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The Whalenerd‘s Podcast is a science communication podcast about whales and other ocean related topics.
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Saturday Nov 16, 2019
Saturday Nov 16, 2019
Thanks for your patience during our hiatus! Katlyn is getting settled in on Maui, Slater just got back from San Juan Islands and Eric has been holding down the fort in Monterey but he did make it out to the Farallon Islands last week!
Listen in to hear us catch up with each other on all our adventures. We are starting to get in to a routine and we were successful with recording via skype so we should be back on a regular posting schedule soon!
Monday Oct 21, 2019
Monday Oct 21, 2019
We had a special guest this week! Taylor came and visited for Slater's all day trip and then came back to record an episode with us. He started in Southern California, then Hawaii and then San Juan Islands. We chatted with him about his experience and how he got his start. He is headed back to Maui next week!
Eric, Slater and Katlyn had an incredible experience earlier this week with humpbacks during an earthquake in the bay too!
Tuesday Oct 15, 2019
Tuesday Oct 15, 2019
We all went to Slater's all day trip! We had an awesome time with some great whale people. We caught up on recent sightings and a little but of whale news as well.
Friday Oct 11, 2019
Friday Oct 11, 2019
We had Adam Ernster as a special guest today since Eric was out of town again! He gave us a run down of his summer experience in the San Juan Islands.
We also briefly talked about sightings in Monterey. Slater's all day trip is tomorrow and we are all going to be on it!
We also discussed the pros and cons of whale watching, new regulations in the Salish Sea, the use of drones and photo rights as boat crew.
Friday Oct 04, 2019
Friday Oct 04, 2019
Eric is back from his trip in the North Atlantic! We heard all about his cruise through Norway, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, Newfoundland and Canada. We also all gave an updated sighting report from Monterey. We will all be on Slater's all day trip on October 11th - there are a few seats left - join us!
Katlyn FINALLY SAW CASPER. After years of poor timing, she got to see Casper twice in the same trip. Katlyn is also moving to Maui at the end of the month! She is taking a job at Pacific Whale Foundation starting the first week of November.
Wednesday Sep 25, 2019
Wednesday Sep 25, 2019
Slater is back from his trip to the San Juan Islands! What an incredible two days he had for his group up there. Katlyn was holding down the fort in Monterey and Eric is still on his trip in the Atlantic. We chatted about some of Slater's take aways and reflections from his latest trip up north.
We also talked about some conservation topics and a little bit of politics toward the end - register to vote friends!
Monday Sep 16, 2019
Monday Sep 16, 2019
Slater and Katlyn are holding down the fort in Monterey while Eric is on vacation. We caught up on recent whale reports including Slater's recent trip on the whale entanglement response this week. Loads of blue whales have shown up this week south of Monterey!
We answered a question from one of our instagram followers. Katlyn also reported in on the law we referenced when we talked about Long Gone Wild called the Orca Welfare and Safety Act for the state of California.
Big thank you to everyone that has been following along with us! We appreciate all your messages, listens, downloads, follows and patreon contributions!
Saturday Sep 07, 2019
Saturday Sep 07, 2019
We are back after a two week hiatus! We have been pretty busy with work and had a hard time coordinating our schedules.
We covered a lot of topics and sighting reports to catch up from where we left off in Episode 34. We took a whale quiz sent to us from one of our followers. We also talked about fossils, mola species, new beaked whale species, a ship strike incident in the port of San Francisco, marine debris and an update on the warm water blob event happening off shore.
Monday Aug 19, 2019
Monday Aug 19, 2019
SPOILER ALERT! We talk about the new film Sea Of Shadows for most of this episode. If you don't want us to ruin some of the suspense, watch the film before you listen to this episode. We also gave our usual whale report from Monterey. Eric also had some info on an internship opportunity with Cascadia Research Collective.
Thursday Aug 15, 2019
Thursday Aug 15, 2019
We are late this week because Eric and Katlyn have been slammed with work! August is the busiest month in Monterey for whale watching and we have had such nice weather that all of our trips have been getting out. We had a few pieces of humpback whale news this week from California and Oregon.
Weather and whale watching has been incredible in Monterey this week. Get out on the water if you can! (anywhere really)