Bison Jam

About Bison Jam

Bison Jam is a podcast that covers wide ranging topics from Yellowstone National Park and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. The podcast is hosted by Hugo Sindelar, an assistant professor of film at Montana State University. Learn more about the podcast here: http://bisonjam.com/ (http://bisonjam.com/)

Publisher

Hugo Sindelar Media, LLC

Category

education · science · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Jun 2024

Latest episode

26 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

26 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 Oct 2026

   The Wildlife of Yellowstone – Birds!

   In our third season of Bison Jam, we are focusing on the wildlife of Yellowstone. For this episode of season three, we are visiting with Katy Duffy. Katy has conducted field studies, including banding projects, of owls, diurnal raptors and songbirds in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem for more than 35 years. She worked as a supervisory resource education ranger for the NPS in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks for 32 years. In this episode, we talk about her love for birds. With so m...

2. 

   12 Oct 2026

   The Wildlife of Yellowstone – Bison!

   In our third season of Bison Jam, we are focusing on the wildlife of Yellowstone. For this episode of season three, we are visiting with Dr. John Wendt. Dr. Wendt is an Assistant Professor of Rangeland Ecosystem Management in the Department of Animal and Range Sciences at New Mexico State University. He investigates how herbivores, fire, and climate shape landscapes over time. His research integrates rangeland ecology, paleoecology, and biomolecular methods to understand long-term disturbance...

3. 

   28 Sept 2026

   The Wildlife of Yellowstone – Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout!

   In our third season of Bison Jam, we are focusing on the wildlife of Yellowstone. For this episode of season three, we are visiting with Andi Puchany. Andi has been a fish biologist with the National Park Service since 2022. Her Ph.D. research aims to evaluate alternative methods to monitor Yellowstone cutthroat trout throughout the Yellowstone Lake Watershed. She shares all about the life history of Yellowstone cutthroat trout, and how they almost went extinct when invasive lake trout establ...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

145

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 36 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

34

Social presence

0

YouTube

64

Engagement

32

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Books guests

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