You know that feeling you get when you care about the natural world & it’s future but there’s just so much going on & you can’t keep up? Well, enter Into The Wild, your new favourite wildlife & conservation podcast! Each week (plus longer monthly shows that need more chat) hosts Ryan Dalton & Nadia Shaikh catch up on some nature news, sharing stories from the UK & around the world that have hit the main stream media & help unpack the madness.
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Nadia Shaikh Podcasts
Love science and conservation? Want to discover new ways to protect our species? Elle Kaye chats with guests who work within the science genre, but whose job titles may need a little unpacking. Strap in for entomology, taxidermy, diaphonization, pet remains, human pathology and all those that work with specimens.
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Cancer Healing Journeys by ZenOnco.io & Love Heals Cancer
Kishan Shah, Vasundhara Raghavan, Nadia Raju, Prabhat Kumar Verma, Imran Shaikh, Vijay Sharnangat, Premitha R, Shreshtha Mittal, Divya Sharma, Bhumi Ben, Divya Par, Farida Rizwan, Asmita Bhattacharya, Sidharth Ghosh
"In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting." When you feel that you are alone in this journey, you really are not alone. There are countless warriors who have gone through a similar journey like what you are going through today; they have felt the immense pain that you are experiencing; but in the end, they have healed themselves from cancer. Some talk about their own journey as you are listening to this, while some have defeated pain forever, but in ...
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Wham Bam It's Dr Pam - Sex and Relationship Podcast
Wham Bam It's Dr Pam - Sex and Relationship Podcast
Wham Bam It's Dr Pam, a sex and relationship podcast hosted by Dr Pam Spurr that gets up close and VERY personal with celebrities and asks the strange and unusual questions you want to be answered about SEX.
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Dave Sexton - The Return of the White-Tailed Eagle in collaboration with the RSPB
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35:18In this special episode in collaboration with the RSPB to mark fifty years since the reintroduction of the White-Tailed Eagle, join host Elle as she sits down to speak to conservationist Dave Sexton about his integral involvement with this project. In discussion about what it took to bring back Britain's largest bird of prey, how far the project ha…
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Nature News - Week 28 - COP30 & The Amazon
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29:25On this week's nature news, Nadia & Ryan have a big natter about COP30 in Belem, Brazil after Greenpeace report on a big oil extraction from The Amazon rainforest just weeks before the event. We are then joined by the wonderful Mary Colwell to give a quick update on the UK's Natural History GCSE! Show notes: Links to all stories mentioned: Oil Extr…
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Nature News - Week 27 - Ecocide See Ya & Tipping Points!
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37:55On this weeks nature news Nadia kicks off with a potentially trailblazing bill from Scottish Parliament to criminalise actions that are defined as ecocide. Ryan shares an up beat story about re-wriggling a chalk stream in Hertfordshire before ending on some thoughts & feelings about the recent global temperatures causing natural tipping points. Sho…
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Nature News - Week 26 - Dogs, Orcas, Turtles & Trees!
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30:55Nerds, week 26 of Nature News is here & from dogs scenting Orca scat to help with Killer whale conservation to good news for Green turtles AND The Woodland Trust's Tree Of The Year, it's one heck of a half hour for you! Show notes: Links to all stories mentioned: Dogs & Orcas / Green Turtles / TotY Support us: If you'd like to say "cheers" to the I…
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Nature News - Week 25 - A Plant Does What? & Fossil Fuel Fines!
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27:34Nerds be honest, would it really surprise you to learn our first news story this week was about animals getting drunk? No, I didn't think so. SCIENCE. Followed up but a new discovery about a species of dogbane plant at a botanical gardens in Japan then some good news about a hefty fine on a fossil fuel company, we love to see it. Show notes: Links …
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Nature News - Week 24 - England is DRY & Ozone Layer Update!
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38:52This week Ryan & Nadia responsibly crack open a beer as they learn how dry it has actually been in England so far in 2025 & what that means for autumn & winter. Then we are ducking back into 1990s science & learning about the ozone layer & how that old issue got resolved. Show notes: Links to all stories mentioned: Dry England / Ozone Layer / Feral…
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Nature News - Week 23 - Down with the Burn & Tourism Booms!
