Best Snow Leopard Podcasts (2024)

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#99: Into the Wild: Snow Leopards and Wildlife Photography with Jake Davis 54:39

41m ago54:39

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Have you ever watched Planet Earth and wondered how they get that amazing footage of elusive and wild animals? Get ready to learn about that and much more. Wildlife photographer Jake Davis shares his incredible journey from a 10-year-old with a disposable camera to capturing stunning footage for Planet Earth. Jake dives into the challenges and triu…

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Thacker Pass: The Lithium Rush & Its Impact on Indigenous Communities 1:01:21

1d ago1:01:21

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In this episode, host Lyla June interviews Dean Barlese, an elder and spiritual leader from the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe and Max Wilbert, writer and community organizer whose been part of grassroots political work for 20 years, and is the founder of Protect Thacker Pass. Their discussion focuses around the status of the lithium mining project to b…

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Editor's Picks: Conservation is working 25:53

8h ago25:53

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In this episode of The Geographical Podcast, we read out articles from our print magazine or website. This week, we hear how – worldwide – nature conservation is working. Also in this episode, we visit an unusual British sports stadium in the Cotswolds, home to a unique version of the Olympic games. This story is part of our Discovering Britain ser…

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Tim Leon: The Return on Empathy for Brands and Marketers 30:30

1h ago30:30

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Empathetic marketing is having a moment. But really, this trend has been a long time coming. Buyers today are savvy, everything is available online, and they have no patience for brands that don't understand them or their needs. My guest today, Tim Leon, coined the term Return on Empathy and talks about all that companies gain when they engage in m…

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Editor's Picks: A new threat to the UK's fishing industry 24:09

4h ago24:09

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In this episode of The Geographical Podcast, we read out articles from our print magazine or website. This week, we investigate the impact of new visa regulations on the UK’s fishing industry. With support from Journalismfund Europe, investigative journalists Christine Ro, Laura Cole, Aliya Bashir and Imran Muzaffar report on a situation that some …

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Barbara Huelat: Empathy for Dementia Caregivers and Effective Interventions 34:19

3h ago34:19

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According to the NIH, an estimated 6.7M Americans 65+ are living with Alzheimer's dementia. This number could grow to 13.8 million by 2060 barring the development of medical breakthroughs. Today, you'll learn why dementia is not a disease, but a symptom, and what caregivers go through, experience, and need - especially from their managers and workp…

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Editor's Picks: The meaning of mountains 24:15

24h ago24:15

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In this episode of The Geographical Podcast, we read out articles from our print magazine or website. This week, we head into the mountains with Dawn Hollis, a historian at St Andrews University, whose research focuses on the history of mountains and mountain-climbing. For many hillwalkers and mountaineers, mountains are something to be conquered –…

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Brad Synder, From War Zones to Winning Gold 1:09:03

6d ago1:09:03

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Episode Rundown 00:00 Navy choice surprising, personal agency, self-assessment. 10:07 Routine of deployment, planning missions, intense focus. 15:36 Be vigilant for potential IED hazards. 16:35 Struggle to stay focused in combat heat. 25:33 Grateful for life after near-death experience. 29:57 Realized blindness after combat, surgery wasn't successf…

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July Hot Take: How Thoughtful Decisiveness Shows Your Team Empathy 18:46

6d ago18:46

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Today we're diving into Pillar Four of the 5 Pillars of Effective Empathetic Leadership featured in the new book coming September 10, The Empathy Dilemma - Decisiveness. Yes, factoring in various viewpoints is the way forward for empathetic leaders - and enables us to see more opportunities and avoid more risks. But we must combine that with swift …

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Esther Goldenberg: Imagining Deborah's Untold Story with Empathy 42:28

13d ago42:28

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What does it mean to tap into empathy and reimagine the life and experiences of someone only mentioned in a few sentences in history, whose story remains untold? My guest is Esther Goldenberg, educator and author of the Biblical fiction novel, The Scrolls of Deborah. We discuss how a few lines in the Bible sparked Esther's curiosity to imagine this…

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Dr. Nicole Price: From Engineer to Empathy Revolutionary 43:10

20d ago43:10

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How do you get analytical, process-driven people like engineers, lawyers, and doctors to see the value of empathy and human connection? It's not that they CAN'T embrace it. It's just that they see the world and how to solve problems differently. My guest, Dr. Nicole Price believes two things: 1) everyone wants to do a good job and 2) empathetic lea…

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Joro Spiders: Should You Be Concerned? And more Astounding Spiders with Dr. Sarah Rose 1:24:07

