Joshua Lisbon is a tracker, tanner and teacher who works as the director of education at MPG ranch. He is the co-founder of the Montana Folk School. You can learn directly from Joshua and other amazing teachers by visiting MontanaFolkSchool.ORG

Joshua has designed and implemented wilderness and experiential-based education programs for various agencies since 2001. In his free time, Joshua enjoys exploring Montana’s wild places. As an avid outdoorsman, he enjoys any pursuit that keeps him connected to the natural world.

We look forward to seeing you at the International Wildlife Film Festival April 22-27! Joshua has all kinds of IWFF ties including being the subject of last year’s Audience Award winner, Tracking Notes: The Secret World of Mountain Lions.

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Elizabeth Unger is a Missoula based Nat Geo explorer, Sundance supported film maker and activist, who finds herself drawn to challenging, immersive, and impact-driven projects that can break through the boundaries set in her own mind.

Elizabeth has worked and traveled across all seven continents.

Her award-winning feature directorial debut, TIGRE GENTE, world premiered at Tribeca in 2021, screened at more than 35 film festivals internationally, and will be broadcast by National Geographic this year.

Liz Unger is the director of BATSIES - a short film featured in the 2023 International Wildlife Film Festival selections. BATSIES examines two women’s tender relationship with an animal that’s quintessentially feared and loathed: the bat. Sara Weaver and Sarah Fritts are best friends and ecologists who are leading bat conservation efforts in Texas.

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Serena Early is one of Missoula's first Yoga teachers. She has been a student of Yoga for 40 years. She has studied with Geeta and BKS Iyengar in India, George Purvis in Dallas TX, as well as Judith Lasater, Ramanand Patel, Angela Farmer, and Victor van Kooten. Serena has taught Yoga for over 35 years and has developed her own style of teaching. Her approach allows each to "be" where they are in pose, facilitating correct body mechanics. This lets each posture be a way for the individual to gain the most benefit in terms of health and rehabilitation.

Thank you so much for submitting your questions in celebration of exceeding 500 episodes! Mandela answer's a question submitting by Jesse Weber at the end of this episode. Jesse's question relates to Mandela's near death experiences...

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Michael Kroon was born and raised as a farmer in the Karoo. In the language of the Bushmen, "Karoo" means "Dry Place" and the main threat to farmers and their livestock is drought. During this episode, Michael talks about the importance of conserving the "Veld" plantlife on the landscape and how he helps people ethically hunt kudu, springbok and blesbok. 

Michael's son loved planting trees in the community, and after he lost his life, Michael and his wife continue to plant and water 1,000 trees around the town of Willowmore. This episode was recorded after Mandela made her first springbok harvest and completed the blood ceremony in order to respect the culture of the Bushmen and the animal. The meat was shared by friends and family.

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This week we sit down with a raptor ecologist who is informing the nation through his in depth research regarding the demographic implications of lead poisoning for eagles. Over the past year, his paper has been featured in National Geographic, The New York Times, Popular Science, The Wall Street Journal, and many more. 

Mandela recently collaborated with him on a lead-free ammunition shooting demo in Livingston and they recorded this interview afterwards!

"Demographic implications of lead poisoning for eagles across North America" 



This paper published in Science, which was lead by Dr. Vince Slabe, is the first to show continent-wide demographic consequences of chronic lead poisoning on Bald and Golden Eagles. It was found that nearly half of studied eagles exhibited chronic lead poisoning, and that lead poisoning is a barrier to the growth of eagle populations across North America.

Vince is originally from central Illinois and graduated with a B.Sc. and M.Sc. from the University of Illinois. Shortly after, he travelled west and quickly developed a strong interest in bird research. Vince worked on multiple avian research and monitoring projects in California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Wyoming before completing a Ph.D. at West Virginia University in Forest Resources Science. Vince’s dissertation focused on lead poisoning of bald and golden eagles on a nationwide scale.

At CSG, Vince is focused on running non-lead ammunition programs and studying if the increased use of non-lead ammunition results in reductions of bald and golden eagle mortality. Additionally, he is working on a project studying movements of golden eagles in Alaska. Vince is a member of the Raptor Research Foundation, the Eastern Golden Eagle Working Group, and serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Raptor Research.

Vince and his family live in Montana. When not working, Vince enjoys spending time with his family, floating the river, birding, cross-country skiing, fishing, hunting, biking and listening to Chicago Cubs baseball. 

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This show was recorded on the veranda of a 130+ year old Victorian home near the salt marshes on the southern coast of Georgia. Featuring, Tim Keyes, an ornithologist and wildlife biologist for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Tim's focus is coastal non-game birds. 

Tim will elaborate deeply on how dinosaurs evolved into birds, physiological aspects of birds in terms of why they are able to fly & sometimes swim underwater. Tim talks about eggs & their various shapes and colors in terms of how they differ from species to species and why. In addition, Tim talks about bird's eye sight, feather makeup & we take an in depth look at massive migration and how birds are able to fly across oceans without stopping to destinations they have never been to before.

Did you know that birds use celestial navigation? The knowledge embedded in this show will blow your mind. 

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Raymond Gildenhuys grew up in South Africa on a farm 20 kilometers from the Indian Ocean. From a young age, his grandfather helped inspire his passion for old Land Rovers, honey farming and the utter joy of living a simple life by the sea. When he isn't spearfishing, you might find him volunteering in Zambia or installing Toyota Hilux engines into old Land Rovers. Over a period of 80 days, Raymond rode his horse around 1,000 kilometers of southern Africa. Tune in for some truly inspirational stories about faith, family and adventure. 

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Ester Van Der Merwe is a Black Rhino Monitor for South African National Parks. Ester grew up on a diary farm located near Kruger National Park. She has been passionate about wildlife and conservation for as long as she can remember. With a lengthy history in monitoring large predators she has extensive experience exclusively focused on Black Rhino. Ester does most of her work on the ground and has been charged by rhinos more times than she can remember. She is a talented photographer and a passionate individual with an absolute love for the African bush and teaching others.

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Orea Roussis is originally from Connecticut and has been running rivers all over the world for over 35 years. She is one of the most experienced yet humble guides who will ever meet and loves sharing the wilderness experience with her guests. Orea often lives a nomadic life for half the year driving around rivers in California, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and the Grand Canyon. When she is not in the U.S. you could potentially find her kayaking in Chile, Nepal or New Zealand.

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Jenna Lyons is a paraglider, long distance runner, kite boarder and whitewater kayaker based in Missoula. During this episode she reflects on the meditation of running long distances in the mountains and the joy of learning to paraglide above Missoula, Montana. Jenna also shares some lessons learned from law school, injuries and the life long journey of paragliding.

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