Slave Trade Shipwrecks + Saving Sharks: Meet Alannah Vellacott

Sign up for ⁠⁠Nature's newsletter⁠⁠: Marine ecologist Alannah Vellacott grew up in a Bahamian subsistence fishing community, where wrestling sharks before sunrise was part of daily life. Now she's dedicated to conserving these majestic creatures and uncovering artifacts from slave-trade shipwrecks. In this episode, Alannah shares her journey to becoming a conservationist, highlighting the intersections of ecology, ancestry, and climate justice. Alannah's website: Thanks for listening to Going Wild. You can learn more about season four ⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠ and catch up on seasons one through three ⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠. If you want to support us, you can follow Going Wild on your favorite podcast-listening app. And while you're there, please leave us a review. It really helps. Follow PBS Nature and Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠X⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠. You can find more information on all of our guests this season in each episode's show notes. And you can catch new episodes of Nature, Wednesdays at 8/7 Central on PBS, pbs.org/nature, and the PBS app. Going Wild is a podcast by PBS Nature. NATURE is an award-winning series created by The WNET Group and made possible by all of you. Views and opinions expressed during the podcast are those of the individuals expressing them and do not necessarily reflect those of THIRTEEN Productions LLC/The WNET Group.

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This episode is 40:06 long.

This episode was published on May 27, 2025.

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