Today’s guest on the show is Annette Berkovits, an author and educator focused on wildlife conservation who has written the new book, Confessions of an Accidental Zoo Curator. We talked with Annette about her path towards becoming a key architect of what has now become a worldwide standard for wildlife and conservation education programs. Annette worked for three decades with the Wildlife Conservation Society, and took a unique approach towards designing conservation education programs - an appr...
Apr 12, 2017•40 min
Today's guest on the show is Beth Pratt, who is the California Director for the National Wildlife Federation. Beth has spearheaded the #SaveLACougars campaign, and has helped raise a lot of awareness for mountain lion research. We are particularly interested in hearing about the new proposed wildlife crossing at Liberty Canyon in Southern California, which Beth has been involved with. Join private conversations with top authors and access exclusive bonus content! Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...
Apr 05, 2017•1 hr 5 min
Today's guest on the show is writer and activist Kimberly Fanshier. Kimberly seeks to use writing and critical reading as community building, anti-oppressive tools. Her research interests revolve around place-based rhetorics: Kimberly writes about wolves in Oregon, pop country radio, internet comment sections, and frontier violence to unpack the discourses of belonging, home, identity, and borders. Join private conversations with top authors and access exclusive bonus content! Hosted on Acas...
Mar 29, 2017•1 hr 7 min
Today we are revisiting the issue of lead poisoning in wildlife. This is a topic that I’ve spent quite a bit of time investigating, as it was central to the story behind my first film, Scavenger Hunt - which was about the connections between California condor conservation efforts and the issue of lead poisoning from spent ammunition. This issue has been in the headlines recently - the Obama administration in its final weeks in office issued an order to phase our lead-based ammunition and fishing...
Mar 22, 2017•2 hr 35 min
This week we are bringing you a very special episode of the Eyes on Conservation podcast - this is about as close to a live show as we've gotten. Today's episode was recorded just a few hours before being released - and we recorded it on location in San Felipe, Mexico where fellow EOC co-host Sean Bogle and I are engaged in a series of community screenings of our new film Souls of the Vermilion Sea. These community screenings of our film were organized in collaboration with today's g...
Mar 15, 2017•52 min
I am extremely excited to announce that we have added a fresh component to the EOC marque that embraces all art forms in how these diverse creative mediums can convey conservation information. All of us respond differently to a variety of media. Some us connect with video and radio, while others may connect to paintings, song, or dance. It is important that the issues, actions, and efforts that concern the natural world of our planet are received by as many people as possible. So we introduced t...
Mar 08, 2017•52 min
Today’s guest on the show is Fitz Cahall. Fitz is a podcaster, filmmaker and storyteller at Duct Tape Then Beer. He is the producer and host of the Dirtbag Diaries, one of the most popular podcast series focused on outdoor adventure, and he’s also the director of the new film, Paul’s Boots. I had a lot of fun talking with Fitz - there aren’t too many other people out there that share my same passions for both filmmaking and podcasting! I was particularly interested to hear about Fitz’s approach ...
Mar 01, 2017•47 min
Today we are bringing you a panel discussion focused on conservation oriented filmmaking in Idaho. We put together a panel of Boise-based filmmakers who are screening films at this year’s Les Bois Film Festival - an event that Wild Lens actually helped found. This is the second year that we are co-hosting Les Bois Film Festival alongside the Land Trust of the Treasure Valley, and we’re extremely excited about this year’s event. We’re screening 20 short films across three separate screening block...
Feb 22, 2017•53 min
Today’s guest on the show is Dr. Frances Gulland, senior scientist at the Marine Mammal Center, and a member of the International Committee for the Recovery of the Vaquita. This committee is composed of the world’s top vaquita experts, and they just released a new report which contains some shocking revelations. Before we jump into our interview with Frances however, I’m going to check in with EOC producer Sean Bogle to get an update on our vaquita documentary project, Souls of the Vermilion Sea...
Feb 15, 2017•51 min
On today’s show we are joined by Sarah Kaizar, an amazing artist out of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Sarah’s work first caught my attention when I was browsing the internet for Christmas gifts, and I stumbled upon a series of recycled notebooks featuring endangered toads. Toads being among some of my favorite animals, I had to check out more of her work and was so glad I did. The series we will focus on today is her body of work titled Endangered Species, which features intricate pen and ink port...
