InShanely Curious

Christine Del Turco at The Fort Worth Zoo gave me a behind the scenes tour of the elephant facilities at the Fort Worth Zoo and then we sat down to chat about what it takes to get a multi-ton elephant to participate in its own health care.  If you’ve ever had trouble giving your pet medicine, you might just pick up some tricks Shane News!  My two-part comedy special TRIPS is finally finished with post production!We are screening it and doing a Q&A in Portland, OR June 11!https://portlandpsychedelic.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events?path=%2Fportal%2Fevents%2F18901 Denver - Next week - I will be doing a Meow Wolf takeover on June 17th!https://tickets.meowwolf.com/events/denver/shane-mauss-new-trip/ Stand-up Science Tour is getting booked for the fall!Lots happening!  Stay up-to-date on my email list https://www.shanemauss.com/contact 

This week comedian Shane Mauss stops by UCLA to learn all about ants!The Pinter-Wollman Lab studies how collective behavior emerges from individual variation and environmental pressures. We chat about how variation among ants shapes colony behavior, and how space influences social dynamics.This work informs conservation strategies and provides insights into disease transmission and information flow.https://pinterwollmanlab.eeb.ucla.edu/ I have new shows being announced in coming weeks so join my email list at shanemauss.com

Athena Aktipis is a cooperation theorist in the social psychology department of ASU.Her book “A Field Guide to the Apocalypse: A Mostly Serious Guide to Surviving Our Wild Times” is a whole lot of fun packed into a pragmatic and optimistic examination of preparedness.Check out Athena's books and podcasts here https://www.athenaaktipis.org/ I’m taking part in a few live variety shows she is putting together combining science, comedy, music and surprises.Here is one at San Fran 4/17 https://www.exploratorium.edu/visit/calendar/after-dark-resilience Joshua Tree 4/26 https://bubblingwellsranch.com/stagecoach/Eureka Springs, AK 10/20-22 https://www.zombiemed.org/ https://www.mypurplelady.com/

This week comedian Shane Mauss takes a field trip to the Fort Worth Zoo to talk to Senior Curator of Ectotherms Diane Barber and Reproductive Biologist Allison Julien all about toads, explosive reproduction, biodiversity, and why amphibians are the canary in the coalmine for the freshwater that humans and so much of earth’s life depend on.We’ll have two more Ft Worth Zoo episodes coming zoon.  We’re gonna learn a lot about training and providing medical care for elephants.In the meantime you can find other zoo episodes by listening back to the https://www.herewearepodcast.com/ For fresh threads https://www.threyda.com/ offer code: And for some new feelz visit https://www.mypurplelady.com/ Diane Barber, senior curator of ectotherms at the Fort Worth Zoo, has 40 years of zoological experience (23 at the Fort Worth Zoo), with a primary focus on amphibians, reptiles, invertebrates, and aquatic species.In addition to overseeing the ectotherms collection at the Fort Worth Zoo, Barber manages all aspects of conservation programming (e.g., population management, development, implementation of recovery goals, in situ and ex situ research, reintroduction, monitoring programs, assisted reproductive technologies for amphibians, biobanking, captive propagation and husbandry, genetic management, disease surveillance, radio telemetry, harmonic radar, audio loggers, trap cameras, tagging/marking, design of husbandry facilities, etc.) with native Texas species and in Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands. Primary conservation programs include the Puerto Rican crested toad, Puerto Rican harlequin butterfly, Virgin Islands boa, Chiricahua leopard frog, Houston toad, Texas horned lizard, Texas kangaroo rat, Pecos pupfish, Texas freshwater mussels and Louisiana pine snake.Barber is also involved in the following conservation organizations:Puerto Rican Crested Toad Conservancy, Founder/PresidentTexas Horned Lizard Conservation Coalition Co-founder/Co-coordinator

Valentine's Day is also International Bonobo Day! Bonobos have become known as the amorous, peace loving, hippies of the primate order. Has the story been a little overly simplified?  This week, comedian Shane Mauss apes around with the hilarious and wonderful Rachna Reddy. Rachna is an anthropologist and primatologist at the University of Utah whose fieldwork in Uganda studying chimps and bonobos can give us insights into our own social lives and lifespan development with a particular interest in those formative teen years.https://explorers.nationalgeographic.org/directory/rachna-b-reddy https://www.mypurplelady.com/ offer code ‘Bonobo’ for free shipping

For thousands of years donkeys were an integral part of human life.  Modern life has taken most of the burden off burros backs but what does the future hold for our equine companions?Shane takes a deep dive into ungulate evolution and contemplates how hooves ambled their way along various branches on the tree of life to figure out how donkeys even came to exist in the first place.This week’s guest is Colorado State University, Dr. Sarah King joins the show.  In collaboration with USGS, Dr. King leads research on the behavior, ecology, and demography of feral horses and burros in the American west. Through her position as co-chair of the IUCN/SSC Equid Specialist Group, Dr. King works with researchers to conserve endangered equids around the world. Additionally Dr. King is a professional animal trainer, offering training and behavior support for dogs and horses.If you are in need of dog, horse, or donkey training, check out Sarah’s Brenin Behavior https://breninbehavior.com/ for a free zoom consultation and if you happen to be in Colorado, there are in person opportunities.InShane Deal of the week: The clothes in this episode were by Threyda .  Save 10% (and support this show) with offer code ‘InShane’.

Shane Mauss shares the origin story of his interest in life’s origin story.A hobby of watching nature documentaries turned into a full-blown science obsession that sent Shane’s comedy career careening off the traditional stand-up path and onto a unique journey of getting to use humor to explore the hidden underpinnings seeding the tree of life.Happy Feast of The Ass!