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S2E8 2.8: Manchán Magan on connecting with rivers through language and folklore
We sat down with Manchán Magan, effervescent broadcaster, writer, and All-Ireland ambassador for The Rivers Trust, in April 2025. We were devastated later in the year to hear that he'd lost a long…
S2E7 2.7: Data - gaps in the evidence, and the power of citizen science
Rivers are essential to life, but our understanding of river health and issues is fragmented. Why are there such huge gaps in freshwater monitoring, what opportunities or issues are being missed as a…
2.6: Roisin Taylor on nature-friendly flower farming and young people as climate campaigners
We’re chatting with cut flower farmer, and Co-Director of UK Youth for nature, Roisin Taylor, who works tirelessly to engage young people in the UK in climate and nature action, and…
2.5: Chemicals in our rivers - nature-based solutions and tackling pollution policy
How are toxic chemicals getting into our rivers, and what impacts are these having on river life? Is the UK's poor chemical regulation policy making us 'the dirty man of Europe' again? And what roles…
2.4: Alastair Humphreys on rivers as spaces for adventure, big or small
In this episode we're logging off, to, well, log on? It'll make sense when you listen to our conversation with the brilliant Alastair Humphreys. He's an adventurer, writer, champion for connecting…
S2E3 2.3: Sewage in rivers - mapping, monitoring, and the citizen scientists making change
Sewage pollution in our rivers is never far from the headlines. We're digging deep into the topic of the stinky stuff in this episode (not literally) and asking; how is sewage getting into our…
2.2: Dr Imogen Grant, MBE, on becoming Olympic Champion and loving rivers through rowing
She’s an Olympic champion boasting a gold medal from Paris 2024, she’s a sustainability guru striving to make her sport and her community greener, she’s a passionate advocate for cleaner waterways,…
S2E1 2.1: Habitat decline in rivers - understanding and reversing it with innovative techniques
To start this series of Rambling about Rivers, we’re tackling river habitat decline: what’s driving it, how it’s impacting our rivers, and most importantly, what’s being done to reverse the damage.…
S2 Rambling About Rivers... is BACK!
You’ve probably heard a lot about rivers in the past few years. In the new podcast series from The Rivers Trust, we’re laying bare the state of rivers in the UK and Ireland, getting up close and…
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