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The Origins Foundation Podcast

The Origins Foundation

The Origins Foundation is an non-profit organization bringing unique storytelling and conservation together to change not only how hunting is viewed, but also how we fund conservation programs around the world more efficiently and effectively.

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Episode 581 - Travis Thompson || Alligator Alcatraz...

The Origins Foundation Podcast ·

2025/08/05

Ashlee, with the Origins Foundations, discusses the conservation impacts of Alligator Alcatraz and whether Florida is about to get a real bear season for the first time in decades. Fifth Generation Floridian, Professional Hunting Guide & Conservationist of the Year, Travis Thompson, joins Ashlee to discuss the conservation and environmental risks associated with the highly controversial Alligator Alcatraz project in the Everglades as well as the upcoming final FWCC Commission vote on a Florida Black

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Episode 580 - Mike Toft || 4,000 Rhino Dehornings And...

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2025/07/31

While Robbie was in Zululand starting to film a docu-series on rhinos, sustainable use of rhinos and all of the controversy around the trade in rhino horns, the team was fortunate enough to witness a couple of Rhino dehornings. The vet that performed the dehornings was Mike Toft, a wildlife veterinarian out of Kwazulu, Natel. A 30-year vet (no pun intended) of the wildlife veterinarian game, he has seen it all when it comes to rhino conservation. Robbie and Mike got together right after a recent

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25:58

Roundup 155 || We Have Big News!

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2025/07/30

Big News - We’re growing and our name has changed! Blood Origins is officially The Origins Foundation. Tune in to hear why.Do you have questions we can answer? Send it via DM on IG or through email at info@theoriginsfoundation.org Support our Conservation Club Members! Backcountry Africa: ⁠https://www.backcountryafrica.com/⁠ Builders Select Stone Company: ⁠https://www.buildersselectstonecompany.com/⁠ Cantrell Outdoors: ⁠https://www.cantrelloutdoors.com/⁠ See more from The

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Episode 579 - Cullen Kelly || A Family Tradition of...

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2025/07/29

Cullen Kelly is one of the brothers now in charge of Garry Kelly Safaris. Garry Kelly Safaris (or GKS) is one of the oldest safari companies in South Africa, and Garry Kelly, Cullen’s Dad, is one of the original stalwart professional hunters in South Africa (he was involved in the very first Rhino hunt with Ian Player in Zululand). Robbie and Cullen connected on the banks of the Mkuze River, as Robbie and The Origins Foundation team were working on a Rhino documentary. Mkuze Falls is a private,

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Episode 578 - John Luyt || Limpopo Elephant Hunting...

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2025/07/24

John Luyt is one of the professional hunters that works in the APNR - the Associated Private Nature Reserves of the Kruger National Park. These reserves were setup to incorporate into Kruger National Park and allow for more movement of wildlife. With the dropping of fences, Kruger's burgeoning elephant population has spilled into the APNR, where legal, highly regulated hunting of elephants occurs. The hunting of elephants in this area has gone through significant upheaval since 2021, when Humane

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53:38

Roundup 154 || DSC, “Green” Vs Conservation Rhino...

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2025/07/23

Tune in to the weekly Roundup as Ashlee and Robbie discuss the latest news in the hunting and fishing arena over the past couple of weeks, including their weekend at Dallas Safari Club's Summer Expo, the Budget Reconciliation Act, a new bill introduced in the Senate aimed to increase North American duck populations, Reauthorization of the Sportfish Restoration Boating and Trust Fund, the Grizzly Bear State Management Act, the controversy surrounding Jay Cutler hunting sables in Africa, and

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58:32

Episode 577 - Tarquin Millington-Drake || Fighting...

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2025/07/22

Tarquin Millington-Drake is a UK-based photographer and founder of a communications hub around grouse shooting and moorlands. He and some other former podcast guests have teamed up to build this communications highway around the benefits of shooting - just like The Origins Foundation is doing worldwide! The communication message is simple - Why do moorlands matter? This discussion is a fascinating deep dive into a type of hunting in a place you might not know much about. Get to know the guest:

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The Last Wild Islands - A Zambian Radio Interview

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2025/07/18

Robbie in releasing The Last Wild Islands was connected to Michie. Michie is Zambia's Sweetheart" Zulu on Phoenix FM where she is an extremely popular radio host. Michie and Robbie connect for a short interview about the Last Wild Islands which broadens Michie’s ideas around hunting specifically in Zambia.Do you have questions we can answer? Send it via DM on IG or through email at info@bloodorigins.com Support our Conservation Club Members! Kayuga Broadheads:

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57:03

Episode 576 - Emily Graham and Ian Coghill ||...

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2025/07/17

Grouse hunting on moors is likely one of the most heated hunting topics in the United Kingdom. Every year the industry comes under attack, and they have to stand up and fight to highlight the benefits that come from Grouse shooting on moors. In Part 1 of a series on "Fighting for the Moorlands", Robbie connects with two key individuals in the "Why Moorlands Matter" movement - Emily Graham and Ian Coghill (or commonly referred to as Coggers). If you have ever been interested in learning more about

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Episode 575 - Andy Fraser || The Next 56 Hours Of...

