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Hello again everyone! Welcome to Episode Ten! I like that double-digit number. For this episode, we’re talking with Rob Kreutzer, AKA SmetLogik, a YouTube content creator par excellence when it comes to documenting herps and herp adventures. Rob, Jennifer and Nick Kreutzer recently relocated from the Denver area to Tucson, Arizona, and I caught up with Rob a few weeks ago in their new home. I really like Rob’s approach to the herp vid medium – he’s got a great sense of style and flair, as does son Nick (also, see photo at left). I’ve also had the good fortune to spend some time in the field with this father-son combo and I enjoy their company.
Here’s a link to the SmetLogik YouTube channel.
And here’s an Amazon link for some SmetLogik merch!
Also, I’m throwing in this photo of Rob’s grandfather, who was the very first U.S. Forest Ranger. Those Kreutzers come from hardy stock! And you can read more about William Kreutzer on this Facebook page that Rob put together. Very cool!
Thanks for talking with me, Rob! I thoroughly enjoyed it and I look forward to the next time we can hang out in person.. And as always, thanks for listening everyone!
The show email is somuchpingle@gmail.com, and there’s also a So Much Pingle group on Facebook, for discussion, comments, feedback, suggestions, forest ranger sightings, VHS versus BetaMax, herp confessions, tips for herping better, etc.
Stay tuned for more episodes! And don’t forget to herp better!
-Mike
Hello everyone! Episode Nine finds us both in and out of the water with photographer/herper Matt Sullivan. Two shows in a row where we dip ourselves in the drink to visit with fascinating creatures! We’ll have time to dry off before our next installment, but for the moment, we’ll talk with Matt about his experiences photographing both herps and cool aqua-creatures. Matt’s underwater camera housing is featured in photo left – an awesome rig.
Hello everyone! For Episode Eight, we take a deep breath and submerge ourselves into the world of the Hellbender via a conversation with Nick Burgmeier. When it comes to cryptobranchids (hellbenders are in the family Cryptobranchidae, along with the Chinese and Japanese giant salamanders), Nick is a subject matter expert. I enjoyed talking with Nick on the subject, especially since he and his colleagues have made great progress in protecting Indiana hellbenders. Nick is featured in the photo at left, with a hellbender, which is inside the water snake he’s holding – we realize that even water snakes gotta eat, but why not a delicious bass?
Hello again everyone! Episode Seven features a conversation I had with Bob Ferguson, recorded in the New Jersey Pine Barrens last month. I got to spend some time in the field with Bob and he was nice enough to spend an hour or so putting down the interview. In the photo, Bob is on the left with me and Nate Nazdrowicz, taken at Snake Road in southern Illinois (back in the days when we could be in close proximity). In our conversation we talked about herping in both local and exotic locations, adventure travel, and we also touched on Bob’s calendar project. Bob’s been to some awesome places on the planet and it was fun to hear him talk about it. I think Bob’s energy and passion come shining through in this episode – he’s a pleasure to talk with and a heckuva nice guy.