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Sea Shepherd Captain, Paul Watson, on Seapiracies and the Smartest Species on Earth from 2021-11-17T10:00:34
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 o...
Sea Shepherd Captain, Paul Watson, on Seaspiracies and the Smartest Species on Earth from 2021-11-17T10:00:34
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 o...
Meet the Orcas Who Hunt on Land! Guests: Josh McInnes & Justine Buckmaster from 2021-10-01T10:00:44
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 ...
Alexandra Morton on fighting for sea-life, fighting against sea lice and the beauty of dancing, spawning salmon from 2021-08-15T09:00:55
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...
An Orca’s Past and Our Shared Future with Dr. Gavin Hanke at the Royal BC Museum from 2021-06-03T23:46:51
Gavin Hanke Curator of Vertebrate Zoology at the Royal BC Museum (@RoyalBCMuseum) on the life, death and anatomy of Rhap...
Julia Barnes on Bright Green Lies and Cars Vs. Fish from 2021-04-18T14:19:11
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 ...
The New Corporation writer, Joel Bakan, on Personhood, Psychopaths and Why the World Won’t be Saved by “Nice Corporations.” from 2021-02-25T12:00:44
Joel Bakan, co-director of The New Corporation, on his Unfortunately Necessary Sequel, ...
Carl Safina on Animal Culture, Sperm Whale Society and Cetacean Communication from 2021-01-31T21:50:42
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 sharin...
New Years wishes for humans and fishes from Erich Hoyt, Joel Bakan, Marc Bekoff, Carl Safina, Julia Barnes, Robbie Bond & Team Skaana from 2020-12-30T12:00:26
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.
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Orca Love, Orca Mysteries & Orcas Everywhere with Mark Leiren-Young from 2020-12-17T12:30:38
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 Kille...
Daniel Pauly on the Future of Fish and Fisheries vs. The Planet from 2020-11-29T22:43:37
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).
Michael Moore on Canada, comedy, Capitalism: A Love Story from 2020-11-19T03:01:53
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)....
Orcas on Trump from 2020-10-30T04:00:01
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.
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Wade Davis on Optimism, Decency and Saving America from Trolls from 2020-10-16T22:53:49
Anthropologist/author Wade Davis (@authorwa...
Wade Davis on Trump, Treason & COVID Chaos in America from 2020-10-09T10:27:49
Anthropologist/author Wade Davis @authorwadedavis talks about wading into US politics t...
Peter Wohlleben on the Secrets of Trees, Animals and Humans from 2020-09-24T17:46:21
Bestselling author Peter Wohlleben, talks plant rights, fruit fly dreams, scientists in denial and animals in love with ...
Robbie Bond on Fighting for Parks, How Kids Can Save the World and Becoming a Marvel Superhero from 2020-09-04T00:20:10
Real-life Marvel superhero 12-year-old Robbie Bond (...
Marc Bekoff on Animal Emotions, Rights and Personhood from 2020-08-14T02:30:49
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).
Tahlequah: The World’s Most Famous Orca is Pregnant! from 2020-08-01T03:34:10
Skaana (skaanapod) host Mark Leiren-Young (leirenyoung) talks Tahlequah and expectant southern resident orcas...
Ta’Kaiya Blaney on Art, Activism and the Power of Young People Speaking Out for Climate Justice from 2020-06-10T04:24:37
Actor and activist Ta'Kaiya Blaney (@TaKaiyaBlaney) talks about activism, art and the power and im...
Robert Bateman on Art, Inspiration, Hope and Why We All Need to Spend More Time in Nature from 2020-06-02T18:07:30
Artist Robert Bateman talks about art, inspiration, teaching, the importance of hope an...
Thanatologist Kriss Kevorkian on Environmental Grief, Coping with Covid & the Importance of Laughing During a Pandemic from 2020-04-28T23:53:31
Thanatologist Kriss Kevorkian (@agrievingworld) talks about environmental grief, coping with covid, why we ne...
Erich Hoyt on Strange Sea Creatures, Russian Whales and Cosmic Orcas from 2020-04-09T20:41:58
Erich Hoyt (@erichhoyt) on his fight to end Russia’s orca trade, strange sea creatures, whale watching, cosmic orcas and more with Skaana (@Skaanapod) host Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoun...
Erich Hoyt on Protecting the Oceans, Listening to Whales and the Origins of Our Love Affair with Orcas from 2020-02-26T22:21:40
Erich Hoyt (@erichhoyt) - the man who wrote the book on Orcas (almost all the books) - talks about how he and the world learned about orcas, saving our oceans and more with Skaana (@Skaa...
Skaana 2020 Vision & Skana with Leah Abramson from 2020-01-31T23:25:05
Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung) kicks off 2020 with a new vision and our amazing new theme song – Skana – by our special guest Leah Abramson (@abramsonsingers). F...
David Suzuki on Our Past, Present & Future from 2019-12-30T11:15:49
Dr. David Suzuki (@DavidSuzuki) is Canada’s most iconic environmentalist and even in his ...
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Animal Rights Lawyer, Camille Labchuk, on Canada’s Laws to Finish Shark-Finning and Cetacean Captivity and Animal Rights and Wrongs from 2019-11-30T18:51:16
Camille Labchuk (@CamilleLabchuk) executive director of Anim...
Orcas on Trudeau: The Southern Residents Dish Dirt on Canada’s Federal Election from 2019-10-16T16:13:14
The Southern Resident Orcas Talk Trudeau
The Southern Resident Orcas do not have a voice in Canada’s federal election. We wanted to give them a chance to speak their truth. Here i...
