Photo Credit Nicholas AlbrechtA conversation about the bond between people and predators, the responsibility that comes with loving wild places, and what happens when sentiment overtakes science. Author Malcolm Brooks joins us for a conversation that moves from...
What happens when we let nature lead? How do we decide when to help and when to stay out of the way? Award-winning author, environmental philosopher, and clean energy enthusiast Christopher Preston joins Bill and Anders to discuss his book Tenacious Beasts: Wildlife...
Finding joy, curiosity, and connection in a place that feels both wild and welcoming. This week on The Wild Idea, Bill and Anders sit down with Rashid Poulson and Bella Ciabattoni, the horticulture leaders at Brooklyn Bridge Park, to talk about one of New York City’s...
“Our collective love for these places is pulling the work through our boots and through our hands.” - Sam Evans In this Southern Currents episode, Bill traveled back to Southern Appalachia nearly a year after Hurricane Helene, a storm that reshaped the region’s...
Tracing the interconnected threads of land, water, loss, and resilience in the Gulf South In this first installment of our special Southern Currents series, Bill travels the Gulf Coast (sadly, without Anders) to explore the crisis of coastal land loss and the role of...
The Uncertainty Inherent in Wilderness What do frozen frogs, machine learning, roadkill, and wilderness ethics have in common? According to evolutionary ecologist Dr. Andis Arietta…everything. In this wide-ranging and mind-expanding conversation, Andis joins us to...
Wolverines Reissued: Kaitie Schneider on Reintroducing a Ghost of the Rockies What happens when you try to bring back a mythic, misunderstood, cold-loving carnivore that most people don't even know is real? You get one of the most fascinating conservation stories in...
Grizzly bear management is often equally about People management This week on The Wild Idea, we’re diving into one of the wildest and most misunderstood relationships in the natural world: humans and bears. We’re joined by Tim Manley - a retired (but still legendary)...
What does it mean to be "natural"? Today we're welcoming forest ecologist Greg Aplet as we dive into one of the most common points of interest when it comes to the wilderness today: forest fires and how they impact spaces both wild and human. We talk with Greg about...
Conservation is about People Today we're joined by wildlife scientist Corina Newsome, as we explore the roots of her passion for birds before diving into how her career has brought her into spaces of seeking environmental justice and equity and helping...