George Bowe Blitch has been a Wildlife Manager, 5th generation Texas Rancher, Professional Writer, Videographer, Photographer, Editor, Speaker, Brand Developer & Designer, Cartographer, Touring Musician, Teacher, Coach, Serial Entrepreneur, Finance Manager, and the owner of numerous businesses.
George has met some wildly interesting people in his lifetime, and this "Son of a Blitch” is sure to share some impactful stories, interviews, and messages that will be informative, educational, and highly entertaining!
Guests often include: #1 New York Times Best Selling Authors, Television Show Hosts, International Touring Musicians, Actors, James Beard Award-Winning Chefs, Leaders in the Outdoor Industry, Photographers, Filmmakers, Navy SEALS, Green Berets, Veterans and related Veteran Organizations, a Master BladeSmith, a Federal Judge, Professional Athletes, Business Leaders, Inventors, Survival & Wilderness Experts, Instructors, Publishers, Inventors, Cartel Fighting Game Wardens, other podcasters, and more!
"I've met some incredible people in my life, and I want to share their stories!" ~GB
Romey Swanson joins host George Blitch again on the Son of a Blitch Podcast to discuss his return to publishing through the Modern Texas Naturalist newsletter and announces an all new outdoor podcast of the same name, with the first episode launching Sept. 30th! Both relay a strong connection to nature, a steady creative practice, and a way to translate real conservation values into stories people actually want to read and share.
A major theme in theor conversation was choosing positivity without denying reality. Romey points out that outdoor media and conservation news often tilt toward conflict, outrage, and constant alarm. There is a place for that information, but there should also be a reliable place to find good outcomes, strong role models, and practical hope. That is where the “good-natured” approach comes in: a weekly nature newsletter that curates what caught his eye, pairs it with a personal field note, and ends with a standout wildlife photo. The format stays intentionally flexible, which makes it easier to be consistent and keeps readers curious about what will land in their inbox next.
The podcast expands that same idea through conversation. Romey wants to record the kind of long, thoughtful talks that usually happen before anyone hits the record button and use them to explore each guest’s “operating system” for conservation. We discuss how curiosity begins, how it turns into decisions, and how it becomes action in careers, service, or home life. The ambition is listener-friendly actionability: stories that spark a tangible next step, whether that is learning a species, supporting a project, improving habitat management, or simply asking better questions about the natural world in Texas.
One of the clearest examples of story-driven impact comes from snakes. Romey describes how sharing snake photography and natural history helped people stop defaulting to fear and misinformation. When someone can identify an eastern hognose snake and understand its harmless behavior, the outcome can be literal: they stop killing it. George adds the awe of his encounters with an Texas Indigo Snake and the practical value of the “Rancher’s Best Friend” predators that even take on and eat rattlesnakes. These moments connect to a broader conservation ethic: wildlife management is often habitat management, and healthy ecosystems show up in the species you notice near home.
The conversation also widens the definition of who counts as a conservationist. Romey argues that conservation is not owned by professional biologists or nonprofit staff. Backyard birding businesses, landowners, hunters, and even industry leaders can meaningfully contribute when they reinvest locally, educate their community, and make better decisions over time.
The takeaway is an invitation: lean into curiosity without feeling like an imposter. When we focus on shared values and trust, we can disagree on policy and still collaborate toward healthier rivers, better habitat, and a more connected conservation culture across Texas and beyond.
Swanson, welcome back to the Son of a Bleach podcast. How the heck are you doing today, man?
SPEAKER_01
Hey, George. Thank you. I'm I'm doing well. You know, it's been a busy season as uh we were just talking about. Lots of things going on, lots of good projects, and uh it seems like I don't have a spare moment, but uh I'm glad to be here with you today.
George Blitch
Oh, well, I'm glad to be here chatting with you too. I mean, we're gonna dive right on into this, man. You are in in the midst of launching a couple different things. Like you got your newsletter, you got three episodes. I know you're working on your fourth, and uh you got a podcast that's about to drop here at Modern Texas Naturalist. This is a lot of culmination of things you've been working on for kind of your career and your outdoor life. And you know, you're sharing just so much positivity out there, man. I absolutely love it, very engaging. And I just I think we'll just start kind of at that. Tell me about the idea of this kind of new relaunch and what you're doing with this and and what are some of your goals and aspirations behind this and kind of getting this gear going.
