The Jane Goodall Hopecast - Podcast Rankings and reviews

I have loved Jane Goodall and her work since I was a little girl. I’m now in college studying politics and feel so anxious about the climate crisis. It is overwhelming as one person to take all the action I can. This podcast has brought me so much hope and has inspired me to push forward even more through activism. I love how empathetic and understanding Jane is of all of the creatures and ecosystems on our planet, and how much she believes in the youth. Thank you to Jane and everyone who has worked on this podcast! It brings tears to my eyes and hope in my heart<3

I should start off by saying I love Jane Goodalls work. She inspired me to become a scientist and environmentalist and her work has been so influential for many. This is not a critique of her outreach work in general.

That being said, I think this podcast only shows a very narrow view of environmental work. I listened for the first 5 episodes, and it seems very white savior-esque. It isn’t as simple as “we need to save wildlife, so let’s send people to developing countries to educate them about wet markets”. Environmental work is intricately tied to humanitarian, economical, and political issues, and I wish they would talk about it more from that perspective.

Dr. Goodall is a wonderful speaker, and I hope she develops this podcast to include more perspectives like the ones I listed above!

I am lucky enough to have seen Dr Goodall speak and she is so amazing and positive even in the face of the amazing challenges she has set for herself. I once heard a quote about her which I can honestly say I have experienced first hand,”Jane Goodall is the only person I’ve ever seen control a room of 1000 people with a whisper and not a shout.” Dr. Goodall is so inspirational, I know you’ll love this podcast.

I absolutely love this podcast the music is SO good and I love the sound effects makes me feel like a kid again! I love listening to Jane she fills me with so much joy, Hope, and energy to do better!