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The Mongabay Newscast is our free, biweekly podcast delivering news and inspiration from nature’s frontline. It features inspiring guests and deeper analysis of the global environmental issues explored every day by the Mongabay.com team, from climate change to biodiversity, tropical ecology, wildlife, and more. Listen to episodes below or subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Android, via Spotify or Pandora, Stitcher, Castbox, Pocket Casts, TuneIn, RSS, or wherever you get podcasts.
- Podcast: Five years after the death of Cecil the Lion, trophy hunting debate rages on
8 July 2020, 10:29 am - Podcast: International task force unites North America to protect salamander diversity
1 July 2020, 7:01 pm - Podcast: Animals have culture, too, and for some it’s crucial to their survival and conservation
24 June 2020, 11:14 am - Audio: Will U.S. scientists find a silent salamander killer in time?
17 June 2020, 9:50 am - Audio: Conservationists find opportunity and community amidst current crises
10 June 2020, 1:51 pm - Audio: Why are salamanders so diverse in North America?
3 June 2020, 9:22 pm - Podcast: Listening to elephants to protect Central Africa’s tropical forests
27 May 2020, 1:59 pm - Audio: North America’s looming salamander pandemic: Is the U.S. ready?
20 May 2020, 12:51 pm - Audio: What can we expect from tropical fire season 2020?
13 May 2020, 2:05 pm - Audio: How to be an ethical wildlife photographer, and why it’s necessary
28 April 2020, 1:55 pm - Audio: Celebrating the 50th Earth Day amidst a global pandemic
14 April 2020, 3:01 pm - Audio: The links between COVID-19, wildlife trade, and destruction of nature with John Vidal
31 March 2020, 2:00 pm - Audio: Songs and sounds of Bering Sea whales and seals reveal a story of change
17 March 2020, 4:55 pm - Audio: Shah Selbe on how open source technology is creating new opportunities for conservation
5 March 2020, 1:49 pm - Audio: Fred Swaniker on conservation as an economic growth opportunity for Africa
19 February 2020, 11:27 am - Audio: Galina Angarova on the indigenous relationship to land, conservation, and the sacred feminine
5 February 2020, 4:06 pm - Audio: The sounds of tropical katydids and how they can benefit conservation
22 January 2020, 4:38 pm - Audio: Ami Vitale on how meeting Sudan, the last male northern white rhino, changed her life
7 January 2020, 2:52 pm - Audio: The best animal calls featured on the Mongabay Newscast in 2019
23 December 2019, 2:40 pm - Audio: Mongabay investigation reveals large-scale land invasion in Peruvian Amazon
12 December 2019, 5:30 pm - Audio: How listening to individual gibbons can benefit conservation
26 November 2019, 3:58 pm - Audio: Damian Aspinall on why he’s calling for zoos to be phased out within the next three decades
13 November 2019, 2:37 pm - Audio: Reporter Katie Baker details Buzzfeed’s explosive investigation of WWF
29 October 2019, 5:57 pm - Audio: Exploring the deep sea with biologist Diva Amon
16 October 2019, 1:32 pm - Audio: Traveling the Pan Borneo Highway with Mongabay’s John Cannon
1 October 2019, 4:48 pm - Audio: Humpback whales across the Pacific Ocean are singing the same song
17 September 2019, 12:07 pm - Audio: Rev. Lennox Yearwood on why he’s ‘excited’ about the urgency and energy behind climate action
4 September 2019, 3:39 pm - Audio: The superb lyrebird’s song, dance and incredible vocal mimicry
20 August 2019, 2:53 pm - Audio: Environmental justice and urban rat infestations
