The Orca Man Podcast: Recent Episodes

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!

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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 boats, and what the mitigations for these behaviors might be.

To find the letter put out by Naomi Rose and the cetacean working group, which includes Jared, click ⁠here⁠.

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Jared Towers

⁠Instagram⁠

⁠Facebook⁠

⁠Research Gate⁠

⁠Bay Cetology⁠

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Orca's Our Shared Future trip

When: December 2nd, 2023 - 11:00am - 2:00pm

Where: Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland, Oregon

More information (tickets/RSVP) found ⁠here⁠

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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 old sightings database alive and shifts in the data and demographics happening today.

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The Whale Museum

https://whalemuseum.org/

Doris Duke Conservation Scholars

(Applications open until Feb 1st)

http://uwconservationscholars.org/

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Salma’s Twitter

@stabdelraheem

https://twitter.com/stabdelraheem

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0:00 Intro to Salma

4:11 Creating the GIS Coordinator position

10:31 Orca Master Report

19:43 Sighting and alert systems across boarders

31:37 Recognizing observer input

42:48 Dynamic changes in the field, TWM and SJI

52:22 Whale politics and Databases

57:27 The Future for Salma and Sightings Data

1:04:18 Closing out

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My Socials

📱 TikTok - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeS8CAJr/

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🧑‍🏫 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/UnofficialOrcaMan

👾 Discord - https://discord.gg/hRx4xgvgf4

📺 YouTube Orca Man

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U2wtqYeqik

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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.

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Far From Eden Podcast

https://linktr.ee/farfromedenpodcast

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⏰TIMESTAMPS⏰

0:00 Meet my mom

2:06 Swimming

8:03 Parenting, Teaching and Sustaining Passion

14:05 Meandering Passion

17:43 Orca-centric

25:00 Passion is joy, and its fun to share

29:30 TikTok

40:08 Spending time together in the Orca World

50:54 The Power of the Stories

56:26 Reacting to Dawn Brancheau

59:44 Why I fell in love with orcas

1:05:23 Closing out

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My Socials

📱 TikTok - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeS8CAJr/

📸 Instagram theofficial_orcaman - https://www.instagram.com/theofficial_orcaman/

🧑‍🏫 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/UnofficialOrcaMan

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U2wtqYeqik

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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 to the San Juan Islands and now Monterey she has been privy to a wide range of both wildlife and guests alike - she also is the mother of maybe the best animal in the world… Peaches.

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Erica Wirth

Breaching Extinction

https://www.breachingextinction.com/

Instagram: @breachingextinction

https://www.instagram.com/breachingextinction/

Podcast: https://anchor.fm/breachingextinction

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/breachingextinction

Vermilion Sea Institute

https://vermilionseainstitute.org/

Clearwater Marine Aquarium

https://www.cmaquarium.org/

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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, watched all of the Free Willy movies, and (albeit outside of Orcamania) stopped the use of plastic straws in school cafeterias in the US’s largest county.

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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 journey to her current postgrad degree and dive into different questions being asked in one of the most cutting edge marine mammal research groups in the PNW.

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Taryn Scarff

Taryn Scarff is a Masters Candidate at the University of British Columbia in the Marine Mammal Research Unit studying Transient orca prevalence in the Salish Sea.

UBC Marine Mammal Research Unit

https://mmru.ubc.ca/personnel/taryn-scarff/

Insta @tarynscarff

https://www.instagram.com/tarynscarff/

Twitter @taryn_scarff

https://twitter.com/taryn_scarff

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⏰TIMESTAMPS⏰

0:00 Marine Mammal Rescue and Tofino

8:56 Undergrad Research

13:27 Road to UBC, Drumming

23:01 Research Vessel

29:28 Filming Orcas: drones and suction cups

36:15 Transients vs Resident Orcas

38:31 Determining Research Question

46:17 Masters Work

49:09 1 month, 1 boat, 1 washing machine, 9 people

57:07 Odd But Useful Skills

1:01:31 Understanding Transients and Populations

1:07:57 Closing out

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Mentions

UBC Marine Mammal Research Unit

https://mmru.ubc.ca/

Insta @ubcmarinemammal

https://www.instagram.com/ubcmarinemammal/

Marine Mammal Rescue

https://mmrpatients.org/

Insta: @marinemammalrescue

https://www.instagram.com/marinemammalrescue/

Hakai Institute

https://www.hakai.org/

Andrew Trites

https://mmru.ubc.ca/personnel/trites/

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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.

