The Natural Curiosity Project

By Dr. Steven Shepard

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I photograph, record, and write about the natural world. I see, I listen, I write. I fundamentally believe that curiosity can save the world—so I publish stories to make people curious. Ultimately, curiosity leads to discovery, discovery leads to knowledge, knowledge leads to insight, and insight leads to understanding. Please enjoy!

Episode Date
Episode 282-The Multifaceted World of Rob Dircks
May 05, 2025
Episode 281-Where Curiosity Leads
Apr 02, 2025
Episode 280-Candle in the Darkness
Mar 18, 2025
Episode 278-Intellectual Inoculation
Mar 14, 2025
Episode 279–Mystery Sounds
Mar 14, 2025
Episode 277-BCBDXing
Mar 09, 2025
Episode 276-Biodiversity and Sound
Feb 04, 2025
Episode 275-Jared Blake-The Life of a Field Recordist
Jan 07, 2025
Episode 274-Who Authors Really Are
Jan 04, 2025
Episode 273-The Strange Story of Fordlandia
Dec 19, 2024
Episode 272-I'm Your Huckleberry
Dec 19, 2024
Episode 271-Sound Safaris for the Blind
Dec 04, 2024
Episode 270-Curiosity, Space Travel, and How to Write a Book
Dec 02, 2024
Episode 268-Meet Jerry Berrier
Nov 22, 2024
Episode 269-Global Geopolitics with my Grandson
Nov 22, 2024
Episode 267-Sounds of the Not-So-Distant Technological Past
Nov 22, 2024
Episode 266-Marie Desrosiers and the Charm of Abandoned Places
Nov 21, 2024
Episode 265 - Thoughts On A Road Trip
Nov 20, 2024
Episode 264-The (Truly) First Electric Car
Oct 25, 2024
Episode 263 - Older Than Dirt And Just As Lively - An Interview With Archaeologist Douglas Frink
Sep 25, 2024
Episode 262 - Brian Malow, Science Comedian
Sep 23, 2024
Episode 261 - Foghorns, Bell Buoys And Dianne Ballon
Sep 23, 2024
Episode 260 - The Magic Of Spider Webs
Sep 08, 2024
Interlude: My New Book: Russet, A Novel
Aug 29, 2024
Episode 259 - Voyager's Golden Record
Aug 28, 2024
Episode 258 - West With Giraffes - Thoughts On The Past And Future
Aug 23, 2024
Episode 257 - Labels Redux
Aug 05, 2024
Episode 256 - Interview With Wren Kitz
Aug 05, 2024
Episode 255 - -Blue Highways Revisited
Jul 30, 2024
Episode 254—The Dubious Value Of Interspecies Communications
Jul 30, 2024
Episode 253 - The Secret Life Of Ponds With Acoustic Ecologist Jack Greenhalgh
Jun 28, 2024
Episode 252 - Interview With A Geologist
Jun 28, 2024
Episode 251 - Tim Brookes And The Endangered Alphabet Project
Jun 28, 2024
Episode 250 - Thank You
Jun 28, 2024
Episode 249 - Seeing The Unseen With Tom Biegalski
Jun 15, 2024
Episode 248 - Fun With Geography
Jun 04, 2024
Episode 247—Watching The Dance Of The Ants
May 28, 2024
Episode 246 - A Sense Of Wonder
May 23, 2024
Episode 245 - The Papua New Guinea Expeditions With Tony Baylis, Wildlife Sound Recordist
May 17, 2024
Episode 244 - It's A Thing
Apr 20, 2024
Episode 243—When Art And Science Yield Truth
Apr 20, 2024
Episode 242 - Interview With Musician And Field Recordist Madeline Reilly
Apr 18, 2024
Episode 241 - Seeing Sounds
Apr 01, 2024
Episode 240 - Battle For The Biggest
Mar 17, 2024
Episode 239 - Antlions
Mar 04, 2024
Episode 238 - Things Vs. Our Idea Of Things
Mar 04, 2024
Episode 237 - Tardigrades
Feb 28, 2024
Episode 236 - Interview With Dudley Edmondson Nature Photographer
Feb 28, 2024
Episode 235 - Dung Beetles
Feb 16, 2024
Episode 234 - The Human Library Project
Feb 13, 2024
Episode 233 - Holy Moly Roly Poly!
