Episode 156: Emma Marris - Wild Souls
Update: 2025-09-29
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Emma Marris is an American non-fiction writer, former journalist for Nature, and has written for National Geographic, Outside, Wired, the Atlantic, and the New York Times. Marris proposes a unified ethical approach that balances the protection of biodiversity with respect for the welfare and autonomy of nonhuman animals.
On this episode of Nature Revisited, Marris confronts the notion of 'wildness' and the ethical challenges presented in imagining our appropriate place in the world. Protecting wild animals and preserving the environment are two ideals that are seemingly compatible when in fact, there exists a space of underexamined and unresolved tension: wildness itself. Are any animals truly wild on a planet that humans have so thoroughly changed?
Emma's website: https://emmamarris.com
Wild Souls book: https://emmamarris.com/books/wild-souls-freedom-and-flourishing-in-the-non-human-world/
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On this episode of Nature Revisited, Marris confronts the notion of 'wildness' and the ethical challenges presented in imagining our appropriate place in the world. Protecting wild animals and preserving the environment are two ideals that are seemingly compatible when in fact, there exists a space of underexamined and unresolved tension: wildness itself. Are any animals truly wild on a planet that humans have so thoroughly changed?
Emma's website: https://emmamarris.com
Wild Souls book: https://emmamarris.com/books/wild-souls-freedom-and-flourishing-in-the-non-human-world/
Listen to Nature Revisited on your favorite podcast apps, on YouTube, or at https://noordenproductions.com
Subscribe on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/bdz4s9d7
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/5n7yx28t
Subscribe on Youtube Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/bddd55v9
Podlink: https://pod.link/1456657951
Support Nature Revisited https://noordenproductions.com/support
Nature Revisited is produced by Stefan van Norden and Charles Geoghegan. We welcome your comments, questions and suggestions - contact us at https://noordenproductions.com/contact
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