Jeremiah Pouncy Checked a Lion's Blood Pressure. Then He Showed Up to Brain Smarts.
Let's be clear about something. Most third-year vet students have a solid list of clinical rotations and maybe a leadership role or two. Jeremiah Pouncy has worked on the African savannah, contributed to wildlife conservation, and helped provide clean water to underserved communities.
Then he walked onto Brain Smarts and let Clay and Caitlin Palmer ask him ridiculous trivia questions about it.
That is the episode.
What Is Brain Smarts?
Brain Smarts is Vet Candy's veterinary comedy game show — rapid-fire trivia, unexpected challenges, and enough chaos to make you forget you are technically learning something. Hosted by Clay and Caitlin Palmer, it is the show that somehow keeps getting approved and keeps getting better. Every guest brings their own energy, and Jeremiah Pouncy brought an energy that very few people on this planet could match.
Meet Jeremiah Pouncy
Jeremiah is a fourth-year veterinary student at Cornell University, which alone would make him someone worth paying attention to. But the CV does not stop there. Wildlife conservation work. Community health initiatives in underserved areas. Field experience that most practicing DVMs never get. And at some point, somewhere, a lion whose blood pressure he checked.
He is exactly the kind of veterinary professional this field needs more of — someone who chose this career not because it was safe or predictable, but because animals, people, and the intersection of both genuinely matter to him.
What Happens in This Episode
Clay and Caitlin do what they do best — pile on the questions, throw in the surprises, and generally make the whole thing funnier than it has any right to be. Jeremiah holds his own. The stories come out. Jaws are dropped. The phrase "wait, he actually did that?" is said more than once.
Between the laughs there is real substance here — a conversation about what drives someone to work across species and continents, why public health and veterinary medicine are more connected than most people realize, and what it looks like when a vet student shows up to every opportunity that comes their way and says yes.
Listen Now
Catch Jeremiah Pouncy on Brain Smarts with Clay and Caitlin Palmer on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you stream Vet Candy podcasts. You will laugh. You will learn something. And you will leave knowing a name worth remembering.
