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Wild Connection

Hosted by Dr. Jennifer Verdolin

Often we forget that we human beings are animals. Wild Connection, is where Dr. Jennifer Verdolin investigates our similarities and differences with other animals, what we can learn, and how we can reconnect, not just with ourselves and each other, but with nature to improve our lives.

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97 episodes

  1. When the Horses Got Sick, the City Stopped: Lee Dugatkin on the Great Epizootic of 1872 52:17
  2. Urban Wildlife and the Cities We Build with Chris Schell 37:15
  3. Can Seals Think? Marine Mammal Cognition with Dr. Kevin Woo 1:12:25
  4. An Arrogant Ape: Human Exceptionalism, Animal Minds, and Rethinking Our Place in Nature with Dr. Christine Webb 52:12
  5. Birds on the Edge: Flight, Stress, and Social Life with Dr. Joan Strassmann 46:08
  6. Grunts, Grooming, and Goodbye: Joan Silk on the Science of Friendship 57:37
  7. Romantic Love and Friendship with Robin Dunbar 1:18:22
  8. On Living a Good Life with Massimo Pigliucci 1:14:08
  9. Life Between the Stars with Dr. Ersilia Vaudo 45:30
  10. Shelter and Storm: Finding Belonging in a Changing Landscape with Tamara Dean 49:10
  11. War, Wildlife, and the UN: Accountability and Peacekeeping with Dr. András Hárs 55:43
  12. Fungi, Pathogens, and the Coming Pandemic with Emily Monosson 57:52
  13. Listening to Rivers with Robert Macfarlane 48:56
  14. Sy Montgomery on Wonder, Animals and What the Chicken Knows 52:48
  15. From Dian Fossey to Ecoflix: Ian Redmond’s Journey to Protect the Wild 1:29:10
  16. The Chimpanzees of Kibale with Dr. Richard Wrangham 1:01:53
  17. Whispers of the Wild with Dr. Susan B Eirich 1:03:58
  18. Xenophobia with George Makari 55:07
  19. Wild Souls with Emma Marris 54:28
  20. Having Hope with Ami Vitale 54:08
  21. Who is Dr. Jen with Guest Host Logan 41:45
  22. Killer Whales_Throwback with Hanne Strager 1:01:00
  23. A Land Ethic with Stan Temple 1:01:12
  24. Cicada Invasions with Dr. Floyd Shockley 1:11:19
  25. We Loved it All with Lydia Millet 59:48
  26. Earth and Soul with Leah Rampy 56:37
  27. Earth Month with Nathaniel Popkin 1:16:28
  28. Participatory Science Reboot withCaren Cooper 49:17
  29. From One Cell with Ben Stanger 1:07:53
  30. Exploring the Final Frontier with Mohamed Noor 48:51
  31. Talking Plastics with Peter Okwoko 43:48
  32. The Formula with László Barabási 56:55
  33. The End of the World with David Gessner 53:00
  34. Hormones with Randi Hutter Epstein 1:10:00
  35. Keeping up with Koalas with Danielle Close 49:48
  36. Under A Rock with David Scheel 52:25
  37. Killer Whales with Hanne Strager 1:00:49
  38. Kingha Coffee with Kingsely Griffin 41:00
  39. Tackling Poaching with Alex Ngabiano 41:46
  40. Sitting with the Batwa 52:21
  41. Climate Policy with John Kasiita Ssemulema 1:03:40
  42. Community Led Development with Paul Muhwezi 39:20
  43. Birding in Bwindi with Apophia 37:40
  44. Tourism with Gerard Iga 48:55
  45. Protecting Bwindi with Nelson Guma 51:50
  46. Wildlife Divas with Lisa Randolph 37:26
  47. Walking with Gorillas with Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka 44:31
  48. Listening to Salmon with Ken Whelan 1:00:58
  49. The Mind of a Bee with Lars Chittka 1:04:32
  50. Molecules and Madness with Sara Manning Peskin 51:24