From the Vault: The Plight of Amphibians, with Mark Mandica
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
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4.3 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe chat with Mark Mandica, executive director of the Amphibian Foundation. Mark returns to the show to discuss the plight of amphibians and current conservation efforts for critically endangered species. (originally published 3/11/2025)
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:10.3 | Hey, welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind. |
| 0:13.1 | My name is Robert Lamb. |
| 0:14.3 | Today is Saturday, so we have a vault episode for you. |
| 0:17.0 | This is an interview episode that Joe and I conducted last year. It originally published |
| 0:23.1 | 311, 2025. And it is our latest interview with Mark Mandinka, executive director of the |
| 0:30.7 | Amphibian Foundation here in Atlanta. Mark returns to the show here to discuss the plight |
| 0:37.2 | of amphibians in current conservation efforts at the time for critically endangered species. |
| 0:41.6 | Again, this one originally published 311, 2025. |
| 0:45.2 | We're going to have to have him back on the show in the future to catch up on what's been going on. |
| 0:52.6 | Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind, a production of IHeart Radio. |
| 1:02.3 | Hello and welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind. |
| 1:05.4 | My name is Joe McCormick. |
| 1:07.0 | My name is Robert Lamb. |
| 1:08.3 | And today we're bringing you a new interview with Mark Mandeka, executive director of the Amphibian Foundation based in Atlanta. |
| 1:17.1 | Mark has been on the show a couple of times before highlighting the work that the Amphibian Foundation does to help critically endangered amphibian species and to educate the public about herpetology. |
| 1:27.9 | But it's been several years. |
| 1:29.9 | And the Amphibian Foundation recently celebrated its 10th year, so we figured it was high time to check back in with Mark. |
| 1:36.8 | We'll start with a bit of biographical information. |
| 1:39.6 | Mark Mandika is the co-founder and executive director of the Amphibian Foundation, a nonprofit organization |
| 1:45.4 | dedicated to the study and conservation of amphibians. His work puts him on the front line in |
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