Octopus Ocean Book: Exploring the Genius Minds Beneath the Waves with Mark Leiren-Young
Speak Up For Blue
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'Octopus Ocean, on'}, {'start': '45.291', 'end': '46.333', 'text': "today's episode of the How"}, {'start': '46.333', 'end': '47.166', 'text': 'to Protect the Ocean podcast.'}, {'start': '47.916', 'end': '48.625', 'text': "Let's start the show."}, {'start': '52.916', 'end': '53.958', 'text': 'Hey everybody, welcome back to another'}, {'start': '53.958', 'end': '55.083', 'text': 'exciting episode of the How'}, {'start': '55.083', 'end': '55.833', 'text': 'to Protect the Ocean podcast.'}, {'start': '56.125', 'end': '57.125', 'text': "I'm your host, Andrew Lewin."}, {'start': '57.416', 'end': '58.291', 'text': 'And this is the podcast where you find'}, {'start': '58.291', 'end': '58.875', 'text': "out what's happening"}, {'start': '58.875', 'end': '59.875', 'text': 'with the ocean, how you can'}, {'start': '59.875', 'end': '61.208', 'text': 'speak up for the ocean and what you can'}, {'start': '61.208', 'end': '62.166', 'text': 'do to live for a better'}, {'start': '62.166', 'end': '64.041', 'text': 'ocean by taking action.'}, {'start': '64.416', 'end': '65.500', 'text': "On today's episode, we're going to be"}, {'start': '65.500', 'end': '66.833', 'text': 'talking about a new book'}, {'start': '66.833', 'end': '68.666', 'text': 'that Mark Lanyon has written.'}, {'start': '68.666', 'end': '69.958', 'text': "It's called Octopus Ocean."}, {'start': '70.625', 'end': '72.750', 'text': 'It is the geniuses of the deep.'}, {'start': '72.750', 'end': '73.500', 'text': 'He talks about his'}, {'start': '73.500', 'end': '75.833', 'text': 'connection to octopuses.'}, {'start': '76.250', 'end': '77.416', 'text': 'He talks about not only his connection,'}, {'start': '77.416', 'end': '78.416', 'text': 'but just to the ocean'}, {'start': '78.416', 'end': '79.583', 'text': 'environment, into the animals'}, {'start': '79.583', 'end': '80.791', 'text': 'that live in the ocean environment.'}, {'start': '80.791', 'end': '82.166', 'text': 'He lives out in BC.'}, {'start': '82.750', 'end': '85.583', 'text': "He's got a very interesting connection to"}, {'start': '85.583', 'end': '87.041', 'text': 'the orcas out in BC.'}, {'start': '87.541', 'end': '89.458', 'text': 'He talks about that connection and just'}, {'start': '89.458', 'end': '90.958', 'text': "like it's an emotional"}, {'start': '90.958', 'end': '92.458', 'text': 'connection that not only'}, {'start': '92.458', 'end': '93.708', 'text': "he's had, but he said"}, {'start': '93.708', 'end': '95.000', 'text': "many people that he's met."}, {'start': '95.000', 'end': '97.500', 'text': "And I've met too, who you see when people"}, {'start': '97.500', 'end': '99.375', 'text': 'watch these orcas and see these orcas and'}, {'start': '99.375', 'end': '101.333', 'text': 'see how phenomenal they are just by'}, {'start': '101.333', 'end': '102.541', 'text': 'spotting them, it'}, {'start': '102.541', 'end': '103.750', 'text': 'overtakes them with emotion.'}, {'start': '104.375', 'end': '106.041', 'text': 'Happiness, sadness, just this'}, {'start': '106.041', 'end': '108.458', 'text': 'bewilderment of watching'}, {'start': '108.458', 'end': '109.958', 'text': 'these orcas do their thing.'}, {'start': '110.458', 'end': '111.708', 'text': 'And the stories that he has, you are'}, {'start': '111.708', 'end': '113.291', 'text': 'going to want to watch.'}, {'start': '113.291', 'end': '114.583', 'text': 'He teaches storytelling.'}, {'start': '114.875', 'end': '116.791', 'text': 'He tells stories in such a magical way'}, {'start': '116.791', 'end': '118.125', 'text': 'that I wanted you to'}, {'start': '118.125', 'end': '119.000', 'text': 'be able to hear this.'}, {'start': '119.000', 'end': '121.750', 'text': 'So here is the interview with Mark Lanyon'}, {'start': '121.750', 'end': '124.458', 'text': 'talking about octopus ocean and orcas and'}, {'start': '124.458', 'end': '126.041', 'text': 'all these different animals and wonderful'}, {'start': '126.041', 'end': '127.125', 'text': 'connection to these animals.'}, {'start': '127.500', 'end': '128.041', 'text': "Here's the interview."}, {'start': '128.250', 'end': '129.750', 'text': "Enjoy and I'll talk to you after."}, {'start': '130.000', 'end': '131.500', 'text': 'Hey, Mark, welcome to the how'}, {'start': '131.500', 'end': '132.500', 'text': 'to protect the ocean podcast.'}, {'start': '132.708', 'end': '133.750', 'text': 'Are you ready to talk'}, {'start': '133.750', 'end': '135.375', 'text': 'about octopus ocean?'}, {'start': '136.125', 'end': '136.833', 'text': 'Absolutely.'}, {'start': '137.666', 'end': '138.041', 'text': 'All right.'}, {'start': '138.250', 'end': '138.666', 'text': 'On.'}, {'start': '138.666', 'end': '139.958', 'text': 'I am looking forward to this.'}, {'start': '139.958', 'end': '141.291', 'text': 'This has been a long time coming.'