Predator or Prey: The Real Jaws with Rachel Lee Perez
Jan 20, 2026•37 min•Season 1Ep. 313
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Episode description
Join me this week as I sit down with Rachel Lee Perez to discuss her book The Real Jaws: The Attacks That Inspired the Movies. Learn how a series of deadly attacks along the New Jersey shore in the summer of 1916 inspired the 1975 summer blockbuster movie Jaws and permanently altered Americans relationship with sharks -- and how we can become better stewards of the ocean.
To hear more from Rachel, be sure to check her out over on her podcast Hashtag History or at her website.
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