Skaana 🫍 One Ocean

NOAA scientists Kim Parsons & Tom Jefferson on orca species, orca survival, orca scat, really old whales, the return of harbour porpoises, the fight for vaquitas and so much more in the second part of a special two-part episode on the two soon-to-be official species of orcas who call the Salish Sea home. Shownotes: 2:29 The challenge of naming new animals… scientific names, the names we use an...

NOAA scientists Kim Parsons & Tom Jefferson on killer whale science,   killer whales versus orcas, orcas versus dolphins, how science becomes official, the challenges of translating science to civilians and so much more in the first of a special two-part episode on the two soon to be official species of orcas who call the Salish Sea home. Shownotes: 3:45 Meet marine mammal biologist, Tom Jeffe...

Eco-pirate Paul Watson talks about taking on whalers in Iceland and Japan, splitting with the Sea Shepherd, launching an eco-church and what the hell just happened in his world with Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young (author of Sharks Forever & Orcas Everywhere ). “We're ecologically ignorant. And unless we learn to educate ourselves, we're not going to survive.” Shownotes: 4:45 Paul Watson on how...

Author, broadcaster and activist Melody Horrill ( The Dolphin Who Saved Me ) talks about saving the Port River dolphins and how a dolphin named Jock saved her with Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young (author of Sharks Forever & Orcas Everywhere ). “Dolphins do have a special place in our hearts… They help us connect to the water and the natural world.” Shownotes: 5:10 Meet the Port River dolph...

Author and marine conservation biologist David Shiffman ( Why Sharks Matter ) talks about Sharkweek, Sharknados, megalodon myths, Jaws and junk science with Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young (author of Sharks Forever & Big Sharks, Small World ). “More people are bitten by other people on the New York city subway system every year than are bitten by sharks in the whole world… but whenever any...

Filmmaker Gloria Pancrazi ( Coextinction ) talks with Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young about red herrings, fishy fish farms, whale watching, whale saving and Coextinction. “Orcas are telling us something. They’re showing us something. You can learn a lot about the things we’ve got to do in the world right now by looking at these orcas.” Shownotes: 3:35 Meet Gloria Pancrazi and how the story of love f...

Cephalopod expert Danna Staaf (author of The Lady and the Octopus and Monarchs of the Sea ) talks with Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young about the alien world of octopuses, the secret lives of squid and her two new books Nursery Earth: The Wondrous Lives of Baby Animals and the Extraordinary Ways They Shape Our World and The Lives of Octopuses and Their Relatives: A Natural History of Cephalopods . “T...

Jason Colby (author of Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean's Greatest Predator) talks with Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young about the capture of Toki/Tokitae/Lolita/Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut and how Penn Cove almost ended the southern resident orcas and was the beginning of the end of the capture era. “It's worth remembering that the argument at the time, if there could have been a debate at the t...

Howard Garrett (Orca Network) remembering the southern resident orca Toki/Tokitae/Lolita/Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut and his nearly thirty year fight to bring Toki home to the Salish Sea. “Toki's legacy is building, building, building by the day… She wasn't just a circus animal. She was a member of the southern residents.” Shownotes: 0:00 The voice of Toki. 4:57 How Howard started fighting to bring...

Author and biologist Rowena Rae on swimming with salmon, threats to this essential species and their incredible resilience with Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young. “Salmon can thrive if we just give them a chance… if people would just get out of the way, they can thrive”. Shownotes: 3:54 On becoming a biologist and leaving biology for writing. 7:12 Introducing young readers to the story of Rachel...

Shark expert Alessandro De Maddalena   talks with Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young about hunting for the perfect shark photo, the two orcas who are hunting great white sharks in South African waters, what makes great whites great and so much more! “ The reason I love sharks is that they are a perfect art form. I consider Mother Nature the greatest artist.” Shownotes: 4:22 How Alessandro De Maddalena...

Sean Holman @Seanholman founder and lead of the Climate Disaster Project @cdp_community talks with Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young @leirenyoung about the past and future of the media's climate coverage, fighting fires with facts and sharing stories to save the future. Shownotes: 5:00 Welcome Sean Holman. Why he challenged journalists to do better in their climate coverage. 10:57 The challenge of new...

Jonathan Mesulam @MesulamJonathan Founder and Coordinator of the West Coast Development Foundation in New Guinea talks with Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young @leirenyoung about the crucial fight to stop Deep Sea Mining in his home – New Guinea – and around the world. Shownotes: 5:00 Welcome to Jonathan Mesulam 10:00 The importance of the church in fighting sea bed mining in New Guinea 12:2...

