Urban Jungles Radio

Aug 06 2017 359
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Urban Jungles Radio is a cutting edge radio/podcast program that explores various topics in reptile, amphibian and vertebrate care. We feature celebrity guests, musical parodies, and hard hitting news topics. Join your host Danny Mendez, a Zoologist with a rich background in the professional zoological world as he explores various topics of interest and brings you the best interviews from all over the world. Urban Jungles Radio is LIVE every Friday night (More or less...) at 10pm. Be sure to join our facebook page for instant alerts on upcoming shows and guests as well as limited offers.

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Episode #224 - The Return to Greatness! The Boys are Back in Town!

Aug 06 2017 92 mins  
After a long hiatus Danny & Andy return to the airwaves to reconnect the interwebs to greatness! Listen in as we catch up with much that has passed and join us as we welcome special guest Ryan McVeigh! Ryan is an outstanding example of making your goals reality and the strive to continue on with greatness. Ryan is the president of the Madison Area Herpetological Society and one of

UJR #223 Making American Friggin' Awesome with Presidential Candidate Joe Exotic

Oct 22 2016 23 mins  
It's time to dust off the UJR gear and get ready, because after a long hiatus we are back after amuch needed break from the bullshit. First in order is this damn country, so amidst a circus of candidates one rises above the others and promises to Make America Exotic Again! Frequent UJR guest and legitimate registered presidential canidate Joe Maldonado, aka Joe Exotic returns to te

UJR Episode #222 A Swamp Girl named Savannah

Jul 10 2016 65 mins  
Danny and Andy return for an episode of 2's and they're not alone. Listen in as Savannah Boan joins us from the Floridian swamps! Savannah is a radio show personality in Orlando and is well know for her love of reptiles and all things alive, she's a kind American. We'll listen in on her extraordinary trip to Cuba and hear all about future plans for the swamp girl! Then we'll catch

UJR Episode #221: Devon Massyn, Uncaged

Jun 24 2016 55 mins  
LIsten in with Danny & Andy as we welcome the one and only filmmaker and producer Devon Massyn to UrbanJunglesRadio! Devon is responsible for some of the most amazing animal footage you'll see in wildlife documentaries and TV shows, especially when it comes to shark week! We'll hear all about his filming adventures including some of the incredible encounters that he almost didn't w

UJR Episode #220: Our Fave Dav and Making Waves

Jun 19 2016 69 mins  
Rest assured, Salvation is here in the form of UrbanJunglesRadio! Listen in as Danny and Andy welcome back the one and only Dav Kaufmann of Herpers fame! Dav is one of the herpetological world's most infuencial producers and we will catch up with him on his newest projects which include time spent in Thailand! Then we'll talk about he social media meltdown in the form of hugginf cr

UJR Episode #219 - Ray Morgan: Interviewing the Venom Interviewer

Jun 04 2016 83 mins  
Join Danny & Andy for another killer epsisode of UrbanJunglesRadio as we welcome film maker Ray Morgan to the show. Ray has been working for a few years on a very special documentary which talks to some of the herpetological world's best known names incuding Dr Bryan Fry, Dr. Doug Mader, George Van Horn and many others. The film explores the many facets of workign with venomous cre

UJR Episode #218 - Jackie Bibby Hacking away at Rattlesnake Deaths

May 22 2016 64 mins  
Join Danny Mendez and Andy V for another amazing episode, #218 in fact where we once again blaze trails on the interwebs. This week, we catch up with Jackie Bibby the Texas Snake man and Shai Berry from RISN Network as we talk about Jackie's promise to work towards ending rattlesnake deaths at Rattlesnake Roundups. Jackie is goin to update us on how he's followed through and what's

UJR Presents: Episode #217 with Joe Ball

May 14 2016 57 mins  
Join Danny and special co-host Gacie Menndripf as we catch up with Australian reptile Breeder and passionate herper Mr. Joe Ball all th way from Australia. We'll talk to Joe about his passion and motivation for creating some of the world's most beautiful creatures. Then we'll catch up with UJR correspondent Gacie as he brings us his view on this week's current events and so much mo

Espisode #216 UrbanJunglesRises to deliver the Mother of Shows!

May 07 2016 79 mins  
Episode 216 marks the return of UrbanJunglesRadio to the airwaves. Listen in as Danny & Andy catch up on the past 5 months of hiatus and prepare you for the awesomeness to come as only UrbanJunglesRadio can do it! We'll be catchng up on Danny's globetrotting through Australia and Andy hanging out in Texas at the Rattlesnake Festival as well as some recent events like the king cobra

UJR Presents: A Holiday Awakening with Child Book Author Elaine Powers

Dec 18 2015 68 mins  
Join us as we welcome in the Holiday season and introduce you to a spectacular children's book Author Elaine Powers. For more info check out www.ElaineAPowers.com