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Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka

Dr. Stephanie Schuttler, the Fancy Scientist, is a wildlife biologist who loves breaking stereotypes and talking about the natural world. In this podcast, she shares her knowledge of animals, experiences as a wildlife biologist, and simple lifestyle choices you can make to conserve nature. Her 17 years in wildlife biology taught her that science alone cannot save species. We need to take collective action through simple things we can do every day. This podcast is for anyone who likes animals and

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47:28

You are NOT Too Old! Interview with Jeffrey Hunter

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/02/03

A couple of weeks ago, I hosted a Facebook Live entitled, “Are You Too Old for a Career in Wildlife Biology? When I advertised for this event on my social media, I got quite a few comments. One of them was from senior program manager at the National Parks Conservation Association, Jeffrey Hunter. He responded with “this was me,” meaning he started his career later in life. I knew I had to invite him to talk about his late start in the wildlife field on the podcast.Many people fear they are too old

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55:29

Science Filmmaking with Rob Nelson

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/01/27

This podcast features a fantastic interview with science filmmaker Rob Nelson. Rob is a friend of mine and we both appear together on the Science Channel’s What on Earth. He transitioned from research into filmmaking and has a YouTube channel with almost 150K subscribers and multiple videos with millions of views.In this episode, I chat with Rob about why and how he decided to turn to science filmmaking. This is certainly a unique career path without obvious instructions. Even if there was an

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55:32

Nova Conservation with Laura Marsh:Connecting People...

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/01/21

This podcast features an amazing interview with scientist and founder of Nova Conservation: Laura Marsh. Nova Conservation is a brand new organization dedicated to connecting scientists and non-professionals to conservation and research opportunities. Laura and I chat about so much – how and why she founded Nova Conservation, how it will change ecotourism and provide opportunities for scientists to connect with research projects without having to get too involved, and the barriers to entry that

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49:32

Charlotte Hacker Interview: Elephants, Snow Leopards,...

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/01/14

In this episode of the Fancy Scientist podcast, I interview scientist and blogger Charlotte Hacker. Charlotte is a Ph.D. candidate who uses non-invasive genetics through scat (poop) to study snow leopard populations in China. We talk all about her snow leopard research and journey to become a scientist.This is a fantastic episode to listen to if you are an aspiring wildlife biologist or scientist! Charlotte talks about all of the pivots she had to make on her way to become a scientist. Learn how she

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57:42

Lonely Conservationists: An Interview with Jessie...

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/01/10

This podcast features an amazing interview with conservationist and founder of Lonely Conservationists: Jessie Panazzolo. Jessie is a conserves conservationists; in other words, she works to save those who are saving the world.In episode #41, I talked about how important self-care is for scientists and how easily we can become burnt out and quite honestly, depressed. Jessie felt this herself, which was why she started Lonely Conservationists. Turns out there are a lot of lonely conservationists out

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39:40

Self-Care for Scientists (and Everyone Else too!)

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/01/03

In this podcast, I really wanted to talk about self-care for scientists because we are so bad at it! I wanted to talk about because we are still experiencing the pandemic, which limits what we can do and certainly takes an emotional toll.So what is self care? Some people don’t even know how to do self-care. You may have heard that it’s getting a massage or taking a bubble bath, but it’s so much more than that! I didn’t know how to do really do self-care until I was older and it’s also important to

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38:24

Palm Oil Boycotts and a Conservation Reality Check

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/01/01

Today’s episode was inspired by some people that started trolling me on Twitter and provides valuable lessons for conservation (and dealing with trolls). Palm oil, an ingredient in tons of food, cosmetic, and personal care products, is bad for biodiversity. There’s no doubt about that. I wrote a post explaining how it is bad and created a YouTube video on it. But the shocking thing about that post and video is that I state that I am no longer boycotting palm oil.In the article I explain that

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32:24

Overcoming End-of-the-Year Blues

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2020/12/27

t’s getting close to the end of the year. In normal years, this is a time when everyone says their accomplishments. In which case, if you didn’t feel like you did that much or didn’t meet your goals, you can feel like a failure. This is how I felt a couple of years ago when I didn’t publish any first author papers.Maybe it’s different this year because of COVID. It may even be worse because of COVID. But if you’re feeling down, I got the podcast for you.In this week’s episode, I talk about how to

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45:43

Impostor Syndrome, Confidence, and Conservation

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2020/12/20

In this episode, I talk all about imposter syndrome. Part of the reason why I am talking about imposter syndrome is because we’re starting off in a new year!I also just started my second cohort of students in my Confusion to Clarity course and it’s really clear they are struggling. It just makes me so sad how rampant imposter syndrome is in our community, our science community, our conservation community.But finally – I think it affects conservation – hear me out!I’ve been there – I know what it

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32:51

Gifts to Connect People to Nature

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2020/12/13

Why do I care about connecting people to nature? Well, it is incredibly important for me to get people outdoors, connecting to nature because that is so important in raising future conservationists to get adults to change their behaviors, change their attitudes, to be more pro conservation and pro wildlife. And if you ask anyone who is a wildlife biologist, they will say they become a wildlife biologist because they spend time outdoors in nature. What’s going on currently is something called the

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50:09

Elephant Friendly Tea: A Win-Win for Elephants and...

