Saving Wildlife with Sam
Get to know the extraordinary people who dedicate their lives to save wildlife and the places they call home. We go beyond the headlines to uncover their wildest encounters, toughest challenges, and what keeps them hopeful in the fight for nature.
Podcasting since 2025 • 9 episodes
Saving Wildlife with Sam
Latest Episodes
Bill Sutherland: Using Evidence to Save Wildlife More Effectively
Bill Sutherland is Miriam Rothschild Professor of Conservation Biology at the University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, and founder of Conservation Evidence. For over 20 years he’s been asking a deceptively simple question: if a doctor ca...
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Jen Miller: Sea Otters, Eco-Grief, and the Conservationist's Path Back to Hope
Jen Miller is Senior Manager of the Sea Otter Fund at the Wildlife Conservation Network, and her path has been anything but linear. A PhD from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies studying tigers and livestock depredation in In...
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Ashleigh Lutz-Nelson: Coexistence of Snow Leopards and Remote Communities at 17,000 Feet
Snow leopards live in some of Earth's harshest environments, hunting on vertical cliffs at elevations where oxygen is half that of sea level. They're sacred to the indigenous communities who share their landscape and they're threatened by human...
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Frank Pope: Flying with Elephants and Fighting for Africa's Wild Future
Frank Pope, CEO of Save the Elephants, shares his unconventional journey into conservationThis episode is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Iain Douglas-Hamilton (1942-2025), founder of Save the Elephants and pioneer of elephant researc...
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Peter Damerell: The Ice Age Antelope's Crash and Comeback
Peter Damerell, Interim Director of the Saiga Conservation Alliance, shares his journey from aspiring wildlife filmmaker to leading conservation efforts across Central Asia for one of the world's most unusual antelopes. From the vast steppes of...
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