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To teach us about whales and dolphins in the Mediterranean Sea, today we are sitting down with Aylin Akkaya, PhD, Director of Marine Mammals Research Association (DMAD), Marine Mammal Consultant of WWF-Turkey, and Research Director of Montenegro Dolphin Research (MDR). Aylin and I have a fantastic time discussing her love for nature as a childhood, stories about her research abroad, everything cetaceans are facing in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, what it’s been like for her as the first Turkish woman biologist pursuing this work, how we can help save and protect cetaceans while visiting the Mediterranean Sea, and her hopes for the future.

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To teach us all about Europe’s wolves, today we are sitting down with Valeria Salvatori, PhD, European wolf expert. Valeria and I have a marvelous time discussing: Her journey that led from studying predators across the globe to focusing on wolves closer to her Italian home, the history of the wolf across Europe, management of wolves in many countries across the continent, how she brought together all stakeholders to make a wolf management plan, issues with politics, and what she hopes to see in the future for wolves across Europe.

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In today’s conversation, I sat down with Dibblex Lesalon, creator and host of the Boots on the Ground podcast based in Kenya, Africa. Dibblex and I have a thoughtful conversation about conservation in Kenya and the United States, the state of podcasts in America and Africa, how and why both of our shows came to be, the struggles we’ve had to overcome to get to where we are today, and what we hope to see in the future for both conservation in our home countries, and our shows.

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November was a big month for the show, as we officially reached 100 episodes on the podcast and added new topics from experts in the field. In case you missed an episode or were on the fence about listening to the full thing, check out these clips from November’s episodes to see if you might want to go back and listen to it in its entirety.

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To teach us about sustainable cruising, today we are sitting down with Daniel Skjeldam, CEO of the Hurtigruten Group based in Oslo, Norway. Daniel’s love for travel and sailing began at an early age when his father would take him to the docks in Oslo to see the famous Hurtigruten ships come into port. After serving in the army, Daniel began working for a local airline to make ends meet, and realized he had a strong passion for travel. After several years in the industry and with a huge dose of courage, Daniel approached the Hurtigruten Group’s board and asked to be the CEO. After some deliberation, he was chosen as the company’s CEO and has been leading the charge in green cruising practices for over a decade.

Daniel and I have such a fun and insightful conversation exploring: Why he decided to pursue becoming the CEO of this particular cruising company, why the company made sustainable practices one of their top priorities, innovations his team is leading for sustainable cruising, science that is being performed aboard their ships to learn about the environment (complete with a shoutout to a former guest on the show!), what to look for when booking your own cruise, and so much more!

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In this episode, we are sitting down with Sacha Dench, Co-founder of Conservation Without Borders and Ambassador for the UN’s Convention on Migratory Species. Sacha and I chat about her childhood growing up in remote Australia, her journey through sports that gave her a platform to bring positive change to our seas, why Europe’s birds are having such a hard time, the story behind Flight of the Swans, and where they are currently at for the Flight of the Osprey expedition.

Get ready for a super inspirational story that I promise will make you want to lace up your boots, get out there, and make change in your special, unique way.

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We’ve reached 100 episodes on the Rewildology Podcast! To celebrate, Brooke answers questions submitted by you (with a cocktail in hand, of course), explains how the show came to be, and shares her vision for the future. The show isn’t stopping anytime soon and big, exciting things are planned for 2023! Thank you all for being a part of the Rewildology community. 

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Whoa, October came and went so quickly! It was another fun month of never-before-tried episode styles, new topics, repeat topics but in more depth, and a whole visual tour across Madagascar to meet the island’s lemurs. In case you missed an episode or were on the fence about listening to the full thing, check out these clips from October’s episodes to see if you might want to go back and listen to it in its entirety. 

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In this episode, we are sitting with Lynne Venart, co-founder of the Lemur Conservation Network. Lynne and I discuss everything lemurs, as well as their top threats and how to conserve them. We then go on a full tour across the island meeting the species and people she’s come to love. If you are not watching the YouTube version of this episode, Lynne and I do our best to give you a description of the photo she’s sharing so that you can envision the trip along with us. If you’re not driving and can safely visit the website, each image is listed in the show notes with a time stamp so that you can follow along.

Additionally, if you want a hardcore science episode all about lemurs with two amazing Malagasy lady scientists, head on over to the archives and check out episode 51 after listening to today’s show.

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Today we are sitting down with one of Rewildology’s first guests, Daniella Chusyd, PhD, to discuss some pretty big professional and personal updates that have happened since we last sat down. If you have time, I recommend going back into the archives and listening to Episodes 14 & 15, Turning Passion into Research: Elephants & Human Health before listening to today’s episode. Or, if you’re like, Brooke, I’m already here and don’t feel like scrolling through 90 episodes, then keep listening my friends!

As a quick recap, Daniella is an Assistant Professor at Indiana University in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and she’s doing wicked cool research studying the links between trauma, mental health, and aging in African elephants, and how these effects help us understand our own physiology. Daniella shares several updates including her promotion to Assistant Professor from post-doc researcher, how her studies in Zambia, Uganda, and the Congo are going for savannah and forest elephants, and one really big personal update that she and I weren’t able to discuss in her first interview. I’m not going to spoil it here and let you hear the story straight from Daniella.

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