Mark Leiren-Young is a playwright, screenwriter, journalist, satirist, director and author. His latest book, The Killer Whale Who Changed The World, is a national bestseller. He hosts the popular podcast Skaana and wrote and directed the award-winning documentary, The Hundred-Year-Old Whale. He was described by The National Post as “Canada’s go to guy for dolphins, whales, and trees”.
In this episode we discuss everything Orca (how they live, communicate, mourn, etc.). We start off the show by talking about a mother Orca, called Tahlequah (J35), who carried her dead calf for 17 days in British Columbia this past Summer. Additionally, we talk about other Orca stories, the grandmother hypothesis, his latest Orca book and documentary, his grief when certain Orca’s have died, and a dream he wants to have of Granny (a deceased Orca).
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E170 - Jason Wendroff-Rawnicki - The Power of Smell
E169 - Barron Steffen - The Final Gift
E168 - Lindsey Whissel Fenton - Speaking Grief
E167 - Julie Rennie - A Conversation With Dr. Black's Mother
E166 - Dr. T.J. Wray - Grief Dreams and the Bible
E165 - Flora Baker - The Adult Orphan Club
E164 - Philip Goldberg - Spiritual Practice for Crazy Times
E163 - Jane Edberg - The Fine Art of Grieving
E162 - Alexa Norton - Grief Shine
E161 - Gary Alan Shockley - My Heart Sings A Sad Song
E160 - John Dietsch - Graced By Waters
E159 - Erica Buist - This Party's Dead
E158 - Chelsea Rushton - The Other Side of Chelshotel
E157 - Dr. Virginia Marsico - From Bruiser to Wall-E
E156 - Guest Update - Rebecca MacDonald
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E155 - Lisa Keefauver - Reimagining Grief
E154 - Dr. Sharon Prentice - Becoming Starlight
E153 - Lisa Bonneville - People Need People
E152 - Guest Update - Molly Schultz
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