Month: October 2025

213: Ferret Eradication from Rathlin Island with David Tosh

Dramatic coastal cliffs with columnar basalt formations stretching along a rugged Irish coastline, where steep grass-covered slopes meet dark volcanic rock faces plunging into turquoise Atlantic waters with white wave breaks, under partly cloudy skies with rolling moorland plateaus in the background.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7M4KsOTy6OZpPfYYVqbL0z?si=5cb93c306a9f4ae0 What are the ethical considerations when eradicating invasive species from an island? How do you develop wireless technology to monitor hundreds of traps across difficult terrain? Why do conservation projects like this cost so much more than people expect? These are some of the questions we explore in our conversation about the LIFE Raft … Continue reading 213: Ferret Eradication from Rathlin Island with David Tosh →

212: Snow Leopard Trail with Jonny Hanson

A dramatic mountain valley landscape showing snow-capped Himalayan peaks in the background with a glacial river winding through a broad valley floor below, surrounded by steep, barren mountainsides covered in sparse vegetation.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1HY2nv8B4dKyOCgLX9k09u Can communities in Ireland and Britain learn to share landscapes with apex predators again after centuries of their absence? What does coexistence actually look like when people, livestock, and large carnivores occupy the same territory? How might wisdom from Himalayan communities inform debates about lynx reintroduction closer to home? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmNmi-ZW6Hw Our conversation takes us … Continue reading 212: Snow Leopard Trail with Jonny Hanson →