Yeah, so George, I've so you and I've talked before, like um I as I've explained in the past, there's there's this um, you know, this this arc in my life where where the things that I I got into conservation and the wildlife, it was to be close to these animals and these landscapes. And then my career has taken me increasingly out of the field and into the corporate boardroom. And um, and we as we previously discussed, so the idea of passion projects that keep you centered and grounded and connected to the things you're working on behalf of become increasingly important for me personally. And for years, um I've I've understood that you know there's there's a certain um element to my personality. I I really enjoy learning about people, what they're doing, being exposed to models. And um, and and and I really enjoy the conversations around that, learning from others. And I thought, well, you know, while I'm doing this, I I wish I was recording them and sharing them with others in case there's a benefit for them. And then um, and then also like, you know, the reality that so much of the content that we consume, especially in the outdoor and nature spaces, hunting spaces are are so there's so much conflict. And, you know, we're always our attention's always being driven by, you know, concerns and and and the injuries to nature. I thought there's plenty of sources for that type of information and and and for folks to consume that type of information, but I really wish there was more good and just like positivity. And that's not to pretend that these bad things don't happen. It's just that we have places we can go where we can reliably find a good story with a great outcome or get exposed to good models. So I took those two concepts of enjoying conversations and enjoying sharing light, and and I carried those in my heart for so long. Um, but it's always difficult to take an idea out of your head and getting it into the world. Finally, with the right combination of confidence and having friends like you coaching and providing resources and encouragement, but also, you know, in in the case of a podcast, um, having a friend that's a sound engineer that says, I will, I will do that weird stuff on the back end. You go record the sessions and I'll put them together and make them sound decent. So putting together teams um and and and getting the thing out of your head and and uh and and getting it out into the world. Um, and it's really like like I said, it's really almost kind of for myself. Um the ideas here was just like to push light. I feel like I have light. I want to push it out there, maybe, maybe expose some dark corner or pus some light into the darker corners of the world. Um it's really a motivation. But I think I think what I'm learning through beginning to share these ideas and starting to put out some of this content is that there's really, there's really an interest in it and there's an audience. And um and what's really beautiful is that not only do people just follow and then like passively let it hit their inbox, but like no, they actually like write and they say, hey, this was really good, or hey, have you ever seen that? And and the so the engagement's really been this really awesome uh sort of return so far. It's like they like you said, I've only gotten three of the newsletters out uh of the weekly newsletters. But this was in my head, and I was for years now, George, beating myself up because um, you know, it's something I really wanted to do. And every moment, every week that went by was another week that went by without putting it out. And then you you kind of get that monkey talk in your head about like, are you gonna do this? Well, this year, this year was the year that I said, hey, uh this is starting to become a problem with the monkey talk in your head. Either, either get it done and do it and find out that you're not going to sustain it and be consistent with it, or let it go. Uh, because it's causing friction, you know, in in in your mind, and and there's no reason for us to beat ourselves up. But um, so I decided to do that, George, and and and I thank you for the opportunity to talk a little bit about it on your podcast. The uh the the good-natured newsletter under the modern Texas Naturals brand, and then paired with a podcast that'll be launching here very soon.
