After seeing the transnational operation play out, Runako and team profile the local efforts of a Ugandan Wildlife Crime unit–all in the quest to understand why this trade remains so difficult to stop. Then it’s into the jungle to witness mountain gorillas who continue to survive and flourish. Has the team found a silver bullet, or simply dug through a can of worms?

CREDITS

Executive Produced by: Drake, Adel “Future” Nur, Peter Nelson, Maggie Gilbride (DreamCrew Entertainment); Coral Lee (Luminary); Max O’Brien (Novel); Mauricio Gris and Alex Farquharson (Thread Studios)

Host - Runako Celina

Producer -  Saskia Collette

Additional Production - Julian Manuguerra-Patten and Jake Otajovic

Researcher - Madeleine Parr

Editor - Mythili Rao

Original Music Composer - Jake Long

Music Supervisor - Nicholas Alexander

Sound Designer and Mixer - David Smith

Fact Checker - Dania Suleman

Voice of Wolf - Ivan Ivashkin

Follow Pull the Thread: The Wild Life wherever you get your podcasts. To hear episodes early and ad-free subscribe to the Luminary Channel on Apple Podcasts, or directly on Luminary

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Introducing Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco EXCLUSIVE: Their Love Story Like You’ve Never Heard Before from On Purpose with Jay Shetty.

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How did Selena and Benny first meet?

What makes their love story unique?

On today’s episode of On Purpose, Jay sits down with global superstar Selena Gomez and acclaimed music producer Benny Blanco where they share their love story like they never have before. They open up about their personal journey—one that didn’t start with an immediate spark.

Their story is full of humor, mixed signals, and that moment when it all clicked. Benny once thought Selena didn’t like him, while Selena, protecting her heart, kept her distance. But as their friendship grew, they built something real—a relationship rooted in trust, respect, open communication, and always supporting each other. Their story is a true testament that love unfolds when the timing is right.

Together, Jay, Selena, and Benny reflect on the power of embracing love, letting go of past fears, and choosing a partner who helps you grow. Their journey serves as a beautiful reminder that love often comes when you least expect it—but when it’s right, you’ll know.

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How to Balance a Busy Career with a Healthy Relationship

Selena and Benny’s story reminds us that true love isn’t defined by grand gestures or perfection—it’s about finding someone who sees you for who you are, supports you through life’s challenges, and makes even the simplest moments feel special.

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00:00 Intro

01:10 Male Friendships Can Be Challenging

03:01 First Meeting & Deep Conversations

08:48 How It All Started

16:32 Opening Up to Love Again

18:57 It All Happens for a Reason

21:08 Finding Genuine Love

27:13 Be Kind to Yourself

33:37 Don’t Let Negativity Dictate Your Life

37:55 Cultivating Relationships with Trust

48:22 This is How Emotionally Mature Relationships Work      

57:08 The Proposal 

01:05:29 Wedding Planning

01:06:26 Recording an Album Together

01:13:17 Future Family Plans

01:18:03 Selena and Benny on Fun Questions

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Introducing The 3 Things EVERY Human Wants with Esther Perel | The Oprah Podcast from The Oprah Podcast.

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In this episode of The Oprah Podcast, presented by Ulta Beauty, world renowned relationship therapist Esther Perel offers her profound insight on modern romance, and what we can do to feel more alive in all our relationships – not just the romantic ones.

With wisdom gained as a therapist and from her hit podcast, Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel, Esther offers frank sexual advice along with her thoughts on dealing with betrayal, life transitions and relational burn out. Couples and individuals will join via Zoom to hear Esther do what she does best: reveal the hidden truth beyond the stories we tell. She’ll also discuss her ingenious conversation-starter card game, “Where Should We Begin? A Game of Stories by Esther Perel.”

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Wolf and team move closer to arresting their targets Mansour Surur, Amara Cherif, and Moazu Kromah. With stakes high, authorities strategize about how to put these traffickers in handcuffs–as all three men are based in different African countries. Working quickly and stealthily, will the arrests ensue or give the criminals a chance to disappear for good?