}, {'start': '141.291', 'end': '141.708', 'text': 'You and I have been'}, {'start': '141.708', 'end': '143.375', 'text': 'planning this for a while.'}, {'start': '143.750', 'end': '145.583', 'text': 'I, you are a fellow podcaster.'}, {'start': '145.583', 'end': '148.250', 'text': 'Skana is the podcast that I was actually'}, {'start': '148.250', 'end': '150.708', 'text': 'a guest on, which was a lot of fun back.'}, {'start': '150.916', 'end': '151.791', 'text': 'I think it was in the summer.'}, {'start': '151.791', 'end': '152.625', 'text': 'Was it released?'}, {'start': '152.625', 'end': '154.375', 'text': 'Is that yeah, it was in the summer.'}, {'start': '154.625', 'end': '155.708', 'text': 'So that was a lot of fun.'}, {'start': '156.291', 'end': '158.625', 'text': "And so it's always nice to, to be able to"}, {'start': '158.625', 'end': '160.500', 'text': 'interview another podcaster.'}, {'start': '160.500', 'end': '161.750', 'text': 'So that was one of the reasons we had you'}, {'start': '161.750', 'end': '165.000', 'text': 'on, but also you are a, an author and you'}, {'start': '165.000', 'end': '166.166', 'text': "have a new book out that we're going to"}, 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are and what you do?'}, {'start': '185.041', 'end': '185.250', 'text': 'Wow.'}, {'start': '186.041', 'end': '188.916', 'text': 'I am a writer.'}, {'start': '189.291', 'end': '191.000', 'text': 'I read all sorts of different things.'}, {'start': '191.458', 'end': '193.375', 'text': "I've never sure that it's so funny"}, {'start': '193.375', 'end': '195.041', 'text': 'because for the how to'}, {'start': '195.041', 'end': '196.000', 'text': 'protect the ocean podcast,'}, {'start': '196.041', 'end': '197.375', 'text': "I feel like it's just like, yeah, I read"}, {'start': '197.375', 'end': '198.250', 'text': 'lots of stuff about'}, {'start': '198.250', 'end': '200.708', 'text': 'oceans because I really'}, {'start': '200.750', 'end': '203.625', 'text': 'do. I, my life was, my life was taken'}, {'start': '203.625', 'end': '205.541', 'text': "over by orca's back in"}, {'start': '205.541', 'end': '207.375', 'text': '2015 and they have not'}, {'start': '207.375', 'end': '211.333', 'text': "let up. And like basically it's like,"}, {'start': '211.583', 'end': '214.666', 'text': 'yeah, I, I belong to J-pod at this point.'}, {'start': '215.458', 'end': '221.166', 'text': 'And, uh, but that turned into books about'}, {'start': '221.166', 'end': '223.000', 'text': 'sharks that turned into this new book,'}, {'start': '223.083', 'end': '225.333', 'text': "but octopuses, I've got another book"}, {'start': '225.333', 'end': '228.416', 'text': 'coming out next year that was the main'}, {'start': '228.416', 'end': '230.250', 'text': 'reason I wanted to interview you because'}, {'start': '230.250', 'end': '232.291', 'text': "it's all about how to protect the oceans."}, {'start': '232.666', 'end': '233.791', 'text': "But for kids, I'm like,"}, {'start': '234.291', 'end': '235.458', 'text': 'I have to talk to you.'}, {'start': '235.666', 'end': '237.166', 'text': 'You are the how to protect the ocean guy.'}, {'start': '237.625', 'end': '239.625', 'text': "And you are the only person who's not a,"}, {'start': '239.625', 'end': '241.958', 'text': "who's not like a youth activist who I've"}, {'start': '241.958', 'end': '242.708', 'text': 'currently quoted in the'}, {'start': '242.708', 'end': '244.041', 'text': 'book, assuming you make it.'}, {'start': '244.041', 'end': '244.250', 'text': 'Wow.'}, {'start': '244.458', 'end': '244.958', 'text': 'Thank you.'}, {'start': '245.250', 'end': '246.250', 'text': 'Thank you very much.'}, {'start': '246.916', 'end': '248.500', 'text': 'I was like, I have to quote the guy who'}, {'start': '248.500', 'end': '249.125', 'text': 'runs the how to'}, {'start': '249.125', 'end': '250.000', 'text': 'protect the ocean podcast.'}, {'start': '250.416', 'end': '251.083', 'text': 'He had the how to protect'}, {'start': '251.083', 'end': '252.083', 'text': 'the oceans for kids book.'}, {'start': '252.500', 'end': '253.750', 'text': "It's in the name. It's in"}, {'start': '253.750', 'end': '254.750', 'text': 'the name. It kind of goes.'}, {'start': '255.041', 'end': '255.250', 'text': 'Yeah.'}, {'start': '255.333', 'end': '259.250', 'text': "Right. I love that. Um, you know, it's a"}, {'start': '259.250', 'end': '262.208', 'text': 'lot of fun when we, we, uh, we talk to'}, {'start': '262.208', 'end': '263.916', 'text': 'authors because a lot of the authors that'}, {'start': '263.916', 'end': '265.000', 'text': "we've actually talked to"}, {'start': '265.000', 'end': '266.041', 'text': 'come up with like textbooks.'}, {'start': '266.041', 'end': '268.833', 'text': 'You know, I had a Dr. David Ebert on here'}, {'start': '268.833', 'end': '270.000', 'text': "a number of times. He's written, I think"}, {'start': '270.000', 'end': '273.000', 'text': "it was over 35 tech textbooks. Uh, we've"}, {'start': '273.000', 'end': '275.291', 'text': 'had David Schiffman, which is a bit of a'}, {'start': '275.291', 'end': '278.250', 'text': 'textbook and kind of every day.'