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The Orca Man Podcast
by Frederick DeNisco
Orcas were shot for sport just under 60 years ago; today we know almost every one of them personally. In this podcast I will be introducing you to the many characters who have created, developed and mutated The World of Orcas. This species has given me more joy than I know what to do with, so I plan on sharing that joy… with YOU!
Episodes
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Ep #14| September and Bucket List Whales
In this episode, I go over Orca news for September and discuss a realistic picture of how many whales I saw this year. New episodes dropping the first Monday of every month (ideally) Join Patreon https://patreon.com/theorcaman Follow The Orca Man: https://www.instagram.com/the.orca.man/...
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Ep #13| Whale Watching as Naturalists with Tobin Sparling and Joe Peacock
Those who work as Naturalists on Whale Watches seldom get the experience to be passengers on other vessels, let alone with a crew of new mates. Tobin and Joe both work out of Granville Island on respective whale watches, but I brought them both together twice this summer to help document the…
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Ep #12| Gladis Orcas and Navigating Narratives with Jared Towers
The Gladis Orcas are a group of 15 whales from a population of 49 have been engaging in an averse behavior towards boats since 2020. The question is... why? Jared Towers of Bay Cetology joined me for this episode to talk about who the Gladis Orcas are, why they might be engaging in behaviors with...
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Ep #11| Sightings Coordination and GIS with Salma Abdel-Raheem
Marine mammals are fantastic, but in order to keep track of them and make sure they’re safe we need to know when people see them. Enter: Salma, the previous GIS Specialist and Sightings Network Coordinator for The Whale Museum. Get to learn more about the work that goes into keeping this 40+ year...
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Ep #10| Traveling Time and Stories with Jen DeNisco
It is amazing how while you’ve known someone for so long, there are many ways they can still surprise you. Join me this episode while my mother and I surprise each other with retellings of times we’ve shared from New Zealand to our family home in Massachusetts. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Far From Eden Podcast...
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Ep #9| A Range of Wildlife and Passengers with Erica Wirth
I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know Erica Wirth recently and I have the distinct honor of introducing you to her in this episode! As the esteemed host of the Breaching Extinction podcast, Erica has been a part of the naturalist world for quite some time now. Ranging from Florida to Manitoba…
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Ep #8| Orcamania in Miami, a county wide effort, and conservation in action with Ms. Vicky
A lot of amazing things have happened since I started this platform, and this episode highlights my favorite development of all. Orcamania hit Vic’s (or Ms. Vicky’s) elementary school classroom when her students found my TikTok - In the time since they have adopted an orca from the whale museum,...
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Ep #7| A Drummer turned Marine Biologist, and a Month at Sea with Taryn Scarff
Taryn is pretty cool. After being accepted and preforming in one of Canadas largest Orchestras she has found herself in Vancouver, BC working with the MMRU at the University of British Columbia. AND she catches drones, for anyone who needs a drone catcher. In this podcast, we talk about her…
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Ep # 3| Baptizing Orcas, Connecting Perspectives, and a 6ft Dorsal Fin of Snow with Coral Santana
For this episode Coral and I fret over the idea that we have been friends for 4 years and go over the four years of conferences, trips, snow creations and shifting perspectives throughout university into this year. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Mentions: Andrew Trites https://oceans.ubc.ca/andrew-trites/ Marine...
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Ep #6| Wildlife Photography, Cascading Effects of Captivity, and Whale People with Michaela Mansholt
Michaela Mansholt is a wildlife photographer, content creator and student at the University of Alaska Southeast. In this episode of the podcast we talk about her journey north from Southern California, the cascading effects of captivity, and the ever growing world of whale people. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━...
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Ep #5| Trials Tribulations and Lack of Travel in Covid, and Becoming Intertidal Kendy with Kendra Nelson
With this episode you will gain a little insight into the life of Kendra Nelson, the donut layout of the Pacific Northwest, as well as the small trials and tribulations of wanting to move around the PNW during covid. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Mentions: One Ocean Diving https://oneoceandiving.com/ Donuts...
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Ep #4| The Orchive, making music with robots, and the beauty of potential with Dr. Steven Ness
Dr. Steven Ness is a major contributor of the Orchive, the largest digitized collection of Orca acoustic data in the world based out of OrcaLab in British Columbia. In this episode we talk about how he got involved and some of the intricacies of putting it together as well as the current space…
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Ep #2 | Growing up on an Island, Film Locations, and Davy Jones' Locker with Liam Cole
After meeting on TikTok Liam and I talk about the intricacies of life on San Juan Island, must see restaurants around the Pacific Northwest, and film locations you may not have known of. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Restaurants Mentioned: Haley's Sports Bar and Grille...
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Ep #1 | Experiences with Orcas, Asking the Right Questions, and the Beauty of Chance with Ralph DeNisco
For the first episode of this podcast/talkshow I talk with my dad about the experiences he had raising a child obsessed with Orcas, and further the experiences we've been able to share involving this great species. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ People Mentioned: John Ford https://mmru.ubc.ca/personnel/john-ford/...
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WHALEcome to the OrcaMan Podcast
Hello! It's Fred here also known as OrcaMan thanks to TikTok. I created this platform, The OrcaMan podcast as well as my other platforms as a place to curate my passion for... you guessed it. Orcas. I have spent the last 19 years familiarizing myself with their world, and my little obsession has...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Orcas were shot for sport just under 60 years ago; today we know almost every one of them personally. In this podcast I will be introducing you to the many characters who have created, developed and mutated The World of Orcas. This species has given me more joy than I know what to do with, so I plan on sharing that joy… with YOU!
HOSTED BY
Frederick DeNisco
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Orcas were shot for sport just under 60 years ago; today we know almost every one of them personally. In this podcast I will be introducing you to the many characters who have created, developed and mutated The World of Orcas. This species has given me more joy than I know what to do with, so I...
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The Orca Man Podcast is created and hosted by Frederick DeNisco.
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