I've I've read the newsletters, they're they're intriguing. I love the different content we got there, some of the things you're sharing, some really cool pictures. I mean, and I know that this is that's what's cool about that, it's like freeformed. You can have, you know, uh news articles you link to or an essay that you write, or hey, this is a really cool thing. I had a birthday uh, you know, hike and I saw this cool animal or whatever it may be. And I know there's tons of those experiences throughout the years you've shared on socials, but this is kind of pairing up with that too, and maybe the behind the scenes on this kind of thing too, and uh and and you know, so it informative, educational, entertaining, all the different things that that that can provide. But then you're also kind of taking this other step of, like you said, too, being able to record some of these conversations you've had with interesting people doing interesting things, right? And I mean, I'm I'm the this podcast is a byproduct of that kind of idea of sharing those cool people you get to meet, yourself included, and having great conversations. And so it's like a it's a springboard to whatever it is maybe come next. But I think those things are are very engageable, as you've seen too, with you know, the talking about the people that are responding back to you and seeing those subscription numbers go. So I'd I'd love to kind of you know have you maybe let's shape out. I know that you've had some some episodes that you're about to release here that are coming, a couple two-parters that have, and then I know that there's a lot that will come from this too, as I'm sure the the doors, uh door knocks will be coming. But what kind of layout what are the first you know handful episodes that you got and uh what were about these kind of as the beginning uh shaping thereof of this you know podcast and where this may be going?
I I think uh the the podcast's intention is is to is to kind of reveal um some of so to really just engage and reveal some of the folks that are doing interesting things in the outdoor wildlife, nature hunting spaces, and to reveal how their connection began and how it led to what it is they're doing uh in their careers, in their service life, um at home. Um and and and I think that there's gonna be a lot of opportunities for folks to learn, just like I've learned from so many mentors, peers, and colleagues, friends over the years. And that that's what I hope for the audience. But for me, it's just continuing to scratch the itch that's always there, that ever-present itch. And man, I could sit here just like you know, we we we got recording, you know, just a few minutes ago, but we jammed for almost 40 minutes before we even hit that record button. Those types of conversations um and all of the the great the great discussion points in them, um, I think are are really where um you know life exists, our relationships are nurtured, and then there's a lot of learning that can happen out of that. And uh ultimately for modern Texas Naturalists, the podcast is really about our relationship to nature and where our curiosity began and how it led us to uh making decisions and taking actions. Um, and then ultimately hopefully the audience gets something out of it and comes back for more. Um, but also for me, for Romy, it's about putting cool people, just like we're doing right here, cool people in front of a mic, having a conversation and and trying to forget that this is going to go out to an audience of like my mom and my sister and my wife. Um, you know, maybe maybe it'll go more broadly than that. But um, but but but it exists, it's available if if it is a benefit to anybody, this audience that could grow. But um largely I think it's a lot, it's a lot for us just kind of continue to think about our philosophies. And and this is one of the other things. It's a lot of us are such doers that we don't necessarily sit down and think about the philosophy and the underlying principles and the value sets that that created these these um endeavors and and these mission, personal missions. So that's it. It's really kind of what is what what is this operating system that each individual has? What did it look like and how was it created? And sometimes they don't even know. Sometimes I don't know. And it's like gives you a moment and some space to think about it and to share, and then maybe even tinker with it a little bit. I I don't know. My hope is to have a lot of actionability out of each of these episodes.
George Blitch
Well, that's great, man. And and well said too, and that the you know, your last point about that actionability too. When you're talking about people, whether it's a conservational agency, someone that's just creating some really cool content, or there's some things that like, you know, like you said too, kind of putting the light in the dark corners, because there's enough of the other kind of things that are out there, but putting these things out that are positive, hey, these people are making an impact, and you can too, and you can join upon this campaign or whatever it may be to like help maybe shine a spotlight on this particular animal or that oak tree that you said that they recently discovered in this area, and like just the cool stories of whatever it may be. I mean, I I I'd kind of have these these threads of thought that are going through right now about like the idea of like a mutual friend of ours, Ben Masters, and and you know, his upcoming Deep in the Heart of Texas part two, the Texas River is like when I was watching that the other day, I saw the screener because he's coming on uh and being able to kind of look at all the different things that are like, oh, I didn't know it about this area, or I this was a cool result of hey, they knocked down this dam and this went back to its natural waterways, whatever the stories that I didn't know that now I'm seeing like, oh, that's an example of what we can do over here to maybe make this area, mitigate this problem. And so there's these conversations that can come up that you know you can enlighten someone to have inspire them to create their own podcast or whatever. Like it's a catalyst for change and positivity and shining a light and kind of collectively all of us making a difference and an impact. So I I love that that's uh you never know what one conversation that you record and put out, uh, besides your mom, your sister, and and your wife, you know, you never know what kind of ripple effect that may have. And that's what's a cool thing about putting that out there and seeing it, and that's kind of an after effect, right? It's like you're having that um conversation, and then it's like, wow, it continues to have an impact. It can be downloaded two years from now and inspire some kid to get into wildlife biology. You never know.
