Skaana with Mark Leiren-Young

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Eco-Pirate and Eco-Church Founder Paul Watson on Fighting for Whales and Phytoplankton, Launching Neptune’s Navy and Daring Iceland to Arrest Him

Posted May 8, 202400:47:13

Eco-pirate Paul Watson talks about taking on whalers in Iceland and Japan, splitting with the Sea Shepherd, launching an eco-church and what the hell...

Melody Horrill: On Saving Dolphins and Her Book About The Dolphin Who Saved Her

Posted January 26, 202400:39:51

Author, broadcaster and activist Melody Horrill (The Dolphin Who Saved Me) talks about saving the Port River dolphins and how a dolphin named...

David Shiffman: On Jaws, Sharknados, Megalodon-Mania and Shark Week Vs. Sharks

Posted January 12, 202400:38:33

Author and marine conservation biologist David Shiffman (Why Sharks Matter) talks about Sharkweek, Sharknados, megalodon myths, Jaws...

Gloria Pancrazi: On Endangered Orcas, Endangered Humans and Making Movies that Change the World

Posted December 24, 202300:31:26

Filmmaker Gloria Pancrazi (Coextinction) talks with Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young about red herrings, fishy fish farms, whale watching, whale...

Danna Staaf: On Alien Octopuses, Squid Squads and Why Baby Animals Rule

Posted October 18, 202300:48:31

Cephalopod expert Danna Staaf (author of The Lady and the Octopus and Monarchs of the Sea) talks with Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young...