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Peskies Pest Control Birmingham Alabama PodcastMosquitoes Are Already Back in Birmingham Alabama!In today’s episode of the Peskies Pest Control Podcast, Michael and Travis discuss mosquito treatment and prevention for your Birmingham, Alabama property!
Podcast Transcript:
Michael Wienecke
Hey. So here today on the Peskies Pest Control Podcast, we are talking about mosquitoes, I feel like spring is in the air. I woke up for the last couple of days with my nose a little snotty and sniffly, and it’s just getting hot. Travis?
Travis McGowin
Don’t even I’m not ready. No, I’m not I refuse to give up winter...
2026-02-1216 minPeskies Pest Control Birmingham Alabama PodcastDetecting and Defeating Bed Bug Reinfestations in Birmingham Alabama!Podcast Transcript:
Michael Wienecke 0:00
Hey, and thanks for listening to the Peskies Pest Control Podcast. I am Michael Wienecke, owner and operator of Peskies Pest Control, and I have Travis McGowin. How we doing Travis?
Travis McGowin 0:12
I’m doing well, how are you doing?
Michael Wienecke 0:14
Great man, waiting on the freezing storm to get here.
Travis McGowin 0:19
You know, I all the projections early on were completely devastating, and now it’s like North Alabama. Sorry, but everybody else, you’re going to get wet. It’s g...
2026-02-1217 min
The American Masculinity PodcastMeToo's Impact on Men - A Conversation About Accountability and Shame (MeToo Part 3)Send us a textWhat happens to men’s mental health after #MeToo—once the headlines fade and you’re left with shame, confusion, and a culture you didn’t choose but still live in?In this final part of the Men and #MeToo series, licensed therapist and veteran Tim Wienecke sits down with advocate Michael Brasher for an unhurried conversation about the “water” men were raised in: intergenerational violence, confusing sexual scripts, status pressure, and the stories that keep “good guys” from seeing the harm they cause.Together they unpack why...
2025-11-261h 00Peskies Pest Control Birmingham Alabama PodcastThe Farm Local Business SpotlightJoin Michael as he interviews Dr. Beau Beard, one of the founders of The Farm! The Farm, which stands for “Functional Athletic Rehabilitation & Movement,” is a facility located in the Birmingham/Chelsea, Alabama area that specializes in chiropractic care, rehabilitation, performance training, and functional medicine!
Podcast Transcript:
Michael Wienecke
Hey and welcome to the Peskies Pest Control Podcast today. I have got Dr. Beau beard with me. He owns The Farm chiropractic business in Birmingham, Alabama, and also Chelsea, Alabama. Beau, how you doing today?
Dr. Beau Beard
Doing pretty good. Hope...
2025-09-2210 minPeskies Pest Control Birmingham Alabama PodcastFire Ants Are Invading Birmingham, Alabama Lawns!Podcast Transcript:
Michael Wienecke 0:23
Hey, and thanks for listening to the Peskies Pest Control Podcast. I’m Michael, and we’ve got Travis here, and we are going to be talking about the fire stinging insect that is in your front and backyard that creates unsightly mounds and just causes lots of problems. Travis, what are we going to talk about today?
Travis McGowin 0:47
Well, fire ants, just to put it blatantly for everyone, fire ants is the scourge of most people’s lawns, sometimes the scourge of the structure that you know you li...
2025-09-1113 minPeskies Pest Control Birmingham Alabama PodcastTips to Keep General Pests Away in Birmingham, Alabama!Podcast Transcript:
Michael Wienecke 0:00
Steve, hey, so today on the Peskies Pest Control Podcast, we would like to talk about solving pest issues without chemical application. So we’re seeing a lot of especially this month, last month, with the amount of rain we’ve had Travis, I think you can, with Montgomery, I think you can attest to that, that it’s just rained every other day,
Travis McGowin 0:24
Every single day, and it’s and it’s unseasonable. I mean, realistically unseasonable for, you know, May into June and then even into July...
2025-07-1414 minPeskies Pest Control Birmingham Alabama PodcastCrane Flies Are Not Mosquitoes in Birmingham, Alabama!Podcast Transcript:
Michael Wienecke 0:03
Hey. So here today on the Peskies Pest Control Podcast, we’re going to talk about crane flies or Skeeter eaters. What are some other names, mosquito Hawk, tarantula flyer. I’ve heard all kinds of names, Daddy Long daddy, long legs, all that kind of stuff.