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Mentions:

Andrew Trites

https://oceans.ubc.ca/andrew-trites/

Marine Mammal Conference

Full Length: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAOjcEmzP2E

My Presentation: https://youtu.be/B9TKnOaMOfU

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Coral

Diversity Reads Podcast

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0qR7aGcHxVlav7vARJl9gv?si=2mOAbfGYRhibKjljAtOdpg

📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/diversityreadspodcast/

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My Socials

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📸 Instagram theofficial_orcaman - https://www.instagram.com/theofficial_orcaman/

🧑‍🏫 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/UnofficialOrcaMan

👾 Discord - https://discord.gg/hRx4xgvgf4

📺 YouTube Orca Man - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx9sGH6CWNxLHCi6SEtYdHQ/featured

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U2wtqYeqik

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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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Mentions:

Newport Coastal Adventure

http://www.newportcoastaladventure.com/

Lolita

Save Lolita: https://www.savelolita.org/

The Whale Sanctuary Project: https://whalesanctuaryproject.org/

Jason Colby’s talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbdlAHOOTCQ

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Michaela Mansholt

Wildlife Photography

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cetaceanation/

Business:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pacificsea.co/

Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHJCdJ3OeJug6LhzkM0goEQ

TikTok:

https://www.tiktok.com/@michaelamansholt?lang=en

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My Socials

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🧑‍🏫 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/UnofficialOrcaMan

👾 Discord - https://discord.gg/hRx4xgvgf4

📺 YouTube Orca Man

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U2wtqYeqik

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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.

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Mentions:

One Ocean Diving

https://oneoceandiving.com/

Donuts

Lucky’s: https://49thcafe.com/

Lee’s: https://www.leesdonuts.ca/

Krispy Kreme: https://krispykreme.ca/

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Kendra Nelson

Instagram: IntertidalKendy

https://www.instagram.com/intertidalkendy/

Podcast: Intertidal Talks

https://open.spotify.com/show/2kQ74EsYhJYDjSyQbdKdSH?si=btfxX7JwSjefaUcx50UJ4w

Marine Bio Movie Club: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCamUuJm__46cFvAJmi-GfYA/featured

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My Socials

📱 TikTok - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeS8CAJr/

📸 Instagram theofficial_orcaman - https://www.instagram.com/theofficial_orcaman/

🧑‍🏫 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/UnofficialOrcaMan

👾 Discord - https://discord.gg/hRx4xgvgf4

📺 YouTube Orca Man

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U2wtqYeqik

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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 for people interested in advancing this work.

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Mentions:

Orca Lab: https://orcalab.org/

Orchive: http://orchive.cs.uvic.ca/

John Ford's NRKW call catalog

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285709635_A_catalogue_of_underwater_calls_produced_by_killer_whales_Orcinus_orca_in_British_Columbia

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Steven Ness

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/c/StevenNess/featured

Start Up

https://folding.ai

A performance at UVIC:

https://vimeo.com/10279625

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My Socials

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👾 Discord - https://discord.gg/hRx4xgvgf4

📺 YouTube Orca Man

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U2wtqYeqik

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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.

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Restaurants Mentioned:

Haley's Sports Bar and Grille https://www.facebook.com/Haleys-Sports-Bar-and-Grill-196646283873160/

Blue Water Cafe https://www.bluewaterandgrill.com/ San Juan Lanes Bar and Grill https://www.facebook.com/sanjuanlanes/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Liam's Socials

📱 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@heyimliam?lang=en

📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/heyimliam.png/

Super73

📱 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@super73?lang=en

📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/super73/

▶️ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEnVldVHyS4oA1TLae4XDYQ

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My Socials

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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.   

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People Mentioned:  

John Ford https://mmru.ubc.ca/personnel/john-ford/  

Cameron Lee-Ming https://www.cameronleeming.com

Ingrid Visser https://www.orcaresearch.org/index.php/research/our-team  

Howard Garrett http://www.orcanetwork.org/contact/contact.html  

Ken Balcomb https://www.whaleresearch.com/ourpeople 

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Organizations Mentioned:  

The Whale Museum https://whalemuseum.org/  

The Whale Trail https://thewhaletrail.org/  

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Socials   

📱 TikTok - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeS8CAJr/ 

📸 Instagram  - https://www.instagram.com/theofficial_orcaman/ 

🧑‍🏫 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/UnofficialOrcaMan 

👾 Discord - https://discord.gg/hRx4xgvgf4 

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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 given me more joy in my life than I know what to do with. So, I plan on sharing that joy... with you.

I hope you join me on this amazing journey and maybe, just maybe, you'll come to love them as much as I do.