The Whalenerd‘s Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Episode 60 - Special Guest Amanda Padilla
31 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We had Amanda Padilla as a special guest this episode and Adam Ernster as a fill in co-host! We talked with Amanda about her work on boats in Maui, he...
Episode 59 - Slater's All Day Trip, Special Guest Adam Ernster
23 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We debriefed Slater's all day trip with three people who were there! Slater, Eric and Adam all gave a recap of the trip. Katlyn also chimed in about h...
Episode 58 - The Reunion
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The gang's all here! Eric, Slater, and Katlyn were finally able to get together and catch up with each other. We talked about our reactions to the fil...
Episode 57 - Catching Up with Slater
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we caught up with Slater after several months. We talked about how things have changed for him in the wake of the pandemic. Katlyn als...
Episode 56 - Special Guest Erica Cirino
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The band is back together! We had Eric and Slater back on as hosts with our special guest Erica Cirino. Erica works as a free lance writer and artist ...
Episode 55 - Special Guest Jamie McWilliams
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Katlyn and Jamie have been off the water for a few days due to poor weather. So they made a podcast episode together! As some of you know, Katlyn is o...
Minisode 5 - Welcome to Gloucester
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back everyone! After a hiatus we are back with a new episode. Thank you so much for sticking with us throughout this wild time. For our first ...
Minisode 4 - Hitchhiker's Guide to Whales
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Katlyn and Eric talk about all the common hitchhikers on whales and dolphins - we even threw in manatees! We talked about whale barn...
Minisode3 - Whale Song Part 3
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is the final episode of the three part series on whale song! This episode covers all mysticetes that sing besides humpback whales. While research...
Minisode 2 - Whale Song Part 2
14 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Part 2 of the series on whale song. Do we know why the winged whale sings? The long and short of it is, we don't. But Katlyn broke down some of the le...
Minisode 1 - Whale Song part 1
05 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing minisodes! During this time we are not able to go out on the water - so we are launching mini episodes. These minisodes are more condensed...
Episode 54 - Locked Down at Home
24 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We are all locked down and laid off! But we had quite a few sightings to report from all our trips before the shut downs. Slater did manage to almost ...
Episode 53 - Special Guest Robbie Mueller
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We had another special guest this week! Robbie Mueller has been one of our longtime listeners and was our first supporter on patreon. We are so honore...
Episode 52 - Special Guest Robin Baird
09 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we were able to chat with Dr. Robin Baird from Cascadia Research Collective! Robin works primarily on odontocete species around the Hawaii...
Episode 51 - We have some annoucements!
03 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Slater and Katlyn have some announcements to make! Slater just launched his new apparel line: Open Seas Co. https://openseasco.com/ Katlyn just accep...
Episode 50 - Slater is in Maui!
26 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It was Slater's turn to come back to Maui this time! We had a great week of whale watching, snorkeling and island adventures. We also went through s...
Episode 49 - Eric is in Maui!
07 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's Eric's turn to visit Maui! He has had some amazing whale watch trips in addition to land sightings of turtles and chameleons! We also had quite a...
Episode 48 - It's Our Anniversary!
24 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wow! It has been a year since we started this podcast. Thank you SO MUCH! This episode we talked about our latest sightings, some recent whale and oce...
Episode 47 - Can whales be derailed by solar flares? And other whale news!
16 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We had loads of whale news for this episode. Everything from dolphin by catch protests, solar flares in correlation with live strandings of whales to ...
Episode 46 - Happy New Year!
07 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We are all wrapped up with our holiday fun! Happy New Year to all of our listeners! We all had a few whale watch updates from Monterey and from Maui...
Episode 45 - Latest Whale News
22 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Slater and Katlyn gave a final update from Slater's visit in Maui. We also all covered recent sighting reports from Monterey and Maui. The rest of t...
Episode 44 Special Guest Amber Caldwell
13 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Slater migrated to Hawaii! Slater met up with Katlyn in Maui to come and see the humpbacks in early season. We had a great trip together for sunset in...