19d ago1:24:07

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Have you seen all of the scary headlines about massive venomous Joro spiders invading the eastern USA? Well, as you might imagine, these headlines are designed to drive clicks so that individuals and media can monetize their content. Dr. Sarah Rose helps set the record straight, and also answers some questions about spider mating rituals, which tur…

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Editor's Picks: The fight for the Amazon 30:41

23d ago30:41

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This week, we head into the Ecuadorian Amazon, where Indigenous leader and environmental activist Nemonte Nenquimo has spent the last decade fighting to protect her ancestral territory, the forest ecosystem and her way of life, from encroaching oil companies. We also hear from Andrew Brookes, a geographer at King’s College London and a regular cont…

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Amy Koford: Hypnosis for Self-Awareness and Overcoming Trauma 27:57

29d ago27:57

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We talk a lot about the importance of self-awareness and self-care in helping you be a more empathetic and effective leader. In fact, those are two of my five pillars in my book, The Empathy Dilemma because they are vital to being a more effective leader and human. You may think of the traditional modalities, but have you considered hypnosis? Today…

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Ben Ayers, From Honey Hunters to Snow Leopard Sisters 56:04

1M ago56:04

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Ben's Website: www.jetbutterflies.com Ben's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jetbutterflies/By Ben Ayers, Erik Weihenmayer

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In Appreciation of Grindhouse Cinema 21:05

1M ago21:05

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Film programmers Matt Rotman of Bonkers Ass Cinema and Eddie Gurrola of Popcorn Reef join Cinema Junkie to sing the praises of grindhouse cinema.By Beth Accomando

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June Hot Take: How Clarity Makes You an Empathetic Leader 12:47

1M ago12:47

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The book is coming! September 10 is the day that The Empathy Dilemma: How Successful Leaders Balance Performance, People, and Personal Boundaries hits shelves to help leaders dedicated to people-centered practices to get the best performance possible and balance the demands of the business with the needs of their people. I am so excited to share th…

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#98: Ocean’s Green Giants: The Vital Role of Kelp with Tristin Anoush McHugh 1:03:13

1M ago1:03:13

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The ocean’s surface is a bit like the cover of a book. We have a title - the ocean - which gives us a hint about what it is. And we probably have some preconceived ideas about it based on the cover graphics or author. But we can’t see inside to truly understand the stories it wants to tell. One of those stories is about a forest - yes, an underwate…

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Protectors of the Snow Leopard: Maria Azhunova of the Buryat-Mongol Indigenous Peoples of the Russian Federation 51:32

1M ago51:32

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In this episode, host Lyla June talks with Maria Azhunova of the Buryat-Mongol Indigenous Peoples, Director of the Land of Snow Leopard Network. Their discussion focuses around the significance of the Snow Leopard, it's meaning and how they are spreading awareness and education on this sacred animal, as well as protecting the animal from humans and…

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Interview: Saving the African manatee with Aristide Kamla 44:04

1M ago44:04

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In this bonus episode, we interview recent Whitley Award winner Aristide Kamla and hear all about his work, conserving Cameroon's marine wildlifeBy Geographical

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Michael Bach: What Exclusion is Costing Your Company 48:19

1M ago48:19

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The research is clear: investing in diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging contributes to your bottom line. I hate to be so crass about a topic that should just be something we care about as humans connecting with other humans, but with all the recent backlash about diversity and equity initiatives, we have to get executive attention somehow. …

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Editor's Picks: Saving Ecuador's last condors 36:27

2M ago36:27

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This week, a trip to the Ecuadorian Andes where Mark Stratton visits a project aiming to save the country's last wild condors. Plus, an ancient Egyptian mystery and writer Alec Ash's decision to ditch the rat race in China and move to the beautiful rural town of Dali.By Geographical

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Jessica Swank: How Box Navigates the New World of Work 38:41

2M ago38:41

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Post-pandemic leadership can be challenging. With the current market and increased expectations workers, leaders, and mid-level managers are squeezed, balancing the needs of the business with the demands of their people. This is why I'm excited to talk to a Chief People Officer of a global organization that is doing the work, navigating the journey…

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Editor's Picks: A fairer future for South Africa's rooibos farmers 26:22

2M ago26:22

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This week, we dive into the science of shipwrecks and find out what they can reveal about our changing oceans; board an icebreaker en route to Antarctica; and visit the rooibos plantations in South Africa's Cederberg Mountains, where Indigenous farmers are finally getting a fairer deal for their increasingly popular crop.…

