Podcasts by Wild Voices Project
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Wild Voices: Aidan Gallagher from 2020-04-16T19:19:02
Aidan Gallagher is a world-renowned actor and singer and also a UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador and one of the youngest ever Goodwill Ambassadors. You can find him at https://www.aidanrgallagher...
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Wild Voices: Bringing Military Expertise to Nature Conservation, James Glancy from 2020-04-12T08:13:02
This episode is a conversation with James Glancy (https://www.jamesglancy.com/biography and https://twitter.com/jaglancy) who is a host of Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, a conservationist who work...
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Wild Voices: The Godfather of Biodiversity, Professor Thomas Lovejoy from 2020-04-06T09:59:58
Welcome to another episode of the Wild Voices Project podcast with me, Matt Williams. It has been quite some time since I’ve published an episode - a new house, a new girlfriend, a new dog and a ne...
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Wild Voices: A master of ecological expertise, Dr David Bullock from 2019-05-05T09:02:47
This episode of Wild Voices Project is a special one because I’m talking to Dr David Bullock, who is the National Trust’s Head of Habitat and Species Conservation. On 18 May 2019 David is retiring ...
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Wild Voices: healing ourselves through a balanced relationship with nature, Scott Haber from 2019-02-09T07:55:20
Scott Haber began as a bioengineering student, but transitioned into nature-based mindfulness practice after learning from a woman who was practising traditional Andean ways. Scott then received th...
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Adventure on Puffin Island from 2019-01-03T10:20:54
In May 2018 I was lucky enough to be able to join the Treshnish Isles Auk Ringing Group (http://tiarg.org/) on their trip to Lunga. This small, uninhabited island is part of the Treshnish Isles off...
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Wild Voices: A champion for the wilderness, Jo Roberts from 2018-12-28T16:18:33
Jo Roberts is Chief Executive of the Wilderness Foundation (https://www.wildernessfoundation.org.uk). She has served as its CEO since 2004. The Foundation works to transform the lives of young peop...
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Wild Voices: From photographer to fracking activist, Emily Mott from 2018-12-03T17:50:13
Emily Mott (http://www.emilymott.com) is a photographer and environmental activist. She was educated at The Putney School, Dartmouth College and Art Center College of Design. In New York City she w...
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Wild Voices: The Snowdonia shepherdess delivering for nature, Teleri Fielden from 2018-11-23T09:48:12
This conversation is with Teleri Fielden (@TeleriFielden), the National Trust and Welsh Young Farmers scholar at Llyndy Isaf farm in Snowdonia. Teleri was recently featured on the BBC’s Snowdonia S...
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Wild Voices: Giving nature a voice through the camera, Lizzie Daly from 2018-11-15T19:18:10
Lizzie Daly (http://www.lizziedalywildlife.com/) is a wildlife filmmaker and presenter. You can find her on twitter @_LizzieDaly and her youtube channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2...
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Wild Voices: Storytelling is the key to wildlife filmmaking, Tania Esteban from 2018-11-04T17:53:04
This is a conversation recorded by Kate Snowdon (https://kateonconservation.com/ and https://twitter.com/KateConsrvation ).
Tania Esteban (https://www.treproductions.co.uk/ is a bilingua...
Wild Voices: The harmony that comes from a mindful approach to the natural world, Claire Thompson from 2018-10-29T20:31:26
We live in a era of disconnection from our direct experiences of life - from ourselves, from each other and from the natural world we're all integrally part of. Why? Because in the Western world in...
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Wild Voices: How understanding human behaviour can help us to save nature, Diogo Veríssimo from 2018-10-14T15:28:47
Diogo Veríssimo (https://www.diogoverissimo.com and @verissimodiogo) is a social scientist focussing on how marketing and insights into human behaviour can help us to tackle conservation issues, pa...
