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Musician Paul Simon discusses his environmental concert tour
Episode 14
On this episode of the Mongabay Newscast, we're thrilled to feature a conversation with the one and only Paul Simon, who's just announced a tour in s…
9 years, 3 months ago
Almost Famous Animals - plus the songs of galagos
Episode 13
On this episode of the Mongabay Newscast, we welcome contributing editor Glenn Scherer to the program, who is responsible for Mongabay's "Almost Famo…
9 years, 4 months ago
Author and climate historian Naomi Oreskes on why scientists should speak out
Episode 12
With so much uncertainty around the new Trump Administration's environmental priorities, especially its energy and climate policies, this episode is …
9 years, 4 months ago
Reporter Sue Branford on journalism from the Amazon that makes a difference
Episode 11
This week we speak with journalist Sue Branford, a regular contributor to Mongabay who has been reporting from Brazil since 1979 for the BBC and othe…
9 years, 5 months ago
E.O. Wilson talks about global biodiversity, Trump, Half-Earth, and hope
Episode 10
On this episode, we feature excerpts from a conversation with author and biologist E.O. Wilson, one of the greatest scientists of the last 100 years…
9 years, 5 months ago
Yaks, curassows, and other cool species overlooked by conservation efforts
Episode 9
This week we're joined by Joel Berger, a professor at Colorado State University and a senior scientist with the New York-based Wildlife Conservation …
9 years, 5 months ago
Top new species discoveries of 2016, and how fig trees can save rainforests
Episode 8
This being the last Mongabay Newscast of 2016, we're bringing you the top new species discoveries of the year. Here at Mongabay we report on a lot of…
9 years, 6 months ago
Undiscovered Sumatran rhinos in the wilds of Malaysia? Maybe, or maybe not.
Episode 7
On episode seven of the Newscast we talk with Mongabay contributing editor for Southeast Asia Isabel Esterman, who is based in Cairo, Egypt, about th…
9 years, 6 months ago
Carl Safina discusses marine conservation under a Trump administration, and Rhett Butler shares the origins of Mongabay
Episode 6
Noted ecologist and author Carl Safina appears on this episode of the Mongabay Newscast to discuss the current state of marine conservation and its f…
9 years, 7 months ago
Report from the Climate Talks in Marrakesh and Salamander Conservation in Michoacan, Mexico
Episode 5
On this week's Newscast we hear from writer Justin Catanoso who's at the COP22 climate talks in Marrakech, Morocco filing reports for Mongabay.com. H…
9 years, 7 months ago