SPEAKER_01
I've seen it in I've seen it through like my social media account on Instagram in particular when I've done some of these previous passion projects, photography, wildlife chasing, etc.
And I've and and you're right, what I learned from from that specific example was that some of the content I was putting out on Instagram was actually leading to people making different decisions in their in their lives. Uh, nothing grand or anything, but like uh one of my favorite examples is when I talk about snakes and I like to do snake photography. It's just it's a weird little habit, but um, and that's the group of animals I like, and you know, they're maligned, and folks have a little issue with a lot of folks have a little issue with them. But what was beautiful was that as I was chasing all the different species of snake in the state of Texas to photograph them for that year, um, there were people that otherwise would would not had never taken the time to learn what is what the different types of snakes are, and that they would just immediately kill one when they saw it on the on the risk of it being dangerous. And that's understandable. Um, but what was super cool was that some of those people that were following my account eventually said, you know what? I know what an eastern hognose snake is. It has this really crazy dramatic, I'm gonna flare my neck out, look like a cobra, defensive posture, and to know that it's completely, almost, almost, completely harmless, other than how it might scare you. Um, and and that they have this really funny, uh, dramatic play dead sort of defensive mechanism after they flare the neck, you keep messing with them, and then they're gonna roll over and just play dead, tongues hanging out. And people loved learning about this, and they gave that snake in particular a pass moving forward. And they called me or they call me and write me and say, hey, you know what? I'm not, I'm not putting the shovel to the to the eastern hog noses. We love seeing them. That was like, holy cow, the power of pushing out positivity and some content and helping folks arrive where they wanted to ultimately, you know, encouraging them, encouraging them to be curious, to learn about what they got around them and to make a decision that's a little different. And and now we have a few snakes that are alive around these particular people's houses and they love it. That's the sort of thing that really inspired more. Like, let's do, let's do some more of this, and and that we can have, even if it's just a small community, so be it. And that's great for changing just a folk, a few folks' uh way of looking at the world or encouraging them to participate in the world, mission accomplished. Um, and that and that's what this is about. So the eclectic um collection of good news, good-natured news in the newsletter. Yeah, man, that's that's a I I kind of designed it to be specifically that you don't know what you're gonna get. There's not really a formula. The one thing, the only formula that there is, is I'll give you a little note of what I did personally that week. You're gonna have a bunch of links to the things that caught my attention, whether it was an Instagram reel or a YouTube video or a cool newsletter. And then it's gonna close out. This is the formula that I've just added. It's gonna close out with one really nice image of wildlife that I had in my my portfolio of photographs, just because I have a big old backlog of photographs that need to be shared, and there's a good place to park it. That's it, man. It's just a good-natured, eclectic collection of things that caught my attention, and hopefully it will catch yours, and and then we'll just we'll bide our time until next week when it could be something different.
George Blitch
That's awesome, man. And and I I do love the idea about kind of shining a spotlight on on some of the you know snakes in the world. I love talking about indigo snakes because we see them, and I mean, the first time I saw like a really big one, I thought it was like uh a pipe that was like an oil field pipe that was near like our spot, and then it moved, and I was like, oh my god, it was like eight plus feet. This thing was massive, and it was it was an impressive, and it can it, I think there's like maybe something innate in us where it's like you know, okay, snake, uh there. Some people get that feeling, and I was like, whoa, I was just so mesmerized by it. And then my friends were like, Oh man, I would never want to have those around. I was like, Do you know that they eat rattlesnakes? Do you know that they do this? And I was like, for all these different types of animals that are out there in the world, like there's a benefit to every single snake. I see a rat snake around the ranch, and I'm like, Yes, a rat snake. Like, I'm I I know that they're going ahead and taking care of any of the mice that are gonna maybe try to get in the house. And there's this mutual thing where I'm like, Cool, man, good to see you out here. You know, like I'm happy to see them.