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37:07Nerds, Into The Wild is back! We are back with weekly Nature News after our summer off & we are jumping straight into some juicy wildlife stories for you along with some exciting things for Into The Wild! On week 23 we have reintroduction stories, policy updates from deep peat burning & 30 by 30, tourism booms in Nepal AND Koala chlamydial (yeah, R…
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Dr Sean McCormack - Vet + Conservationist
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37:11Join host Elle Kaye in conversation with Dr. Sean McCormack, vet and conservationist, to discuss his work at Ealing Wildlife Group in the reintroduction project of beavers to London. Sean talks candidly on the conflicts of species reintroduction, the ambition and aspiration of rewilding, conservation optimism, and a conversation on the wider pictur…
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Bonus Ep: A Chat with Kate Sheridan (Conservation Kate)
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56:50Although we are off resting for 6 weeks, we couldn't quite leave you nerds with no conservation chat could we? 4 years after connecting with Kate on socials, we finally got a time to have a chat & record an episode. Kate is a researcher & fantastic science communicator (no awards given for the nerds who guess what we speak about here). From what co…
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Join zoologist, ecologist and wildlife filmmaker Harry Read, and wildlife filmmaker, photographer and design engineer Edwin Towler in a special live recorded episode. Recorded at Global Birdfair 2025 host Elle Kaye is joined by duo Gone Feral: a wildlife and adventure series on YouTube to chat all things storytelling, nature communication and the c…
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Nature Room 101 LIVE at Global Birdfair ft Megan McCubbin, Mary Colwell & Simon King
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50:12Nerds, we've never been more serious than when we say, "strap, your, self, in!!" At Global Birdfair 2025, Into The Wild again recorded a live show of Nature Room 101. Joining us this year is Megan McCubbin, Mary Colwell & Simon King to decided which Boring Bird, Pathetic Policy & Moronic Mammal should be locked up in the vault for good! Support us:…
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Nature News - Week 22 - The Mid Year Final
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30:37Nerds! Can you believe we've been sharing nature news for 6 months! Because we certainly can't. Week 22 will be our mid year final whilst Nadia & Ryan take summer off to recoup & prepare for exciting new things to come in September.....(seriously, some VERY, exciting new things to come). But on this mid year final, Ryan & Nadia both share some beau…
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Nature News - Week 21 - I Spy An Eco Activist & Tarantulas In The Post
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29:43Week 21 of Nature News is a race against time as Ryan sits in his London flat, in 32C, no air con or fan & old tepid water to survive. But back to reality, Nadia shares a story of how an activist who works to uncover the horrible story of salmon farming is suddenly a victim of intense surveillance by a private spy company, yeah, you read that right…
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Nature News - Week 20 - Some Updates & A Budget Rundown
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28:31On this week's Nature News, Ryan & Nadia revisit 2 stories from the last 6 months to give an update on their progress OR their complete u-turn. Nadia then gives us all a nature rundown of the Labour governments budget & what this could or couldn't mean for biodiversity in the UK. Show notes: Links to all stories mentioned: Labour's Budget on Nature…
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Nature News - Week 19 - That Land is My Land & Nuclear Waste of Time?
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24:46Listener Note: We got some very handy feedback that our audio had been on the quieter side recently so we did some investigating & made some adaptations......basically, it should be louder now so be careful on those ears! Land reform isn't a new topic for us to cover on Into The Wild but celebrating some good news on the theme is! Ryan shares a sto…
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Nature News - Week 18 - Unintended Consequence & A Corridor Done Right!
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28:40From an Asian elephant doing it's shopping in Thailand, a brand new bird splint paste for our injured feathered friends to a pay to release scheme in Sumatra with some unintended consequences AND a brand new 800,000 hectare wildlife corridor in Kyrgyzstan.......week 18 was a busy one. Show notes: Links to all stories mentioned: Bird Splint Paste / …
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Nature News - Week 17 - Pigeons, Penguins & Proposals
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23:33Pigeons delaying flights. Penguins pooping to save the world. Proposals getting blocked for absolutely no reason......this week's Nature News really does have stories from all around the world in just 20 minutes. Show notes: Links to all stories mentioned: Pigeons on Planes / Penguin Poop / Labour Proposals / Asiatic Lions Support us: If you'd like…
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Nature News - Week 16 - Brilliant Buzzing Bees & Vultures In Need
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28:31Week 16 of Nature News is a packed one as Ryan & Nadia unpack stories from plants being able to detect the buzzing of bees to produce more pollen, to terrible news from South Africa regarding recent poaching of vultures PLUS a laughable story from TimeOut London warning us all of a terrifying increase of...*checks notes* adders. Show notes: Links t…
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Nature News - Week 15 - Omega Block & DAM That's Some Good News!
