Hakai Magazine Audio Edition
376 episodes - English - Latest episode: 21 days ago - ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsEvery Tuesday, Hakai Magazine brings you the best stories from the world’s coastlines. Each episode is a recording of our weekly feature story. Find all of our stories at hakaimagazine.com.
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Sharing Food, Building Resilience
August 04, 2020 07:05 - 20 minutes - 23.1 MBby Lauren Kaljur • In some small coastal communities of Alaska and British Columbia, wealth is also measured by how much food you can give. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
The Old Man and the New Sea
July 28, 2020 07:05 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBby Braela Kwan • Three generations of the Hamada family have fished British Columbia’s coast. Will the latest generation outlive the salmon they seek? The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
Avoiding Extinction (Rebroadcast)
July 21, 2020 07:05 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBby Sarah Gilman • Giving Mexico’s rarest porpoise, the vaquita, a fighting chance in the face of poverty, corruption, and greed. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
The Oddball Dolphin of Dingle
July 14, 2020 07:05 - 27 minutes - 31.2 MBby Cathleen O’Grady • Living solo for decades in an Irish harbor, a dolphin named Fungie has taught us something about solitary cetaceans—maybe they prefer to be alone. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
On Knowing the Winged Whale
July 07, 2020 07:05 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBby Bruce Grierson • Humpbacks are some of the most watched whales in the world, and yet so much of their lives remain a mystery. The original story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
Sand? Mine! (Rebroadcast)
June 30, 2020 07:05 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBby Tyee Bridge • Our insatiable need for concrete has led to destructive mining around the world. How can we do it better? The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
The Faux Fish Coming to a Restaurant Near You
June 23, 2020 07:05 - 26 minutes - 30.5 MBby Brian Payton • Alternative fish has arrived on the market. Can it help save marine life and feed a hungry world? The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
Blasting Through the Hunley Mystery (Rebroadcast)
June 16, 2020 07:05 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBby Evan Lubofsky • A maverick scientist claims she has done what scores of researchers before her failed to do: solve the century-old mystery of why a legendary Civil War submarine sank. The original story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
The Rolling, Lurching, Vomit-Inducing Road to a Seasickness Cure
June 09, 2020 07:05 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBby Egill Bjarnason • Searching for a solution has its ups and downs. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
Protected on One Side of the Border, Hunted on the Other
June 02, 2020 07:05 - 19 minutes - 22.5 MBby Judith Lavoie • Differing interpretations on the status of some coastal gray whales in Canada and the United States could make it difficult to strike a balance between conservation and Indigenous rights. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
The Fisher Kings (Rebroadcast)
May 26, 2020 07:05 - 19 minutes - 26.1 MBby Zach Zorich • Along southern Florida’s coast, the ancient Calusa constructed an entire island of shell and defied the Spanish Conquest. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
The Sea Versus St. Augustine
May 19, 2020 07:05 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBby Madeline Ostrander • Rising waters put many historic coastal cities at risk of losing their cultural pasts: can they be saved? The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
Hunger’s Children (Rebroadcast)
May 12, 2020 07:05 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBby Ann Finkbeiner • Fleeing the Irish Famine, some immigrants brought their islands with them to North America. The original story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
The Brine Revolution (Rebroadcast)
May 05, 2020 07:05 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBby Heather Pringle • Did lowly shellfish change the world? The original story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
The Art of Turning Fish into Leather
April 28, 2020 07:05 - 20 minutes - 24 MBby Chloe Williams • Fish skin leather was once common in fishing communities; now artisans and designers are breathing new life into the tradition. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
The Wonderful, Transcendent Life of an Odd-Nosed Monkey
April 21, 2020 14:58 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBby Jude Isabella • The island of Borneo is the only home of the proboscis monkey, an endangered primate that is surprisingly resilient. The original story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
When Photographers Get Too Close, Wildlife Pays the Price
