Natasha Daly's guest appearances

Natasha Daly

Talking Animals

Species Unite

The Climate Pod

Jane Velez-Mitchell

Alexandra Horowitz

Carl Safina

Jan Creamer

Jasmine Leyva

Patrick Battuello

Ingrid Newkirk

Jo-Anne McArthur

Lori Marino

Neal Barnard

Robert Bullard

Felix Salmon

Melanie Joy

Damien Mander

Tom Taylor

OwlTail

Natasha Daly is a writer and editor at National Geographic where she covers animal welfare, exploitation, and conservation. She wrote National Geographic’s June cover story,  Suffering Unseen, the Dark Truth Behind Wildlife Tourism. If you haven’t read it yet, read it.   It is the story of the bleak reality that is daily life for so many captive wild animals, including: elephants, tigers, sloths, dolphins, whales, even polar bears. And, it’s the story of why so many wild animals are living miserable and often painful existences. The answer is, us. Well… us and social media – which is also us.  Animal related activities that we often associate with travel and global tourism, activities like bathing elephants in Thailand or taking selfies with sloths in South America, have become social norms and even rites of passage when it comes to taking off to see the world with a backpack or on holiday or honeymoon. And that is because of social media. Yes, people were doing these things pre-internet, but the numbers didn’t compare.  We see friends or celebrities swimming with dolphins or holding baby tigers in their Instagram feeds and it looks innocent, harmless and fun and all of a sudden, there’s one more thing to add to the bucket list. But the truth is a different story. The truth involves a lot of pain and a lot suffering behind the scenes. Natasha and photographer, Kirsten Luce spent a year on four continents investigating this story, and what they learned and reported will astonish you. 

Natasha Daly is a writer and editor at National Geographic where she covers animal welfare, exploitation, and conservation. She wrote National Geographic’s June cover story, <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2019/06/global-wildlife-tourism-social-media-causes-animal-suffering/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Suffering Unseen, the Dark Truth Behind Wildlife Tourism.</a> If you haven’t read it yet, read it.   It is the story of the bleak reality that is daily life for so many captive wild animals, including: elephants, tigers, sloths, dolphins, whales, even polar bears. And, it’s the story of why so many wild animals are living miserable and often painful existences. The answer is, us. Well… us and social media – which is also us.  Animal related activities that we often associate with travel and global tourism, activities like bathing elephants in Thailand or taking selfies with sloths in South America, have become social norms and even rites of passage when it comes to taking off to see the world with a backpack or on holiday or honeymoon. And that is because of social media. Yes, people were doing these things pre-internet, but the numbers didn’t compare.  We see friends or celebrities swimming with dolphins or holding baby tigers in their Instagram feeds and it looks innocent, harmless and fun and all of a sudden, there’s one more thing to add to the bucket list. But the truth is a different story. The truth involves a lot of pain and a lot suffering behind the scenes. Natasha and photographer, Kirsten Luce spent a year on four continents investigating this story, and what they learned and reported will astonish you.

Natasha Daly: Shedding Light on the Dark Reality of Wildlife Tourism

Miriam Goldstein

This week we discuss the horrific, human-caused fires burning in the Amazon, and National Geographic's Natasha Daly tells us how the millions of plant and animal species living in the world's largest tropical rainforest are affected by these fires.  Next, we talk to Dr. Miriam Goldstein, the Director of Ocean Policy at the Center for American Progress, about all the ways that humans are negatively impacting the ocean and the species that call it home. Chad the Bird is back this week to talk about algae blooms in Lake Eerie. As always, follow us on @climatepod on Twitter and email us at theclimatepod@gmail.com. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion HiFi, check out his music at thepassionhifi.com. Rate, review, and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and more! Follow Dr. Miriam Goldstein on Twitter @miriamgoldste Follow Natasha Daly on Twitter @natashaldaly Further Reading: Read Natasha Daly's piece on the plight of wildlife in the Amazon fires: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/08/how-the-amazon-rainforest-wildfires-will-affect-wild-animals/ Read Aaron Mak's coverage of the Amazon fires: https://slate.com/technology/2019/08/the-amazon-fires-what-you-need-to-know.html

This week we discuss the horrific, human-caused fires burning in the Amazon, and National Geographic's Natasha Daly tells us how the millions of plant and animal species living in the world's largest tropical rainforest are affected by these fires.  Next, we talk to Dr. Miriam Goldstein, the Director of Ocean Policy at the Center for American Progress, about all the ways that humans are negatively impacting the ocean and the species that call it home. Chad the Bird is back this week to talk about algae blooms in Lake Eerie. As always, follow us on @climatepod on Twitter and email us at <a href="mailto:theclimatepod@gmail.com">theclimatepod@gmail.com</a>. Our music is "Gotta Get Up" by The Passion HiFi, check out his music at <a href="http://thepassionhifi.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">thepassionhifi.com</a>. Rate, review, and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and more! Follow Dr. Miriam Goldstein on Twitter @miriamgoldste Follow Natasha Daly on Twitter @natashaldaly Further Reading: Read Natasha Daly's piece on the plight of wildlife in the Amazon fires: <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/08/how-the-amazon-rainforest-wildfires-will-affect-wild-animals/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/08/how-the-amazon-rainforest-wildfires-will-affect-wild-animals/</a> Read Aaron Mak's coverage of the Amazon fires: <a href="https://slate.com/technology/2019/08/the-amazon-fires-what-you-need-to-know.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://slate.com/technology/2019/08/the-amazon-fires-what-you-need-to-know.html</a>

Humans are Warming the Oceans and Burning the Amazon (w/ Dr. Miriam Goldstein of the Center for American Progress and Natasha Daly from National Geographic)

Natasha Daly—a staff writer for the National Geographic, where she wrote the June cover story, “The Hidden Cost of Wildlife Tourism”—addresses her role as the magazine’s “wildlife crime reporter,” how […]

Natasha Daly, author of National Geographic story “The Hidden Cost of Wildlife Tourism”