Feb 02, 2024
Episode 232—The Argot Of Sailing Ships
Jan 29, 2024
Episode 231 - Of 400s And Other Names
Jan 20, 2024
Episode 230 - The SIlverBack Digest
Jan 18, 2024
Episode 229 - The Strange World Of Synchronicity
Jan 18, 2024
Episode 228 - Sounds Of The West With Jeff Rice
Jan 05, 2024
Episode 227 - The Power Of Strangers With Joe Keohane
Dec 22, 2023
Episode 226 - A Man Of Many Talents - John Neville
Dec 22, 2023
Episode 225: Wings Across Continents with Axel And Ario Drioli
Dec 18, 2023
Episode 224 - Ryan McCarty And The Culture Of Good
Nov 20, 2023
Episode 223 - Rick Hannon Of Evocative Sound
Nov 20, 2023
Episode 222 - Thoughts On Television Commercials And Alexis De Tocqueville
Oct 25, 2023
Episode 221—A Few Thoughts On Wisdom
Sep 18, 2023
Episode 220 - George Vlad Captures The World
Aug 22, 2023
Episode 219 - Reef Renewal USA
Jun 06, 2023
Episode 218 - Interview With Thomas Meinzen
May 23, 2023
Episode 217 - Interview With Brad Borkan
May 23, 2023
Episode 216 Part 2 - On Generations
May 23, 2023
Episode 216 Part 1 - On Generations
May 23, 2023
Interlude - Beavers And Peepers
Apr 25, 2023
Episode 215 - The Magic Of Water
Apr 07, 2023
Episode 214 - Ecosenses
Mar 26, 2023
Interlude - Cicadas
Mar 26, 2023
Episode 213 - A Field Guide To Disinformation
Mar 20, 2023
Episode 212 - Dendrites
Mar 19, 2023
Episode 211 - The Badass Librarians Of Timbuktu
Mar 14, 2023
Episode 210 - Leadership's Rotating V
Mar 14, 2023
Interlude: Freight Rolling Through Norway, Iowa
Mar 10, 2023
Interlude: Parker River Gentle Surf
Mar 10, 2023
Episode 209 - Thoughts On Reverence And Democracy
Mar 09, 2023
Episode 208 - Sound Recordist Darren Wassom
Mar 08, 2023
Morning Blackbird Chorus
Mar 06, 2023
Episode 207 - A Stroke Of Luck With Dr. Bevan Choate
Jan 31, 2023
Episode 206 - Celebrate What's Right With The World With Dewitt Jones
Jan 29, 2023
Episode 205 - Travels By Zeppelin
Jan 24, 2023
Episode 204 - Invention, Innovation And Just Plain Magic
Jan 20, 2023
Episode 203 - The Control Of Nature
Jan 20, 2023
Episode 202 - A Conversation With Author, Researcher, And Journalist John Geoghegan
Jan 15, 2023
Episode 201 - The Bird Genoscape Project With Jacob Job
Jan 13, 2023
Episode 200 - Thank You
Jan 10, 2023
Episode 199 - Jay Weiser And The Five Leadership Superpowers
Jan 10, 2023
Episode 198 - Jay Weiser, Cyborg
Jan 10, 2023
Episode 197 - The Federal Writers Project
Jan 03, 2023
Episode 196 - California Naturalist Michelle Fullner
Jan 03, 2023
Episode 195 - The Creative Mind Of Rob Bender
Dec 07, 2022
Episode 194 - The Weird World Of Synesthesia
Dec 02, 2022
Episode 193 - Alice And The Magician
Dec 02, 2022
Episode 192 - The Downside Of Curiosity
Nov 18, 2022
Episode 191: Yoga Relaxation
Nov 17, 2022
Episode 190 - Hope
Nov 17, 2022
