30% Wild

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, as well as the episode notes for all the Season 1 episodes.
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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
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

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”

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

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”

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

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”