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Ep. 96: Nature is a Mother

After a year off, Ashley is back! She's joined by her best friend and fellow wildlife biologist Hannah, and they're promoting their new podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/033ewjqLpaoLDLId4KHQzi?si=fcd2d14611814f6b. Today's episode, in honor of...

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Ep. 95: Studying Bears After An Attack (feat. Amber Kornak)

After a brief hiatus, Ashley is back with a new episode and gives a brief life update as to where she's been the past month. Bear biologist Amber Kornak then shares her story with us of the time she was conducting grizzly bear research and was...

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Ep. 94: Wrongfully Terminated - Part 2 (feat. Liz Crandall)

In this episode, we're finishing our two-part series covering some stories from the recent wrongful terminations carried out by the U.S. federal government. In this episode, we hear from former US Forest Service ranger Liz Crandall about her life, the...

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Ep. 93: Wrongfully Terminated (feat. Alex Troutman)

On February 14th, the Trump Administration wrongfully terminated tens of thousands of probationary federal employees. For all of these employees, their termination was blind-siding and life changing. Even though this episode was recorded before some...

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Ep. 92: Bovine Intervention

We've covered bears, cougars, wolves, tigers...but now it's time to cover a species we're all surrounded by: Cows. Did you know in many countries, second only to horses, cows are the animal that kill the most people per year? Tune in to this episode...

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Ep. 91: Reddit Attacks

In this episode, Nick and Ashley take a deep dive on Reddit and share some attack stories told there, and discuss whether or not they think the stories being told are real or not. If you'd like to read the AMA from Allena Hansen, check out that post...

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Ep. 90: 2024 Attacks

In our final episode of 2024, as is tradition here on Get Out Alive, we're going over attacks that happened this year that we haven't had a chance to cover yet. Keep an eye out on our Patreon for a bonus episode (available for free!) with additional...

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Ep. 89: Dan Flores

Dan Flores is on this week to chat with us about the history of mankind in North America: How we as a species ended up here, what North America was like when we arrived, and how our relationships with wildlife have changed since then.  Dan Flores is...

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Ep. 88: Death by Talons (feat. Tiddy Smith)

In this episode, Ashley speaks with Tiddy Smith, author of https://www.amazon.com/DEATH-TALONS-Murder-Kathleen-Peterson/dp/1957288639, the book covering the theory that an owl (or a raptor) killed Kathleen Peterson. If you want to look at some of the...

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Ep. 87: Chimp Crazy Episode 2

Alright, we couldn't keep this one from you all so we decided to release it on our main feed as well. Please enjoy our coverage of Episode 2, Gone Ape, of the HBO Max docu-series Chimp Crazy. Our coverage of Episode 3 is available on our...

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Ep. 86: Chimp Crazy Episode 1

You asked for it - our coverage of the HBO Max docu-series, https://www.hbo.com/chimp-crazy. We'll post episode 2 next week, or it's available right now on our https://patreon.com/getoutalivepodcast.  Related episodes:...

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Nature's Archive: Wildlife Forensics

Please enjoy this crossover episode where Ashley appeared as a guest on the podcast https://naturesarchive.com/ with Michael Hawk to discuss all things Wildlife Forensic Sciences! You can listen to Nature's Archive wherever you get podcasts. You can...

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Ep. 85: Imperfect Predators (feat. Antonia Cereijido)

Our special guest this week is LA-based journalist https://laist.com/people/antonia-cereijido, former NPR producer of https://www.npr.org/series/919079260/latino-usa-the-npr-archiveand now host of LAist podcast series...

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Ep. 84: Surviving and Conserving Tigers (feat. Dr. John Goodrich)

Dr. John Goodrich is not only a Siberian Tiger attack survivor, he's a world-leading expert on tigers and big cats, and serves as Chief Scientist for https://panthera.org/who-we-are, a world-wide NGO that aims to protect and conserve wild cats. John...

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Ep. 83: Unprovoked and Unforgotten: Shark Attack Stories

This week's species was voted on by https://patreon.com/getoutalivepodcast: Sharks! Ashley dives into recent shark attacks and offers tips on how to stay safe. The episode begins with a review spotlight and recaps notable shark attacks, including the...

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Ep. 82: Killed by Cougars (feat. Petros Chrysafis)

In this episode, Ashley returns from her summer break and is joined once again by wildlife biologist Petros Chrysafis. The discussion spans recent tragic and heroic incidents in California, Washington, and Colorado, and provides practical tips on...

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Ep. 81: Marauding Chimps

This episode was voted on by our https://patreon.com/getoutalivepodcast, and they specifically requested Nick join us again for our least favorite animal topic: Chimps! This episode is mainly focused on the human-chimp conflicts occurring in Uganda,...

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Ep. 80: National Park "Tourons"

Touron (noun): A tourist who is also a moron Margie is back, and we're rocking one microphone to bring you stories of "tourons" in National Parks. This theme is inspired by the Instagram account @https://www.instagram.com/touronsofyellowstone/ Thank...

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Ep. 79: Venomous Rattlers (feat. Dr. Emily Taylor)

Dr. Emily Taylor is here to teach us all about rattlesnakes - How common are bites? And do they always envenomate people? How can you deter them from your yard? And what can YOU do to get involved in rattlesnake research? You can find Dr. Emily...

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Ep. 78: Bear Lady Kay

Kay Grayson was by no means a conventional woman. After leading a wild life living on boats and training attack dogs, she settled in North Carolina where she fell in love with black bears. Kay took her love of bears farther than most, by feeding the...