Fred Sharpe's guest appearances

Fred Sharpe

Alaska Story Project

Stories of Impact

Deepak Chopra

Andrew Barron

Michael Wear

Angela Duckworth

Arthur C. Brooks

Erez Yoeli

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

David Sloan Wilson

Laurie Santos

Wynton Marsalis

William Powell

Mary Robinson

Vint Cerf

Paul Collier

Andrew Briggs

OwlTail

Laurance Doyle

Today’s episode features the collaborative exploration of Dr. Fred Sharpe, an expert in humpback whales and the Principal Investigator with the Alaska Whale Foundation, and Dr. Laurance Doyle, astrophysicist and Principal Investigator of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute. Drs. Sharpe and Doyle are investigating  humpback whales’ complex, long-distance communication with the aim of learning about how alien intelligences, if they exist, might attempt to transmit their messages through the cosmos. Learn more about Dr. Fred Sharpe and the Alaska Whale Foundation, and Dr. Laurance Doyle and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute Mentioned in this episode:   Songs of the Humpback Whale     Subscribe to​ ​Stories of Impact wherever you listen to podcasts. More about this episode Read the  transcript of this episode Facebook, Twitter, Instagram,  YouTube Comments, questions and suggestions info@storiesofimpact.org Supported by the​ Templeton World Charity Foundation 

Today’s episode features the collaborative exploration of Dr. Fred Sharpe, an expert in humpback whales and the Principal Investigator with the Alaska Whale Foundation, and Dr. Laurance Doyle, astrophysicist and Principal Investigator of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute. Drs. Sharpe and Doyle are investigating  humpback whales’ complex, long-distance communication with the aim of learning about how alien intelligences, if they exist, might attempt to transmit their messages through the cosmos. Learn more about <a href="https://www.alaskawhalefoundation.org/about-us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Fred Sharpe</a> and the <a href="https://www.alaskawhalefoundation.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alaska Whale Foundation</a>, and <a href="https://www.seti.org/our-scientists/laurance-doyle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Laurance Doyle</a> and the <a href="http://www.seti.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute</a> Mentioned in this episode: <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_of_the_Humpback_Whale_(album)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Songs of the Humpback Whale</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li>Subscribe to​ ​Stories of Impact wherever you listen to podcasts.</li> <li>More about <a href="https://www.templetonworldcharity.org/blog/whale-song-alien-intelligence-dr-laurance-doyle-and-dr-fred-sharpe-podcast" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">this episode</a></li> <li>Read the <a href="https://www.templetonworldcharity.org/transcript-whale-song-and-alien-intelligence-dr-laurance-doyle-and-dr-fred-sharpe-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> transcript of this episode</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/StoriesOfImpact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/StoriesOfImpac_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/storiesofimpactseries/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8p4rpol8q2iCBTQ8qz6YRcheYL9FTBuP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> YouTube</a></li> <li>Comments, questions and suggestions <a href="mailto:info@storiesofimpact.org">info@storiesofimpact.org</a></li> <li>Supported by the​ <a href="https://www.templetonworldcharity.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Templeton World Charity Foundation</a></li> </ul>

Whale Song & Alien Intelligence with Dr. Laurance Doyle and  Dr. Fred Sharpe

More on Alaska's Humpback Whales. Whale spouting and breathing, lung capacity. Breathing in rough seas; sleeping whales. Diving:  depths and prey. Lunge feeding;  cooperative behavior &amp; bubble net feeding. Rescuing whales, disentanglement tools and techniques. The Alaska Whale Foundation. What continues to intrigue and surprise whale researchers. 

More on Alaska's Humpback Whales. <ul><li>Whale spouting and breathing, lung capacity. </li><li>Breathing in rough seas; sleeping whales. </li><li>Diving:  depths and prey. </li><li>Lunge feeding;  cooperative behavior &amp; bubble net feeding. </li><li>Rescuing whales, disentanglement tools and techniques. </li><li>The Alaska Whale Foundation. </li><li>What continues to intrigue and surprise whale researchers. </li></ul>

ASP 11, Whales-2 with Dr. Fred Sharpe

33 years of behavioral research with Alaska's Humpback Whales. Formative years as a whale biologist. The remarkable characteristics of Humpback Whales. Songs of the Humpback Whale. Whale brains, four times as large as a human brain. Spindle neurons and social behavior. Whale communication, ocean acoustics.    "Whale internet". Concerns:  Ocean noise, ships, military, seismic testing, entanglements. Warm water anomaly:  "the blob".    Whales and humans:  similarities in social behaviors, cooperation, altruism. Whale health vigilance:  promising research tools and practices. Whale vocalizations, structure &amp; implications for what constitutes intelligence. 

33 years of behavioral research with Alaska's Humpback Whales. <ul><li>Formative years as a whale biologist. </li><li>The remarkable characteristics of Humpback Whales. </li><li>Songs of the Humpback Whale. </li><li>Whale brains, four times as large as a human brain. </li><li>Spindle neurons and social behavior. </li><li>Whale communication, ocean acoustics.    </li><li>"Whale internet". </li><li>Concerns:  Ocean noise, ships, military, seismic testing, entanglements. </li><li>Warm water anomaly:  "the blob".    </li><li>Whales and humans:  similarities in social behaviors, cooperation, altruism. </li><li>Whale health vigilance:  promising research tools and practices. </li><li>Whale vocalizations, structure &amp; implications for what constitutes intelligence. </li></ul>

ASP 10, whale biologist, Dr. Fred Sharpe