Best Cetaceans Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 071-Peale’s Dolphins in the Falkland Islands 40:38

3h ago40:38

40:38

The Whale Tales Podcast is back this month with two incredible guests! We welcomed researchers Caroline Weir and Morgan Martin to the pod to talk about their paper “Peale’s dolphins (Lagenorhynchus australis) are acoustic mergers between dolphins and porpoises” (as featured in this month’s Patreon Journal Club!) as well as all things Peale’s Dolphi…

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Episode 070-Gladis 12:30

22d ago12:30

12:30

Happy Orca Action Month! We are celebrating all month long on the Whale Tales Podcast with four special episodes each highlighting a specific Orca (or OrcaS) from around the world with a truly terrific tale. Today we are wrapping things up with the currently very famous Gladis-or should we say Gladises? Show Notes: – Killer whales […]…

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Episode 069-Port and Starboard 12:10

25d ago12:10

12:10

Happy Orca Action Month! We are celebrating all month long on the Whale Tales Podcast with four special episodes each highlighting a specific Orca (or OrcaS) from around the world with a truly terrific tale. This week we are talking the notorious Port and Starboard! Show Notes: –Confirmation of the occurrence of a second killer […]…

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Episode 068-Old Thom 6:36

1M ago6:36

6:36

Happy Orca Action Month! We are celebrating all month long on the Whale Tales Podcast with four special episodes each highlighting a specific Orca (or OrcaS) from around the world with a truly terrific tale. Today we have a short and sweet episode about Old Thom (not to be confused with last week’s episode about […]…

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Episode 067-Old Tom 9:41

2M ago9:41

9:41

Happy Orca Action Month! We are celebrating all month long on the Whale Tales Podcast with four special episodes each highlighting a specific Orca (or OrcaS) from around the world with a truly terrific tale. First off we have Old Tom and his pod “The Killers of Eden.” Show Notes: -Eden Killer Whale Museum…

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Episode 066 – Joëlle De Weerdt & Humpbacks in Nicaragua 47:26

2M ago47:26

47:26

The Whale Tales Podcast is back with another amazing guest Joëlle De Weerdt from Association ELI-S who is here to tell us all about humpbacks in Nicaragua and the research she is doing on them for her PhD. If you want to hear us loose our minds about humpbacks (again, probably not for the last […]By Whale Tales

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Episode 065-Erin Gless from Pacific Whale Watch Association 1:05:03

3M ago1:05:03

1:05:03

Super exciting episode this month with an incredible guest Erin Gless, executive director of Pacific Whale Watch Association! We dive deep (fun puns!) into the history and mission of the PWWA and the work it does in the Salish Sea plus TWO Fun Flipper Facts!???? Show Notes: Pacific Whale Watch Association: https://www.pacificwhalewatchassociation.c…

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Episode 064-Dolphin Fact Off Part 2 46:29

4M ago46:29

46:29

Dolphin filled episode this month – we’ve got dolphins facts and more dolphins facts and a dolphin story and dolphin themed call to action. It’s the only way we know how to celebrate Dolphin Awareness Month! Show Notes: –Lauryn Fly Instagram –Behavioural laterality in foraging bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) by Kaplan et al. –The Life […]…

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Episode 063-2024 Mailbag 56:28

5M ago56:28

56:28

We are back with another mailbag episode answering questions that were asked by you! Show Notes: -Perucetus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perucetus -Podcast episodes with notes on become marine biologists and/or featuring marine biologists: https://whale-tales.org/podcast/episode-032-community-science/ https://whale-tales.org/podcast/episode-015-k…

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Episode 062-Journal Club Plus!

6M ago

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Happy 2024! We are kicking the year off with a journal club (that you may have already heard if you are a patron of ours) on the paper “Harassment and killing of porpoises (“phocoenacide”) by fish-eating Southern Resident killer Whales (Orcinus orca)” by Giles et al, plus a handful of clips from our friends! Content […]…

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Arctic Ecology 27:47

6M ago27:47

27:47

Dr Scarlett Smash celebrates the final episode of the MMS podcast with Dr. Chris Parsons. They chat about Arctic life and ecology. If you would like to keep in touch with Dr Scarlett Smash (LinkedIn) and would like to keep hearing about marine science research tune into the Marine Conservation Happy Hour podcast. https://marineconservationhappyhour…

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Antarctic ecology 31:06

6M ago31:06

31:06

Dr Scarlett Smash celebrates the last two episodes of the MMS podcast with Dr. Chris Parsons. They talk about Antarctic life and ecology. If you would like to keep in touch with Dr Scarlett Smash (LinkedIn), tune into the Marine Conservation Happy Hour podcast https://marineconservationhappyhour.libsyn.com…

