Maddalena Bearzi is the author of Stranded: Finding Nature in Uncertain Times and Dolphin Confidential: Confessions of a Field Biologist, and she is the coauthor of Beautiful Minds: The Parallel Lives of Great Apes and Dolphins. Bearzi is president and cofounder of Ocean Conservation Society. She holds a PhD in biology and a postdoctorate from UCLA, and she has been involved in studying marine mammals, with a conservation bias, since 1990. Her research on dolphins and whales off California represents one of the longest investigations worldwide, and she has published several scientific peer-reviewed papers. Her work and books have been covered by CNN, NPR, KPCC, Al Jazeera America, the Hallmark Channel, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Huffington Post, and American Scientist, among others. Bearzi has also been a writer for numerous media, including National Geographic. Born and raised in Italy, she now lives in Los Angeles with her husband and dog.

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I am honored to once again have a piece up on WBUR’s Cognoscenti. (According to my friend Jess Weaver, having two pieces on Cognoscenti makes me a Boston-area celebrity.) With everything going on, postponing a wedding isn’t that big of a deal, but it’s still sad and uncertain, and I appreciate Cognoscenti editors Kathleen Burge and Cloe Axelson for giving me the space to write about it. And, of course, I appreciate Richie for being by my side through it all.

Click here to read the piece on Cognoscenti.

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I am so excited to have a piece on WBUR’s Cognoscenti, but I am especially excited because that piece is about my hero, Guy Fieri, and how watching Guy’s Grocery Games is the only thing getting me through the coronavirus pandemic. Thanks so much to Cognoscenti editors Kathleen Burge and Cloe Axelson for giving this little essay a home.

Click here to read the piece on Cognoscenti.

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