Michael Moore Filmmaker “I don’t use the words ‘political activist,’ because I think it’s redundant. If I’m a citizen of a democracy, it means I’m automatically a political activist. I have to be. All of us have to be. If we’re not active, it ceases to be a democracy.” “I wish more Americans would look north and see that there are some things we can learn from you, that we might be better off if…

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Michael Moore waving the flag. Michael Moore (@MMFlint) on making waves, making movies, making enemies and Canada, eh. A Trump-Free interview from the Obama era archives with Skaana host: Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung).  Skaana connects you to news and experts and their discussions about orcas, oceans and the environment. Fahrenheit 11/9… https://fahrenheit119.com @Fahrenheit11_9 Georgia Strait Alliance… https://georgiastrait.org You can use the affiliate links below to support the pod. Join the Pod……https://www.patreon.com/skaana Skaana home…..skaana.org Facebook………..https://www.facebook.com/skaanapod/ Twitter……………https://twitter.com/leirenyoung The Killer Whale Who…

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David Neiwert American freelance journalist and blogger “The fight to decide what kind of humans we are going to be, what kind of world are we going to make? Are we gonna be empathetic, decent, kind generous people, or are we going to be cruel and greedy and mean? Or do we want to believe that we can continue to control the world as its lord and master? Or do we maybe need to understand…

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David Neiwert (@DavidNeiwert) – an expert on orcas and America’s Alt-Right – talks orcas, empathy and why fighting for whales still matters in the Age of Trump.  Neiwert is the author of Of Orcas and Men: What Killer Whales Can Teach Us & Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump. “The fight against Trump and against hate groups and against the far radical right is very much the same fight that I’m…

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A playlist of related videos for Episode 14 with David Neiwert

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Kelly Iriye Project coordinator for Damsense “Since the creation of the orca task force everyone says a lot of congratulations but nobody has decided to actually do anything.” “If we had more food for the orcas then they’d be able to stay fat and happy and the toxicity wouldn’t enter their blood stream and they’d be fine.” “[discussing Snake River dam] They are grossly overcharging for what the open market is because they have so…

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Kelly Iriye, project coordinator for Damsense (@DAMSNSE) on how breaching the Snake River dams could help save the endangered southern resident orcas and why the arguments against damsense are nonsense. #FreeTheSnake Skaana connects you to news and experts and their discussions about orcas, oceans and the environment. Damsense… https://damsense.org/get-involved/ You can use the affiliate links below to support the pod. Join the Pod……https://www.patreon.com/skaana Skaana home…..skaana.org Facebook………..https://www.facebook.com/skaanapod/ Twitter……………https://twitter.com/leirenyoung The Killer Whale Who Changed the World…. http://amzn.to/2pRNU1q The Hundred-Year-Old Whale….…

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Ken Balcomb Founder of the Center for Whale Research “J-50 is just another example in this story of starvation and ecosystem collapse” “We gotta get this story out about what’s happening, it’s tragic” “We are on day 17 now, what is the message to humans?” “Let’s fix the ecosystem here, we are losing our icons” “I think there was a great deal of emotions spread around and i think that some of our leaderships and…

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