One of the first times Dominique Gonçalves saw an elephant, it charged her. Yet she has devoted her life to studying them. In this episode, we hear about roundabout ways to find the thing you love, human-wildlife conflict, being underestimated, and asking for the things you want.
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Jun 2022
S1E3 - Expedition Leader Mallory Dimmitt
Mallory Dimmitt loves paddling and has used her athletic abilities to contribute to the scientific conversation. In this episode, we hear about wildlife corridors, over 2,000 miles of tropical forests, massive amounts of bugs, and the need for a good plan. --- This podcast is bro ... Show More
14m 56s
Jul 2022
S1E4 - Paleontologist Aubrey Roberts
Like many kids, Aubrey Roberts was obsessed with dinosaurs, and learned later that you can have job a working with them! Or rather, their bones. In this episode, we hear about ancient reptiles that aren’t dinosaurs, using engineering to study ancient animals, and the aftermath of ... Show More
13m 21s
Jul 2022
S1E5 - Planetary Scientist Sarah Stewart Johnson
Sarah Stewart Johnson knows a lot about motherhood and the surface of Mars—she has it all! In this episode, we hear about freezing temperatures, children in the field, life on other planets, and the importance of role models. --- This podcast is brought to you by No Boundaries: 2 ... Show More
13m 19s
Oct 2023
Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant on Being Chased by an Elephant and Why She’ll Take Her Chances with Bears
Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant, a large carnivore wildlife ecologist, recounts her heart-pounding survival story of being chased by a wild elephant. With unflinching honesty, Dr. Wynn-Grant reveals that the true dangers in her work often transcend the wild creatures she dedicates her life to ... Show More
15m 31s
Oct 2022
People of the Parks: Dr. Rae Wynn Grant
Today we sit down with National Geographic Explorer and Wildlife Ecologist, Dr. Rae Wynn Grant. She has spent her career exploring some of the wildest places on the planet, conducting research on animals like lions, tigers, bears and lemurs. In this episode Dr. Rae Wynn Grant ins ... Show More
57m 15s
Feb 2022
1KHO 35: Change the World and Do What Matters | Clare Fieseler & Gabby Salazar, National Geographic Explorers | 1000 Hours Outside Podcast - S3 E8
Clare Fieseler and Gabby Salazar met in the first class of National Geographic's Young Explorers. Over the past ten years, they have built a strong friendship and recently launched a new middle grades book together called No Boundaries: 25 Women Explorers and Scientists Share Adv ... Show More
52m 40s
Apr 2023
The Woman Who Knows What Elephants Are Saying
For almost 50 years, National Geographic Explorer Joyce Poole has been carefully watching the elephants of Kenya’s Amboseli National Park. Over that time she’s gotten to know them by name and has started decoding their sounds, smells, and body language to figure out just what the ... Show More
28m 12s
Oct 2021
EP 158 // From Depleted To Down Right Confident! Hear How Ellie Is Systemizing Her Home, Motherhood, Marriage In Order To Make Her Business Dreams Come True!
<p>The story of one woman transforming her life changes every other woman she touches... and that is exactly what Ellie Conklin is doing! In today's episode you will get to go to through the trenches of her new mom journey. She is raw, real, and powerful, to say the least. Ellie ... Show More
33m 17s
Jan 2021
The stuff I'm here to study: Life on life on life, by Nalini Nadkarni
Ecologist Nalini Nadkarni – known as the "Queen of the Forest Canopy” – has spent a career clambering around tree tops, studying the interdependence of plants and animals in an ecosystem. But when an accident in the canopy brings Nalini's work to an abrupt halt, she is forced to ... Show More
31m 8s