You know that feeling you get when you care about the natural world & it’s future but there’s just so much going on & you can’t keep up? Well, enter Into The Wild, your new favourite wildlife & conservation podcast! Each week (plus longer monthly shows that need more chat) hosts Ryan Dalton & Nadia Shaikh catch up on some nature news, sharing stories from the UK & around the world that have hit the main stream media & help unpack the madness.
Episodes
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
This week's show is a topic that many of you have been calling out for, & finally, we deliver.
As each year comes, for many of us the worry, dread & anxiety of the climate crisis grows stronger & stronger. With this in mind, it's no wonder that eco anxiety & battles with mental health brought on from climate change are also on the rise.
To talk to me about activism within this vital movement & how it plays such a strong part on mental health, is author & climate activist Tori Tsui.
If you'd like to keep up to date with Tori, then you can follow her on social media @ToriTsui_
To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter & @intothewildpodcast for Instagram. You can also find Ryan on @mrryanjdalton
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Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bringing you chat from professionals about a huge variety of wild topics.
This episode is sponsored by Leica Sport Optics.
Monday Jan 16, 2023
Monday Jan 16, 2023
It's one thing to want wildlife, especially the big mega fauna like lions, tigers & leopards, to thrive & do well in the wild, but it's another to stop & consider what will happen if their populations grow alongside human populations. Indigenous communities have lived alongside wildlife & with nature since forever but as pressures from the western world (both past & presence) mean predators are forced to live closer & closer, the consequences grow more severe.
Prof Adam Hart, someone who has been on the show a few times before, has focused on human / wildlife conflicts a lot in his career & his new book, The Deadly Balance, looks at how different species bring their different challenges.
If you'd like to keep up to date with Prof Adam Hart, then you can follow him on social media @AdamHartScience
To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter & @intothewildpodcast for Instagram. You can also find Ryan on @mrryanjdalton
Love the show or simply enjoyed this episode? You can buy us a coffee to say ta at https://ko-fi.com/intothewildpod
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Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bringing you chat from professionals about a huge variety of wild topics.
This episode is sponsored by Leica Sport Optics.
Monday Jan 09, 2023
Monday Jan 09, 2023
Welcome back nerds & happy new year to you all!
Butterflies & moths are the same. Just like a pigeon & a parrot are both birds, butterflies & moths are both Lepidoptera, so why is there so much hate on moths & so much love for butterflies? Well maybe the name doesn't help BUT to help me talk about this & about moths of the UK is naturalist & author of Much Ado About Mothing, James Lowen.
From how many species, James's favourite & how moths have & continue to benefit our lives even away from the natural world!
If you would like to grab a copy of Much Ado About Mothing click here.
If you'd like to keep up to date with James, you can follow him on social media at @JLowenWildlife
To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter & @intothewildpodcast for Instagram. You can also find Ryan on @mrryanjdalton
Love the show or simply enjoyed this episode? You can buy us a coffee to say ta at https://ko-fi.com/intothewildpod
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Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bringing you chat from professionals about a huge variety of wild topics.
This episode is sponsored by Leica Sport Optics.
Monday Dec 19, 2022
Monday Dec 19, 2022
As much as I cringe at the very thought of uploading this episode & my inner voice screaming "THIS IS SO EGOTISTICAL!!" I still much hit the 'publish' on Podbean for the last time of 2022 & share with you an episode where I, Ryan, am the guest.
The reason this is happening is because over the last year, whenever I have asked on Twitter or Instagram for suggestions of topics, guests or organisations to talk to, I often have replies or DMs asking me to do an episode where I am being interviewed, so Oscar finally twisted my arm & convinced me to do this for the last show of the year.
In this episode, previous guests & HUGE pals of mine Chantelle Lindsay & Lucy Hodson (Lappers) quiz me about favourite episodes, how my mindset has changed over the years & tackling difficult topics.
To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter & @intothewildpodcast for Instagram. You can also find Ryan on @mrryanjdalton
Love the show or simply enjoyed this episode? You can buy us a coffee to say ta at https://ko-fi.com/intothewildpod
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Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bringing you chat from professionals about a huge variety of wild topics.
This episode is sponsored by Leica Sport Optics.
Monday Dec 12, 2022
Monday Dec 12, 2022
Throughout our almost 3 years of Into The Wild, I have mentioned countless times about the diversity & power of community of the city I live in, London. Despite me knowing the amount of wildlife this place holds, I still get a bit frustrated when I hear people say otherwise. That's why I was pumped to see The London Wild Trust release a new book called London in the Wild, a book platforming great minds & sharing wonderful detail of the green & blue spaces & all it's inhabitants of the big smoke......London.
In this episode I speak with 3 of the 10 contributors, Mathew Frith, Daniel Greenwood & Amy Pryor about their section of the book & how they found the process of sharing their wealth of experience.
