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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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42:14

Sea Turtles and Straws with Christine Figgener

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/06/22

Several years ago, I went on a trip to Hilton head, South Carolina, and I woke up in the morning really early and went to the beach. This is something I always do when I am by the ocean, because you get to find some really cool stuff in the morning. And this time I found the best thing ever, or the two best things ever!I saw two baby sea turtles make their way to the ocean. Members of their nest likely hatched the night before, and these two were stragglers. I got to see them make their journey to

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60:48

Financial Realities of Wildlife Careers with Emily...

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/06/16

You get a degree and then a job, right? That’s how it is supposed to work. But in wildlife biology, ecology, and conservation careers, it’s not so straightforward.In the wildlife science realm, you need experience, but the crazy thing is, that in our field, a lot of experiences are unpaid. Even though they are full jobs, quite often they don’t pay.To be honest, it is extremely hard to get into this field without any volunteering. There are very few programs that will give someone with no experience

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40:52

Going Zero Waste with Alexa Smith

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/06/08

When I scroll through my Pinterest home feed, zero waste is a common word that comes up among eco-friendly bloggers. I always wanted to try it, but producing no waste seemed so hard! I was really intimidated by the challenge and felt like I needed help. So when Alexa Smith, author of An Economic Eclipse, reached out to me to talk all about zero waste, I was definitely on board. In this episode, I interview Alexa Smith all about what it means to be zero waste – and it’s not as intense as you think it

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54:32

Corporations and Climate Change with Lavaniya Das

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/06/02

Through my 17 years in research, one of the biggest lessons I learned is that science alone cannot solve the biodiversity crisis. We need people to care and to change their behaviors. People tend to view corporations as the enemy of conservation – and with good reason, they pollute, cause deforestation, and destroy habitats. But the truth is, we need to work with them if we want to solve this problem due to their large impact. Therefore, when Lavaniya Das reached out to me to discuss how

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34:30

Getting a Job in Science Communication

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/05/25

When I was in graduate school, everyone was talking about how if you didn’t want to go into research, you could get a job in science communication – like it was something you could just easily do.But when I was officially on the job market, I didn’t see a ton of science communication jobs posted. And when I did, I found out that employers wanted communications professionals interested in science rather than science professionals with a social media presence.Also a lot of people don’t realize that

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44:33

Handling the Haters in Science Communication

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/05/18

I was recently featured on an Instagram live hosted by @shine.science and I was asked the question, “How do you handle negative comments on social media?” I had such a long answer that I thought it would make an excellent podcast episode!I’ve been putting myself out there (and by there I mean the Internet) since about 2010 when I started a professional Twitter account and blog. Eleven years later (where has the time gone??) I am still here and in the last few years I’ve put myself even out there

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48:25

Sustainable Seafood with Jackie Marks

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/05/12

What you eat has a huge impact on wildlife and that’s true for the ocean too. Commercial fishing can have large-scale negative impacts on dolphins, turtles, and whole ecosystems. Overfishing can endanger the species that is fished affecting ecosystems and our food availability. Some people advocate for stopping to eat seafood all together, but this may not be the best option for us and sea life. A better option is sustainable seafood – but what is this? And how do you know what to buy? I invited

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52:02

Garden for Wildlife with David Mizejewski

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/05/06

Do you have a backyard? Front yard? Balcony? Access to a rooftop? Then you can help wildlife!I invited naturalist David Mizejewski on the podcast to talk about how you can make your yard, balcony, or whatever you have access to more wildlife friendly. David is an author, TV host, and naturalist who works for the National Wildlife Federation spreading messages about conservation in your own backyard. He’s worked for the National Wildlife Federation for 21 years, where they’ve been promoting backyard

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51:14

City Nature Challenge with George Gehrig

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/04/29

George Gehrig subscribes to the Fancy Scientist and responded to an email of mine asking about the impact of iNaturalist data on science. I thought that sounded like a great topic to discuss, and when I found out that George was the organizer of the City Nature Challenge for Bonner County, I thought – even better!iNaturalist is an app that anyone with a smartphone can use to take photos of different things in nature, upload them to the platform for identifications, and to connect with members in

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46:49

Extinction of Experience: The Core Threat to Nature...

