NOAA scientists Kim Parsons & Tom Jefferson on orca species, orca survival, orca scat, really old whales, the return of harbour porpoises, the fight for vaquitas and so much more in the second part of a special two-part episode on the two soon-to-be official species of orcas who call the Salish Sea home. Shownotes: 2:29 The challenge of naming new …

NOAA scientists Kim Parsons & Tom Jefferson on killer whale science, killer whales versus orcas, orcas versus dolphins, how science becomes official, the challenges of translating science to civilians and so much more in the first of a special two-part episode on the two soon to be official species of orcas who call the Salish Sea home. Shownotes: …

Eco-pirate Paul Watson talks about taking on whalers in Iceland and Japan, splitting with the Sea Shepherd, launching an eco-church and what the hell just happened in his world with Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young (author of Sharks Forever & Orcas Everywhere). “We’re ecologically ignorant. And unless we learn to educate ourselves, we’re not going to …

In this week's interview, we speak with Julie Wilson about all things audiobooks. How do you cast them? Direct them? Work with authors? And when do celebrities get involved? We go through it all!Visit colbyhoward.com for more!

In this week's podcast, we speak with Dave Masterman, someone who has spent over a decade in the Private Equity industry and is perfectly placed to break it all down. Who gives them all this money? How do they find what companies to buy? What happens after they buy them? We go through it all!Visit colbyhoward.com for more!…

In this week's podcast, we speak with Andrew Fezza, fashion designer and head of his eponymous fashion brand that was at the forefront of men's fashion in the 80's and 90's; We go through how menswear came to be and how he built his brand in this retrospective!Visit colbyhoward.com for more!

In this week's podcast, we speak with Ty Kuppig, an event producer and Founder/CEO of Tyger Productions. We go through how he spends his day - how to transform spaces, how event producers think through every detail, and how it all comes together the night of the event.Visit colbyhoward.com for videos, background, & more!…

In this week's podcast, we speak with Patrick De Visscher, a producer on the Netflix golf show "Full Swing".We go through how he spends his day - how to get access to top golfers, where he's allowed to film during major tournaments, and the inside scoop on what happened when the news broke about the PGA - LIV merger.Visit colbyhoward.com for videos…

In this week's podcast, we speak with Dana Faucher, an executive search recruiter for tech companies.We go through how she spends her day - why companies choose her to find their next CEO, how she finds the best candidates, and how there is so much more too this than just scrolling linkedin.Visit colbyhoward.com for videos, background, & more!…

Author, broadcaster and activist Melody Horrill (The Dolphin Who Saved Me) talks about saving the Port River dolphins and how a dolphin named Jock saved her with Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young (author of Sharks Forever & Orcas Everywhere). “Dolphins do have a special place in our hearts… They help us connect to the water and the natural world.” Show…

Author and marine conservation biologist David Shiffman (Why Sharks Matter) talks about Sharkweek, Sharknados, megalodon myths, Jaws and junk science with Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young (author of Sharks Forever & Big Sharks, Small World). “More people are bitten by other people on the New York city subway system every year than are bitten by sharks…

Filmmaker Gloria Pancrazi (Coextinction) talks with Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young about red herrings, fishy fish farms, whale watching, whale saving and Coextinction. “Orcas are telling us something. They’re showing us something. You can learn a lot about the things we’ve got to do in the world right now by looking at these orcas.” Shownotes: 3:35 …

In this week's podcast, we speak with Kyle Harrison, General Partner at Contrary and long time venture capitalist. We go through how he spends his day - how to find companies, how to determine which ones will skyrocket in the next 10 years, and what the biggest misconceptions are about his industry.Visit colbyhoward.com for more!…

Cephalopod expert Danna Staaf (author of The Lady and the Octopus and Monarchs of the Sea) talks with Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young about the alien world of octopuses, the secret lives of squid and her two new books Nursery Earth: The Wondrous Lives of Baby Animals and the Extraordinary Ways They Shape Our World and The Lives of Octopuses and Their…

Stefan Selbert of Las Cumbres Ranch in California walks us through a day in the life of a Cattle Ranch Manager. We talk cows, Kanye West, wildfires and more! Hit subscribe so you never miss a new job. Visit colbyhoward.com for videos, background, & more!

The launch of the podcast that theoretically should be extremely boring but maybe, just maybe, could be a fascinating look into what everyone else does all day. Learn along with me as I interview every job imaginable. Colby Howard Wants Your Job starts now.

