Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant

How do you study a wetland that... isn't wet? Soil ecologist and social media sensation Jordon King gives Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant a proper initiation into the Florida Everglades, where even the dirt has a story to tell. But with drought transforming the wetlands in one of the regions driest seasons, they're discovering that what's missing can be just as fascinating as what's beneath their feet.

This season of Going Wild is heading out of the studio and into the wilderness. From bear dens in Arkansas to deep sea dives for slave shipwrecks in the Florida Keys, we are getting you closer to the people, the animals, the sounds and the stories that make these wild spaces so magical and so worth protecting.

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Host: Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant

Featuring: Jordon King

Director, Creative Director & Editor: Tiffany McNeil

Executive Producers:

Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant

Tiffany McNeil

Mishka Brown

Danielle Broza

Producer & Writer: Omnia Saed

Associate Producer: Raimy Williams

Director of Photography: Tiffany McNeil

First Camera: Hyatt Mamoun

Associate Editor: Otis King

Production Sound Mixer: Tom Salyer

Sound Mixer: Abraham Oleksnianski

Sound Design & Re-Recording Mixer: Eric R. Fischer

Sound Design & Re-Recording Mixer: Dennis Hamlin

Logo Design: Konyin Adesoye

Production Services: Umma Chroma Creative Partners (UCCP)

Production Accounting for UCCP: JEMM Finance

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Digital Lead: Danielle Broza

Digital Producer: Amanda Bloom

Senior Social Media Specialist: Karen Ho

Associate Director, Audience Engagement: Chelsey Saatkamp

Executive Producer: Fred Kaufman

Major funding for Season Five of Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant was provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. For a complete list of funders, visit pbs.org/nature.

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Going Wild is back! This season we're heading out of the studio and into the wilderness: entering bear dens in Arkansas, diving for slave shipwrecks in the Florida Keys and wading through murky swamps to bring you closer to the people, the animals, the sounds and the stories that make these wild spaces so magical and so worth protecting.

About the multi-award-winning and NAACP-nominated podcast: Journey deep into the heart of the world’s most remote jungles, savannas, tundras, mountains, and deserts with wildlife biologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant as she studies wild animals in their natural habitats. Rae and her teams spend years studying these animals – in order to protect their futures. Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant takes you inside their hidden worlds – and the action-packed adventures of the wildlife conservationists who track them.

Premiering October 27th, 2026.

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Marine ecologist Alannah Vellacott grew up in a Bahamian subsistence fishing community, where wrestling sharks before sunrise was part of daily life. Now she's dedicated to conserving these majestic creatures and uncovering artifacts from slave-trade shipwrecks. In this episode, Alannah shares her journey to becoming a conservationist, highlighting the intersections of ecology, ancestry, and climate justice.

Alannah's website: https://www.alannahvellacott.com/

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Carolina Landa's story begins in the orchards of Quincy, Washington and takes a transformative turn within the walls of an Oregon prison. Raised in a Mexican-American immigrant family, Carolina's curiosity and passion for science led her to champion sustainability initiatives behind bars. In this episode, she discusses how incarceration became a catalyst for her environmental awakening and advocacy for green rehabilitation programs.

Thanks for listening to Going Wild. You can learn more about season four ⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠ and catch up on seasons one through three ⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠. 

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As a science journalist, Ed Yong spends a lot of time writing about nature without actually being immersed in it. After three years of covering the COVID pandemic, Ed found himself anxious, depressed, and in need of a change - despite winning the Pulitzer Prize. He took a step back from pandemic reporting to write a book about nature.

During this time, Ed also discovered something that prompted him to fall in love with nature in a way he never had before. Birding brought him renewed joy and helped him realize that curiosity, empathy, and a “childlike” fascination with nature might be precisely what we need to reconnect with and save the world around us, as well as to foster community in times of need.

Thanks for listening to Going Wild. You can learn more about season four ⁠HERE⁠ and catch up on seasons one through three ⁠HERE⁠. 

If you want to support us, you can follow Going Wild on your favorite podcast-listening app. And while you're there, please leave us a review. It really helps.

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Going Wild is a podcast by PBS Nature. NATURE is an award-winning series created by The WNET Group and made possible by all of you.

Views and opinions expressed during the podcast are those of the individuals expressing them and do not necessarily reflect those of THIRTEEN Productions LLC/The WNET Group.