James Harding-Morris joins Harry and Mark to explore the unique endemic species of the UK, highlighting their importance and fascinating aspects in this interview.
15 Oct 2025
We're Back (Like The Beaver)
Hosts Harry and Mark discuss their return from hiatus, tease upcoming content, and recount wild encounters, offering listeners insights into their experiences.
10 Sept 2025
Coffee Chat: Ocean With David Attenborough
Host Harry discusses the film "Ocean" with guest Sir David Attenborough, sharing insights from his viewing experience.
21 Aug 2025
Coffee Chat: Moss
Host Mark interviews guest Harry about his unusual practice of keeping moss in Tupperware containers, revealing the fascinating reasons behind this unique hobby.
6 Aug 2025
Martin and Helen Keys
Martin Keys and Helen Keys discuss establishing a community wildlife area with the Oliver's Battery Countryside Group in an interview with Harry and Mark.
30 Jul 2025
Jolene Orlowski
Jolene Orlowski discusses her PhD studies, jack snipe research, wetland habitats, and education systems in an interview with Harry and Mark.
24 Jul 2025
Josh Styles
Botanist Josh Styles discusses the importance of plants, plant STDs, and plants without chlorophyll with hosts Harry and Mark in an interview about his ecology firm.
11 Jul 2025
Dr Joe Nunez-Mino
Dr. Joe Nunez-Mino discusses bat myths, navigation, conservation, roosting habits, and differences between UK and international bat populations in this interview.
19 Jun 2025
Bonus: The Waterfront Forest
Harry discusses The Waterfront Forest event with Mark, inviting listeners to participate and support The Tree Council.
13 Jun 2025
Nikki Oliver
Nikki Oliver from Sussex Kelp Recovery Project explores the importance of kelp forests, their role in marine ecosystems, and the efforts to restore them, highlighting the need to protect underwater environments in this interview.
27 May 2025
Casper Rocher
Harry and Mark interview Casper Rocher, Butterfly Conservation Youth Panel member, discussing butterfly and moth conservation, ranger duties, moth trapping, and the significance of insect genitalia.
15 May 2025
Dr Kit Prendergast ("The Bee Babette")
In this episode Harry and Mark talk with Kit all about bees! Differences between eusocial and solitary bees. Honeybees vs native bees. What is a bee?! How to conserve bees. I'm covered in bees! and much more.
You can support Kit here - https://www.patreon.com/TheBeeBabette
You can support Wilder People here -https://patreon.com/WilderPeople
8 May 2025
Jack Durant
In today's episode Harry and Mark speak with Jack Durant, co-director of Youngwilders, an NGO dedicated to youth-led nature recovery. We yammer about all sorts of topics including setting up an NGO, slowworm bites, fighting with giant hogweed, the holy texts of rewilding, and much much more.
You can support Youngwilders here - https://www.youngwilders.org
And you can support Wilder People here - https://tinyurl.com/3v38fsh7
22 Apr 2025
Ady Smith & Aaron Burgess
Harry and Mark are joined by local legends Aaron and Ady to talk all things swifts, martins and swallows.
To get in touch with Aaron for some details on supply and installation of house Martin nest cups, please email housemartincups@outlook.com
If you're a wilder person and would like to be a guest on our show, please contact thewilderpeoplepod@gmail.com.
15 Apr 2025
Dan Hill
Mark and Harry speak with custard cream enthusiast and Rewilding Ranger, Dan Hill, about Heal Rewilding, the Somerset Levels, approaches to hedgerow management, definitions of rewilding, beavers, his dream wildlife re-introductions, and much more!
Heal Rewilding: https://www.healrewilding.org.uk
10 Apr 2025
David Lindo ("The Urban Birder")
Harry and Mark speak with wilder person David Lindo aka The Urban Birder. See below for his links and many accolades and accomplishments.
The Urban Birder
www.theurbanbirderworld.com (http://www.theurbanbirderworld.com/)
◾ Vice-President of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Voted 7th most influential person in Wildlife by BBC Wildlife Magazine.
◾ Proud Ambassador for Kowa Sporting Optics, OM System, Páramo Directional Clothing, Hidden Hearing, London Wildlife Trust, Lundy Island, Colombia Bird Fair, Western Cuyahoga Audubon Society, Conservation Without Borders, Birding For All, British Hedgehog Preservation Society, Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory & Peak Design
◾ Member of the British Guild of Travel Writers and a Fellow of the International League of Conservation Writers.
◾ Founder of Vote for Britain's National Bird Campaign.
◾ Awards: HH Bloomer Award 2021 - Linnean Society of London / shortlisted for 2020 PPA Columnist of the Year / shortlisted for the 2024 Wainwright Prize for Childrens Writing
◾ Stage play - City Birder - about The Urban Birder's life performed at Wroclaw Contemporary Theatre, Poland
Join The Urban Birder World Membership here (https://theurbanbirderworld.com/membership/)
Follow on Twitter: @urbanbirder (http://twitter.com/urbanbirder)
Instagram: theurbanbirder (https://www.instagram.com/theurbanbirder/?hl=en)
And FaceBook: TheUrbanBirder (https://www.facebook.com/TheUrbanBirder?fref=ts)
27 Mar 2025
Paul Carter
Harry and Mark chat with wilder person and ecologist Paul Carter about how he came to be interested in biodiversity, what a private sector ecologist does, how parasitic worms in ponds can act as flashbulb moments, why interventions need to come with a buffet, Biodiversity Net Gain as a concept, rating and assessing habitats, native vs. invasive species, Paul's shocking contention that humans might be a problem, controlling populations and anti-natalism, changing hearts and minds, and much much more.
Ask us a question or request a guest: thewilderpeoplepod@gmail.com
Follow us on Bluesky: wilderpeoplepod.bsky.social
20 Mar 2025
Wilder Books for Wilder People
Harry and Mark try our damndest to keep this episode under an hour as we chat about SOME of our favourite books on rewilding, environmentalism and wildlife.
6 Mar 2025
Who, What, and Why?
In this preliminary episode, we tell you a bit about who we are, what we care about, what a wilder person is, and what's coming next for the show. There's also lots of talk about bumblebees, beavers, and bizarrely, Jane Austen makes an appearance. Thanks for listening.
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James Harding-Morris
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