About Skaana: Skaana - One Ocean ā Ocean Life, EcoāEthics & the Environment ā Interviews for a Changing Planet is a podcast for anyone who loves the ocean and the animals who live there. Host Mark Leiren-Young dives beneath the surface with scientists, authors, activists, and other dolphin-friendly humans for candid conversations about marine life, conservation, ecoāethics, and the issues shaping our future. Launched in 2017 with a focus on orcas, Skaana has expanded to explore sharks,ā¦
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"Why I think orcas are better than us... I've never heard of an orca war." A Canadian museum exhibit about orcas - Orca Our Shared Future - splashes down at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. The museum's Mammalogist, Amanda Killian, and Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young (who wrote and consulted on the exhibit for the Royal BC Museum) dive into the wild world of orcas - their lives,ā¦
BC Green Party leader, Emily Lowan, talks with Skaana host, Mark Leiren-Young, about fighting oligarchs, the joy of being underestimated and her journey from youth activist to one of the most successful young politicians anywhere, ever. To Support/Follow Emily Lowan & The BC Green Party Emily Lowan Instagram/ Facebook: @emilylowan Bluesky: @emilylowan.bsky.social BC GREEN PARTY Website:ā¦
Sometimes animals who hang out with humans need a vet. Sometimes they need a lawyer. The belugas at Marineland in Niagara Falls need both. Whales around the world need sanctuary. And sharks everywhere were saved by a Canadian law. Camille Labchuk, executive director of Animal Justice, returns to Skaana to talk with host Mark Leiren-Young about fighting for animals who live in the water and on theā¦
Iberian orca guardian, Alexandra Johnston, talks with Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young about hanging out with the world's most infamous orcas. On orcas as click-bait ā the orcas who are āattackingā boats and how social media is creating orca hysteria. āBlue fin tuna is their main prey source. They are fish eaters, not boat eaters.ā Alexandra Johnston. āI really feel these orcas have been used asā¦
Have you ever met a polar bear? They're the fiercest animal on earth, one of the most iconic and one of the most chill ā in every possible way. Cate Collins ā the lead scientist/science translator ā for polar bear tours to Churchill, Manitoba, talks with Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young about hanging out with polar bears, polar bear mating and the impact of the climate crisis on their habits andā¦
Legendary dolphin trainer turned anti-captivity icon Ric O'Barry on his journey from catching and training Flipper to going to jail to save dolphins. Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young dives into The Dolphin Project, the making of the Academy Award-winning documentary The Cove and his upcoming fundraiser in Victoria, BC. āI started sympathizing with the dolphins and I could see things from their pointā¦
Salmon expert Misty MacDuffee on shrinking salmon, damn dams and what needs to be done NOW to save the iconic southern resident orcas. Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young dives into the Raincoast Conservation Foundation's report on what needs to be done to save these whales with one of the report's authors. āThe solutions that government has focused on have not helped the whales and in some cases haveā¦
The Killer Whale That Changed the World ā the story of Moby Doll and the accidental orca capture that changed everything between humans and orcas ā was created for CBC Radio's Ideas by Skaana host, Mark Leiren-Young and produced by Yvonne Gall. It originally aired on CBC in 2013, won the Jack Webster Award for Best Radio Documentary and sparked the award-winning book, The Killer Whale Who Changedā¦
Mark Leiren-Young reads the chapter about Jaws vs. shark from his award-winning book, Sharks Forever. Years after the movie based on his book was one of the biggest hits in the world, Peter Benchley said that in a new version of Jaws, the shark wouldnāt be the monster. āThe shark in an updated Jaws could not be the villain; it would have to be written as the victim, for, worldwide, sharks are muchā¦
David Shiffman (author of Why Sharks Matter ) on how Jaws changed the world for sharks, humans and moviesā¦ how the fear of sharks led to so many species being threatened and endangered and why you should be suspicious of āshark experts.ā āMore people in a typical year are bitten by other people in the New York City subway system than are bitten by sharks in the whole worldā¦ More people die fallingā¦
