Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Ninety Five! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. SMP Patrons! I want to thank a couple of new Patreoners! – Derek Gillespie and Paul Duren, thank you both so much for supporting the show! Much appreciated! And as always, I am grateful to all the show’s patrons who help to ke…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Ninety Four! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. SMP Patrons! I want to thank a couple of folks for their support – Clint Guadiana, for his contribution via Patreon, and Dave Weber, who made another one-time contribution via PayPal. Thank you Clint and Dave! And as always, I…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Ninety Three! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there, and happy Ground Hog Day! SMP Patrons! I want to thank Justin Coburn for his contribution to the So Much Pingle podcast, via Patreon. Much appreciated, Justin, thank you so much. And as always, I am grateful to all the show’s…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Ninety Two! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. I want to wish you all a wonderful holiday season and a prosperous New Year, and let there be peace for everyone in the days ahead. And as always, I am grateful to all the show’s patrons who help to keep the show moving forward…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Ninety One! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. We’re rolling into December and like many people, I have a big block of family time coming up, so I am pushing to get this episode finished and out sooner, rather than later. I wish you all a wonderful holiday season, and peace…

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 Patr…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Eighty Nine! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. SMP Patrons! I want to thank Shawn LaRochelle for his contribution to the So Much Pingle podcast, via Patreon. Much appreciated, Shawn, thank you so much. And as always, I am grateful to all the show’s patrons who help to keep…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Eighty Eight! 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 Pingl…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Eighty Seven! 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 Pingl…

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…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Eighty Five! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. And for those of you experiencing extra-high temperatures, I hope you all are staying cool and hydrated.As always, I want to thank everyone who keeps the show rolling along. And if you’re out there listening and you would like…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Eighty Four! And while we’re at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there.It’s good to be back in the recording studio after a long absence, and I appreciate everyone’s patience while I was out having a good time. I spent several weeks in Thailand, on a herping trip that started in Bangkok and finish…

Hello everyone and welcome to the show! Mike Pingleton here, and I am your host for these proceedings. And here we go with Episode Eighty Three, and I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. It’s early June here at the So Much Pingle world headquarters, and my flower garden is starting to POP! It’s a great time if you’re into that sort of t…

Hello everyone and welcome to the show! Mike Pingleton here, and I am your host for these proceedings. And here we go with Episode Eighty Two, and I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. It’s a lovely Sunday morning in May and I can't wait to get out in it after I’m done putting this together.So Much Pingle Patrons! A big thank you to the…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Eighty One! And Season Four! And while we're at it, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there.In this episode, I talk with Gerold Merker, who with his son Walter recently published an updated edition of The Gray-banded Kingsnake, which I think is a fabulous book. I talk with Gerold about the book, about …

Josh, Whitney, Brenna, Sam, John, and MJHello everyone and welcome to Episode Eighty! A nice round number and I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there.First up, I want to give a shoutout to Claire Pedersen, who only found out about the show recently but has been working her way through the episodes in chronological order. She’s more than ha…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode 79! It's been a while since an episode dropped and I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there.I've had the best excuse for not getting a show out for a while - I've been traveling! I just got back from two weeks in Madagascar, and before that I spent most of January and February in Peru. I am home for a w…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode 78 and I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. After three weeks at home, I am heading back to Peru this afternoon for this year's third and final tour. I'm happy to get another show out before I leave, and we will touch base again in early March when I return.So Much Pingle Patrons! As always, I want…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Seventy Seven! And I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there, and I want to wish all of you a happy, healthy, and prosperous new year.It’s the first week of February and it’s good to be back home and to be turning out another episode, after being away for nearly a month in Peru. It was an interesting tri…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Seventy Six! And I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there, and I want to wish all of you a happy, healthy, and prosperous new year.Well it’s Sunday, and New Year’s Day, and that can only mean that the first episode of 2023 is a Herp Science Sunday show with Dr. Alex Krohn! I’m happy to get one more show…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Seventy Five! It's the day after Christmas, and I hope you all are safe, healthy, and warm. The temperatures at my house are back into the mid-teens Fahrenheit, after a few blustery and frigid days leading up to the holiday. I’m working to crank out a few episodes over the next week or so before I head to Peru …

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Seventy Four! I want to wish you all a happy and peaceful holiday season.I have shoutouts to some new patrons of the show! Ian Kanda, thanks so much for your one-time contribution. Ian is strictly listening to the show in order so hopefully he’ll hear my shout-out before the fourth of July. I have some new Patr…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Seventy Three! Tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the US and I wish everyone a good holiday. It's good to be back in the studio again after a few weeks off.As always, I want to say thank you to all of the show’s patrons! I’m grateful for everyone’s contributions and it does keep the show rolling along. And if you…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Seventy Two! It's the day before Halloween, an appropriate time to release these tales of strange occurrences from the world of field herping.As always, I want to say thank you to all of the show’s patrons, including our newest Patreon member Brad Allen! Thank you so much Brad, and I appreciated your note as we…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Seventy One! Here it is, mid-October and the fall rains are soaking us here at SMP world headquarters.As always, I want to say thank you to all of the show’s patrons, including Brandon Bourassa, who came in at one Patreon level and recently went up to the next level – thank you Brandon, I appreciate that. I als…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Seventy! It's nearly October and I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there. It’s good to be talking with you all again after a bit of a gap – I had a lot on my plate for the past few weeks. You’re probably thinking that an old retired guy ought to have plenty of free time, and usually that is true eno…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Sixty Nine! And for the first time, we have a guest host, Josh Holbrook, who graciously agreed to turn things around and ask me some questions. Since I started the podcast, I have received many requests along the lines of "I wanna hear someone interview YOU!". I figured I would just keep putting this off but ok…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Sixty Eight! Here we are in mid-August and I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there. I’ve been working on re-siding and painting my garage all week, and it feels good to scrub the paint from my hands and strap into the podcasting chair for a bit.Now before we get to the show notes portion of the show…

