30% Wild

Season 1 Wrap-Up

A special message for listeners at the end of Season 1 of "30% Wild," and looking forward to Season 2! You can find all the new developments at thirtywildpod.com [https://deftspacelab.com/podcast-30-wild-scary-animals-in-the-backyard/], as well as the episode notes for all the Season 1 episodes. Thanks for listening!

How to (Re)Build Your World for Wildlife

You love wildlife and you want to do something to help it, but what can you do? If the problems facing wildlife look insurmountable, this episode is for you! Plus make a peaceful backyard refuge from everything else scary for yourself, a tiny vacation you can take daily. Learn how to make a difference, one backyard at a time, and (re)build for wildlife in the places where we live. Take a trip into the past of your own neighborhood, and see the hidden world of your town, viewed as a fox or a bear. A special how-to episode translating the insights of “Scary Animals in the Backyard” into pro tips and practical steps for your own local space. From real live landscape architect - creator and host Susan Dieterlen. Listen to “How to (Re)Build Your World for Wildlife,” and subscribe to “30% Wild” at www.thirtywildpod.com [www.thirtywildpod.com] * Five ways to provide for wildlife in our space * Four changes to make right now * How saving wildlife saves us * Changing what you can, and why it’s worth it * Avoiding conflict with your local wildlife…and your neighbors * Revisiting The Doom, and how to make a refuge from it * Peace on demand is a potent tool for resilience to pretty much anything * Help your neighbors love your backyard habitat – and want one of their own * Fighting The Doom with small changes

Impossible Scary Animals: Seeing What's Not There

What is it we see, when what we see is “impossible”? Have you ever had something unsettling happen in the woods that you couldn’t explain? Whether animals way out of place, cryptids, or mysterious noises and lights, we wander through the possibilities of what’s going on when you can’t believe what you see. We also take a nighttime stroll through a legendary woods where everything depends on the eye of the beholder. With snippets from here and there, including the guests on our previous episodes, about being “unsettled” by the impossible, out there. Listen to “Impossible Scary Animals: Seeing What’s Not There,” and subscribe to “30% Wild” at www.thirtywildpod.com * False wildlife reports, and what’s behind them * Perception vs reality * Imagination and seeing what you want to see * The need for awe * Hoaxes through the ages * What your brain wants you to see * A real true ghost story * Cryptid or creature? * What unsettles experts out in the woods * Includes the original story, “Beasties”

Never Bet Against Coyotes, Part 2

Wily hero, despised villain, or something in between? Love coyotes or hate them, don’t bet against them being in your backyard, under your porch, or even trotting down your city’s streets. What makes these wild canines icons of resilience? We also watch a race on those city streets, myth vs myth, to see who spreads fastest or maybe who cheats best. Peggy Anesi, Educator on Natural Resources, Environment, and Energy with University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Extension, makes a special return guest appearance to make the case for coyotes, talk about her decades-long love for them, and share a few really disturbing facts about owls. Listen to “Never Bet Against Coyotes,” and subscribe to “30% Wild” at www.thirtywildpod.com [www.thirtywildpod.com] * What coyotes do for us * How humans “make” wildlife * Are coyotes dangerous, to us or our pets? * Coyote packs, or not * Coyote howls, sings, and calls * “Babysitter” coyotes * Coyotes vs foxes vs wolves vs dogs * Wrestling with Smiley the friendly coyote * What to do when you see a coyote, and why they follow people * Why cities have more, not fewer, coyotes, and why we’re seeing them more * Know your enemy - learn all you can about wildlife you hate or fear * Chicago coyotes and the Urban Coyote Project * Wildlife values, and how you get yours * Includes the original story, “Home Field Advantage”

Never Bet Against Coyotes, Part 1

Wily hero, despised villain, or something in between? Love coyotes or hate them, don’t bet against them being in your backyard, under your porch, or even trotting down your city’s streets. What makes these wild canines icons of resilience? We also watch a race on those city streets, myth vs myth, to see who spreads fastest or maybe who cheats best. Peggy Anesi, Educator on Natural Resources, Environment, and Energy with University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Extension, makes a special return guest appearance to make the case for coyotes, talk about her decades-long love for them, and share a few really disturbing facts about owls. Listen to “Never Bet Against Coyotes,” and subscribe to “30% Wild” at www.thirtywildpod.com [www.thirtywildpod.com] * What coyotes do for us * How humans “make” wildlife * Are coyotes dangerous, to us or our pets? * Coyote packs, or not * Coyote howls, sings, and calls * “Babysitter” coyotes * Coyotes vs foxes vs wolves vs dogs * Wrestling with Smiley the friendly coyote * What to do when you see a coyote, and why they follow people * Why cities have more, not fewer, coyotes, and why we’re seeing them more * Know your enemy - learn all you can about wildlife you hate or fear * Chicago coyotes and the Urban Coyote Project * Wildlife values, and how you get yours * Includes the original story, “Home Field Advantage”