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23:23If you're in the UK, it's not secret that spring has sprung with some unusually hot & dry weather. Whilst we often blame this on the climate crisis, do we actually know what's causing it? Well, luckily Nadia wondered this & found the news explaining it. Ryan then shares some news about river blockages throughout Europe & how their numbers are, ever…
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Nature News - Week 14 - Risky Wind Farm & Snow Leopard Head Count
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25:15Look, we all want to head towards green energy.....right? But are we too quick to say yes before we've looked at the impact of producing it? Nadia unpacks a story about a huge wind farm that could likely be devastating for seabirds. Ryan then takes us over to Nepal to share some shocking facts about air pollution & a recent survey of snow leopards.…
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Journey Back to Namibia: Climate Changes Community
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57:23Community is a word that comes up a lot on our podcast, & it's certainly come up a lot during this mini series. On the final episode of Journey Back to Namibia, Ryan & Nadia talk with a farmer called Vicky & a conservancy committee member called Anna about how the climate crisis & the draught impact a community & what is needed to support it's peop…
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Nature News - Week 13 - The People Want Action & Dragons Fly North!
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26:50Sometimes we think it's just the people in our naturey bubble that want political action to tackle the climate crisis BUT Nadia runs down a story telling us how researchers have learned that the global population more than favour the side for change. Then it's White faced darters that are in the news when Ryan shares how a new potential hot spot fo…
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Nature News - Week 12 - Paw Patrol & Toby Wood-Carvery
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23:14If it's one thing that makes Ryan overjoyed, it's when his two worlds collide positively. Dogs & wildlife! Ryan shares the news of 2 two canines down under who are helping to find a critically endangered lizard. Nadia, beautifully, unpacks the recent news story of an ancient English oak that got chopped down in Enfield after a the restaurant chain,…
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Nature News - Week 11 - Elephants Are Coming & Ban The Burn
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21:37Conflicts with wildlife isn't something Into The Wild shy's away from on the show & on Nature News this week, Ryan shares a new innovative way to create an early warning system for the people of Valparai in India. Nadia then jumps in to share some news, of course after sharing some recent wildlife click bait, on the proposal to complete ban the bur…
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Nerds, let's jump in to episode 3 of Journey Back to Namibia. In episode 3, Ryan & Nadia jump into one of the most important topics for rural people in Namibia. Food & farming. They are joined by two farmers, Uaperendua & Joseph to hear about how farming has changed during the drought & what support they need to be able to provide food security for…
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Nature News - Week 10 - Pests Aside & A New New Forest
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24:02This week Ryan finds himself questioning whether he's being pest-imistic that a 10% reduction in harmful pesticides on UK farms isn't enough.....surely we can be doing better? After sharing some random news about a huge block of ice hanging around outside South Georgia, Nadia tells us all about the new plans for 20 millions trees being planted in t…
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Nature News - Week 9 - Crying Wolf & You've Got Whale
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22:09Fighting food waste is always on the agenda for many countries but how on earth does opening up the law to hunt wolves help with that? Spain recent took a vote & Ryan explains the thinking behind this......but would it work? Nadia shares some shocking statistics about whales & how new AI technology could help make them......less shocking. Show note…
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Nature News - Week 8 - Stateside Peregrine Falcons & A Risky Road
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22:01Just a few decades after peregrine falcons make a comeback in USA, a new threat appears as conservationists notice declines in breeding populations & Nadia dives into what the heck is going on! Ryan shares a story from the Amazon Rainforest as the city of Belem prepares for COP30 in Autumn this year but are the consequences too much to justify the …
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In episode 049 Elle chats with Ryan Dalton + Nadia Shaikh, co-hosts of Into the Wild podcast. Socials: Into The Wild Podcast - https://www.instagram.com/intothewildpodcast/ Ryan Dalton - https://www.instagram.com/mrryanjdalton/ Nadia Shaikh - https://www.instagram.com/buteblackbird/ Listen: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2EHRYvXeDl7KUfTxACA…