Episode 43 - Holiday Blues
03 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We are back after the holiday weekend. Weather has been pretty tough this week in Monterey so Eric and Slater haven't been out on the ocean too much l...
Episode 42 - Checking in from all over!
16 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for your patience during our hiatus! Katlyn is getting settled in on Maui, Slater just got back from San Juan Islands and Eric has been holding...
Episode 41 - Special Guest Taylor Spesak
21 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We had a special guest this week! Taylor came and visited for Slater's all day trip and then came back to record an episode with us. He started in Sou...
Episode 40 - Slater's All Day Trip
15 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We all went to Slater's all day trip! We had an awesome time with some great whale people. We caught up on recent sightings and a little but of whale ...
Episode 39 - Adam's Experience in the San Juan Islands
11 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We had Adam Ernster as a special guest today since Eric was out of town again! He gave us a run down of his summer experience in the San Juan Islands....
Episode 38 - Eric is back!
04 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Eric is back from his trip in the North Atlantic! We heard all about his cruise through Norway, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, Newfoundland and Ca...
Episode 37 - Slater's Trip to San Juans
25 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Slater is back from his trip to the San Juan Islands! What an incredible two days he had for his group up there. Katlyn was holding down the fort in M...
Episode 36 - Eric is on vacation!
16 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Slater and Katlyn are holding down the fort in Monterey while Eric is on vacation. We caught up on recent whale reports including Slater's recent trip...
Episode 35 - Whale quiz, warm water blob, new species & more!
08 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We are back after a two week hiatus! We have been pretty busy with work and had a hard time coordinating our schedules. We covered a lot of topics a...
Episode 34 - Sea of Shadows Review
20 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
SPOILER ALERT! We talk about the new film Sea Of Shadows for most of this episode. If you don't want us to ruin some of the suspense, watch the film b...
Episode 33 - Humpback Whale Updates
16 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We are late this week because Eric and Katlyn have been slammed with work! August is the busiest month in Monterey for whale watching and we have had ...
Episode 32 - Trivia Round 1
05 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We attempted our first round of marine mammal trivia. Please send us more questions so Slater can quiz us! We also gave an updated whale report and so...
Episode 31 - Long Gone Wild
01 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talked about the movie Long Gone Wild that just came out this month. We all watched it together last week. We also gave a recent sighting...
Episode 30 - Trip Reports and Dolphin Questions
23 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Whale action is ramping up in a big way this week in Monterey! We all had great trips this last week. We had several questions about dolphins from o...
Episode 29 - Slater's trip to San Juan Islands & questions from Instagram
15 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Slater is back from his awesome trip up in the San Juan Islands. He had excellent weather conditions and excellent sightings! Eric and Katlyn had grea...
Episode 28 - Whales, Birds, and Fish
08 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We covered a little bit of everything in this episode! The day we recorded this episode was International Vaquita Day. The new film about the plight o...
Episode 27 - Whale Entanglements & other news
01 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talked about the 2018 whale entanglement report from NOAA in addition to other whale news. We talked about beluga whales being moved to a...
Episode 26 - Killer whale sightings & thoughts on swimming with wild cetaceans
24 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We all had an excellent week of sightings this week! We have seen killer whales most days out in the bay. Katlyn got to see killer whales attack and...
Episode 25 - Famous Whales and Dolphins
17 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talked about famous whales and dolphins, historical and present, from all around the world. We also gave a trip report from Monterey Bay....
Episode 24 - Special Guest Pete from New Zealand!
10 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We had another special guest this week! We welcomed Pete on to the podcast - he's new to the Monterey area and has joined on as a naturalist and deckh...
Episode 23 - Slater's San Juan Island Trip & Eric's Rare Sighting
05 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We are a little behind schedule this week, but for good reason! Slater took off to San Juan Islands last minute this weekend for a quick trip up north...
Episode 22 - Recent whale news and marine debris
27 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week we caught up on the recent whale watching reports from Monterey Bay and the north bound gray whale migration which has been a re-occuring to...
Episode 21 - Special Guests Sarah and Jeff from Maya's Legacy
20 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We had some friends visit us in Monterey for a few days! Sarah and Jeff from Maya's Legacy in Washington joined us for an episode during their visit. ...
