Jun 24, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min · 17 segments
Happy Orca Action Month! We are celebrating by talking all things Killer Whale with Nancy Black from the California Killer Whale Project. We get into all the different ecotypes and populations of Orca…
Mm.
Mm.
So a little bit about Nancy.
She graduated with her master's in science from Moss Landing Marine Laboratory, and studied Pacific white-sided dolphins.
And then since then she's been doing a lifelong sort of project of researching killer whales, especially off of, uh, Monterey Bay, which is where she lives.
Jealous.
No, please go.
Mm.
We, um-
Jealous
It's amazing.
Jealous.
She was delightful to talk to.
Yeah.
[laughs]
And yeah, you're gonna love it.
Yeah.
It's amazing.
We talk to her all about California killer whales, um, which kind of makes me, me think of, like, a band.
[laughs]
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Mm.
Mm.
So a little bit about Nancy.
She graduated with her master's in science from Moss Landing Marine Laboratory, and studied Pacific white-sided dolphins.
And then since then she's been doing a lifelong sort of project of researching killer whales, especially off of, uh, Monterey Bay, which is where she lives.
Jealous.
No, please go.
Mm.
We, um-
Jealous
It's amazing.
Jealous.
She was delightful to talk to.
Yeah.
[laughs]
And yeah, you're gonna love it.
Yeah.
It's amazing.
We talk to her all about California killer whales, um, which kind of makes me, me think of, like, a band.
[laughs]
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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