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Gautam Shah: Exercising with a Snow Leopard: Video Games to Engage Wildlife Conservation 43:42

2M ago43:42

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Visiting snow leopards in their natural habitat or hanging with penguins in Antarctica is a life-changing way to engage with nature but it's not within the grasp of most people. So how can we leverage technology to offer that exposure and foster empathy for wildlife conservation? My guest today, Gautam Shah, figured out a way to combine his passion…

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#97: How to Love a Forest with Ethan Tapper 1:10:19

2M ago1:10:19

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Forestry is incredibly interesting and important, and it really speaks to me personally, because it’s one of these fields that is inherently interdisciplinary. You have to understand how things relate and connect to create a healthy, sustainable system. But traditionally, forestry was all about resource extraction, which often is done at the expens…

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Editor's Picks: The brain and climate change, and tracking the elusive snow leopard 30:54

2M ago30:54

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This week, we travel to the high peaks of Ladakh in northern India to track one of the most elusive and charismatic animals in the world - the snow leopard. Plus, a bizarre proposal in Malaysia and the terrifying, underreported, impacts of climate change on brain health.By Geographical

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Quinn Brett & Jason Stoffer 48:48

2M ago48:48

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This duo took the Grand Canyon head-on, from one side to the other and back again, with nothing but their grit and trusty hand cycles — or "trikes" as they like to call them. Why trikes? Because they are both paralyzed from the waist down. Jason was injured in a rollover vehicle crash. Quinn, from a fall while climbing a giant wall of granite, the …

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May Hot Take: Why is Self-Care Core to Empathetic Leadership? 9:45

2M ago9:45

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Self-care is more than just manis, pedis, and massages. It is vital to helping leaders embrace empathy while also making tough business decisions, holding people accountable, and setting high-performance standards. It matters because depleted leaders are ineffective leaders. To access the episode transcript, please click on the episode title at www…

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Nisenan Homelands: CHIRP, #LandBack, and Cultural Phoenixing with Shelly Covert and Ember Amador 1:05:54

2M ago1:05:54

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In this episode host Lyla June talks with Shelly Covert, spokesperson for the Nisenan Indigenous Nation, native to Grass Valley & Nevada City areas of northern California. Co-founders of CHIRP (California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project) Shelly Covert and Ember Amador discuss their $2.4M GoFundMe campaign to recover sacred lands stolen during…

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Diana Cutaia: How Psychological Safety Boosts Performance in Sports - and at Work 32:22

2M ago32:22

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What do psychological safety, your team's performance, and sports coaching have in common? Today, you're going to find out how belonging helps you innovate and perform beyond even what you thought possible. Today, Diana Cutaia defines what we mean by "peace" and that it is more than just the absence of violence. She also breaks down psychological s…

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#96: From Rattles to Kings: Unraveling the Secrets of Snakes With Dr. Emily Taylor 1:06:34

2M ago1:06:34

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Snakes are the perfect topic for Nature’s Archive. They are often over-generalized to fit a worst-case stereotype, but they are critically important to our food webs and ecosystems. And like so much of what we discuss, once you start learning just a bit about them, you see how amazing and diverse they are. And there are few better suited to guide u…

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Editor's Picks: Hunting the world's largest flower 25:54

2M ago25:54

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In this episode, Andrew Brooks of King's College London explains why using historical comparisons when contemplating African hospitals is lazy and misleading; we hear some good news from the world of conservation; and Bryony Cottam charts the adventures of botanist Chris Thorogood and his hunt for rafflesia, the world's largest and smelliest flower…

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Andrea Butcher: Balancing Empathy, Accountability, and Vulnerability 37:49

3M ago37:49

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The most popular question I get, by far, is how to balance empathy and accountability. often a false impression of empathy that makes us ask this question in the first place. Today, I'm talking with Andrea Butcher, CEO of HRD, a Leadership Development Company. Andrea is a visionary—she knows how to lead organizations from big picture to execution. …

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Editor's Picks: Why tourists are returning to Iraq 32:20

3M ago32:20

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In this weekly edition of the Geographical podcast, we read out three articles from the magazine or website. In this episode, we hear how climate change is impacting the world's northernmost rivers; we learn about traditional Indigenous fire practices; and we meet the founder of a new group helping travellers connect with ordinary people in Iraq.…

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Editor's Picks BONUS: Tommy Trenchard on writing about clubfoot 18:52