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Wild Voices: Rediscovering our roots by finding enchantment in nature, Sharon Blackie from 2018-10-04T14:53:35
Dr Sharon Blackie (@sharonblackie and www.sharonblackie.net) is a psychologist and mythologist and presenter of The Hedge School podcast (www.thehedgeschool.org/) on the theme of a new folk culture...
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The People's Walk for Wildlife from 2018-09-23T07:24:52
This episode is a special compilation for the best bits from the People’s Walk for Wildlife on 22 September 2018. Thank you so much to Chris Packham for organising this amazing event. In order of a...
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Wild Voices: Exploring to the ends of the Earth, Benedict Allen from 2018-09-21T20:27:19
Benedict Allen (benedictallen.com) is one of the world’s foremost explorers. You can follow him on twitter @benedictallen. He’s the writer of a plethora of books, including ‘Into the Crocodile Nest...
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Wild Voices: Behind the scenes at the Natural History Museum from 2018-09-11T20:15:19
Steph West (@BatGirlSteph78) is UK Biodiversity Training Manager at the Natural History Museum. In this episode I got a fascinating behind the scenes look at the work the NHM does but that you may ...
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Wild Voices: Bringing communities together to save birds, Mercy Kariuki from 2018-09-03T19:42:48
Mercy Kariuki is Local Engagement and Empowerment Coordinator for BirdLife Africa. She tells the story of how she fell in love with the birds of her home country, Kenya and how she developed her le...
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Wild Voices: the Oscar Award-winning wildlife filmmaker, Louie Psihoyos from 2018-08-29T11:33:03
Louie Psihoyos is a Greek-American filmmaker, photographer and director. He began his career as one of the first new photographers that National Geographic had hired in several years. He is perhaps...
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Wild Voices: Challenging the Conservation Orthodoxy, Dr James Borrell from 2018-08-23T08:31:23
Dr James Borrell (@James_Borrell) is a conservationist, explorer, scientist and communicator.
He describes himself as a conservation biologist who has been involved in expeditions and fie...
Wild Voices: Revolutionising our understanding of chimpanzees, Dr Jane Goodall from 2018-08-12T17:26:15
This conversation was recorded by Kate Snowdon (https://kateonconservation.com/ and @KateConsrvation) and kindly shared with the Wild Voices Project podcast. It’s a conversation with the renowned i...
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Wild Voices: A Day Out at BBC Bristol from 2018-07-01T16:09:07
A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to be invited to ‘curate the BBC’s Tweet of the Week’ archive. This meant I was given the chance to introduce the Tweet of the Day (daily birdsong) on BBC Radio 4...
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Wild Voices: From horror movies to the plight of the Asian elephant, Ashley Bell from 2018-06-20T11:38:54
In this conversation I talk to Ashley Bell (@AshMichaelBell), actress and director of a new film about the plight of the Asian elephant. We discuss the little-known story of the threats to Asian el...
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Wild Voices: Diana monkeys, orangutans and a cat named Triceratops, Dr Erin Kane from 2018-06-17T06:24:32
This conversation is with scientist and primate expert Erin Kane (@Diana_monkey). In the course of this podcast we talk about Erin’s work on Diana monkeys in Côte d’Ivoire and her work on orangutan...
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Wild Voices: Putting nature’s needs at the heart of law and politics, Dr Richard Benwell from 2018-06-06T18:35:04
Dr Richard Benwell (@RSBenwell) is a policy advisor at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. He’s former Head of Government Affairs for the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust (which is the...
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Wild Voices: Dancing with tiger sharks and humpback whales, Hannah Fraser from 2018-05-18T07:40:50
Hannah Fraser is the world’s leading underwater dancer and mermaid. Hannah uses her incredible abilities to create breathtaking photos and videos drawing attention to the plight of marine wildlife....
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Wild Voices: The mental health benefits of birdwatching, Joe Harkness from 2018-05-12T08:59:37
Joe Harkness (@birdtherapy) is a birdwatcher and blogger who focuses on the benefits of birdwatching for mental health. He runs the Bird Therapy blog (birdtherapy.blog) sharing these stories, and i...
