Interviewed on Climate Healers podcast

I recently was invited to be interviewed on Sailesh Rao's podcast Climate Healers. We spoke about my work with NAPSA, primate exploitation in this country, and the Chimpanzees In Need rescue effort I am leading. I'm grateful that he hosted me for this episode!

The interview was recorded for Facebook Live, and can be viewed here.

Interviewed on NBC 30-minute special

Down to Earth with Dagmar is an NBC program featuring "stories to inform, awaken, and inspire San Diego" hosted by journalist Dagmar Midcap. This spring, the Chimpanzees In Need fundraising team met with Dagmar and her team numerous times as they worked to film about our campaign and the need to rescue chimpanzees from the closed Wildlife Waystation.

The result is a 30-minute special called "The Extinction Crisis: The Lucky Six" which followed the transport of six of the chimpanzees to a sanctuary in Washington state. It aired September 9th in San Diego, but is going to air around the country in the top ten markets at various times. My interview is in part one, which you can view below.

Thank you to Dagmar and team for covering this important effort and helping to spread the word about the continued need to help the remaining chimps!

Interview in "A Checkered Past" documentary with Joaquin Phoenix & Rooney Mara

 Since 2019, I have been leading the Chimpanzees In Need emergency rescue fundraiser focused on safely rehoming the forty two chimpanzees left in limbo when the wildlife refuge caring for them suddenly shut its doors. It's been a massive and overwhelming project stretching across sectors, industries, and communities. It's tested me in a lot of ways, and it's taught me a lot. 

Once in a while, it can also be fun - like when I got to work with filmmaker Shaun Monson, who wanted to film about this urgent need and document the work being done. He brought in animal activists and award winning actors Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara, and over a series of shoots, his documentary short A Checkered Past came together.

I am so grateful for Shaun, Joaquin, and Rooney caring enough to work on this and help us spread the word. The chimps will surely benefit from it.

Watch the full short below!