Erich Hoyt (@erichhoyt) on his fight to end Russia’s orca trade, strange sea creatures, whale watching, cosmic orcas and more with Skaana (@Skaanapod) host Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung). Erich’s books include: Orca The Whale Called Killer; The Encyclopedia of Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises; Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises; Weird Sea Creatures and many, many more.
Apr 09, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Erich Hoyt (@erichhoyt) - the man who wrote the book on Orcas (almost all the books) - talks about how he and the world learned about orcas, saving our oceans and more with Skaana (@Skaanpod) host Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung). Erich's books include: Orca The Whale Called Killer; The Encyclopedia of Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises; Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises; Weird Sea Creatures and much, much more.
Feb 26, 2020•52 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung) kicks off 2020 with a new vision and our amazing new theme song – Skana – by our special guest Leah Abramson (@abramsonsingers). Find out about her awesome album of songs for and about whales Songs For a Lost Pod.
Jan 31, 2020•27 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Dr. David Suzuki (@DavidSuzuki) is Canada’s most iconic environmentalist and even in his eighties, he’s still fighting for our future. Skaana celebrates the end of the decade by recycling our premiere episode where we talked about fake facts, toxic whales and taking the heat off the planet and putting it on politicians.
Dec 30, 2019•59 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Camille Labchuk (@CamilleLabchuk) executive director of Animal Justice (@AnimalJustice) talks with Mark Leiren-Young (@Leirenyoung) about Canada's new laws to cancel cetacean captivity and finish finning sharks and the fight for legal rights for animals and vegans.
Nov 30, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 26
The Southern Resident Orcas do not have a voice in Canada’s federal election. We wanted to give them a chance to speak their truth. Here it is, with a little commentary from Mark Leiren-Young.
Oct 16, 2019•3 min•Season 1Ep. 25
The latest on the Lummi Nation’s fight to free Lolita (Tokitae), ceremonial feedings of the southern resident orcas, rights, responsibilities and reunification from Kurt Russo of the Lummi Nation Sovereignty and Treaty Protection Office. Stories of inspiring actions to save the orcas for Orca Action Month.
Jun 24, 2019•37 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Green Party leader Elizabeth May (@ElizabethMay) on Canada's Free Willy Bill, NDP MP Fin Donnelly (@FinDonnelly)on how we can fight for the law to end shark finning and researcher Josh McInnes on southern resident orcas going south to California. A Skaana triple-header.
May 05, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Jason Colby (@jasoncolby2) author of Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean's Greatest Predator on the history of humanity's relationship with orcas - and his personal connection to the capture era.“We have very generational memories about our local ecologies.
Apr 12, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Captain Paul Watson (@CaptPaulWatson) founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (@SeaShepherdSSCS) on the Sea Shepherd's journey from outlaws to law enforcement and his battles to save the fish, the whales and the oceans.
Jan 08, 2019•59 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Whitney Neugebauer (@whalescout) host of the Whale Scout podcast on Whale Scout, whale woes and how much of that 1.1 billion dollars Washington Governor Jay Inslee just pledged to save whales will actually be spent on saving whales.
Dec 20, 2018•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Julia Barnes writer, director & star of Sea of Life (Seaoflifemovie.com) talks to Skaana producer, Rayne Benu, about what’s killing our oceans and why we need to be heroes to save the fish and ourselves.
Nov 22, 2018•53 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Fin Donnelly (@FinDonnelly), NDP critic for Fisheries, Oceans and Canadian Coast Guard, on the history and future of his fight for a law to protect sharks and what you can do to help pass a new Canadian law to end Canada's role in shark-finning.
Nov 07, 2018•31 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Julia Barnes, director of Sea of Life, and Jonah Bryson (@JonahLBryson) The Fight for Bala on how Sharkwater revolutionary Rob Stewart helped them create their own documentaries to fight for the planet.
Oct 26, 2018•15 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Rob Stewart's Sharkwater Extinction (@teamsharkwater) premieres in Canadian theatres Oct 19th. Celebrate earth's real-life Aquaman with never-before heard interviews from the launch of his 2013 documentary, Revolution.
Oct 18, 2018•56 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Michael Moore (@MMFlint) on making waves, making movies, making enemies and Canada, eh. A Trump-Free interview from the Obama era archives with Skaana host: Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung).
