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Rewilding Earth Podcast

Rewilding Earth Podcast

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175

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Jun 2026

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The Rewilding Earth podcast, hosted by Jack Humphrey, highlights the work of the people involved in saving nature’s building blocks, whether they be intact wilderness or key corridors and buffers surrounding wilderness, as well as people invested in protecting and reintroducing extirpated species to these areas. You’ll hear from conservation biologists, activists, naturalists, organizers, artists, and authors as we interview key players in the fight to Rewild Planet Earth.

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June 12, 202643 min

Episode 176: Protecting and Restoring the Wild Heart of the Sky Islands with Louise Misztal

<a href="https://rewilding.org/protecting-and-restoring-the-wild-heart-of-the-sky-islands-with-louise-misztal/" title="Episode 176: Protecting and Restoring the Wild Heart of the Sky Islands with Louise Misztal" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Louise-Misztal-staff-photo-square-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Louise-Misztal-staff-photo-square-300x300.jpg 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Louise-Misztal-staff-photo-square-150x150.jpg 150w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Louise-Misztal-staff-photo-square-768x768.jpg 768w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Louise-Misztal-staff-photo-square-38x38.jpg 38w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Louise-Misztal-staff-photo-square-250x250.jpg 250w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Louise-Misztal-staff-photo-square.jpg 981w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>Episode Summary Louise Misztal, executive director of Sky Island Alliance (SIA), sits down with Rewilding Earth podcast host Jack Humphrey to explore the unique, biodiverse, and threatened Sky Island Region of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. They discuss how these isolated mountain ranges rise out of the surrounding valleys to create a biological […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/protecting-and-restoring-the-wild-heart-of-the-sky-islands-with-louise-misztal/">Episode 176: Protecting and Restoring the Wild Heart of the Sky Islands with Louise Misztal</a></p>

May 29, 202644 min

Episode 175: How Bedrock Environmental Laws Are Holding the Line in Alaska (For Now) with Cooper Freeman

<a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-175-cooper-freeman-on-how-bedrock-environmental-laws-are-holding-the-line-in-alaska-for-now/" title="Episode 175: How Bedrock Environmental Laws Are Holding the Line in Alaska (For Now) with Cooper Freeman" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="200" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/LACL-Bears-Cubs-Rebecca-Noblin-Center-for-Biological-Diversity-Small-300x200.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/LACL-Bears-Cubs-Rebecca-Noblin-Center-for-Biological-Diversity-Small-300x200.jpeg 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/LACL-Bears-Cubs-Rebecca-Noblin-Center-for-Biological-Diversity-Small.jpeg 720w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>Episode Summary Cooper Freeman, Alaska director for the Center for Biological Diversity, returns to the Rewilding Earth podcast and joins host Jack Humphrey for a transparent, gritty, and surprisingly hopeful update from the frontlines of Alaskan conservation. Navigating a relentless onslaught of fast-tracked industrial projects and regulatory procedures gutted under the current administration, Cooper outlines […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-175-cooper-freeman-on-how-bedrock-environmental-laws-are-holding-the-line-in-alaska-for-now/">Episode 175: How Bedrock Environmental Laws Are Holding the Line in Alaska (For Now) with Cooper Freeman</a></p>

May 16, 202642 min

Episode 174: How Fiction Moves the Needle on Real-World Conservation

<a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-174-how-fiction-moves-the-needle-on-real-world-conservation/" title="Episode 174: How Fiction Moves the Needle on Real-World Conservation" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="240" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-15-at-2.40.43-PM-1-300x240.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Photo by Andrew Shelley / Unsplash" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-15-at-2.40.43-PM-1-300x240.jpeg 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-15-at-2.40.43-PM-1-768x614.jpeg 768w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-15-at-2.40.43-PM-1.jpeg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>About the Author Julie Carrick Dalton is a novelist, former journalist, and farmer whose work explores the deep, often complicated relationship between humanity and the natural world. With decades of experience telling stories rooted in fact and reality as a reporter, Julie later turned to working the land, a pivot that ultimately unlocked her passion […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-174-how-fiction-moves-the-needle-on-real-world-conservation/">Episode 174: How Fiction Moves the Needle on Real-World Conservation</a></p>