Travis McGowin 0:23
So I feel like in Alabama, it’s getting harder to differentiate between real mosquitoes and crane flies, because I feel like the real mosquitoes are getting bigger. But that’s a conversation for another day.
Michael Wienecke 0:35
We...
2025-07-0107 minPeskies Pest Control Birmingham Alabama PodcastFruit Flies Are Invading Birmingham Alabama Homes!Travis McGowin
Did you survive the holidays?
Michael Wienecke
I did. I did
Travis McGowin
unscathed. No issues, no, no pests, no family issues. You had a good Thanksgiving?
Michael Wienecke
No, a lot. You know, we wouldn’t be on this podcast. We weren’t talking about some kind of pest. Kind of pest issue. And yeah, unfortunately, at my home, I had a pest issue that popped up the day before Thanksgiving, and it wasn’t fun. So we had fruit flies all throughout the house. And so tha...
2024-12-0909 minPeskies Pest Control Birmingham Alabama PodcastKeep American Cockroaches Out of Your Birmingham Alabama Home!Welcome to another episode of Peskies Pest Control podcast here in Birmingham Alabama with Michael and Travis. We do this podcast as a community service for Birmingham, Hoover, Vestavia Hills, Mountain Brook, Helena, Alabaster, Pelham and all other surrounding areas!
Michael Wienecke
So today here on the pesky pest control podcast, we are going to be talking about my favorite subject, roaches, not just any Roach, the largest roach in Alabama, not in the world,
Travis McGowin
but before we now we dive off into the bug stuff, let’s acknowledge the obvious. It...
2024-09-2007 min
Peskies Pest Control Montgomery Alabama PodcastPeskies Interviews a Customer with Severe Termite Damage in Montgomery Alabama!Hello and welcome to another edition of the Peskies pest control podcast right here in Montgomery, Alabama with your host, Travis and Michael. We do this podcast as a community service for the river region. This includes Montgomery, Prattville, Millbrook, Wetumpka, Pike Road, Auburn and any other surrounding areas for people just like you.
Michael Wienecke
Hey, so today on the pesky pest control podcast, I’d like to focus on termites. Termites are something we do a lot of we see a lot of termites, small jobs, big jobs. And today I’ve got my frien...
2024-03-0517 minPeskies Pest Control Birmingham Alabama PodcastPeskies Interviews a Customer with Severe Termite Damage in Birmingham Alabama!Welcome to another episode of Peskies Pest Control podcast here in Birmingham Alabama with Michael and Travis. We do this podcast as a community service for Birmingham, Hoover, Vestavia Hills, Mountain Brook, Helena, Alabaster, Pelham and all other surrounding areas!
Michael Wienecke
Hey, so today on the pesky pest control podcast, I’d like to focus on termites. Termites are something we do a lot of we see a lot of termites, small jobs, big jobs. And today I’ve got my friend Jay Campbell with me. Jay, it was funny, because whenever to Jay’s house...
2024-03-0517 minPeskies Pest Control Birmingham Alabama PodcastRescuer LLC Birmingham Alabama Local Business SpotlightWelcome to another episode of Peskies Pest Control podcast here in Birmingham Alabama with Michael and Travis. We do this podcast as a community service for Birmingham, Hoover, Vestavia Hills, Mountain Brook, Helena, Alabaster, Pelham and all other surrounding areas!
Michael Wienecke
Hey, so today on the peskiest Pest Control podcast, I have my personal friend Drew baby AK, and he owns rescuer, LLC. So we’re just promoting his business and kind of bringing his business to light what he does and what he can do for you. Take it away, Drew.
Drew Ba...
2024-02-1314 minPeskies Pest Control Montgomery Alabama PodcastAttics Are Winter Havens for Pests in Montgomery Alabama!
Hello and welcome to another edition of the Peskies pest control podcast right here in Montgomery, Alabama with your host, Travis and Michael. We do this podcast as a community service for the river region. This includes Montgomery, Prattville, Millbrook, Wetumpka, Pike Road, Auburn and any other surrounding areas for people just like you.
Michael Wienecke
Hey, so today on the podcast, we want to talk about something we’ve been seeing a lot of and that is just creepy crawlies in the attic, anywhere from Asian lady beetles stinkbugs pretty much your too gene...
2024-01-2608 minPeskies Pest Control Birmingham Alabama PodcastAttics Are Winter Havens for Pests in Birmingham Alabama!
