A Skaana New Year - All our episodes
Links to every Skaana interview for the holidays!
Since this is a holiday update, let’s start with some original art courtesy of Skaana supporter Elena Louise Lawson. This is called: "To the depths!"
And now… Link to ALL our episodes on iTunes & Spotify!
Gloria Pancrazi (director - Coextinction) iTunes Spotify
Daana Staff (author -Nursery Earth: The Wondrous Lives of Baby Animals) iTunes | Spotify
Jason Colby (author - Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean’s Greatest Predator) iTunes | Spotify
Howard Garrett (Orca Network) iTunes | Spotify
Rowena Rae (author - Salmon: Swimming for Survival) iTunes | Spotify
Alessandro De Maddalena (Shark specialist) iTunes | Spotify
Sean Holman (Climate disaster project) iTunes | Spotify
Jonathan Mesulam (Front Line Defenders) iTunes | Spotify
Sharks Forever Excerpt (Mark Leiren-Young) iTunes | Spotify
Joseph Planta interview (talking sharks with Mark Leiren-Young) iTunes | Spotify
Josh Zeman (director - The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52) iTunes | Spotify
Nadine Pequeneza (director - Last of the Right Whales) iTunes | Spotify
Lynda V. Mapes (author - Orca: Shared Waters) iTunes | Spotify
Frans de Waal (author - Mama’s Last Hug) iTunes | Spotify
Paul Watson pt. 2 (Founder Sea Shepherd Society) iTunes | Spotify
Paul Watson pt.1 (Founder Sea Shepherd Society) iTunes | Spotify
Josh McInnes & Justine Buckmaster (Orca scientists) iTunes | Spotify
Alexandra Morton (author - Not On My Watch) iTunes | Spotify
Gavin Hanke (Curator of Vertebrate Zoology Royal BC Museum) iTunes | Spotify
Julia Barnes (director - Sea of Life) iTunes | Spotify
Joel Bakan (director - The Corporation) iTunes | Spotify
Carl Safina (Carl Safina - author Beyond Words - What Animals See and Hear) iTunes | Spotify
New Year’s wishes iTunes | Spotify
Orcas Everywhere by Mark Leiren-Young (excerpt) iTunes | Spotify
Daniel Pauly (co-founder of FishBase) iTunes | Spotify
Michael Moore (Roger and Me) iTunes | Spotify
Orcas on Trump iTunes | Spotify
Wade Davis pt. 2 (author - One River) iTunes | Spotify
Wade Davis pt. 1 (author - Wayfinders) iTunes | Spotify
Peter Wohlleben (author - The Hidden Life of Trees) iTunes | Spotify
Robbie Bond (Kids Speak for Parks) iTunes | Spotify
Marc Bekoff (author - The Emotional Lives of Animals) iTunes | Spotify
Mark Leiren-Young on Tahlequah iTunes | Spotify
Ta'Kaiya Blaney (singer, actor & activist) iTunes | Spotify
Robert Bateman (painter) iTunes | Spotify
Kriss Kevorkian (thanatologist) iTunes | Spotify
Erich Hoyt pt. 2 (author - Orca: The Whale Called Killer) iTunes | Spotify
Erich Hoyt pt. 1 (author - The Encyclopedia of Whales) iTunes | Spotify
Leah Abramson (composer/singer - Songs For a Lost Pod) iTunes | Spotify
Camille Labchuk (executive director of Animal Justice) iTunes | Spotify
Orcas on Trudeau iTunes | Spotify
Kurt Russo (Lummi Nation Sovereignty and Treaty Protection Office) iTunes | Spotify
Elizabeth May, Fin Donnelly & Josh McInnes (Green Party of Canada Leader, NDP MP & Orca Scientist) iTunes | Spotify
Jason Colby (author - Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean’s Greatest Predator) iTunes | Spotify
Paul Watson (activist) iTunes | Spotify
Whitney Neugebauer (podcaster - host Whale Scout podcast) iTunes | Spotify
Julia Barnes (filmmaker/activist) iTunes | Spotify
Fin Donnelly (NDP MP) iTunes | Spotify
Tribute to Rob Stewart iTunes | Spotify
Rob Stewart (filmmaker Sharkwater) iTunes | Spotify
David Neiwert (author: Of Orcas and Men) iTunes | Spotify
Kelly Iriye (Project coordinator for Damsense) iTunes | Spotify
Ken Balcomb (founder - Orca Network) iTunes | Spotify
Lori Marino (founder and President of the Whale Sanctuary Project) iTunes | Spotify
Zoe Hopkins (director - Kayak to Klemtu) iTunes | Spotify
Aube Giroux (food writer and filmmaker) iTunes | Spotify
Elizabeth May (leader Green Party of Canada) iTunes | Spotify
Dag Ingemar Børresen (Sandefjord Whaling Museum) iTunes | Spotify
Mark Leiren-Young at BC’s Maritime Museum iTunes | Spotify
Alexandra Morton (author - Listening To Whales: What the Orcas Have Taught Us) iTunes | Spotify
Caitlyn Vernon (author - Nowhere Else on Earth) iTunes | Spotify
Andrew Weaver (leader Green Party of British Columbia) iTunes | Spotify
Dyna Tuytel (lawyer- Ecojustice Canada) iTunes | Spotify
David Suzuki (The Nature of Things) iTunes | Spotify
And the latest in Orca news…
ORCA BABIES!
New killer whale calf spotted with J pod on Boxing Day, researchers say
Scientists rejoice as new Biggs killer whale calf seen in Salish Sea
Orange-tinted baby orca attracts attention
And the humpback comeback!
Humpbacks off Vancouver Island feature in new season of Planet Earth
Orcas playing
#TheMoment a pod of orcas all breached at once
Playful orcas caught on camera near Bluffs Park in B.C.
And now… orca movies
Coextinction - The essential documentary about the threats facing the endangered southern resident orcas - is now available EVERYWHERE. For the full story on this fantastic film, please check out the latest episode of Skaana where I talk with filmmaker, Gloria Pancrazi. Here’s a complete list of links to where/how you can see Coextinction. https://coextinctionfilm.com/watch/
The Hundred-Year-Old Whale - The short (15-minute) documentary from Team Skaana shares the story of Granny, the late long-time matriarch of the southern resident orcas. Winner of multiple awards - including the Writers Guild of Canada Award for Best Documentary - and featuring the late Ken Balcomb, this movie has just become widely available online and can now be screened on numerous sites -including YouTube.
Wishing you all the best in 2024