34 episodes

What started out as a passion project for Ryan and his spouse Rebecca (an incredible duo) has evolved into a regular conversation with Ryan and Tom Arbour (Two Turtle Tom) as they discuss relevant chelonian topics and converse with folks in the turtle and tortoise (Tortle!) world. Subscribe, follow and enjoy listening to this podcast every other week throughout the year!

Let's Talk Turtles Ryan and Tom

    • Science
    • 4.9 • 26 Ratings

What started out as a passion project for Ryan and his spouse Rebecca (an incredible duo) has evolved into a regular conversation with Ryan and Tom Arbour (Two Turtle Tom) as they discuss relevant chelonian topics and converse with folks in the turtle and tortoise (Tortle!) world. Subscribe, follow and enjoy listening to this podcast every other week throughout the year!

    Episode 32. Manouria and More with Nathan Haislip

    Episode 32. Manouria and More with Nathan Haislip

    Episode 32! In this episode we welcome Nathan Haislip to the show! Nathan has a plethora of Chelonian care experience from a zoo perspective, an NGO perspective and as a private keeper! Join us as we talk Manouria and more! 



    Ryan:

    IG: @RAD_Reptiles82

    YT: @Rad_reptiles

    Rad-reptiles.com 



    Tom

    IG: @twoturtletom

    YT: @twoturtletom



    Intro Music: Mr. Smith - Poor Man’s Groove

    Outro Music: tomorrow-is-today - 5282

    • 1 hr 10 min
    Episode 31. Brian Horne

    Episode 31. Brian Horne

    Episode 31! In this episode we welcome Brian Horne to the show! Brian is a Turtle Conservationist who has been working with in situ programs all over the globe. Get to know Brian with us and follow along as he shares his unique perspective of the perils of turtles and how we can contribute to in situ conservation.

    Ryan:

    IG: @RAD_Reptiles82

    YT: @Rad_reptiles

    Rad-reptiles.com 



    Tom

    IG: @twoturtletom

    YT: @twoturtletom



    Intro Music: Mr. Smith - Poor Man’s Groove

    Outro Music: tomorrow-is-today - 5282

    • 1 hr 37 min
    Episode 30. Electric Fences and Houses of Sick

    Episode 30. Electric Fences and Houses of Sick

    Episode 30! Tom and I catch up after a less than stellar February off. We talk electric fences and ex-situ conservation. Tune in!



    Ryan:

    IG: @RAD_Reptiles82

    YT: @Rad_reptiles

    Rad-reptiles.com 



    Tom

    IG: @twoturtletom

    YT: @twoturtletom



    Intro Music: Mr. Smith - Poor Man’s Groove

    Outro Music: tomorrow-is-today - 5282

    • 51 min
    Episode 29. James Terelle

    Episode 29. James Terelle

    Episode 29! Tom and I welcome James Terelle of James Terelle Turtles. James keeps a lot of unique and interesting species including Twist-neck Turtles and Snail-eating Turtles. Chill out and listen as he tells us all about them.

    Gopher Tortoise Plates: https://wildlandsconservation.org/gopher-tortoise-license-plate/



    Ryan:

    IG: @RAD_Reptiles82

    YT: @Rad_reptiles

    Rad-reptiles.com 



    Tom

    IG: @twoturtletom

    YT: @twoturtletom



    Intro Music: Mr. Smith - Poor Man’s Groove

    Outro Music: tomorrow-is-today - 5282

    • 1 hr
    Episode 28. Ryan and Tom Discuss

    Episode 28. Ryan and Tom Discuss

    Episode 28! Tom and I sit down, catch up and discuss the Endangered Species Act, species misrepresentation and of course, light bulbs! Download and listen to this one!



    Ryan:

    IG: @RAD_Reptiles82

    YT: @Rad_reptiles

    Rad-reptiles.com 



    Tom

    IG: @twoturtletom

    YT: @twoturtletom



    Intro Music: Mr. Smith - Poor Man’s Groove

    Outro Music: tomorrow-is-today - 5282

    • 1 hr 2 min
    Episode 27. Damon Barnes - Knob Creek Naturalist

    Episode 27. Damon Barnes - Knob Creek Naturalist

    Episode 27! Tom and I sat down with Damon Barnes and had a great conversation! We discussed Kinixys, cypress substrate, duck eggs and more! Tune in and check it out!

    Damon Barnes

    IG: @knobcreeknaturalist



    Ryan:

    IG: @RAD_Reptiles82

    YT: @Rad_reptiles

    Rad-reptiles.com 



    Tom

    IG: @twoturtletom

    YT: @twoturtletom



    Intro Music: Mr. Smith - Poor Man’s Groove

    Outro Music: tomorrow-is-today - 5282

    • 1 hr 30 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
26 Ratings

26 Ratings

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Good

It’s a good pod.

Sam Schulman ,

For the turtles

Amazing podcast, great speakers and great info. Doesn’t talk about only the “wins” they talk about the difficulties as well. Which is amazing. Love this show.

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