The Wolf Connection

Episode #258 Matthijs Schouten - Why We Should Stop Calling It Nature and Start Calling It Life

What if the real problem is not the world around us, but the way we’ve been taught to see it? Ecologist and philosopher Matthijs Schouten explores how Western thinking sh

Episode #256 Jason Wise - Finding the Wild in Los Angeles

Jason Wise is a Certified California Naturalist, environmental educator, conservationist, trail guide, and LBGTQ activist with a Master's Degree in Environmental Pol

Episode #255 Lizzy Pennock & Joanna Zhang - Wolves, Grizzlies, and the ESA

At WildEarth Guardians, Lizzy Pennock works as the Carnivore Coexistence Attorney alongside Joanna Zhang, the Endangered Species Advocate.  In this episode Lizzy and Joa

Episode #254 Cassi Camara - Wolf Connection & Environmental Education

Cassi Camara is a Conservation Communications Consultant who recently completed her PhD in Human Dimensions of Natural Resources.  She is also an Environmental Education

Episode #253 Rick LoBello & Phillip Sozansky - Texas Lobo Coalition

Rick LoBello is one of the founders and Treasurer of the Texas Lobo Coalition, while Phillip Sozansky serves as the organization's Secretary. The Texas Lobo Coalitio

Episode #252 Carolyn Johnson - GuardUs Innovations & Coexistence in Colorado

Carolyn Johnson is the Founder/CEO/Mechanical Engineer of GuardUs Innovations. Their mission is to save animals, both domestic and wild. GuardUs Innovations strives to cr

Episode #251 Sami Godlove - Oregon Wild & Public Land Issues

Sami Godlove is the is the Central Oregon Field Coordinator at Oregon Wild, which works to protect and restore Oregon’s wild lands, wildlife, and waters as an enduring le

Episode #250 Marc Bekoff - Rewilding Our Hearts

Marc Bekoff is a professor emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Marc has published over 30 books and has won many awards f

Episode #249 Naïma Namaste - Art, Women, and Wolves

Naïma has been a professional artist for over 6 years, after her work as a graphic designer for a decade. She describes her connection through art in this way: "Each work

Episode #248 Cadence Truchot - Reconnecting Indigenous Communities in Grand Teton

Cadence Truchot has been the Tribal Community Engagement Fellow with Grand Teton National Park for over a year and a half. Her work within the park helps underserved Indi

Episode #247 Eric Washburn - The Future of Winter, Water, and Wildlife in Colorado

Eric Washburn is a fifth-generation Coloradan who is a big game hunter, who is a Senior Policy Advisor for Pioneer Public Affairs. PPA works on clean energy technologies

Episode #246 Brianna Godberson - A Journey with Wolves Part 2

Brianna Godberson is the host of the Find Your Wild podcast, an artist, and business owner of Femme Sauvage based in Long Island, NY.  Brianna reflected on her transform

Episode #245 Candace Dyar - A Journey With Wolves

Candace Dyar is a nature and conservation photographer, educator, wildlife & wolf advocate based in Washington State for two decades. She has used her platform to collabo

Episode #244 Eleri Lopp - Wolves In Estonia

Eleri Lopp is a photographer, videographer, and nature guide in Estonia. She has been tracking wolves for over a decade and observing ecological changes happening within

Episode #243 Eleanor Keisman - New Animal

Eleanor Keisman is an American writer living in Vienna, Austria. She holds a BA from The New School and an MFA in creative writing from Drexel University. Her short stori

Episode #242 Paul Koberstein - The Importance of Old Growth Forests

Paul Koberstein cofounded Cascadia Times in 1995 and has been its editor ever since. Paul, a journalist for forty years, was a staff writer for The Oregonian and Willamet

Episode #241 Malou Anderson - Generational Ranching & Coexistence in Tom Miner Basin

The Anderson family is a multi-generational ranching operation in Tom Miner Basin, the grizzly bear corridor near Yellowstone National Park's northern boundary. Rath

Episode #240 Doug Smith - Lessons From Wolves

Doug Smith retired as the Senior Wildlife Biologist in Yellowstone National park after 28 years of service where he supervised the wolf, elk, and bird programs. Doug has

Episode #239 Annick Hus & Arie Trouwborst - The Challenges of Wolf Conservation in Europe

Annick Hus is a Belgian Freelance Journalist who has studied Animal Welfare Science and Ethics and Law at the University of Winchester. Arie Trouwborst is a Nature Conser

Episode #238 John Potter - His Journey to Wolf Connection

John Potter grew up in the Upper Great Lakes region, spending his formative years immersed in the lush forests of the Great Northwoods, where he developed a profound love