The Story presents: Planet Hope - Omacha, ‘the dolphin who became a man’
The Story
The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 19 September 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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This is Planet Hope, a podcast from The Times and The Sunday Times in paid partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative. Each episode is hosted by The Story released as a bonus weekly series on Saturdays.
Deep in the Amazon, the mysterious pink river dolphins are under threat from pollution, mining, and habitat loss. Marine biologist Fernando Trujillo, known locally as Omacha, has dedicated more than 30 years to protecting them. From satellite-tagging dolphins to training fishermen and lobbying governments, he tells Adam Vaughan what it takes to safeguard one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth.
Host: Adam Vaughan, Environment Editor, The Times.
Guest: Fernando Trujillo, Founder of the Omacha Foundation and Rolex Award Laureate.
Series Producer: Priyanka Deladia
Sound Designer: David Crackles
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, it's Manveen. Today on the story, we're sharing something a little bit different. |
| 0:04.9 | It's from Planet Hope, another times podcast, and in it, our environment editor, Adam Vaughn, |
| 0:10.9 | meets the people working on the front lines of science and conservation, |
| 0:15.2 | whether that's protecting penguins in Patagonia, or helping patients with paralysis to walk again. |
| 0:21.8 | Here's an episode of Planet Hope. |
| 0:32.0 | Planet Hope is brought to you in paid partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet |
| 0:37.3 | Initiative. The initiative supports scientists, conservation initiatives, is brought to you in paid partnership with Rolex and its perpetual planet initiative. |
| 0:38.8 | The initiative supports scientists, conservationists, explorers and entrepreneurs around the world, |
| 0:46.2 | people who are turning bold ideas into real change, from the deepest oceans to the highest peaks. |
| 0:53.7 | Rolex has helped elevate these voices and projects, |
| 0:56.7 | including the one you'll hear in today's episode, |
| 0:59.6 | by providing support, visibility, |
| 1:02.6 | and a shared belief in protecting the future of the planet. |
| 1:09.7 | The United States Last time on Planet Hope, we followed the Penguin Guardian of Patagonia |
| 1:26.6 | and discovered how one man's fight for seabirds |
| 1:30.3 | became a global movement for healthier oceans. |
| 1:34.3 | Today, we leave the salt spray behind and head deep inland to a river system so vast |
| 1:42.3 | it feeds those same oceans thousands of miles away. |
| 1:49.7 | Here, in the flooded forests of the Amazon, |
| 1:53.3 | lives an animal every bit as charismatic, |
| 1:56.4 | and every bit as endangered as the penguin. |
| 2:03.4 | The Pink River Dolphin. |
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