Wood Fired Herping
Wood Fired Herping is a podcast about herping, life outdoors, and the food that brings it all together. Hosted by chef, photographer, and lifelong herper Zeev Nitzan Ginsburg, it blends field herping adventures with deep conversations, wild landscapes, and meals cooked with purpose.
Equal parts storytelling and campfire chatter, this show is for anyone who’s ever successfully chased a snake through the thorny underbrush, pulled off the highway for a promising stretch of habitat only to find nothing at all, or cooked something that made the whole day worth it anyway.
At its heart, Wood Fired Herping is about intersections: wild and quiet, instinct and ritual, science and soul.
Podcasting since 2022 • 11 episodes
Wood Fired Herping
Latest Episodes
Kyle Elmore - Tin Stacks, Popping Milks, and Houston Eats
Episode 4: Kyle Elmore – Tin Stacks, Popping Milks, and Houston EatsKyle Elmore, better known as PopMilk Herping, has become one of the most recognizable names in Texas field herping — equal parts meticulous, ethical, and d...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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Robert Hansen – Field Guides, Herp Review, and Cooking Alpine Trout
Robert Hansen has worn a lot of hats in the herp world — editor, author, educator, field naturalist, and lifelong advocate for science communication. For years he served as Editor-in-Chief of Herpetological Review, shaping the way our ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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Marisa Ishimatsu — Herp Photography, AI, and Melted M&M’s
Marisa Ishimatsu is a photographer, herper, and educator whose images define how many of us see California’s reptiles and amphibians. Her work has shaped field guides, articles, and conservation efforts — and in this episode, we dig into what i...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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Snakes, Stories, and Starting Again
Wood Fired Herping is back. In this relaunch episode, host Zeev explores what herping means today; from snakes and field ethics to food, conservation, and the culture that ties it all together. Whether you’re into reptiles, amphibian...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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