Tracking jaguars with a toddler: Introducing Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant
As you know, Degrees is all about getting paid to save the planet. This season, we’ve been covering jobs of the future, from renewable energy and electric vehicles to food and fire. For this episode, you’ll learn about a green career dream: a wildlife conservationist!
Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant is a celebrated wildlife ecologist, and the host of the chart-topping PBS podcast Going Wild. You’ll join Dr. Wynn-Grant as she travels to Panama to study an endangered species in the rainforest… with her toddler in tow! You’ll hear all about her thrilling job studying jaguars out in the wild – and what that experience means to her. It’s an adventurous, boots-on-the-ground example of a career that matters to all of us, if we are to save the planet.
Transcript
Original release date: Oct 19, 2022
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Yesh Pavlik Slenk:
Hi there, it’s Yesh!
As you know, Degrees is all about getting paid to save the planet. This season, we’ve been covering jobs of the future, from renewable energy and electric vehicles to food and fire.
For this episode, I have a special treat for you! I want to introduce you to the podcast Going Wild. Its about a green career of my dreams: wildlife conservationist!
My friend Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant is a celebrated wildlife ecologist, and the host of the chart-topping PBS podcast Going Wild. You’ll join Dr. Wynn-Grant as she travels to Panama to study an endangered species…with her toddler in tow! You’ll hear all about her thrilling shot at studying jaguars out in the wild – and what that experience means to her.
I LOVED this episode. The storytelling is phenomenal and the sound design is gorgeous. Today, we’re getting just one glimpse into the true value of Dr. Wynn-Grant’s day-job when it comes to saving the planet… but there are many more action-packed stories in the new season of Going Wild.
So if you like what you hear – and I know you will – follow Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant on Apple Podcasts, NPR One, or your favorite podcast app. And tell them Degrees sent you!
[MUSIC]
Change is coming, oh yeah
Ain’t no holding it back
Ain't no running
Change is coming, oh yeah!
Transcript for Going Wild: Tracking Jaguars With A Toddler:
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/podcast/tracking-jaguars-with-a-toddler/
Yesh Pavlik Slenk:
I hope you loved this episode of Going Wild as much as I did. And just one thought about wildlife conservation as a career: As climate change and habitat loss continues, we’re going to need wildlife conservationists more than ever. Moreover, wildlife ecology, and the findings of researchers like Dr. Winn-Grant, informs so many other fields, from ecological restoration to human health to…planning for sustainable communities, and much much more.
We’ll be back with you next week with a new episode of Degrees.
And that's it for this week! Make sure to listen and follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you're listening now. And share this podcast with a friend so you can both tune in each week and hear how you can help fight climate change. And learn where the jobs are and how you can make a difference.
Until then, check out our Green Jobs Hub to find all the resources to jumpstart your green job career search.
Degrees is presented by Environmental Defense Fund. Our music is Shame, Shame, Shame from Lake Street Dive. And I’m your host, Yesh Pavlik Slenk. Stay fired up y’all.
[MUSIC]
Change is coming, oh yeah
Ain’t no holding it back
Ain't no running
Change is coming, oh yeah!
Yesh Pavlik Slenk:
And that’s all for this episode of degrees
Make sure to listen and follow on -- Oh wait, I am starting at the bottom. Bluh-Uh. alright. [laughs]
Ba-doo-doo. Okay. Here we go, here we go! [laughs] We have fun.
Degrees is produced with Podcast Allies. The artwork is by illustrator Bee Johnson. Degrees theme music is by the amazing band Lake Street Dive. We love their powerful video and song Making Do, all about climate change.
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