ep. 202: The Future Is Fe-Whale
Long live White Gladis, orca queen of the deep. From today's yacht-sinking whale moms to 19th-century "devil fish," environmental historian Anna Guasco takes Cristen on an underwater expedition of mammalian matriarchy, seafaring masculinity and the revealing messiness of human-whale relationships. Come for orca uprising, stay for the powerful underbelly of whale stories past and present.
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