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Tommy's Outdoors
@tommysoutdoors.com
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A podcast about human-wildlife interactions and our relationship with nature. We talk about biodiversity, conservation, hunting and fishing, rewilding and more.
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"They didn't want temperate rainforest to be designated as a climate solution and then off limits" 🌍
December 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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What if the world's most powerful climate solution is being logged away while politicians and industry groups feed us misinformation? Why has the international science community remained largely silent about the destruction of temperate rainforests? 🌍

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Podcast episode cover art for 'Tommy's Outdoors: Conservation and Science' featuring an interview about 'Canopy of Titans: The Life and Times of the Great North American Temperate Rainforest' by Paul Koberstein and Jessica Applegate. The left side displays the book cover showing towering redwood trees with a small human figure for scale, whilst the right side shows a podcast host wearing headphones in a home studio setting with bookshelves visible in the background. The olive green colour scheme complements the forest conservation theme.
December 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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In the latest episode, once again we're taking on the never-boring topic of lowering the protection status of wolves in Europe. This time with conservation social scientist @hannalp.bsky.social.

Listen to the full episode here: pod.fo/e/362998

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December 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Can we find a middle ground between those who see the EU's wolf downlisting as a catastrophe and those who celebrate it as good news? With @hannalp.bsky.social, we discuss the frustratingly polarised debate about wolf conservation in the EU. 🌍🦤🧪🦊

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Podcast episode cover art for Tommy's Outdoors Conservation and Science featuring a woman with glasses and dark hair pulled back, wearing a black blazer over a white top, smiling while looking downward in an indoor setting. The episode title 'EU Wolf Downlisting: Time to Stop Crying Wolf' appears in white and gold text on a dark olive green overlay in the lower left corner. The design uses an olive green background with gold border framing, and includes 'PODCAST' text at the bottom.
December 9, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Why Your House Is Full of Stuff
You'll Never Use.
November 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Why are we failing on climate change and biodiversity despite fifty years of campaigning? Could social inequality be the root cause undermining all our conservation efforts?
In this episode, I talk with @tonyjuniper.bsky.social about his latest book 'Just Earth'. 🌍

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Podcast cover art for Tommy's Outdoors featuring the book 'Just Earth: How a Fairer World Will Save the Planet' by Tony Juniper alongside an author interview. The left side displays the book cover with an illustration of brass scales balancing a tree against gold coins, endorsed by George Monbiot. The right side shows a grey-haired man in a blue striped shirt seated indoors during a video call. The header reads 'Conservation and Science' in bold white lettering against an olive green background with gold accent stripes.
November 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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 "The reversal of biodiversity loss is gonna come from farming community." ⬇️ 🌍
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November 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Short clip from the latest episode of the podcast "Bringing Back the Wild with Mike Arnold - A Hunter's View of Global Conservation" 🦤
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November 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Can hunting truly support conservation? Does fortress conservation offer a sustainable solution for protecting wildlife in the long term? And how do we balance the needs of impoverished communities with the preservation of fragile ecosystems? The latest episode is up! 🌍🦤

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Podcast cover art for 'Tommy's Outdoors: Conservation and Science' featuring an episode titled 'Bringing Back the Wild'. A smiling man wearing glasses and an olive green shirt sits in front of a wall displaying taxidermy mounts of various wildlife species including antelope, deer, birds, a leopard, and other game animals. A bookshelf filled with books is visible to the right, and a yellow lamp provides accent lighting. The image has an olive green border with white and gold text against the dark background.
November 11, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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In today's replay series I'm bringing you back my conversation with @petercorkeron.bsky.social from which you will learn about the complex, surprising and somewhat worrying intersection of geopolitics and whale conservation. 🐳🌍🦑🦤

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November 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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What does it take to eradicate ferrets from an inhabited island? @davidgtosh.bsky.social shares the story of the LIFE Raft project on Rathlin Island - from wireless trap technology and ethical considerations to community relationships and why these projects cost so much. 🌍 🦤🧪🦊🪶

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Podcast cover art for 'Tommy's Outdoors Conservation and Science' featuring a split layout with dramatic coastal scenery on the left showing a lighthouse perched atop steep cliff faces at Rathlin Island against a blue sky with white clouds, and a smiling male podcast host wearing glasses and a headset with microphone on the right. The episode title 'Ferret Eradication Life Raft Rathlin Island' appears in large text overlay on the landscape portion, with 'FERRET ERADICATION' in white and gold, and 'LIFE RAFT RATHLIN ISLAND' continuing below. The entire composition is framed with a gold border against an olive green background, with 'PODCAST' text at the bottom.
October 28, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Yup, the film is well worth watching, and not least for the stunning landscapes and overall production value!