Episode 189 - Thoughts On The Human - Ness Of AI
Nov 17, 2022
Episode 188 - The Shape Of The States
Nov 10, 2022
Episode 187 - The Singing Planet
Nov 04, 2022
Episode 186 - An Interview With Nathan Wolek
Oct 18, 2022
Episode 185 - Time For A Clean Network Act
Oct 05, 2022
Episode 184 - The Carnivorous Swans Of San Ramon
Sep 25, 2022
Episode 183 - 60 Years On
Sep 25, 2022
Episode 181 - Rob Prince And Dark Winter Nights
Sep 08, 2022
Episode 182 - Interview With Luke Pearson
Sep 08, 2022
Episode 180 - Thoughts On Customer Experience
Aug 12, 2022
Episode 179 - The Nation We Knew One Year Later
Aug 12, 2022
Episode 178 - The Many Faces Of Will Gillespie
Aug 12, 2022
Episode 177 - Through The Eyes - And Mind - Of A Psychologist
May 16, 2022
Episode 176 - The Wacky World Of Foley
May 16, 2022
Episode 175 - The Internet Of Things And Why You Should Care
May 04, 2022
Episode 174 - The Human March Of Technology
May 02, 2022
Episode 173 - When Institutional Wisdom Becomes Institutional Baggage
May 02, 2022
Episode 172 - Randy Hynes, Common - Sense Candidate
Apr 27, 2022
Epsode 171 - A Passion For Passion With Jim Winninger
Apr 27, 2022
Episode 170 - Earth Day 2022
Apr 25, 2022
Episode 169 - Warm And Cold - Blooded Leadership
Apr 21, 2022
Episode 168 - The Magic of Maple Syrup with Mike Isham
Mar 28, 2022
Episode 167 - Gary Kessler And A Historical View Of Information - Sharing
Mar 23, 2022
Episode 166 - An Audio Tour Of Mud Pond
Mar 23, 2022
Episode 165 - Thoughts On The Future Of Work
Mar 15, 2022
Episode 164 - Magic Of The Prairie With Chris Helzer
Mar 13, 2022
Episode 163 - The Story Of Juneteenth And Other Amazing Things
Mar 10, 2022
Episode 161 - Voices Of A Flyway With Jacob Job
Mar 07, 2022
Episode 162 - Art, Life And The Sounds Of Nature With Mark Brennan
Mar 07, 2022
Episode 160 - Colors
Feb 04, 2022
Episode 159 - Books And Barbed Wire
Feb 04, 2022
Episode 158 - The Real Story Behind Mother Goose
Jan 20, 2022
Episode 157 - Fly Or Walk - A Pilot Walks The Appalachian Trail
Jan 16, 2022
Episode 156 - Interview With A Viking
Jan 16, 2022
Episode 155 - Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo
Jan 11, 2022
Episode 154 - What's A Lobbyist? With Mike Hutfles
Jan 11, 2022
Episode 153 - Interview With Phil Asmundson
Jan 10, 2022
Episode 152 - The Spice Story
Dec 24, 2021
Episode 151 - Interlude
Dec 17, 2021
Episode 150 - Interview With Dr. Russ Willis
Dec 11, 2021
Episode 149 - Science And Wonder
Dec 11, 2021
Episode 148 - Technological Art Imitates Life
Dec 11, 2021
Episode 147 - Reuben Poretti's Journey
Nov 22, 2021
Episode 146 - The Measure Of A Place
Nov 15, 2021
Episode 145 - Amazing Nature Facts
Sep 07, 2021
Episode 144 - Being In The Moment
Sep 06, 2021
Episode 143-Interview With Jerry Power Of The I3 Consortium
Aug 26, 2021
