Wild & Unprotected: A Conservation Podcast

In this episode co-hosts Ethan Leaman and Koji Sumalde meet with Becca Bryan from Friends of the Florida Panther Refuge. 

Anyone ever feel like their personal journey could never lead them to conserva…

In this episode co-hosts Ethan Leaman and Koji Sumalde meet with Dr. Guy Stevens of Manta Trust.

Anyone want to learn about Mantas...and talk about butt stuff? Guy is the  CEO and Co-Founder of Manta …

In this episode co-hosts Ethan Leaman and Koji Sumalde meet with Dominica Mack and Josey Sharrad from IFAW Australia.  

Get ready to laugh you're a** off in this episode.  This episode is a rollercoas…

In this episode co-hosts Ethan Leaman and Koji Sumalde meet with Peter Clark of Tampa Bay Watch. 

Peter is the Founder of Tampa Bay Watch in Florida. In this episode we go over the programs that Peter…

In this episode co-hosts Ethan Leaman and Koji Sumalde meet with Encar Garcia of the Jaguar Rescue Center.

Encar is the Founder of the Jaguar Rescue Center in Costa Rica. In this episode we have alot …

In this episode co-hosts Ethan Leaman and Koji Sumalde meet with Denise Peterson of Utah Mountain Lion Conservation. 

Denise is the founder and director of UMLC and Explore Wild Media. In this episode…

In this episode co-hosts Ethan Leaman and Koji Sumalde meet with Julia "Jules" Hartl from the Hawai'i Institute for Marine Biology.

We officially go off the rails in this episode. 

Jules is a PHD stude…

In this episode co-hosts Ethan Leaman and Koji Sumalde meet with Will Gough from the Marine Mammal Research Program of the University of Hawai'i.

He is a post doc at MMRP and is in charge of tagging l…

In this episode co-hosts Ethan Leaman and Koji Sumalde meet with Shelby Thomas from Ocean Rescue Alliance.

She is the CEO and Director of research for the organization. We talk about deploying artific…

In this episode co-hosts Ethan Leaman and Koji Sumalde meet with Misty Niemeyer and Stacey Hedman from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW).

Misty Niemeyer is the Stranding Coordinator for…

In this episode co-hosts Ethan Leaman and Koji Sumalde meet with Bryan Legare of the Center for Coastal Studies,

Bryan Legare is the man with the epic 'stache and a shark ecologist for the center for …

In this episode co-hosts Ethan Leaman and Koji Sumalde meet with Justin Tramble of Tampa Bay Waterkeeper.

Justin is the Executive Director of Tampa Bay Waterkeeper. In this episode we go over Tampa be…

In this episode co-hosts Ethan Leaman and Koji Sumalde meet with Bob Lynch of the Center for Coastal Studies.

Bob  is the Rescue Operations Manager for the Center of Coastal Studies Provincetown. Bob …

In this episode co-hosts Ethan Leaman and Koji Sumalde meet with Dr. Iain Kerr. Dr. Kerr is the CEO of Ocean Alliance and the founder of Snot Bot.

We talk about how Earth is really "Planet Ocean", how…

In this episode co-hosts Ethan Leaman and Koji Sumalde meet with Teresa Whipple ("The Bear Lady")  of Ursa Major Training and Consulting. 

We talk about everything and anything bears. From bear dialec…

In this episode co-hosts Ethan Leaman and Koji Sumalde meet with Dr. Claire Lacey from the Marine Mammal Research Program of the University of Hawaii. 
 
 We talk about growing up in the U.K., life on …

In this episode co-hosts Ethan Leaman and Koji Sumalde meet with Maria Harvey of  Hawaii Uncharted Research Collective. 
 
 We catch up on H.U.R.C. updates since our last meeting when our team filmed a…

Welcome to Wild & Unprotected hosted by Ethan Leaman and Koji Sumalde. 

This podcast is about conservation and the people that run the organizations...but it's not your normal nature show. We let our …