Shark and Awe

About Shark and Awe

A fun and educational podcast intended to alter your perspective on sharks, with a focus on conservation and advocacy. Bite-sized facts, ocean-sized impact!

Publisher

Candace, your host and fin-fluencer!

Category

science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Aug 2025

Latest episode

16 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

63 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Oct 2026

   Episode 61 - Halloween Special: Megamouth Sharks - 10/16/2026

   First up on our 2026 Halloween sharks list: the megamouth shark! Find out some of the fun and spooky traits this gentle giant has on this week's new episode of the Shark and Awe Podcast! Get in touch! Send us an email (sharkandawepodcast@gmail.com)! Follow us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/sharkandawepodcast) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sharkandawepodcast/)! Subscribe on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@sharkandawepodcast)! SHOW RESOURCES Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) (https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/sharks/hawaii-sharks/discovering-megamouth/) First recorded sighting (1976) (https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/megamouth-shark-megachasma-pelagios/) Sharks4Kids (https://www.sharks4kids.com/post/megamouth-research-diving-with-giants) Oceana (https://oceana.org/marine-life/megamouth-shark/) Shark Angels (https://sharkangels.org/megamouth-shark/) Sharkman's World (https://www.sharkmans-world.org/The-Megamouth-Shark/) The Florida Museum (https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/sharks/megamouths/) IUCN Red List (https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39338/124402302) Filo (https://askfilo.com/user-question-answers-smart-solutions/where-sharks-goes-when-died-3339323137333534) (where do sharks go when they die?) The Shark Research Institute (https://www.sharks.org/megamouth-shark-megachasma-pelagios) Shark Guardian (https://www.sharkguardian.org/post/megamouth-shark) Bueno et al. 2025 study (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/394295857_Identification_and_Allometric_Scaling_of_Megamouth_Shark_Megachasma_pelagios_Mother-Offspring_Specimens_from_Dipaculao_Aurora_Luzon_Island_Philippines) LiveScience (https://www.livescience.com/animals/sharks/pregnant-megamouth-shark-seen-for-1st-time-after-female-washes-up-dead-with-7-pups) Forbes (https://www.forbes.com/sites/melissacristinamarquez/2023/12/02/megamouth-shark-and-her-babies-found-dead-in-the-philippines/) Martinez-Ortiz et al. 2024 study (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378006375_New_records_of_megamouth_shark_Megachasma_pelagios_off_Ecuador_Eastern_Pacific_Ocean) Wildlife Online (https://www.wildlifeonline.me.uk/animals/species/the-megamouth-shark) Duchatelet et al. 2020 study (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33237911/) **Video 1 of a swimming megamouth (https://www.sharkmans-world.org/megamouth/zola.mp4)! **Video 2 of a swimming megamouth (https://www.sharkmans-world.org/megamouth/Debbie.mp4)! ****PSA: Please do not get close to any wild animals you might encounter! This is not a safe practice and could result in harm to you, others, and/or the animal! Sound Credits Sound Effects courtesy of the Custom Soundboard Maker app for Android Background ocean waves courtesy of YouTube (https://youtu.be/1Ef9CAZ3OrQ?si=Of9zuwrVG2PIPAJG) Outro music called "Coral Chorus" from the game Fortnite (https://www.fortnite.com/) (via the Custom Soundboard Maker app) **Collaborators!** SharkGang website (sharkgang.org) + Florida Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sharkgang.miami/) + Texas Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sharkgang.texas/)

2. 

