Episodes
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In the final chapter, you'll learn about what happened to the whales that escaped from Pedder Bay, and the legacy of both the orcas and the humans involved in the capture of these whales on Vancouver Island in 1970.
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In this penultimate chapter, orca researcher Graeme Ellis provides clues on who let the whales out. Also, the fate of the prized Chimo the white whale and her aggressive cousin Nootka.
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The two remaining orcas in the Pedder Bay net pen have been sold to an American aquarium, but with local opposition heating up, an incredible event occurs that stuns all involved: the whales escape. But who helps them?
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In this chapter, you'll hear about the desperate attempts to get the two remaining older whales - Charlie, and his mother 'Pointed Nose Cow' eating something - anything - for the first time in months. And some unlikely companionship: local children discover the orcas penned in Pedder Bay, Vancouver Island, 1970.
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In the last chapter, you heard about Chimo, the young white orca, and her cousin Nootka, being moved to their new home: Sealand of the Pacific Aquarium in Oak Bay BC, on southern Vancouver Island, where they finally starting eating after a 24 day fast in 1970. In this chapter, you'll hear about Sealand's desperate attempt to feed the remaining three adult orcas left in the sea pen in Pedder Bay, all of whom fasted for much longer, and were suffering from starvation.
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Transient orca Chimo, the young white whale, and her cousin Nootka, are transferred from their Pedder Bay net pen to the Sealand Aquarium in Oak Bay, BC. There, they meet Haida, a southern resident, and what follows is a profound moment in the captivity era.
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Diver Bruce Bott shares what it was like to be underwater with the orcas on the chaotic night when the Pedder Bay 5 were captured, and his later experience diving down to Chimo, the prized white whale, when she got tangled in her net and was drowning.
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The white whale and the rest of her pod have been captured in Pedder Bay, Vancouver Island... but now what? The handlers quickly realize that these whales are unlike any they have ever come across.
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In this episode, Grant Lawrence takes you back to the serendipitous events of March 1, 1970, off the blustery coast of southern Vancouver Island: the capture of the one of the rarest ocean mammals of all time - a white orca whale.
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In this gripping new West Coast adventure series, Grant Lawrence tries to crack a 55-year-old mystery that involves the tragedy and triumph of a unique family of orcas.
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A fully updated and fascinating "where are they now" of all the main players in "Dirty Windshields", including members of the Smugglers past and present, beloved roadie Ska-T, Nardwuar the Human Serviette, Larry Livermore from Lookout Records and more.
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The Smugglers are pulled out of a dozen years of dormancy by a young promoter from a legendary venue: 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley, California, for an epic event that would eventually become known as "The Lookouting." In turn, "Dirty Windshields", and the Smugglers, received a surprise happy ending...
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In this final chapter, the Smugglers meet the ghosts of their future at a freezing arts collective in Switzerland: the rapidly rising garage rock 'n' roll band The Hives.
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NEW ZEALAND! The Land of the Long White Cloud! WE MADE IT!!! This was one of the Smugglers most exciting and fulfulling touring destinations in our many years on the road and in the air. Shows were packed, songs were shouted, Kiwi friends and lovers made. All this even though Beez barely made it into the country despite our endless internal crossing-borders training.
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The Smugglers embark on their first tour Down Under, supporting Oz punk legends the Hard-Ons, but all does not go to plan due to a series of calamities involving various Australian wildlife, both human and otherwise, culminating in the Smugglers suffering their first-ever robbery on the road.
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This chapter finally answers the oft-asked question: "Did any of the Smugglers ever get it on with any of the Donnas?" Also: the Smugglers make a triumphant return to Japan to begin their epic Pan-Pacific tour for "Rosie", infamously dubbed the "Pacific Rim Job Tour."
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If you've ever wondered what it was like to tour with *The Donnas* aka the American Teenage Rock 'n' Roll Machine, this chapter is for YOU. It was wild! It was skintight! It was non-stop party action! It was all over the U.S.A.! WHOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
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ROUGH PATCH! After years of slowly building up the Smugglers into something one might consider 'successful', the house of cards collapses when two members of the band quit. Upheaval at both Mint and Lookout Records doesn't help matters.
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Ever heard of Isny? Neither had the Smugglers! The band comes down from the huge crowds of Italy to going up up up into the Alps for an out-of-control show at a tiny ski chalet in Bavaria... if they can find the town.
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The Smugglers arrive at the most remarkable, filthy, amazing, huge, and impossible venues the band ever played: Forte Prenestino, an apocalyptic castle-like socialist squat, on the edge of Rome.
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