April 14, 2020 07:05 - 22 minutes - 25.4 MBby Annie Roth • Capturing up-close-and-personal animal encounters on camera can help garner public support for conservation, but at what cost? The original story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
Footprints of Extraction
April 07, 2020 15:17 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBby Bathsheba Demuth • The Svalbard Archipelago was uninhabited until humans came searching for resources. A historian follows their tracks. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
In the Land of Lost Gardens (Rebroadcast)
March 24, 2020 07:05 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBby Heather Pringle • Tireless in her quest, ethnobotanist Nancy Turner works with indigenous elders to preserve plant knowledge dating back to the First People in the New World. The original story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
Scotland’s Seaweed Showdown
March 17, 2020 07:05 - 26 minutes - 24 MBby Cathleen O’Grady • It’s locals versus industry in the country’s kelp wars. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
The Unique Language of Newfoundland (Rebroadcast)
March 10, 2020 07:05 - 16 minutes - 23 MBby Emily Urquhart • Isolated in the North Atlantic, the people of Newfoundland and Labrador developed a subtle and beautiful lexicon to describe their environment. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
Catch Me If You Can: The Global Pursuit of a Fugitive Ship
March 03, 2020 07:05 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBby Sarah Tory • The tale of a notorious fishing vessel shows just how difficult combating illegal activity at sea can be. The original story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
Bandits on the Beach (Rebroadcast)
February 18, 2020 07:05 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBby Jude Isabella • What island raccoons tell us about fear. The original story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
France’s Deadly Seaweed
February 11, 2020 07:05 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MBby Lorraine Boissoneault • Fueled by agricultural runoff, rotting seaweed on Brittany’s beaches is becoming an environmental and public health emergency. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
An Ecologist Organizes the World
February 04, 2020 07:05 - 21 minutes - 25.1 MBby Ann Finkbeiner • Jane Lubchenco helped change the field of ecology by making the science useful to society. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
You Never Forget the Smell
January 28, 2020 19:33 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBby Christopher Pollon • Remembering one of North America’s last whaling stations. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
Embracing the Weirdness of Waterless Waterways (Rebroadcast)
January 21, 2020 07:05 - 25 minutes - 34.9 MBby Jude Isabella • The drought in California has created an obsession with water, but sometimes, no water is just fine. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
Treasure Fever
January 14, 2020 07:05 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBby Jill Neimark • The discovery of a legendary, lost shipwreck in North America has pitted treasure hunters and archaeologists against each other, raising questions about who should control sunken riches. The original story can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
Marine Protected Areas: May or May Not Include Actual Protection
January 07, 2020 07:05 - 25 minutes - 28.7 MBby Brian Payton • Awesome in theory, often messy in practice. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
Pool-landia (Rebroadcast)
December 17, 2019 07:05 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBby Egill Bjarnason • For 70 years, Iceland has kept afloat the idea that mandatory swimming lessons save lives, but the policy doesn’t hold water. The original story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
The Vulture Watcher
December 10, 2019 07:05 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBby Larry Pynn • One man’s spirited commitment to an underappreciated bird. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
The Empty Houses That Foreign Aid Built
December 03, 2019 07:05 - 23 minutes - 27.1 MBby Sonali Prasad • After the devastation of the 2004 tsunami, aid agencies promised to rebuild Indonesia “better.” Fifteen years later, their failures are all too obvious. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
Picking Up the Bones
November 26, 2019 07:05 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MBby Sasha Chapman • Moving burial grounds before the sea takes them away is painstaking and expensive. Why do we do it? The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
From Berth to Death
November 19, 2019 07:05 - 31 minutes - 58 MBby Andrew Nikiforuk and Amorina Kingdon • The history of influenza as a global disease is inextricably tied to steamships and the expansion of world trade. A war demonstrated how big a pandemic could get. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
For Sale: Wild Russian Killer Whales (Rebroadcast)
