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The Whalenerd‘s Podcast is a science communication podcast about whales and other ocean related topics.
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Monday Mar 09, 2020
Monday Mar 09, 2020
This week we were able to chat with Dr. Robin Baird from Cascadia Research Collective!
Robin works primarily on odontocete species around the Hawaiian Islands. We asked him questions about his work, funding, past studies and how he got involved in marine biology in the beginning.
Check out his projects at this web address: http://www.cascadiaresearch.org/projects/hawaii
Tuesday Mar 03, 2020
Tuesday Mar 03, 2020
Slater and Katlyn have some announcements to make!
Slater just launched his new apparel line: Open Seas Co. https://openseasco.com/
Katlyn just accepted a job for the summer at Cape Ann Whale Watch! She will be in Gloucester from mid-May to October. There are internship positions open if you want to join her out there volunteering this summer!
We also covered our recent sightings and some whale news on the following topics: ACS Monterey Bay meeting with John Ryan, Killer Whale sightings in Lebanon and Israel, stranded fin whale in Cornwall update, tail sailing behavior in humpbacks, and an internship in Alaska monitoring belugas.
We have activated our facebook page and will be using that to share our episode, but also our resources for our episode content so you can follow along! https://www.facebook.com/whalenerds/
Wednesday Feb 26, 2020
Wednesday Feb 26, 2020
It was Slater's turn to come back to Maui this time! We had a great week of whale watching, snorkeling and island adventures.
We also went through some whale news and a quick recap of the Maui Whale Day events and Whale Tales Conference.
Friday Feb 07, 2020
Friday Feb 07, 2020
It's Eric's turn to visit Maui! He has had some amazing whale watch trips in addition to land sightings of turtles and chameleons! We also had quite a bit of recent whale news including an abandoned humpback calf in O'ahu and the recording of underwater footage of a partial humpback birthing event here in Maui!
Friday Jan 24, 2020
Friday Jan 24, 2020
Wow! It has been a year since we started this podcast. Thank you SO MUCH!
This episode we talked about our latest sightings, some recent whale and ocean news, and whale snot!
This episode is also available via video format for our followers on patreon. If you want to see our antics while recording then join us on there!
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Wednesday Jan 15, 2020
Wednesday Jan 15, 2020
We had loads of whale news for this episode. Everything from dolphin by catch protests, solar flares in correlation with live strandings of whales to tracking whales from space via satellite. We also caught up on our recent sighings from California and Maui.
We also got a heart warming message on instagram from one of our listeners about how we have inspired her to pursue her cetacean aspirations. Thank you so much for the feedback! If you have been inspired to pursue your whale dreams after listening to our podcast, we want to hear about it!
Tuesday Jan 07, 2020
Tuesday Jan 07, 2020
We are all wrapped up with our holiday fun! Happy New Year to all of our listeners!
We all had a few whale watch updates from Monterey and from Maui. We also wrapped up 2019's journey as a podcast briefly and talked about all we had learned about whales this year! Nick Pyenson wrote a nice article for The Washington Post about all the cetacean discoveries we made this year that we skimmed through for you. We also wandered our way through other interesting sightings and updates.
The podcast turns a year old soon, and we have had thousands of you tune in so far. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Sunday Dec 22, 2019
Sunday Dec 22, 2019
Slater and Katlyn gave a final update from Slater's visit in Maui. We also all covered recent sighting reports from Monterey and Maui.
The rest of the episode we talked about the latest whale news and papers.
Thank you all for following along with us this year! Happy holidays. Please have a safe and enjoyable holiday season.
Friday Dec 13, 2019
Friday Dec 13, 2019
Slater migrated to Hawaii! Slater met up with Katlyn in Maui to come and see the humpbacks in early season. We had a great trip together for sunset in Lahaina. We also attended at talk about deep sea corals. We also have a special guest Amber Caldwell. She moved from Monterey with Katlyn to work for Pacific Whale Foundation. This is her first whale season so we asked her about her experience thus far and her first sightings of the season in Maui.
Eric talked about his recent sightings and a talk he attended about the white shark cafe.
Monday Dec 02, 2019
Monday Dec 02, 2019
We are back after the holiday weekend. Weather has been pretty tough this week in Monterey so Eric and Slater haven't been out on the ocean too much lately. Katlyn was able to go out on snorkel trips and whale watch trips out in Maui.
Great humpback action in Monterey Bay when the weather is manageable. Whales are starting to arrive in Maui too! Pretty soon there will be loads of whales for Katlyn to report in on.
We also caught up on some of the latest whale news from around the world. Hoping the weather clears soon for the Monterey crew! If not maybe they will all have to reunite in Maui. ;)