}, {'start': '278.250', 'end': '279.833', 'text': 'Also wonderful intro to sharks.'}, {'start': '280.375', 'end': '282.833', 'text': 'Yeah, yeah, exactly. A perfect one to'}, {'start': '282.833', 'end': '284.750', 'text': 'sharks. Um, so we had a lot of people on'}, {'start': '284.750', 'end': '286.750', 'text': 'that, that have different books on being'}, {'start': '286.750', 'end': '288.750', 'text': 'activists and, and, uh, you know, about'}, {'start': '288.750', 'end': '290.041', 'text': 'climate change and growing up with'}, {'start': '290.041', 'end': '290.708', 'text': 'climate change and'}, {'start': '290.708', 'end': '291.375', 'text': 'all that kind of stuff.'}, {'start': '291.666', 'end': '293.166', 'text': "And it's a lot of fun, but it's a lot of"}, {'start': '293.166', 'end': '294.333', 'text': "fun when you have someone who's just"}, {'start': '294.333', 'end': '295.666', 'text': "dedicated and you've written multiple"}, {'start': '295.666', 'end': '297.958', 'text': "books on the ocean. So let's just start"}, {'start': '297.958', 'end': '299.625', 'text': 'off right from the beginning. I want to'}, {'start': '299.625', 'end': '300.541', 'text': 'get to know you a little bit.'}, {'start': '300.541', 'end': '301.833', 'text': 'I want the audience to get to know you a'}, {'start': '301.833', 'end': '304.083', 'text': 'little bit. Where did this passion for'}, {'start': '304.083', 'end': '305.000', 'text': 'the ocean come from?'}, {'start': '306.083', 'end': '309.625', 'text': 'Wow. This is where my life gets totally'}, {'start': '309.625', 'end': '312.166', 'text': 'confusing for most people. And because'}, {'start': '312.166', 'end': '313.916', 'text': "you're you, I'll give you more context"}, {'start': '313.916', 'end': '315.125', 'text': "that I don't like it."}, {'start': '315.416', 'end': '315.625', 'text': 'Please.'}, {'start': '315.916', 'end': '320.083', 'text': "Yes. Well, I've always people now assume"}, {'start': '320.083', 'end': '323.458', 'text': "that I've got a background like you or"}, {'start': '323.458', 'end': '324.500', 'text': "David Schiffman or something that I've"}, {'start': '324.500', 'end': '326.375', 'text': 'got a background in at the very least a'}, {'start': '326.375', 'end': '327.291', 'text': 'background in science.'}, {'start': '327.833', 'end': '327.958', 'text': 'Yes.'}, {'start': '328.208', 'end': '329.833', 'text': "You know, I've got much more of a"}, {'start': '329.833', 'end': '331.875', 'text': "background in comedy. I've got much more"}, {'start': '331.875', 'end': '333.375', 'text': "of a background in theater. I've got a"}, {'start': '333.375', 'end': '335.500', 'text': 'degree in theater and creative writing. I'}, {'start': '335.500', 'end': '338.750', 'text': 'went to an event where I was speaking to'}, {'start': '338.750', 'end': '341.000', 'text': 'the Marine Mammal Symposium at the'}, {'start': '341.000', 'end': '341.916', 'text': 'University of British Columbia.'}, {'start': '342.500', 'end': '345.458', 'text': "And I went, I think I'm the old, not only"}, {'start': '345.458', 'end': '347.000', 'text': 'do I think I was the only speaker who'}, {'start': '347.000', 'end': '349.083', 'text': "wasn't an ologist in a Marine related"}, {'start': '349.083', 'end': '351.500', 'text': 'profession. I was definitely the only'}, {'start': '351.500', 'end': '353.416', 'text': 'person there with a master of fine arts.'}, {'start': '353.875', 'end': '354.208', 'text': 'Yeah.'}, {'start': '354.208', 'end': '354.416', 'text': 'Right.'}, {'start': '354.916', 'end': '357.250', 'text': 'Like, you know, yeah, like one.'}, {'start': '357.500', 'end': '359.083', 'text': "Three hundred people there. I'm pretty"}, {'start': '359.083', 'end': '361.000', 'text': "sure I'm the only one who's positive."}, {'start': '361.000', 'end': '367.125', 'text': 'Yeah. I guess a safe bet. So weirdly,'}, {'start': '367.375', 'end': '370.375', 'text': 'where my life took a very interesting'}, {'start': '370.375', 'end': '374.166', 'text': "left turn was I was writing for Maclean's"}, {'start': '374.166', 'end': '376.083', 'text': 'magazine a jillion years ago.'}, {'start': '376.416', 'end': '376.625', 'text': 'Wow.'}, {'start': '377.125', 'end': '379.541', 'text': "And I was writing a story from Maclean's"}, {'start': '379.541', 'end': '383.333', 'text': 'on the never ending battle at the time'}, {'start': '383.333', 'end': '385.583', 'text': 'over cetaceans in captivity, vinca record'}, {'start': '385.583', 'end': '391.750', 'text': 'and for any of the listeners who do not'}, {'start': '391.750', 'end': '396.041', 'text': "know this Maclean's used to be a very,"}, {'start': '396.041', 'end': '397.958', 'text': 'very, very big deal.'}, {'start': '398.041', 'end': '398.875', 'text': 'Oh, this is huge.'}, {'start': '398.875', 'end': '399.375', 'text': 'It was like Time'}, {'start': '399.375', 'end': '401.000', 'text': 'magazine for Canada, really.'