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Studio Phonic Presents: Desert Skies 29:38

7M ago29:38

29:38

Listen to the full first season of "Desert Skies" here. The story takes place along the road of a lonely highway at a gas station in the afterlife. Desert Skies Astral Plane Fuel and Service Station serves travelers as they embark on their journey through the celestial spheres. You’ll meet Tendy, the Attendant, Mac, the Mechanic, and C.A.S.H, the s…

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Alejandro Fernandez Ajó 21:02

6M ago21:02

21:02

On this episode Dr Scarlett Smash has chats with Dr. Alejandro Fernandez Ajó about his work on hormone analysis of gray whale feces to assess correlations and response to a variety of internal and external stressors.

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Phthalate Exposure 25:54

7M ago25:54

25:54

On this week's episode, Dr Scarlett Smash chat with Dr. Leslie Hart about her work investigating potential health impacts from exposure chemicals like phthalate and looking at plastic pollution/plastic-contaminated prey as a potential source of exposure. H.O.P.E. Research lab (Hypothesizing Onehealth Pollution Effects) "We are a team of undergradua…

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Episode 061-Humpbacks in the Whitsundays 47:34

7M ago47:34

47:34

Welcome back to the Whale Tales Podcast! Today we are joined by Olivia Brodhurst and Crystal Lacey to talk all about the Whitsundays and the East Australian Humpbacks you can find there! Show Notes: Whales of the Whitsundays: https://www.tourismwhitsundays.com.au/blog/whales-in-the-whitsundays/ Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority: https://www2…

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PCFG - Feed behavior 24:45

7M ago24:45

24:45

On this episode Dr Scarlett Smash talks to Clara Bird, a phd candidate about her research on the Pacific coast feeding group (PCFG) gray whales' feeding behaviors.

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E8: The Cleaning 49:37

7M ago49:37

49:37

Ocean Dreams was created, written, and produced by Jonathan Shifflett and Mary Knauf. Sound design and engineering by Jonathan Shifflett. Original music by Cooper Kenward. Additional engineering by Jake Valentine. Special thanks to Gabrielle Lewis, Jamie Brisick and Jenny Knauf for being our early ears on this show. This episode features voicework …

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E7: Atlantis Rises 35:06

7M ago35:06

35:06

Ocean Dreams was created, written, and produced by Jonathan Shifflett and Mary Knauf. Sound design and engineering by Jonathan Shifflett. Original music by Cooper Kenward. Additional engineering by Jake Valentine. Special thanks to Gabrielle Lewis, Jamie Brisick and Jenny Knauf for being our early ears on this show. This episode features voicework …

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Pacific Coast Feeding Group History 21:49

7M ago21:49

21:49

Dr Scarlett Smash continues to talk to Dr KC Bierlich, a postdoctoral scholar about his drone research on the Pacific coast feeding group (PCFG) gray whales. Dr Bierlich shares the history of the PCFG and what it is like conducting drone research.

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E6: Cetacean Nation (Earth Chapter) 32:00

8M ago32:00

32:00

Ocean Dreams was created, written, and produced by Jonathan Shifflett and Mary Knauf. Sound design and engineering by Jonathan Shifflett. Original music by Cooper Kenward. Additional engineering by Jake Valentine. Special thanks to Gabrielle Lewis, Jamie Brisick and Jenny Knauf for being our early ears on this show. This episode features voicework …

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Pacific coast feeding group's morphology and Climate Change 22:54

7M ago22:54

22:54

On this episode Dr Scarlett Smash talks to Dr KC Bierlich, a postdoctoral scholar about his research on the Pacific coast feeding group (PCFG) gray whales. Dr Bierlich is investigating the health of whales in a changing climate, with drones.

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E5: Dream Team Makes Your Head Go Boom 41:04

8M ago41:04

41:04

Ocean Dreams was created, written, and produced by Jonathan Shifflett and Mary Knauf. Sound design and engineering by Jonathan Shifflett. Original music by Cooper Kenward. Additional engineering by Jake Valentine. Special thanks to Gabrielle Lewis, Jamie Brisick and Jenny Knauf for being our early ears on this show. This episode features voicework …

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Zoop to Poop: Pacific Coast Feeding Group 25:24

8M ago25:24

25:24

On this episode Dr Scarlett Smash has chats with Lisa Hildebrand, a PhD student at Oregon State University's Marine Mammal Institute, about her work analyzing the “summer resident” gray whale sub-species' prey species from their scat. The results were a big surprise!