November 05, 2019 17:27 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBby Lina Zeldovich • As Westerners condemn live whale shows, Russia hunts and sells killer whales to Chinese amusement parks. The original story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
The Fight Over a Shitty Rock
October 29, 2019 07:05 - 15 minutes - 21.4 MBby Greg Noone • A tiny, uninhabitable islet in the North Atlantic has become an unlikely battleground in the fight for fishing rights. The original story, along with video and photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
The Symbolic Seashell
October 21, 2019 07:05 - 24 minutes - 28.4 MBby Krista Langlois • Collecting seashells is as old as humanity. What we do with them can reveal who we are, where we’re from, and what we believe. The original story, along with video and photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
From Vilified to Vindicated: the Story of Jacques Cinq-Mars (Rebroadcast)
October 15, 2019 07:05 - 21 minutes - 29.6 MBby Heather Pringle • How a toxic debate over the first Americans hobbled science for decades. The original story, along with photos and video, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
The Clam That Sank a Thousand Ships (Rebroadcast)
October 08, 2019 21:52 - 24 minutes - 33.9 MBby Sarah Gilman • These infamous clams are invading new areas, buoyed by climate change and the 2011 tsunami in Japan. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
Gray Laws on White Sharks
October 01, 2019 07:05 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MBby Alastair Bland • A loophole in California law is letting fishers who repeatedly catch great white sharks off the hook. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
A Humpback Whodunit
September 24, 2019 07:05 - 17 minutes - 24.5 MBby Larry Pynn • A necropsy carried out on a remote British Columbia beach seeks to answer how a young humpback died. The original story, along with video and photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
Introducing: The Ballast Podcast
September 17, 2019 21:58 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBThis week we bring you something slightly different: the first episode of Hakai Magazine's first podcast! Did you know ship ballast from the United Kingdom built Manhattan? Or some of it. This was one of the enticing tidbits that got us very interested in ballast and we decided to delve in. A podcast on ballast? Sure, why not! If you like what you hear, subscribe to Ballast wherever you listen to podcasts. You can learn more about the Ballast podcast at hakaimagazine.com/ballast-podcast/.
The Tale of Dirty, Old, Leaky Zalinski
September 10, 2019 07:05 - 23 minutes - 27.3 MBby Larry Pynn • A Second World War-era shipwreck is a haunting reminder that you can never fully clean up an oil spill. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
The Uncertain Future of Puffin for Dinner (Rebroadcast)
September 03, 2019 15:18 - 26 minutes - 35.9 MBby Cheryl Katz • Hunting and eating puffins are Icelandic traditions. But for how much longer? Originally published in January 2017, this story explores the declining seabird populations in Iceland and the effect on traditional Icelandic culture. The original story, along with photos, can be found onhttps://www.hakaimagazine.com.
Leviathans in the Harbor
August 27, 2019 07:05 - 40 minutes - 37 MBby Brian Payton • More and bigger cruise ships are crowding coastal destinations. When is enough, enough? Who gets to decide? The original story, along with photos, can be found onhttps://www.hakaimagazine.com.
The Last Trial of the Codfather (Rebroadcast)
August 20, 2019 17:00 - 32 minutes - 73.5 MBby Brendan Borrell • Since his release from prison in the 1980s, Carlos Rafael has ruthlessly run his Massachusetts seafood business with little regard for the law. But is there any other way to survive the gauntlet of restrictions on the New England fishing industry? This examination of Rafael was originally published in January 2017. We learned yesterday, Aug 19, 2019, that the US federal government has settled its case against Rafael and he won’t be permitted to fish commercially in the ...
The Rat Spill
August 13, 2019 07:05 - 32 minutes - 37.6 MBby Sarah Gilman • A tiny Alaskan island faces a threat as deadly as an oil spill—rats. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
Ticked Off on Martha’s Vineyard
August 06, 2019 15:24 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBby Stephen Strauss • Forget rubbing elbows with the rich and famous, you’re more likely to get Lyme disease on the island. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
Swimming with Tuna
July 29, 2019 22:34 - 19 minutes - 22.6 MBby Jessica Wynne Lockhart • A controversial plan for a tourist attraction sparks questions about South Australia’s celebrated tuna ranching industry. The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.
Wasted
July 23, 2019 07:05 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBby Sasha Chapman • Our global food system discards 46 million tonnes of fish each year. Why? The original story, along with photos, can be found on hakaimagazine.com.