}, {'start': '401.333', 'end': '401.541', 'text': 'Absolutely.'}, {'start': '402.041', 'end': '402.250', 'text': 'Yeah.'}, {'start': '402.875', 'end': '406.708', 'text': 'And I was used to writing for regional'}, {'start': '406.708', 'end': '408.416', 'text': "publications. I'd written for a lot of"}, {'start': '408.416', 'end': '410.708', 'text': "stuff in B.C. I've written for like most"}, {'start': '410.708', 'end': '412.500', 'text': 'the alternate weeklies, but writing for'}, {'start': '412.500', 'end': '413.791', 'text': "Maclean's was pretty posh."}, {'start': '414.083', 'end': '416.916', 'text': 'And I realized very quickly that I could'}, {'start': '416.916', 'end': '418.875', 'text': 'talk to anybody I wanted to because I'}, {'start': '418.875', 'end': '420.916', 'text': "could just say, hi, I'm Mark. I'm voting"}, {'start': '420.916', 'end': '423.666', 'text': "for Maclean's and suddenly I took"}, {'start': '423.666', 'end': '425.375', 'text': 'politicians. I could talk to celebrities'}, {'start': '425.375', 'end': '426.708', 'text': 'like when I was doing the clean story.'}, {'start': '427.000', 'end': '428.333', 'text': "So that who's the guy"}, {'start': '428.333', 'end': '430.666', 'text': 'to talk to about orcas?'}, {'start': '430.833', 'end': '431.750', 'text': 'Yeah, Paul Watson.'}, {'start': '432.250', 'end': '435.833', 'text': 'Yes, I. So I called Paul Watson, you'}, {'start': '435.833', 'end': '439.250', 'text': 'know, who at that time, man, thinking he'}, {'start': '439.250', 'end': '440.708', 'text': 'see shepherd at the time.'}, {'start': '441.041', 'end': '442.375', 'text': 'So it was just left green.'}, {'start': '442.375', 'end': '443.500', 'text': 'Was he did he leave'}, {'start': '443.500', 'end': '444.416', 'text': 'green piece at that point?'}, {'start': '444.875', 'end': '446.583', 'text': "I'm not sure what the math was, but I'm"}, {'start': '446.583', 'end': '447.916', 'text': 'pretty sure he was running the sea'}, {'start': '447.916', 'end': '449.458', 'text': 'shepherd at that time because he left'}, {'start': '449.458', 'end': '451.333', 'text': 'green piece when I was pretty young.'}, {'start': '451.833', 'end': '458.041', 'text': 'But I asked him about orcas, captivity,'}, {'start': '458.041', 'end': '461.458', 'text': 'then cream and the time captivity was so'}, {'start': '461.458', 'end': '464.083', 'text': "not his issue, right? Like he's he's"}, {'start': '464.083', 'end': '465.458', 'text': 'become more passionate about it now.'}, {'start': '465.833', 'end': '468.041', 'text': "But at the time, he's like really wild"}, {'start': '468.041', 'end': '469.333', 'text': "whales from a thing. I'm really not your"}, {'start': '469.333', 'end': '471.541', 'text': 'guy. But did you know the bank for query'}, {'start': '471.541', 'end': '473.916', 'text': 'was the first place ever to'}, {'start': '473.916', 'end': '476.541', 'text': 'capture and display an orca?'}, {'start': '477.416', 'end': '480.625', 'text': 'And no, how do I not know that? And they'}, {'start': '480.625', 'end': '481.333', 'text': 'said, did you know'}, {'start': '481.333', 'end': '482.750', 'text': 'that harpoon that orca?'}, {'start': '484.000', 'end': '487.708', 'text': 'I was like, God is amazing. How do I not'}, {'start': '487.708', 'end': '491.000', 'text': 'know that? And I did two things that'}, {'start': '491.000', 'end': '492.875', 'text': 'broke. I mean, I was a professional'}, {'start': '492.875', 'end': '494.750', 'text': 'freelancer. I made my living writing for'}, {'start': '494.750', 'end': '495.750', 'text': 'newspapers and magazines'}, {'start': '495.750', 'end': '497.625', 'text': 'doing freelance stories.'}, {'start': '497.625', 'end': '499.333', 'text': 'And I did two things freelancers do not'}, {'start': '499.333', 'end': '503.833', 'text': 'do one. I have no idea why for the life'}, {'start': '503.833', 'end': '506.041', 'text': "of me. I still don't know why decades"}, {'start': '506.041', 'end': '509.625', 'text': 'later. But I decided that the story of'}, {'start': '509.625', 'end': '513.041', 'text': 'this or can captivity was for me. It'}, {'start': '513.041', 'end': '514.208', 'text': "wasn't for my clients."}, {'start': '514.750', 'end': '515.250', 'text': 'Okay.'}, {'start': '515.291', 'end': '518.083', 'text': "For I don't know why I did that. I was"}, {'start': '518.083', 'end': '521.500', 'text': "just like, No, I'm not wasting this in"}, {'start': '521.500', 'end': '523.500', 'text': 'this right up on cetaceans and captivity.'}, {'start': '523.500', 'end': '526.625', 'text': 'I went, I need to know more about this.'}, {'start': '526.625', 'end': '528.416', 'text': 'And that was the other thing they did'}, {'start': '528.416', 'end': '532.000', 'text': 'that freelancers do not do. 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Oh, thousands.'}, {'start': '1637.000', 'end': '1637.208', 'text': 'Right.'}, {'start': '1638.000', 'end': '1638.166', 'text': 'Right.'