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Welcome to 'The Wolf Connection' Podcast! Here, we explore the intricate bond between humans and wolves, seeking to better understand our relationship with one of humankind's earliest teachers; the wolf. 🐺 Re-discovering this human/wolf connection may prove to be essential to our development as individuals, the cultivation of productive societies, and a sustainable civilization on this planet. You will experience a wide array of guests, such as Scientists, Authors, Conservationists, Visual Artists, Ranchers, Hunters, Naturalists and even Wolf Connection Staff & Volunteers! Topics range from wolves in the wild, their impact on the national landscape and the complex cultural and social significance of the human/wolf connection. 

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    • 4.8 • 94 Ratings

Welcome to 'The Wolf Connection' Podcast! Here, we explore the intricate bond between humans and wolves, seeking to better understand our relationship with one of humankind's earliest teachers; the wolf. 🐺 Re-discovering this human/wolf connection may prove to be essential to our development as individuals, the cultivation of productive societies, and a sustainable civilization on this planet. You will experience a wide array of guests, such as Scientists, Authors, Conservationists, Visual Artists, Ranchers, Hunters, Naturalists and even Wolf Connection Staff & Volunteers! Topics range from wolves in the wild, their impact on the national landscape and the complex cultural and social significance of the human/wolf connection. 

    Episode #178 Ashley Avis - American Wolf

    Episode #178 Ashley Avis - American Wolf

    Ashley Avis is a screenwriter, director and producer of 6 feature films and is the President of The Wild Beauty Foundation. She is the writer, director and editor for Black Beauty on Disney+ and directed the award winning documentary Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West. Ashley spoke about her visit to Wolf Connection, her new film project, American Wolf, and the similarities between her work with wild horses and wolves. Watch the video podcast on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/coYPv...

    • 34 min
    Episode #177 Cara Love - Wolves of Chernobyl

    Episode #177 Cara Love - Wolves of Chernobyl

    Cara Love is an Evolutionary Biologist and Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University. She has been studying wolves in the exclusion zone of Chernobyl for over a decade. Cara’s goal is to help further our understanding of the ecological and evolutionary ramifications anthropogenic stressors have on wildlife populations. Cara described her research on how wolves are surviving in and around Chernobyl, the ways in which they are collecting d...

    • 46 min
    Episode #176 Carter Niemeyer - Wolf Tracks #3

    Episode #176 Carter Niemeyer - Wolf Tracks #3

    This is the third edition of 'Wolf Tracks'! We discussed the Cody Robert's fallout in Wyoming, along with other stories pertaining to wolves with Carter Niemeyer. Carter retired from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in 2006 as the Wolf Recovery Coordinator for the state of Idaho. He was an integral part of the Federal Wolf Reintroduction in both Yellowstone and Idaho. Carter has authored two books, Wolfer and Wolf Land, which can be purchased through multiple book retailers.Here are the a...

    • 1 hr 1 min
    Episode #175 Bill Watkins - Denali Wolf Tourism Impacts

    Episode #175 Bill Watkins - Denali Wolf Tourism Impacts

    Bill Watkins has been part of the Transportation System and Wilderness Tour Guide at Denali National Park for over 30 years. He is also the Administrator for the Denali Wolves group on Facebook, and is a conservation, wildlife and landscape photographer. Bill spoke with us about his experiences guiding in the park, the changing dynamics in tourism as wolf watching and bear viewing has been in decline, and the impacts that wildlife mismanagement has had on predators around Denali National Park...

    • 54 min
    Episode #174 Ramey Newell - A Good Wolf

    Episode #174 Ramey Newell - A Good Wolf

    Ramey Newell is an American-Canadian filmmaker, photographer, and multidisciplinary artist who splits her time between British Columbia and Oregon. Her new film, A Good Wolf, is a feature-length documentary that explores diverging viewpoints on what 'A Good Wolf' means to different individuals. Those views are explored within the context of this lengthy, emotionally charged, and continuing battle over how wolves (and bears) are managed at the northeast boundary of Denali National Park.Ra...

    • 46 min
    Episode #173 Will Stenberg & Zack Stentz - Alpha Wolves of Yellowstone

    Episode #173 Will Stenberg & Zack Stentz - Alpha Wolves of Yellowstone

    Will Stenberg is a writer and musician, and his brother Zack Stentz is a writer and film producer know for his work on films like X-Men: First Class & Thor. Stampede Ventures recently optioned the rights to Rick McIntyre's first 3 books in the Alpha Wolves of Yellowstone book series to Will and Zack to script a film adaptation. Will and Zack spoke about their childhood experiences in nature, the journey of ultimately being selected to bring Rick McIntyre's books to the screen, and the cha...

    • 50 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
94 Ratings

94 Ratings

steve from carmel, ca ,

Wolf Connection

Great podcast. If you care about wolves, predators or wildlife and conservation in general this pod is for you! I particularly appreciate the 3 (4?) part series on the depraved Cody Roberts wolf incident.

Jpwildlifenerd ,

Science based info on wolves

Generally enjoy this podcast but just listened to episode 169 on the Wyoming wolf incident and thought it was a strange and glaring omission that they never discussed what the incident actually was! Very weird. Too indelicate to describe?? I had read about it and knew the story but not everyone has. It should have been summarized at the very least and not tiptoed around. People need to know the facts, even the unpalatable ones.

formerfan59101 ,

Very educational (and entertaining)

This podcast has great hosts and amazing guests plus the topic - wolves - never gets old. My only complaint is it’s not frequent enough. I need a daily episode. Lol

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