May 1, 202636 min

Episode 173: Laiken Jordahl on the Battle for Big Bend

<a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-173-laiken-jordahl-on-the-battle-for-big-bend/" title="Episode 173: Laiken Jordahl on the Battle for Big Bend" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="225" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Laiken-big-bend-1-300x225.jpeg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Laiken-big-bend-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Laiken-big-bend-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Laiken-big-bend-1.jpeg 1280w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>Episode Summary Jack Humphrey and the Rewilding Earth podcast sit down with the Center for Biological Diversity’s National Public Lands Advocate Laiken Jordahl to discuss the current administration’s plan to extend border wall construction to Big Bend National Park and the West Texas borderlands. This is an immediate, gargantuan threat to one of America’s most […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-173-laiken-jordahl-on-the-battle-for-big-bend/">Episode 173: Laiken Jordahl on the Battle for Big Bend</a></p>

April 17, 202655 min

Episode 172: &#8220;Homesick for a World Unknown: The Life of George B. Schaller” with Miriam Horn

<a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-172-george-schaller-homesick-for-a-world-unknown-with-miriam-horn/" title="Episode 172: “Homesick for a World Unknown: The Life of George B. Schaller” with Miriam Horn" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Courtesy-of-George-B.-Schaller-Archive-Art31_52830005-copy-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Courtesy-of-George-B.-Schaller-Archive-Art31_52830005-copy-300x300.jpg 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Courtesy-of-George-B.-Schaller-Archive-Art31_52830005-copy-1079x1080.jpg 1079w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Courtesy-of-George-B.-Schaller-Archive-Art31_52830005-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Courtesy-of-George-B.-Schaller-Archive-Art31_52830005-copy-768x768.jpg 768w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Courtesy-of-George-B.-Schaller-Archive-Art31_52830005-copy-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Courtesy-of-George-B.-Schaller-Archive-Art31_52830005-copy-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Courtesy-of-George-B.-Schaller-Archive-Art31_52830005-copy-38x38.jpg 38w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Courtesy-of-George-B.-Schaller-Archive-Art31_52830005-copy-250x250.jpg 250w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>Summary In 1959, George Schaller entered the Virunga Mountains with nothing but a notebook and a folding chair. At a time when the world viewed the mountain gorilla as a savage, cinematic monster, George saw something else: a peaceful, social being whose world we were only just beginning to understand. By sitting lower than the […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-172-george-schaller-homesick-for-a-world-unknown-with-miriam-horn/">Episode 172: “Homesick for a World Unknown: The Life of George B. Schaller” with Miriam Horn</a></p>

April 3, 202640 min

Episode 171: The Hidden Universe of Springs with Larry Stevens

<a href="https://rewilding.org/the-hidden-universe-of-springs-larry-stevens/" title="Episode 171: The Hidden Universe of Springs with Larry Stevens" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Episode-171-Springs-with-Larry-Stevens-300x300.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Episode 171 Springs with Larry Stevens" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Episode-171-Springs-with-Larry-Stevens-300x300.png 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Episode-171-Springs-with-Larry-Stevens-1080x1080.png 1080w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Episode-171-Springs-with-Larry-Stevens-150x150.png 150w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Episode-171-Springs-with-Larry-Stevens-768x768.png 768w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Episode-171-Springs-with-Larry-Stevens-38x38.png 38w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Episode-171-Springs-with-Larry-Stevens-250x250.png 250w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Episode-171-Springs-with-Larry-Stevens.png 1400w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>Dr. Larry Stevens is the curator of ecology at the Museum of Northern Arizona and the director of Springs Stewardship Institute (SSI). He received his Ph.D in zoology from Northern Arizona University in 1989, and served as the ecologist for Grand Canyon National Park from 1989 to 1994. Well-respected in the field of ecology, Dr. […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/the-hidden-universe-of-springs-larry-stevens/">Episode 171: The Hidden Universe of Springs with Larry Stevens</a></p>

