Lucy Soucek
Podcast Producer
About
Lucy Soucek is a podcast producer who works on THE WILD with Chris Morgan, a podcast about the wonder and resilience of nature. She's trudged through waist-deep sawgrass looking for pythons and planned reporting trips 5,000 miles away in Ireland.
Before KUOW, she was a producer at Orbit Media in NYC and an announcer/producer at Maine Public Radio. She has a graduate degree from Columbia Graduate School of Journalism with a focus on longform narrative audio.
Location: Seattle
Languages Spoken: English
Pronouns: she/her
Podcasts
Stories
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Invasion of the Burmese pythons, part 2
How science is being used to try to solve what seems like a losing battle.
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Invasion of the Burmese pythons, part 1
In the Florida Everglades, the Burmese python is an invasive species that's close to triggering an ecological collapse. But not if these python hunters have anything to do with it.
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The worst wedding gift in history: an Irish tale of predator helps prey
Over 100 years ago, a wedding guest gave a dozen gray squirrels to a lucky Irish couple. What ensued? An ecological catastrophe ... and then a pleasant surprise.
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Digital Dr. Dolittle: decoding animal conversations with artificial intelligence
We could be talking to animals in the next year using AI. But are we ready?
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Eavesdropping on orcas: love, grief, and family
The orca story is one of human misunderstanding and generational trauma. But it's also a story of celebration, family, and a sense of place. Exploring their chatty underwater world might just help us understand how they are communicating… and what they are trying to say.
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Welcome (back) to The Wild
Season 5 kicks off with new episodes on March 14th