93. Erich Hoyt: Killer Whales, Blackwater, Planktonia, and the Greatest Migration on Earth

Published: Nov. 16, 2022, 7 a.m.

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Erich Hoyt has spent much of his life on or beside the ocean, working with whales and dolphins. He is a noted conservationist, scientist, and an award-winning author, he actually wrote the first ever book on Orcas, or Killer Whales. A former Vannevar Bush Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Erich is currently a research fellow at Whale and Dolphin Conservation, co-chair of the IUCN Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force, and author of the new book "PLANKTONIA: The nightly migration of the ocean\\u2019s smallest creatures\\u201d from Firefly Books. In this episode we chat about making a living from passion projects, Erich\\u2019s work with Orcas, and all about the greatest migration on earth that happens twice a night, every night in the deep blue sea.

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