Bob Ashley: Museum Director & Herpetologist (Chiricahua Desert Museum) - Epi 329, Host Dr. Mark Sublette

I had Bob Ashley on today and what an interesting guy he is. I
really enjoyed this podcast because it speaks to something that
I've always enjoyed, which is  herpetology. As a child I was
fascinated with reptiles and I'm still fascinated with them.
Anybody who knows me has probably seen me move rattlesnakes off
the road because I don't want them to get hurt. If you like
herpetology, you're going to love this podcast  (plus it's
the year of the snake). If you don't like herpetology and snakes,
then you may not find it as interesting as I did.

Bob has the Chiricahua Desert Museum, which is right on the
border of New Mexico and Arizona off the I-10. It's not that far
from Tucson and it's not only a museum of desert animals, but a
museum that preserves and displays Apache material called the
Apache Museum and Geronimo Events Center.

He really is one of the top people in this field and a ton of
different research gets done as a result of his commitment to
herpetology, but he loves Native American art, specifically
Apache because he lives and operates his museum in that region.
He's very close to the point where Geronimo surrendered to the
U.S. government. The museum has lots of different things that you
can see and the whole history of that region from an indigenous
standpoint, from Mimbres on up.

Unique podcast, unique individual. I hope you do listen to it and
I hope you go and visit it, which is at the Chiricahua Desert
Museum, because it's a very interesting place to go. That's what
this podcast is all about and that's what Bob Ashley is all
about. He and I have, a similar love for snakes, herpetology, and
Native American art.