Episode 142 - Interview With Jim Metzner
Aug 26, 2021
Episode 141 - Thoughts On Sameness
Aug 14, 2021
Episode 140 - Interview With Jim Mulvihill
Aug 14, 2021
Interview With Jared Blake
Aug 03, 2021
The World Of Weird Trade Shows
Jul 30, 2021
Real Thoughts On Artificial Intelligence
Jul 13, 2021
Frogs And Blackbirds
Jul 13, 2021
Sandra Hughes on Solopreneurship
Jun 30, 2021
Cybersecurity Update With Gary Kessler
Jun 30, 2021
Episode 133 - Scott Luria 4
Jun 22, 2021
Why I Wrote The Nation We Knew
Jun 19, 2021
Episode 131 - Mary Sullivan's Dirty Job
Jun 15, 2021
Episode 130 - Tetramorium Immigrans
Jun 09, 2021
Episode 129 - Prairie Ridge And The Gillespie Family Farm
May 29, 2021
Scott Luria 3
May 21, 2021
Experimentation As Self - Competition
May 21, 2021
An Interview With Michael Shepard
May 06, 2021
Episode 126 - An Interview With Chris Boyer
May 04, 2021
Scott Luria 2
May 01, 2021
Scott Luria 1
May 01, 2021
Pete Mulvihill Interviews Steve about his New Book
Apr 26, 2021
A Matter Of Last Resort
Apr 09, 2021
Beyond The Data Economy And Other Nerdy, Important Stuff
Mar 31, 2021
Episode 119 - Tim Washer And The Power Of Humor
Feb 22, 2021
Episode 118-National Maritime Cybersecurity Plan
Feb 18, 2021
Episode 117-Knowledge, Skill, Wisdom, Insight, Understanding
Jan 24, 2021
Episode 116 - Why All Companies Should Be Led By Seasoned Birders
Jan 22, 2021
Episode 112 - Foods I Have Known
Jan 02, 2021
Episode 114 - The Problem With Labels
Jan 02, 2021
Episode 115 - The Contributions Of Bell Laboratories
Dec 31, 2020
Episode 113 - What's In A Name
Dec 31, 2020
Episode 110 - An Interview With Ben Link Collins
Dec 24, 2020
Episode 111 - Santa Study
Dec 22, 2020
Episode 109 - A Letter - Writing Challenge
Nov 03, 2020
Episode 108 - Inoculation Of Knowledge
Nov 03, 2020
Episode 103 - Being Human In A Digital World
Oct 07, 2020
An Interview With Gary Kessler On Maritime Ransomware Attacks
Oct 07, 2020
Episode 107 - An Interview With Shazad Ahmad
Oct 07, 2020
A (sort of) Technical Interview with Doug Standley of nioEarth
Sep 26, 2020
An Interview with Doug Standley of NioEarth and a View of Climate Reality
Sep 26, 2020
Episode 102 - Interview With Bob Dean Of Dean Learning
Sep 09, 2020
Episode 101—Platform Companies And An Interview With Danny Olusegun Ojedokun
Sep 07, 2020
Episode 100 - A Cry From The Deep
Sep 07, 2020
Episode 99 - How To Write A Letter, Part 2
Sep 07, 2020
Episode 97 - How To Write A Letter
Aug 19, 2020
Summer Thunderstorm, July 8, 2020
Aug 07, 2020
English Garden with Words and Sound
Jul 17, 2020
Episode 96 - On The Subject Of Books
Jul 16, 2020
Episode 95 - Top Ten List For Business Communications
Jul 16, 2020
Episode 94 - Hydraulic Trees With Roger Boughton
Jul 13, 2020
Hydrophone Recording of Frogs
Jun 15, 2020