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Celebrating the Dawn Chorus of Birdsong from 2018-05-06T10:21:49
This is a special episode of the podcast to coincide with International Dawn Chorus Day, which is celebrated in over 80 countries worldwide and has been running since the 1980s. It brings people to...
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Wild Voices: The change is in all of us, Lucy Purdy from 2018-05-02T07:29:24
Lucy Purdy (@loosepea) is editor of Positive News (@PositiveNewsUK), a magazine that publishes ‘constructive journalism’ – good journalism about good things. She is originally from Shropshire but h...
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Wild Voices: Adventure is simply a way of thinking, Sean Conway from 2018-04-17T17:23:19
Sean Conway (@Conway_Sean) is an endurance adventurer who, among other things, has cycled, swum and run the length of Great Britain in a triathlon of incredible feats. His books, Lands End to John ...
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Wild Voices: Going undercover and underwater to save our oceans, Shawn Heinrichs from 2018-04-04T21:20:49
Shawn Heinrichs (@shawnheinrichs) is an Emmy-award winning cinematographer, photographer and underwater diver. Since transitioning out of a career in the finance industry he has become a champion f...
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Wild Voices: A master botanist and accomplished self-starter, Joshua Styles from 2018-03-23T17:39:36
Joshua Styles is an incredible young man. Before he even graduated from university he had a job with an ecological consultancy firm. He has been taken on as a volunteer botanical recorder by severa...
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Wild Voices: The battle to preserve the world's most pristine sea, John Weller and Cassandra Brooks from 2018-03-04T17:46:15
John B Weller and Cassandra Brooks are a married couple based in Boulder, Colorado.
Cassandra Brooks is an incoming Assistant Professor in Environmental Studies at the University of Color...
Wild Voices: Blogging Your Way to a Book Deal and Foraging Your Own Food, Tiffany Francis from 2018-03-01T16:53:10
Tiffany Francis is an author and artist specialising in nature, wildlife and the outdoors. In a few days’ time her new and first book, Food you can Forage, is being published. In this episode you ...
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Wild Voices: Finding people who believe in you and learning when not to hit send, Crista Valentino from 2018-02-10T08:31:48
This episode is a recording with my good friend Crista Valentino, Founder and Director of CoalitionWILD. In this conversation we cover learning the tactics of patience and listening, how to build a...
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Wild Voices: Saving the "Skywalker” gibbon and how to crowdfund your own PhD, Carolyn Thompson from 2018-01-28T16:48:47
This conversation is with my good friend Carolyn Thompson. I was lucky enough to spend six of my 12 months living in the Indonesian jungle with Caz. We had many a wonderful day together searching f...
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Wild Voices: Studying penguins from space & mastering the art of sci-comm, Dr Michelle LaRue from 2018-01-13T12:45:07
Dr Michelle LaRue is a research ecologist at the University of Minnesota. She’s a fascinating and inspiring conservationist who has developed innovative approaches, travelled the world and taken he...
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Wild Voices: The role of bravery and trust in saving nature, Isla Hodgson from 2018-01-05T18:31:18
Isla Hodgson is a zoologist working towards a PhD in conservation, studying the conflict between raptors and grouse moor management in Scotland. She is also a keen communicator, working as a freela...
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Wild wisdom: best bits from 2017 from 2017-12-22T08:43:34
This episode is a best of, in which I’ve picked out some of my favourite parts of the conversations I had in 2017. In the following order (just so as you know who is speaking) I speak to Jonny Rank...
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Wild Voices: Self-taught master of wildlife photography, Tom Mason from 2017-12-17T14:50:55
This conversation is with my good friend and wildlife photographer, Tom Mason. We cover not only some of the specifics about techniques and equipment he uses but also his strategies for learning hi...