Oct 06, 2018•21 min•Season 1Ep. 15
David Neiwert (@DavidNeiwert) - an expert on orcas and America's Alt-Right - talks orcas, empathy and why fighting for whales still matters in the Age of Trump. Neiwert is the author of Of Orcas and Men: What Killer Whales Can Teach Us & Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump).
Sep 21, 2018•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Kelly Iriye, project coordinator for Damsense (@DAMSNSE) on how breaching the Snake River dams could help save the endangered southern resident orcas and why the arguments against damsense are nonsense. #FreeTheSnake
Aug 18, 2018•29 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Ken Balcomb (Centre for Whale Research @CWROrcas) talks Tahlequah (J-35), Scarlet (J-50) and what we need to do to save the southern resident orcas before we meet the teams from NOAA and the DFO fighting to save Scarlet in this special update on the status of J-Pod. And the world premiere of a new song by poet & author Pauline La Bel. #FreeTheSnake
Aug 11, 2018•40 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Dr. Lori Marino (Blackfish; The Sanctuary Project; The Kimmela Centre for Animal Advocacy) on seeking sanctuary, captive orcas (Corky, Lolita & Kiska), animal rights and wrongs & more.
Jul 17, 2018•52 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Can a determined teenager stop a pipeline? Zoe Hopkins' new movie, Kayak to Klemtu, was inspired by the battle to stop the Northern Gateway Pipeline. Mark Leiren-Young hosted Hopkins at the 2017 Victoria Film Festival where she talked about the inspirations behind her inspiring new movie.
Jun 10, 2018•34 min•Season 1Ep. 10
BC’s farmed salmon are the only genetically modified animals for sale in Canada according to guest, Aube Giroux. Award winning author and filmmaker, Mark Leiren-Young, talks to the filmmaker behind Modified about genetically modified fruits, vegetables and fish or, as our government...
Apr 27, 2018•35 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Canadian federal Green Party leader, Elizabeth May (@ElizabethMay), talks about saving orcas and right whales; stopping Kinder Morgan and Bilcon and Canada’s toothless endangered species laws.
Jan 05, 2018•29 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Today Norway is one of only three whaling nations in the world, but the country’s whaling operations used to be worldwide. Dag Ingemar Børresen of Sandefjord’s Whaling Museum (Hvalfangstmuseet) on Norway’s whaling history and the market for Minke meat.
Dec 01, 2017•33 min•Season 1Ep. 7
The BC Maritime Museum launched a new series of “Nautical Nights” with Skaana host, award winning author and filmmaker Mark Leiren-Young , talking about the secret origins of The Killer Whale Who Changed the World and his documentary The-Hundred-Year-Old Whale which premieres this month at Planet
Oct 21, 2017•48 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Alexandra Morton (@alex4salmon) is one of Canada’s most famous eco-activists. The best-selling author’s fight to save the west coast’s wild salmon attracted the attention of the Sea Shepherd Society and launched Operation Virus Hunter - a mission to publicize Morton’s research into open sea salmon farms. Tune in if you care about oceans, orcas, salmon or sushi.
Aug 04, 2017•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 5
The BC Sierra Club has been at the forefront of eco-activism for almost 50 years. Mark Leiren-Young talks to their campaigns director, Caitlyn Vernon, about protecting the whales, the oceans and her award-winning book about the Great Bear Rainforest.
Jun 09, 2017•46 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Dr. Andrew Weaver (@AJWVictoriaBC), one of Canada’s most respected climate scientists, left the ivory tower to run for the legislature with the BC Green Party. Mark Leiren-Young met with BC’s first Green MLA as he launched his bid to become Canada’s first Green Premier.
May 03, 2017•53 min•Season 1Ep. 3
The Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion could wipe out the Southern Resident Orcas. The orca's unofficial lawyer, Dyna Tuytel from Ecojustice (@ecojustice_ca), is challenging their plans in court.
May 02, 2017•42 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Dr. David Suzuki (@DavidSuzuki) is Canada’s most iconic environmentalist and at 81 he’s more passionate than ever about saving the world for his grandchildren — and yours. Suzuki talked about alternate facts, toxic whales, taking the heat off the planet and putting it on politicians and more.
May 01, 2017•56 min•Season 1Ep. 1
