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Hosted by Western IPM Center · education · EN · 7 episodes
Welcome to the big world of IPM - integrated pest management! Pests are everywhere and ways to manage them safely and effectively are as diverse as the pests themselves. Throughout the Western United States, researchers develop new methods to solve these pest problems, from plant diseases and damaging insects in agricultural fields to rats in urban spaces. Join us to learn about these IPM experts’ unique journeys and how they help protect our homes, communities and environment in the safest ways possible.Intro music: It's Your Time to Dance by K-Lo Music, under license from Shutterstock
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome to the big world of IPM - integrated pest management! Pests are everywhere and ways to manage them safely and effectively are as diverse as the pests themselves. Throughout the Western United States, researchers develop new methods to solve these pest problems, from plant diseases and damaging insects in agricultural fields to rats in urban spaces.
The Big World of IPM is hosted by Western IPM Center. The show has published 7 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Joanna Bloese: Perspective Shifts with Silicon" (30 July 2026, 35 minutes), "Tom Getts: Invasive Annual Grasses and Indaziflam" (28 July 2026, 38 minutes), and "Mikenna Smith + Kelsey Mitchell: Yes, There are Ticks in Wyoming" (17 November 2025, 51 minutes).
The Big World of IPM publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 40 minutes across 7 episodes.
Booking probability for The Big World of IPM is 17%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Big World of IPM requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Big World of IPM's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for The Big World of IPM are Crop Farming Services and Scientific Research & Development. The Big World of IPM has an education audience.
Western IPM Center hosts The Big World of IPM, an education show with 7 episodes published.
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Episode #9
Meet Joanna Bloese, an assistant professor and extensionspecialist at New Mexico State University. She has been a jack-of-all-trades both in her research (orchard and aquatic growing systems, farms of all sizes, annuals...
Episode #8
Meet Tom Getts, a Weed Ecology and Cropping Systems Advisor with University of California Cooperative Extension. He works in rural Northern California (Lassen, Modoc, Sierra, and Plumas counties) and appreciates the...
Episode #7
<p>Meet Mikenna Smith and Kelsey Mitchell, an entomologist and biologist respectively at Teton County Weed and Pest District in Wyoming. Exposure to different work tasks of the District, like its mosquito identification...
Episode #6
<p>Meet Jackie Serrano, a research entomologist with the U.S.Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service located in Washington state. She found the perfect overlap of two of her interests, organic...
Episode #5
<p>Meet Gino Graziano and Joey Slowik, who both work at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service. Gino entered the integrated pest management world through invasive plant management, which is...
Episode #4
<p>Meet Andrew Sutherland, the University of California Statewide IPM Program’s urban integrated pest management advisor for the San Francisco Bay Area. He took a winding path to urban IPM that started with horticulture...
Episode #3
<p>Meet Lara Amiri-Kazaz, a Ph.D. student in the field ofsustainable integrated pest management. Lara started her IPM journey hating bugs but is now loving her entomology research. A self-proclaimed “field rat,” Lara is...
Episode #2
<p>Meet Dawn Gouge, a Medical Entomology Professor & PublicHealth IPM Specialist at the University of Arizona. She works with urban pests of all kinds, from vultures to mosquitoes to bed bugs, including biting and...
Episode #1
<p>Meet Emma Kubinski, a Ph.D. student in the field of ecological weed management. Her work in invasive weed management in natural areas led her to explore more nonchemical weed management practices in agriculture...
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Director at Nature-based Solution at Palladium, University of California Statewide IPM Program
Teton County Weed and Pest District
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service
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