Sap Rising in Sycamore
Jun 15, 2020
Contact Mic on Sheep Wire
Jun 15, 2020
Episode 93 - Adventures With Methyl Mercaptan
Jun 13, 2020
Episode 92 - Raising Our Collective Voices
Jun 10, 2020
Episode 91 - An Interview With Dumbledore (Dick Todd)
May 18, 2020
28 - Best Practices
May 14, 2020
27 - DAW Postscript
May 14, 2020
26 - The DAW Screen
May 14, 2020
25 - Going Out With Gear
May 14, 2020
24 - Roger Bats
May 14, 2020
23 - Analog To Digital
May 14, 2020
22 - Dawn Chorus With IPhone And MV88
May 14, 2020
19 - Roger First Time With Parabola
May 14, 2020
18 - Microphone Types
May 14, 2020
17 - Why Use DIfferent Mics
May 14, 2020
16 - Downy Woodpecker Pecking With Hiss In Background
May 14, 2020
15 - Northern Cardinal
May 14, 2020
14 - Fallow Deer Rut
May 14, 2020
13 - Wedge - Tailed Shearwater
May 14, 2020
11 - House Wren
May 14, 2020
10 - How I Got Into Wildlife Sound Recording
May 14, 2020
3 - Wildlife Sound Vs. Soundscape
May 14, 2020
2 - Getting Up Early
May 14, 2020
1 - Welcome
May 14, 2020
20 - The Bottom of My Garden
May 13, 2020
Episode 90 - A Corona Sabbatical
Apr 30, 2020
Episode 89 - Bob Verlaque On Earth Day 2020
Apr 23, 2020
Episode 88-Tragedy Of The Commons
Apr 18, 2020
Episode 87 - Collaboration And Communication In The Time Of Corona
Mar 28, 2020
Episode 86 - Random Thoughts On Things
Mar 28, 2020
Episode 85-Thoughts On Quarantine And Data Centers
Mar 21, 2020
Episode 84 - Tumbleweeds And Pollinators
Mar 20, 2020
Episode 83 - Accidental Inventions
Mar 20, 2020
Episode 82 - Animals In The House
Mar 19, 2020
Episode 81 - Human Perspective
Mar 17, 2020
Episode 80 - Lang Elliott Interview Part 2
Mar 17, 2020
Episode 79 - Lang Elliott Interview Part 1
Mar 17, 2020
The Nine Million Club (Repost)
Dec 16, 2019
How To Read Movie Credits With Bob Verlaque
Nov 13, 2019
Davyd Betchkal Part 2
Nov 13, 2019
Davyd Betchkal Part 1
Nov 13, 2019
Richard Nelson Remembrance
Nov 12, 2019
Ixtoluca
Nov 11, 2019
An Interview with Sound Recordist Phil Brown
Aug 01, 2019
Peepers
May 21, 2019
Ever Widening Circles
Apr 27, 2019
Netting The Land
Apr 20, 2019
Immigrant Insights
Apr 20, 2019
Homage To Greatness
Apr 20, 2019
The Science Of Diving Part 2
Feb 09, 2019
The Science Of Diving Part 1
Feb 09, 2019
Episode 64 - Hackers Then And Now
Feb 04, 2019
Episode 63 - Burma - Shave And Its Message For America
Feb 01, 2019
Tommy Graves - A Story Of Passion And Curiosity
Jan 24, 2019
Episode 61 - Pigeon Toads And Other Exotics
Jan 19, 2019
Episode 60 - Gregor Mendel And GMOs
Jan 19, 2019
Episode 57 - The Internet of Things Part 3
Jan 19, 2019
Episode 59 - The Gray Rabbit
Jan 14, 2019
Episode 58 - Biomimicry
Jan 05, 2019
Episode 56 - The Internet Of Things Part 2
Jan 03, 2019
Episode 55 - The Internet Of Things Part 1
Jan 03, 2019
