Darrin Lunde's guest appearances

Darrin Lunde

Sauropodcast

LFPL's At the Library Series

Craig Johnson

Gail Collins

Mitch Landrieu

Guy Winch

Matt Taibbi

Gabrielle Hamilton

Deb Perelman

Brian Jay Jones

James Rebanks

Theodore Roosevelt

Cokie Roberts

Dave Barry

Stacy Schiff

Peter Brown

Parag Khanna

OwlTail

A man of boundless energy and interests, President Theodore Roosevelt took on enough roles to occupy two lifetimes. We remember him as a statesman and diplomat. Rough Rider and progressive reformer. Adventurer, outdoorsman, and conservationist. The champion of the Panama Canal and the first pastor of the bully pulpit.But one important pursuit has largely escaped historical notice. Theodore Roosevelt was a lifelong naturalist and, according to our guest on today’s Sauropodcast, a founding father of America’s natural history museums, helping amass their scientific collections of animal and bird specimens from around the world.Darrin Lunde recounts TR’s passion for museum naturalism in his recent book, “The Naturalist – Theodore Roosevelt, a lifetime of exploration and the triumph of American natural history.”Lunde is in a unique position to explore and explain Roosevelt’s deep museum connections. He’s a collections manager in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, which houses many of the specimens TR collected during his lifetime. Previously, Lunde worked at the American Museum of Natural History, where he led field expeditions throughout the world. He’s named more than a dozen new species of mammals and contributed to scientific descriptions of many other animals. And as Lunde will explain, his early life shares some interesting parallels with TR’s boyhood.

A man of boundless energy and interests, President Theodore Roosevelt took on enough roles to occupy two lifetimes. We remember him as a statesman and diplomat. Rough Rider and progressive reformer. Adventurer, outdoorsman, and conservationist. The champion of the Panama Canal and the first pastor of the bully pulpit. But one important pursuit has largely escaped historical notice. Theodore Roosevelt was a lifelong naturalist and, according to our guest on today’s Sauropodcast, a founding father of America’s natural history museums, helping amass their scientific collections of animal and bird specimens from around the world. Darrin Lunde recounts TR’s passion for museum naturalism in his recent book, “The Naturalist – Theodore Roosevelt, a lifetime of exploration and the triumph of American natural history.” Lunde is in a unique position to explore and explain Roosevelt’s deep museum connections. He’s a collections manager in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, which houses many of the specimens TR collected during his lifetime. Previously, Lunde worked at the American Museum of Natural History, where he led field expeditions throughout the world. He’s named more than a dozen new species of mammals and contributed to scientific descriptions of many other animals. And as Lunde will explain, his early life shares some interesting parallels with TR’s boyhood.

Episode 11: Theodore Roosevelt, Museum Naturalist, with guest Darrin Lunde

Hunter, adventurer, statesman, and conservationist—perhaps no U.S. president is more popularly associated with nature and wildlife than Theodore Roosevelt. Join Smithsonian natural historian Darrin Lunde as he shares his new book, The Naturalist: Theodore Roosevelt, A Lifetime of Exploration, and the Triumph of American Natural History, a captivating new account of how Theodore Roosevelt’s lifelong passion for the natural world set the stage for America’s wildlife conservation movement.

Darrin Lunde 4-21-2016