In this week's podcast, we speak with Josh Bussen, a white collar criminal defense lawyer in Manhattan. We go through how he spends his day - what happens before, during, and after court, what it means when the U.S. Government accuses you of a crime, and which movie lawyers love most. Visit colbyhoward.com for videos, background, & more!…

Jason Colby (author of Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean’s Greatest Predator) talks with Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young about the capture of Toki/Tokitae/Lolita/Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut and how Penn Cove almost ended the southern resident orcas and was the beginning of the end of the capture era. “It’s worth remembering that the argument at th…

In this week's podcast, we speak with Clay Skipper, writer at GQ Magazine and many more publications. We go through how he spends his day - how do you even get athletes and celebrities on the phone, how does he come up with the interview questions, and when he's sitting across from them, how does he get to the core of who these public figures reall…

Howard Garrett (Orca Network) remembering the southern resident orca Toki/Tokitae/Lolita/Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut and his nearly thirty year fight to bring Toki home to the Salish Sea. “Toki’s legacy is building, building, building by the day… She wasn’t just a circus animal. She was a member of the southern residents.” Shownotes: 0:00 The voice of Toki…

Author and biologist Rowena Rae on swimming with salmon, threats to this essential species and their incredible resilience with Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young. “Salmon can thrive if we just give them a chance… if people would just get out of the way, they can thrive”. Shownotes: 3:54 On becoming a biologist and leaving biology for writing. 7:12 Intr…

Jonathan Mesulam @MesulamJonathan Founder and Coordinator of the West Coast Development Foundation in New Guinea talks with Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young @leirenyoung about the crucial fight to stop Deep Sea Mining in his home - New Guinea - and around the world.By Mark Leiren-Young | Oceans, orcas, eco-ethics and the environment.

Jonathan Mesulam @MesulamJonathan Founder and Coordinator of the West Coast Development Foundation in New Guinea talks with Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young @leirenyoung about the crucial fight to stop Deep Sea Mining in his home - New Guinea - and around the world.By Mark Leiren-Young | Oceans, orcas, eco-ethics and the environment.

Jonathan Mesulam @MesulamJonathan Founder and Coordinator of the West Coast Development Foundation in New Guinea talks with Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young @leirenyoung about the crucial fight to stop Deep Sea Mining in his home - New Guinea - and around the world.By Mark Leiren-Young | Oceans, orcas, eco-ethics and the environment.

Skaana (@Skaanapod) host Mark Leiren-Young (@LeirenYoung) shares the introduction and opening chapter of his new book Sharks Forever: The Mystery and History of the Planet’s Perfect Predator. "If you swim in the ocean every day for 100 years, you are more likely to be struck by lightning than swallowed by a shark.” - Mark Leiren-Young from Chapter …

Skaana (@Skaanapod) host Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung) talks sharks, Sharkwater (@teamsharkwater) and politics with Joseph Planta (@Planta) on a special shared episode with Planta On the Line @TheCommentary.caBy Mark Leiren-Young | Oceans, orcas, eco-ethics and the environment.

Director Josh Zeman (@joshzeman) on the quest for the loneliest whale in the world and shifting his focus from human mysteries to marine mysteries with his movie, The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52. “Just when you think you’ve had too much devil-worshipping and serial killers, you go and you spend a day working on whales and everything’s okay a…

Filmmaker Nadine Pequeneza talks about meeting and fighting for the North Atlantic Right Whales Right Whales for her award-winning documentary, Last of the Right Whales, with Skaana (@Skaanapod) host Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung).By Mark Leiren-Young | Oceans, orcas, eco-ethics and the environment.

Seattle Times (@seattletimes) environment reporter Lynda V Mapes (@LyndaVMapes) on dams versus salmon, saving the southern resident orcas and how Tahlequah changed the world. "All the things we do for our comfort, convenience and commerce are not good for the southern residents. And that’s just fact."…

Author and primatologist Frans de Waal talks about great apes, not-so-great humans, animal emotions and anthropodenial with Skaana (@Skaanapod) host Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung).By Mark Leiren-Young | Oceans, orcas, eco-ethics and the environment.

Sea Shepherd Captain, Paul Watson (@CaptPaulWatson), talks with Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung) on getting political, remembering Rob Stewart, saving salmon with Alexandra Morton and the Sea Shepherd Navy!By Mark Leiren-Young | Oceans, orcas, eco-ethics and the environment.

Sea Shepherd Captain, Paul Watson@CaptPaulWatson, talks with Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung) about Seaspiracy, life as an outlaw and as a movie star, the impact of Covid on life in the oceans and whether whales are more intelligent than we are.By Mark Leiren-Young | Oceans, orcas, eco-ethics and the environment.

Killer whales hunting on land? Josh McInnis (scientist) and Justine Buckmaster (naturalist) on their wild discovery that some Salish Sea orcas are hunting seals on the shores of Protection Island and how orcas continue to surprise us.By Mark Leiren-Young | Oceans, orcas, eco-ethics and the environment.

