care of yourself when you're trying to take care of o...

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Episode 188: Traditions (with the Team from Winged Encounters)

The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - November 23, 2023 08:51 - 38 minutes
With Chris avoiding microphones for the time being (thanks, strange upper respiratory infection from the other side of the planet), Ari catches up with Katelyn Ferringer, Lizzi Fricker, Keegan Freese, and Cori Dawson from the Winged Encounters team! The gang sit down on Turkey Day Eve to revisit...

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Episode 187: Humaning Revisited? Sweet As! (TEC Talk Throwback featuring Amy Fennell)

The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - November 16, 2023 09:38 - 1 hour
Ari and Chris play a bit of catch up on our lives at opposite sides of planet Earth, describing their past few weeks and individual experiences with New Zealand's Bird of the Century vote (aka "The Pūteke Situation") before throwing things back for a replay of an older episode about trust accoun...

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Episode 186: Enriched Experiences (with Nicki Boyd)

The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - November 09, 2023 09:00 - 48 minutes
Chris and Ari are joined by San Diego Zoo's Curator of Mammals, Ambassadors, and Applied Behavior, Nicki Boyd! We asked Nicki to join to tell us all about the zoo's "Enriched Experiences" program that's taking environmental enrichment to a whole new level! She shares how brainstorming around des...

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Episode 185: When the People Lead, the Leaders Follow (with Ron Magill)

The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - November 02, 2023 08:42 - 42 minutes
Ron Magill returns to the podcast this week to chat about walking the talk when it comes to conservation efforts! The Florida Bonneted Bat is a critically endangered native Florida species of bat that is only found in a handful of places in South Florida, and one of the largest populations live ...

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Episode 184: Putting Rungs on Your Ladder (with Tim Sullivan)

The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - October 26, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour
Fresh off his visit to NEI for AZA's Animal Training Applications course, Ari and Chris are joined by Tim Sullivan, Director of Behavioral Husbandry at Chicago Zoological Society's Brookfield Zoo! Tim talks about his journey from being a "17 year old punk" to a member of zoo leadership, the impo...

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Episode 183: Q & A with Santa Fe! (Live from the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo's Field Trip to NEI)

The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - October 19, 2023 09:00 - 59 minutes
Chris and Ari are joined by fellow NEI-ers Clarie Santiago (Ranch Supervisor), DonnaSue Evans (Chief Human Resources Officer), and Amy Fennell (Supervisor of Training) for a Q & A panel as part of Santa Fe College's field trip to the Ranch for students of their Zoo Animal Technology Program. We ...

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Episode 182: The "P" Stands for "Applications" (with Tim Van Loan)

The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - October 12, 2023 09:00 - 34 minutes
It's an NEI reunion as Ari and Chris are joined once more on the show by Tim Van Loan! Tim talks about his new role as Curator of Animal Well-being and Behavior at The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, and we chat about what each of us have been doing during our week at the Ranch as NEI hosts the A...

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Episode 181: Life is Life-ing Really Hard This Week

The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - October 05, 2023 09:00 - 27 minutes
Chris is joined this week by his thoughts on the long drive home from the Ranch to chat about the ABMA Midyear Board Meeting, the Great Mews Project of 2023, his awe-inspiring co-workers, and 3 recommended episodes of the podcast "WorkLife with Adam Grant" (which I totally know is the name of th...

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Episode 180: Catching Up With Old Friends, Stepping Up With New Harpies (with Steve Martin)

The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - September 28, 2023 09:00 - 31 minutes
Fresh off the plane from the other side of the Atlantic, it's the return of NEI President and CEO Steve Martin! Chris and Steve sit down to chat about Steve's visit to IAATE's 2023 UK Symposium (can't wait to give our hawks some biscuits!), some cool new training going on with a young harpy eagl...

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Episode 179: "ChoiceNControl" for the Human Animal

The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - September 21, 2023 19:41 - 56 minutes
Ari and Chris chat about our field's favorite term that's not actually a word - Choice and Control! They discuss what they are, how they're related, and what they mean for animal care before digging into what they mean when applied to the humans that work on our teams. So many great things to di...

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Episode 178: DIY, AZA, and Other Paths to Leadership (with Misha Body and Dr Taylor Gilley at the 2023 AZA Annual Conference)

The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - September 14, 2023 09:00 - 45 minutes
Chris is at the 2023 AZA Annual Conferece in Columbus, OH, and continues his collection of "PDC Podcast People" by chatting with Misha Body and Dr Taylor Gilley! They've both had fascinating paths through the animal care field and are both committed to helping to grow the zoo and aquarium leader...

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Episode 177: Habits (of the Atomic Variety)

The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - September 07, 2023 19:13 - 37 minutes
With our backstage painting project complete, Ari and Chris discuss the excellent book Atomic Habits by James Clear!  Have a question, topic, or suggested guest for the show? Let us know at [email protected]! --------------------------------- The TEC Talk Podcast is proud to b...

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Episode 176: Hurricanes, USDA, Abraham Lincoln, and You

The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - August 31, 2023 10:46 - 34 minutes
With much of Florida dealing with a very unwelcome out-of-state guest named Idalia, Chris and Ari take some time to talk about NEI's prepartions for being licensed and inspected by the USDA for the first time. We talk about the history of the organization (happy 150th birthday, USDA!), the new r...

