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🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Introducing Flight of the Monarchs: Jaime Rojo on Beauty and Conservation from Know What You See with Brian Lowery.

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National Geographic photographer and conservationist Jaime Rojo has spent decades capturing the beauty and fragility of the monarch butterfly. Their epic migration is one of nature’s most breathtaking spectacles, but their survival is under threat. In this episode, Jaime shares how his passion for photography and conservation led him to document the monarchs’ journey. He and host Brian Lowery discuss the deeper story behind his award-winning images, one about resilience, connection, and the urgent need to protect our natural world.
See Jaime's story on the monarch butterflies at his website: rojovisuals.com, and follow Brian Lowery at knowwhatyousee.com.

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0:00.0	Very nice.
0:05.0	There's the light again.
0:08.0	It's amazing. In a second everything changes.
0:11.0	I got an invitation to visit the monarch butterflies and I was fascinated by the spectacle.
0:17.0	It's an amazing sighting. It's colorful.
0:21.6	You feel it, you see it with your eyes.
0:23.6	Everything is wonderful about the monarchs.
0:26.6	What does it mean to truly see something?
0:28.6	Not just a passing glance or a quick scroll through your feed, but to pause, feel, and connect.
0:35.6	These moments can be so powerful and unforgettable
0:38.9	that they change the trajectory of our lives.
0:41.5	And sometimes, such moments can change the world we live in.
0:47.8	Hi, I'm Brian Lawry, professor
0:49.8	at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
0:52.1	Welcome to know what you see. In this season of the podcast,
0:55.8	I'm diving into a big question. What's the point? In conversations with people who have
1:01.6	committed themselves to a range of pursuits, we'll hear answers to that question that might
1:06.2	surprise and inspire us all. In 204, I gave a TED talk at their big conference in Vancouver.
1:23.6	While I was there, I got to meet so many other brilliant speakers with wisdom to share from their respective fields.
1:30.3	And one of those speakers whose work and enthusiasm has stayed with me was Jaime Rojo.
1:35.3	Few insects have captured our imagination like the monarch butterfly.
1:40.3	Their migration is one of the most iconic wildlife spectacles in North America, but they are also
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