A clip from the podcast and the entire episode linked below.
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October 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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We had a great conversation with the brilliant @jonnyhhanson.bsky.social about his short film titled 'Snow Leopard Trail'. We talk about conservation efforts to protect this elusive cat and, more importantly, what we can learn to enable coexistence with lynx closer to home. 🌍🦤🦊

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A promotional image for Tommy's Outdoors podcast episode featuring 'Conservation and Science' with the subtitle 'Snow Leopard Trail'. The image shows a split layout with a presenter (a smiling man with a beard wearing a dark shirt, with elephant artwork visible on the wall behind him) on the left side, and a magnificent snow leopard walking through deep snow on the right side. The snow leopard displays its characteristic thick spotted coat and long tail. The design uses an olive green and gold colour scheme with bold white text, and includes the Tommy's Outdoors logo (a polar bear silhouette in a circle) in the bottom right corner. The word 'PODCAST' appears in spaced lettering at the bottom of the image.
October 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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This week in the replay series, an episode that we mentioned in last week's episode: my interview with @ianparsons.bsky.social about his book 'Great Misconceptions: Rewilding Myths and Misunderstandings'. 🌍🦤

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Podcast title card for Tommy's Outdoors Conservation and Science featuring a man with a headset smiling at the camera in a home setting. The episode title reads 'Rewilding Myths and Misconceptions' with a 'Replay' banner in the corner.
September 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Some takeaways from episode 211 of the podcast 🎧🌍🦤
Reintroductions can sometimes cause 'de-wilding' rather than rewilding because they replace natural processes. Many species can return on their own if we create proper habitat and connectivity - patience often works better than intervention.
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A large pelican with distinctive dishevelled, cream-coloured plumage rests on weathered wooden logs. The bird displays its characteristic enormous pale yellow bill and bright orange eyes, with wispy feathers creating an almost comical 'bad hair day' appearance atop its head. The pelican's posture is relaxed as it sits amongst the timber, with its substantial body and wings folded naturally. The wooden logs show signs of age and weathering, creating interesting textures and lines that frame the bird. The background is softly blurred in dark tones, making the pale pelican stand out prominently in the composition. Image by Andrea Bohl from Pixabay
September 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Alex Lees (@alexanderlees.bsky.social) discusses natural recolonisation vs costly reintroduction programmes in Britain.
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September 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Can species reintroductions harm biodiversity rather than help it? Are we using reintroductions as a distraction from the real drivers of our nature crisis? Listen to my conversation with the one and only @alexanderlees.bsky.social 🌍🦤🧪🪶

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A middle-aged man with a bald head sits in front of bookshelves filled with scientific and academic texts in what appears to be a home office or study. He's wearing a dark grey jumper and has a slight smile whilst looking directly at the camera.
September 23, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Today in the replay series, we're revisiting an episode where we discuss the topic of sika deer in Ireland and whether their invasive status is justified and what we should (or shouldn't) do about it. 🌍🦤🦊
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A young male Sika deer with antlers stands in a field of tall, brown and green grasses. The deer is looking to the left of the frame. The background is a blurry green field.
September 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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I Would Not Have Taken on This Topic at All 🌍🦤
September 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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This is going to be a controversial one for some of you. With our guest, former park ranger and now filmmaker Ryan Davy, we discuss the uncomfortable reality of elephant overpopulation in some of the African national parks and his upcoming film The Culling Conundrum. 🌍🦤
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Podcast episode cover art featuring two men in a split-screen format against a green background. On the left, a guest wearing a baseball cap and dark zip-up hoodie sits indoors with framed pictures visible on the wall behind him. On the right, the podcast host wearing headphones and a green t-shirt sits outdoors in a natural setting with lush trees and grassland in the background, positioned next to a professional microphone setup. Both men are smiling and appear to be engaged in conversation during what appears to be a remote recording session.
September 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Your favorite dragons in media!
Smok Wawelski - ofc.
September 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Nope, I see like an extra thick bark at the bottom with a clear place where it ends?
September 2, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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The traditional deer hunting season starts today! This year's Replay Series also starts today - a curated collection of the best episodes from last year. What better episode for this double occasion than a refresher on why lead ammunition is bad for you and the environment? 🌍🦤
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Podcast episode cover art featuring two men in a split-screen format against a dark green background. On the left, a smiling bald guest wearing a dark grey hoodie sits in front of bookshelves in what appears to be a home office or study. On the right, the podcast host with shoulder-length brown hair and facial hair grins whilst seated at a professional microphone setup, wearing a green jumper. He's positioned against wooden venetian blinds. A yellow diagonal banner reading "REPLAY" appears in the bottom right corner, indicating this is a re-broadcast episode.
September 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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We discuss the alarming 98% decline in salmon survival rates (from 30-40% to just 2% returning from sea) and explores how beaver conservation might help improve freshwater conditions to give juvenile salmon the best chance of survival before they head out to sea. 🌍🦤
August 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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This is a handful of the most interesting facts from the latest episode of the podcast about the impacts of beavers on salmonids, featuring Dr. Rob Needham's groundbreaking research on fish passage through beaver dams. 🌍🦤🦊🧪
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A beaver dam constructed from intricately woven sticks and branches spans across a small stream in a lush woodland setting. The dam creates a small pond on one side whilst allowing water to flow through on the other. Tall grasses and sedges grow around the water's edge, with dense green vegetation and trees creating a natural canopy overhead. The engineering shows the characteristic beaver construction technique of tightly packed timber creating an effective water barrier.
August 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM