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Our Wild World

by Our Wild World

Our Wild World introduces listeners to, as the Lakota would say, Mitákuye Oyás’iŋ or, All Our Relations, in the animal world. Each episode is meticulously researched and includes firsthand observations from the bush of our 2 legged, 4 legged, and winged friends in the animal kingdom. The host, Dr. John David Ulferts, has been an educator for over 38 years serving as an Adjunct Professor, Superintendent, Principal, and Teacher. When John isn’t teaching, he’s traveling with his wife, Christina, also an educator and a conservationist, into the wild. Together they’ve sat in the cloud forest entertained by the shenanigans of a baby mountain gorilla as she hung from a vine, and played on the stomach of her napping silverback father. They’ve been startled as they sat alongside the campfire in the Okavango Delta by the thunderous roaring of two aggressive hippos who shook the ground as they fought just behind their tents. John and Chris have been woken from their sleep by a curious African lion who laid down outside their tent and played with their tent bag before carrying it off into the bush. John hiked through the forest accompanied by a Tanzanian National Parks ranger to come within 75 yards of an elephant family drinking from a stream. Walking to the toilet house one night while camping at Meru National Park in Kenya, John and Chris came eye to eye with a black mamba who lifted herself up just 12 feet from them, her beady eyes and flickering tongue warning them that she was about to strike. After all his time in the bush, John has a story or two to tell. So, it makes sense that he’s combining his passion for teaching with his passion for wildlife to launch Our Wild World. It’s a podcast like no other. Our Wild World’s webpage and sister Facebook, Instagram, X, and BlueSky pages all feature photographs and videos that John and Christina took of the animals featured in each podcast. Our Wild World’s mission is to educate listeners on our brethren in the animal world so that we can live in harmony with Nature and conserve the Earth’s vanishing wildlife. You can reach the host at ourwildworldshow@gmail.com Interested in advertising? Any profits generated by the podcast will be donated to wildlife conservation organizations. Special thanks to Viacheslav Starostin for the African Safari Music that is featured at the beginning and end of each podcast.

Latest episodes

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Zebras - It's All About the Stripes

In this episode, we will learn all about the three species of zebras – the Plains, Mountain, and Grevy’s zebras. We will explore the physical and behavioral similarities

Sep 15
34 min

Cheetahs - The Greyhounds of Africa's Cats

Cheetahs have long captured our the imagination of humans, and were frequently depicted in the artwork of the ancient Egyptians and San Bushmen of the Kalahari. As the f

Sep 1
30 min

Buffalos - Africa's Black Death

In this podcast, we will learn about African buffalo, a formidable animal with a well-deserved reputation for being grumpy and unpredictable. The nicknames given to Afric

Aug 18
31 min

The Leopard - Africa's Prince of Stealth

Leopards have the widest range of any of the great cats and can be found in any landscape from sea level to 17,000 feet. Their range includes all of sub-Saharan Africa a

Aug 4
27 min

Part 3 - Gorillas in Our Midst

In this episode, Part 3 of the Gorillas in Our Midst miniseries, you’ll hear about the amazing treks my wife and I made to see the mountain gorillas that Dian Fossey stud

Jul 21
47 min

Part 2: Gorillas in Our Midst

This special three part miniseries from Our Wild World explores both lowland and mountain gorillas can be listened to in any order. Part 2 begins with the life and legac

Jul 7
41 min

Part 1: Gorillas in Our Midst

In this special three part miniseries from Our Wild World, we will explore the behavior of both lowland and mountain gorillas. For many of us of a certain age, the first

Jun 23
45 min

Part 3: Among the Elephants - Africa's Gentle Giants

In this special three part Elephants Among Us series of Our Wild World, we will explore the savannah elephants of Africa. If you’ve missed the first two episodes, I reco

Jun 9
45 min

Part 2: Among the Elephants - Africa's Gentle Giants

In this special three part Elephants Among Us series of Our Wild World, we will explore the savannah elephants of Africa. In Part Two we will dig deeper into elephant co

May 19
46 min

Part 1: Among the Elephants - Africa's Gentle Giants

In the first of a three part Elephants Among Us series of Our Wild World, we will explore the savannah elephants of Africa. Elephants are highly intelligent, emotional a

Apr 25
44 min