{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Saving the Planet One Species at a Time: Edward Whitley OBE on Conservation, Philanthropy & Jane Austen","description":"Edward Whitley OBE is a financier, philanthropist, author and conservationist whose work has helped protect some of the planet\u2019s rarest species. He\u2019s raised over \u00a324 million for more than 220 conservation projects in 80+ countries, encountering everything from golden-headed tamarins to monkey-eating eagles.  He\u2019s also written on subjects ranging from Gerald Durrell and Nick Leeson, to Indira Gandhi, Sir John Betjeman, and even Jane Austen vs George Eliot\u2014all while running his own investment firm for over two decades. In this wide-ranging conversation, we explore endangered wildlife, financial scandals, 19th-century literature, and a closing note from Sir David Attenborough. Informative, surprising, and inspiring\u2014listen now. Related links: The Whitley Fund for Nature Gerald Durrell\u2019s Army The Graduates Rogue Trader Jane Austen and George Eliot The Lady and The Radical ","author_name":"Bandwidth Conversations","author_url":"https:\/\/www.bandwidthconversations.com","html":"