Vector-Borne Diseases in the Napoleonic Era with Michael Skvarla

BEAVERCAST

Apologies for the hiatus; John has been slow to edit due to his new son who is not very good at audio editing. We will do our best to keep on some sort of schedule but episodes may be erratic. I mean the episodes have always been erratic but now also the release schedule.In this awesome episode we are excited to have animal historian, friend and possibly future cohost of the show, Marissa, on to discuss one of the most interesting creatures in North America. The beaver! Learn thrilling facts such as what a cart beaver is , why medieval europeans obsessed over beaver testicles, beaver tale recopies and more! Have a question or a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us a message at seedpod.pod@gmail.com Theme song: Matt's Blue's - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Boundary Waters - Dadcast Edition

In this episode Calvin and John (and John's son) discuss the recent plan to open up the boundary waters wilderness to mining interests. AJ is taking some time off from podcasting and work in order to work more. Have a question or a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us a message at seedpod.pod@gmail.com Theme song: Matt's Blue's - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

HOGS

On this belated holiday (hogiday?) episode we have a good friend of the podcast and environmental historian Marissa on to discuss hogs and their various crimes against medieval villages and the ecology of North America. Calvin is still beset by audio gremlins and John's audio also decides to take a nap 2/3 of the way through. Apologies all around. Have a question or a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us a message at seedpod.pod@gmail.com Theme song: Matt's Blue's - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Vector-Borne Diseases in the Napoleonic Era with Michael Skvarla

In this episode we have a guest! A professional knower of facts about bugs! We are joined by Michael Skvarla, one of the co-hosts of Arthro-Pod [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/arthro-pod/id920537000] to learn about vector-borne diseases! Buckle in to learn how these diseases shaped history during the Napoleonic era and also finally get an answer to the age-old question "Is shrimp bugs?" Apologies for Calvin's audio, he continues to be attacked by technical difficulty gremlins. Have a question or a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us a message at seedpod.pod@gmail.com Theme song: Matt's Blue's - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The "Fix Our Forests" Act

This episode is a little different from our usual ones. We do a "quick" read-through and critique of a pending piece of legislation known as the "Fix Our Forests" act. As of the release of this episode, the House version has been passed, inked up (mostly in good ways), and is on the Senate calendar for consideration. Link to the Senate version: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1462 [https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1462] Have a question or a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us a message at seedpod.pod@gmail.com Theme song: Matt's Blue's - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/