Episode 54 - Changing Climate - -and Minds
Jan 02, 2019
Episode 53 - Miracle On Second Avenue
Dec 28, 2018
Episode 52 - The Demise Of The Long Drive
Dec 27, 2018
Episode 51 - Just Interesting Stuff
Dec 24, 2018
Episode #50 - How Blockchain Works
Dec 09, 2018
Episode #49 - Montpelier BioBlitz
Dec 05, 2018
Episode 48 - A Cat, A Bottle Of Poison, A Geiger Counter, And A Supercomputer
Nov 20, 2018
Episode 1 - Introduction
Nov 18, 2018
Episode 46 - Snow Geese On Lake Champlain
Nov 16, 2018
Episode 44 - The Last Man Who Knew Everything
Nov 10, 2018
Episode 43 - The World Brain
Aug 21, 2018
Episode 47 - House Wren
Jul 18, 2018
Episode 42 - The Smell Of A Rainstorm
Apr 19, 2018
Episode 18 - Springtails And Snow Fleas
Feb 19, 2018
Episode 41 - The Coolest People You've Never Heard Of
Jan 26, 2018
Episode 13 - Encounter With Luján
Jan 12, 2018
Episode 45 - Berzerkley (eat your peas)
Jan 10, 2018
Episode 39 - The Nine Million Club
Jan 10, 2018
Episode 40 - Yoga Relaxation with Cristina Shepard
Dec 31, 2017
Episode 38 - Indifference
Dec 09, 2017
Episode 37 - Why Transformation Matters
Nov 14, 2017
Episode 36 - Porch Swing Dreams
Nov 13, 2017
Episode 35 - A Lesson In Humility- The Antikythera Mechanism
Oct 06, 2017
Episode 34 - The Power Of The Story
Oct 05, 2017
Episode 32 - The First Transoceanic Cable
Sep 28, 2017
WSRS Podcast #1
Sep 03, 2017
Episode 33 - Leadership And Those Who Lead
Aug 30, 2017
Episode 31 - Bioluminescence
Aug 17, 2017
Episode 16 - Forest Bathing
Aug 09, 2017
Episode 30 - Interesting Technology Tidbits
Aug 09, 2017
Episode 29 - Those Answerless Questions
Aug 09, 2017
Episode 25 - The Wisdom Of Loren Eiseley
Aug 09, 2017
Episode 15 - How Trees Work
Aug 09, 2017
Episode 28-The Future Of 5G
Jul 22, 2017
Episode 27 - Leaps Of Language
Jul 19, 2017
Episode 2 - The Disappearing Spoon
Jul 17, 2017
Episode 5 - Leadership And Storytelling
Jul 17, 2017
Episode 4 - Fens, Mires and Bogs
Jul 17, 2017
Episode 3 - The Elephant's Child 'Satiable Curtiosity
Jul 17, 2017
Episode 9 - Thoughts On Life And Form
Jul 17, 2017
Episode 8 - I Am Haunted By Waters
Jul 17, 2017
Episode 7 - How I Learned To Love Fungus
Jul 17, 2017
Episode 6 - The Wave Venture
Jul 17, 2017
Episode 12 - Likin' Lichens
Jul 17, 2017
Episode 11 - The Age Of Wonder
Jul 17, 2017
Episode 20 - Oh No...Our Boy's An Engineer
Jul 17, 2017
Episode 19 - Insect Architects And Engineers
Jul 17, 2017
Episode 17 - On Leadership And Vision
Jul 17, 2017
Episode 14 - Lost Frogs
Jul 17, 2017
Episode 26 - The Attack On Science With Pete Mulvihill
Jul 17, 2017
Episode 24 - On Curiosity With Pete Mulvihill
Jul 17, 2017
Episode 23 - Big Data With Pete Mulvihill
Jul 17, 2017
Episode 22 - Northern Cardinal
May 26, 2017
Episode 21 - Sharp - Shinned Hawk Alarming With Black Vultures
May 04, 2017