Erich Hoyt (@erichhoyt) – the man who wrote the book on Orcas (almost all the books) – talks about how he and the world learned about orcas, saving our oceans and more with Skaana (@Skaanpod) host Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung). Erich’s books include: Orca The Whale Called Killer; The Encyclopedia of Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises; Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises; Weird Sea Creatures and much, much more. This is our first two-part episode… in part…

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Eric Hoyt Research Fellow WDC  “If you get to know them as individuals, you get this attachment and it’s beautiful.” “If you get to know them as individuals, you get this attachment and it’s beautiful.”  “You walk in to these places and, and maybe you were interested in dinosaurs before because you’ve heard of them, and then suddenly you look up. If you see them in the of natural history and New York or, or…

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Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung) kicks off 2020 with a new vision and our amazing new theme song – Skana – by our special guest Leah Abramson (@abramsonsingers). Find out about her awesome album of songs for and about whales Songs For a Lost Pod. Skaana connects you to stories about oceans, eco-ethics and the environment. Join the Pod…… https://www.patreon.com/skaana Skaana home….. skaana.org “Your Magical Week” – meditation with Rayne Benu…. digital-enlightenment.net Facebook……….. https://www.facebook.com/skaanapod/ Twitter…………… https://twitter.com/skaanapod…

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Leah Abramson Musician “I started researching orcas and was just sort of fascinated by them and their whole social structure and everything. Everything that I researched, I just kept going down rabbit holes until I knew that I had to make some kind of project.” “When I was really little I had these recurring dreams about a pink beluga whale in a swimming pool, and I don’t know why or how, or it was a…

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  Dr. David Suzuki (@DavidSuzuki) is Canada’s most iconic environmentalist and even in his eighties, he’s still fighting for our future. Skaana celebrates the end of the decade by recycling our premiere episode where we talked about fake facts, toxic whales and taking the heat off the planet and putting it on politicians. “How can you make big decisions in your life if you’re not scientifically literate?” Skaana connects you to stories about orcas, oceans,…

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Camille Labchuck Executive director of AnimalJustice. “We’ve got this obligation to animals as a society to try to help them if we can.” “Canada hadn’t passed any serious new animal protection legislation since the eighteen hundreds. That’s pretty shocking to most people.” “We’ve got this obligation to animals as a society to try to help them if we can.” “We never would have come this far, and people never would have known about the industry,…

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Camille Labchuk (@CamilleLabchuk) executive director of Animal Justice (@AnimalJustice) talks with Mark Leiren-Young (@Leirenyoung) about Canada’s new laws to cancel cetacean captivity and finish finning sharks and the fight for legal rights for animals and vegans.  Skaana connects you with eco-heroes sharing ideas about oceans, eco-ethics, the environment and how you can change the world. “Canada hadn’t passed any serious new animal protection legislation since the eighteen hundreds. That’s pretty shocking to most people.” –…

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Camille Labchuk (@CamilleLabchuk) executive director of Animal Justice (@AnimalJustice) talks with Mark Leiren-Young (@Leirenyoung) about Canada’s new laws to finish shark-finning & cancel cetacean captivity and fighting for legal rights for animals and vegans.  Skaana connects you with eco-heroes sharing ideas about oceans, eco-ethics, the environment and how you can change the world. “Canada hadn’t passed any serious new animal protection legislation since the eighteen hundreds. That’s pretty shocking to most people.” – Camille Labchuk…

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http://media.blubrry.com/skaana_orcas_and_oceans/p/traffic.libsyn.com/skaana/34_Orcas_on_Trudeau_The_Southern_Residents_Dish_Dirt_on_Canadas_Federal_Election.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS The Southern Resident Orcas Talk Trudeau The Southern Resident Orcas do not have a voice in Canada’s federal election.  We wanted to give them a chance to speak their truth.  Here it is, with a little commentary from Mark Leiren-Young. The Liberal Party Platform Read the official Liberal Party Platform here:  https://2019.liberal.ca/our-platform/?utm_source=2019.liberal.ca&utm_medium=platform-casgrain The Liberals wish our friends at the Canadian Orca…

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Welcome to This Week in Whales for September 2 – September 8, 2019! Welcome back to This Week in Whales!  Big things are coming soon here at Skaana! Mark Leiren-Young’s new book, Orcas Everywhere, was released last week and, to celebrate, we hosted an AMA on Reddit, so go check it out! The new book is now on sale EVERYWHERE! We also still have an Indiegogo campaign out to help finish the feature documentary The Killer Whale…

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