Creativity turns into boredom which, if you're Paul, can either manifest itself as pure vandalism or a podcast like this one. Stories, advice, voicemails and opinions from Paul Csomo are dispensed here whenever he feels like it. Sometimes he reads the boating forecast.
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The Varmints! podcast is an education/comedy podcast that’s all about animals! Every week a bunch of nerds a do a whole bunch of reading to bring you a mix of science, education, pop culture and comedy about all things that creep, crawl, slither, fly, jump, hop and swim on this planet one animal at a time.
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My review of Campbell's Well Yes! Minestrone soup. All soups reviewed in this series were prepared using bottled water and heated in a microwave for exactly two and a half minutes. No sauces or seasonings were added prior to tasting.
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Wrap-up Chat with Henry the Herpetologist!
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Our last Frog-a-Day episode! We didn't manage all 30 days but we only missed 2. We ended up learning a lot about frogs and we hope you did too! Thanks for everything, especially to Henry, and until next time, be nice to animals! *** Urban Wildlife Institute at the Lincoln Park ZooDoor Peep
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The final frog of our series is the newly discovered zombie frog! Learn all about it from Moss.Door Peep
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Peep talks about the striped rocket frog!Door Peep
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Frogs have some interesting ways to get oxygen and Curt tells us all about it!Door Peep
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Moss tells us all about the Tapir Valley Tree Frog!Door Peep
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Moss introduces us to Wallace's flying frog!Door Peep
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Peep tells you all about the crazy peepin' desert rain frog!Door Peep
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Interview with Henry Adams, MS, Part Three
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Part 3 of 4 of our chats with Henry the Herpetologist from the Lincoln Park Zoo!Door Peep
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What does the Red-Eyed Tree Frog have to do with the video game, Frogger? Come on along and find out!Door Peep
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Curt tells us all about the frog so nice they named it twice!Door Peep
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Megan tells us all about the troubles of the pumpkin toadlet.Door Peep
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Curt tells us all about the Budgett's Frog!Door Peep
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This episode is about THE PHANTASMAL POISON FROG. And it's with Megan Danger. Listen to it now!Door Peep
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Frog Article Discussion with the Cast!
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Join the cast of Varmints! Podcast for our series of Frog-a-Day shows to celebrate National Podcast Posting Month. Today: we discuss a neat article about horizontal gene transfer (a really cool thing we'll explain in the episode) seems to happen like crazy between snakes and frogs in Madagascar. Read the original article by Veronique Greenwood at t…
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Join Megan for a paean of praise in honor of the redoubtable, remarkable resident of leafy litter and loamy loam, the long-nosed frog!Door Peep
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In your face, Wood Frog, the Crab Eating Frog also has a super power!Door Peep
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Curt tells us about a species of frog with a superpower!Door Peep
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Curt tells us about the hpppenin' Indian Purple Frog!Door Peep
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Hop around with Donna to talk about the ittiest bittiest frog in the whole ding dang world!Door Peep
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Join Curt for a little Colorado chat about our native Red Spotted Toad!Door Peep
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Interview with Henry Adams, MS, Part Two of Four
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Part two!Door Peep
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American Green Tree Frog
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Moss teaches us about the American Green Tree Frog!Door Peep
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Curt tells us all about the mighty Goliath frog.Door Peep
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Join Moss to learn about the lovely Surinam Toad! Warning: Trypaphobia people might not want to look up pics of this one.Door Peep
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Come hang out with Curtis and learn about Diane's Bare-Hearted Glass Frog!Door Peep
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Learn about the Mossy Frog with Moss!Door Peep
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It's a Frog A Day for NaPodPoMo! Picture credit: By Andreas Schlüter - http://calphotos.berkeley.edu, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6767969Door Peep
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Interview with Henry Adams, MS, Part One of Four
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Part one of a four part series of interviews with Henry Adams from the Lincoln Park Zoo's Urban Wildlife Institute! The first show of our month long shows about frogs, A Frog a Day for National Podcast Posting Month.Door Peep
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Interview with Bill from Smiling Dog Farm
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Join Donna, Curt, and Moss for a sheep chat with Bill from Smiling Dog Farm! https://www.smiling-dog-farm.com/Door Peep
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Varmints returns to the fold with a big, wooly episode. Join Donna, Curtis, Megan, and Moss and frolick like a lamb in springtime while you learn about domestic sheep!Door Peep
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Varmints Update: See You in September
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Varmints Update with Donna, Curt, Moss and Megan. See you soon!Door Peep
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Listen to the musings of Cotton Shorts about day-to-day doings on the esoteric animal ranch.Door Peep
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Join Curt and Donna for a new episode! We go to Animal Class and learn all about the strange and adorable quoll!"tiger quoll (3)" by herper715 is marked with CC BY 2.0.Door Peep
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The first full length episode for Varmints! 2.0, we jump right in and learn about pronghorn! Featured image is from the National Parks Service.Door Peep
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Join us for a talk with exotic animal rancher, Cotton Shorts, to hear about his friend the Cyclops! Image credit: "'I see you've noticed my patch.'" by internets_dairy is marked with CC BY 2.0.Door Peep
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Varmints! 2.0 "What's Your Deal" with Curtis Craddock
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Come and meet new Varmints! cohost, Curtis Craddock!Door Peep
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What's Your Deal with Megan Danger!
