In episode 023 Elle chats with Danielle about her journey to becoming a wildlife biologist. She discusses her work co-founding the Black Birders Week initiative and how her birding pursuits led to her being coined 'The Cemetery Birder'. Danielle also shares her advice for getting into cemetery birding, and her plans and dreams for her future as a birder and wildlife biologist. 

In episode 022 Elle chats with Sarah about growing up in England and how this environment had an effect on her interests and career. She discusses her experience as an animal behaviorist working out in the field, from working with sharks in the Bahamas to grizzly bears in Canada; and how documenting our natural world became her primary focus, resulting in the publication of her children's book 'Somebody Swallowed Stanley'. 

In episode 021 Elle chats with Lucy about growing up in rural England and how this environment had an effect on her interests and career. She discusses the medical diagnosis which took her away from work and into the world of science communication, and how that has developed since her health has improved. Lucy also shares her advice for those wanting to feel a deeper connection to nature at home and how she combats eco-anxieties.

In episode 020 Elle chats with Travis about growing up in Zimbabwe, moving to, and life in South Africa and his journey to becoming an award-winning taxidermist and anatomical sculptor. We also discuss his features in the documentaries Stuffed and Trophy - both streaming worldwide via Amazon.

In episode 019 Elle chats with Dan about how he fostered his love of storytelling about the natural world, some of the incredible experiences he has had in the quest for documenting it, like filming snow leopards in Kyrgyzstan, and searching for Harpy Eagles in Guyana, and what it's like to live his dream through this job.

In episode 018, Elle chats with David about his journey to becoming 'The Urban Birder', his birding adventures that have taken him across land and sea, and how to find connectivity in the natural world. He also offers advice on how to get into birding, and what to look for.

In episode 017, Elle chats with Alex about his love for dinosaurs and how this led to him becoming a professional palaeontologist. He discusses some of the work he undertakes as Fitzpatrick chair of Palaeontology at the museum of Minnesota, but also some of the field work and external projects he has embarked on in the pursuit of discovery.

In episode 016, Elle chats with Trevor about starting his career in action sports and commercial photography and transitioning to have more of an emphasis on natural phenomena that occur in nature. He discusses documenting the fire falls at Yosemite, the bioluminescence on the shores of San Diego and the worlds oldest trees in California's White Mountains. Trevor shares insights into working at the mercy of mother nature, and how his work tells a story about our planet that hopes to inspire...

TW: There is an extremely brief mention of suicide in this episode when Gary discusses working at a mortuary. In episode 015 Elle chats with Gary about his path to becoming an internationally recognised paleoartist, how he began with taxidermy and made the transition to sculpting non-living dinosaurs. He also discusses his incredible work making a replica of 'Ötzi - The Iceman', a replica of 'King Tutankhamun's' mummy and a life-size 'Megalodon' for the Smithsonian Natural History Museum.

In episode 014, Elle chats with Fran about her work as an art and objects conservator, which has seen her work on some incredibly special items of historical significance including the torch from the Statue of Liberty. Fran also recounts some of the amazing projects she has undertaken which have seen her travel all over the world, and even led to her getting a tattoo inspired by a memorable experience she discusses in the episode. 

In episode 013 Elle chats with Emily about her life 'before science' as an artist, and how discovering the world of natural history and science turned her world upside down. Emily also discusses the highs and lows of her successful Youtube channel,  'The Brain Scoop', and her work in activism, education and science communication.

TRIGGER WARNING - THIS EPISODE MENTIONS SUICIDE. In episode 012, Elle chats with Mickey about following a potential career in law, to trying taxidermy one evening with a friend and having her entire world changed. Mickey talks about political and social causes she supports through her activism, travelling around the world to teach taxidermy workshops, and how experiencing grief and loss growing up informed her memorial artwork.

In episode 011, Elle chats with George about starting his career in his parent’s basement, to becoming an internationally recognised wildlife artist with clients like the American Natural History Museum, National Geographic and Oxford University, working with Lonesome George, and the incredible highs and the lows of the job.

In episode 010, Elle chats with Divya about her journey to becoming an award-winning, internationally recognised taxidermist, whose work has been used for high-end clients including Tiffany & Co., being situated in New York City, and her commendable outreach and activism to make the industry more inclusive and accessible. 

In episode 009, Elle chats with Madison about leaving her background in Biological Sciences to become a Scientific Illustrator, moving to Australia where she begun training as a preparator and taxidermist and her thoughts on sci-art as a tool for conservation outreach.

In episode 008, Elle chats with Dakotah about her journey to becoming an internationally recognised, award-winning taxidermist, being featured in a documentary now on Amazon Prime called ‘Stuffed’, and her passion for working with venomous animals at MToxins Lab in Wisconsin.

In episode 007, Elle speaks with Simon Moore about his incredible wealth of professional experience, the conservation techniques he has helped to develop, the specimens he has worked with over the years and the inside world of a museum conservator.

TRIGGER WARNING - THIS EPISODE DISCUSSES DEATH, HUMAN REMAINS, SUICIDE, MISCARIRAGE, STILLBIRTH AND SELF-HARM. In episode 006, Elle chats with Lara-Rose about becoming an APT, working for an NHS mortuary, her experience during the Covid-19 pandemic and her passion around the subject of maternal death.

TRIGGER WARNING - THIS EPISODE DISCUSSES REMAINS OF BOTH HUMAN AND ANIMAL, AND ALSO HUMAN FETUSES AND MISCARRIAGE  In episode 005, Elle chats with Gerard about inadvertently committing criminal offences through his artistic practice, discovering diaphonization and skeletal articulation, and his recent work as a science educator across Australia. 

TRIGGER WARNING - THIS EPISODE DISCUSSES REMAINS OF BOTH HUMAN AND ANIMAL, AND ALSO HUMAN FETUSES AND MISCARRIAGE  In episode 005, Elle chats with Gerard about inadvertently committing criminal offences through his artistic practice, discovering diaphonization and skeletal articulation, and his recent work as a science educator across Australia. 

TRIGGER WARNING - THIS EPISODE DISCUSSES DEATH AND REMAINS BOTH HUMAN AND ANIMAL In episode 004, Elle chats with Lauren about becoming a pet mortician, coping with her death anxiety, and her experience in death positive situations such as a living funeral.

Love science and conservation? Want to discover new ways to protect our species? Elle Kaye chats with guests who work within the science genre, but whose job titles may need a little unpacking. Strap in for entomology, taxidermy, diaphonization, pet remains, human pathology and all those that work with specimens. In episode 003, Elle chats with Susan about becoming an entomologist and lepidopterist, breeding and raising moths at home, and why we really shouldn't fear bugs.

In episode 002, Elle chats with Sarah about her experience as an ecologist, working as a natural history restorer, and her work with orphaned wildlife in South Africa.

In episode 001, Elle chats with Ken about growing up in rural Canada, building a life-size recreation of a Sasquatch, and becoming a three time world champion taxidermist.