Episodes

In this week's episode, we speak with Dr. Andy Suarez, head of the Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on all things ants. Although we didn't get a chance to cover ...

In this week's episode, we are checking in with Dr. Kate Stafford about the state of the Arctic. Dr. Stafford talks about her latest trip back and what's been going on with the Bowhead whale in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, ...

In this week's conversation, we speak with Tracy Wilson, the Nevada State Director for American Wild Horse Campaign (AWHC) on a critical subject we knew little to nothing about the wild Mustangs and Burros of the West and Nor...

Welcome back to Season 4 of The Kindred Podcast! We are so excited for this next season. We continue to explore the intricate and interdependent relationship that humans have with animals and the environment. And we dig deepe...

We’ve asked Shawn Heinrichs to drop in and walk us through what has happened at a few of the big conventions, like COP 15, COP 27, and CITES, as far as what concrete action has been implemented in support of slowing climate c...

In this week's episode, we speak with Rebby Sebei, conservationist and manager at Ruko Wildlife Conservancy. Rebby talks about her work uniting two warring communities and how through saving the endangered Rothschild's Giraf...

In this week's conversation, we speak with Tony Incashola Jr., forest manager for CSKT (Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes), and Stephanie Gillin, information and education program manager and former wildlife biologist f...

In this week's conversation, we speak with Dr. Kelly Slattery of Home & Shore Vet about grief in specific context to the non-human members of our families. Grief and losing a loved one, human or non-human, is something nearly...

In this week's conversation, we speak with Dr. Elaine Ostrander about all things dogs and why they look like they do. In layman's terms, Dr. Ostrander explains how dogs don't often look like their closest genetic relatives, t...

This episode consists of Part 1 & Part 2. In this week's conversation, we speak with Ecologist Monica Gagliano about her groundbreaking research with plants in context to perception, learning, memory, cognition, and intellige...

In this week's conversation, we speak with Ecologist Monica Gagliano about her groundbreaking research with plants in context to perception, learning, memory, cognition, and intelligence. Her work opens a new awareness of how...

In this week's conversation, we speak with Itsaso Velez del Burgo about her work at the Lwiro Primate Rehabilitation Center in the Democratic Republic of Congo rescuing and rehabilitating chimps and other vulnerable species. ...

In this week's conversation, we speak with Ph.D. Student Shelly Eshleman about the incredible journey migrating birds take every year. Shelly talks about her ongoing research and her work at Willistown Conservation Trust trac...

In this week's episode, we speak with Dr. May Berenbaum on all things insects and her work focusing on interactions between insects and plants and the intricate reciprocal relationship they have with each other, some of which...

In this week's episode, we speak with Dr. Kristyn Vitale, whose work focuses on companion animal behavior, specifically cat social cognition, cat behavior, and human-cat interaction. Kristyn walks us through why cats can be m...

Welcome back to Season 3 of Kindred! We are so excited to be back and sharing more great conversations. Look out for us wherever you listen to podcasts because we have excellent content coming your way. Thanks for listening a...

In this week's episode, we speak with Sterling "Trap King" Davis about his non-profit organization, Trap King Humane Cat Solutions, doing 'T-N-R' (Trap, Neuter, Return) in communities around the Atlanta area and the country, ...

In this week's episode, Kate & Jenn look back on Season 2 and talk about what their big takeaways were, and how each conversation with guests impacted them. We are so grateful to each guest for the time and care they gave to ...

In this week's episode, we speak with Willa Powless, a member at large on the Klamath Tribes Council from Oregon about how "land back" is a beginning to heal broken hearts and what land means to her and her tribes. Jenn and K...

In this week's episode, Kate and Jenn take a deep dive into Robin Wall Kimmerer's book Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Knowledge, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants . In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer takes us b...

In this week's episode, we speak with Rebby Sebei, conservationist and manager of Ruko Wildlife Conservancy. Rebby talks about her work uniting two warring communities and how through saving the endangered Rothschild's giraff...

In this week's episode, Kate and Jenn have an open discussion with writer and author (and brother) Justin Coffin on the history and power of language. We talk about how language is used in science and media and why we think i...

In this week's episode, we speak with Jr Ranger Vongani Masingi of the Black Mambas, the all-women's anti poaching unit, and Lewyn Maefala, education officer of the Bush Babies, Environmental Education Program. We talk all ab...

Kate checks in and shares her Earth Day musings along with some life updates. New full-length episodes will return 10th of May 2022. New episodes drop every other Tuesday morning (EST). Kindred is hosted by Kate Coffin and Je...