SPEAKER_01
I'm right there with you, man. Um, I like for me, I've always had like a lifelong fascination with snakes, and so therefore I get to I I feel like you know, I get to be one of these advocates for snakes and just to maybe push a little uh perspective into the the otherwise kind somewhat con uh emotional and visceral conversations that folks want to start about them. And I get it, man. Like I'm not an I'm not trying to be an evangelist, but like um, but like man, they get a hard time, they got a hard grap, and and a lot of them don't necessarily deserve it. And they have really cool, interesting niches of the way that they relate to the to nature, to the habitats, the way that some of them can represent specific geographies and in in Texas specifically. Indigo snakes very much a South Texas snake. And like, I mean, life histories. The um like a lot of our snakes that we're familiar with are either venomous or they're constrictors. That's how they you know acquire their food. Well, uh the indigo snake, for instance, isn't either necessarily. It is a bruiser. It doesn't, it doesn't wrap up its prey, it just crushes such a strong mouth. And good thing that they're docile snakes because if they if they wanted to, a big eight-footer grabbing hold of your arm, you would feel it. There'd be a lot of pressure. Uh, but these these snakes they are just bruisers, they don't do none of the they just crush their play, prey, they overcome them, rattlesnakes included. That's why back down in South Texas, that's called Rancher's Best Friend, right there, indigo snakes.
George Blitch
Oh, we have one that runs right in front of our house, like it ever almost every other year. Uh we'll kind of see it, but we'll be like, all right, that's our buddy right there. And you know, getting bigger each year. But there's been a few other ones we've seen around the house, and you know, one of my buddies was like, Why do you have those there? I was like, Well, one, they're just cool to see, and we're never gonna try to remove them. They're they're protected as well. It's not like anybody should ever mess with an indigo sake. You see one, be glad and be lucky that you got to see one, and then uh, you know, treat it with respect at a distance. I mean, I I I'll just film them, and I don't even know how it's it's probably embarrassing. I probably got like an hour of different footage because I'll just be like going around and just filming it, moving around. My buddy's like, all right, let's get back to hunting dub or whatever. And I'm like, no, no, no, no, no, no. We got things to do here, you know. I'm like, I gotta be.
SPEAKER_01
I get it, man. And and and then it's just another nod to like the relationship between landowners and and and indigo snakes in particular in South Texas is that I I mean I know of leases where if a hunter is caught killing an indigo snake, their lease may be over and they may never be invited back. Like that some folks take it that seriously. And um, and so bringing the perspective to South Texas as like say you're a hunter and you're living in Dallas and there's no indigo snakes over there and you've never been exposed to it, and you go down there and you think, oh, you know, branchers gonna love me for killing this big snake, you may make one of the biggest mistakes of your hunting life. Uh, because there are um there are definitely tiers of uh familiarity and and mystique to some uh species, and that indigo snake's definitely one of them.
George Blitch
Yeah, I mean, coach whips, any of these times I'm seeing I'm just excited to see them around. I'm like, it also a lot of these types of things represent that you have a good habitat and ecosystem for wildlife. And that's where any of these types of animals, you know, and I mean, obviously in Texas, we have some that are, you know, not indigenous that are around here too, but it also, you know, in a lot of ways, it's like your habitat is creating that. And I remember someone was telling me one day, he's like, uh, when you're managing the wildlife, the the thing you're actually managing is the habitat. And that's why I always think about like what I can do in order to help provide the best habitat to see the most flourishing wildlife around me. And it, I just I get captivated every time I'm going out there, man. Every time I see some monarchs or whatever it may be, and it just like I'm like, I'm in it, man. This is like it's God's country. You're walking around and you're seeing just the the divine, man. I I'd I'd love anything that kind of brings me in that connection there.
