Breaching Extinction

Breaching Extinction

By Erica WirthScienceNature
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Breaching Extinction episodes

  • 114. What the hec is going on with hectors dolphin?

    In this week's episode, Erica chatted with William Carome, researcher at the New Zeland Whale and Dolphin Trust about his recent publication A long-term shift in the summer distribution of Hector’sdolphins is correlated with an increase in cruise ship tourism. 


    Sources: 

    New Zeland Whale and Dolphin Trust: Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook

    28 min
  • 113. Science, Skepticism and Truth

    In this episode Erica, Liam and Madi discuss what credible science looks like and how to find legit sources for information. 


    Resources: 

    Science Council 

    What Makes Science Science (NPR)

    Live Science 

    Understanding Science UC Berkley 



    1 hr 7 min
  • 112. Fin Whale Residency

    In this week's episode, Erica chatted with Erin Falcone, Biologist at Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research about her most recent publication Movements and residency of fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the California Current System. 

    49 min
  • 111. Jingle Bells

    This week Erica chatted with Katie Kowarski Research Scientist at JASCO Applied Sciences about the last chapter of her thesis: Seasonal song ontogeny in western North Atlantic humpback whales: drawing parallels with songbirds. Katie shares her unexpected findings on humpback whale acoustics is the North Atlantic population.  

    42 min
  • 110. Vulnerabili(tea)
    In this week's episode, we introduced Madison Basford our new porpisode cohost. Erica and Madi had an authentic and vulnerable conversation about overcoming the trials and tribulations of life and the importance of being healthy in order to have a positive impact on the world. 
    WARNING: This episode contains sensitive topics including but not limited to trauma, cults, abuse, sexual assault, suicide, and religious trauma 
    Resources: 
    Brene Brown
    Consent Tea
    Jumping Spiders
    Living with Secrets Podcast
    Suicide Prevention
    The Power of Vulnerability (Brene Brown)
    Trevor Project (LBGT)
    1 hr 15 min
  • 109. Fishing and Whale Watching in Monterey Bay
    This week Erica chatted with Joey Stagnaro a, Santa Cruz local who has been working on the Monterey Bay fishing and whale watching since he was 6 years old. Joey shares a bit of his life story and the changes he has seen though out his time on the bay.
    46 min
  • 0.39 It's Giving Goodbye

    In our final porpisode with Kendra, we finish the last four chapters of Listening to Whales by Alexandra Morton. We highly recommend this book to anyone interested in whales or a story about perseverance. 


    Warning: For some reason, we started talking about explicit around minute 28, so if you don't want to hear that, stop lis tening then.

    33 min

About Breaching Extinction

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Breaching Extinction is an investigative podcast evaluating the complexities of the declining Southern Resident Killer Whale population in an effort to better understand the trials they currently…