If you would like to grab a copy of London in the Wild, click here
If you'd like to keep up to date with London Wildlife Trust, then you can follow them on social media @LondonWildlifeTrust
To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter & @intothewildpodcast for Instagram. You can also find Ryan on @mrryanjdalton
Love the show or simply enjoyed this episode? You can buy us a coffee to say ta at https://ko-fi.com/intothewildpod
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Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bringing you chat from professionals about a huge variety of wild topics.
This episode is sponsored by Leica Sport Optics.
Monday Dec 05, 2022
Monday Dec 05, 2022
Okay, brace yourself, we are talking about the climate crisis.
Discussing this topic is never easy & it's common to talk about the systematic issues that have & continue to cause it BUT an area that is rarely discussed is how wildlife conservation should take on board the climate crisis & it's impacts to help have more practical success. To explain in much better way, this week I am joined by conservation scientist & climate change activist, Dr Charlie Gardner.
If you'd like to keep up to date with Charlie, then you can follow him on social media at @CharlieJGardner
To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter & @intothewildpodcast for Instagram. You can also find Ryan on @mrryanjdalton
Love the show or simply enjoyed this episode? You can buy us a coffee to say ta at https://ko-fi.com/intothewildpod
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Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bringing you chat from professionals about a huge variety of wild topics.
This episode is sponsored by Leica Sport Optics.
Monday Nov 28, 2022
Monday Nov 28, 2022
The best thing about hosting Into The Wild is that I get to talk to people that adore the natural world & the conversations always fill me with glee & this week's guest did more than that.
Joining me on today's show is wildlife presenter, author & ranger, Ajay Tegala. Ajay & I decided to talk about 2 things, the first being his enthusiasm for bats & the second was his job as a ranger. If you're here to listen to someone be x100 passionate & positive, this episode is for you.
If you'd like to keep up to date with Ajay, then you can follow him on social media at @AjayTegala
To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter & @intothewildpodcast for Instagram. You can also find Ryan on @mrryanjdalton
Love the show or simply enjoyed this episode? You can buy us a coffee to say ta at https://ko-fi.com/intothewildpod
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Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bringing you chat from professionals about a huge variety of wild topics.
This episode is sponsored by Leica Sport Optics.
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Those keen eared listeners will recall we did a part one of an episode called Into The Wild in Namibia Part 1.......you smart eggs among you all will also have figured out, that it meant there would be a part 2, AND YOU WERE RIGHT. Here it is.
Following Ryan's journey across Namibia, post screening Beyond The Trigger in the countries capital of Windhoek. Attending a World Rhino Day event in a town called Khorixas in the Kunene followed by a chat with conservation consultant with 10 years of experience working in Namibia, Gail Thomson.
Watch Beyond The Trigger here
To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter & @intothewildpodcast for Instagram. You can also find Ryan on @mrryanjdalton
Love the show or simply enjoyed this episode? You can buy us a coffee to say ta at https://ko-fi.com/intothewildpod
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Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bringing you chat from professionals about a huge variety of wild topics.
Monday Nov 14, 2022
Monday Nov 14, 2022
It's been too long since we've had a good 'ol rant on the show & with all the doom & gloom of the world, I thought it was super necessary to do a Nature Room 101. Joining me to complain about nature stuff is Right to Roam activist & environmentalist Nadia Shaikh & presenter & naturalist Indy Greene.
Sit back & play along as we share our moans in the topics of Pointless Practices, Sh*t Sea life & Garden Gripes!
If you'd like to keep up to date with Indy & Nadia, you can follow them on social media @GreeneIndy & @ButeBlackBird
To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter & @intothewildpodcast for Instagram. You can also find Ryan on @mrryanjdalton
Love the show or simply enjoyed this episode? You can buy us a coffee to say ta at https://ko-fi.com/intothewildpod
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Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bringing you chat from professionals about a huge variety of wild topics.
This episode is sponsored by Leica Sport Optics.
Monday Nov 07, 2022
Monday Nov 07, 2022
We've spoken a lot about rewilding or species reintroduction recently & that's partly down to it being a very exciting topic, so to keep that theme going, this week we are chatting about wild boar & their existence in the UK.
To help tell me about the story of these wonderful woodland animals is someone who has spent a long time researching the history of them & the benefits & challenges they may bring, is environmentalist Chantal Lyons.
If you'd like to keep up to date with Chantal, you can follow her on social media @CSLyons
To follow us on social media visit @intothewildpod for Twitter & @intothewildpodcast for Instagram. You can also find Ryan on @mrryanjdalton
Love the show or simply enjoyed this episode? You can buy us a coffee to say ta at https://ko-fi.com/intothewildpod
MERCH: intothewildpodcast.teemill.com
Into The Wild is your weekly wildlife, nature & conservation podcast, bringing you chat from professionals about a huge variety of wild topics.
This episode is sponsored by Leica Sport Optics.