It's uh it's you know, the dirt road, the the the the muddy boots instead of the concrete, man. I mean, you and I we're we we could be speaking about this all day, but it's getting out there and engaging in real life.
SPEAKER_01
It re It reminds me of it kind of getting back to the podcast and the purpose and intent is that um is is one idea that I that I've come to myself, and it's like you know, it's not an original idea. That's the damn it, dude. First thing is that none of this stuff's original. Like everything's been done, we've been exposed to it. We're just trying to put our own own sort of flavor and personality into existing models. But um, you know, one one of the ideas is to is to a conservation and wildlife management and and and habitat management isn't necessarily just owned by conservationists, professional conservationists. Like I would put myself in that category. I'd run a nonprofit uh conservation organization focused on the Devil's River. But um, but that doesn't put me in some sort of elite little club, and we're the only ones that can have these conversations. It truly, I truly believe that there are there's a very broad um set of networks that uh are also very much in the conservation space. And and I and I love the example of I have some friends that run one of these Wild Birds Unlimited over in Dripping Springs, Amanda and Amanda and Hector, and they run a business. Um and their business is to provide uh products for bird feed, seed, seed feeders, and things like that, primarily people's backyards, but they're very much conservationists. They they take, they're reinvesting back in their community, they're reinvesting in in the ranches around them, the properties around them for the benefit of birds. They're putting out good educational materials through their newsletters. And I think that there's, you know, we we kind of we we get guilty sometimes of of painting conservationists into a particular corner when that's actually a very broad-ranging and opportunity, and there's broad-ranging opportunities for for many others. I I think an oil executive at um at an oil company can very much be a conservationist. I've seen it. And and some of the best conservationists that exist are this are are the ones that be like, well, you know, how do you reconcile that, you know, they're out there developing oil and gas wells and you know, can helping contribute CEO two to the what yada yada. And I'm like, the the the world. Works in a lot of different ways. There's not a single lane, and it's all interwoven together, and we have to figure it out. That's that's the privilege we have as humans is to figure out these problems that we both create and to use our ingenuity and our forward-facing uh thinking and kind of weaving weaving the concepts together. So I really like the idea of like bouncing like the newsletters and a collected collection of things that grab my attention, but the but the podcast will also be in a collected collection of conservationists and hopefully exposing folks to the idea that not every conservationist is the wildlife biologist that sleeps on the ground and takes pictures of snakes and you know that there are other ones that um that that look all different ways and work in all different spaces. And that's that's the fun, that's the intrigue here.
George Blitch
Well, and that's the thing that kind of it's the stuff that unites us too, because you know, everyone that I know loves to go out and just kind of be in nature and and every you know every kid is inquisitive and loves it too. It's like I remember there was like a it was like a maybe a kindergarten teacher who like took out kids and said, Okay, we're just gonna study this three foot by three foot square and see what life is in here. And those kids just ate it up to see this blade of grass, and there's this little ant, and then there's this ladybug, or whatever it is, and it's like that's just such the microcosmic thing of your backyard, which is part of your community, which is part of your county, which is part of your state, your country, all the public lands that we have, all the oceans that we have access to around our country, all the different things that it's like it it is we are all a part of this. It's like the uh it's the Lakota saying Mataku Yeoyasin. Like we are all related, we are all one. This is all a part of this thing. And these are the things that connect us. Your newsletter, your podcast brings us together, brings people together, and it does nothing but enrich and and bring that light and have some fun along the way. I can't think of anything better, Romy. That's that's just the win-win-win.
