Wild Kingdom w/ Rae Wynn-Grant

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

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Natural Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by wildlife ecologist, TV presenter, author, and science communicator, Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant. They discuss Rae’s newest project co-hosting NBC’s original series Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild. This new series showcases wildlife success stories across the United States and inspires the next generation of conservationists. Follow Rae: @raewynngrant

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone, and welcome to talk nerdy.
0:14.0	Today is Monday, April 14th, 2025, and I'm the host of the show, Dr. Kara Santa Maria.
0:19.8	And as always, before we dive into this week's episode,
0:22.3	I want to thank those of you who make Talk Nerdy possible.
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0:39.7	slash talk nerdy to learn more. This week's top patrons include Anu Baravage, Daniel Lang,
0:46.5	David J.E. Smith, Mary Neva, Brian Holden, David Compton, Gabriel F. Haramio, Joe Wilkinson,
0:53.8	Joseph Lemore, Pasquale Jalati, Rika Maharaj,
0:57.4	Urika Hagman, and many, many more. Thank you all so, so much. All right, who do we have on deck for you
1:04.9	today? Her name is Dr. Ray Wyn Grant. She's a wildlife ecologist, and she co-hosts NBC's newest original series, Mutual of Omaha's
1:14.2	Wild Kingdom, Protecting the Wild. She's also the creator and host of the podcast Going Wild with
1:21.2	Dr. Ray Wyn Grant, which is produced by PBS Nature, and she has a new book out. It's called
1:26.9	Wildlife, Finding My Purpose in an
1:29.5	Untamed World. Without any further ado, here she is, Dr. Ray Winb. Well, Ray, thank you so much for
1:39.0	joining me today. Yeah, thanks for having me. I'm happy to be here. I'm super excited to talk about all of the incredible new work that kind of you've been doing recently, things that are on the horizon. I have to say, as somebody who, so I'm a psychologist, you're an ecologist, a wildlife ecologist. I worked in psychom for probably the last 15 years, mostly in television and podcasts. So we have a lot of
2:06.8	kind of crossover stuff in common. We were just talking about the fact that you have been on
2:11.2	Ali Ward's podcastologies, dear friend, also a lot in common. But I have to say, a lot of
2:17.2	people are not working right now. You know, Hollywood is also a lot in common. But I have to say, a lot of people are not working right now.
2:19.1	You know, Hollywood is struggling a little bit. And so it's really cool to see not only a woman hosting a wildlife show or co-hosting a wildlife show on television, but a woman, a black woman hosting a wild life. I mean,
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