#735: Craig Foster of My Octopus Teacher — How to Find the Wild in a Tame World

Craig Foster is an Oscar- and BAFTA-winning filmmaker, naturalist, author, and ocean explorer. He is the co-founder of the Sea Change Project, an NGO dedicated to the long-term conservation and regeneration of the Great African Seaforest. His film My Octopus Teacher has led to making the Great African Seaforest a global icon. His new book is Amphibious Soul: Finding the Wild in a Tame World. 

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Timestamps:

[08:39] A morning ray.

[11:01] Connecting with the sea is a family tradition.

[13:24] Making The Great Dance.

[15:28] Unnatural powers granted by natural attunement.

[22:40] Observing the secret lives of animals.

[26:44] What makes Kalahari trackers so impressive?

[29:37] Connecting with nature in the big city.

[32:43] Breath holding and cold exposure.

[37:25] Land lessons via underwater tracking.

[42:55] Connecting with a Cape clawless otter.

[46:20] Interspecies alliances.

[49:39] What compelled Craig to write Amphibious Soul?

[52:58] Why pristine nature comforts and inspires us.

[1:00:03] Is ancestral memory real?

[1:04:16] Nature as a mirror.

[1:07:48] The pros and cons of discovering new species.

[1:10:03] Song catching.

[1:16:30] The meaning of “home.”

[1:19:03] Parenting lessons.

[1:23:41] The psychic cost of sudden fame.

[1:31:18] For whom was Amphibious Soul written?

[1:33:58] Sea Change Project.

[1:35:53] The short-sightedness of current climate policy.

[1:41:52] Changing entrenched minds.

[1:52:37] A camera-stealing octopus.

[1:55:25] Hope for a shift in human perspective.

[1:58:21] Parting thoughts.

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