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WildKingdom & The Map of Dreams Podcast

by WildKingdom

Wild Kingdom and The Map of Dreams is a brand-new podcast hosted by Hugh Somerleyton, founder of the wildlife charity WildEast. At its heart is the Map of Dreams, a living record of extraordinary people doing ordinary things to restore the natural world and sharing their vision for what a wilder future might look like. The ambition is bold but simple: to restore 20% of the United Kingdom back to nature, recording every pledge on the Map of Dreams. Because change, as Wild Kingdom co-founder Hugh Somerleyton believes, doesn't only happen at policy level, it happens in back gardens, field margins, and farmyards, one nature corridor at a time. In this series, Hugh sits down with some of the brightest minds and most passionate voices and commentators in conservation to explore what meaningful advocacy really looks like, and why biodiversity isn't just an environmental issue, but a human one. Huge thanks to Laurence Friedman - Wild East for giving us permission to use your amazing song!

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Charlie Burrell

From near bankruptcy to Britain’s rewilding revolution, Charlie Burrell reveals to Hugh Somerleyton, how letting nature lead at Knepp reshaped farming, food and the futur

Apr 15
50 min

Danny Kinka American Prairie Reserve

From Montana’s vast grasslands to Indigenous-led restoration, Danny Kinka reveals to Hugh Somerleyton how bison, beavers and bold storytelling are reshaping the American

Apr 8
1 h 01 min

Joost Lammer & Johan van der Haven And the Dalmaitian Pelicans

Joost & Johan, Dutch rewilding pioneers, reveal to Hugh Somerleyton their radical plan to bring back the lost Dalmatian pelican to the Netherlands and even potentially Gr

Apr 1
35 min

Julia Pyke

Nuclear and nature collide as Julia Pyke of Sizewell C makes the provocative case to Hugh Somerleyton that big energy can mean big nature, and that Britain’s most controv

Mar 25
46 min

Fleur Britten

From Vogue to viral activism, Fleur Britten joins Hugh Somerleyton lakeside to expose fashion’s greenwashing, champion cool climate action, and ask whether making sustain

Mar 18
40 min

Paul Lister

From furniture heir to Highland rewilding pioneer, Paul Lister reveals why bringing wolves back to Scotland, rethinking meat and even shrinking the human footprint may be

Mar 11
1 h 04 min

Tony Juniper

Episode 1: Tony Juniper In this debut episode of Wild Kingdom & The Map of Dreams, Hugh Somerleyton sits down with Tony Juniper, Chair of Natural England, to explore how

Mar 4
1 h 07 min

Trailer WildKingdom and Map of Dreams Podcast

Wild Kingdom and The Map of Dreams is a brand-new podcast hosted by Hugh Somerleyton, founder of the wildlife charity WildEast. At its heart is the Map of Dreams, a livin

Mar 3
1 min