Latest / The Steep Stuff Podcast
#179 - Kristina Randrup
Send us Fan Mail
A pro trail runner who spends her days modeling blue whale populations sounds like a made-up character, but Kristina Randrup is very real and very deep in both worlds. We talk about what it’s actually like to pursue a PhD at the University of Washington while racing ultras for Brooks, and why “computer ecology” can be just as meaningful as fieldwork when the goal is conservation and truth.
We get into blue whale recovery and why the numbers look radically different depending on the population. Khristina explains how blue whales were hunted to near-extinction in some regions…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.