Global Rumblings Podcast

Episode 78: Sandro & Baby- Their Choices, Their Pace

In this week's episode of Global Rumblings, we catch up with Baby and Sandro as they continue settling into their new lives at Elephant Sanctuary Brazil. Baby is navigat

Episode 77: Sandro's New Life

We’re back after a short, unplanned break, as Scott and the ESB team have been busy organizing and carrying out the transport for Sandro, the sanctuary’s first male Asian

Episode 76: Sandro- Almost Home

After more than four decades at the Sorocaba Zoo in São Paulo State, Brazil, male Asian elephant Sandro may finally be on his way to Elephant Sanctuary Brazil. In this e

Episode 75: Baby's New Life

Before jumping into stories from Baby's first weeks at Elephant Sanctuary Brazil, we revisit a topic from our previous episode and put the sugar content of Gatorade into

Episode 74: Baby's Journey: Stories from the Road

In this week's episode, we join Scott on the three-day road trip that finally brought Baby from Beto Carrero World, the amusement park where she had spent decades, to Ele

Episode 73: Welcome Home Baby!

Elephant Sanctuary Brazil has a new resident! Baby, a 34-year-old female Asian elephant, arrived at the sanctuary on 20 June 2026, following a court-ordered relocation fr

Episode 72: Trumpets, Rumbles & Squeaks – Elephant Communication

We’ve all heard an elephant trumpet, but what does a rumble or a squeak sound like? Where in the body are these sounds produced, and what do they mean? In this week’s ep

EP 71: When Elephants Choose Solitude

In this episode, we explore something that seems to contradict much of what we’ve discussed in past episodes: Why do inherently social, deeply bonded elephants sometimes

Episode 70: The Bonds That Shape An Elephant (Part 2)

In this episode, we explore one of the most profound qualities we see and admire in elephants: their ability to grieve. Kat and Scott share stories from decades of worki

Episode 69: The Bonds That Shape An Elephant (Part 1)

In this episode, we explore some of the traits we so admire in elephants: empathy, self-awareness, and their capacity for grief, and how these are shaped by the bonds the

Episode 68: The Lives We Overlooked: The Natural Lives of Elephants

In the first episode of our new Rethinking Elephants series, we begin by exploring the architecture of elephant societies. Scott and Kat give an overview of herd structur

Episode 67: Rethinking elephants- The Bigger Conversation

In this week’s episode, we catch up with Kat and Scott. While they’re still busy providing documentation to SEMA, we’re happy to share that the temporary suspension of th

Episode 66: Accusations, Manipulations & False Claims

In this episode, we discuss recent developments at Elephant Sanctuary Brazil (ESB) following the deaths of Pupy and Kenya, the sanctuary’s two female African elephants, i

Episode 65: Reflections and 2026 Plans

Please note that this episode was recorded prior to Kenya’s passing. In our final podcast of 2025, we start by clearing up last episode’s “acre-gate” and confirming the

Episode 64: Healing, Hope & 200 Acres of Possibility

We’re back after our holiday and have a lot to talk about! Kat and Scott have just returned from the US, where part of their trip included attending one of the film festi

Episode 63: Kenya & Pupy's first steps together

Kenya & Pupy’s first steps together Please note that this episode was recorded prior to Pupy’s sudden passing. The moment we’ve all been waiting for since Kenya’s reloc

Episode 62: 12 Years for Elephants

On 29 August 2013, Global Sanctuary for Elephants was founded as a U.S. 501(c)(3) non-profit—paving the way to a better life for South America’s elephants. In today’s epi

Episode 61: Settling in- Kenya's first month at sanctuary

Time flies when you’re having fun—and that couldn’t be truer for Kenya, who has already spent her first four weeks in her new home. In this episode, we discuss how Kenya

Episode 60: Coming Home- Kenya's Rescue

Happy days! Elephant Sanctuary Brazil has a new resident: Kenya, the female African elephant relocated from Mendoza Ecoparque in Argentina. In this podcast, we talk about

Episode 59: Tamy's Passing

With the shock and sadness of Tamy’s sudden passing still fresh, we take a closer look at the mechanisms behind elephant rescues and the broader challenges GSE faces. Tra