}, {'start': '1638.250', 'end': '1638.708', 'text': 'Thousands of articles.'}, {'start': '1638.708', 'end': '1640.333', 'text': "So when you write a piece, whether it's"}, {'start': '1640.333', 'end': '1642.500', 'text': 'an article or a book or whatever, like'}, {'start': '1642.500', 'end': '1645.458', 'text': 'overall, like what are you trying to'}, {'start': '1645.458', 'end': '1646.708', 'text': 'accomplish at that point?'}, {'start': '1647.375', 'end': '1648.791', 'text': "I'm trying to share whatever I"}, {'start': '1648.791', 'end': '1649.958', 'text': 'found that I think is amazing.'}, {'start': '1650.666', 'end': '1650.875', 'text': 'Right.'}, {'start': '1651.083', 'end': '1652.916', 'text': "Whatever I'm like that, whatever I think"}, {'start': '1652.916', 'end': '1656.291', 'text': 'people should know this like the shark'}, {'start': 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If it happens, we'll"}, {'start': '2191.708', 'end': '2194.250', 'text': 'call an hour later, he calls and says,'}, {'start': '2194.250', 'end': '2196.375', 'text': 'um, hi, you know, I'}, {'start': '2196.375', 'end': '2196.916', 'text': "said, we haven't seen granny."}, {'start': '2196.958', 'end': '2200.000', 'text': "Granny just showed up and she's hanging"}, {'start': '2200.000', 'end': '2201.750', 'text': 'out by one of our whale watching boats.'}, {'start': '2202.333', 'end': '2204.000', 'text': "How fast can you get down to fishermen's"}, {'start': '2204.000', 'end': '2208.750', 'text': 'work? And next thing I know, rain and I'}, {'start': '2208.750', 'end': '2211.333', 'text': "rain has a new camera. She's never used."}, {'start': '2212.291', 'end': '2215.250', 'text': 'Because this is not supposed to be for'}, {'start': '2215.250', 'end': '2217.250', 'text': 'the film. This is just a camera. 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So.'}, {'start': '2463.333', 'end': '2465.291', 'text': 'Rain was supposed to give a bit of extra'}, {'start': '2465.291', 'end': '2466.375', 'text': 'footage for a movie and'}, {'start': '2466.375', 'end': '2468.500', 'text': 'instead she shot half the film.'}, {'start': '2469.375', 'end': '2471.250', 'text': 'In these right now, one in these two days'}, {'start': '2471.250', 'end': '2473.791', 'text': "because she's got the super"}, {'start': '2473.791', 'end': '2476.166', 'text': 'pod and she came back just.'}, {'start': '2477.416', 'end': '2478.916', 'text': 'In tears. And this is the most amazing'}, {'start': '2478.916', 'end': '2481.125', 'text': "thing I've ever seen in my life. 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Can you tell me about the first'}, {'start': '2620.541', 'end': '2623.416', 'text': 'time you saw well and the number of times'}, {'start': '2623.416', 'end': '2624.500', 'text': 'I heard the word magic.'}, {'start': '2625.333', 'end': '2629.125', 'text': 'Like if you know if I was just'}, {'start': '2629.125', 'end': '2631.166', 'text': 'categorized in the words that came up'}, {'start': '2631.166', 'end': '2636.625', 'text': 'magic and magical just were the go tos.'}, {'start': '2636.625', 'end': '2639.625', 'text': "Yeah, right. Just there's something just"}, {'start': '2639.625', 'end': '2641.625', 'text': 'overwhelming about being out there with I'}, {'start': '2641.625', 'end': '2642.458', 'text': "just realized that we're"}, {'start': '2642.458', 'end': '2642.916', 'text': 'talking entirely about the wrong.'}, {'start': '2642.958', 'end': '2645.458', 'text': "Yeah, but doesn't matter. 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I love it.'}, {'start': '3340.041', 'end': '3342.125', 'text': 'So like so like for what do you what do'}, {'start': '3342.125', 'end': '3345.625', 'text': 'you want people to get out of octopus'}, {'start': '3345.625', 'end': '3350.000', 'text': 'ocean with octopus ocean. I want to get'}, {'start': '3350.000', 'end': '3352.625', 'text': 'across the word not the only with so many'}, {'start': '3352.625', 'end': '3354.458', 'text': 'of these now that were not the only'}, {'start': '3354.458', 'end': '3357.625', 'text': 'intelligent animals on this planet. Yeah'}, {'start': '3357.625', 'end': '3359.541', 'text': 'right. Just the more I'}, {'start': '3359.541', 'end': '3359.916', 'text': "learned the more it's like."}, {'start': '3359.958', 'end': '3363.541', 'text': 'Oh wow the whole human exceptionalism'}, {'start': '3363.541', 'end': '3366.625', 'text': 'thing makes no sense at all because again'}, {'start': '3366.625', 'end': '3368.916', 'text': 'coming at this without a science'}, {'start': '3368.916', 'end': '3372.500', 'text': 'background. 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Yeah crows do that you'}, {'start': '3394.541', 'end': '3397.041', 'text': 'know like you could just break down like'}, {'start': '3397.041', 'end': '3399.625', 'text': 'or no how to make nets with bubbles.'