That's Just Wild

By Fresh Air

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Episodes: 42

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Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts bring you a wildly entertaining nature show filled with adventure, behind-the-scenes stories, and fascinating facts. Think: unexpected encounters, jaw-dropping science, and nature like you’ve never heard it before.

 

Every Tuesday join adventurer, explorer and broadcaster Steve Backshall, wildlife biologist Lizzie Daly, and journalist Sarah Roberts as they dive deep into the wonders of the natural world. From braving Arctic extremes to swimming with sharks, each episode begins with a bold superlative—Flamboyant, Freezing, Venomous—and unfolds into their remarkable tales of the wild.

 

Then, every Friday, it’s your turn. Our Q&A episodes tackle your most need-to-know nature questions—from how not to become bear food to how long is an elephant’s trunk?  


Because the world is wild, its wonders are endless—and we’re here to tell the stories that prove it.


For ad-free listening and special episodes, support the podcast at thatsjustwild.com.


Produced in the wild by Fresh Air.


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Episode Date
Autumnal: Roaring Rut, Feasting Bears and Secrets Beneath the Leaves
Oct 14, 2025
Q+A: Whale Whispering, Tuatara Third Eyes and Aussie Oddities
Oct 10, 2025
Learning to Fly: Fearless Forest Gliders, Mid-Air Bat Nurseries and Buzzing Bug Wings
Oct 07, 2025
Q+A: Electric Blue Tarantulas, Wild Diaries and the Evolution of Echolocation
Oct 03, 2025
Parasitic: Disco-Eyed Snails, Tongue-Thieving Isopods and Tropical Diseases
Sep 30, 2025
Q+A: Swans with Serious Muscle, and Snakes with Super Senses
Sep 26, 2025
Ugly: The infamous Blobfish, Bald Uakari and Long Fingered Lemurs
Sep 23, 2025
Q&A: Bird Poo That Caused a War and Why Cockerels Cock-a-Doodle-Doo But Hens Don't
Sep 19, 2025
Mysterious: Colossal Squid, Real Life Mythical Creatures and Big Cats in The UK?
Sep 16, 2025
Special Preview: Hannah Stitful - How I got to be a Wildlife Filmmaker
Sep 15, 2025
Q&A: Shrimps that Punch Through Glass, Glowing Mushrooms and Snake spotting in the UK
Sep 12, 2025
Noisy: Jet Engine Sperm Whales, Screaming Plants, and Howler Monkeys
Sep 09, 2025
Q&A: Tickling Platypus, Poetic Petrels and the Bloody-nosed Beetle
Sep 05, 2025
Triumphant Travellers: Enormous Albatross and the Multi-Generational Migration of Butterflies
Sep 02, 2025
Q&A: The Welsh Coast, Arctic Adaptations, and Mosquitoes on the Underground
Aug 29, 2025
Party Animals: Jaguar Catnip, 'Flying' Reindeer and Drunken Monkeys
Aug 26, 2025
Q&A: Komodo Dragons, Bioluminescence and the Evolution of Predators and Prey
Aug 22, 2025
Cave Dwellers: The Mysterious Olm, Bat Volcanoes and Woolly Rhinos
Aug 19, 2025
Q&A: How Elephants Hear Through Their Feet and Why Lights Bamboozle Bugs
Aug 15, 2025
Flamboyant: Rainbow Sea Slugs, Fabulous Flamingos, and a Baboon's Back End
Aug 12, 2025
Q&A: Same Sex Pairs, Super Giant Insects, and Getting Lost Filming
Aug 08, 2025
Back from the Brink: Kooky Kakapos, Rampant Alligators, and Radiant Red Kites
Aug 05, 2025
Q&A: Piranha Frenzies, Lonesome George and wildlife TV trickery
Aug 01, 2025
Cruel: Hungry Hippos, Thieving Fireflies, and Murderous Meerkats
Jul 29, 2025
Q&A: Marine Turtles, Singing Birds and Farting Fish
Jul 25, 2025
Shapeshifters: Clown Fish, Poison Dart Frogs, and Wonderful Wunderpus
Jul 22, 2025
Q&A: Naked Mole-Rats, Lounging Pandas, and Pickled Fruit Bats
Jul 18, 2025
Team Players: Termite Snow, Starling Skies and Flying Ant Day
Jul 15, 2025
Q&A: Great Whites, Hammerheads and Shark Hypnosis
Jul 11, 2025
Sharks: Jaws, Netflix, and Misconceptions
Jul 08, 2025
Q&A: Dolphins, Sharks, and Toxic Relationships
Jul 04, 2025
Punks: Honey Badgers, Bearded Vultures, and Mohawked Turtles
Jul 01, 2025
LIVE: Osprey, Sharks, and the Loch Ness Monster
Jun 29, 2025
Q&A: Hippos, Bees, and Underrated Rats
Jun 27, 2025
Slimy: Hagfish, Banana Slugs, and Vampire Squids from Hell
Jun 24, 2025
Q&A: Black Widows, Blue Whales, and Orcas wearing Salmon hats
Jun 20, 2025
Colourful: Birds of Paradise, Binturong and Dancing Dinosaurs
Jun 17, 2025
Q&A: Parasites, Giraffe Necks, and Shark Attacks
Jun 13, 2025
Venomous: Bullet Ant Rituals, Box Jellyfish, and Wandering Spiders
Jun 10, 2025
Q&A: Milking Ants, Silver Foxes and Pigeon Top Trumps
Jun 06, 2025
Freezing: Narwhals, Polar Bears and Walrus Songs
Jun 03, 2025
That's Just Wild: Launching June 3rd
May 20, 2025