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guide. Anwar Mammon is an award-winning executive producer with over 20 years experience in TV production

who's filmed in some of the most remote locations

on the planet, pushing the boundaries of technology to bring viewers closer to nature and

our planet than ever before.

And Ben Wallace has made films all over the world for

prestigious outlets such as the BBC, Disney Nature, Netflix, Discovery, and PBS.

Anwar and Ben are part of Wild Star Films and the team behind National Geographic

new series, America's National Parks, premiering on the National Geographic Channel and

on Disney Plus. I'm Jason Epperson and this is the

America's National Parks podcast. Anwar and Ben welcome to the

podcast. Thank you. Nice to be here. Thank you.

Nice to be here.

Thank you, Jason.

Nice to be here.

So I'd like to start by talking about sort of one of the things that has stuck with me about these types of documentaries over the years is that, you know, sometimes there's an attempt to be a Hollywood blockbuster to sort of follow animals and watch them hunt and mates in a really intense way.

And sometimes when it comes to National Parks there is a challenge that I think a lot of filmmakers

have where they sort of miss the more sensitive side they miss the sort of more natural side in an effort to sort of keep it exciting.

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