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Nature News - Week 7 - Community Care & Polar Bear Trade
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21:59If it's one word you hear us mention a lot it's "community" & on this week's Nature News, Nadia once again shows the power it can have. A community in Sussex, UK, that have worked together & managed to get council agreed rights to the River Ouse. Ryan then tackles a tricky story of Polar Bear hunting & trade in Canada & a recent article calling out…
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Journey Back to Namibia: When The Rain Stops
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47:05Nerds, it's time for episode 2 of Journey Back to Namibia, When The Rain Stops. In this episode Ryan & Nadia share the human element to the climate crisis & explore the extreme weather event of droughts. What they look like, how they take shape & what challenges they can bring to people. Monaliza Siebes, a farmer from Houtini Farm in the #Gaingu co…
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Nature News - Week 6 - Grade A Mistake & Pet Pesticides
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24:43Ryan & Nadia may be thinking just within their bubble but surely we all would have loved to study natural history at GCSE? This week Nadia gives updates on this old Tory policy to welcome the new school topic at GCSE level in the UK that seems to keep being shelved & Ryan gives a run down on a recent article about song birds being affected by dog f…
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Nature News - Week 5 - Who Let The Pigs Out & A Mountain with Rights!
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22:31Ryan & Nadia find themselves, once again, asking the question "who is releasing these animals?" as they take a look at the recent news story of 9 feral pigs wondering freely around the Cairngorms National Park just a few miles away from where the illegally released lynx were found just 5 weeks ago. Nadia then follows up with some inspiring news of …
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Nature News - Week 4 - Pesky Newts & Climate WIN!
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24:17Some good & some frustrating on this week's Nature News. Nadia unpacks some rather silly words that the UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Racheal Reeves said about housing & bats & newts (what a combo). Ryan then gives a rundown on a recent win for the anti fossil fuel campaign with the courts ruling in favour of Rosebank & Jackdaw being unlawful! …
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In episode 048 Elle chats with Luke Massey and Katie Stacey, the founders of Wild Finca based in Asturias in Spain. Six years ago, they embarked on a journey to transform an old dairy farm into a thriving sanctuary for nature. Through innovative and sustainable land management practices, they've created a haven for 113 bird species, 30 mammal speci…
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Journey Back to Namibia: The Story Begins
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37:46Welcome to Into The Wild's new mini series, Journey Back to Namibia. Across 4 episodes, Ryan & Nadia will explore the impacts of the climate crisis in rural Namibia & share words, experiences & stories from those most affected. We start at the beginning. Fires, floods, storms & hurricanes. Severe weather patterns & events, brought on or exacerbated…
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Nature News - Week 3 - Ergh Trump & Driven Me Mad
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23:40Ergh, he's back & we WISH we meant Voldemort. This week's dose of Nature News, Ryan & Nadia unpack what Trumps first 48 hours in office has looked like & how we truly feel about it. Nadia also shares Labour's plan (or rather, no plan) on driven grouse shooting in the UK BUT it's not all bad news, the Marine Conservation Society announce the return …
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Nature News - Week 2 - LABOURing On & Green Light Beavers!
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26:29Nerds, it's time for your weekly Nature News catch up & here's what to expect from week 2! This week we have a focus on the UK government & it's performance on pledges & commitments for a better, greener & ultimately "safer" future, but how are they doing? Then beavers were in the news with some rumours that Labour might scrap the Tories plans to "…
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Nature News - Week 1 - Rogue Lynx & City of Flames
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24:06Nerds welcome to our first of many! It's our new weekly show, Nature News. Each week Ryan & Nadia will unpack some recent stories or events from around the world that impact the natural world. This week its the wildfires in LA that has been dominating the news. With lives lost & homes destroyed, the symptoms of the climate crisis are being felt har…
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S2E10: Into The Wild's Christmas Party: T'is The Season To Get Nerdy!