Skaana (@Skaanapod) host Mark Leiren-Young (@LeirenYoung) shares the introduction and opening chapter of his new book Sharks Forever: The Mystery and History of the Planet’s Perfect Predator published by Orca Book Publishers (@orcabook).  “ If you swim in the ocean every day for 100 years, you are more likely to be struck by lightning than swallowed by a shark.” – Mark Leiren-Young from Chap...

Skaana (@Skaanapod) host Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung) talks sharks, Sharkwater (@teamsharkwater) and politics with Joseph Planta (@Planta) on a special shared episode with Planta On the Line @TheCommentary.ca Skaana podcasts connect you to news and experts and their discussions about environments, oceans, and orcas. Join the Pod…… https://www.patreon.com/mobydoll Spotify…&#82...

Director Josh Zeman (@joshzeman)  on the quest for the loneliest whale in the world and shifting his focus from human mysteries to marine mysteries with his movie, The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52.   “Just when you think you’ve had too much devil-worshipping and serial killers, you go and you spend a day working on whales and everything’s okay again.” Skaana podcasts connect you to news and...

Filmmaker Nadine Pequeneza talks about meeting and fighting for the North Atlantic Right Whales Right Whales for her award-winning documentary, Last of the Right Whales , with Skaana (@Skaanapod) host Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung). Mark mentioning his campaign is authorized by Rayne Ellycrys Benu. Mark’s campaign sponsorship mention is authorized by Rayne Ellycrys Benu -mly@icloud.com Skaana po...

Seattle Times (@seattletimes) environment reporter Lynda V Mapes (@LyndaVMapes) on dams versus salmon, saving the southern resident orcas and how Tahlequah changed the world. “All the things we do for our comfort, convenience and commerce are not good for the southern residents. And that’s just fact.” Skaana podcasts connect you to news and experts and their discussions about environments, oceans,...

Author and primatologist Frans de Waal  talks about great apes, not-so-great humans, animal emotions and anthropodenial with Skaana (@Skaanapod) host Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung). Skaana podcasts connect you to news and experts and their discussions about environments, oceans, and orcas. Join the Pod…… https://www.patreon.com/mobydoll Spotify…………… www....

Sea Shepherd Captain, Paul Watson (@CaptPaulWatson), talks with Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung) about getting political, remembering Rob Stewart, saving salmon with Alexandra Morton and the Sea Shepherd Navy! Part two of our special two-part interview. Skaana podcasts connect you to news and experts and their discussions about environments, oceans, and orcas. Join the Pod…… https://ww...

Sea Shepherd Captain, Paul Watson ( @CaptPaulWatson) , talks with Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung) about  Seaspiracy, life as an outlaw and as a movie star, the impact of Covid on life in the oceans and whether whales are more intelligent than we are. Skaana podcasts connect you to news and experts and their discussions about environments, oceans, and orcas. Join the Pod…… https://www....

Killer whales hunting on land? Josh McInnis (scientist) and Justine Buckmaster (naturalist) on their wild discovery that some Salish Sea orcas are hunting seals on the shores of Protection Island and how orcas continue to surprise us. Skaana shares stories about oceans, eco-ethics and the environment. Join the Pod…… https://www.patreon.com/mobydoll Spotify…………&#...

Eco-warrior, Alexandra Morton, on her fight to save wild salmon, being gaslit by the Canadian government and her adventures in Green politics. She also dares people to sue her over her essential new book – Not On My Watch:  How a renegade whale biologist took on governments and industry to save wild salmon. “The salmon farming industry is harming wild salmon, is harming whales, is causing al...

Gavin Hanke Curator of Vertebrate Zoology at the Royal BC Museum ( @RoyalBCMuseum ) on the life, death and anatomy of Rhapsody – the skeletal star of the museum’s fantastic exhibit Orcas: Our Shared Future #RBCMOrcas – which is open until 2022 before touring the world (and was written by Skaana host, Mark Leiren-Young @leirenyoung ). Rhapsody (J32). Credit: Josh McInnes Skaana connects...

Filmmaker,  Julia  Barnes, on the dirty secrets of clean energy, how electric cars are running over the oceans and her new documentary Bright Green Lies – debuting online April 22 (Earth Day), 2021  https://www.brightgreenlies.com/ Skaana connects you to stories about oceans, eco-ethics and the environment. Join the Pod…… https://www.patreon.com/mobydoll Spotify…………… www.bit.ly/spotify-skaana Appl...