The podcast diving into stories beneath our oceans. Featuring guests who inspire us about the world of whales and how we can help to protect cetaceans and our ocean environment. Sit back, relax, you're now in the WeWhale pod. www.wewhale.co
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Episode 16 - Patrick Dykstra, wildlife filmmaker and TV presenter
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Our guest for this episode of The WeWhale Pod is Patrick Dykstra, wildlife filmmaker and TV presenter, who has for many years travelled the globe, diving with whales and learning more about their behaviours. He tells us how seeing an exhibit of a blue whale at the Smithsonian Museum at the age of 16 inspired his love of whales and the ocean. And ho…
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Episode 15 - Terry Wolkowicz, Co-Founder and Educational Director of Sound Explorations
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Our guest for this episode of The WeWhale Pod is Terry Wolkowicz, Co-Founder and Educational Director of non profit organisation Sound Explorations. Terry, who is based in New Bedford, Massachusetts, talks about the educational mission of the organisation. She also dives into one project in particular, Whales in Motion: A Musical and Sculptural Exp…
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Episode 14 - marine mammal biologist Dr Filipa Samarra
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Our guest for this episode of The WeWhale Pod is marine mammal biologist Dr Filipa Samarra, who is also the Founder and Lead Investigator of the Icelandic Orca Project. Filipa shares what brought her from her native Portugal to Iceland and talks about her journey to becoming a marine biologist. She also describes getting hooked on orca sound commun…
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Episode 13 - Naomi Rose, senior scientist for the Animal Welfare Institute
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Our guest for this episode of The WeWhale Pod is Naomi Rose, senior scientist (marine mammal biology) for the Animal Welfare Institute in Washington D.C. and marine mammal protection advocate. Naomi talks about her path into studying marine mammals and her particular love of orcas. As a co-author of The Case Against Marine Mammals in Captivity repo…
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Episode 12 - David C. Holroyd, dolphin trainer turned animal rights activist
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Our guest for this episode of The WeWhale Pod is David C. Holroyd, dolphin trainer turned animal activist. Manchester-born David shares the unexpected way that he became a dolphin show presenter and, soon after, a trainer in the 1970s. He also talks about the special connection he developed with two bottlenose dolphins, Herbie and Duchess, and why …
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Episode 11 - Billy Heaney, zoologist, wildlife presenter and filmmaker
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Our guest for this episode of The WeWhale Pod is Billy Heaney, zoologist, wildlife presenter and filmmaker. Billy talks about his path to becoming a zoologist, his time spent researching grey seals in Cornwall, and his film 'In Search of the Killer Whale' which captures a pretty spontaneous trip he and two friends made to see orcas in the wild in I…
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Episode 10 - Dr Vanessa Pirotta, wildlife scientist and science communicator
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Our guest for this episode of The WeWhale Pod is Dr Vanessa Pirotta, wildlife scientist and science communicator. Vanessa talks about how the film Free Willy inspired her (and a generation of marine scientists) to get involved in working with whales. She also chats about the work she does with a citizen science marine programme in Australia and her…
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Episode 9 - Finn van der Aar, marine scientist and sustainability expert
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Our guest for this episode of The WeWhale Pod is Finn van der Aar. She is a marine scientist, sustainability expert and bestselling author. Finn tells us about growing up close to the ocean in Ireland, her love of surfing (including an epic experience when a bottlenose dolphin surfed alongside!) and why she thinks we connect so deeply with whales a…
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Episode 8 - Hanne Strager, biologist and whale researcher
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Our guest for this episode of The WeWhale Pod is Hanne Strager, biologist, whale researcher and author of the recently published book The Killer Whale Journals: Our Love and Fear of Orcas Hanne tells us about her early interest in animals and also how she ended up volunteering to cook on a small fishing boat in northern Norway and how that decided …
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Episode 7 - Nadea Nabilla, Co-founder of Azura Indonesia
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Our guest for this episode of The WeWhale Pod is Nadea Nabilla, Co-founder of Azura Indonesia. The initiative focuses on converting traditional Indonesian fishing boats to being 100% solar powered, which is more sustainable, environmentally friendly and cost effective than using combustible engines. Nadea, who first studied electronic engineering, …
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Episode 6 - Jennifer Lonsdale, co-founder of the Environmental Investigation Agency
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Our guest for this episode of The WeWhale Pod is Jennifer Lonsdale. Jennifer is a co-founder of the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), an international NGO that investigates and campaigns against environmental crime and abuse. Jennifer has close to 40 years’ experience working in the field, particularly focused on and leading the organisatio…
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Episode 5 - Alex Lewis, co-founder of Fins and Fluke
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Our guest for this episode of The WeWhale Pod is Alex Lewis. Alex is a co-founder of Fins and Fluke, a cetacean advocacy non-profit established in 2012 which particularly focuses attention on the plight of captive whales and dolphins. Amongst the topics, Alex talks about how watching the documentary The Cove moved her to become an anti captivity ac…
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Episode 4 - Femke den Haas, Indonesia Campaigns Director for Ric O'Barry's Dolphin Project
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Our guest for this episode of The WeWhale Pod is Femke den Haas, Indonesia Campaign Director for Ric O’Barry’s Dolphin Project. Amongst the topics, Femke talks about being fascinated by dolphins and any creatures living in the ocean whilst growing up, her work with wildlife rescue groups around the world and the important rehabilitation and rescue …
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Episode 3 - Mariano Sironi, Instituto de Conservación de Ballenas
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Our guest for this episode of The WeWhale Pod is Dr Mariano Sironi, Scientific Director of the Instituto de Conservación de Ballenas (ICB) and marine biologist. The Instituto is a non-profit organisation headquartered in Argentina with the purpose of protecting whales and their environment through research and education. Amongst the topics, Mariano…
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Episode 2 - marine biologist Áine-lisa Shannon
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Marine biologist and science communicator Áine-lisa Shannon joins us for a chat in this episode of The WeWhale Pod. Amongst the topics, Áine-lisa talks about how she connected with the ocean growing up in the West of Ireland and how there has definitely been a lot more public awareness of ocean sustainability and cetaceans in the last few years. An…
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Episode 1 - Harry Eckman, CEO of the World Cetacean Alliance
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Harry Eckman, CEO of the World Cetacean Alliance, joins us for a chat for the first episode of the WeWhale Pod. Harry is an international animal welfare specialist with more than 20 years' experience and has been CEO Of the World Cetacean Alliance (WCA) since May 2021. The WCA is a non-profit organisation whose vision is "a world where cetaceans ar…
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