Breaching Extinction

This week Erica chatted with Orca Researcher Anaïs Remili about her recent publication, Validation of quantitative fatty acid signature analysis for estimating the diet composition of free‑ranging killer whales. She dove into a new methodology studying whale diets called QFASA, and also discussed her organization Whale Scientists, which aims to highlight young cetacean scientists and help aspiring whale scientists find resources. 

Resources: 

Anaïs Remili's Website and Twitter 

Whale Scientists Website, Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok

Episode 92. Barataria Dolphins, Imposter Syndrome, and Whale Scientist (Episode with her partner Naiomi Mathews)

This week naturalist and local feral man of Alaska, Dale Frink to talk about the time he got thrown into the water by a blue whale. Dale has requested to raise money for the Ocean Defenders Alliance click the link to donate! 

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Kendra, Liam, and Erica discuss chapters 3 & 4 of Listening to Whales by Alexandria Morton. 

Sources: 

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/new-state-federal-report-puts-10-27-billion-price-tag-on-lower-snake-river-dam-removal/

This week Erica chatted with Hannah Overbeak and Tay Shoemaker from Project Polywog about their impact-driven business model. They shared the plight of two endangered frogs as well as insight on how they are helping these species both through a frog rescue and frog breeding programs. 

This week Erica celebrated our 100th episode and pride month with a special two-part episode. In the first part, she chatted with Kendra Nelson about homosexuwhality in the animal kingdom, as well as their personal experiences being part of the LBGTQ community. For the second part, she chatted with musician and og homie Ambur Wilkerson to write "Baleen" a whale rendition of the iconic Dolly Partons song Joleen. 

This we Erica chatted with Owen Begley-Collier and Lucy Larkin from the Snake River Savers about their upcoming protest in Seattle to remove the Lower Snake River Dams

Snake river savers social media sites:

https://instagram.com/snakeriversavers?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

https://www.facebook.com/snakeriversavers/

https://twitter.com/riversavers?s=21&t=OkJuFQGKoTa5Mc-7NBltag

Washington resident and can’t make the rally? Take action:

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-governor-inslee-and-washingtons-senators-to-save-the-southern-resident-orcas

Other states take action:

https://saveourwildsalmon.salsalabs.org/bidenadminalert2022/index.html?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=6e82a205-3042-4886-b977-c84517bc45f6

In this weeks porpisode Erica, Liam and Kendra dive into the first two chapters of listening to whales by Alexandria Morton. 

This week Erica chatted Alex Haraus, an impact producer focused on saving our natural world. Alex talks about how he has used TikTok as a vessel for conserving wild places and shares some of his life experiences and philosophies. 

This week Erica chatted with Mumbai researcher and PhD Candidate Ketki Jog about her recent publication Marine Mammal Interactions With Fisheries: Review of Research and Management Trends Across Commercial and Small-Scale Fisheries.  Ketki discussed her research and how she used the help of local fishers to collect data. She also shared her insight on how we can be better scientists and stewards of the environment by working together and staying humble. 

This week Erica chatted with one of her favorite humans Madison Bashford about her novel research tagging and studying market squid at the John Hopkins Marine station during her undergraduate career at California State Monterey Bay. They also have a very real discussion about the role of mental wellness in their personal and professional journeys, as well as larger environmental issues.