Skaana with Mark Leiren-Young

Ocean, Eco‑Ethics & the Environment — Interviews for a Changing Planet

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16-year-old Rylee Brooke on Young People Saving the Planet

Posted August 21, 202400:30:50

Sixteen-year-old Hawaiian environmental activist Rylee Brooke hasn’t just been fighting for the environment – and the rights of keiki (young people)...

The King & Queen of OctoNation

Posted July 10, 202400:27:59

Sy Montgomery (author: Soul of an Octopus) and Warren Carlyle (founder of OctoNation) on friendly octopuses, the Mayor of Octopus City, and...

The Beyonce of Octopuses and The OctoKing on Why Octopuses Needed a Publicist

Posted June 19, 202400:33:55

Sy Montgomery (Soul of an Octopus) and Warren Carlyle (founder of OctoNation) on octopuses taking over the media, the origins of OctoNation, why octopuses...

Getting the Poop on Orca Genetics, Species, Names and Really Old Whales With NOAA Scientists Tom Jefferson & Kim Parsons

Posted June 5, 202400:29:37

NOAA scientists Kim Parsons & Tom Jefferson on orca species, orca survival, orca scat, really old whales, the return of harbour porpoises, the fight...

Killer Whales Versus Orcas & Big Bigg’s Whale News with NOAA Scientists Tom Jefferson & Kim Parsons

Posted May 22, 202400:30:22

NOAA scientists Kim Parsons & Tom Jefferson on killer whale science, killer whales versus orcas, orcas versus dolphins, how science becomes official,...