Bug Banter with the Xerces Society
The Xerces Society
4.9from 128 ratings
- 78
- Episodes
- 9
- Transcribed
- 128
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 401K
- YouTube views
About Bug Banter with the Xerces Society
Join us as we explore the fascinating world of invertebrates and discover how to help these extraordinary animals. The Xerces Society is a nationwide non-profit organization that works to conserve invertebrates and their habitats. For more information go to xerces.org.
- Publisher
- The Xerces Society
- Category
- science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 3 Oct 2023
- Latest episode
- 20 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
9 of 78 episodes have a transcript.
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Navigating Careers in Conservation: Advice and Insights
6 Oct 2026
Transforming Suburbia: How One Yard Became Home to 1,800 Invertebrates
15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Ins and Outs of Seed Collecting
Inside a recent episode
Navigating Careers in Conservation: Advice and Insights
Published 20 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Ended up working on cruise ships and speaking in front of groups of 800 people. And I overcame that fear. But public speaking is huge in a lot of jobs when it comes to communication. And I could not do my job if I hated public speaking. There's no way. And then Crucial Conversations. I actually took a Crucial Conversations class. There's a book about it and a training. And it's awesome. And it's been really helpful as a supervisor. Yeah. for volunteers and for staff and just with coworkers working remotely, like learning how to communicate effectively, especially when you have difficult conversations, how to do it via email or whether it needs to happen on the phone. […]
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- Xerces staff members
- Elliott Gordon
- Eric Lee-Mäder
- Stephanie Frischie
- Jennifer Hopwood
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 400,896
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 75 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 53 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 57 / 100
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- Quality
- 46
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 85
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