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2025/07/15

We’re back for PART II of our miniseries covering the historic cheetah relocation that The Origins Foundation has undertaken from South Africa to Mozambique. Wildlife veterinarian, Andy Fraser, joins Robbie on the ground once again to discuss the difficulty of the sheer size of the project relocating the first 12 cheetahs. This podcast will bring you on the ground with them as they discuss the challenges and rewards of such an ambitious conservation project. From the epic photo of napping on a pile

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Episode 574 - Andy Fraser and Maria Caiado || The...

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2025/07/10

You have no doubt heard about the historic cheetah relocation that The Origins Foundation has undertaken from South Africa to Mozambique. This is the first of a series covering that project. We’re relocating 18 cheetahs and in this episode, Robbie chats with returning guest and wildlife veterinarian Andy Fraser and his partner, Maria, while driving back from capturing 11 cheetahs over the course of 56 hours and recap that incredible experience for you at home. This podcast will step you through the

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Episode 573 - Angi Bruce || Let’s Do It The Right Way!

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2025/07/08

Robbie is joined by Angi Bruce, the first female director of the Wyoming Department of Fish and Game. The Iowa native recounts her 20 years doing external affairs in her home state and her move to Wyoming to lead the Game and Fish Department there. From horse removal on the Indian reservation to roadways initiatives, to how we message about the sporting lifestyle, Angi and Robbie cover it all.Get to know the guest:

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Episode 572 - James Green || Wetlands, Ducks And...

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2025/07/03

Robbie is joined by James Green, head of waterfowl and wetlands at BASC, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation, to talk about the state of the water fowling and duck hunting world in England. Coming from a large hunting family, Chris is perfectly suited to advocate for it from his perch at BASC.Get to know the guest: https://thecountrygirlsuk.com/country-pursuits/basc-podcast-james-green-discusses-all-things-wildfowling/ Do you have questions we can answer? Send it via DM on

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Episode 571 - Leland Brown || To Lead Or Not To Lead...

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2025/06/26

Leland Brown is a PhD student who has worked for some time on the idea of lead-free ammunition. Leland and Robbie cover the start of the lead-free controversy, addressing myths about lead-free ammunition (from efficacy, ballistics, terminal efficient, etc) and sets the tone for Leland’s PhD research. There is always significant controversy when one starts talking about lead free ammunition - specifically as it pertains to reducing hunting opportunities and it always comes down to availability and

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Episode 570 - North American Pronghorn Foundation ||...

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2025/06/24

Robbie sits down with some of the board members of the newly birthed North American Pronghorn Foundation, one of the newest nonprofits in the conservation space! America is the bastion of species-specific foundations like this that dive deep into the conservation of one or another much loved and iconic species from Ducks Unlimited to NWTF to all the deer foundations and beyond - but with 14 states with pronghorn populations and only two with positive increases in those populations - this group

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Episode 569 - Daniel Workman || BEARDOGS

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2025/06/19

Cinematographer, storyteller and director Daniel Workman has worked on his project, BEARDOGS, for ten full years. Following a bear hunter in Appalachia, the place where he has his roots, has been an incredibly meaningful project for him. Daniel dives into the raw, the real, the harsh and the meaningful in this episode of Blood Origins with Robbie! Support the documentary here: https://seedandspark.com/fund/beardogs#storyGet to know the guest: https://seedandspark.com/fund/beardogs#story Do

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Episode 568 - Therese Marie Becker || A French...

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2025/06/17

Therese Marie “T” Becker is a Belgian hunter currently residing in Southeast France. She’s a businesswoman, business coach, and avid hunter (who is amazingly articulate for a non-native English speaker) and shows time and again during the show a deep understanding of the issues surrounding hunting in a European context. So spend an hour with Robbie and Therese as they run down the rabbit hole together. Get to know the guest: https://www.theresemariebecker.com Do you have questions we can

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Episode 567 - Chris Comer || SCIF New Work:...

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2025/06/12

Chris Comer, the Director of Conservation for Safari Club International Foundation (SCIF), joins Robbie on today’s podcast to discuss driving the conservation program landscape forward for SCIF, especially SCIF’s important niche of carnivore surveys and population estimates. From Texas mountain lions to leopards in Botswana and beyond. It's exciting to see SCIF, and the direction of Dr. Comer, Dr. Davidson and others really starting to look at where the research gaps are currently in the carnivore

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Roundup 153 || Cheetah’s, Connecticut Sunday Hunting,...

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2025/06/11

Now that Robbie is back from traveling and Ashlee is over another bout of COVID, they got together to bring us all the news fit to print about hunting around the world including a surprise Sunday hunting season in Connecticut - before they even allowed black bear hunting?! An update on the Cheetah project we’ve been pursuing in Africa (complete with Robbie checking on the cheetahs mid-podcast), TX adds public hunting land, the Australian hunting coalition expansion, and much more!Do you have

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Episode 566 - Paul Hubbard || The History Of Hunting...

The Origins Foundation Podcast ·

2025/06/10

Robbie and Paul first met each other almost 3 years ago when Robbie attended his first Zimbabwe Professional Guides Association meeting in Victoria Falls. At that meeting Robbie was introduced to Paul's extensive knowledge about all things history, anthropology, and natural sciences. Paul is an absolute wealth of knowledge. Paul Hubbard lives in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe and is a guide, anthropologist, archaeologist, and general “knower of all things” as it relates to the history of hunting and hunting

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