Feb 08, 2017•47 min
Today’s guest on the show is Deia Schlosberg. Deia is an extremely talented filmmaker, who was unexpectedly arrested after documenting a civil disobedience action in Northern North Dakota back in October of 2016. There was a wave of arrests of journalists working to document pipeline protests in the fall of 2016, but Deia’s arrest really shook the filmmaking world because she was charged with three counts of conspiracy and was facing a maximum penalty of 45 years in prison, without having actual...
Feb 01, 2017•1 hr 3 min
Todays guest on the show is Rob Gay - a paleontologist, biologist, educator, and author. Rob and I worked together as condor field biologists in Northern Arizona and Southern Utah almost 10 years ago now, and when I found out that Rob had played an important role in the recent designation of Bears Ears National Monument, I reached out to see if he’d be willing to share his story. I’m super excited to have a paleontologist on the show for the very first time - in part because this is a subject th...
Jan 25, 2017•46 min
Today’s guests on the show are Ari Herman and Liz George. Ari and Liz both spent extended periods of time living at Standing Rock, North Dakota and participating in various ways in the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Liz has a background in wildlife filmmaking, while Ari - who contributed to our last podcast episode about Standing Rock - is a writer and an aspiring journalist. Both of them were living at the camps at Standing Rock during what was probably the most tumultuous period of ...
Jan 18, 2017•1 hr 8 min
Today we are once again delving into the Wild Lens archives to share with you an interview that was recorded for our film project Bluebird Man. One of our first shoots for this film project took place in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. Fellow producer Neil Paprocki and myself spent about a week in Canada shooting with the then-president of the North American Bluebird Society, Sherry Linn. While visiting with Sherry, we were able to also connect with PhD student Catherine Dale from Queen...
Jan 11, 2017•34 min
Today’s interview was conducted by one of our newest contributors to the show, Courtney Rae. Courtney brings a very different perspective on wildlife and conservation issues to the show, and I’m super excited to have her on board. Courtney is deeply embedded in the conservation and environmental community in Portland and beyond through her work as a community organizer with Bark as well as other environmental groups, and she’ll be continuing to explore the intersection between conservation and s...
Jan 04, 2017•59 min
Today’s guest on the show is Tom Jefferson, a marine mammal researcher and the director of Viva Vaquita, an NGO dedicated to the conservation of the vaquita. jg5ps89q Here at Wild Lens, we’ve been actively involved in vaquita conservation for a year and a half through our work producing the documentary, Souls of the Vermilion Sea. 2016 was a milestone year for vaquita conservation - efforts to save the species from extinction were ramped up considerably and the species received more mainstream m...
Dec 28, 2016•52 min
Today’s guest on the show is Carole Dean, a veteran of the film industry and an expert on how to fund film projects. Carole’s path through the world of filmmaking is absolutely fascinating - she’s been working to help independent filmmakers get their films made for decades, but her approach towards achieving this goal has been constantly evolving. Today she runs a filmmaker grant program, manages fiscal sponsorships, and provides mentorships for independent filmmakers. She is the author of the s...
Dec 21, 2016•46 min
It’s been two years since we launched this podcast, and it’s amazing to me that we have already released close to 100 interviews. This show began as an experiment, but it has moved well beyond that to become a central hub of the internet for folks who are interested in conservation. We’ve interviewed biologists, researchers, filmmakers, activists, artists, politicians, musicians, authors, educators, chefs, entrepreneurs - all of whom are involved with conservation in some way. Today’s show is sp...
Dec 14, 2016•50 min
Episode Summary: On today’s show we have a follow-up conservation with one of our most well-received guests on the show – Nathaniel Stinnett from the Environmental Voter Project. Nathaniel... Read more » The post EOC 099: Post-Election Breakdown with Nathaniel Stinnett from the Environmental Voter Project appeared first on Wild Lens. Join private conversations with top authors and access exclusive bonus content! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to Eart...
Dec 07, 2016•46 min
The American Kestrel North America’s smallest falcon species, the American Kestrel is a unique and fascinating animal. It is our most colorful raptor, and also one of the few raptors... Read more » The post The American Kestrel appeared first on Wild Lens. Join private conversations with top authors and access exclusive bonus content! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to Earth to Humans Podcast's Substack at earthtohumanspodcast.substack.com/subscribe...