}, {'start': '3400.375', 'end': '3404.833', 'text': "Yeah, like that's cool right and crows"}, {'start': '3404.833', 'end': '3407.166', 'text': 'know how to make keys and you just start'}, {'start': '3407.166', 'end': '3409.291', 'text': 'to go through the animals like okay that'}, {'start': '3409.291', 'end': '3412.125', 'text': "doesn't hold up and I mean one of the"}, {'start': '3412.125', 'end': '3415.916', 'text': 'gifts of of of being a social instructor'}, {'start': '3415.916', 'end': '3418.333', 'text': "at the University of Victoria was I've"}, {'start': '3418.333', 'end': '3420.791', 'text': 'had access to like amazing students who'}, {'start': '3420.791', 'end': '3422.916', 'text': 'have studied science and for orcas'}, {'start': '3422.916', 'end': '3424.500', 'text': 'everywhere I got I was basically'}, {'start': '3426.416', 'end': '3428.041', 'text': 'a history prof is a friend of mine who'}, {'start': '3428.041', 'end': '3429.916', 'text': 'was also doing a book on orcas basement.'}, {'start': '3430.416', 'end': '3432.375', 'text': 'I have like a bunch extra hours with my'}, {'start': '3432.375', 'end': '3434.291', 'text': 'master student. Do you want her to help'}, {'start': '3434.291', 'end': '3436.833', 'text': 'you do research and she does she knows'}, {'start': '3436.833', 'end': '3439.291', 'text': 'marine biology and I would just go okay'}, {'start': '3439.291', 'end': '3441.041', 'text': "Lily walk me through this I said so I'm"}, {'start': '3441.041', 'end': '3442.708', 'text': 'not asking a really dumb question to a'}, {'start': '3442.708', 'end': '3443.625', 'text': "scientist I'm going to ask"}, {'start': '3443.625', 'end': '3444.916', 'text': 'the dumb questions to you.'}, {'start': '3445.166', 'end': '3447.666', 'text': "Yeah, I haven't because I have not taken"}, {'start': '3447.666', 'end': '3450.916', 'text': 'first year marine biology right so I'}, {'start': '3450.916', 'end': '3453.000', 'text': 'would ask questions especially around'}, {'start': '3453.000', 'end': '3456.916', 'text': 'human exceptionalism basically which I'}, {'start': '3456.916', 'end': '3459.541', 'text': 'not a term that I knew 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scientific basis for this at"}, {'start': '3517.208', 'end': '3520.166', 'text': "all right there's no like walk me through"}, {'start': '3520.166', 'end': '3521.916', 'text': 'the science of why this is a bad thing.'}, {'start': '3522.458', 'end': '3525.500', 'text': 'You know like my favorite was friends to'}, {'start': '3525.500', 'end': '3526.500', 'text': 'all talk me through.'}, {'start': '3528.083', 'end': '3532.916', 'text': "I'm sorry if a three year old sees a"}, {'start': '3532.916', 'end': '3534.875', 'text': 'tickle induced vocalizations there oh the'}, {'start': '3534.875', 'end': '3536.375', 'text': "monkey's laughing yes the monkey's"}, {'start': '3536.375', 'end': '3538.583', 'text': 'laughing yeah yeah yeah yeah different'}, {'start': '3538.583', 'end': '3541.958', 'text': 'term different yeah and with the orca'}, {'start': '3541.958', 'end': '3545.250', 'text': 'book I saw oh man I saw one scientist'}, {'start': '3545.250', 'end': '3548.416', 'text': 'like wrap themselves in knots to come up'}, {'start': '3548.416', 'end': '3552.166', 'text': 'with a term that basically made sure you'}, {'start': '3552.166', 'end': '3554.500', 'text': 'did not it may have been the sharks in'}, {'start': '3554.500', 'end': '3555.916', 'text': 'France and just made sure they they made sure that they were not.'}, {'start': '3555.958', 'end': '3559.041', 'text': 'made sure they they have affiliates like'}, {'start': '3559.041', 'end': '3563.000', 'text': 'really yeah the the big one for me was'}, {'start': '3563.000', 'end': '3566.500', 'text': 'taliqua because taliqua just rocked my'}, {'start': '3566.500', 'end': '3568.833', 'text': 'world and I so wanted to do another'}, {'start': '3568.833', 'end': '3570.166', 'text': 'killer whale who changed the world'}, {'start': '3570.166', 'end': '3572.583', 'text': "because she's the other one who did and"}, {'start': '3572.583', 'end': '3576.291', 'text': 'when I saw I think it was the New York'}, {'start': '3576.291', 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legit.'}, {'start': '3602.958', 'end': '3606.083', 'text': 'I cannot know what is going on. Yeah, no,'}, {'start': '3606.083', 'end': '3609.750', 'text': "no, you're trying way too hard to sound"}, {'start': '3609.750', 'end': '3611.500', 'text': "like we have signs and you're just like"}, {'start': '3611.500', 'end': '3613.500', 'text': 'hold on a second here like well and then'}, {'start': '3613.500', 'end': '3615.375', 'text': "you can just like it's sentimental"}, {'start': '3615.375', 'end': '3618.708', 'text': 'version of this, you know and oh and you'}, {'start': '3618.708', 'end': '3620.458', 'text': "can call it whatever you want but it's"}, {'start': '3620.458', 'end': '3623.041', 'text': "it's very similar to what we do right and"}, {'start': '3623.041', 'end': '3624.833', 'text': 'then you get into science