Breaching Extinction

WARNING: This episode features explicit content and language that may be offensive to some viewers and inappropriate for children. The following episode is intended for a mature audience.  This week Erica interviewed marine naturalist and feral Alaskan Dale Frink about his personal life, feelings, and whales. Dale sheds much insight on what it means to be feral and have worms. Hope you enjoy...

Kendra, Liam, and Erica finished up Being Salmon Being Human by Martine Lee Mueller, they discuss our role in major climate issues, our geostory, and  accountability in regard to these issues.

Dove into the topic of Pilot Whales with Kirstie Basford from the Ocean Lovers Podcast

This week Erica chatted with PhD student and co-founder of Whale Scientists , Naomi Mathews about science communication, imposter syndrome, and the vulnerable Barataria Dolphins. 

Erica, Kendra, and Liam dive into chapters 11 & 12 of Being Salmon Being Human by Martin Lee Mueller. They discuss the role of capitalism in environmental issues as well as how scientific exploration can occasionally lead to unintended exploitation. Tune in in two weeks for the final porpisode of this series. 

This week Erica chatted with Senior Research Scientist, Jason Hodin from the University of Washington Friday Harbor Labs about his work studying the metamorphosis of Sunflower Sea Stars. They also dove into the ecological importance of Sunflower, the idea of ecosystem Jenga, and the mystery of Sea Star Wasting Syndrome.  Resources:  On Kelp Forest Declines The Nature Conservancy of Calif...

We are excited to be expanding the podcast to cover topics and species found throughout the Southern Resident Killer Whale Habitat. We kicked off this new project chatting with Briana Abrahms , Researcher and Assistant Professor at the University of Washington to discuss her article “Human-wildlife conflict under climate change” as well as some of her Blue Whale research. We hope you enjoy our new...

Kendra and Erica dive into Chapters 10 & 11 of Being Salmon Being Human; Encountering the Wild in Us and Us in the Wild by Martin Lee Mueller. Much of their conversation focuses on colonialism. Disclaimer, we are two white women having this conversation. We highly urge people who want to learn more about the impacts of colonialism on the environment to seek information from or endorsed by indi...

Liam, Erica, and Kendra dive into chapters 7 & 8 of “Being Salmon, Being Human” by Martin Lee Mueller. They discuss the role that anthropomorphizing wildlife plays in science and human connection. They also discuss if it is possible to truly see things objectively.

Kendra Nelson, Fred DeNisco, and Erica discuss the Royal Musem Orcas: Our Shared Future exhibit. 

In this week's episode, Erica chatted with Researcher Cathrine Lo from Oceans Initiative about her recent study titled, Measuring speed of vessels operating around endangered southern resident killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Salish Sea critical habitat.  Episode Mentions:  Orca Conservancy  Delphinus Orcastra Youtube & Etsy (Use code:BREACHINGEXTINCTION for $2 off)  

Harry Potter, Jesus, and Erica discuss Chapters 5 & 6 of Being Salmon Being Human. They dive into philosophies about humans and their relationship with nature. 

Liam, Kendra, Erica and Shelby in spirit dive into chapters 3 & 4 of Being Salmon, Being Human. 

Erica sat down with Tori Obermeyer, Nicholas Castle, and Andrew Luba from the Coextinction film crew to talk with them about their new film and dive into the lessons learned along the way. 

Kendra Nelson joins Liam and Erica to dive into the book Being Salmon Being Human by Martin Lee Mueller 

This week Erica chatted with Owen one of the youth leaders at Snake River Savers as well as Shiva Rajbhandari, another youth leader from Idaho about their current efforts to push for the removal of the Lower Snake River Dams Links:  Week of Action Description  RSVP 

This week Erica chatted with Kendra Neslon and Orca Man, Fred Dinesco about shark eating killer whales and briefly discussed the current ecotourism situation in Norway.  Resources:  Orcas eat great white sharks—new insights into rare behavior revealed (Nat Geo)  Killer Whales 'Ripped Open' Great White Sharks, Ate Liver, Heart and Testes, Autopsy Reveals (Newsweek) Shark predation an...

This week, we had our final week with Shelby :( we talked about the last two chapters of Endangered Orcas by Monica Wieland Shields. Major thank you to Shelby for all of her contributions and wishing her the best of luck in the future!  

This week Erica chatted with Tim Harrison, founder of Outreach for Animals about his work trying to eliminate the exotic pet trade. While this is not directly related to the Southern Resident, there are many themes that are parallel in their conservation story. Tim has been featured in two films, The Elephant in the Living Room which is out now, and The Conservation Game which is premiering at var...

In this week's propisode Shelby and Erica continue with the book review of Endangered Orcas by Monika Wieland Shields. (Chapters 9 & 10) 

In this week's episode, Erica chats with Deborah Giles and Colleen Wieler about the expansion of protected areas for Southern Resident habitat and new renewable energies that may be placed in those areas.  Sources:  Washington governor, senator want answers on how to replace benefits of Lower Snake River dams Southern resident killer whales encounter higher prey densities than northern r...

In this week's porpisode Erica, Shelby and Liam discuss chapters 7 & 8 of Endangered Orcas by Monika Wieland Sheilds and their thoughts on orca politics. 

In this week's episode, Erica chats with Marie Souhaut about her master's thesis titled, Stereotyped whistles in southern resident killer whales . In her research, she was able to find new sounds produced by the Southern Residents. We discuss how she conducted the study and the implications of her research.  Note: The noise used when talking about abherant may not definitively be an abherant...

BEWOW BEWOW BEWOW, in this weeks episode Erica ranks killer whale ecotypes with Kendra Nelson and Orca Man (Fred Denesco) they also discuss whale names and classifications.  Sources Referenced: Killer whale ecotypes: is there a global model? WDC Ecotypes Page  NOAA Images   Handbook of Whales, Dolphins and Propoises of the World by Mark Carwardine 

Shelby, Liam, Peaches and Erica discuss chapter 5 & 6 of Endangerd Orca.