BONUS - Interview with Dr. Nikki Savvides

08/02/22 • 27 min

Dr. Savvides is an Australian environmental ethnographer whose new book, After the Forests, dives into her experiences with captive Thai elephants and the people who care for them. We recently sat down to discuss ethical tourism, herd behavior, and being queer in STEAM. Nature is Gay is a biweekly (heh get it?) podcast about the queer world around us. Join me every other Monday to explore gender and sexuality in animals, plants, fungi, and everything in between. Follow on Instagram @natureisgaypod References for this episode can be found https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dkcGp6Qk1wptQN2xoYWMT6PBgRjcxjyQQZlagRNd6Uk/edit?usp=sharing (here.)

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