Creating harmonies between humans and animals with Plume • Animals & Us E04
Plume started his extraordinary musical journey as a young drummer and songwriter, developing his passion for creating melodies and performing. Over two years ago, he moved into singing to cows, discovering their surprising appreciation for music, which encouraged him to continue this unique path. As Plume’s animal-focused performances gained exposure, his gigs shifted from human […]
From 3 to 400 Donkeys SAVED!!! #kintsugiheroes #animalsandus #podcast #resilience Watch the episode!
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎙️ ABOUT KINTSUGI HEROES ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Kintsugi Heroes is a not-for-profit Australian podcast network sharing real stories of resilience, disability, and transformation. Named after the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold — the philosophy that what’s been broken can become more beautiful for the mending — every episode honours the cracks, the rebuild, […]
Building awareness and advocating for wildlife with Sandy Steers • Animals & Us E14
Sandy Steers is a biologist, energy healer, writer, and entrepreneur. With a degree in biology, she has led 14 trips to the Galapagos Islands; run the environmental educational nonprofit, Friends of Big Bear Valley, for 24 years; and written hundreds of high-engagement educational social media posts describing the lives of the local bald eagles. During […]
Why Sharks Don’t Want To Eat You: The Truth About Apex Predators | Jillian Morris
Marine biologist Jillian Morris spent her career studying sharks in the field and teaching the world that fear is the real predator. In this Animals & Us conversation, she explains why respect for sharks matters more than love, how a single classroom visit can transform a child’s mind in 30 minutes, and why culling programs […]
Why every dog deserves to be loved with Lya Battle • Animals & Us E19
Lya Battle Bonilla is the Founder of Territorio de Zaguates, a sanctuary in Costa Rica with over 15 years of experience. More than 1,800 rescued dogs now live in freedom, safety, and love. What started as a small rescue effort from her own home slowly grew into a lifelong mission, to give every dog, no […]
Resilience, courage, and caring for others with Andrew Mac Donald • Animals & Us E03
Andrew grew up in Sydney with a rare bone disorder (XLH), underwent painful surgeries, and experienced contrasting childhoods with his healthy twin brother. Despite physical challenges, Andrew pursued music and sound engineering, then became a Bunnings manager, utilising his organisational and managerial skills. At 24, Andrew confronted robbers at Bunnings, displaying bravery but subsequently faced […]
Donkey named Viejo becomes best friend ☺️#animalsandus #kintsugiheroes #animalintelligence #podcast
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎙️ ABOUT KINTSUGI HEROES ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Kintsugi Heroes is a not-for-profit Australian podcast network sharing real stories of resilience, disability, and transformation. Named after the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold — the philosophy that what’s been broken can become more beautiful for the mending — every episode honours the cracks, the rebuild, […]
Finding hope through adopting a pet with Michael de Haan • Animals & Us E13
In this episode of Animals and Us, we’re joined by Michael de Haan – a Certified Money Behaviour Coach, author, and former financial planner – who shares a deeply personal story about finding purpose and healing through the bond with his rescue dog, Missy. Michael has spent over 25 years in the financial services sector, […]
From Childhood Wonder to Lifelong Conservation with Ian Redmond | Animals & Us
Wildlife conservation is built on personal encounters with wild animals. Ian Redmond spent over 50 years protecting gorillas and elephants across Africa, beginning with a single letter to Dian Fossey that opened a door he never closed. This is the story of how curiosity, friendship, and grief transformed into a lifetime of work that saved […]
Vets Beyond Borders: global care for animals with Dr Ian Douglas • Animals & Us E18
In this episode of Animals and Us, we meet Dr Ian Douglas, a pioneering veterinarian whose career spans five decades, continents, and countless animal lives improved through his dedication to welfare and education. From his beginnings in Scotland to his long-standing leadership with Vets Beyond Borders, Ian’s work has shaped international animal health programs across […]