Shark Week: The Podcast

Luke Tipple talks with author, shark fishing advocate & founder of FlyZone Fishing Robert ‘Fly’ Navarro in part one of a two-part debate. In a fiery, enlightening conversation, the pair discuss shark fishing tournaments, shark finning, ocean conservation and much more, even managing to find some common ground along the way! Plus, they discuss the death threats Fly has faced and why it’s so important to maintain an open dialogue when speaking about divisive issues. 

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Luke Tipple is joined by environmental scientist and lead ocean field scientist at The Ocean Cleanup, Matthias Egger. They’ll discuss the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a mass of floating plastic debris between Hawaii and California that is twice the size of Texas and how The Ocean Cleanup plans to eliminate 90% of the garbage patch by 2040. The guys will also look at the effects of plastics and microplastics on marine life and the ecosystem and reveal what you can do to help. 

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Luke Tipple is joined by Dr. Craig O’Connell, who is featured in the 2022 Shark Week documentary, Monsters of the Cape. The marine biologist is innovating and testing new technology that are deterring Great Whites from humans. Dr. O’Connell, who lives in Montauk, New York, talks about how abundant the shark population has become in recent years and why repellents are even more needed given the high likelihood of negative shark encounters. They also discuss the effects of music and sound buoys on sharks. 

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Luke Tipple is joined by Emmy award-winning and longtime Shark Week filmmaker, Jeff Kurr. He discusses his successful and storied career, from being the first to capture a breaching Great White, to creating the Air Jaws series. Jeff discusses his latest project, directing Great White Open Ocean, a documentary about shark diver and Jeff’s good friend, Jimi Partington who experienced a life-threatening shark encounter in 2019, then a year later went on to swim with Great Whites again, and suffered a horrible stroke. Kurr captured Jimi’s journey and his road to recovery, which he says has been the most rewarding experience he’s ever had as a filmmaker. Luke and Jeff discuss life-threatening shark encounters including a recent encounter that resulted in the fatality of a tourist in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa on September 25th, 2022.

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Luke Tipple is joined by “the shark whisperer,” Cristina Zenato. She’s a professional diver, shark expert and founder of People of the Water. Cristina discusses the amazing work she does in the Bahamas, having Caribbean reef sharks relax in her lap. She’s been working with sharks for 30 years and has had first hand experiences connecting with reef sharks with different personalities. The two discuss shark cognitive instincts, memory passed through DNA and shark’s emotions and personalities. After 30 years of working with sharks, she attests to the fact that sharks are the safest animal to interact with on the planet.   

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Luke Tipple is joined by Christine de Silva, marine scientist, shark expert and co-founder of Juice Robotics. Christine discusses her cutting edge research and the technology her company has created to explore the deep sea. They’ll discuss the unique and largely unresearched sharks that live thousands of feet below sea level, how they survive, how we can protect them and what we can learn from them. Plus, the pair chat Great Whites in Christine’s hometown of Cape Cod, and how we can coexist. 

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Luke Tipple is joined by Madison Stewart aka “Shark Girl”, filmmaker, shark conservationist and founder of Project Hiu. Madison returns to the podcast to discuss her work in Indonesia, helping shark fisherman transition into the tourism industry. They’ll discuss why the shark finning trade is so prevalent in Asia, the aims of Project Hiu and why Madison wants to end the misconception that Indonesian shark fishermen are “the bad guys”. Plus, the pair also talk about shark nets in Australia and explain why they need to be stopped. 

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On this episode of Shark Week: The Podcast, Luke Tipple speaks to Dr. Riley Elliott aka “The Shark Man”, scientist & star of Discovery’s Shark Week Special Clash of Killers: Great Whites vs. Makos. They discuss his research into mako sharks and how they interact with great whites when their migratory routes overlap off the coast of New Zealand. Plus, Luke tells the remarkable story of a Greenland shark which managed to eat a moose.

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On this episode of Shark Week: The Podcast, Luke Tipple is joined by explorer, shark conservationist and star of Discovery’s Shark Week Special Sharks in Paradise, Kinga Philipps! They discuss her expedition to French Polynesia to find the massive tiger sharks which have been flourishing in the area. Plus, Kinga explains how marine protected areas and local laws are truly allowing the waters around French Polynesia to truly be considered a “shark paradise”.

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On this episode of Shark Week: The Podcast, Luke Tipple dives into some of the more bizarre shark stories in the news! You’ll learn about hammerheads living in an active underwater volcano, venomous sharks in the River Thames and a Greenland shark that’s been found a long way from home, in the Caribbean! Plus, marine biologist and star of Discovery’s Shark Week documentary Great White Intersection, Dr. Greg Skomal joins Luke to discuss a surge in great white shark numbers in Cape Cod and how climate change is impacting shark migration! 

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