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1:25:34Before the episode begins, Nadia & Ryan would like to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who has listened, shared or been a part of Into The Wild in 2024. Secondly, a massive hug & thank you to the Royal Entomological Society, for supporting us this year! Nerds, grab a bottle, put the Christmas jumper on & order an Uber because you're all invited to …
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Bonus Episode: Nature Room 101 LIVE at Global Birdfair
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46:17Nerds, the vault is back! Our next live show that we recorded at Global Birdfair back in summer 2024 is now ready for your ears. Featuring Mya Bambrick, Nick Acheson & Elle Kaye, Ryan & Nadia return to the stage with the travel vault of Nature Room 101 to what things our guests & audience put forward to be locked away for good! If you'd like to say…
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Bonus Episode: Raising Hare with Chloe Dalton
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47:24Nature books come in all kinds of different stories & sometimes, it's the ones of direct experience & unique life storytelling that get you hooked the most. This was certainly the case for us when we read Chloe Dalton's debut book, Raising Hare. For this bonus episode, Ryan was invited to interview Chloe at a wonderful independent bookshop, Word on…
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Bonus Episode: The Starling: A Biography with Stephen Moss
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43:51It's about this time of yeah in the UK that many gather just like the starlings however our purpose is to admire the starling murmurations & hopefully not get eaten......unlike potentially one of the starlings. BUT let's focus more on the individual bird & not just on this incredible yet brief nature event. To help us do that I was invited to Hatch…
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S2E9: Autumn: Get Cosy Round The Fire with Ryan & Nadia
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1:01:13Light the fire (or put the YouTube fire TV on), grab a bowl of soup, put your slippers on & take a generic photo of you holding an orange oak leaf for the gram because IT'S AUTUMN! This episode, Ryan & Nadia jump into the pile of leaves of autumn to explore why leaves turn brown, ask "do insects hibernate?" & learn a bit about the world of bats! Gu…
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S2E8: Nature Room 101 LIVE at Global Birdfair!
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1:01:02Nerds get ready for some nature chaos with the first of 2 live shows recorded at 2024's Global Birdfair. Featuring Nick Baker, Lucy Lapwing & Hannah Bourne-Taylor, Ryan & Nadia return to the stage with the travel vault of Nature Room 101 to what things our guests & audience put forward to be locked away for good! This year Into The Wild is proudly …
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S2E7: Wildlife Tourism: Exploration or Exploitation?
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1:18:06For many of us, there's a deep rooted feeling within us that gives us an urge to explore & travel the world & a part of that is built on wanting to see wildlife. Whether it's elephants in southern Africa, whales around the coast of Iceland or the many species of birds in Brazil. There's a pull that encourages us to spend money, travel & enjoy seein…
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S2E6: UK's National Parks: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
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52:41"National Parks in the UK are the crumpets of the nature industry" - Ryan Dalton, 2024 It's a quote Ryan stands behind & claims it makes sense but those that don't follow let's explain. National Parks are celebrating their 75th anniversary this year in the UK & whilst we have all heard of the term, do many of us know what they are? How they were es…
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S2E5: Nature Room 101 with Isla Hodgson & Rory Crawford
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1:07:57Ryan & Nadia have grabbed the keys, put their PPE on & told their guests to stand back as they carefully open the vault door of Nature Room 101 for a new round of applicants to be put forward to join ticks, pheasants, cave centipedes, wind, bogs, deer & Himalayan balsam. This round we welcome marine conservationist & Save Our Seas podcast host Isla…
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S2E4: Insect Pollination: It's Not Just Bees!
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57:56In the last decade there has been a HUGE (& successful) push for people to appreciate bees & the work they do to pollinate not just flowers in the wild, but food crops to feed ourselves & it's not surprise why the bee was chosen. They are fluffy. They are cute. They are.....sexy, BUT... When it comes in insects that pollinate plants, again, includi…
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Anita Choudhary: Finding Life Beyond Ovarian Cancer
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53:47Join us as we explore Anita Choudhary’s courageous battle against stage IV Ovarian Cancer. Diagnosed in 2013 after facing significant health challenges, Anita underwent extensive treatment, including surgery and nine cycles of chemotherapy. In this episode, hear how the unwavering support of her family and the solidarity of Anuradha Saxena's "Sangi…
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