Episode 20 - Katlyn's Trip to Massachusetts
14 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Katlyn is back from her trip to Massachusetts! The day she left there was a gray whale predation event in Carmel Bay which Slater, Eric and Katlyn all...
Episode 19 - Gray Whale Predation and Other Whale News
06 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Eric is back for this episode! He gave us the full report from the gray whale predation that he was watching while we recorded episode 18. Slater also...
Episode 18 - Special Guest Eva Prendergast & Monterey Whale Report
29 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We had another special guest this week! We are also missing one host. :( Eric was still out on the water the night we recorded until sunset - he was w...
Episode 17 - Adam's Best Whale Watch Week
22 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We had our second special guest this week! Adam Ernster, one of our podcast listeners has been whale watching in Monterey a few times the past month o...
Episode 16 - Whale Watch Update, Killer Whales & Sharks
16 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week we compiled trip reports from several places around the US that were interesting to us. Right whales in Massachusetts, basking sharks and ki...
Episode 15 - Antarctica Report with Special Guest: Kate Cummings
08 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Our first special guest was Kate Cummings! She is the owner and operator of Blue Ocean Whale Watch in Moss Landing, CA. Kate was one of the passengers...
Episode 14 - Katlyn's Baja Report and Monterey Insanity
02 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Katlyn just got back from Baja yesterday! She gave a report about all the logistics of the trip and all the whales she saw! Yes, she did get to pet a ...
Episode 13 - Killer Whale Social Relationships & Comparing Whale Sizes to Everyday Objects
25 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We started off this episode talking about lone male killer whales. That conversation led us to a broader conversation about killer whale social groups...
Episode 12 - Slater went to Baja, Man Swallowed by a whale, and depression chains
18 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Slater gave us a recap of his incredible trip to Baja. He was able to swim with whale sharks and California sea lions on the same day! He also had t...
Episode 11 - Science and Art, Recent Whale News, and Questions
11 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Eric and Katlyn gave a quick recap of a Friend's of Hopkins event last week with Ray Troll. He spoke about his new book that he illustrated about foss...
Episode 10 - Scars, Walruses, Interspecies Interactions & Migrations
04 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Eric gave us a report of the screening of the movie Scars from the ACS LA meeting this week. Slater and Katlyn gave a recap of the ACS Monterey Bay me...
Episode 9 - Photo Tips, Photo ID & Preparing for a Whale Watch
01 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We took more questions from our instagram followers! Thanks for sending those in to us. We weighed in on the Orca vs Killer Whale naming debate to get...
Episode 8 - How We Became Whale Nerds!
25 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talked about how we all got our start in the whale realm. We all currently work in the whale watch industry in Monterey, but none o...
Episode 7 - Q&A from Instagram & favorite whale movies / books
21 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We had more questions from Instagram for this episode! We started things off with your questions about whale lifespans, pilot whales in California and...
Episode 6 - Q&A from Instagram! Whales, Turtles & Sharks
18 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We decided to start things off with questions from you! Thanks for sending in questions through our Instagram story this week! Keep the topic suggesti...
Episode 5 - Weird Whale Facts!
14 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As we mentioned at the end of Episode 4 - here are the weird whale facts! We went through as many lesser known whale facts as we could think of in thi...
Episode 4 - Dinosaurs, Whale Bones & Learning about Whale Evolution
11 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We went wayyyy back for this one. Slater and Katlyn have been listening to a book about whales but written from a paleontologist's point of view. This...
Episode 3 - Types of Whales, Earwax and Underwater Sounds
09 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We made a new version of episode 3! Thanks for sticking with us through the technical difficulties - we are still learning! We changed gears for the...
Episode 2 - Marine Mammal Workshop, Rare Sightings and Manatees!
04 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week Eric and Katlyn gave a recap of the Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop to start off the episode. We also heard from Eric about his r...
Episode 1 - Whale watching in California
29 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 1 - Whale watching in California and the gray whale migration. We talked about whale watching up and down the California coast based on our e...