May 20 2020 184 mins
- Timeline notes (all minus like 38 miunutes of an intro before we actually did the intro)
- Moose & Sheep @ 18 minutes
- Old ass Brian @34 minutes
- Remembering first meeting @36
- @53 story of first keeping snakes , neighbor “Snake” keeping snakes next door at 4 yrs old got stoked
- Rough green snakes as first snakes
- @60 minutes or so first snake - rosy rat
- @1:06 first snakes - wanted python - bp
- @1:07:30 - 5 yrs accomplished a lot
- @1:12 - life too short
- @1:23 jimmy cruz rule breaker
- @1:35 starting triple b
- @1:46 moving into the new place and building the reptile room
- @1:50 and beyond building and reptile room specific chat
- @2:07 - income impacts for educators
- @2:26 marijuise legalana
- @2:43 can you dig it!?
- EMAIL ZOOM FOR IDEA TO FUND EDUCATIONAL MEETINGS
- @3:18 raspberry rat splat
Tonight’s guest: Brian Kusko of Triple B TV
Triple B Tv on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClET9V-hDKuhHKhpRxHgDgw
Brian’s Personal Vlog Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXbwN03hrVLmWxaN7d9u3hw
Brian Kusko on Instagram: @briankusko
Triple B TV Website: https://triplebreptiles.com/triple-b-tv/
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Intro:
Andy Riley catch up banter
Lead into our topic and guest speaker
Welcome Brian
- Do you even want to introduce yourself or do you think everyone knows who you are at this point haha?!
- How did we meet? @ around 39-45 minutes
- What were you keeping when you came back from Hawaii and how did you keep it/them? @ around 60 minutes or so and on
- How long was that until you got into ball pythons and starting to build a collection? @1:09
- When did your rack in the closet start and how was it convincing Hillary of your intentions of keeping and breeding snakes? @1:34 & @1:38
- How long did you run your collection and videos from inside the closet?
- When did you come out of the closet…...and build that beautiful snake room under your place in the garage at your new spot? @1:46
New space:
- How did you build it?
- Where did you learn all your carpentry and techniques etc?
- What went into the room design? @1:50 and beyond
- What did you learn after all said and done and what would you have done differently knowing what you know now?
- Any tips for folks building their own rooms?
- What species do you keep currently and how did that evolve before getting involved with Roaming Reptiles?
- Where do you see your collection and reptile initiatives going in the future?
- What’s next for Triple B and the growth of your reptile space?
New Guest Closing Questions:
- Who do you look up to most in the reptile world? (not Andy Rea…...Kevin McCurley, Brian Barczyk, people sticking to/in love with one certain species, Lawrence Kenchington, aussie kid reptile song writer, Brian Gundy, Dav Kaufman)
- What is your holy grail reptile to keep? (once indigos, now boeleni for snakes, but komodos!)
- If you could devote an entire bedroom to one species to build a massive vivarium, what would you keep and design? (retic room, waterfall, jungle vines, open ceiling option, swimming pool, rainforest)
- If you could go back in time to a younger you right before you got into reptiles, what wisdom would you impart upon your younger self? (start with a female! Not Carl (hypo pinstripe))
- If you could pass on one piece of advice to the listeners about keeping snakes/reptiles, what would it be? (just in case, get a female)