The Origins Foundation Podcast

The Origins Foundation
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The Origins Foundation podcast has hard hitting conversations about wildlife, hunting, and sticky topics in our sustainable use space. Its a rare podcast that isn't afraid to have the hard conversations with people inside and outside our community.

  1. Episode 640 - Sam Ferreira || All About Elephants

    3D AGO

    Episode 640 - Sam Ferreira || All About Elephants

    Mega charismatic fauna create a deep seated emotional response as it pertains their management - ie wolves, bears, and in Africa, elephants. Elephants are one of Africa’s most debated conservation challenges, Robbie sits down with Dr. Sam Ferreira, large mammal ecologist for South African National Parks, unpacking the complex reality of elephant management in Kruger National Park. Drawing on decades of research, field experience, and real-time data, Ferreira challenges the common assumption that more elephants automatically mean more ecological damage, instead revealing how elephant behavior, resource distribution, and “ice cream aisle” habitat preferences drive localized impact. From historical human influence and shifting landscapes of fear to modern conservation constraints and adaptive management strategies, this conversation explores why managing elephants isn’t about hitting a magic number but understanding the dynamic systems they shape. Do you have questions we can answer? Send it via DM on IG or through email at info@theoriginsfoundation.org  Support our Conservation Club Members! Braeside Safaris: https://braesidesafaris.co.za/  Stone Road Media: https://www.stoneroadmedia.com/  Anti-Poaching Aid Program: https://theoriginsfoundation.org/conservation-projects/anti-poaching-aid-program/  See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io This podcast is brought to you by Bushnell, who believes in providing the highest quality, most reliable & affordable outdoor products on the market. Your performance is their passion. https://www.bushnell.com  This podcast is also brought to you by Silencer Central, who believes in making buying a silencer simple and they handle the paperwork for you. Shop the largest silencer dealer in the world. Get started today! https://www.silencercentral.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 20m
  2. Episode 639 - Eleanor Harris || Understanding Biodiversity Credits For Conservation

    5D AGO

    Episode 639 - Eleanor Harris || Understanding Biodiversity Credits For Conservation

    If you are into conservation in this world you are thinking about how wildlife conservation is funded today and how it will be funded in the future. The two new kids on the block are Carbon or Biodiversity credit systems. Eleanor Harris, an academic with the Biodiversity Credit Initiative, talks with Robbie about this strategy to value wildlife conservation around the world. They discuss how the biodiversity credits work, how they affect real habitat, and the realities of the credit system and the scheme itself. Learn more about the newest sector and policy initiative around the globe.  Do you have questions we can answer? Send it via DM on IG or through email at info@theoriginsfoundation.org  Support our Conservation Club Members! Braeside Safaris: https://braesidesafaris.co.za/  Stone Road Media: https://www.stoneroadmedia.com/  Anti-Poaching Aid Program: https://theoriginsfoundation.org/conservation-projects/anti-poaching-aid-program/  See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io This podcast is brought to you by Bushnell, who believes in providing the highest quality, most reliable & affordable outdoor products on the market. Your performance is their passion. https://www.bushnell.com  This podcast is also brought to you by Silencer Central, who believes in making buying a silencer simple and they handle the paperwork for you. Shop the largest silencer dealer in the world. Get started today! https://www.silencercentral.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    56 min
  3. Episode 638 - Oscar Goodman || Proving The #PROOF

    APR 16

    Episode 638 - Oscar Goodman || Proving The #PROOF

    Oscar Goodman, founder of wild vision technologies, a new AI-driven platform to help hunters identify where animals actually already and proprietary technology that proves the changes in attitude. Do you have questions we can answer? Send it via DM on IG or through email at info@theoriginsfoundation.org  Support our Conservation Club Members! Garry Kelly Safaris: https://garrykellysafaris.com/  Land Limited: https://www.land.limited/   Alberta Pronghorn Connectivity Project: https://theoriginsfoundation.org/conservation-projects/alberta-pronghorn-connectivity-project/  See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io This podcast is brought to you by Bushnell, who believes in providing the highest quality, most reliable & affordable outdoor products on the market. Your performance is their passion. https://www.bushnell.com  This podcast is also brought to you by Silencer Central, who believes in making buying a silencer simple and they handle the paperwork for you. Shop the largest silencer dealer in the world. Get started today! https://www.silencercentral.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    41 min
  4. Episode 637 - Ben Allen || Someone Has To Die

    APR 14

    Episode 637 - Ben Allen || Someone Has To Die

    There is belief in the hunting industry space that we do not have a cogent argument to defend the "ethical killing" of animals. How can we defend that killing animals is ok? Well there is one guy who has taken it upon himself as a mission to figure that out. Robbie is joined by Dr. Ben Allen, a conservation scientist in Australia working in wildlife management and living the dream - going camping, fishing, hunting and predator controlling for a day job. He is also the lead author in a number of articles tied to ethical arguments around intentional animal killing. The papers that he has written will make your head spin,  Listen in and understand Ben’s rationale around the ethical killing of animals.  Do you have questions we can answer? Send it via DM on IG or through email at info@theoriginsfoundation.org  Support our Conservation Club Members! Garry Kelly Safaris: https://garrykellysafaris.com/  Land Limited: https://www.land.limited/   Alberta Pronghorn Connectivity Project: https://theoriginsfoundation.org/conservation-projects/alberta-pronghorn-connectivity-project/  See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io This podcast is brought to you by Bushnell, who believes in providing the highest quality, most reliable & affordable outdoor products on the market. Your performance is their passion. https://www.bushnell.com  This podcast is also brought to you by Silencer Central, who believes in making buying a silencer simple and they handle the paperwork for you. Shop the largest silencer dealer in the world. Get started today! https://www.silencercentral.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 9m
  5. Episode 636 - Patrick O’Reilly || Wildfowling And Social License In The United Kingdom

