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Seattle Times (@seattletimes) environment reporter Lynda V Mapes (@LyndaVMapes) on dams versus salmon, saving the southern resident orcas and how Tahlequah changed the world. "All the things we do for our comfort, convenience and commerce are not good for the southern residents. And that’s just fact."

Author and primatologist Frans de Waal  talks about great apes, not-so-great humans, animal emotions and anthropodenial with Skaana (@Skaanapod) host Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung).

Sea Shepherd Captain, Paul Watson (@CaptPaulWatson), talks with Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung) on getting political, remembering Rob Stewart, saving salmon with Alexandra Morton and the Sea Shepherd Navy!

Sea Shepherd Captain, Paul Watson@CaptPaulWatson, talks with Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung) about Seaspiracy, life as an outlaw and as a movie star, the impact of Covid on life in the oceans and whether whales are more intelligent than we are.

Killer whales hunting on land? Josh McInnis (scientist) and Justine Buckmaster (naturalist) on their wild discovery that some Salish Sea orcas are hunting seals on the shores of Protection Island and how orcas continue to surprise us.

Eco-warrior, Alexandra Morton, on her fight to save wild salmon, being gaslit by the Canadian government and her adventures in Green politics. She also dares people to sue her over her essential new book - Not On My Watch:  How a renegade whale biologist took on governments and industry to save wild salmon.

Gavin Hanke Curator of Vertebrate Zoology at the Royal BC Museum (@RoyalBCMuseum) on the life, death and anatomy of Rhapsody - the skeletal star of the museum’s fantastic exhibit Orcas: Our Shared Future #RBCMOrcas - which is open until 2022 before touring the world (and was written by Skaana host, Mark Leiren-Young @leirenyoung

Filmmaker, Julia Barnes, on the dirty secrets of clean energy, how electric cars are running over the oceans and her new documentary Bright Green Lies – debuting online April 22 (Earth Day), 2021 https://www.brightgreenlies.com/

Joel Bakan, co-director of The New Corporation, on his Unfortunately Necessary Sequel, why corporations aren’t our friends and the reason corporations are considered persons, but orcas aren’t.

Carl Safina (@carlsafina) author of Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace talks about the culture of animals, the worlds of whale and sharing the planet with @Skaanapod host Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung). Skaana connects you to stories about oceans, eco-ethics and the environment.

Skaana guests Erich Hoyt, Robbie Bond, Joel Bakan, Carl Safina, Julia Barnes, Marc Bekoff & the Skaana team share our wishes for a very new New Year in 2021. Skaana connects you to stories about oceans, eco-ethics and the environment. Join the Pod……https://www.patreon.com/mobydoll Spotify……………www.bit.ly/spotify-skaana Apple Podcasts………www.skaana.ca The Orca Bites Podcast (on anchor) ………www.orcabites.com – Skaana home……www.skaana.org Skaana on Medium……www.orcatales.com Our Latest Orca Videos…www.jpod.news – Facebook…………https://www.facebook.com/skaanapod/ Twitter……………https://twitter.com/leirenyoung Instagram…………https://www.instagram.com/skaanapod/ Books on Amazon **Amazon links are affiliate links and support our podcast, thanks for clicking! The Killer Whale Who Changed the World   Orcas Everywhere Song Information “Auld Lang Syne” performed by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik7ktS3PqEs 0:00– Intro 2:34– Wishes for 2021 from our guests and the Skaana team 12:25– A big thanks to all our Patreon supporters 16:12– Info on our SOCAN license and Mark’s farewell to 2020

Skaana (Skaanapod) host Mark Leiren-Young shares stories from the audio version of his award-winning book for orca lovers of all ages – Orcas Everywhere: The Mystery and History of Killer Whales (orcaseverywhere.com). “This inviting book will be treasured by kids – a fun way to discover orcas and the sea.” Erich Hoyt, author of Orca: The Whale Called Killer. “An amazingly accessible and fun book that explores our relationship with whales over millennia.” Elizabeth May former leader of The Green Party of Canada. Skaana connects you to stories about oceans, eco-ethics and the environment. Join the Pod……https://www.patreon.com/mobydoll Spotify……………www.bit.ly/spotify-skaana Apple Podcasts………www.skaana.ca The Orca Bites Podcast (on anchor) ………www.orcabites.com – Skaana home……www.skaana.org Skaana on Medium……www.orcatales.com Our Latest Orca Videos…www.jpod.news – Facebook…………https://www.facebook.com/skaanapod/ Twitter……………https://twitter.com/leirenyoung Instagram…………https://www.instagram.com/skaanapod/ Books on Amazon **Amazon links are affiliate links and support our podcast, thanks for clicking! · The Killer Whale Who Changed the World   · Orcas Everywhere Support Local Anxiety “Oh Christmas Tree, Eco Christmas Tree” by Local Anxiety https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ErxSXlKQsg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/localanxiety/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/71D32y0rGbZM2xPwizOcyH?si=lWbDsFSISTacONGGCH8nxQ  Timecodes 0:00– Intro 2:40– “Orca Love” from Orcas Everywhere 8:00– Thank you and happy holidays from Skaana 10:23– “Oh Christmas Tree, Eco Christmas Tree” by Local Anxiety

