Love Nature? Listen to this!
For immediate release ‐ January 07, 2021
Contact: Jon Pishney, 919.707.8083. Images available upon request
“Love Nature: The Biophilia Podcast,” co-hosted by Museum Director and CEO Dr. Eric Dorfman and Museum Chief Veterinarian, Dr. Dan Dombrowski, centers around the Biophilia Hypothesis, which suggests that humans possess an innate tendency to seek connections with nature and other forms of life. E.O. Wilson, who introduced and popularized the hypothesis in his 1984 book, “Biophilia,” was the podcast’s first guest. For more information visit https://thebiophiliapodcast.org/; to listen, visit https://anchor.fm/thebiophiliapodcast.
Season One Schedule
Sep. 15, 2020: Meet Legendary Biologist E.O. Wilson
Guest: Dr. E.O. Wilson, University Research Professor Emeritus at Harvard
Sep. 22, 2020: E.O. Wilson and the Half-Earth Project
Guest: Dr. E.O. Wilson, University Research Professor Emeritus at Harvard
Sep. 29, 2020: Studying the Species in Peoples’ Lives
Guest: Dr. Rob Dunn, Professor of Applied Ecology at NC State University
Oct. 6, 2020: The World’s Largest Natural Habitat Zoo
Guest: Pat Simmons, Director & CEO of the North Carolina Zoological Park
Oct. 20, 2020: Lights, Camera … Ants!
Guest: Dr. Adrian Smith, Head of the Museum’s Evolutionary Biology & Behavior Research Lab
Nov. 3, 2020: Cold Nose, Warm Heart
Guest: Greg Lewbart, MS, VMD, Dipl. ACZM & ECZM, Professor of Aquatic Animal Medicine at the NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine
Nov. 17, 2020: Urban Nature
Guest: Deja Perkins: urban ecologist, advocate for nature exploration and a co-organizer of Black Birders Week.
December 2, 2020: Meet the Hosts
Guests: Dr. Eric Dorfman, Director and CEO of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and Dr. Dan Dombrowski, the Museum’s Chief Veterinarian. Guest Host: Chris Smith, curator of the SECU Daily Planet.
December 15, 2020: Dueling Dinosaurs: Dr. Lindsay Zanno connects the past to the present
Guest: Dr. Lindsay Zanno, Head of Paleontology for the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.
January 5, 2020: Rue Mapp and Outdoor Afro: Building a Bridge to Nature
Guest: Rue Mapp, Founder and CEO of Outdoor Afro.