Episode 21 - Special Guests Sarah and Jeff from Maya's Legacy

Episode 9 - Photo Tips, Photo ID & Preparing for a Whale Watch: We took more questions from our instagram followers! Thanks for sending those in to us. We weighed in on the Orca vs Killer Whale naming debate to get this episode started! We had a great question about the current status of ship strikes and entanglement... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast

46 min listen

Episode 17 - Adam's Best Whale Watch Week by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast

55 min listen

Episode 10 - Scars, Walruses, Interspecies Interactions & Migrations: Eric gave us a report of the screening of the movie Scars from the ACS LA meeting this week. Slater and Katlyn gave a recap of the ACS Monterey Bay meeting which was a talk about Pacific Walrus. We also answered two questions from our instagram followers... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast

66 min listen

Episode 2 - Marine Mammal Workshop, Rare Sightings and Manatees!: This week Eric and Katlyn gave a recap of the Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop to start off the episode. We also heard from Eric about his recent trip to Florida to swim with Manatees. We also took a question from one of our followers about rar... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast

38 min listen

Episode 1 - Whale watching in California: Episode 1 - Whale watching in California and the gray whale migration. We talked about whale watching up and down the California coast based on our experiences in the field. We each gave our perspective on the gray whale migration along the coast and ho... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast

28 min listen

Episode 13 - Killer Whale Social Relationships & Comparing Whale Sizes to Everyday Objects: We started off this episode talking about lone male killer whales. That conversation led us to a broader conversation about killer whale social groups and defining Bigg's / transient killer whales. Then we answered a question about comparing whale sizes... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast

51 min listen

Episode 11 - Science and Art, Recent Whale News, and Questions: Eric and Katlyn gave a quick recap of a Friend's of Hopkins event last week with Ray Troll. He spoke about his new book that he illustrated about fossils on the West Coast of North America. Katlyn also attended an art and science event at Moss Landing Ma... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast

53 min listen

Episode 40 - Slater's All Day Trip: 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. by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast

39 min listen

Episode 3 - Types of Whales, Earwax and Underwater Sounds: We made a new version of episode 3! Thanks for sticking with us through the technical difficulties - we are still learning! We changed gears for the topics - we will circle back to the land based whale watching conversation in a future podcast. This tim... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast

50 min listen

Episode 5 - Weird Whale Facts!: As we mentioned at the end of Episode 4 - here are the weird whale facts! We went through as many lesser known whale facts as we could think of in this episode. We covered narwhal tusks, ambergris, whale lice, barnacles and so much more! This episode was... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast

43 min listen

Episode 6 - Q&A from Instagram! Whales, Turtles & Sharks: We decided to start things off with questions from you! Thanks for sending in questions through our Instagram story this week! Keep the topic suggestions and questions coming in. Things started off with our favorite whales and went down the rabbit hole f... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast

57 min listen

Episode 12 - Slater went to Baja, Man Swallowed by a whale, and depression chains: Slater gave us a recap of his incredible trip to Baja. He was able to swim with whale sharks and California sea lions on the same day! He also had two days with friendly gray whales and Frigate birds. There was also a sea turtle research project that th... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast

51 min listen

Episode 8 - How We Became Whale Nerds!: In this episode we talked about how we all got our start in the whale realm. We all currently work in the whale watch industry in Monterey, but none of us started there! Listen in on how we all ended up in the industry and how we got to Monterey. We hope... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast

48 min listen

Episode 16 - Whale Watch Update, Killer Whales & Sharks by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast

48 min listen

Episode 7 - Q&A from Instagram & favorite whale movies / books: We had more questions from Instagram for this episode! We started things off with your questions about whale lifespans, pilot whales in California and where to watch Killer Whales. Thanks for sending those in! It's super fun to hear your inquiries. After... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast

40 min listen

Episode 20 - Katlyn's Trip to Massachusetts: Katlyn is back from her trip to Massachusetts! The day she left there was a gray whale predation event in Carmel Bay which Slater, Eric and Katlyn all got to see at some point during the day. Slater got on it first on the boat and the Katlyn drove down t... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast

35 min listen

Episode 15 - Antarctica Report with Special Guest: Kate Cummings: Our first special guest was Kate Cummings! She is the owner and operator of Blue Ocean Whale Watch in Moss Landing, CA. Kate was one of the passengers on the recent Cheeseman's Ecology Safaris trip to Antarctica! She gave us an excellent report about her... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast

59 min listen

Episode 22 - Recent whale news and marine debris: This week we caught up on the recent whale watching reports from Monterey Bay and the north bound gray whale migration which has been a re-occuring topic. We also chatted about the issue of marine debris in the ocean. We have two solutions we are going ... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast

55 min listen

Episode 32 - Trivia Round 1: We attempted our first round of marine mammal trivia. Please send us more questions so Slater can quiz us! We also gave an updated whale report and some tips on what to do when you see an entangled whale in the US. by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast

52 min listen

Episode 18 - Special Guest Eva Prendergast & Monterey Whale Report: We had another special guest this week! We are also missing one host. :( Eric was still out on the water the night we recorded until sunset - he was watching the first gray whale predation of the spring season! We can't wait to hear his report next episo... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast

55 min listen

Episode 41 - Special Guest Taylor Spesak: 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 ho... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast

61 min listen

Minisode 2 - Whale Song Part 2: Part 2 of the series on whale song. Do we know why the winged whale sings? The long and short of it is, we don't. But Katlyn broke down some of the leading theories from over the years of what scientists have studied. This is a broad summary of some of t... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast

25 min listen

Episode 30 - Trip Reports and Dolphin Questions: Whale action is ramping up in a big way this week in Monterey! We all had great trips this last week. We had several questions about dolphins from our followers on instagram. Eric also found a cool paper about bottlenose dolphins and melon headed whales... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast

43 min listen

Episode 14 - Katlyn's Baja Report and Monterey Insanity: Katlyn just got back from Baja yesterday! She gave a report about all the logistics of the trip and all the whales she saw! Yes, she did get to pet a gray whale. San Ignacio lagoon was incredible! Meanwhile, Slater and Eric had an absolutely insane week ... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast

47 min listen

Episode 23 - Slater's San Juan Island Trip & Eric's Rare Sighting: We are a little behind schedule this week, but for good reason! Slater took off to San Juan Islands last minute this weekend for a quick trip up north. He had an excellent trip up there and got to see a rare young killer whale! Eric also had an incredibl... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast

54 min listen

Episode 39 - Adam's Experience in the San Juan Islands: 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 g... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast

58 min listen

Episode 38 - Eric is back! by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast

50 min listen

Episode 45 - Latest Whale News: 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 t... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast

49 min listen

Episode 34 - Sea of Shadows Review: 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 ... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast

49 min listen

Episode 36 - Eric is on vacation!: 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 Mon... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast

45 min listen

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Episode 21 - Special Guests Sarah and Jeff from Maya's Legacy

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