3M ago18:52

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In this bonus episode of The Geographical Podcast: Editor's Picks, associate editor Katie Burton speaks to Tommy Trenchard about his article on treating clubfoot.By Geographical

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Robin Hills: Understanding the Intelligence of Emotions 33:34

3M ago33:34

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When you think of emotional intelligence, there are still many leaders out there who falsely believe it has no place in business. Business is about logic, not emotions, right? Wrong. How can being aware of yourself and others not have a place in an environment where relationships are everything? My guest today is Robin Hills. He defines emotional i…

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#95: The Rare 2024 Cicada Double Emergence with Dr. Chris Simon 1:07:43

3M ago1:07:43

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2024 is going to be another year of the cicada, with the emergence of two periodical cicada groups, or broods (Brood XIII and Brood XIX), at the same time, roughly in late April to early May. Now, throughout much of the world, cicadas serenade us in summer afternoons - you might be familiar with that, and wonder “what’s the big deal”. But in a few …

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BONUS EPISODE: Snow leopards, giant ants and Oscar-winning special effects artists 23:50

3M ago23:50

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A cinephile's dilemma of having two film festivals happening at the same time: TCM Film Festival and San Diego Asian Film Festival's Spring Showcase.By Beth Accomando

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April Hot Take: Why Empathy Starts with Self-Awareness 11:08

3M ago11:08

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The book is coming! September 10 is the day that The Empathy Dilemma: How Successful Leaders Balance Performance, People, and Personal Boundaries hits shelves to help leaders dedicated to people-centered practices to get the best performance possible and balance the demands of the business with the needs of their people. I am so excited to share th…

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Editor's Picks: Treating clubfoot in Zimbabwe 25:41

3M ago25:41

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In this weekly edition of the Geographical podcast we read out three articles from the magazine or website.By Geographical

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Dr Carrie Goucher | How to stop wasting precious time in mediocre meetings! 51:51

3M ago51:51

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Meetings are a core part of our working lives, and yet studies have found that 50% of time spent in meetings is often wasted. When viewed as a whole that's often billions, if not trillions, of dollars wasted annually, which could be put to much better use. But why do we spend so much of our precious lives clogged up in a confetti of mediocre meetin…

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Logan Mallory: How a Culture of Gratitude Boosts Engagement and Mental Health 49:22

3M ago49:22

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US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has called out an epidemic of loneliness and highlighted how workplaces are one way to help. How can people get their needs for connection and recognition met in appropriate ways at work? And how does this impact the overall performance of the organization? I dug into these questions and more with Logan Mallory. Toda…

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#94: Secrets of the Octopus with Sy Montgomery and Warren Carlyle 1:00:35

3M ago1:00:35

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When it comes to understanding nature, it often seems like the ocean surface - that undulating reflective layer of water - is more like an impenetrable curtain than just a layer of water. There is just so much we don’t know about, and are too quick to dismiss, all because we can’t easily observe what’s going on down there. Thankfully, octopuses are…

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Paul Rutter: Could you Live with Your Customers and Colleagues 24/7? 41:25

3M ago41:25

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Could YOU or YOUR company survive if you had to live and work with your customers and coworkers? Hearing every bit of praise, every complaint, and every...everything? That's what life is like for the cruise industry, where crew and customers live together for weeks in the middle of the ocean. And it's why my guest today, Paul Rutter, helps land-bas…

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Dr Stephen Green | Course Leader MSc Conservation Project Management 49:38

3M ago49:38

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Have you considered going back to university and doing a Master's Degree in order to become more employable within the sector? Perhaps you’ve looked at many programmes and wondered if they are tooling you up with the right skills employers value. In today’s podcast, we’re speaking with Dr Stephen Green who’s the course leader for an exciting new Ma…

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Akimel O'odham Power: Fighting for the Land, Water and Culture with Marina Thomas 54:19

4M ago54:19

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In this episode, host Lyla June interviews Marina Thomas, a curly haired, light skinned Onk Akimel O'odham mother fighting for the existence of our culture so our kids can play in the water. Their discussion focuses around the intense urbanization, colonization, distortion of their history and water theft the Akimel O'odham people are facing in the…

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Kat Kennan: How Trauma-Informed Marketing Offers a Radical Customer Experience 35:15

4M ago35:15

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Marketing often relies on a lot of "tricks" to reach people in this noisy world. But we have an opportunity to be more intentional and responsible in our marketing - and when we do, that leads to increased customer engagement, loyalty, and yes, profit. Today, I talk with Kat Kennan about trauma-informed marketing and how we can rethink the way we p…

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