Welcome to another episode of Peskies Pest Control podcast here in Birmingham Alabama with Michael and Travis. We do this podcast as a community service for Birmingham, Hoover, Vestavia Hills, Mountain Brook, Helena, Alabaster, Pelham and all other surrounding areas!
Michael Wienecke
Hey, so today on the podcast, we want to talk about something we’ve been seeing a lot of and that is just creepy crawlies in the attic, anywhere from Asian lady beetles stinkbugs pretty much your too generic that they were getting a lot of calls on. And I think the bes...
2024-01-2608 minPeskies Pest Control Montgomery Alabama PodcastBlow Flies Are Filthy Insects Trying To Get Into Your Montgomery Alabama Home!Hello and welcome to another edition of the Peskies pest control podcast right here in Montgomery, Alabama with your host, Travis and Michael. We do this podcast as a community service for the river region. This includes Montgomery, Prattville, Millbrook, Wetumpka, Pike Road, Auburn and any other surrounding areas for people just like you.
Michael Wienecke
Hey, so today I want to talk about blowflies. blowflies are disgusting. They’re disgusting fly, they come out of dead animals they come out of poop, or feces. Travis take it away on the discussing both blowflies
Tra...
2024-01-1706 minPeskies Pest Control Birmingham Alabama PodcastBlow Flies Are Filthy Insects Trying To Get Into Your Birmingham Alabama Home!Welcome to another episode of Peskies Pest Control podcast here in Birmingham Alabama with Michael and Travis. We do this podcast as a community service for Birmingham, Hoover, Vestavia Hills, Mountain Brook, Helena, Alabaster, Pelham and all other surrounding areas!
Michael Wienecke
Hey, so today I want to talk about blowflies. blowflies are disgusting. They’re disgusting fly, they come out of dead animals they come out of poop, or feces. Travis take it away on the discussing both blowflies
Travis McGowin
I like how you said that they are they are disgusting. Un...
2024-01-1706 minPeskies Pest Control Montgomery Alabama PodcastPowderpost Beetles Can Infest Wood in Montgomery Alabama Homes!Michael Wienecke
Hey, so today I want to talk about powderpost beetles. And if you have ever experienced powderpost beetles, then you know exactly what they do they leave a fine frass powder on the floor, it’s normally white, yellow, and that is the signs of powderpost beetles.
Travis McGowin
You know, a lot of the the crawl spaces that I’ve inspected in, in older houses have been prone to having some sort of old identifiers that there were at one time powderpost beetles, and typically, you know, on the floor joist floor memb...
2023-12-1208 minPeskies Pest Control Birmingham Alabama PodcastPowderpost Beetles Can Infest Wood in Birmingham Alabama Homes!Michael Wienecke
Hey, so today I want to talk about powderpost beetles. And if you have ever experienced powderpost beetles, then you know exactly what they do they leave a fine frass powder on the floor, it’s normally white, yellow, and that is the signs of powderpost beetles.
Travis McGowin
You know, a lot of the the crawl spaces that I’ve inspected in, in older houses have been prone to having some sort of old identifiers that there were at one time powderpost beetles, and typically, you know, on the floor joist floor memb...
2023-12-1208 minPeskies Pest Control Montgomery Alabama PodcastBed Bugs And The Sleep Soundly Sweepstakes in Montgomery Alabama!Learn more about the Sleep Soundly Sweepstakes! Click Here!
Michael Wienecke
Hey, so today on the podcast we want to talk about something we’re doing kind of a Christmas giveaway. It’s called the sleep soundly sweepstakes. And what it is, is it’s a free heat treatment to anybody that applies, wins the contest, and they are going to have a bedbug free home. So come in hate, hate the house and get rid of any bedbugs that you might have.
Travis McGowin
Yeah, I’m excited about this. I really, really a...
2023-12-0813 minPeskies Pest Control Birmingham Alabama PodcastBed Bugs And The Sleep Soundly Sweepstakes in Birmingham Alabama!Learn more about the Sleep Soundly Sweepstakes! Click Here!
Michael Wienecke
Hey, so today on the podcast we want to talk about something we’re doing kind of a Christmas giveaway. It’s called the sleep soundly sweepstakes. And what it is, is it’s a free heat treatment to anybody that applies, wins the contest, and they are going to have a bedbug free home. So come in hate, hate the house and get rid of any bedbugs that you might have.