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 s…

Photo by Kevin Messenger.Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Sixty Six! It's good to be back in the studio, and I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there. It's mid-summer here at SMP world headquarters and I'm back after a week off to get some work done around the house.As always, I want to thank all of the patrons of the show – we woul…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Sixty Five! I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there. I'm back in the booth after a couple of weeks in Peru and it's great to talk with you all again.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 ot…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Sixty Four! I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there as we roll into June. First up I want to give a shoutout to the Minnesota Herpetological Society for inviting me to speak at their first in-person meeting since pre-Covid. I made a rocket run up to Minneapolis St. Paul on Friday and back on Saturda…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Sixty Three! I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there as we feature yet another Herp Science Sunday episode, which features aquatic turtles and drones - yay science!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…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Sixty Two! I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there as we roll into Season Three!First of all, 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 consi…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Sixty One! I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there as we slooooowly move into spring here in the northern hemisphere. April has been more like March - cold and blustery, and I am quite ready to get on with spring.Now before we get to the show notes portion of the show notes, I want to take a minute …

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Sixty! I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there as we move into spring here in the northern hemisphere.As always I want to thank all of the patrons of the show – I appreciate your support, there are expenses associated with every entertainment channel, and you really do keep things rolling along. And…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Fifty Nine! I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there. Spring has finally sprung here in central Illinois, and we’ve had a nice run of warm and sunny days. My furnace isn’t running and we’ve had the windows open, there’s a nice breeze and I can hear the birds chirping as I put these notes together.So …

Christoph & Violeta Meyer (left) and Susan Myers (right)Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Fifty Eight! I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there. This show is a couple weeks late, thanks to some software issues and me jumping in the car and heading for Georgia and Florida for a week. Thanks for your patience, and the good news is that…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Fifty Seven! I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there. Like many of you out there, I am so ready for winter to be over, or at least, the return of temperatures above the freezing mark! It's been a rough one here in central Illinois.Now before we get to the show, I want to take a minute to thank all o…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Fifty Six! I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there. It's Super Bowl Sunday, and I'm back in the US after a couple weeks of herping in Peru. It was great to get back to the rain forest after a two year absence. Our group had a great time and we saw some cool amphibians and reptiles, despite a rather …

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Fifty Five! I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there as we move into the new year. Here 's the first episode of 2022 and I'm squeezing it in before I leave for Peru later this week. I'm looking forward to returning to the rainforest after a two-year hiatus, and of course I will be recording some inte…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Fifty Four! I hope all of you remain safe and healthy out there, and I wish you the best of this holiday season and a Happy New Year. I'm putting this together on New Year's Eve, so this is the last show of the year. 2022 is looking good, and just to give you an update I have a couple recorded episodes in the e…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Fifty Three! Things are good here in central Illinois, and I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. I wish you safe travels if you are journeying for the upcoming Christmas holiday season.Patrons! I want to give a shout-out to new Patreon member Ben Stegenga! Thank you Ben, much appreciated! And thanks…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Fifty Two! Things are good here in central Illinois, and I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. Safe travels if you are journeying for the Thanksgiving holiday this week.Patrons! I want to give a shout-out to new Patreon member Alicia Ballard! Thank you Alicia, much appreciated! And thanks as always …

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Fifty One! Things are good here in central Illinois, and I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. It’s good to be back, I’ve been a bit busy over the past few weeks, first there was my usual fall visit to Snake Road, which for me at this point is a chance to see old friends and make some new ones. Afte…

Hello everyone, I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there, and welcome to Episode Fifty! Yay! It feels good to make it to half-a-hundred shows. It’s a nice milestone to reach!. And this episode features another installment of Herp Science Sunday with Dr. Alex Krohn, and I’m very excited about that and I hope you are too.Patrons! I want to gi…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Forty Nine! Things are good here in central Illinois, and I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. Here we go with another midweek episode because once again I will be out and about this weekend. A lot of folks say that May is THE month for finding amphibians and reptiles, here in the Northern Hemisphe…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Forty Eight! I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. We're edging towards fall here and that means that a trip to southern Illinois is looming - time for another visit to Snake Road, to visit with friends and walk the road and maybe see a serpent or twenty. I'm looking forward to it as I always do.SMP…

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Forty Seven! I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. I'm back in SMP World Headquarters after a brief hiatus (AKA herping) in Mexico of all places. I went down to Baja California with a group of folks and we dipped all the way down to the northern portions of Baja Sur, and I can now claim to have trav…

Matt and JoeHello everyone and welcome to Episode Forty Six! I hope you all remain safe and healthy out there. It’s the dog days of summer here at So Much Pingle world headquarters and the afternoons are plenty hot and humid. The flower garden still looks pretty good, but the tomato plants are scraggly and tired. But in my general area it’s also th…