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Track the Big Bad Wolf from fairy tales and metaphors to the real animal, and learn that everything you think you know about this elusive predator is probably wrong. Where do wolves show up, where do we know they live, and are they coming back to your neighborhood? How dangerous is the real animal?

We also eavesdrop on an interview at the coffeehouse between a certain young professional dressed in red and her problematic furry companion.

Dani Freund, a graduate student researcher at the Voyageurs Wolf Project in northern Minnesota, gives us a firsthand account of life and work in wolf country, and reveals why you shouldn’t watch too many scary movies before venturing into the woods alone.

Listen to “Big Bad (Imaginary?) Wolves,” and subscribe to “30% Wild” at www.thirtywildpod.com

• Wolves in metaphor and story
• How to tell if wolves have moved into your neighborhood - or can you?
• How wolves improve the health of entire ecosystems
• Wolf country, pre-settlement, today, and tomorrow
• Where’s the one place in the Lower 48 that wolves never left?
• Will wolves move back into the eastern US? Are they already here?
• Wolves and rewilding, here and in Europe
• Includes the original story, “Big Bad Coffee.”

Introducing “30% Wild,” the podcast that explores the adventure of life in a rewilding world. We start with “Scary Animals in the Backyard,” asking what’s behind reports of predators close to where you live. Stay safe, and know who’s watching you in the woods - or just outside your door.

• How this show is for you if climate doom is getting you down.
• What’s “rewilding,” and what does it have to do with your neighborhood? 
• What does rewilding have to do with climate change?
• How big predators and other scary animals live in our imaginations, as well as nearby wild places.
• What’s the most dangerous animal in *your* backyard? 
• What does it mean to face your fears, of scary animal encounters but also of life in a climate-changed world? 
• How is nature creeping in around the edges of life in your neighborhood, and in the tales you tell yourself about where you live? 
• “Night of the INSERT CREATURE HERE,” an original satirical story about a campfire gathering gone wrong and a mysterious uninvited guest with a terrifying growl. 
• How to get your own fill-in-the-blank printable mad lib of “Night of the INSERT CREATURE HERE”

Full notes on today’s show, including articles on these topics, links to any resources mentioned, and the free printable fill-in-the-blank mad lib version of today’s story, “Night of the INSERT CREATURE HERE.” You can also share your thoughts on the show or just say hello! 
https://deftspacelab.com/climate-doom-rewilding-madlibstory/

What’s the scariest thing in the woods?

Howls and cries echoing through the night.

Half-seen shadows flitting through the trees.

30% Wild delves into these encounters – and the science behind them.

Learn how to stay safe out there, feel at home in the outdoors, and hear stories that revolutionize how you see your surroundings. Feed your thirst for the wild world outside your door, and join the community of others building a life closer to nature. The wild is closer than you think, and getting there is easier than you might imagine.

Season One confronts the outdoors’ fear that haunts us the most: dangerous animals. Mountain lions in the East, wolves anywhere, bears everywhere. We’ll track these stories in the scariest place of all: close to home, maybe even in your backyard. What’s lurking out there, where will wildlife show up next, and what do we do when we see that mountain lion?

If you want to know more about what’s outside your door, if you’re new to outdoor pursuits, or if you love outdoors stories with a bite, come along as we uncover what’s going on behind the world we see outside.