Lummi & Orcas – Kurt Russo on Liberating Lolita & Saving the Southern Residents from 2019-06-24T14:26:32
The latest on the Lummi Nation’s fight to free Lolita (Tokitae), ceremonial feedings of the southern resident orcas, rights, responsibilities and reunification from Kurt Russo of the Lummi Nation S...
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Law & Orcas (& Sharks) With Elizabeth May, Fin Donnelly & Josh McInnes from 2019-05-05T21:29:41
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Historian Jason Colby on the History and Future of the Southern Resident Orcas from 2019-04-12T12:40:31
Jason Colby (@jasoncolby2) author of Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean's Greatest Predator on the history of humanity's relationship with orcas - and his personal connection t...
Sea Shepherd Captain Paul Watson on the fight to save fish, whales, oceans and humans from 2019-01-08T13:21:07
Captain Paul Watson (@CaptPaulWatson) founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (@SeaShepherdSSCS) on the Sea Shepherd's journey from outlaws to law enforcement and his battles to...
Whale Scout’s Whitney Neugebauer on Whale Wars in Washington State from 2018-12-20T00:22:39
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Julia Barnes Director of Sea of Life on Saving Lives in Our Seas from 2018-11-22T19:22:35
Julia Barnes writer, director & star of Sea of Life (Seaoflifemov...
NDP MP Fin Donnelly on the fight for a new Canadian law to stop shark finning from 2018-11-07T18:53:03
Fin Donnelly (@FinDonnelly), NDP critic for Fisheries, Oceans and Canadian ...
A Tribute to Rob Stewart from young filmmakers he inspired from 2018-10-26T01:26:15
Julia Barnes, (Sea of Life), and Jonah Bryson @JonahLBr...
Sharkwater Week – Remembering Rob Stewart from 2018-10-18T13:46:40
Rob Stewart's Sharkwater Extinction (Listen
Michael Moore on Making Waves, Making Enemies, Making Movies & Canada, eh from 2018-10-06T14:21:34
Michael Moore waving the flag.
David Neiwert on Killer Whales, Killer Racists and Fighting for Orcas in the Age of Trump from 2018-09-21T16:43:37
David Neiwert (@DavidNeiwert) - an expert on orcas and America's A...
Saving Salmon in Washington – Damsense vs. Nonsense from 2018-08-18T14:17:20
Kelly Iriye, project coordinator for Damsense (@DAMSNSE) on how breaching the Snake River dams could help save the endangered southern resident orcas and why the arguments against damsen...
Saving Scarlet, Grieving With Tahlequah and the Future of the Southern Resident Orcas from 2018-08-11T07:51:44
Ken Balcomb (Centre for Whale Research @CWROrcas) talks Tahlequ...
Dr. Lori Marino on Blackfish in Captivity from 2018-07-17T11:41:11
Dr. Lori Marino (Blackfish; The Sanctuary Project; The Kimmela Centre for Animal Advocacy) on seeking sanctuary, captive orcas (Corky, Lolita & Kiska), animal rights and w...
Zoe Hopkins on Kayak to Klemtu & Pipelines to Protests from 2018-06-10T21:07:53
“The ocean is a planetary issue, not a First Nations issue.”
Can a determined teenager stop a pipeline? Zoe Hopkins' new movie, Kayak to Klemtu, was inspi...
Aube Giroux on Modified Salmon and the Fishy World of GMOs from 2018-04-27T18:06:07
“Canadians have not been consulted in this whole GMO experiment.”
BC’s farmed salmon are the only genetically modified animals for sale in Canada accordin...
Elizabeth May on saving orcas, right whales, humans & oceans from 2018-01-05T18:58:34
Canadian federal Green Party leader, Elizabeth May (@ElizabethMay), talks about saving orcas and right whales; stopping Kinder Morgan and Bilcon and Canada’s toothless endange...
Norway’s Whaling Ways: Sandefjord’s Whaling Museum (Hvalfangstmuseet) from 2017-12-01T14:06:39
Today Norway is one of only three whaling nations in the world, but the country’s whaling operations used to be worldwide. Dag Ingemar Børresen of Sandefjord’s Whaling Museum ...
Mark Leiren-Young talks Moby Doll and Granny at BC’s Maritime Museum from 2017-10-21T02:00:15
The BC Maritime Museum launched a new series of “Nautical Nights” with Skaana host, award winning author and filmmaker Mark Leiren-Young , talking about the secret origins of ...
Alexandra Morton on wild salmon, sick salmon & the Sea Shepherd from 2017-08-04T11:44:13
Alexandra Morton (@alex4salmon) is one of Canada’s most famous eco-activists. The best-selling author’s fight to save the west co...
Caitlyn Vernon on the Great Bear Rainforest, the secret origin of Sierra Club BC & listening like an orca. from 2017-06-09T12:59:54
The BC Sierra Club has been at the forefront of eco-activism for almost 50 years. Mark Leiren-Young talks to their campaigns director, Caitlyn Vernon, about protecting the whales, the oc...
Andrew Weaver on #StopKM, The Wayne Gretzky Effect and Leading the BC Green Party from 2017-05-03T12:40:59
Dr. Andrew Weaver (@AJWVictoriaBC), one of Canada’s most respected climate s...
Dyna Tuytel talks about Ecojustice, Alexandra Morton, the Species at Risk Act and the National Energy Board from 2017-05-02T09:10:19
The Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion could wipe out the Southern Resident Orcas. The orca's unofficial lawyer, Dyna Tuytel from Ecojustice (@ecojustice_ca), is challenging their plans in...
David Suzuki on Donald Trump, Fake News, Justin Trudeau and Pipeline Politics from 2017-05-01T08:34:18
Dr. David Suzuki (@DavidSuzuki) is Canada’s most iconic environmentalist and a...