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2020/12/07

Hey everyone. I am so excited about today’s episode. I really truly mean that today I interviewed a special guest. Her name is Lisa Mills and she is the founder of elephant origins tea. I love this for so many reasons. One, I am obviously an elephant lover. If you don’t know, I studied African forest elephants for my PhD.I’m all about tea now. So I love this because it’s about elephants. It’s about tea. It’s fantastic tea. The holidays are here. It makes a great gift, a great stocking, and you can

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37:38

Why You Need to Clarify Your Career NOW

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2020/12/02

I interviewed Master's student Hannah Som on her journey to becoming a student and what she learned as a student in the first round of my Confusion to Clarity program. We talk about how she transformed and the value of getting super clear on what you want in your wildlife biology career.For more info on Confusion to Clarity and my webinar on the 7 Tips to Find Your Wildlife Biology Career Path, click here: https://stephanieschuttler.com/confusion-to-clarity-course/ You can learn more about

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38:33

Sustainable Holiday Tips to Keep it Green

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2020/11/29

The holiday season is here! Here in the US, I’ve seen it shift massively towards consumerism over the past few decades – gifts of course, but also more gifts than ever before, massive yard displays of santa, lights, and snowmen, and of course lots of eating. Some estimate that waste increases by 25% over our normal consumption.BUT it doesn’t have to be this way! Can you celebrate the holidays and not be a total grinch? In this podcast, I offer you sustainable holiday tips to keep your season green

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54:07

Make Black Friday Green

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2020/11/22

Black Friday is the official kickoff for the holiday buying season. As a conservationist, I know that buying stuff is inherently bad for the planet. But as the daughter of a family business, I know the holiday season is essential for people. In fact, many businesses depend on the holidays for their survival.I also know that regardless of the environmental message I present, that people will still shop. People (like my sister) will insist on gifts no matter what. And to be honest, as a fancy

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56:26

Clearing Up Coyote Misconceptions

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2020/11/15

What’s the deal with coyotes? It seems like people are seeing them more and more and some coyotes have unusual behavior. What’s going on? People also seem to really hate them, but do they deserve such a bad wrap? This is so interesting to me because so many people love dogs!In this episode, I talk all about coyotes with a focus on coyotes in the eastern United States. This is a wide-ranging conversation that will likely answer questions you have about this super adaptive species.Specifically, I go

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40:36

Can Coyotes and Humans Replace Apex Predators in the...

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2020/11/08

This week Colorado citizens voted to reintroduce grey wolves on their prey. Historically, grey wolves were all over the west, but currently they extirpated (locally extinct) through most of their range. Voters are now letting these apex predators come back. Given my recent cougar episodes (#29 and #30 on the viral cougar video and eastern cougars) and this new ballot proposition, I thought it would be a great time to talk about the impacts of the loss of apex predators like cougars and grey wolves

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39:16

Eastern Cougars? How to Know if a Species is Really...

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2020/11/01

This week’s episode is inspired by photos posted to a Facebook group. A user posted these photos of part of a deer carcass high in a tree. They asked what animal would cause this? I watched the responses pour in and I knew what they would be. Cougar. Mountain lion. Puma. These are different names for the same species (Puma concolor) and I knew people would say with certainty that this big cat did this.But I knew it was not. In fact, I posted that there are NO eastern cougars. But I knew I would get

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42:32

Cougar Viral Video: Interview with Trail Runner Kyle...

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2020/10/25

A week ago, I made a YouTube video in response to a cougar “attack/stalking” video that went viral. But what was missing from the cougar viral video is what actually happened. That’s where I came in to get to the truth.In brief, the video shows a cougar advancing towards a hiker and at times VERY aggressively. There is good reason why the cougar (AKA mountain lion, puma) did this, which is what I explain in my YouTube video, but when the video went viral, this message was left out by the media and

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50:52

Why Aggressive Elephants? Also Field Stories, Dung...

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2020/10/18

This is the fifth episode in a series all about how I actually studied elephants. For my Ph.D., I studied the social structure and genetic patterns of African forest elephants in Gabon. Here I follow up on aggressive elephants in the park, fun field stories, extracting and amplifying elephant DNA, and how to conserve elephants.It may be a good idea to catch up with episodes #24-27 so you can fully understand what my field research and seasons were like:#24 How Do You Study Elephants? The Start of My

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39:03

Charging Elephants and Fresh Dung: Challenges from...

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2020/10/11

This is the fourth episode in a series all about how I actually studied elephants. I recently gave a talk and people were really curious about how I went about this (how does one study elephants?). I decided this would be the perfect thing to talk about on my podcast – taking you through step-by-step of how I set it all up and what it was really like to study forest elephants. Before you continue, make sure you are up to date with episodes:#24 How Do You Study Elephants? The Start of My Journey#25

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