6. Skaana One Ocean
About Skaana: Skaana - One Ocean — Ocean Life, Eco‑Ethics & the Environment — Interviews for a Changing
Planet is a podcast for anyone who loves the ocean and the animals who live there. Host Mark Leiren-Young dives beneath the surface with scientists, authors, activists, and other dolphin-friendly humans for candid conversations about marine life, conservation, eco‑ethics, and the issues shaping our future. Launched in 2017 with a focus on orcas, Skaana has expanded to explore sharks, octopuses, whales, and the wider web of ocean stories—fact-based, curious, and always grounded in respect for life in the sea. Dive in and make waves with us. Substack: https://skaanapod.substack.com About Our Pod: Mark Leiren-Young (Host): Mark is an author, screenwriter, playwright, journalist, performer, and environmentalist. His book The Killer Whale Who Changed the World won the 2016 Science Writers and Communicators Award , and his comic memoir Never Shoot a Stampede Queen won the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour . Mark also wrote and directed The Hundred-Year-Old Whale , which won the 2018 Writers Guild of Canada Award for Best Documentary . Substack: https://leirenyoung.substack.com/ Website: https://www.leiren-young.com/ Bug Lewis (Producer & Audio Engineer): Bug is Skaana 's producer and audio engineer, with a creative background spanning poetry, music, and acting. They were first published as a poet at fifteen (Poetry on Buses) and performed as a musician/actor with the ensemble for Desdemona Chiang's Measure for Measure at the Seattle Shakespeare Company. Rayne Ellycrys Benu (Executive Producer): Rayne is an award-winning cinematographer and artist, and a nationally published festival and theatre photographer. Their work spans filmmaking (directing, editing, sound, video), interactive/digital storytelling, and visual art—bringing a creative, multidisciplinary lens to Skaana 's mission and production. Substack: https://ellycrys.substack.com/ Skool: https://www.skool.com/reiki-online-7404 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Host
Mark Leiren-Young (Male)
Producer/Network
Mark Leiren-Young | Oceans, orcas, eco-ethics and the environment.
Listener Type
Environmental Activist, Marine Biologist, Ocean Conservationist
Apple Rating
4.6/5
Apple Review
(CA) 68
Avg Length
42 mins