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Come get to know Megan Danger, a new cohost on Varmints! 2.0.Door Peep
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Varmints 2.0 "What's Your Deal" with Derek "Moss" Schmeh
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Join us for an interview with one of the three new Varmints! Podcast cohosts, Moss, also known as the Science Dude.Door Peep
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Varmints! (2.0) What's happening, and what is next?
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Chad from the PodFix Network interviews Donna about what is next for Varmints! Podcast.Door Peep
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Hippos Rerun for Fiona the Hippo from Cincinnati Zoo's 5th Birthday!
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Back in 2017 when our podcast was still very new, we did an episode on Hippos! This episode featured the lovely and charming baby hippo, Fiona from the Cincinnati Zoo. As a celebration of her 5th birthday, we're republishing that episode! Enjoy! And Happy Birthday, Fiona, from the Varmints! Podcast and all our loyal listeners, the Varminions. We ho…
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Time for fireflies to light up the night on a new episode of Varmints! Podcast. Join Paul and Donna to talk about these special critters. "firefly 0877" by art farmer is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0Door Peep
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To kick off 2022 Paul flies solo this with an episode about the weird, amazing tapir!Featured images: "Singapore Zoo Tapir-2=" by Sheba Also 18 Million Views is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0Door Peep
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Pigeons II: Electric Boogaloo
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At last, the promised second half of Varmints! Podcast pigeons series has flown in! Grab your birdseed, strap on your bird watching binocs and let's get ready to adventure in the urban jungle to learn more about pigeons!ALL IS NEST! "Pigeons" by zigazou76 is licensed under CC BY 2.0Door Peep
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NaPodPoMo Spider a Day: Wrap Up with Donna and Paul
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Learn about spiders a bit each day with Donna and Paul.Door Peep
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Learn about spiders a little bit each day with Donna and Paul. "File:لحظه شکار عنکبوت پورشا.png" by احمد is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 "Dandy Jumping Spider (Portia schultzi)" by berniedup is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0Door Peep
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Learn about spiders a bit at a time with Donna and Paul. "Spined Micrathena Web" by treegrow is licensed under CC BY 2.0Door Peep
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Learn about spiders in little bits each day from Donna and Paul.Door Peep
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Learn about spiders in little bits each day with Donna and Paul. Today is Part Two of a surprise phone call from our special guest, Cotton Shorts, who is an Exotic Animal Rancher. Cotton ordinarily, (or perhaps extraordinarily), joins us on our April 1st episodes. Today some giant spiders have invaded his ranch and Donna does her best to explain th…
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NaPodPoMo Spider a Day: Cotton Shorts Calls in for Some Spider Anatomy Help, Part One
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Learn about spiders in little bits each day with Donna and Paul. Today our special guest is Cotton Shorts, Exotic Animal Rancher who ordinarily, (or perhaps extraordinarily), joins us on our April 1st episodes. Today some giant spiders have invaded his ranch and Donna does her best to explain them.Door Peep
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