The Wild with Chris Morgan
THE WILD with Chris Morgan explores how nature survives and thrives alongside (and often despite) humans. Taking listeners across the Pacific Northwest and around the world, host Chris Morgan explores wildlife and the complex web of ecosystems they inhabit. He also tells the stories of people working in and protecting the wild around us.
This podcast is a production of KUOW in Seattle in partnership with Chris Morgan and The UPROAR Fund. It is produced by Matt Martin and edited by Jim Gates. It is hosted, produced and written by Chris Morgan. Fact checking by Apryle Craig. Our theme music is by Michael Parker.
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Episodes
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KUOW's 'The Wild' with Chris Morgan returns in February
Season 2 of the podcast will be available beginning February 18.
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What I learned about bears, from a dentist and engineer
On Friday, October 14 we gathered to enjoy "Stories from The Wild" with eight stories presented in front of a live audience at Seattle's McCaw Hall. Below is one of the stories from host Chris Morgan.
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Looking an orca in the eye: 'The closest thing to alien contact I may ever know'
It was a clear and cold winter day. Alone on my paddle board, I had what seemed like the entire Salish Sea to myself.
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The moral dilemma of a Buddhist on a squid jigging trip
On Friday, October 14 we gathered to enjoy "Stories from The Wild" with eight stories presented in front of a live audience at Seattle's McCaw Hall. Below is one of the stories from Shin Yu, former poet laureate of Redmond, Washington, who had a crisis of conscience while hunting squid on Puget Sound.
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Stalking brown bears while sick with giardia and other stories from 'The Wild'
On Friday, October 14 we gathered to enjoy "Stories from The Wild" with eight stories presented in front of a live audience at Seattle's McCaw Hall.
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The quietest place in the world is … right here in Washington state
Gordon Hempton is the Sound Tracker.
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If you hear jet planes, RUN. And other lessons from Antarctica
Bonus! An extended interview by host Chris Morgan with wildlife filmmakers Jeff Wilson and Mark Smith.
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Life hack: Go sniff a pine. Your heart and mind will thank you
Bonus episode! Listen to an extended interview with Florence Williams, author of "The Nature Fix."
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The goofy looking rodent we all rely on
Bonus episode! Hear an extended interview with Ben Goldfarb, author of "Eager."
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Where the spirit bears roam
Ian McAllister and his father arrived late to the logging protest at Clayoquat Sound, British Columbia. It was the late 1980s; McAllister was in his teens. When they showed up, they found that most of the activists had been taken to jail in Vancouver.
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The hunt to find just one square inch of silence
Chris Morgan goes deep into the Olympic National Forest to find the most elusive creature imaginable: silence.
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A harsh life among ‘super over-caffeinated' penguins
Chris Morgan interviews two filmmakers that got up close and personal with Antarctica penguins.