which again was'}, {'start': '3624.833', 'end': '3627.250', 'text': 'all new to me right and you get into'}, {'start': '3627.250', 'end': '3629.750', 'text': 'science of mirror neurons and going okay'}, {'start': '3629.750', 'end': '3631.666', 'text': 'so these orcas have the'}, {'start': '3631.958', 'end': '3634.291', 'text': 'and the apes have the exact same neurons'}, {'start': '3634.291', 'end': '3637.000', 'text': 'that are referred to as the neurons that'}, {'start': '3637.000', 'end': '3640.125', 'text': 'make us human. So the neurons that deal'}, {'start': '3640.125', 'end': '3642.458', 'text': "with complex emotions like grief, they've"}, {'start': '3642.458', 'end': '3644.958', 'text': "got them. So they've got the exact same"}, {'start': '3644.958', 'end': '3646.666', 'text': 'neurons we do, but they'}, {'start': '3646.666', 'end': '3647.583', 'text': "don't have the same emotions."}, {'start': '3650.166', 'end': '3653.500', 'text': 'So yeah, crazy. Yeah, crazy. I love it. I'}, {'start': '3653.500', 'end': '3655.500', 'text': 'love this conversation. You and I could'}, {'start': '3655.500', 'end': '3658.583', 'text': "probably talk for hours on this and I'm"}, {'start': '3658.583', 'end': '3660.458', 'text': 'sure we will have you back on to be able'}, {'start': '3660.458', 'end': '3662.083', 'text': 'to talk more about your next'}, {'start': '3662.083', 'end': '3663.375', 'text': "book that you'll be writing."}, {'start': '3664.500', 'end': '3666.041', 'text': 'And then and but this is awesome if'}, {'start': '3666.041', 'end': '3668.375', 'text': 'people want to get a hold of this and'}, {'start': '3668.375', 'end': '3669.833', 'text': 'this copy, how would they do so?'}, {'start': '3670.958', 'end': '3673.833', 'text': 'Oh, learn young calm the books available'}, {'start': '3673.833', 'end': '3676.083', 'text': 'everywhere you buy books. So all the'}, {'start': '3676.083', 'end': '3679.875', 'text': 'books are and learn young calm or scan or'}, {'start': '3679.875', 'end': '3682.708', 'text': 'for the podcast look up scan and ask a'}, {'start': '3682.708', 'end': '3684.958', 'text': 'and a and you get my podcast and you get'}, {'start': '3684.958', 'end': '3688.291', 'text': 'my interview with Andrew and learn young'}, {'start': '3688.291', 'end': '3689.541', 'text': 'calm and you can check the'}, {'start': '3689.541', 'end': '3691.666', 'text': 'spelling out but spell it out.'}, {'start': '3691.958', 'end': '3693.666', 'text': "I'll post it in the show notes so they so"}, {'start': '3693.666', 'end': '3695.583', 'text': 'they get access to it. Mark, this has'}, {'start': '3695.583', 'end': '3698.375', 'text': 'been such a treat to have you on really'}, {'start': '3698.375', 'end': '3700.333', 'text': "appreciate it's always great to to"}, {'start': '3700.333', 'end': '3702.291', 'text': 'interview, not only a fellow podcaster'}, {'start': '3702.291', 'end': '3704.791', 'text': 'but someone who writes, you know, from a'}, {'start': '3704.791', 'end': '3705.916', 'text': 'non scientist point of view,'}, {'start': '3705.958', 'end': '3708.041', 'text': "where it's science books and just gets it"}, {'start': '3708.041', 'end': '3710.541', 'text': "gets it like we we get it and it's it's"}, {'start': '3710.541', 'end': '3712.458', 'text': 'so great. And I love the connection you'}, {'start': '3712.458', 'end': '3714.083', 'text': 'have with the ocean and with the orcas'}, {'start': '3714.083', 'end': '3716.041', 'text': "and I can't wait to go or go watching"}, {'start': '3716.041', 'end': '3717.791', 'text': "with you someday. It'd be a lot. Yes, we"}, {'start': '3717.791', 'end': '3719.375', 'text': 'said thank you so much for all of you do.'}, {'start': '3719.375', 'end': '3720.083', 'text': 'I love your podcast.'}, {'start': '3720.833', 'end': '3722.375', 'text': 'Thank you. I appreciate it. Talk to you'}, {'start': '3722.375', 'end': '3724.000', 'text': 'soon. Thank you, Mark, for joining us on'}, {'start': '3724.000', 'end': '3725.875', 'text': "today's episode of the How to Protect the"}, {'start': '3725.875', 'end': '3728.750', 'text': 'Ocean podcast and bringing the magic of'}, {'start': '3728.750', 'end': '3731.625', 'text': 'storytelling, bringing the importance of'}, {'start': '3731.625', 'end': '3733.875', 'text': 'connection to these animals to orcas to'}, {'start': '3733.875', 'end': '3734.916', 'text': 'octopuses to sharks and to the people that are in the ocean.'}, {'start': '3734.958', 'end': '3741.000', 'text': 'I just, you know, scientists have this'}, {'start': '3741.000', 'end': '3743.125', 'text': 'bond. We we we have colleagues. We have'}, {'start': '3743.125', 'end': '3745.000', 'text': 'they turn into friends. Some of them are'}, {'start': '3745.000', 'end': '3746.500', 'text': 'colleagues. Some of them, you know, you'}, {'start': '3746.500', 'end': '3748.208', 'text': 'get a criticism from them. 