Dec 02, 2016•3 min
Episode Summary: Our guest on today’s show is Jake Kheel. Jake is the co-director and producer of the new documentary film, Death by a Thousand Cuts – which is about... Read more » The post EOC 098: Documenting the Illegal Charcoal Trade in the Dominican Republic with Jake Kheel appeared first on Wild Lens. Join private conversations with top authors and access exclusive bonus content! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to Earth to Humans Podcast's Subst...
Nov 30, 2016•45 min
Episode Summary: Today on the podcast we are talking about a conservation issue that has been getting lot’s of mainstream media coverage over the past several months – the fight... Read more » The post EOC 097: Inside the Fight Against the Dakota Access Pipeline appeared first on Wild Lens. Join private conversations with top authors and access exclusive bonus content! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to Earth to Humans Podcast's Substack at earthtohum...
Nov 23, 2016•43 min
Episode Summary: Today’s guest in Roxanne Beltran, a PhD student at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, and an expert on the Weddel Seal – a species found in relative... Read more » The post EOC 096: Weddell Seal Research in Antarctica with Roxanne Beltran appeared first on Wild Lens. Join private conversations with top authors and access exclusive bonus content! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to Earth to Humans Podcast's Substack at earthtohumans...
Nov 16, 2016•46 min
Episode Summary: We thought that it would be appropriate on the day after this historic presidential election to bring you an episode focused on science, reason, and the importance of... Read more » The post EOC 095: The Science Communicators – How to be a Skeptic with Brian Dunning appeared first on Wild Lens. Join private conversations with top authors and access exclusive bonus content! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to Earth to Humans Podcast's S...
Nov 09, 2016•38 min
Episode Summary: Back in March of this year I put together a quick bonus episode of the podcast after participating in the largest presidential caucus in US political history. Despite... Read more » The post EOC bonus episode: Voting for Conservation, part 2 appeared first on Wild Lens. Join private conversations with top authors and access exclusive bonus content! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to Earth to Humans Podcast's Substack at earthtohumansp...
Nov 07, 2016•21 min
The Whizpops make music for kids, but they are so much more than just another kid’s band. They employ clever songwriting and highly skilled musicianship to create music that any... Read more » The post The California Condor Song by the Whizpops! appeared first on Wild Lens. Join private conversations with top authors and access exclusive bonus content! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to Earth to Humans Podcast's Substack at earthtohumanspodcast.substa...
Nov 04, 2016•4 min
Episode Summary: Todays guests on the show are “Wildman” Steve Brill along with his daughter Violet Brill. “Wildman” Steve and his daughter Violet are expert foragers – they lead... Read more » The post EOC 094: Eat the Weeds with “Wildman” Steve Brill and his Daughter Violet appeared first on Wild Lens. Join private conversations with top authors and access exclusive bonus content! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to Earth to Humans Podcast's Substack...
Nov 02, 2016•46 min
Episode Summary: Our guests on today’s show are the co-founders of a group called, Conceivable Future – Meghan Kallman and Josephine Ferorelli. Conceivable Future is a woman-led network of... Read more » The post EOC 093: Conceivable Future – How Climate Change Threatens Reproductive Rights appeared first on Wild Lens. Join private conversations with top authors and access exclusive bonus content! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to Earth to Humans Pod...
Oct 26, 2016•55 min
Episode Summary: Our guest on today’s show is science filmmaker Nate Dappen. Like many of the folks that we choose to profile on this show, Nate has a background... Read more » The post EOC 092: The Science Communicators – Nate Dappen’s Path to Becoming a Science Filmmaker appeared first on Wild Lens. Join private conversations with top authors and access exclusive bonus content! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to Earth to Humans Podcast's Substack at...
Oct 19, 2016•34 min
Noise pollution experts Heidi Ware and Jesse Barber discuss new research of the impacts of road noise on migrating songbird populations. This new research shows that, for many bird species,... Read more » The post The Invisible Source of Habitat Degradation appeared first on Wild Lens. Join private conversations with top authors and access exclusive bonus content! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to Earth to Humans Podcast's Substack at earthtohumanspo...
Oct 13, 2016•5 min
