Shark Week: The Podcast

Marine biologist Luke Tipple welcomes a wide variety of guests to discuss sharks, the ocean, and how the world's biggest ecosystem impacts your daily life. You'll hear inspiring stories from shark encounter survivors, learn cutting-edge science from the world's foremost researchers, and listen in to controversial topics, like is it okay to kill sharks in the name of science? Or what's the connecti...

In this special season finale of Shark Week: The Podcast, Luke Tipple is joined by award winning filmmaker, director of documentaries including The Cove and Racing Extinction and co-founder of the Oceanic Preservation Society, Louie Psihoyos. The pair discuss shark finning & dolphin hunting and how the situation has changed in recent years. Louie also discusses climate change and the urgent change...

Luke Tipple is joined by marine biologist husband-and-wife dream team and stars of the Shark Week special Rise of the Monster Hammerheads: Annie and Tristan Guttridge. The pair discuss their work researching, tagging and diving with hammerheads in The Bahamas and their search for some of the biggest hammerheads in the ocean. The guys also discuss the American shark meat market and how to further i...

Luke Tipple is joined by marine biologist, shark conservationist and star of Discovery’s Shark Week Special Pig vs Shark, Austin Gallagher. Austin discusses the remarkable story of tiger sharks attacking swimming pigs in The Bahamas and even manages to showcase his incredible beatboxing talents. Plus, the guys talk about Austin’s work in ocean conservation and explain just why seagrass is so vital...

Sparks continue to fly in part two of Luke Tipple’s debate with author, shark fishing advocate & founder of FlyZone Fishing Robert ‘Fly’ Navarro. The pair continue to discuss shark fishing tournaments, shark finning, ocean conservation and much more, even managing to find some common ground along the way! Plus, they discuss the death threats Fly has faced and why it’s so important to maintain an o...

Luke Tipple talks with author, shark fishing advocate & founder of FlyZone Fishing Robert ‘Fly’ Navarro in part one of a two-part debate. In a fiery, enlightening conversation, the pair discuss shark fishing tournaments, shark finning, ocean conservation and much more, even managing to find some common ground along the way! Plus, they discuss the death threats Fly has faced and why it’s so importa...

Luke Tipple is joined by environmental scientist and lead ocean field scientist at The Ocean Cleanup , Matthias Egger. They’ll discuss the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a mass of floating plastic debris between Hawaii and California that is twice the size of Texas and how The Ocean Cleanup plans to eliminate 90% of the garbage patch by 2040. The guys will also look at the effects of plastics and mi...

Luke Tipple is joined by Dr. Craig O’Connell, who is featured in the 2022 Shark Week documentary, Monsters of the Cape. The marine biologist is innovating and testing new technology that are deterring Great Whites from humans. Dr. O’Connell, who lives in Montauk, New York, talks about how abundant the shark population has become in recent years and why repellents are even more needed given the hig...

Luke Tipple is joined by Emmy award-winning and longtime Shark Week filmmaker, Jeff Kurr. He discusses his successful and storied career, from being the first to capture a breaching Great White, to creating the Air Jaws series. Jeff discusses his latest project, directing Great White Open Ocean, a documentary about shark diver and Jeff’s good friend, Jimi Partington who experienced a life-threaten...

Luke Tipple is joined by “the shark whisperer,” Cristina Zenato. She’s a professional diver, shark expert and founder of People of the Water. Cristina discusses the amazing work she does in the Bahamas, having Caribbean reef sharks relax in her lap. She’s been working with sharks for 30 years and has had first hand experiences connecting with reef sharks with different personalities. The two discu...

Luke Tipple is joined by Christine de Silva, marine scientist, shark expert and co-founder of Juice Robotics. Christine discusses her cutting edge research and the technology her company has created to explore the deep sea. They’ll discuss the unique and largely unresearched sharks that live thousands of feet below sea level, how they survive, how we can protect them and what we can learn from the...

Luke Tipple is joined by Madison Stewart aka “Shark Girl”, filmmaker, shark conservationist and founder of Project Hiu. Madison returns to the podcast to discuss her work in Indonesia, helping shark fisherman transition into the tourism industry. They’ll discuss why the shark finning trade is so prevalent in Asia, the aims of Project Hiu and why Madison wants to end the misconception that Indonesi...

On this episode of Shark Week: The Podcast, Luke Tipple speaks to Dr. Riley Elliott aka “The Shark Man”, scientist & star of Discovery’s Shark Week Special Clash of Killers: Great Whites vs. Makos . They discuss his research into mako sharks and how they interact with great whites when their migratory routes overlap off the coast of New Zealand. Plus, Luke tells the remarkable story of a Greenland...