    APR 9

    Episode 636 - Patrick O’Reilly || Wildfowling And Social License In The United Kingdom

    Patrick O’Reilly, a social scientist hired by the British Association of Shooting and Conservation was hired 2 years ago to connect about social license and the sociology that “allows” people to hunt chock full of information between an irishman talking to a South African about social license and how it extrapolates onto the narrative around hunting not just in Europe or far flung places but right here at home and all around the world. Do you have questions we can answer? Send it via DM on IG or through email at info@theoriginsfoundation.org  Support our Conservation Club Members! Zambeze Delta Safaris: https://www.zambezedeltasafaris.com/  Dillingham Insurance: https://www.dillinghaminsurance.com/  Kamukeze Clinic Construction: https://theoriginsfoundation.org/conservation-projects/kamukeze-clinic-accomodation-construction/  See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io This podcast is brought to you by Bushnell, who believes in providing the highest quality, most reliable & affordable outdoor products on the market. Your performance is their passion. https://www.bushnell.com  This podcast is also brought to you by Silencer Central, who believes in making buying a silencer simple and they handle the paperwork for you. Shop the largest silencer dealer in the world. Get started today! https://www.silencercentral.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 5m

  6. APR 8

    Roundup 170 || Lead Ammo Protection, Court Wins, and Wildlife Funding Chaos Update

    Robbie and Ashlee are back after both respectively traveling the last couple of weeks, with updates on new legislation passed by Congress to ensure lead ammunition and fishing tackle is not banned without scientific justification called the Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act, the 9th Circuit's ruling that a California law banning firearms marketing in a manner attractive to minors is unconstitutional, updates from state legislative sessions winding down, proposed CWD changes in Louisiana, and federal funding issues causing havoc for state wildlife agencies because the federal agencies are not releasing appropriated funds.  Do you have questions we can answer? Send it via DM on IG or through email at info@theoriginsfoundation.org  Support our Conservation Club Members! Zambeze Delta Safaris: https://www.zambezedeltasafaris.com/  Dillingham Insurance: https://www.dillinghaminsurance.com/  Kamukeze Clinic Construction: https://theoriginsfoundation.org/conservation-projects/kamukeze-clinic-accomodation-construction/  See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io This podcast is brought to you by Bushnell, who believes in providing the highest quality, most reliable & affordable outdoor products on the market. Your performance is their passion. https://www.bushnell.com  This podcast is also brought to you by Silencer Central, who believes in making buying a silencer simple and they handle the paperwork for you. Shop the largest silencer dealer in the world. Get started today! https://www.silencercentral.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    46 min
  7. Episode 635 - Lucy Biggers || Lucy Biggers’ Journey to Realism

    APR 7

    Episode 635 - Lucy Biggers || Lucy Biggers’ Journey to Realism

    Lucy Biggers, a climate activist turned realist and in so doing is an example we want to show people of someone deeply committed to her beliefs and the psychology of how she changed her mind and became a “realist” on climate. Get to know the guest: https://discoveredfoods.com/  Do you have questions we can answer? Send it via DM on IG or through email at info@theoriginsfoundation.org  Support our Conservation Club Members! Zambeze Delta Safaris: https://www.zambezedeltasafaris.com/  Dillingham Insurance: https://www.dillinghaminsurance.com/  Kamukeze Clinic Construction: https://theoriginsfoundation.org/conservation-projects/kamukeze-clinic-accomodation-construction/  See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io This podcast is brought to you by Bushnell, who believes in providing the highest quality, most reliable & affordable outdoor products on the market. Your performance is their passion. https://www.bushnell.com  This podcast is also brought to you by Silencer Central, who believes in making buying a silencer simple and they handle the paperwork for you. Shop the largest silencer dealer in the world. Get started today! https://www.silencercentral.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    47 min
  8. Gordon Putteril || The Old School Elephants Of Zimbabwe

    APR 2

    Gordon Putteril || The Old School Elephants Of Zimbabwe

    After a scheduling mishap, Robbie is joined by Gordon Putteril, an Elephant guide from Zimbabwe that’s been around since the mid-70’s. From his time as a part of the amazing Zim parks board and beyond, Robbie picks his brain on old school elephants and what it looked like back in the day. Do you have questions we can answer? Send it via DM on IG or through email at info@theoriginsfoundation.org  Support our Conservation Club Members! Hwange Safari Company: https://www.hwangesafarilodge.com/  Old Wolf Taxidermy Cleaning & Repair: https://www.oldwolftaxidermycleaning.com/  Botswana Teacher Incentives: https://theoriginsfoundation.org/conservation-projects/botswana-teacher-incentive-program/  See more from Blood Origins: https://bit.ly/BloodOrigins_Subscribe Music: Migration by Ian Post (Winter Solstice), licensed through artlist.io This podcast is brought to you by Bushnell, who believes in providing the highest quality, most reliable & affordable outdoor products on the market. Your performance is their passion. https://www.bushnell.com  This podcast is also brought to you by Silencer Central, who believes in making buying a silencer simple and they handle the paperwork for you. Shop the largest silencer dealer in the world. Get started today! https://www.silencercentral.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    53 min
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The Origins Foundation podcast has hard hitting conversations about wildlife, hunting, and sticky topics in our sustainable use space. Its a rare podcast that isn't afraid to have the hard conversations with people inside and outside our community.

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