Best of 2025: Planet Hope - the penguin guardian of Patagonia

From oil spills to climate change, penguins are on the frontline of environmental change. Pablo García Borboroglu has spent more than three decades rescuing colonies, moving shipping lanes, and protecting over 32 million acres of penguin habitat. He joins Adam Vaughan to share what it takes to keep these charismatic seabirds alive in a rapidly changing world.

Planet Hope is a podcast from The Times and The Sunday Times in paid partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative. Throughout 2025, each episode was hosted by The Story.

Host: Adam Vaughan, Environment Editor, The Times. 

Guest: Pablo García Borboroglu, Founder of the Global Penguin Society and Rolex Award Laureate. 

Series Producer: Priyanka Deladia 

Sound Designer: David Crackles

This podcast is advertiser funded. 

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