A Coyote Walks Into a Quiznos...

Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant

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Science, Pets & Animals, Nature, Kids & Family, Natural Sciences

4.9 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Why are coyotes showing up all over the place? Spoiler alert: evolution can work fast. If you live in the United States, chances are you’ve seen a coyote in the wilderness, or in more unexpected places like on a train, in your backyard, or even in a sandwich shop. But coyotes haven’t always been so bold. Back in the 1900s, coyotes were more like wolves – you mostly found them in forests and other areas far away from humans. Now, coyotes are everywhere, and Dr. Christopher Schell decided to find out why. Through his research, Chris learned a lot about coyotes, and some things really surprised him. But what makes this story even more unique is that by studying coyotes, Chris ended up learning even more about himself. Thanks for listening! If you want to support us, you can follow “Going Wild” on your favorite podcast listening app. While you’re there, please leave us a review - it really helps. You can also get updates and bonus content by following me, Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant, and PBS Nature on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and Facebook. And you can catch new episodes of Nature Wednesdays at 8/7c on PBS, pbs.org/nature and the PBS Video app. Follow Dr. Christopher Schell on Twitter. This episode of “Going Wild” was hosted by me, Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant. Production by Caroline Hadilaksono, Danielle Broza, Nathan Tobey, and Great Feeling Studios. Editing by Rachel Aronoff and Jakob Lewis. Sound design by Cariad Harmon. Danielle Broza is the Digital Lead and Fred Kaufman is the Executive Producer for Nature. Art for this podcast was created by Arianna Bollers and Karen Brazell. Special thanks to Amanda Schmidt, Blanche Robertson, Jayne Lisi, Chelsey Saatkamp, and Karen Ho. NATURE is an award-winning series created by The WNET Group and made possible by all of you. Funding for this podcast was provided by grants from the Anderson Family Fund, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and PBS. 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.

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0:00.0	This past spring, when I was off on a trip doing bare work,
0:04.8	I got a phone call from an administrator at my daughter's elementary school
0:08.5	explaining that she had broken down crying
0:11.7	because she had been bullied on the playground.
0:19.8	There was a group of students that were playing.
0:23.6	She asked to play and the girls said, no, you can't play.
0:29.6	It's for white people only.
0:31.6	What I learned on the phone was that through my daughter's tears, she said, you know, I don't want to go play today.
0:41.8	I don't have any friends.
0:43.2	It's because I'm black.
0:51.4	I work so, so hard to raise my children to be these well-rounded advocates.
1:00.8	And yet all of that kind of goes out the window when they're the ones experiencing racism.
1:07.0	So lately, the question I've been asking myself is how do we raise resilient, adaptable kids who will not only survive under these difficult circumstances, but more importantly, thrive.
1:25.0	And maybe the animal world has something to teach us.
1:34.0	I'm Dr. Ray Wynne Grant, and this is a different kind of nature show, a podcast all about the
1:40.4	human drama of saving animals. This season, I want to share my story.
1:46.8	But I also want to introduce you to the other amazing wildlife scientists out there.
1:52.5	Some of my friends who study hyenas, work with lizards, and even track sharks.
1:58.7	The animals we study are great, but who we are as people and how that
2:03.4	affects our work is just as interesting. And we're going to talk all about it. This is going wild.
2:25.4	So after I got off the phone with my daughter's school, it was so hard for me to shift back and focus on my work.
2:30.7	And I kept thinking, you know, here I am doing work to protect the bear population.
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