SPEAKER_01
We we're we're I think what we're doing here is we're we're exposing the many bridges that that exist or can exist and and not tearing them down as much. Um, I think it's really easy to kind of villainize um uh abstractly so many people, so many industries. And that's not to say that there's not harm. There's legitimate harm and problems created all the time, but we we are as as humans, we're we're gifted with the talent and the ability to grapple with these, to conceptualize them and to work through models. And um, and that's what I really like is that um this idea that is uh you know a CPA that spends you know 80 hours behind a computer screen tabulating numbers um may also be a person that when they walk outside becomes immediately curious. And for that individual, I want, I really want them to lean into that curiosity. I don't want them to feel um nervous or uh like an imposter by engaging in in curious thinking around nature in the outdoor space. I want to invite them. That's that's the space, that's the time we're trying to create. Hopefully that that resonates through this podcast and and then opens some some folks' eyes that may have a little rigid way of looking at the world, you know. Um and that that's that's kind of one of my personal missions around this, and one of the reasons I really want to do it, and maybe to build a little bit of an audience and an engaged community, is to say, we really, um, we really need to stop forgetting that the underlying value sets are so well aligned if we take the time to reveal them to one another. Um, we can we can definitely disagree and debate about policies and about um about uh many things of like how to get from A to Z. But many of us, if we just if we just give that space and and and um and and are confident that we have a good good faith partner across uh the screen or the phone or the microphone with us, um, we can find that there's a lot of alignment in the value sets and maybe even the hopeful outcomes where our disagreement is is just from point A to point Z, like I said. And that's cool. We can figure that out. Um, but I think we can build trust a lot faster when we know uh uh that we both care and in in very similar and very meaningful ways.
George Blitch
Absolutely, man. There's more that unites us than divides us, and you know, this is something that I I'm really excited to see this continue to grow and all the different great guests that you're gonna have. And uh the newsletter, man, it's striking, it's engaging, and I can't wait for that next one each week. So uh
for those who are ready to sign up for the newsletter, um, check out the podcast, go ahead and kind of give them uh the host of those places that where they can go to sign up. And then also um I'd love to you know have you share your Instagram page there too, so they can kind of get another flavor of all that. And again, I'll have all the show notes below. But for those uh who are listening who you know need to go ahead and cue back in, make sure you check out the show notes for these links. But why don't you go ahead and uh show uh tell them where to go for for now from this?
SPEAKER_01
Uh I'll start with so we had a conversation. I I I have an old website and um I'm hopefully going to tinker with it and get it freshened up by the time this uh launches, it should it should be ready to receive uh viewers um because it's a little dated at this point. But um modern Texas Naturalist at uh moderntexnaturalist.com. Um email moderntexas naturalists at gmail dot com. And the um the newsletter website, uh the sign-up is uh I have it hosted on Beehive, which is spelled B-E-E-H-I-I-V dot com. And it's under the domain good natured dash newsletter.beehive.com. Um, and the podcast, I will find out that link sign up today, but I will have everything connected to the website uh eventually, and then also my Instagram account, which is at RomySwanson.wildlife for right now.
George Blitch
Excellent. Well, I'll have everything in the show notes, like I said, too, and all the updated information links so everyone can go there and go ahead and you know, sign up for this newsletter, go check out the website, make sure that you're subscribed so that whenever a new episode comes out, it's there. Go follow Romy on Instagram, it's a great page. And uh once again, man, it's just it's a pleasure knowing you. I love hanging out and just chatting, and I'm so excited to see this uh, you know, this dream of yours and this idea come to fruition and kind of see where this goes, man. I'm I'm in it and I'm along all the way. And uh can't wait to see what comes next, man.
SPEAKER_01
Well, George, thank you so much. And I have to I have to give you some kudos here. Um, you know, and I when I think about what I want to become, the version of me that I want to be in the seat as a host of a podcast. I look to friends, of course, for archetypes to to try to match or the qualities I like that I might be able to kind of amp up for myself. And you as a host definitely are one of the best I've ever I've ever seen operate. I love the way that you run your podcast. So I just want you to know that you're an inspiration amongst the a couple of really important ones for me. So thank you. Thank you for the inspiration. Thank you for teaching me by your example, and hopefully I can live up to a good model just like you've done.
George Blitch
Thank you so much, man. That means a lot coming from you. I I really, really appreciate it. And uh yeah, man, I I can't wait to get together soon. And everyone, make sure you follow these show notes. Romy, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for joining me today. I really appreciate you, sir.
SPEAKER_01
Thank you, brother. Thank you for the opportunity. Cheers.