Global fisheries expert Daniel Pauly (@SeaAroundUs) on illegal fisheries, vanishing fish and the fight to save BC’s salmon with @Skaanapod host Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung). Skaana connects you to stories about oceans, eco-ethics and the environment. Join the Pod……https://www.patreon.com/mobydoll Spotify……………www.bit.ly/spotify-skaana Apple Podcasts………www.skaana.ca The Orca Bites Podcast (on anchor) ………www.orcabites.com – Skaana home……www.skaana.org Skaana on Medium……www.orcatales.com Our Latest Orca Videos…www.jpod.news – Facebook…………https://www.facebook.com/skaanapod/ Twitter……………https://twitter.com/leirenyoung Instagram…………https://www.instagram.com/skaanapod/ Image credit: Ms.Valentina Ruiz-Leotaud More Information About Daniel Pauly Sea Around Us Profile SeaLifeBase – Fish Data Base UBC Profile Interview with The Tyee Interview with Watershed Sentinel Pauly’s Book Vanishing Fish: Shifting Baselines and the Future of Global Fisheries Exploring the Boundary Waters https://www.straight.com/article/the-truth-about-the-science-of-fish-lice Books on Amazon **Amazon links are affiliate links and support our podcast, thanks for clicking! · The Killer Whale Who Changed the World   · Orcas Everywhere Music:  “I’s the B’y” Performed by Great Big Sea https://youtu.be/AQn-2xAlu7I Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmgg7VhBs9Z7iU0bmdrjxFw Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0GxOdKrtD5oUmQROcCs8M4  “Skana” – Leah Abramson https://youtu.be/CQr5BHW0k44 Leah Abramson’s Website: http://www.leahabramson.com/ Timecodes 0:00– Intro 5:38– Defining “Shifting Baselines” 9:14– “The main reason why we need to study fisheries globally is because studying them at a local level doesn’t capture the dynamics…All the fish move, they don’t know borders.” 11:46– The globalization of fisheries and outsourcing to meet fish consumption. 14:15– What fish should we eat? And who’s fish are we eating? 20:12– The status of fish as meat and the role they play in our diets. 20:25– Fish were viewed as a package of healthy meat and not wild animals capable of feeling, capable of agency. 22:10– Do fish feel pain? 27:34– “The implication of our treatment of animals, the mass slaughtering of whales for example, is too horrible to contemplate. And so, we have coping mechanisms and denial is one of them.” 31:04– Japan and whaling. 34:00– On the Aquacolypse 36:08– Discussing fish stocks and biomass. 38:26– Canada’s errors in managing fish populations. 40:47– Bureaucracy, the DFO, and the politics of fisheries. 42:10– (In Canada) fish are seen as a commodity, rather than animals that can go extinct 44:35– Discussing the work of Alexandra Morton and her struggle to reveal the failures of the DFO. 52:03– “I think that the DFO has a two-fold mission that should never be imposed, on an agency. They have to both promote and control the aquaculture. And you can’t do both.” 54:04– Discussing FishBase and the thousands of fish that have been catalogued there. 59:28– Daniel Pauly’s childhood and his journey to becoming the world’s leading ichthyologist. 1:04:49– “I’s the B’y” Performed by Great Big Sea  

Michael Moore (@MMFlint) on Canada, inspiration and capitalism in this flashback interview from the start of the Obama era with Skaana (@skaanapod) host Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung). 

In this episode, iconic orca mom, Tahlequah, talks to host Mark Leiren-Young about the upcoming US elections and what life is like for a whale in the Trump-era.

Anthropologist/author Wade Davis (@authorwadedavis) on optimism, decency, public service and saving America with Skaana (@skaanapod) host Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung). Part two of our special two-part election edition of Skaana featuring National Geographic’s Explorer-in-Residence and author of Magdalena: River of Dreams

Anthropologist/author Wade Davis @authorwadedavis talks about wading into US politics to warn about the end of the American era & the Trump virus with Skaana (@skaanapod) host Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung). A special two-part election edition of Skaana featuring National Geographic’s Explorer in Residence, the real-life Indiana Jones. For links on how/where to vote visit our show notes.

Bestselling author Peter Wohlleben, talks plant rights, fruit fly dreams, scientists in denial and animals in love with Skaana (@skaanapod) host Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung). The German eco-philosopher shares the secret life of trees, the hidden life of animals and the responsibilities of humans.

Real-life Marvel superhero 12-year-old Robbie Bond (@Kidsspeak4parks ) talks about founding Kids Speak For Parks, inspiring kids and adults and becoming a Marvel superhero (@Marvel) on Skaana (@skaanapod) with host Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung).

Author and educator Marc Bekoff talks about animal emotions, his work with Jane Goodall and who you’re eating for dinner with Skaana (@skaanapod) host Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung).“It's a matter of who we eat, not what we eat. Who's for dinner, not what's for dinner. It's the animals who eat the animals, who we keep in cages, who we keep in aquariums… Words matter.” Marc Bekoff