Last Wild Places

Last Wild Places podcast explores wild places around the world from a variety of perspectives: conservation, science, expeditions, adventure, indigenous culture, outdoor sports, and more. Published in print and digital since 2011, Patagon Journal is a bilingual magazine in English and Spanish about Patagonia and the world’s last wild places. Find out more at www.patagonjournal.com

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Episodes

Brady Robinson – Saving Cochamó, the Yosemite of South America, and How Outdoor Recreation is Key to Conservation

Climber and conservationist Brady Robinson joins us for our fourth episode of Last Wild Places. Brady worked for 11 years as the executive director of the Access Fund, a non-profit rock climbing advocacy group that works to keep climbing areas open in the United States. He was founding chair of the Outdoor Alliance, a powerful coalition of outdoor organizations for protecting public lands, and he was a former executive director of the Conservation Alliance, which mobilizes the resources of ...

Jun 19, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Pablo García Borboroglu – Penguins, Climate Change, and Taking Risks in Science

The founder and president of the Global Penguin Society (www.globalpenguinsociety.org), Pablo García Borboroglu joins us for our third episode of Last Wild Places. Pablo's conservation efforts have helped protect 13 million hectares (32 million acres) of marine and land habitat for penguins worldwide, including the massive Patagonia Azul (Blue Patagonia) UNESCO biosphere reserve in his home country of Argentina that protects the world's largest colony of Magellanic penguins. He is also a marine ...

Jun 04, 2024•56 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Leon McCarron – Modern Exploration, Saving Rivers, Water Crises in the Middle East, and the Zagros Mountain Trail

In the second episode of Last Wild Places, our guest is Leon McCarron (www.leonmccarron.com), an adventurer, author, journalist and trail designer from Northern Ireland. A practitioner of “slow travel” and long expeditions, among his adventures he has cycled from New York to Hong Kong, traveled through Patagonia on horseback, and walked across China and Mongolia. He has written three books about his journeys, as well as made films for the BBC and National Geographic. His most recent book “'Wound...

May 23, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Amy Lewis – Organizing for Wilderness, the Nature Needs Half Campaign, and Defending Indigenous Rights

In the first episode of Last Wild Places, our guest is Amy Lewis, CEO of the WILD Foundation (https://wild.org/), an international environmental NGO that for 50 years has been mobilizing international coalitions for the protection of wilderness through the World Wilderness Congress, the Nature Needs Half campaign and other initiatives. WILD works in more than 40 countries, with projects on the ground in Mali, helping to protect West African elephants, and the Brazilian Amazon where it is defendi...

Apr 22, 2024•52 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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