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It's the"}, {'start': '3768.875', 'end': '3770.541', 'text': 'connection that I have with a lot of the'}, {'start': '3770.541', 'end': '3772.083', 'text': "guests that I've had on, you know, it's"}, {'start': '3772.083', 'end': '3773.750', 'text': 'meeting them at conferences, meeting them'}, {'start': '3773.750', 'end': '3775.958', 'text': 'online and having them on the podcast and'}, {'start': '3775.958', 'end': '3776.916', 'text': "hearing them tell their stories gives me that connection gives me that inspiration where after I leave this after I've done this intro, I'm doing this right after the interview. I leave this my office and I'm just like, that's the way I'm going to do it."}, {'start': '3788.250', 'end': '3790.416', 'text': "And I think it's, you know, you want to"}, {'start': '3790.416', 'end': '3792.000', 'text': 'do that. You want to pay tribute to the'}, {'start': '3792.000', 'end': '3793.750', 'text': 'people that you interviewed to the people'}, {'start': '3793.750', 'end': '3794.958', 'text': 'that your colleagues with the people'}, {'start': '3794.958', 'end': '3796.333', 'text': "who've had these extraordinary"}, {'start': '3796.333', 'end': '3797.916', 'text': "experiences, whether it be science, whether it be conservation, whether it be writing about them or creating a film about them. There is this incessant like connection that we all share and we all want to pay tribute to that. And to watch more of that, I think it's really important to us to be able to do that."}, {'start': '3804.750', 'end': '3808.500', 'text': 'And to watch Mark pay tribute to his'}, {'start': '3808.500', 'end': '3811.666', 'text': 'heroes, you know, to Paul Watson, to Rob'}, {'start': '3811.666', 'end': '3814.333', 'text': 'Stewart, you know, to other podcasters'}, {'start': '3814.333', 'end': '3816.791', 'text': "and so forth. It's amazing to see that"}, {'start': '3816.791', 'end': '3817.833', 'text': "it's just amazing to see that"}, {'start': '3817.833', 'end': '3819.666', 'text': 'collaboration that ability to tell those'}, {'start': '3819.666', 'end': '3819.916', 'text': 'stories and feel that connection and then pay tribute to the people by telling\nother stories, their stories through books, through the eyes and vision.'}, {'start': '3825.583', 'end': '3830.958', 'text': 'Of orcas through other whales through'}, {'start': '3830.958', 'end': '3833.291', 'text': 'octopuses is just phenomenal. And I'}, {'start': '3833.291', 'end': '3834.916', 'text': "absolutely love it. There's a point"}, {'start': '3834.916', 'end': '3836.333', 'text': 'where, you know, markets a little'}, {'start': '3836.333', 'end': '3838.125', 'text': 'emotional telling with the story. And you'}, {'start': '3838.125', 'end': '3839.666', 'text': "can just see that he's so into it that"}, {'start': '3839.666', 'end': '3840.916', 'text': "the connections that he's had with these orcas, the octopuses, you know, the whales, the sharks and the people who have helped them understand the material and tell those stories."}, {'start': '3840.958', 'end': '3852.625', 'text': "It's just phenomenal. It's absolutely"}, {'start': '3852.625', 'end': '3854.375', 'text': 'phenomenal. It makes a great interview.'}, {'start': '3854.375', 'end': '3856.250', 'text': 'It makes a great episode. Love to hear'}, {'start': '3856.250', 'end': '3859.583', 'text': 'what you think of this episode. Go and go'}, {'start': '3859.583', 'end': '3862.833', 'text': 'to my DMS on Instagram. DM me at how to'}, {'start': '3862.833', 'end': '3864.083', 'text': 'protect the ocean. Let me know how you'}, {'start': '3864.083', 'end': '3865.541', 'text': "feel. If you're watching this on YouTube,"}, {'start': '3865.541', 'end': '3865.916', 'text': "just let me know how you feel about this episode and that connection and share a connection that you might\nhave with the specific animals, specific animals, specific animals, and that's what I'm going to do."}, {'start': '3871.583', 'end': '3875.666', 'text': "I'm going to put the links in to Mark"}, {'start': '3875.666', 'end': '3878.291', 'text': "Lane Young's website. I'm going to put it"}, {'start': '3878.291', 'end': '3881.000', 'text': 'into how you can buy his book in the show'}, {'start': '3881.000', 'end': '3882.750', 'text': 'notes. So check that out and check in the'}, {'start': '3882.750', 'end': '3883.875', 'text': "description if you're watching this on"}, {'start': '3883.875', 'end': '3885.666', 'text': 'YouTube. But I want to thank you. I want'}, {'start': '3885.666', 'end': '3887.166', 'text': 'to thank Mark. I want to thank you for'}, {'start': '3887.166', 'end': '3889.000', 'text': "joining us on today's episode of the how"}, {'start': '3889.000', 'end': '3890.291', 'text': "to protect the ocean podcast. I'm your"}, {'start': '3890.291', 'end': '3892.291', 'text': 'host, Andrew from the true North strong'}, {'start': '3892.291', 'end': '3893.416', 'text': 'and free. Have a great day.'}, {'start': '3893.416', 'end': '3893.958', 'text': "We'll talk to you next time."}]