Nerdy About Nature

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Science #237, Nature #24

Hosted by Ross Reid, Nerdy About Nature is a passion project that creates fun, educational content with the aim of inspiring folks to engage with the outdoor world, to fall in love with it, and to advocate on it's behalf so that we can create a more inclusive, diverse, equitable, and just future for us all.From a 'Podchat' series that interviews experts in their field to the 'Undercurrent' news updates and everything in between, full of fun fact to make your time outside more fun.Visit NerdyAboutNature.com or @NerdyAboutNature on social media for more videos & ways to support this project. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nerdy-about-nature/support

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Recent Reviews
  • Ben*30
    Fun and informative
    Nerdy about nature is really easy to listen to. Ross’ excitement for learning and sharing this info is infectious. And the people he has on the show are fascinating and always have important work to share.
  • ferrarifamily
    Love this podcast!
    On a recent visit to Calgary, my friend there mentioned this podcast. Have loved each one-he’s so passionately informed and the guest and details are interesting and encourage engagement and doing something.
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