Salmonfolk Radio – Détails, épisodes et analyse

In this final episode of Season One of Salmonfolk Radio we hear Part 2 of the interview with Chief Ernest Alfred. We talk about the Ainu people on Hokkaido, Japan. We talk about salmon people from around the world. It's just a damn fine ending to Season One!

In this second to the last episode of  Season One of Salmonfolk Radio Hereditary Chief Ernest Alfred of the Namgis, Tlowit'sis, and Mamalilikala Nations sits down with me for a powerhouse interview in August of 2018. We talk about sooo many things:

• Swanson Island Occupation
• The impact of direct action on those on the front lines
• Sea Shepherd
• R/V Martin Sheen
• Herring trapped in salmon pens
• Salmon stories
• Traditions of Ernest's people
• What's at stake here
• Unceded Territory defined

I have a proper sit down oceanside chat with two remarkable humans. Georgiana Keable is one of the Norway Trio here to perform Being Salmon, Being Human. She is also a professional storyteller in Norway and a published author on the topic. You can find out more about her work at http://georgiana.net 

In this interview you can hear her modern rendition of the Salmon Girl story. She also shares her reasons for becoming a storyteller.

Kate Brauer is an orca enthusiast and researcher who lives on Malcolm Island full time. She has a special story of her own to share. It has to do with 25 foot long orcas who love to charge the beaches on the wild side of Malcolm Island to rub their bellies. Sounds interesting doesn't it?

You can find out about the org Kate is affiliated with at https://www.facebook.com/friendsofthewildside

Commercial fishermen, shop owners, librarians, local hot spots- the sounds and vibe of Malcolm Island (in the unceded territories of the #namgis  #kwakiutl  and #mamalilikala Nations) come alive as I spend a day away from the Norway trio to explore the island. Find out what locals have to say about fish farms from many different perspectives. 

In Episode 7 I have a chance to do a proper sit down interview with Dennis Reid...except that we are not sitting. Instead we end up standing on the Woss Bridge, 80 feet above the spectacular scenery of the Nimpkish River. Before that though, we spend the afternoon along the Eve River, following it down the slackwater where healthy salmon and fly fishermen and Golden Eagles await us. Dennis also relates a lot of great information about salmon in general...how they live, how they migrate, what a healthy salmon stream consists of. It's basically a "get to know your salmon" episode. 

And after my interview with Dennis, who is one of the most knowledgeable people you can meet when it comes to the dangers of open net salmon farming, I get to end the day on Malcolm Island where the trio from Norway has literally cooked up a tasty campside treat.

Dennis has a website you should check out: https://fishfarmnews.blogspot.com/

Music in this episode by: https://sieboldsound.com/

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Episode 6 relaunches the Salmonfolk Radio series after being on hiatus for nearly 2 long years! We are back with a bang and doing weekly Season One drops for the remaining 14 episodes every Tuesday.  

This episode features  the trio from Norway and I meeting Dennis Reid for the first time. He gives us a personalized backcountry tour of healthy salmon rivers  ecosystems (Salmon, Adam, Eve, Nimpkish) on the Johnstone Strait side of Van Isle. Dennis runs the world's largest anti-salmon farming website  https://fishfarmnews.blogspot.com/ and he's also a published poet and expert fly fisherman. We talk a LOT about salmon habitats, behavior and lifecycles. If you like to fish for salmon this one is for you.

You will also hear some more in depth conversation with the Norway trio about reconciliation, residential schools and how similar Norway and Canadian history is in those areas...and how it all relates to the spread of Norwegian salmon farms into unceded First Nations territory in Canada.   

But most importantly, you get to find out the answer to the burning question:  Who is Niillas Somby?

Argentina banned open net salmon farming in 2021. Find out how in this exclusive interview with Martina Sasso and Maia Gutierrez of Sin Azul No Hay Verde, a project of Rewilding Argentina. To see the documentary mentioned in this interview here is the direct link to "Contracorriente Espanol".

My second day on the island  involved a lot of driving and lots of time to think. In this episode the author of "Being Salmon, Being Human: Encountering the Wild in Us and Us in the Wild" reads directly from his book. What is Hoquat and what does it have to do with open net farmed salmon? You do not want to miss this one! 

 Episode sponsored by Chelsea Green Publishing.

In this episode we hear from long time marine naturalist and author Barry Swanson. He wrote  The Lost Frequency. That interview dives into what happened to Tahlequah, also known as "J35". She is an orca who lives in the Salish Sea. As soon as I landed I discovered something shocking. At that same time I was headed to Salt Spring Island, BC in the traditional territory of the Saanich, Cowichan, and Chemainus First Nations., to meet with Rama DelaRosa who was doing a  Swim for the Salish Sea. Rachael Merrett from the Georgia Strait Alliance also makes an appearance in explaining what's going on with the orcas living in the Salish Sea.

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What was happening in 2017 that made me want to travel from the east coast of the USA to Vancouver Island? Why was Chief Ernest Alfred of the Namgis First Nation living on an open net salmon fish farming platform? You'll want to hear what it's all about in "Origins and Introductions".
 

Sound design and editing by Jay Siebold. Additional music selections by Torgeir Vassvik. Chief Ernest Alfred segment audio originally recorded by Tamo Campos.

Special thanks to Co-Executive producers: Teala Spitzbarth, Carolyn Weeramantry, Rheann Ernest, John Taylor, Chandra Souza and "Anon"....for helping this episode reach full funding and sound quality! If you would like to help with future episodes here is the GoFundMe:

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