Growing Up with Cheetahs, Bearcats, Penguins, & Jack Hanna!

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In this episode, I interview Brannon Rapp. She currently works at the Animal Ambassador Programs Department at the world famous, Columbus Zoo. Brannon has been around animals for as long as she can remember. She talks about her favorite memories growing up with exotic animals and what it’s like training cheetahs, bearcats, and penguins. She also goes into detail what it was like growing up around Jack Hanna and filming for Nat Geo’s “Secrets Of The Zoo”.

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Episode #67: Jungle Jack Hanna

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In this episode, I interview one of my idols, Jungle Jack Hanna. We discuss Jack’s extensive career working with animals. Topics include Jack’s early childhood, what brought him to the Columbus Zoo as a director in 1978, Monkeys loose on the interstate (literally)!, David Letterman, and much more!

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Episode #48: BEST OF One Year Anniversary Show

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In this special edition episode for the “Animals To The MAX” one-year-anniversary, I feature highlights from interviews with animal experts, conservationists, rehabilitators, authors, TV Hosts, podcasters, biologists, zoologists, and more!

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Episode #32: The Cheetah Whisperer

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In this episode, I interview Erin Vargo, "The Cheetah Whisperer". Erin has been obsessed with cheetahs her whole life and has worked with over 70 individual cats. We discuss her first encounters with cheetahs volunteering for The Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia. We then dive into her work training a cheetah cub named "David" at The Wildlife Safari Park in Oregon. We end our discussion talking about her current seasonal position at The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in the Animal Programs Department. Other fun topics include feeding baby warthogs, meeting Jack Hanna, and a terrifying baboon encounter!

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