March 20, 202649 min

Episode 170: Paul Watson Defending the Southern Ocean with Operation Krill Wars

<a href="https://rewilding.org/paul-watson-on-defending-planet-ocean-with-operation-krill-wars/" title="Episode 170: Paul Watson Defending the Southern Ocean with Operation Krill Wars" rel="nofollow"><img width="240" height="300" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CAPTAIN-PAUL-WATSON-3-scaled-1-240x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CAPTAIN-PAUL-WATSON-3-scaled-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CAPTAIN-PAUL-WATSON-3-scaled-1-864x1080.jpg 864w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CAPTAIN-PAUL-WATSON-3-scaled-1-768x960.jpg 768w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CAPTAIN-PAUL-WATSON-3-scaled-1-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CAPTAIN-PAUL-WATSON-3-scaled-1-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CAPTAIN-PAUL-WATSON-3-scaled-1.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px" /></a><p>Paul Watson, Founder & Director, Paul Watson Foundation Captain Paul Watson is a marine wildlife conservation and environmental activist, renowned speaker, accomplished author, and master mariner. Watson was one of the founding members and directors of Greenpeace. In 1977, he left Greenpeace and founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. In 2022, he founded the Captain […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/paul-watson-on-defending-planet-ocean-with-operation-krill-wars/">Episode 170: Paul Watson Defending the Southern Ocean with Operation Krill Wars</a></p>

March 6, 202648 min

Episode 169: Reba Elliott on the Strategic Power of Older Women in Defense of Public Lands

<a href="https://rewilding.org/reba-elliott-great-old-broads/" title="Episode 169: Reba Elliott on the Strategic Power of Older Women in Defense of Public Lands" rel="nofollow"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Reba-Elliott-headshot-Large-200x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Reba Elliott, Great Old Broads" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Reba-Elliott-headshot-Large-200x300.jpg 200w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Reba-Elliott-headshot-Large.jpg 720w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a><p>Reba Elliott Reba Elliott is the Executive Director of Great Old Broads for Wilderness, the only national environmental network for older women. Reba also serves on the Advisory Circle of Daughters for Earth, coordinates the Movement Building Committee of the National Wilderness Coalition, and is a fellow of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/reba-elliott-great-old-broads/">Episode 169: Reba Elliott on the Strategic Power of Older Women in Defense of Public Lands</a></p>

February 20, 202644 min

Episode 168: American Prairie’s Sean Gerrity on the Art of Thinking Bigger to Rewild the Planet

<a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-168-american-prairie-sean-gerrity-art-of-thinking-bigger-rewild-the-planet/" title="Episode 168: American Prairie’s Sean Gerrity on the Art of Thinking Bigger to Rewild the Planet" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="200" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/IMG_6622-1-Dennis-Lingohr-copy-Large-300x200.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/IMG_6622-1-Dennis-Lingohr-copy-Large-300x200.jpg 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/IMG_6622-1-Dennis-Lingohr-copy-Large-768x512.jpg 768w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/IMG_6622-1-Dennis-Lingohr-copy-Large.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>Show Notes Sean Gerrity – Author of Wild on Purpose: The American Prairie Story and the Art of Thinking Bigger Sean Gerrity, founder and former CEO of American Prairie, discusses building the largest wildlife reserve in the Lower 48 states — bigger than Yellowstone and Glacier Parks combined. He shares how an “interim CEO” role […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/episode-168-american-prairie-sean-gerrity-art-of-thinking-bigger-rewild-the-planet/">Episode 168: American Prairie’s Sean Gerrity on the Art of Thinking Bigger to Rewild the Planet</a></p>

February 6, 202642 min

Episode 167: Paul Lister on Rewilding Scotland&#8217;s Highlands at Alladale Wilderness Reserve

<a href="https://rewilding.org/paul-lister-on-rewilding-scotlands-highlands-at-alladale-wilderness-reserve/" title="Episode 167: Paul Lister on Rewilding Scotland’s Highlands at Alladale Wilderness Reserve" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/paul-lister-300x300.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="Paul Lister, Trustee of European Nature Trust, Alladale Owner" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/paul-lister-300x300.jpg 300w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/paul-lister-150x150.jpg 150w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/paul-lister-38x38.jpg 38w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/paul-lister-250x250.jpg 250w, https://rewilding.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/paul-lister.jpg 358w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>Paul Lister, founder of the European Nature Trust and owner of Alladale Wilderness Reserve in Scotland, has spent 20 years restoring 23,000 acres through reforestation, peatland restoration, and deer management. He advocates for reducing meat consumption, addressing population growth, and redirecting wealth toward nature restoration, demonstrating through tourism and immersive experiences that rewilding degraded landscapes […]</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="https://rewilding.org/paul-lister-on-rewilding-scotlands-highlands-at-alladale-wilderness-reserve/">Episode 167: Paul Lister on Rewilding Scotland’s Highlands at Alladale Wilderness Reserve</a></p>

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