Eco-warrior, Alexandra Morton, on her fight to save wild salmon, being gaslit by the Canadian government and her adventures in Green politics. She also dares people to sue her over her essential new book - Not On My Watch: How a renegade whale biologist took on governments and industry to save wild salmon.…

Gavin Hanke Curator of Vertebrate Zoology at the Royal BC Museum (@RoyalBCMuseum) on the life, death and anatomy of Rhapsody - the skeletal star of the museum’s fantastic exhibit Orcas: Our Shared Future #RBCMOrcas - which is open until 2022 before touring the world (and was written by Skaana host, Mark Leiren-Young @leirenyoung…

Filmmaker, Julia Barnes, on the dirty secrets of clean energy, how electric cars are running over the oceans and her new documentary Bright Green Lies – debuting online April 22 (Earth Day), 2021 https://www.brightgreenlies.com/By Mark Leiren-Young | Oceans, orcas, eco-ethics and the environment.

Joel Bakan, co-director of The New Corporation, on his Unfortunately Necessary Sequel, why corporations aren’t our friends and the reason corporations are considered persons, but orcas aren’t.By Mark Leiren-Young | Oceans, orcas, eco-ethics and the environment.

Carl Safina (@carlsafina) author of Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace talks about the culture of animals, the worlds of whale and sharing the planet with @Skaanapod host Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung).Skaana connects you to stories about oceans, eco-ethics and the environment.…

Skaana guests Erich Hoyt, Robbie Bond, Joel Bakan, Carl Safina, Julia Barnes, Marc Bekoff & the Skaana team share our wishes for a very new New Year in 2021.By Mark Leiren-Young | Oceans, orcas, eco-ethics and the environment.

Skaana (Skaanapod) host Mark Leiren-Young shares stories from the audio version of his award-winning book for orca lovers of all ages - Orcas Everywhere: The Mystery and History of Killer Whales (orcaseverywhere.com). “This inviting book will be treasured by kids – a fun way to discover orcas and the sea.” Erich Hoyt, author of Orca: The Whale Call…

Global fisheries expert Daniel Pauly (@SeaAroundUs)on illegal fisheries, vanishing fish and the fight to save BC’s salmon with @Skaanapod host Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung).By Mark Leiren-Young | Oceans, orcas, eco-ethics and the environment.

Michael Moore (@MMFlint) on Canada, inspiration and capitalism in this flashback interview from the start of the Obama era with Skaana (@skaanapod) host Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung).By Mark Leiren-Young | Oceans, orcas, eco-ethics and the environment.

In this episode, iconic orca mom, Tahlequah, talks to host Mark Leiren-Young about the upcoming US elections and what life is like for a whale in the Trump-era.By Mark Leiren-Young | Oceans, orcas, eco-ethics and the environment.

Anthropologist/author Wade Davis (@authorwadedavis) on optimism, decency, public service and saving America with Skaana (@skaanapod) host Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung). Part two of our special two-part election edition of Skaana featuring National Geographic’s Explorer-in-Residence and author of Magdalena: River of Dreams…

Anthropologist/author Wade Davis @authorwadedavis talks about wading into US politics to warn about the end of the American era & the Trump virus with Skaana (@skaanapod) host Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung). A special two-part election edition of Skaana featuring National Geographic’s Explorer in Residence, the real-life Indiana Jones. For links …

Bestselling author Peter Wohlleben, talks plant rights, fruit fly dreams, scientists in denial and animals in love with Skaana (@skaanapod) host Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung). The German eco-philosopher shares the secret life of trees, the hidden life of animals and the responsibilities of humans.…

Real-life Marvel superhero 12-year-old Robbie Bond (@Kidsspeak4parks ) talks about founding Kids Speak For Parks, inspiring kids and adults and becoming a Marvel superhero (@Marvel) on Skaana (@skaanapod) with host Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung).By Mark Leiren-Young | Oceans, orcas, eco-ethics and the environment.

Author and educator Marc Bekoff talks about animal emotions, his work with Jane Goodall and who you’re eating for dinner with Skaana (@skaanapod) host Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung).“It's a matter of who we eat, not what we eat. Who's for dinner, not what's for dinner. It's the animals who eat the animals, who we keep in cages, who we keep in aqu…

Skaana (skaanapod) host Mark Leiren-Young (leirenyoung) talks Tahlequah and expectant southern resident orcas on the Adam Stirling Show (Adam_Stirling) on CFAX radio (@cfax1070).By Mark Leiren-Young | Oceans, orcas, eco-ethics and the environment.

Actor and activist Ta'Kaiya Blaney (@TaKaiyaBlaney) talks about activism, art and the power and importance of young people speaking out for climate justice with Skaana (@skaanapod) host Mark Leiren-Young (@leirenyoung).By Mark Leiren-Young | Oceans, orcas, eco-ethics and the environment.