CREDITS

Executive Produced by: Drake, Adel “Future” Nur, Peter Nelson, Maggie Gilbride (DreamCrew Entertainment); Coral Lee (Luminary); Max O’Brien (Novel); Mauricio Gris and Alex Farquharson (Thread Studios)

Host - Runako Celina

Producer -  Saskia Collette

Additional Production - Julian Manuguerra-Patten and Jake Otajovic

Researcher - Madeleine Parr

Editor - Mythili Rao

Original Music Composer - Jake Long

Music Supervisor - Nicholas Alexander

Sound Designer and Mixer - David Smith

Fact Checker - Dania Suleman

Voice of Wolf - Ivan Ivashkin

Follow Pull the Thread: The Wild Life wherever you get your podcasts. To hear episodes early and ad-free subscribe to the Luminary Channel on Apple Podcasts, or directly on Luminary

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Thread Studios: @threadstudiosuk

Runako Celina: @runakocelina 

Focused Conservation:@focused.conservation

It’s 2018, Wolf has forked out big bucks from government coffers to buy contraband from the syndicate, yet no rhino horn appears. While anxiously waiting he realizes his manipulation skills may be the only way the traffickers will finally deliver. Wolf, Runako learns, is constantly working to balance espionage and fatherhood, and she sees the toll this kind of work takes on his family.

CREDITS

Executive Produced by: Drake, Adel “Future” Nur, Peter Nelson, Maggie Gilbride (DreamCrew Entertainment); Coral Lee (Luminary); Max O’Brien (Novel); Mauricio Gris and Alex Farquharson (Thread Studios)

Host - Runako Celina

Producer -  Saskia Collette

Additional Production - Julian Manuguerra-Patten and Jake Otajovic

Researcher - Madeleine Parr

Editor - Mythili Rao

Original Music Composer - Jake Long

Music Supervisor - Nicholas Alexander

Sound Designer and Mixer - David Smith

Fact Checker - Dania Suleman

Voice of Wolf - Ivan Ivashkin

Follow Pull the Thread: The Wild Life wherever you get your podcasts. To hear episodes early and ad-free subscribe to the Luminary Channel on Apple Podcasts, or directly on Luminary

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Luminary: @hearluminary

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Novel: @novelpodcasts 

Thread Studios: @threadstudiosuk

Runako Celina: @runakocelina 

Focused Conservation:@focused.conservation

Runako’s producer Saskia visits Hamm, West Germany, site of the world's largest herpetology fair to uncover what types of people buy, or sometimes smuggle, animals and animal products–and why they do it. Whether seeking exotic pets, aphrodisiacs, or hangover cures, the global demand for animal parts persists, as do the shady legal loopholes that allow the trade to flourish.

CREDITS

Executive Produced by: Drake, Adel “Future” Nur, Peter Nelson, Maggie Gilbride (DreamCrew Entertainment); Coral Lee (Luminary); Max O’Brien (Novel); Mauricio Gris and Alex Farquharson (Thread Studios)

Host - Runako Celina

Producer -  Saskia Collette

Additional Production - Julian Manuguerra-Patten and Jake Otajovic

Researcher - Madeleine Parr

Editor - Mythili Rao

Original Music Composer - Jake Long

Music Supervisor - Nicholas Alexander

Sound Designer and Mixer - David Smith

Fact Checker - Dania Suleman

Voice of Wolf - Ivan Ivashkin

Follow Pull the Thread: The Wild Life wherever you get your podcasts. To hear episodes early and ad-free subscribe to the Luminary Channel on Apple Podcasts, or directly on Luminary

FOLLOW:

Luminary: @hearluminary

Drake’s DreamCrew Entertainment: @dreamcrew

Novel: @novelpodcasts 

Thread Studios: @threadstudiosuk

Runako Celina: @runakocelina 

Focused Conservation:@focused.conservation

Some compare illegal wildlife trafficking to a war. On the front line are the poachers and the game rangers. Syndicates often rely on the corruptibility of these poorly-paid rangers to be information providers and protectors. Anton Mzimba, a guardian of rhinos and other big game in South Africa, refused to be one of them.

CREDITS

Executive Produced by: Drake, Adel “Future” Nur, Peter Nelson, Maggie Gilbride (DreamCrew Entertainment); Coral Lee (Luminary); Max O’Brien (Novel); Mauricio Gris and Alex Farquharson (Thread Studios)

Host - Runako Celina

Producer -  Saskia Collette

Additional Production - Julian Manuguerra-Patten and Jake Otajovic

Researcher - Madeleine Parr

Editor - Mythili Rao

Original Music Composer - Jake Long

Music Supervisor - Nicholas Alexander

Sound Designer and Mixer - David Smith

Fact Checker - Dania Suleman

Voice of Wolf - Ivan Ivashkin

Follow Pull the Thread: The Wild Life wherever you get your podcasts. To hear episodes early and ad-free subscribe to the Luminary Channel on Apple Podcasts, or directly on Luminary

FOLLOW:

Luminary: @hearluminary

Drake’s DreamCrew Entertainment: @dreamcrew

Novel: @novelpodcasts 

Thread Studios: @threadstudiosuk

Runako Celina: @runakocelina 

Focused Conservation:@focused.conservation

With the operation underway. Wolf gains trust by playing a well-connected drug trafficker who is now dabbling in the illegal wildlife trade. But to get money into the traffickers’ hands, and capture them on tape, is more of a hurdle than he expected. Turns out, banks don’t like large, mysterious, international transfers. Wolf tries a more precarious solution.