   9 Oct 2026

   Episode 60 - Spinner Sharks - 10/09/2026

   What's that flying through the air? It's a bird! It's a plane! Nope, it's a spinner shark! Find out more on this week's new episode of the Shark and Awe Podcast! Get in touch! Send us an email (sharkandawepodcast@gmail.com)! Follow us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/sharkandawepodcast) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sharkandawepodcast/)! Subscribe on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@sharkandawepodcast)! SHOW RESOURCES Shark Research Institute (http://sharks.org/spinner-shark-carcharhinus-brevipinna) Shark Trust (https://www.sharktrust.org/blog/creature-feature-the-spinner-shark) Oceana (https://oceana.org/marine-life/spinner-shark/) Florida Museum (https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/spinner-shark/) Shark Bytes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3kpNxAs8oM&t=35s) (YouTube video) iNaturalist (https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/96751-Carcharhinus-brevipinna) NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation (https://www.facebook.com/reel/1348373326744616) (video) Smithsonian Magazine (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/these-shark-look-alikes-have-long-confounded-fishers-and-scientists-on-the-east-coast-tracking-where-they-migrate-could-help-clear-the-confusion-180989210/) IUCN Red List (https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39368/2908817) California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) (https://www.csulb.edu/sites/default/files/document/c.brevipinna.pdf) Sharks4Kids (https://www.sharks4kids.com/post/december-elasmobranch-of-the-month-spinner-shark) Environmental Biology of Fishes journal (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/398496843_Age_and_growth_of_spinner_sharks_Carcharhinus_brevipinna_in_the_western_North_Atlantic_Ocean#fullTextFileContent) (2025) NOAA Fisheries: Shark management laws (https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/laws-policies/shark-management-laws) Louisiana Dept of Wildlife & Fisheries (LDWF) (https://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/news/new-shark-regulations-are-now-in-effect) NOAA Atlantic HMS Fishery Management Plans and Amendments (https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/atlantic-highly-migratory-species/atlantic-hms-fishery-management-plans-and-amendments ) Sound Credits Sound Effects courtesy of the Custom Soundboard Maker app for Android Background ocean waves courtesy of YouTube (https://youtu.be/1Ef9CAZ3OrQ?si=Of9zuwrVG2PIPAJG) Outro music called "Coral Chorus" from the game Fortnite (https://www.fortnite.com/) (via the Custom Soundboard Maker app) **Collaborators!** SharkGang website (sharkgang.org) + Florida Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sharkgang.miami/) + Texas Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sharkgang.texas/)

3. 

   2 Oct 2026

   Episode 59 - Shark Senses - 10/02/2026

   Sharks have the usual 5 senses plus a superpowered sixth sense. Learn about all six in this week's new episode! Get in touch! Send us an email (sharkandawepodcast@gmail.com)! Follow us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/sharkandawepodcast) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sharkandawepodcast/), and subscribe on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@sharkandawepodcast)! SHOW RESOURCES *SMELL* Shark Trust (https://www.sharktrust.org/shark-senses) Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) (https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/sharks/about-sharks/senses/) Save Our Sharks (https://www.saveoursharks.com.au/shark-sensory-facts.html) White Shark Projects (https://www.whitesharkprojects.co.za/news/smell-ya-later/) Smithsonian Magazine (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/sense-and-sensitivity-48346717/) Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) (https://sharks.cms.int/shark-species/facts) *SIGHT* Florida Oceanographic Society (https://www.floridaocean.org/blog/how-do-sharks-see-world) Sophie Maycock (https://www.sophiemaycocksharkspeak.com/post/myth-busted-sharks-do-not-have-bad-eye-sight) National Geographic (https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/widely-set-eyes-give-hammerhead-sharks-exceptional-binocular-vision) *SOUND* How Stuff Works (https://animals.howstuffworks.com/fish/sharks/shark-senses2.htm) Florida Atlantic University (FAU) article (https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/shark-hearing-study) FAU research study (https://academic.oup.com/iob/article/8/1/obag033/8722227?login=false) Oceana (https://usa.oceana.org/blog/shark-fact-friday-222018-im-all-ears/) *TOUCH* Save Our Seas Foundation (https://saveourseas.com/sosf-shark-education-centre/the-secret-senses-of-sharks/) *TASTE* Sharks4Kids (https://www.sharks4kids.com/shark-senses) Smithsonian Ocean (https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/sharks-rays/sharks) Science.org (https://www.science.org/content/article/ancient-sharks-may-have-pioneered-ability-taste-bitterness-food?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal (https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2310347120) *ELECTRORECEPTION* Catalina Island Marine Institute (CIMI) (https://cimi.org/blog/the-sixth-sense-of-sharks/) National Institutes of Health news release (https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/even-sharks-electrical-sixth-sense-may-be-tuned-attack) Marine Science Institute at the University of Texas at Austin (https://utmsi.utexas.edu/science-and-the-sea/radio-program/ampullae-of-lorenzini/) Sound Credits Sound Effects courtesy of the Custom Soundboard Maker app for Android Background ocean waves courtesy of YouTube (https://youtu.be/1Ef9CAZ3OrQ?si=Of9zuwrVG2PIPAJG) Outro music called "Coral Chorus" from the game Fortnite (https://www.fortnite.com/) (via the Custom Soundboard Maker app) **Collaborators!** SharkGang website (sharkgang.org) ... Florida Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sharkgang.miami/) ... Texas Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sharkgang.texas/)

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

21 ratings

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