Golden State Naturalist
Hosted by Michelle Fullner and unknown · Michelle Fullner
4.9from 564 ratings
- 73
- Episodes
- 28
- Transcribed
- 564
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
About Golden State Naturalist
Golden State Naturalist is a love letter to California's ecological past, present, and future. Come with Michelle Fullner as she climbs to the top of a beaver dam, descends into a tar pit, peers into the canopy of a giant sequoia, and basks in the glow of the Milky Way under the eerie silhouettes of Joshua trees. Each episode, Michelle interviews captivating experts in their natural habitats across California to find out how the unique plants, animals, geology, and hydrology of this biodiversity hotspot make this state Golden.
- Publisher
- Michelle Fullner
- Category
- science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 4 Feb 2022
- Latest episode
- 10 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
28 of 73 episodes have a transcript.
10 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Catalina Foxes with Lauren Dennhardt and Katie Elder
14 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Island Biogeography with Kevin Alison and John Knapp
31 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Catalina Foxes with Lauren Dennhardt and Katie Elder
Published 10 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] That's the common name for it. Oh. Yeah. What's the scientific name? It's Erwison literalis, and then ours is Catalinae. Oh, nice. Yeah. So I'm really curious, how do they reproduce? Do they pair bond? How social are they? Like, how many babies do they have? Like, those kinds of things. I'm just curious if you could tell me a little life cycle. Yeah. So they have a pupping season, and it happens around February each year. The pups are really small. Like really, really small. They're kind of grayish black. The litters aren't too big. I mean, they're going to be kind of similar to what you see with dogs or other foxes. […]
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- Lauren Dennhardt
- Katie Elder
- Kevin Alison
- John Knapp
- Justin Luong
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 308 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 256 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 58 / 100
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- Quality
- 76
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 98
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Michelle Fullner and unknown host the show. Published by Michelle Fullner.
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