The Answers Are Out There Podcast
Lively and inspiring conversations with creative innovators in conservation. Host Sean Gerrity interviews entrepreneurs around the world who have successfully led projects that support nature, wildlife, and people.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 13
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Celebrating America’s Newest Large-Scale Marine Sanctuary: Violet Sage Walker: Northern Chumash Tribal Leader.
Designated in December 2024, the new Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary is America’s 17th national marine sanctuary, the sixth off the U.S. West Coast, and is one of the largest in the Nation…
Passing on Rewilding to the Next Generation: Frans Schepers Part 2
Frans and Sean talk further about the future of rewilding. Topics include what holistic rewidling will look like as the field matures, and also expanding rewilding efforts through engaging younger ge…
Ensuring the Ongoing Rewilding of Europe: Frans Schepers Part 1
Rewilding is a growing phenomenon around the world but getting a new project launched and keeping it going through the early phases can be exceedingly challenging. There is always seemingly too much …
A New Nature Reserve in Southern Scotland: Jenny Barlowe & Angela Williams
Let The River Roll: Oshun O'Rourke: Yurok Tribe
The Klamath River 4-Dam Removal project is the largest such effort going on anywhere in the world. For decades advocates for letting the river run free to benefit salmon and all other associated rive…
A One-Million Acre Vision. Orange River-Karoo Conservation Area: Andreia Pawel
In a reflective quest aimed to align her emerging interests with a vocation, Andreia Pawel tent-camped in the Southern Namibian Savana for three years. Then, one day she unexpectedly received the cha…
Effective Science Storytelling: Part 2 of the Dominica Whale Project with Shane Gero
This episode picks up Sean's conversation with Shane Gero from last week. In addition to sperm whales, the two discuss new ways to teach and communicate science, using storytelling as a conservation …
A New Caribbean Wildlife Sanctuary: Dominica Whale Project with Shane Gero, Part 1
Shane Gero is a marine biologist and renowned expert in the acoustic complexity and social behaviors of marine mammals, such as whales, dolphins, and porpoises. He is a Scientist-in-Residence at the …
Helping Grizzly Bears Get Where They Want to Go with Dr. Sarah Sells: Montana C.R.U.
Using cutting-edge mapping technology and tiny, digital grizzlies programmed to behave like real ones, bear specialist Dr. Sarah Sells and her team are able to make unprecedented predictions for the …
Ongoing Wins for Nature with Laly Lichtenfeld & Neovitus Sianga: African People & Wildlife
Laly Lichtenfeld and Neovitus Sianga’s work at African People and Wildlife (AP&W) centers on the linkages between people, wildlife and the diverse ecosystems they call home. For decades surrounding t…
From Adventuring, to Finding Purpose, to Making a Big Impact. Gregg Treinish: Adventure Scientists
Trekking 11,000 kilometers over the entire length of South America was cool, but for Gregg Treinish— adventurer and National Geographic Explorer of the Year—something was missing. He wondered if some…
Lobstermen are Becoming America’s Newest Farmers with Briana Warner: Atlantic Sea Farms.
Briana Warner became a food systems entrepreneur when she identified a risky yet exciting opportunity: the Maine lobster fishing fleet worked only seasonally. The rest of the year boats were largely …
Introducing The Answers Are Out There
The Answers Are Out There is a new podcast featuring lively and inspiring conversations with creative innovators in conservation. Host Sean Gerrity interviews entrepreneurs around the world who have …