Breaching Extinction

In this episode we interviewed wild life photographers and educators Gary Sutton and Tasli Shaw discussed their role in conservation through photography, education and art. They share their thoughts on the whale watch industry, environmental stressors impacting the souther residents as well as personal experiences. 

This week Ellie, Anna & Erica discuss the role of culture and gender within the scientific community. They discover that marine biologist are just the 'horse girls' of the ocean and Ellie suggests some rather radical ideas for new conservation efforts.  

In this episode, we interview leading researcher in marine mammal protection areas, Erich Hoyt.  Erich has written several books including Orca: the whale called killer & Creatures of the deep. He has helped develop the International Committee of Marine Mammal Protected Areas and the Marine Mammal Protected Area Task Force. He shares his experiences and findings and thoughts on what makes marine mammal protection areas successful.

Erica and Ellie get extra spicy recording on the eve of Friday the 13th under a full moon. They mostly discuss lemons and the grandmother effect among other whaley important topics.  

This week we interviewed Barry Swanson author of the book Lost Frequency and founder of the Salish Sea Orca Squad. He discusses the inspiration behind writing his book and starting his non-profit, shares personal experiences with the southern residents and explores potential theories relating to killer whale conservation.

This week Ellie and Erica find more evidence based science facts that marine biologists are goobs, answer some riveting questions and discuss the importance of combatting culturally rooted issues with heart and community.  

This week Ellie and Erica has the pleasure of answering some riveting questions from Hailey Broker, one of Erica's childhood friends and law student at Lewis and Clark College. They discuss whale self expression, reproductive behaviors and orca longevity. No fun was had during the recording of this porpisode. 

This week we had the privilege of talking to Taylor Shedd, program coordinator for Soundwatch, an organization dedicated to understanding and bettering the relationship between whales and water vessels. He dives into the history of the organization as well as its current role in the community and research findings.