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Wild Voices: Recapturing wonder and nourishing the soul, Chloe Revill from 2017-12-10T08:24:32
Chloe Revill is the co-founder of Change in Nature (http://www.changeinnature.org), an organisation that helps people to ‘unwind, reconnect and come alive’ in nature. In this incredible conversatio...
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Wild Voices: Tales From My Grandfather from 2017-12-03T19:14:44
Anthony V Paine is a man who has been an inspiration to me from a very early age. In this episode I speak to my grandfather about his childhood growing up in the countryside while experiencing the ...
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Wild Voices: Beer and biodiversity, with Ben Eagle and Peter Cooper from 2017-11-26T21:22:20
This conversation is with two close friends of mine, Peter Cooper and Ben Eagle. They're both members of the A Focus on Nature Committee, the youth nature network, which is how we became friends. T...
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Wild Voices: There is so much in the world to save, Dr Alan Rabinowitz, Chief Scientist, Panthera from 2017-11-14T19:42:59
This conversation is with Dr Alan Rabinowitz, Chief Scientist of Panthera, the global wild cat conservation organisation. Dr Rabinowitz has been dubbed by Time magazine "the Indiana Jones of conser...
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Wild Voices: The jungle is a state of mind, Paul Rosolie from 2017-10-27T08:29:14
This conversation is with Paul Rosolie, explorer and naturalist, author of 'Mother of God: one man's journey to the uncharted depths of the Amazon rainforest'. We talk about Paul's childhood love o...
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Wild Voices: The power of science in conservation, Debbie Pain from 2017-10-04T11:54:43
Wild Voices: The power of science in conservation, Debbie Pain by Matt Williams
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Wild Voices: Charting new frontiers in seabird science, Dr Annette Fayet from 2017-06-05T12:46:19
Wild Voices: Charting new frontiers in seabird science, Dr Annette Fayet by Matt Williams
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Wild Voices: The case for beauty in our lives, Dame Fiona Reynolds from 2017-03-05T08:54:35
Wild Voices: The case for beauty in our lives, Dame Fiona Reynolds by Matt Williams
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Wild Voices: Turtle dove pilgrim, Jonny Rankin from 2017-02-01T16:01:54
Wild Voices: Turtle dove pilgrim, Jonny Rankin by Matt Williams
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Wild Voices: Things are better than they were, Stephen Moss from 2017-01-03T12:40:40
Wild Voices: Things are better than they were, Stephen Moss by Matt Williams
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Wild Voices: Making nature as popular as parkrun, Pamela Abbott from 2016-12-09T18:34:19
Wild Voices: Making nature as popular as parkrun, Pamela Abbott by Matt Williams
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Wild Voices: Nature is the greatest teacher, Satish Kumar from 2016-08-02T08:43:12
A conversation with philosopher, writer and earth pilgrim, Satish Kumar.
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Wild Voices: Testing our boundaries through wilderness and writing, Melissa Harrison from 2016-07-18T19:49:26
A conversation with author and freelance writer, Melissa Harrison.
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Wild Voices: A world without bees would be boring, Kate Bradbury from 2016-06-29T06:53:58
Wild Voices: A world without bees would be boring, Kate Bradbury by Matt Williams
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Wild Voices: Nature is for everyone, Judy Ling Wong CBE OBE from 2016-06-27T07:15:08
A conversation with Judy Ling Wong, CBE, President of the Black Environment Network, poet and artist.
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Wild Voices: The magic of animals, Tiffany Francis from 2016-06-27T06:48:44
A conversation with wildlife artist, blogger and writer, Tiffany Francis.
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Wild Voices: Fighting for the forests, Adam Macon from 2016-06-27T04:19:23
Adam Macon (@adammacon) is Program Manager for Dogwood Alliance (https://www.dogwoodalliance.org/), an NGO fighting for forests in the southern United States. We cover Adam's love of North Carolina...
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