The TEC Talk Podcast: Presented by Natural Encounters, Inc.

Join co-hosts Chris and Ari for a discussion of animal training, behavior, human-animal relationships, and all things NEI-TEC (the Natural Encounters Inc Training and Education Center), and featuring guests from the NEI team and around the professional animal care world! Email us at [email protected] if you have a question or something you'd like us to discuss on the show!

Episode 243: Pursue Your Joy AND Leave Room to Pivot (with Stu Levine) 12/12/2024

Episode 242: At the "Chlorine-Splattered Pants" Stage, You're No Longer a Visitor (with Jon Rossi) 12/05/2024

Episode 241: You Might Fall...But What If You Fly? (with Megan Geddes) 11/28/2024

Episode 240: When Everybody You Look Up To Says "Read a Book," You Read a Book (with Kaitlyn Wiktor) 11/21/2024

Episode 238: What If the Rabbits Just Decided to Be Held? (with Nicky Plaskitt) 11/07/2024

Episode 237: It Really, Really Is a Journey (with Elly Neumann) 10/31/2024

Episode 236: This Is Who I Am, and This Is Who I Want To Be (with Sidney Campbell) 10/24/2024

Episode 235: The Story According to Bob (with Bob Chastain and Steve Martin) 10/17/2024

Episode 234: I Can Haz Professional Development Now? (with Greg Peccie) 10/10/2024

Episode 233: Hal Markowitz Needed Better PR (with Tim Sullivan) 10/03/2024

Episode 232: Hey, Wolf - Choose Your Own Adventure! (with Khaz Brooks and Ryan Talbot) 09/26/2024

Bonus Episode: Voices from the 2024 AZA Annual Conference! 09/24/2024

Episode 231: The Bizarre and Circuitous Route of a Lifetime of Learning (with Ken Ramirez) 09/19/2024

Episode 230: The Endless Pursuit of One's Hedgehog (with Jennifer Charette) 09/12/2024

Episode 229: The (Not-So) Secret Three (or Maybe Four) Step Plan to Become a Zookeeper (with Samm Griffin) 09/05/2024

Episode 228: Finding the Love in Work (with Shelby Jecius and Kyle Alexander) 08/29/2024

Episode 227: Do the Mahi, Earthling (with Rick Hester) 08/22/2024

Episode 226: USE. MORE. WORDS! 08/15/2024

Episode 225: Morepork, Boobook, Mopoke, or Ruru? 08/08/2024

Episode 224: Plants Are Cool, But Animals Are Cooler (with Nathan Hensley) 08/01/2024

Episode 223: Many Questions for Many People with Many Microphones (Live from the 2024 Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo Field Trip to NEI) 07/25/2024

Episode 222: What's the Definition of a "Modern Zookeeper"? (with Shane Gorbett) 07/18/2024

Episode 221: A Journalist's Guide to Training the Human Animal (with Amy Sutherland) 07/11/2024

Episode 220: We're Scientists! We're Doing It! We're Doing the Thing! (with Jeremiah Shon) 07/04/2024

Episode 219: Positivity and Leadership in a Field of "Cultures of Silence" 06/27/2024

Episode 218: Good Luck Getting Rid of Me! (with Brittni Rice) 06/20/2024

Episode 217: Can We Talk About This "Charismatic Megafauna" Thing? (with Jessi Krebs and Greg Lepera) 06/13/2024

Episode 216: Recognition, Attention, and the Importance of Being Like Kyle 06/06/2024

Episode 215: Dispatches from the NEI Expanded Universe (with the Roger Williams Park Zoo Bird Show Crew) 05/30/2024

Episode 214: Opening Weekend Eve! (with the Minnesota Zoo Bird Show Crew) 05/23/2024