6 August 2019, 11:40 am - Audio: David Quammen on ecological restoration, emerging diseases, evolutionary science, and more
23 July 2019, 7:33 pm - Audio: Listen to the first-ever recordings of right whales breaking into song
9 July 2019, 12:56 pm - Audio: New CITES head on next COP, reining in online wildlife trafficking, and more
25 June 2019, 11:35 am - Audio: Bronx Zoo director says zoos are more relevant to conservation than ever
12 June 2019, 4:08 pm - Audio: Chatty river dolphins in Brazil might help us understand evolution of marine mammal communication
28 May 2019, 2:13 pm - Audio: Exploring a hidden rainforest on an isolated mountain in Mozambique
14 May 2019, 2:45 pm - Audio: Saving forests and biodiversity by providing affordable healthcare
30 April 2019, 5:15 pm - Audio: Tool-using, ground-nesting chimp culture discovered in DR Congo
16 April 2019, 4:53 pm - Audio: Debunking myths about sloths is crucial to stopping the sloth crisis
2 April 2019, 5:14 pm - Audio: What underwater sounds can tell us about Indian Ocean humpback dolphins
19 March 2019, 6:01 pm - Audio: Scott Wallace on the importance of protecting uncontacted indigenous groups in the Amazon
5 March 2019, 3:15 pm - Audio: The sounds of a rare New Zealand bird reintroduced to its native habitat
20 February 2019, 12:05 pm - Audio: Good news from Mexico monarch reserve despite looming deforestation, mine threat
5 February 2019, 1:10 pm - Audio: IUCN’s Inger Andersen: “Women represent 3.5 billion solutions”
23 January 2019, 11:46 am - Audio: Rhett Butler on how sound can save forests and top rainforest storylines to watch in 2019
8 January 2019, 10:15 am - Audio: The best wildlife calls featured on the Mongabay Newscast in 2018
26 December 2018, 11:14 am - Audio: The true story of how 96 critically endangered sea turtle hatchlings survived New York City
11 December 2018, 3:40 pm - Audio: Bill McKibben on the climate movements that give him hope
27 November 2018, 12:53 pm - Audio: A Half-Earth progress report from E.O. Wilson
13 November 2018, 3:04 pm - Audio: Documenting emperor penguin populations, a dispatch from Antarctica
30 October 2018, 1:10 pm - Audio: Racing to save the world’s amazing frogs with Jonathan Kolby
18 October 2018, 12:31 pm - Audio: How an African bat might help us prevent future Ebola outbreaks
2 October 2018, 5:30 pm - Audio: How the social sciences can help conservationists save species
18 September 2018, 3:15 pm - Audio: The ‘Godfather of Biodiversity’ on why it’s time to manage Earth as a system
5 September 2018, 12:43 pm - Audio: The superb mimicry skills of an Australian songbird
21 August 2018, 3:55 pm - Audio: Beavers matter more than you think
7 August 2018, 11:50 am - Audio: Shadow companies and the Indonesian land crisis
24 July 2018, 2:51 pm - Audio: How to use drones without stressing wildlife
10 July 2018, 3:10 pm - Audio: The dialogue between science and indigenous knowledge
26 June 2018, 6:32 pm - Audio: How soundscapes are helping us better understand animal behavior and landscape ecology
12 June 2018, 6:45 pm - Audio: Mexico’s ejidos find sustainability by including women and youth
30 May 2018, 5:59 pm - Audio: Sylvia Earle on why we must act now to save the oceans
15 May 2018, 10:14 am - Audio: Seabird secrets revealed by bioacoustics in New Zealand
1 May 2018, 8:28 am - Audio: Impacts of agriculture on Brazil’s Cerrado region
17 April 2018, 6:22 pm - Audio: Maroon 5’s James Valentine on why he’s working to stop illegal logging
3 April 2018, 4:58 pm - Audio: Exploring humanity’s deep connection to water, plus the sounds of the Sandhill crane migration
