Find Your Wild Podcast Interviews Marc Bekoff, Biologist, Ethologist and Author.

Host Brianna Godberson. Brianna sat down with the award-winning author of The Emotional Lives of Animals, and the conversation became electric, plugging the listener in on the subjects of Ethology, Animal Sentience, and Colorado Wolves. By the end of the podcast, I found myself wanting to know more!

Marc Bekoff is a professor emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He has published 31 books (or 41 depending on you count multi-volume encyclopedias), won many awards for his research on animal behavior, animal emotions (cognitive ethology), compassionate conservation, and animal protection, has worked closely with Jane Goodall, is co-chair of the ethics committee of the Jane Goodall Institute, and is a former Guggenheim Fellow. He also works closely with inmates at the Boulder County Jail. In June 2022, Marc was recognized as a Hero by the Academy of Dog Trainers.
His latest books are The Animals’ Agenda: Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age (with Jessica Pierce), Canine Confidential: Why Dogs Do What They Do, and Unleashing Your Dog: A Field Guide to Giving Your Canine Companion the Best Life Possible (with Jessica Pierce) and he also publishes regularly for Psychology Today. Marc and Jessica’s most recent book, A Dog’s World: Imagining the Lives of Dogs in a World Without Humans, was published by Princeton University Press in October 2021. Dogs Demystified:
New World Library will publish an A-Z Guide to All Things Canine in June 2023, and the second edition of The Emotional Lives of Animals will be published in March 2024. In 1986, Marc won the Master’s age-graded Tour de France. His homepage is marcbekoff.com.

For More Ways To Connect With Marc:
X: @marcbekoff
Website: https://marcbekoff.com/
Marc’s Articles For Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/animal-emotions