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/04/22

I became a wildlife biologist because I wanted to save species from extinction. But I’ve learned over my nearly two decades in this field, that we really can’t save species without focusing on ourselves firstWhen people think of wildlife conservation, they often conjure up images of scientists in the field with animals, studying where they move, what they eat, or how many there are. This definitely helps in conservation planning, but it doesn’t relieve the threats placed on animals.To really get to

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44:50

Welcome Mammals Into Your Yard the Right Way

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/04/14

Last week I talked about how you can make your front and backyard wildlife-friendly, and this week, I’m talking specifically about mammals! Lots of people want to welcome mammals into their yards, but don’t do it in the best way. In fact, by doing some things wrong, you could actually end up hurting and even indirectly killing mammals. As a wildlife biologist who has studied mammals for nearly two decades, in this episode I talk about what you can do to welcome mammals into your yard in a way that

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34:33

How to Make a Wildlife Friendly Backyard

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/04/08

When most people think of conservation, they tend to think of faraway animals like tigers, elephants, and jaguars, or faraway places like the Amazon rainforest, Serengeti plains, or Yellowstone National Park. But conservation can start in your own backyard! Historically, we tend to think of protecting animals in parks and other protected areas, putting animals in a separate space than humans. But the truth is that animals are all around us and they need us. While protected areas are critical to

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46:21

Climate Change Empowerment: Changes You Can Make for...

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/04/01

The inspiration for all of my writing and videos stems from animals. So often people want to become a wildlife biologist because they want to help animals. They envision themselves conducting important research to grow populations or captive-rearing animals for reintroductions. But I’ve learned through all of my years of research, that to really help animals we need to take a look at ourselves. And the truth is all animals will be affected by climate change – including us. So if we really care about

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65:25

Foraging for Food and Medicine with Mark...

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/03/24

This week I talked to Dr. Mark “Merriweather” Vorderbruggen about foraging for your own food. I’ve blogged and podcasted before about having a more sustainable diet, but foraging is not something that came across my mind until Mark reached out to me. I’ll have to add it to my posts!In brief, foraging is the practice of people going out and collecting their own food from the wild. Usually it is limited to plants and fungi (as with animals it is called hunting). I went into this podcast pretty much

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57:35

Academic Coaching with Katy Peplin

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/03/17

In today’s podcast, I talk to academic Coach Dr. Katy Peplin of Thrive Ph.D. Katy founded Thrive PhD in 2017, where she started out coaching acquaintances to now having a thriving business with clients all over the world and in all disciplines, who have achieved all kinds of success.Katy helps academics going through grad school because “she gets it.” She is an advocate for students and prides herself on being a real human too.I hope you enjoy this wide-ranging conversation with Katy. Specifically

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60:36

Animal Care to Self Care with PJ Beaven of ZooFit

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/03/11

In this podcast, I interview PJ Beaven, a zookeeper for over 15 years. PJ created a program called ZooFit where she incorporates health and fitness with conservation. First PJ and I talk about what it was like for her to be a zookeeper. PJ worked with elephants and talks about how she took care of them and trained them for medical purposes. But because she gave so much of herself to the animals, she became burnt out and started to develop “compassion fatigue.”As a result, she created ZooFit. ZooFit

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49:27

Big Game Biology with Rebecca Mowry

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/03/04

I invited my friend and colleague Rebecca Mowry for a conversation about her job as a big game wildlife biologist on my podcast. Rebecca is the Bitterroot area Wildlife Biologist for Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks. I’ve been seeing her photos of mountain goats, moose, bighorn sheep and more pop up in my Facebook feed for years now and thought it would be great to have her on the podcast to talk about her journey into wildlife biology. I met Rebecca in graduate school where we both worked in the

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54:23

Mastodons’ Impact on Mice with Mammalogist Mike Cove

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/02/25

My colleague and friend, Dr. Mike Cove reached out to me to have a discussion about something he had been thinking about for some time: how mammals of the past impact mammals today. He was especially interested on the impacts of mastodons on today’s smaller mammals like rodents and small carnivores. Because I researched African forest elephants for my Ph.D., he wanted to get my thoughts on this topic and thought it would be a cool idea for the podcast!Over tens of thousands of years ago, our world

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59:29

Conservation Careers with Nick Askew

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/02/18

This episode is a must listen-to for anyone who wants to go into wildlife or conservation careers. I interview Dr. Nick Askew, founder of Conservation Careers, an organization dedicated to helping students find the right career for them in conservation. We chat about Nick’s background; how he pivoted from a Ph.D. research project in barn owls to working for a consulting agency, nonprofit, and then starting his own business. Nick realized that there wasn’t much information out there for those

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54:05

Effective Communication in Conservation with Ben Christ

Fancy Scientist with Dr. Stephanie Manka ·

2021/02/11

Communication is huge in conservation and wildlife biology careers. People tend to only think of the species, ecosystems, or research that scientists work on, but this research is always communicated in some way – to other scientists, the public, and/or various stakeholders.In this interview, I sit down with Director of Facilitation and Planning at Impact by Design, Inc., Ben Christ. Ben was an undergraduate researcher when I was getting my Ph.D. at the University of Missouri and he talks about his

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