Episode 139 - Aleutians & Bering Sea Updates

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Episode 139 - Aleutians & Bering Sea Updates

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Sep 7, 2023

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Sep 7, 2023

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The Whalenerd‘s Podcast is a science communication podcast about whales and other ocean related topics.

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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 25 - Famous Whales and Dolphins: This week we talked about famous whales and dolphins, historical and present, from all around the world. We also gave a trip report from Monterey Bay. Eric and Slater had some great whales, killer whales and dolphins out on the bay. Katlyn taught middle ... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast
51 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 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 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 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 49 - Eric is in Maui!: 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 ... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast
50 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 17 - Adam's Best Whale Watch Week by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast
55 min listen
Episode 19 - Gray Whale Predation and Other Whale News: Eric is back for this episode! He gave us the full report from the gray whale predation that he was watching while we recorded episode 18. Slater also had a great encounter with the 51's, 51A's, 49C and 50B this week. Killer whale season is ramping up in... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast
46 min listen
Episode 16 - Whale Watch Update, Killer Whales & Sharks by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast
48 min listen
Episode 52 - Special Guest Robin Baird: 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 marin... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast
63 min listen
Episode 24 - Special Guest Pete from New Zealand!: We had another special guest this week! We welcomed Pete on to the podcast - he's new to the Monterey area and has joined on as a naturalist and deckhand with a whale watch company. We asked him about his previous experience and wildlife tours in New Zea... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast
45 min listen
Episode 31 - Long Gone Wild: This week we talked about the movie Long Gone Wild that just came out this month. We all watched it together last week. We also gave a recent sightings report from Monterey. Next week Slater wants to quiz Eric and Katlyn on whale trivia so send him some... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast
55 min listen
Episode 27 - Whale Entanglements & other news: This week we talked about the 2018 whale entanglement report from NOAA in addition to other whale news. We talked about beluga whales being moved to a whale sanctuary in Iceland and the recent coverage of the narluga skull that was in the news. We also ... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast
48 min listen
Episode 46 - Happy New Year!: 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... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast
58 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
Episode 29 - Slater's trip to San Juan Islands & questions from Instagram: Slater is back from his awesome trip up in the San Juan Islands. He had excellent weather conditions and excellent sightings! Eric and Katlyn had great trips from Monterey as well. Yes, Eric saw a leatherback sea turtle while Katlyn was out on the water.... by The Whalenerd‘s Podcast
53 min listen

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