Travis McGowin
Yeah, I’m excited about this. I really, really a...
2023-12-0812 minPeskies Pest Control Birmingham Alabama PodcastChancie Rogers Realtor of Birmingham Alabama Local Business SpotlightMichael Wienecke
Hey, so today on the podcast, we’re gonna be talking about real estate and I’ve got my good friend.
Chancie Rogers
Hey, I’m Chancie Rogers with Chancie Rogers Realty brokered by Keller Williams Hoover.
Michael Wienecke
Well, Tennessee. So a couple questions for you what got you into real estate?
Chancie Rogers
Well, actually, I had already had our, at the time three year old, and my husband’s a fireman. And so we were looking for a way for me to be able to stay...
2023-12-0422 minPeskies Pest Control Birmingham Alabama PodcastJobtown Dryer Vent Cleaning of Birmingham Alabama Local Business Spotlight
Michael Wienecke
Hey so today on the podcast we want to talk about dryer vent cleaning and I have my good friend Matt Parker with job town dryer vent cleaning Matt how you doing?
Matt Parker
Good man how are you?
Michael Wienecke
Doing great man doing great. So um let’s dive right into it. Tell me a little bit about your story your business how you got started all that
Matt Parker
Awesome yeah so been a fireman for 15 years and were originally started out pre...
2023-12-0123 minPeskies Pest Control Montgomery Alabama PodcastMice Are A Winter Pest Problem in Montgomery Alabama!
Michael Wienecke
Hey, so today we’re gonna talk about the house mouse or otherwise known as the common house mouse. We have some pretty cool video today, we’re going to show you a little bit later. But I just wanted to go into detail on kind of the what to look for signs of infestation, how quickly they mate, and just their habits alone and of course, controlling them. So Travis, take it away.
Travis McGowin
So the house mouse was originally thought to have come from Asia, but it’s comple...
2023-11-3019 minPeskies Pest Control Birmingham Alabama PodcastMice Are A Winter Pest Problem in Birmingham Alabama!
Michael Wienecke
Hey, so today we’re gonna talk about the house mouse or otherwise known as the common house mouse. We have some pretty cool video today, we’re going to show you a little bit later. But I just wanted to go into detail on kind of the what to look for signs of infestation, how quickly they mate, and just their habits alone and of course, controlling them. So Travis, take it away.
Travis McGowin
So the house mouse was originally thought to have come from Asia, but it’s comple...
2023-11-3019 minPeskies Pest Control Montgomery Alabama PodcastAnts Work as a Team in Montgomery Alabama![This post contains video, click to play]
Hello and welcome to another edition of the Peskies Pest Control Podcast right here in Montgomery, Alabama with your host, Travis and Michael. We do this podcast as a community service for the river region. This includes Montgomery, Prattville, Millbrook, Wetumpka, Pike Road, Auburn and any other surrounding areas for people just like you.
Travis McGowin
Hey, so today we wanted to come to you and talk to you just a little bit about ants. Ants are a very interesting insect, they’re very strong. I always lik...
2023-11-0804 minPeskies Pest Control Montgomery Alabama PodcastRaccoons Are Invading Montgomery Alabama Homes!Hello and welcome to another edition of the Peskies Pest Control Podcast right here in Montgomery, Alabama with your host, Travis and Michael. We do this podcast as a community service for the river region. This includes Montgomery, Prattville, Millbrook, Wetumpka, Pike Road, Auburn and any other surrounding areas for people just like you.
Travis McGowin
So thankfully, here in Alabama, the weather is getting cooler. Thankfully, this is my favorite time of the year it’s fall leaves or fall in. It’s chilly when you wake up. It’s chilly when you you know when it...
2023-11-0116 minPeskies Pest Control Montgomery Alabama PodcastBats Are Making a Mess in Montgomery Alabama Attics!Hello and welcome to another edition of the Peskies Pest Control Podcast right here in Montgomery, Alabama with your host, Travis and Michael. We do this podcast as a community service for the river region. This includes Montgomery, Prattville, Millbrook, Wetumpka, Pike Road, Auburn and any other surrounding areas for people just like you.
Michael Wienecke
Hey, so today we wanted to talk about bats, it’s getting really close to Halloween. So just wanted to talk about benefit of bats. Not such a benefit of bats. The Good, the Bad, all that a bat. So Tra...
2023-10-2511 min