Nature's Secret Service Podcast
1) AMBUSH!
In 1962, USFWS Agent Vic Blasevic was ambushed by poachers and shot twice at close range. Join Ed and retired Special Agent Jerry Smith as they talk about who Vic was, what he was like, and how he sur...Show More
2) The Untouchables
Did you know that the very first federal law enforcement officer to ever conduct undercover work was a US Fish and Wildlife Service officer? It makes sense because the US Fish and Wildlife Service is ...Show More
3) Wildlife Officer Jeff Babauta - Gator Country!
Forty years after US Fish and Wildlife Service Special Agent Marie Palladini took on alligator skin traffickers, Wildlife Officer Jeff Babauta of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ...Show More
4) Lt. George Wilson - Operation Red Dawn
Lt. George Wilson spent 36 years working as a law enforcement officer for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and recently retired as the lieutenant overseeing the FWC's statew...Show More
5) Captain Dan Brinson - Don't be Shellfish, Ed!
Meet Captain Dan Brinson, previously with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Police. Dan was an important influence on Ed, as well as a role model and mentor. Sit in on Ed's wide-ranging c...Show More
6) Bryan Christy - The Lizard King
Join Ed for his conversation with Bryan Christy as they talk about the world of the reptile trade and reptile trafficking. Christy is the author of The Lizard King, a book that chronicles the origins ...Show More
7) Special Agent Walter Duran - Operation Ornery Birds
Birds get tangled up in the world of wildlife crime and wildlife trafficking all the time. Eagles and hawks are killed and persecuted for their parts and because they are predators. Parrots are smuggl...Show More
8) Lt. Kathy Ponting - That's a Bunch of Abalone!
Lieutenant Kathy Ponting is a legend among game wardens of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (formerly the California Department of Fish and Game). A second-generation warden, Kathy rose ...Show More
9) Special Agent Tom Chisdock - I'll have the Ginseng ... and the Drugs!
Plant crimes resurface this week but, this time, in the form of American ginseng! A native plant found throughout the Appalachian Mountains, including Great Smokey Mountains National Park, and under h...Show More
10) Confidential Informant!
This is your rare opportunity to hear from a real life confidential informant who worked for the US Fish and Wildlife Service. It's exceedingly rare to get an inside seat to the world of "CI's" but co...Show More