On this episode of Shark Week: The Podcast, Luke Tipple is joined by explorer, shark conservationist and star of Discovery’s Shark Week Special Sharks in Paradise , Kinga Philipps! They discuss her expedition to French Polynesia to find the massive tiger sharks which have been flourishing in the area. Plus, Kinga explains how marine protected areas and local laws are truly allowing the waters arou...

On this episode of Shark Week: The Podcast, Luke Tipple dives into some of the more bizarre shark stories in the news! You’ll learn about hammerheads living in an active underwater volcano, venomous sharks in the River Thames and a Greenland shark that’s been found a long way from home, in the Caribbean! Plus, marine biologist and star of Discovery’s Shark Week documentary Great White Intersection...

On this episode of Shark Week: The Podcast, Luke Tipple is joined by biologist, rare species expert & star of Discovery’s Shark Week Special Island of the Walking Sharks , Forrest Galante, to discuss his expedition to find remarkable epaulette sharks, which can move on dry land in Papua New Guinea. Plus, Luke looks into reports of so-called “mega sharks” appearing in French Polynesia and reveals t...

Shark Week: The Podcast dives into the latest shark news as Luke Tipple discusses the reaction to several shark bites off the coast of Long Island. He also looks at reports that Atlantic plankton are being wiped out faster than previously thought and explains why it could be catastrophic for shark populations and the environment as a whole. Plus, freediver and star of Discovery’s Shark Week Specia...

On this episode of Shark Week: The Podcast, host Luke Tipple takes a dive into the latest news in the world of sharks. He discusses Mako sightings off the coast of Spain and the media coverage of several shark attacks near Egypt. Plus, award-winning filmmaker & shark conservationist Eli Roth also joins Luke to discuss shark killing tournaments in Florida and across the United States. Eli & Luke ex...

Shark Week: The Podcast, goes behind the scenes with stars of the Shark Week special Dawn of the Monster Mako , underwater filmmaker and shark expert Joe Romeiro & marine biologist and cinematographer Lauren Romeiro. Host Luke Tipple chats with the newly married shark couple about the differences between makos and swordfish, the elusive nature of the adult mako shark, and the footage caught by dee...

Shark Week: The Podcast, takes you behind the scenes of the Shark Week special, The Haunting of Shark Tower . Host Luke Tipple chats with shark experts and stars of the special, Kori Burkhardt & Dr. James Sulikowski. They recount their dramatic tales at sea working on North Carolina’s Frying Pan Tower. The haunted rig is home to an abundance of shark species, including the great white. Their most...

Shark Week: The Podcast takes you on a deep dive into the battle between great whites and orcas, also known as killer whales, off South Africa’s coastline. Marine biologists & stars of the Shark Week show Shark Women , Alison Towner & Leigh de Necker join host Luke Tipple to discuss how the notorious predator has become prey and explain the vital role great whites play in sustaining healthy ocean...

On this episode of Shark Week: The Podcast, Luke Tipple is joined by Paul de Gelder, a former Australian Navy bomb disposal diver, shark-attack survivor, and star of the Shark Week special Monsters Under the Rig. After recounting his bull shark attack and subsequent shark activism, Paul discusses his search for “Maverick Makos.” These mako sharks seem to be traveling vast distances and redefining...

Shark Week: The Podcast, goes behind the scenes of the Shark Week special, Jaws vs The Blob . Host Luke Tipple, chats with one of the stars of the show,  Madison Stewart aka Shark Girl to discuss the beauty of great white sharks and the dangers looming in their habitat due to “The Blob”, a mass of warm water in the Northern Pacific linked to climate change and the shifting ocean ecosystems. Maddie...

On this episode of Shark Week: The Podcast, cinematographer and Shark Week legend Andy Casagrande joins host Luke Tipple as they dive into the world of Great White Sharks. Andy discusses being part of Discovery show Air Jaws: Top Guns, and the search to find the biggest breaching great white shark ever. Andy explains the remarkable hunting methods of great whites near Shark Island in South Africa...

In this episode of Shark Week: The Podcast, marine biologist and shark expert, Luke Tipple recalls his first shark interaction as a child spear fishing with his father and how that was the moment that sparked a life-long passion to study and protect sharks. He breaks down the critical role of sharks in keeping healthy ecosystems in all earth’s oceans and why our way of life would suffer greatly if...