Talking Feral
74 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -Your host Paul Boyce, a biology PhD student, talks with guests about conservation, wildlife research, grad school and academia, science and policy and anything else in this conversation style podcast.
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Andrea Wishart Pt 1
December 21, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 64.6 MBAndrea Wishart is a Ph.D student in biology at the University of Saskatchewan. Her research looks at red squirrel life history and caching behavior in the Yukon. In this two part episode we spoke about trying to be effective educators teaching remotely and while in grad school, about the ongoing inequalities in academia and how these manifest in field, and about how all these influences impact how we conduct science .
Andrea Wishart Pt 1 - Academic inequality and field work disparities
December 21, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 64.6 MBAndrea Wishart is a Ph.D student in biology at the University of Saskatchewan. Her research looks at red squirrel life history and caching behavior in the Yukon. In this two part episode we spoke about trying to be effective educators teaching remotely and while in grad school, about the ongoing inequalities in academia and how these manifest in field, and about how all these influences impact how we conduct science .
Joel Campbell - Rooftop gardens and a travelling education
December 16, 2020 01:00 - 1 hour - 53.8 MBJoel is a urban/rooftop gardener, traveler extraordinaire, all around good guy and a close friend. We talk about choosing university over working after high school, travelling when your young and fighting the pressure to take on university debt, and feeding ourselves and a growing population.
Joel Campbell
December 16, 2020 01:00 - 1 hour - 53.8 MBJoel is a urban/rooftop gardener, traveler extraordinaire, all around good guy and a close friend. We talk about choosing university over working after high school, travelling when your young and fighting the pressure to take on university debt, and feeding ourselves and a growing population.
Wayne Linklater - A love for horses and ethics of Predator-Free 2050
December 12, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 60 MBDr. Wayne Linklater is the Chair and Professor of the Department of Environmental Studies at California State University. Wayne completed his Ph.D studying the Kaimanawa feral horses in New Zealand after completing a masters degree in freshwater science. We discuss how we ended up following a remarkably similar path in our academic careers, conservation science as a discipline, and the challenges and shortcomings of New Zealand's ambitious "Predator-free 2050" objective.
Dr. Wayne Linklater
December 12, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 60 MBDr. Wayne Linklater is the Chair and Professor of the Department of Environmental Studies at California State University. Wayne completed his Ph.D studying the Kaimanawa feral horses in New Zealand after completing a masters degree in freshwater science. We discuss how we ended up following a remarkably similar path in our academic careers, conservation science as a discipline, and the challenges and shortcomings of New Zealand's ambitious "Predator-free 2050" objective.
Marnie Prickett
November 30, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBMarnie Prickett is a freshwater policy campaigner and advocate from New Zealand. She headed the influential Choose Clean Water campaign which brought awareness around freshwater issues and failing policy to the height of public awareness. She continues to fight for meaningful and effective freshwater policy in New Zealand, and shares her thoughts on the barriers in achieving this, potential solutions, and her hopeful future for New Zealand's waterways.
Marnie Prickett - How to change environmental policy
November 30, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBMarnie Prickett is a freshwater policy campaigner and advocate from New Zealand. She headed the influential Choose Clean Water campaign which brought awareness around freshwater issues and failing policy to the height of public awareness. She continues to fight for meaningful and effective freshwater policy in New Zealand, and shares her thoughts on the barriers in achieving this, potential solutions, and her hopeful future for New Zealand's waterways.
Dr. Doug Clark
November 20, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 51.7 MBDr. Doug Clark is an associate professor from the School of Environment and Sustainability at the University of Saskatchewan. His research His research has focused on conservation social science in the Canadian North, working with polar bears, bowhead whales, and many other arctic species. His early research and grad school experiences highlighted the importance of social science and reflexivity in conservation work, particularly in remote Indigenous communities.
Erick Lundgren - A fascination with the feral
November 20, 2020 20:00 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MBErick Lundgren is an Arizona-based PhD candidate from the University of Technology, Sydney. His PhD research focuses on wild burros/feral ass in Death Valley, and their interaction with mountain lions. Erick's research, both current and past, has led him through the quagmire of feral species research, and the inherent contradictions in conservation biology and ecology that these species illustrate.
Jonaki Bhattacharyya - A trek through the interior. British Columbia and a PhD
November 20, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 75.2 MBDr. Jonaki Bhattacharyya is an ethnoecologist and adjunct assistant professor at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. Her PhD research focused on feral horses in the Tsilhqot'in area and now she works with people from diverse cultures, and focuses on how they relate to animals, plants, lands, and waters where they live. She does applied conservation work, specializing in wildlife management, habitat stewardship, and Indigenous Protected Areas.
Dr. Mike Joy
November 20, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 53.8 MBDr. Mike Joy is a freshwater ecologist and advocate from New Zealand, and senior research fellow in the School of Government at the University of Victoria, Wellington. His research relates to freshwater fish populations, and water quality and quantity, particularly in response to land use changes and the impacts of industrial dairy farming, and more recently into food systems and applied economics. He continues to have a huge influence on social and political awareness of the degradation of ...
