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Killers: J pod on the brink

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 ...

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  • Episode 1: “Tapping Out”

    Episode 1: “Tapping Out”
    Jul 18 2019
    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.
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    35 Min.
  • Episode 2: “Sea of Noises”

    Episode 2: “Sea of Noises”
    Jul 22 2019
    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?
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    36 Min.
  • Episode 3: Peanut Head

    Episode 3: Peanut Head
    Jul 26 2019
    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?
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    30 Min.
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