CREDITS

Executive Produced by: Drake, Adel “Future” Nur, Peter Nelson, Maggie Gilbride (DreamCrew Entertainment); Coral Lee (Luminary); Max O’Brien (Novel); Mauricio Gris and Alex Farquharson (Thread Studios)

Host - Runako Celina

Producer -  Saskia Collette

Additional Production - Julian Manuguerra-Patten and Jake Otajovic

Researcher - Madeleine Parr

Editor - Mythili Rao

Original Music Composer - Jake Long

Music Supervisor - Nicholas Alexander

Sound Designer and Mixer - David Smith

Fact Checker - Dania Suleman

Voice of Wolf - Ivan Ivashkin

Follow Pull the Thread: The Wild Life wherever you get your podcasts. To hear episodes early and ad-free subscribe to the Luminary Channel on Apple Podcasts, or directly on Luminary

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Luminary: @hearluminary

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Novel: @novelpodcasts 

Thread Studios: @threadstudiosuk

Runako Celina: @runakocelina 

Focused Conservation:@focused.conservation

In 2016, Wolf, an undercover agent, was enlisted by a former DEA agent and a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Officer to embark on his most audacious mission to date--to take down a top wildlife crime syndicate. The story of Moazu Kromah, East Africa's most wanted wildlife trafficker, is nowhere near as interesting as how he was taken out, and by whom.

CREDITS

Executive Produced by: Drake, Adel “Future” Nur, Peter Nelson, Maggie Gilbride (DreamCrew Entertainment); Coral Lee (Luminary); Max O’Brien (Novel); Mauricio Gris and Alex Farquharson (Thread Studios)

Host - Runako Celina

Producer -  Saskia Collette

Additional Production - Julian Manuguerra-Patten and Jake Otajovic

Researcher - Madeleine Parr

Editor - Mythili Rao

Original music composer - Jake Long

Music Supervisor- Nicholas Alexander

Sound designer and mixer - David Smith

Fact checker - Dania Suleman

Voice of Wolf - Ivan Ivashkin

Follow Pull the Thread: The Wild Life wherever you get your podcasts. To hear episodes early and ad-free subscribe to the Luminary Channel on Apple Podcasts, or directly on Luminary

FOLLOW:

Luminary: @hearluminary

Drake’s DreamCrew Entertainment: @dreamcrew

Novel: @novelpodcasts 

Thread Studios: @threadstudiosuk

Runako Celina: @runakocelina 

Focused Conservation:@focused.conservation

Investigative reporter Runako Celina begins to uncover the dark and twisted world of wildlife trafficking and meets a unique character who is at the center of it all. On this season of Pull The Thread, The Wild Life takes an unprecedented look at the fascinating, corrupt, and oftentimes dangerous world of the illegal wildlife trade. [Content Warning: Contains description of violence to animals.]

CREDITS

Executive Produced by: Drake, Adel “Future” Nur, Peter Nelson, Maggie Gilbride (DreamCrew Entertainment); Coral Lee (Luminary); Max O’Brien (Novel); Mauricio Gris and Alex Farquharson (Thread Studios)

Host - Runako Celina

Producer -  Saskia Collette

Additional Production - Julian Manuguerra-Patten and Jake Otajovic

Researcher - Madeleine Parr

Editor - Mythili Rao

Original music composer - Jake Long

Music Supervisor- Nicholas Alexander

Sound designer and mixer - David Smith

Fact checker - Dania Suleman

Voice of Wolf - Ivan Ivashkin

Follow Pull the Thread: The Wild Life wherever you get your podcasts. To hear episodes early and ad-free subscribe to the Luminary Channel on Apple Podcasts, or directly on Luminary

FOLLOW:

Luminary: @hearluminary

Drake’s DreamCrew Entertainment: @dreamcrew

Novel: @novelpodcasts 

Thread Studios: @threadstudiosuk

Runako Celina: @runakocelina 

Focused Conservation:@focused.conservation