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03/12/2024

For Paul's birthday PLEASE sign the petition to and contact politicians who can and should be lobbying to set him free

05/11/2024

If you're American...

Dr. Andrew Rosenberg on Trump vs. the Environment

10/10/2024

Remembering The Killer Whale Who Changed the World

The Killer Whale Who Changed the World Drowned on Oct. 9, 1964

05/10/2024

On Project 2025: “It’s worse than you think it is. No matter how bad you think it is, it’s worse.” A special US election edition of Skaana featuring the former director of the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists where we talk Trump vs. science and creating a hurricane with a sharpie.

Podcast Episode · Skaana with Mark Leiren-Young | Oceans, Eco-Ethics & The Environment · 2024-10-05 · 55m

21/09/2024

Hey, want one of my audiobooks? It took Skaana forever to land on Spotify because of issues around bots being unable to recognize fair use clips as fair use. This means we have almost no reviews there. I am game to gift a Spotify audiobook version of The Killer Whale Who Changed the World, Orcas Everywhere or Never Shoot a Stampede Queen - your call which one you want - to the first five people here who pop up a friendly review on Spotify and DM or email me a snapshot of it. I don't have many to give away so after that... I dunno... I guess I can sort of do a random draw thing for one person out of every ten who does this? We can also always use more reviews on iTunes as they have a bizarrely outsized impact on visibility and it'd be great to get back into their top ten Nature podcasts. I kinda loved it when we ranked ahead of Quirks and Quarks... Nice reviews on IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes etc. for The Hundred Year-Old-Whale also appreciated as the movie was review bombed with zeroes by Sea World trolls. Curious to see if/how this works. Thanks!

Audiobook · Mark Leiren-Young · Author(s): Mark Leiren-Young Narrator(s): Mark Leiren-Young The fascinating and heartbreaking account of the first publicly exhibited captive killer whale a story that forever changed the way we see orcas and sparked the movement to save them. Killer whales had a...

18/09/2024

Hive mind request... I have a new personal website... I wanted a site I can manage myself and my existing Wordpress site was waaaay too fussy so I started playing on Squarespace Canada (heck, maybe they'll sponsor my podcast Skaana one day). If you are game to take a look can you tell me what I need to add/subtract? The plan was to add a page on each topic, but trying to figure out what's essential. And if you do pop over feel free to sign up for the Substacks for me & Skaana.

Hi, I’m Mark. “Mark Leiren-Young, who has a background in pretty much everything — journalism, television, comedy, theatre and film — is without a doubt one of the most talented, multi-disciplinary voices in Canada.” – National Post “Mark Leiren-Young is a playwright, author, screenwri...

28/08/2024

Weird does not begin to cover it.

23/08/2024

Such a fun and inspiring interview for Skaana... Lined this up for my next book for Orca Book Publishers and this was so much fun. This one's very much an all-ages interview. And for my friends in this one's a must. Mahalo Rylee Brooke Kamahele for the interview and for all you do.

Sixteen-year-old Hawaiian environmental activist Rylee Brooke hasn't just been fighting for the environment - and the rights of keiki (young people) - since the

19/08/2024

When Paul Watson was arrested in Greenland on a very sketchy warrant from the Japanese government the biggest concern was that he would be extradited and face a kangaroo court that would sentence the 73-year-old to spend the rest of his life in jail. But at his court hearing on August 15 in Greenland, the country of Denmark broke out their own kangaroos. The latest update from Skaana Neptune's Pirates Captain Paul Watson Foundation UK Captain Paul Watson Foundation

13/08/2024

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark The arrest of Watson smells fishier than barbecued pilot whale. Here's how you can help find out more and Dr. Jane Goodall and James Cameron and Sylvia A. Earle are all fighting for his freedom. So is the President of France. When will the government of Canada join in? The US?
Captain Paul Watson Foundation Neptune's Pirates The Killer Whale Who Changed the World Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

And why you should... And why Justin Trudeau should...

09/08/2024

So the official response from the new Paul- Watson-Free Sea Shepherd Conservation Society to Japan slaughtering Fin whales is "disappointment" which says all you need to know about why everyone needs to fight to For more on the fight to stop Denmark from extraditing Paul Watson to Japan on a bogus Red Notice to face a kangaroo court, check out Neptune's Pirates & the Captain Paul Watson Foundation

31/07/2024

Skaana ocean news in July really had to kick off with . A look at what's happening with Paul Watson, the US election, our epic interview with Sy Montgomery and ocean life in Canada. For more on what's happening with Paul Watson in prison check out the Captain Paul Watson Foundation Captain Paul Watson Foundation UK & Neptune's Pirates🐳

Skaana Ocean News Round-up July, 2024

23/07/2024

I was lucky enough to interview Paul F Watson for Skaana not long before his mission to Greenland. The revival of the bogus red notice - something reserved for the world's most notorious criminals - is horrifying. For information on how to support him please check out the Captain Paul Watson Foundation or Captain Paul Watson Foundation UK or Neptune's Pirates or the link above where his wife Yana Watson is sharing th latest on his status. And to find out more about why I support him and why I was so happy he was back on the waters, please check out our most recent conversation🐳

‎Show Skaana with Mark Leiren-Young | Oceans, Eco-Ethics & The Environment, Ep Eco-Pirate and Eco-Church Founder Paul Watson on Fighting for Whales and Phytoplankton, Launching Neptune's Navy and Daring Iceland to Arrest Him - May 8, 2024

16/07/2024

Sixty years ago today… The young southern resident orca who became known as "Moby Doll" was accidentally captured by the Vancouver Aquarium when they were on a mission to harpoon and kill a killer whale as a model for an accurate life-sized sculpture. Yep, the harpooning happened. But it wasn’t fatal. Neither were all the gunshots. The rest is history… and my book, CBC radio documentary and… soon… feature documentary.

Remembering Moby Doll