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E4: Podcast Famous, Part 1 27:46

8M ago27:46

27:46

Ocean Dreams was created, written, and produced by Jonathan Shifflett and Mary Knauf. Sound design and engineering by Jonathan Shifflett. Original music by Cooper Kenward. The incredible cover of Olivia Newton John’s “The Promise” is performed by Carly Bond. Additional engineering by Jake Valentine. Special thanks to Gabrielle Lewis, Jamie Brisick …

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E4.5: Podcast Famous, Part 2 28:56

8M ago28:56

28:56

Ocean Dreams was created, written, and produced by Jonathan Shifflett and Mary Knauf. Sound design and engineering by Jonathan Shifflett. Original music by Cooper Kenward. Additional engineering by Jake Valentine. Special thanks to Gabrielle Lewis, Jamie Brisick and Jenny Knauf for being our early ears on this show. This episode features voice work…

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Episode 060-Emily Cunningham 50:36

8M ago50:36

50:36

For this months episode of the Whale Tales Podcast we talked to Emily Cunningham, marine biologist and conservationist about her research, Humpback community science in the UK and so many other things – it was amazing and we are so excited to share it with you! Show Notes: -Emily’s Website: https://emilycunningham.co.uk/ -Motion for the Ocean: […]…

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"Summer resident” gray whales 21:31

8M ago21:31

21:31

On this episode Dr Scarlett Smash has chats with Dr. Leigh Torres, head of the GEMM Lab, about the health and habitat of the “summer resident” gray whale sub-species.

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E3: The Hyper Depth 43:26

8M ago43:26

43:26

Ocean Dreams was created, written, and produced by Jonathan Shifflett and Mary Knauf. Sound design and engineering by Jonathan Shifflett. Original music by Cooper Kenward. Additional engineering by Jake Valentine. Special thanks to Gabrielle Lewis, Jamie Brisick and Jenny Knauf for being our early ears on this show. This episode features voicework …

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Wind Turbines and noise underwater 27:44

8M ago27:44

27:44

On this episode Dr Scarlett Smash has a conversation with Dr. Jim Miller about offshore wind turbines and cetaceans.

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E2: Tony's Tapes 33:44

9M ago33:44

33:44

Ocean Dreams was created, written, and produced by Jonathan Shifflett and Mary Knauf. Sound design and engineering by Jonathan Shifflett. Original music by Cooper Kenward. Additional engineering by Jake Valentine. Special thanks to Gabrielle Lewis, Jamie Brisick and Jenny Knauf for being our early ears on this show. This episode features voicework …

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E1: Have You Seen Chowder? 25:48

9M ago25:48

25:48

Ocean Dreams was created, written, and produced by Jonathan Shifflett and Mary Knauf. Sound design and engineering by Jonathan Shifflett. Original music by Cooper Kenward. Additional engineering by Jake Valentine. Special thanks to Gabrielle Lewis, Jamie Brisick and Jenny Knauf for being our early ears on this show. This episode features voicework …

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Working in conjunction with fishing communities in India 22:00

8M ago22:00

22:00

On this episode Dr Scarlett Smash chats with Dr. Dipani Sutaria about engaging fishing communities to mitigate cetacean bycatch in the west coast of India.

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E0: Prologue 9:28

9M ago9:28

9:28

"Ocean Dreams" is an original series from Sleepy Time. It was created, written, and produced by Jonathan Shifflett and Mary Knauf. Sound design and engineering by Jonathan Shifflett. Original music by Cooper Kenward. This episode features voice work from: Peter Jason Jonathan Shifflett Clancy Brown Valentina Visigalli Natalie Warner Cooper Kenward…

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Solitary sociable dolphins 25:39

9M ago25:39

25:39

On this episode Dr Chris Parsons chats with Liz Sandeman from Marine Connection about the phenomenon of solitary, sociable dolphins - when single wild dolphins interact with humans. Sadly these situations often come to an unfortunate end for the dolphins. They talk about what to do if one of these dolphins is reported and ways to manage the situati…

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Fisheries interactions and Indian Ocean Humpback Dolphins, pt 2 30:39

9M ago30:39

30:39

This week's host Dr Scarlett Smash chats Ketki Jog, PhD candidate, about her research on the impact of fisheries interactions on the foraging behaviour of Indian Ocean humpback dolphins along the Sindhudurg coast of Maharashtra, India. The Marine Mammal Science Podcast is supported by the Society of Marine Mammalogy membership. Join, renew, or beco…