20 March 2018, 12:09 pm - Audio: How effective is environmental restoration?
6 March 2018, 1:36 pm - Audio: Exploring the minds and inner lives of animals
20 February 2018, 12:57 pm - Audio: The cutting-edge technologies allowing us to monitor ecosystems like never before
6 February 2018, 2:43 pm - Audio: David Suzuki on why indigenous knowledge is critical for human survival
23 January 2018, 1:25 pm - Audio: Lessons from indigenous peoples about coping with climate change, plus the call of the night parrot
9 January 2018, 4:56 pm - The top 6 moments from the Mongabay Newscast in 2017
27 December 2017, 11:31 am - Audio: Amazon tribe’s traditional medicine encyclopedia gets an update, and conservation effectiveness in Madagascar examined
12 December 2017, 3:24 pm - Audio: Margaret Atwood on her conservation-themed graphic novel, dystopian futures, and how not to despair
28 November 2017, 2:58 pm - Audio: Dr. Jane Goodall on being proven right about animals having personalities, plus updates direct from COP23
15 November 2017, 1:09 pm - Audio: Impacts of gas drilling on wildlife in Peru and a Goldman Prize winner on mercury contamination
1 November 2017, 12:10 pm - Audio: Indonesian rainforests for sale and bat calls of the Amazon
18 October 2017, 2:32 pm - Audio: Is forest certification an effective strategy? Plus acoustic ecology of the Javan rhino
3 October 2017, 3:33 pm - Audio: Legendary musician Bruce Cockburn on music, activism, and hope
19 September 2017, 4:42 pm - Audio: Technologies that boost conservation efforts right now and in the future
6 September 2017, 5:01 pm - Audio: A rare earth mine in Madagascar triggers concerns for locals and lemurs
22 August 2017, 3:11 pm - Audio: Katharine Hayhoe on how to talk about climate change: ‘Share from the heart and then the head’
8 August 2017, 12:39 pm - Audio: Global megadam activism and the sounds of nature in Taiwan
25 July 2017, 12:18 pm - Audio: DJ remixes the sounds of birds, lemurs, and more to inspire conservation
12 July 2017, 2:26 pm - Audio: The fight to save Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem
27 June 2017, 1:28 pm - Audio: Activists determined to protect newly discovered Amazon Reef from oil drilling
13 June 2017, 1:10 pm - Audio: Frances Seymour on why rich nations need to start paying up to protect the world’s tropical forests
31 May 2017, 11:59 am - Audio: Bill Laurance on the “infrastructure tsunami” sweeping the planet
17 May 2017, 12:48 pm - Audio: A deep dive into the study of marine wildlife through bioacoustics
3 May 2017, 10:46 am - Audio: Crystal Davis, director of Global Forest Watch, on conservation and Big Data
18 April 2017, 12:40 pm - Audio: WildTech covers the high- and low-tech solutions making conservation more effective
4 April 2017, 5:23 pm - Audio: Paul Simon on his new tour in support of E.O. Wilson’s Half-Earth initiative
21 March 2017, 1:02 pm - Audio: Meet the ‘Almost Famous Animals’ that deserve more conservation recognition
7 March 2017, 5:28 pm - Audio: Naomi Oreskes on what stories we can’t let get lost in the noise of 2017 and why scientists should speak up
21 February 2017, 5:59 pm - Audio: An in-depth look at Mongabay’s collaboration with The Intercept Brasil
7 February 2017, 4:00 pm - Audio: E.O. Wilson talks about Half-Earth, Trump, and more
24 January 2017, 6:30 pm - Newscast #9: Joel Berger on overlooked ‘edge species’ that deserve conservation
10 January 2017, 2:01 pm - Newscast #8: Top new species discoveries of 2016, and how fig trees can save rainforests
27 December 2016, 3:15 pm - Newscast #7: Undiscovered Sumatran rhinos in the wild in Malaysia? Maybe, maybe not.
13 December 2016, 3:57 pm - Newscast #6: Carl Safina on marine conservation and Trump
29 November 2016, 9:44 pm - Mongabay Newscast episode 5: UN Climate talks and the impending Trump presidency, conserving salamanders in Mexico, and more
15 November 2016, 11:13 pm - Mongabay Newscast episode 4: Inside scoop on new Netflix documentary “The Ivory Game;” orangutan habitat under threat in Indonesia
1 November 2016, 4:56 pm - Mongabay Newscast episode 3: Crucial conservation votes at CITES CoP17 and the future of socio-ecological research
18 October 2016, 2:25 pm - Mongabay Newscast episode 2: Earth’s most climate-sensitive river delta, conservation in conflict zones
4 October 2016, 4:44 pm - Introducing the Mongabay Newscast
20 September 2016, 2:31 pm