Wildin' Out(side)

The Stoop

Hana Baba and Leila Day

Identity, International, Thestoop, Blackness, Storytelling, African, Personal Journals, Africanamerican, Blackidentity, Blackart, Journalism, Society & Culture, Black, Diaspora, Blackculture

4.4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Many children dream of being wildlife experts after watching hours of nature shows, but as grown-ups, it’s rare to meet a Black nature ecologist. Today we hear some unbelievable nature stories with carnivore expert Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant. She shares the most fascinating challenges in her career from facing the racialized history of conservation work to the time she had to solve the mysterious death of a Black bear.

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0:00.0	The living world is a unique and spectacular place.
0:07.0	Millions of kinds of plants and animals, dazzling in their variety and richness.
0:13.0	And let's not forget the billions of individuals.
0:16.0	Here are two of those individuals.
0:20.0	Let's observe.
0:21.0	Hey Lila, hehanna.
0:25.1	In the Western regions of the area known as the United States, the temperatures lift in March,
0:31.4	triggering spring, which means the sounds of a new season have begun.
0:36.1	Mike check, check, check, testing, testing, one, one to you. The two hosts, also known in this genius as executive producers, are engaging in a behavior known as the tension.
0:50.0	Listen closely and you can hear it begin to build.
0:54.0	Anna, let's do an episode about people's love for animals and
1:05.0	Okay, I like that.
1:06.6	And that is how an episode is born.
1:09.8	It's the season of love and out here in the wild the hosts find the angle.
1:15.0	You ready? They take position.
1:19.0	Let's do this.
1:20.0	And they pounce on the latest episode.
1:24.0	We're talking the love of nature.
1:28.0	Let's stoop.
1:35.0	stories from across the black dias.
1:38.0	Stories from across the black diaspora.
1:41.0	My cousins were water and grease girls, and I couldn't be a water in Greece girl.
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