Killers: J pod on the brink

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Host Gloria Macarenko delves into our fraught love affair with the iconic and endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales who have become political poster children for climate change. What’s killing J ...

EPISODIO 1

Episode 1: “Tapping Out”

Hope turns to dismay as a new J pod calf dies before researchers arrive. When mother J35 carries its corpse for 17 days and 1000 miles, the world wakes up to the plight of the Southern Residents. Some call it grief; others, a message, and the drama of that hot summer becomes a symbol of the struggle to save J pod.

35 min
EPISODIO 2

Episode 2: “Sea of Noises”

J pod is a poster child in a nation-wrenching debate over a pipeline expansion, and it all comes down to the impact of increased vessel traffic. We take a journey along the noisy west coast waterfront to unravel the mysteries of orca communication, and ask, is noise a killer?

36 min
EPISODIO 3

Episode 3: Peanut Head

A family matriarch, J35’s mother, is showing sure signs of peanut head. The experts agree: the Southern Residents are not getting enough fish to eat. But is it as simple as a decline in Chinook salmon? We head out on the latest research expeditions to investigate: is starvation a killer?

30 min
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Episode 4: “The Water is the Starting Point”

J pod is an urban orca family, but have we made the very water they swim in uninhabitable? And why are other orca populations thriving along the same tainted coast line? From pollution to the blob, we ask, are major ocean changes a killer?

30 min
EPISODIO 5

Episode 5: Tough Love

It’s 1964, and J pod ancestor Moby Doll is harpooned and put on display at Vancouver’s waterfront. The crowds are delighted, until he dies. It’s the beginning of a fraught love affair with orcas that is mirrored today in aquariums and whale watching. Is our attraction to J pod a killer, or can our love save this family?

37 min

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28/06/2021

gaysanon

I want to know more about the J pod family! This podcast wasn’t nearly long enough! I got so hooked by the information and the impact of this pod! I hope there is possibly more in the future? Either way, thank you for this informative podcast!
Excellent

05/09/2019

Jack_McCoy

A comprehensive account of the challenges facing killer whales off the coast of the United States and Canada, through the lens of a particularly well-studied whale group called “J-pod.” It’s not preachy, and does an excellent job of answering the question “why should I care?”

Host Gloria Macarenko delves into our fraught love affair with the iconic and endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales who have become political poster children for climate change. What’s killing J ...