1. Dr. Jonaki Bhattacharyya
November 20, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 75.2 MBDr. Jonaki Bhattacharyya is an ethnoecologist and adjunct assistant professor at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. Her PhD research focused on feral horses in the Tsilhqot'in area and now she works with people from diverse cultures, and focuses on how they relate to animals, plants, lands, and waters where they live. She does applied conservation work, specializing in wildlife management, habitat stewardship, and Indigenous Protected Areas.
Melanie Boudreau - Post-doc bears and conservation controversy
November 20, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 45.8 MBDr. Melanie Boudreau is US based post-doctoral researcher from Canada. She completed her PhD research on snowshoe hares in the Yukon, Canada, and now her main research focus is on black bear conservation in the south-eastern US, working out of Mississippi state. We spoke today about many different aspects of research and grad school, and the ongoing gender inequality in science and academia, and how we approach conservation issues as scientists and people.
2. Dr. Mike Joy
November 20, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 53.8 MBDr. Mike Joy is a freshwater ecologist and advocate from New Zealand, and senior research fellow in the School of Government at the University of Victoria, Wellington. His research relates to freshwater fish populations, and water quality and quantity, particularly in response to land use changes and the impacts of industrial dairy farming, and more recently into food systems and applied economics. He continues to have a huge influence on social and political awareness of the degradation of ...
Mike Joy - NZ's freshwater woes and political gaslighting
November 20, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 53.8 MBDr. Mike Joy is a freshwater ecologist and advocate from New Zealand, and senior research fellow in the School of Government at the University of Victoria, Wellington. His research relates to freshwater fish populations, and water quality and quantity, particularly in response to land use changes and the impacts of industrial dairy farming, and more recently into food systems and applied economics. He continues to have a huge influence on social and political awareness of the degradation of ...
5. Dr. Doug Clark
November 20, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 51.7 MBDr. Doug Clark is an associate professor from the School of Environment and Sustainability at the University of Saskatchewan. His research His research has focused on conservation social science in the Canadian North, working with polar bears, bowhead whales, and many other arctic species. His early research and grad school experiences highlighted the importance of social science and reflexivity in conservation work, particularly in remote Indigenous communities.
4. Erick Lundgren
November 20, 2020 20:00 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MBErick Lundgren is an Arizona-based PhD candidate from the University of Technology, Sydney. His PhD research focuses on wild burros/feral ass in Death Valley, and their interaction with mountain lions. Erick's research, both current and past, has led him through the quagmire of feral species research, and the inherent contradictions in conservation biology and ecology that these species illustrate.
Dr. Melanie Boudreau
November 20, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 45.8 MBDr. Melanie Boudreau is US based post-doctoral researcher from Canada. She completed her PhD research on snowshoe hares in the Yukon, Canada, and now her main research focus is on black bear conservation in the south-eastern US, working out of Mississippi state. We spoke today about many different aspects of research and grad school, and the ongoing gender inequality in science and academia, and how we approach conservation issues as scientists and people.
3. Dr. Melanie Boudreau
November 20, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 45.8 MBDr. Melanie Boudreau is US based post-doctoral researcher from Canada. She completed her PhD research on snowshoe hares in the Yukon, Canada, and now her main research focus is on black bear conservation in the south-eastern US, working out of Mississippi state. We spoke today about many different aspects of research and grad school, and the ongoing gender inequality in science and academia, and how we approach conservation issues as scientists and people.
Dr. Jonaki Bhattacharyya
November 20, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 75.2 MBDr. Jonaki Bhattacharyya is an ethnoecologist and adjunct assistant professor at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. Her PhD research focused on feral horses in the Tsilhqot'in area and now she works with people from diverse cultures, and focuses on how they relate to animals, plants, lands, and waters where they live. She does applied conservation work, specializing in wildlife management, habitat stewardship, and Indigenous Protected Areas.
Doug Clark - Conservation social science and research responsibility
November 20, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 51.7 MBDr. Doug Clark is an associate professor from the School of Environment and Sustainability at the University of Saskatchewan. His research His research has focused on conservation social science in the Canadian North, working with polar bears, bowhead whales, and many other arctic species. His early research and grad school experiences highlighted the importance of social science and reflexivity in conservation work, particularly in remote Indigenous communities.
Erick Lundgren
November 20, 2020 20:00 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MBErick Lundgren is an Arizona-based PhD candidate from the University of Technology, Sydney. His PhD research focuses on wild burros/feral ass in Death Valley, and their interaction with mountain lions. Erick's research, both current and past, has led him through the quagmire of feral species research, and the inherent contradictions in conservation biology and ecology that these species illustrate.
Talking Feral is here!
November 20, 2020 02:00 - 1 minute - 752 KBIntroducing Talking Feral! A podcast with your host Paul Boyce, a PhD student and biologist where I discuss with my guests conservation and nature, grad school and academia, science, policy and everything else. Give an episode a listen and if you like it subscribe!