Arthropodcast - A Pest Control Podcast for Industry Professionals. We Cover Pest Control News, Pest Control Topics, Pest Control Products
Arthropodcast is a weekly pest control podcast that promotes professionalism and industry expertise to business owners, pest control operators, sales reps, and inspectors.

Let's just get this out of the way- Death Wish Coffee rocks! This week, Steve gives some follow up on how well InVict Xpress works on earwigs. In addition, Bryan and Steve get into a conversation about comedy.

Direct download: ep31b.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:57pm CDT

For our 30th Episode of the Arthropodcast Show, Bryan tells us a story of one DIY guy's bed bug challenges, he talks about his brief stint in the fast food industry, and Steve tells us an unbelievable (yet true) story involving Allen Funt - the original host of Candid Camera.

Direct download: Episode30.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:31pm CDT

For episode 29 of the Arthropodcast, Steve brings up a concern with the growing popularity of dog cloning, Bryan discusses an outstanding blog post by Aaron Veal on Ultrasonic Pest Repellents, and Steve goes on a major rant about flaws found in a bed bug study that was recently published.

This time we had a minor "on air" accident that proved to be too funny to edit out.  

We hope you enjoy the show!

Direct download: Episode29c.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:00pm CDT

For Episode 28, Bryan talks about the rat extermination that took place on South Georgia Island, Steve discusses a "thought experiment" that considers which animal is best positioned to take over the Earth if humans become extinct, Steve also mentions a global warming "hack" that would cool the planet, and Bryan looks at the Termidor HP injector system.

Why does Bryan mention robots and zombies?

What is the best why to avoid a talkative customer? 

Stay tuned and find out.

Direct download: EP28mp3.mp3
Category:Pest Control Podcast -- posted at: 7:15pm CDT

On Episode 27 of the Arthropodcast, Steve gives his opinion on why he feels the entries of Amazon and Uber into the home services realm will not drive pest control prices down. In addition, Scott Ballard gives us three tips that will help build the confidence of new sales reps.

Direct download: episode27b.mp3
Category:Pest Control Podcast -- posted at: 11:00am CDT

On Episode 26, Bryan discusses a great book titled Zero to a Million, Built a Better Business by Jeff Annis, our opinions of the DIY pest control segment of the industry, and a growing problem in commercial beekeeping - colony theft.

Direct download: Episode26.mp3
Category:Pest Control Podcast -- posted at: 4:25pm CDT

On episode 25 of the Arthropodcast, Bryan gives us a quick history lesson on CCD, we discuss differences between wild bee colonies from 1977 and 2010, Luke Guy joins us to talk about SEO and his new website/app named called PestProAPP.com

Direct download: episode25.mp3
Category:Pest Control Podcast -- posted at: 3:46pm CDT

 

This week we’re going to get the final word on roaches shaking while they ingest maxforce impact. We’ll talk about InVict Xpress Granular Bait, and also name a winner for our latest the Facebook question. We ran into some sound quality issues near the end of our call so we decided to cut the episode short and just cover the remaining topics next week.

Direct download: Episode24e.mp3
Category:Pest Control Podcast -- posted at: 11:13pm CDT

Hello and welcome to episode 23 of the Arthropodcast. I’m your co-host Steve Jackson. Along with the hilarious Bryan Baird, we bring you your pest info on the go.

 

On this episode, Bryan gives you a preview of next week’s Facebook question, we both chime in on some of the challenges we always seem to have in August, and I share my findings on the lifting of the neonicotinoids ban in the UK. Why couldn’t farmers just revert to the way they did things before neonics were invented. Seems easy enough, right?

 

We’ll explain why that option isn’t quite as easy as it sounds. Come ride with us for about 30 minutes, you might be a little surprised on this one.

Direct download: EP23mp3.mp3
Category:Pest Control Podcast -- posted at: 6:19pm CDT

This week Bryan gives us a brief review of Nisus Magnetic roach bait. He shares contact information for Paul Bello’s pest relief international. And we also discuss a controversial article titled “Call Off the Bee-Pocalypse” written by Christopher Ingraham. According to the USDA’s honey report, the pollinator situation might not be as grim as most of us thought. Stick around and we’ll share some numbers that I personally found very surprising.

Direct download: Episode22.mp3
Category:Pest Control Podcast -- posted at: 11:49am CDT