Rambling About Rivers
Episodes
2.8: Writer and broadcaster, Manchán Magan
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We sat down with Manchán Magan, effervescent broadcaster, writer, and All-Ireland ambassador for The Rivers Trust, in April 2025. We were devastated ...
2.7: Data - gaps in the evidence, and the power of citizen science
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rivers are essential to life, but our understanding of river health and issues is fragmented. Why are there such huge gaps in freshwater monitoring, w...
2.6: Flower Farmer & UK Youth for Nature Co-Director, Roisin Taylor
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re chatting with cut flower farmer, and Co-Director of UK Youth for nature, Roisin Taylor, who works tirelessly to engage young people in t...
2.5: Chemicals in our rivers - nature-based solutions and tackling pollution policy
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How are toxic chemicals getting into our rivers, and what impacts are these having on river life? Is the UK's poor chemical regulation policy maki...
2.4: Adventurer, writer and wild swimmer, Al Humphreys
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we're logging off, to, well, log on? It'll make sense when you listen to our conversation with the brilliant Al Humphreys. He's an adv...
2.3: Sewage in rivers - mapping, monitoring, and the citizen scientists making change
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sewage pollution in our rivers is never far from the headlines. We're digging deep into the topic of the stinky stuff in this episode (not literal...
2.2: Olympic Rower, Dr Imogen Grant, MBE
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
She’s an Olympic champion boasting a gold medal from Paris 2024, she’s a sustainability guru striving to make her sport and her community greener,...
2.1: Habitat decline in rivers - understanding and reversing it with innovative techniques
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To start this series of Rambling about Rivers, we’re tackling river habitat decline: what’s driving it, how it’s impacting our rivers, and most ...
Rambling About Rivers... is BACK!
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You’ve probably heard a lot about rivers in the past few years. In the new podcast series from The Rivers Trust, we’re laying bare the state of r...