224 episodes

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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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.

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

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

    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 the major driving forces behind Zilla Products, a reptile product specialty manufacturer that has been leading the way in innovative animal care products.   As usual, you can expect mayhem and more in out triumphant return to the airwaves!!  Join us live and call in!


    If you like what you hear, please consider donating to our Patreon account and become a sponsor or even producer for UrbanJungles Radio!  For as little as $1.00 a month you can make a huge difference and with larger donations of $10.00 or $20.00 a month you can get rewards like direct input into our programming topics and so much more.

    Please visit www.Patreon.com/urbanjungles for more information.


    Thank you for your support, help us extend our efforts and our reach!

     

    • 1 hr 32 min
    UJR #223 Making American Friggin' Awesome with Presidential Candidate Joe Exotic

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

    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 tell us about his bid for the presidencey of the United States of America!  Listen in as Joe Exotic returns to tell us his plan on how he's going to make this country amazing once he's president!  Listen in and feel free to call in and take advantage of the fact that UJR gives you the opportunity to speak with a bonafide presidential candidate...Mr. Joe Exotic!

    • 23 min
    UJR Episode #222 A Swamp Girl named Savannah

    UJR Episode #222 A Swamp Girl named Savannah

    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 up on news and more as only UrbanJunglesRadio can do!  Be sure to download all of our episodes today!

    • 1 hr 5 min
    UJR Episode #221: Devon Massyn, Uncaged

    UJR Episode #221: Devon Massyn, Uncaged

    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 walk away from!  We'll also chat about Devon's consevation efforts with Herp Conservation International a non profit organization looking to establish a wildlfe refuge for endangered reptiles and other wildlife.


    Tune in and listen to the dread locked awsomeness that is Devon Massyn.

    • 55 min
    UJR Episode #220: Our Fave Dav and Making Waves

    UJR Episode #220: Our Fave Dav and Making Waves

    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 crocodile monitors and what this means to the community of responsible keeprs around the world. Rest assired you won't want to miss this feather-fuffling session of UrbanJunglesRadio!

    • 1 hr 9 min
    UJR Episode #219 - Ray Morgan: Interviewing the Venom Interviewer

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

    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 creatures as well as some facinating herpetological points in general.  The feature film is 2 hrs long and the extended scenes give you an amazing 3 hrs and 27 minutes of extended scenes and over an hour of bonus clips! So much awesomeness packed into 1 DVD you know we're gonna hit them all!


    Join us live Saturday (6/4) at 10pm EST for the LIVE show or download or play from Blogtalk and iTunes!

    • 1 hr 23 min