Episodes

  • Jimi Goodwin: Notes on Nature

    Jimi Goodwin: Notes on Nature
    Jun 14 2022
    Musician Jimi Goodwin joins the conversation in this episode.

    Primarily known for his role in the band Doves, wildlife and nature has always been a part of his life. He sits down with Ceri and explains how the natural world has always enthralled him and how it helps to inspire him musically.

    The pair chat about experiences shared, including trips to Malta to campaign against the illegal hunting of birds on spring migration. There is much to be enthralled by in this conversation.

    Nature and Jimi hit the right notes.

    For more information on Gonzovation, visit www.gonzovation.com or follow us on Twitter and Instagram @gonzovation

    Gonzovation Conversations is a part of the HWY61 Network. For more podcasts like this one, visit www.HWY61.media
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    51 mins
  • Tim Appleton: All the Fun of the (Global Bird) Fair

    Tim Appleton: All the Fun of the (Global Bird) Fair
    Jun 7 2022
    Tim Appleton, conservationist, former reserve manager at Rutland Water and co-founder of the famous Birdfair sits down to talk with Ceri about how he engineered his path through the bird world and conservation. 

    We learn of epic journeys in support of local and global initiatives and why there is never a time to retire. He tells us how and why he has created an all-new Global Birdfair, which will reflect the times we live in. 

    Tim’s is an extraordinary story, a tale of commitment to birds and millions of pounds raised for conservation. Tune in and listen to a true gonzovationist.
    For more on the Global Birdfair, visit https://globalbirdfair.org

    For more information on Gonzovation, visit www.gonzovation.com or follow us on Twitter and Instagram @gonzovation

    Gonzovation Conversations is a part of the HWY61 Network. For more podcasts like this one, visit www.HWY61.media
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    58 mins
  • Marc Riley: Tales of Whales

    Marc Riley: Tales of Whales
    May 31 2022
    Marc Riley, BBC Radio 6 presenter, musician and cetacean lover, is Ceri’s guest in this episode. He talks us through his love of wildlife and how he became especially enamoured with whales.

    Marc shares tales of journeys to different parts of the globe from Australia to Iceland, from Ireland to Mull and beyond, all in search of whales.

    He regales us with stories of swimming with orcas and basking sharks and his passion for sea creatures is infectious. It’s a deep dive into Marc’s world.

    For more information on Gonzovation, visit www.gonzovation.com or follow us on Twitter and Instagram @gonzovation

    Gonzovation Conversations is a part of the HWY61 Network. For more podcasts like this one, visit www.HWY61.media
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    47 mins
  • Samoa Conservation Society: Saving the Manumea

    Samoa Conservation Society: Saving the Manumea
    May 24 2022
    We travel across the globe to chat with the Samoa Conservation Society and to discuss the plight of the Manumea, which is sometimes known as the Little Dodo.

    Ceri chats with James Atherton, Jane Va’afusuaga and Moeumu Ulli about their work on the Save the Manumea Campaign, and we hear about an incredibly rare encounter with the Manumea. A fascinating story emerges of the work being done to save it from extinction.

    From songs to graffiti, the invention behind initiatives to raise awareness of the situation is extraordinary. This is an authentic story of gonzovation in action.

    For more information on Gonzovation, visit www.gonzovation.com or follow us on Twitter and Instagram @gonzovation

    Gonzovation Conversations is a part of the HWY61 Network. For more podcasts like this one, visit www.HWY61.media
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    55 mins
  • Lucy McRobert: Keeping it Wild

    Lucy McRobert: Keeping it Wild
    May 17 2022
    Lucy McRobert is Ceri’s guest in this episode. Author, campaigner, columnist and mother, she talks us through her passion for wildlife, co-founding the youth nature network, A Focus On Nature and her love of The Isles of Scilly, which Ceri agrees is one of the most beautiful spots on the planet.

    They take a close look at the questions of women’s safety, and accessibility and diversity for all within nature. Settle in for a true Gonzovation Conversation.

    For more information on Gonzovation, visit www.gonzovation.com or follow us on Twitter and Instagram @gonzovation

    Gonzovation Conversations is a part of the HWY61 Network. For more podcasts like this one, visit www.HWY61.media
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Nathan Eagle: Saving The Kiwikiu

    Nathan Eagle: Saving The Kiwikiu
    May 10 2022
    Nathan Eagle is an environmental journalist and deputy editor with Hawaii’s Honolulu Civil Beat. He joins Ceri to discuss his work on environmental stories and focuses on the problems that face the Kiwikiu, a critically endangered bird in what is sadly known as the extinction capital of the world, Hawaii.

    Nathan talks us through the measures that have been taken to try and secure a future for this little feller. The task at hand is enormous but conservationists are doing their best to save this beautiful bird.

    For more information on Gonzovation, visit www.gonzovation.com or follow us on Twitter and Instagram @gonzovation

    Gonzovation Conversations is a part of the HWY61 Network. For more podcasts like this one, visit www.HWY61.media
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    41 mins
  • Tony Husband: Drawing Upon Life

    Tony Husband: Drawing Upon Life
    May 3 2022
    Tony Husband talks with Ceri about drawing upon life for his famous cartoons such as ‘The Yobs’ for Private Eye, amongst others.

    The pair discuss the inspiration he takes from the natural world and the love he has for his local countryside and its creatures. Tony also talks about his book, Take Care, Son: The Story of my Dad and his Dementia, and speaks movingly and honestly about this enlightening and extraordinary tale of living with dementia that is experienced by many people. Heart-rending and heart-warming at the same time.
    Visit Tony's website here: www.tonyhusband.co.uk

    His book is also available on Amazon.

    For more information on Gonzovation, visit www.gonzovation.com or follow us on Twitter and Instagram @gonzovation

    Gonzovation Conversations is a part of the HWY61 Network. For more podcasts like this one, visit www.HWY61.media
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    47 mins
  • Sophie Pavelle: Remembering to Forget Me Not

    Sophie Pavelle: Remembering to Forget Me Not
    Apr 26 2022
    Ceri talks to Sophie Pavelle, writer and Communications Co-ordinator at The Beaver Trust. 

    They talk about the fascination with and re-introduction of the beaver into the British landscape and chat about her thought-provoking first book, Forget Me Not. 

    The book documents her journey to find 10 species and habitats threatened by climate change in the UK. All travel done in a low carbon way too!
    For Sophie's book, click here: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/forget-me-not-9781472986221/
    Click here for more on The Beaver Trust: https://beavertrust.org

    For more information on Gonzovation, visit www.gonzovation.com or follow us on Twitter and Instagram @gonzovation

    Gonzovation Conversations is a part of the HWY61 Network. For more podcasts like this one, visit www.HWY61.media
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    48 mins