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Episode 059-Summer Report 2023 59:27

9M ago59:27

59:27

We are joined by returning guest Ashley Keegan this month to hear all about the whale watching season in the Salish Sea this year! Show Notes: –Ashley’s StoriesBy Whale Tales

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Fisheries interactions and Indian Ocean Humpback Dolphins, pt 1 28:22

9M ago28:22

28:22

This week's host Dr Scarlett Smash chats Ketki Jog, PhD candidate, about her research on the impact of fisheries interactions on the foraging behaviour of Indian Ocean humpback dolphins along the Sindhudurg coast of Maharashtra, India. The Marine Mammal Science Podcast is supported by the Society of Marine Mammalogy membership. Join, renew, or beco…

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Sea Otters and Surfboards 27:50

9M ago27:50

27:50

This week's host Dr Chris Parsons chats to Dr Naomi Rose (Senior Scientist, Animal Welfare Institute) as spate of recent attacks on surfboards by a sea otter. They also talk about issues and problems with the public trying to interact with wild marine mammals. The Marine Mammal Science Podcast is supported by the Society of Marine Mammalogy members…

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How bottlenose dolphin mothers communicate with their calves 26:03

9M ago26:03

26:03

On this episode Dr Scarlett Smash chats with Dr Laela Sayigh about her work with bottlenose dolphin signature whistles and the similarities of motherhood in nonhuman mammals.

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Advocacy and Iberian orcas 30:54

10M ago30:54

30:54

On this episode Dr Naomi Rose about how scientists have come together to try to correct the misinformation about the orca population interacting with boats off of Spain and Gibraltar. They also talk about how letter writing to policy makers can be an important tactic for advocating for science.

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Episode 058-Harbor Porpoise Aggregations in the Salish Sea 42:53

10M ago42:53

42:53

Journal Club is back! And so are these little guys – who are everywhere apparently – we are talking about Harbor Porpoise Aggregations in the Salish Sea by Dave Anderson et al. Show Notes –Full paper –Back on the Water with Grey Whales. –Diving behaviour in Harbour Porpoises –Tea Bag Ghosts (video)By Whale Tales

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Toxoplasma gondii 28:13

10M ago28:13

28:13

On this week's episode Dr Scarlett Smash chats with Dr Sophie Zhu about the detection and genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii in feces from feral cats in central coastal California, that can be harmful to marine species.

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Rhythm under the sea, pt 2 24:00

10M ago24:00

24:00

On this week's episode Dr Scarlett Smash chats with Dr Taylor Hersh about her exciting work on Sperm whale clanes and identity codas.

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Rhythm under the sea, pt 1 21:54

11M ago21:54

21:54

On this week's episode Dr Scarlett Smash chats with Dr Taylor Hersh about her exciting work on ceatacean's vocalization and communication.

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Extinction Alert: Vaquita! 25:19

11M ago25:19

25:19

In this episode guest Mark Simmonds tells us about the plight of the vaquita and the recent “Extinction Alert” issued by the International Whaling Commission – a plea to galvanize urgent international Governmental action to try to save the most critically endangered marine mammal in the world.

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Episode 057 – Baleen 30:58

11M ago30:58

30:58

Welcome back to another episode of the Whale Tales Podcast! Following up on our Cetacean teeth episode we are taking a look at the other set of cetaceans – The Baleen Whales! Show Notes: -The Naming of Things: The Disorder of the Order of Whale Names: https://whale-tales.org/the-naming-of-things-the-order-of-whale-names/ –A Summer in Húsavík, the E…

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By-catch mitigation in small-scale fisheries preliminary analysis, pt 2 22:15

11M ago22:15

22:15

On this week's episode Dr Scarlett Smash chats with Shanta Shamsunnaha, a PhD student at Oregon State University's Marine Mammal Institute, who shares her perspective and experience starting her Phd research on transdisciplinary approaches for by-catch mitigation in small-scale fisheries.

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By-catch mitigation in small-scale fisheries preliminary analysis, pt 1 20:27

11M ago20:27

20:27

On this week's episode Dr Scarlett Smash chats with Shanta Shamsunnaha, a PhD student at Oregon State University's Marine Mammal Institute, who shares her perspective and experience starting her Phd research on transdisciplinary approaches for by-catch mitigation in small-scale fisheries.

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The Vaquita, pt 2 22:34

11M ago22:34

22:34

Dr. Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho updates host Dr. Chris Parsons with the latest news of the world’s most critically endangered cetacean, the Vaquita or Gulf of California harbor porpoise.

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