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Episode 175: Be a Pelican, Not a Pelican't (with Greg Peccie)

The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - August 24, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour
With Ari in Minnesota hanging out with a certain cool bird show crew, Chris is pleased to welcome back Greg Peccie, Director of Animal Health and Welfare at Riverbanks Zoo! Building on our conversation from when Greg was last on the show (Episode 95, for those keeping score), we dive into the ch...

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Episode 174: Minnesota Nice (with the Minnesota Zoo World of Birds Show Crew)

The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - August 17, 2023 09:30 - 48 minutes
Chris and Ari are melting in Central Florida, but luckily they're joined by some very cool people in a much cooler climate - Dan Blair, Meg Meyer, Kayla Rowand, Brianna Thorson, and Laurel Mochinski (along with special guest start Cori Dawson) from Minnesota Zoo's World of Birds Show (Presented ...

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Episode 173: Butterflies, Immediate Butterflies (with Shayna Gruman)

The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - August 10, 2023 08:00 - 45 minutes
With Ari taking some much-deserved vacation, Chris is joined by NEI's own Shayna Gruman! For the week of Shay's one-year work anniversary we talk about her history in the field, how the job has lived up to the expectations she had before meeting and working alongside us while still in the Moorpa...

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Episode 172: Final Thoughts on Conversing Crucially (Crucial Conversations Chapters 10-12)

The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - August 03, 2023 11:23 - 40 minutes
We finally finished our homework! Ari and Chris sit down for the fourth and final episode of their TEC Talk Book Club to discussion of Crucial Conversations:  Chapter 10: Putting it All Together: Tools for Preparing and Learning Chapter 11: Yeah, But...: Advice for Tough Cases Chapter 12: ...

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Episode 171: Wait, Who Shot the Dog First? (The Ten Laws of Shaping, Part 3)

The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - July 27, 2023 08:00 - 52 minutes
Ari and Chris are back in their office to finish off their incredibly-surface-level review of The Ten Laws of Shaping from Karen Pryor's Don't Shoot the Dog! In our wrap-up episode for this topic we realize that we don't know who first "shot the dog," we don't remember when we talked about "endi...

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Episode 170: Be Careful How You Spend Your Equats! (with Shareen Knowlton and Jen Rudolph)

The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - July 21, 2023 02:55 - 37 minutes
With Ari away at the IAATE midyear meeting, Chris takes advantage of some time at the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, Rhode Island, to chat with a few amazing folks, Director of Education Shareen Knowlton and Manager of Ambassador Animals Jen Rudolph! We learn a bit about Shareen and Jen'...

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Episode 169: Employee of the Month, EVERY MONTH! (with Erik Montgomery)

The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - July 13, 2023 13:23 - 48 minutes
With Chris somewhere in Europe again (we think) Ari sits down with Erik Montgomery, Director of Operations for the Natural Encounters Conservation Fund, to chat all things NECF! Erik and Ari tak about NECF's work donating 100% of the funds they collect to various in situ conservaton programs tha...

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Episode 168: "The Asian Chick in the Back of the Room" (with Jennie Janssen)

The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - July 06, 2023 12:06 - 1 hour
Ari and Chris are excited to be joined by Jennie Janssen, Assistant Curator at National Aquarium and President and Co-Founder of Minorities in Aquarium and Zoo Science (MIAZS)! Jennie shares her history in the aquarium industry, how a case of mistaken identity helped reinforce a lack of diversit...

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Episode 167: As Always, "It Depends" (The Ten Laws of Shaping, Part 2)

The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - June 29, 2023 08:00 - 32 minutes
Chris and Ari return to Karen Pryor's Don't Shoot the Dog! to discuss another batch of guidelines from her "Ten Laws of Shaping"! Solid advice all around, with the added spice of some thoughts on where and when folks might want to consider veering away from them when it's in the best interest o...

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Episode 166: Animal Podcasters of the World Unite (with Dr Grey Stafford, Ryan Cartlidge, and Shane Gorbett)

The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - June 22, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour
What's better than an animal training and behavior podcast? FOUR OF THEM ALL AT THE SAME TIME! Chris and Ari fulfill a longtime dream and bring together the hosts of the TEC Talk Podcast, the Zoo Logic Podcast, the Animal Training Academy Podcast Show, and Animal Behavior Conversations (The Podc...

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Come visit Bird Paradise Singapore!

BirdCast - June 19, 2023 04:00 - 8 minutes
A special treat for our loyal BirdCast listeners - a special episode for your enjoyment and education! For decades Jurong Bird Park in Singapore held the mantle of the biggest and most impressive bird collection available for viewing and exhibition to the general public. Jurong Bird Park had the...

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Episode 165: Once Upon A Time in Rhode Island (with Sean Hoelle, Kassidy King, and Morgan Lopes)

The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - June 15, 2023 05:00 - 57 minutes
Chris is MIA (still in America, just lost his voice) but Ari soldiers on with the help of Sean Hoelle, Kassidy King, and Morgan Lopes, part of the staff of NEI's "Rhode Show" at Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, Rhode Island! The crew chat about how the show has been going, building new rel...

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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 minutes
Chris 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...

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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 minutes
Ari 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...

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Episode 162: Disaster Response (with ZDR3's Julia Wagner)

The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - May 25, 2023 08:14 - 51 minutes
Ari 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...

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Episode 161: Best. Zoom. Background. EVER!

The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc. - May 18, 2023 08:00 - 42 minutes
Ari 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 ...

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