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Whale Tale - Ch 10 - Florencia 06/30/2025

Whale Tale - Ch 10 - Florencia 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. /episode/index/show/grantlawrence/id/37214190

Whale Tale - Ch 9 - The Colbys 06/22/2025

Whale Tale - Ch 9 - The Colbys 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. /episode/index/show/grantlawrence/id/37103995

Whale Tale - Ch 8 - Escape 06/19/2025

Whale Tale - Ch 8 - Escape 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? /episode/index/show/grantlawrence/id/37082770

Whale Tale - Ch 7 - Charlie 06/10/2025

Whale Tale - Ch 7 - Charlie 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. /episode/index/show/grantlawrence/id/36933935

Whale Tale - Ch 6 - Scarred Jaw Cow 06/01/2025

Whale Tale - Ch 6 - Scarred Jaw Cow 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. /episode/index/show/grantlawrence/id/36807725

Whale Tale - Ch 5 - Haida 05/25/2025

Whale Tale - Ch 5 - Haida 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. /episode/index/show/grantlawrence/id/36705815

Whale Tale - Ch 4 - Bruce Bott 05/19/2025

Whale Tale - Ch 4 - Bruce Bott 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. /episode/index/show/grantlawrence/id/36628570

Whale Tale - Ch 3 - The Pod 05/12/2025

Whale Tale - Ch 3 - The Pod 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. /episode/index/show/grantlawrence/id/36535550

Whale Tale - Ch 2 - Chimo 05/05/2025

Whale Tale - Ch 2 - Chimo 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. /episode/index/show/grantlawrence/id/36445835

Whale Tale - Ch 1 - Emma 05/05/2025

Whale Tale - Ch 1 - Emma 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. /episode/index/show/grantlawrence/id/36445785

Dirty Windshields - Where Are They Now? 05/26/2024

Dirty Windshields - Where Are They Now? 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. /episode/index/show/grantlawrence/id/31466622

Dirty Windshields - Epilogue - Rock 'n' Roll Was Never This Fun (The Lookouting) 04/07/2024

Dirty Windshields - Epilogue - Rock 'n' Roll Was Never This Fun (The Lookouting) 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... /episode/index/show/grantlawrence/id/30713578

Dirty Windshields - Ch 45 - Hate To Say I Told You So 02/26/2024

Dirty Windshields - Ch 45 - Hate To Say I Told You So 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. /episode/index/show/grantlawrence/id/30107398

Dirty Windshields - Ch 44 - Supergyration 02/09/2024

Dirty Windshields - Ch 44 - Supergyration 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. /episode/index/show/grantlawrence/id/29870078

Dirty Windshields - Ch 43 - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap 01/10/2024

Dirty Windshields - Ch 43 - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap 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. /episode/index/show/grantlawrence/id/29422078

Dirty Windshields - Ch 42 - Kings of the Party 12/27/2023

Dirty Windshields - Ch 42 - Kings of the Party 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." /episode/index/show/grantlawrence/id/29236038

Dirty Windshields - Ch 41 - Hot Boxin' 12/01/2023

Dirty Windshields - Ch 41 - Hot Boxin' 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!!!!!!!!!!! /episode/index/show/grantlawrence/id/28880423

Dirty Windshields - Ch 40 - Bent On Being Bent 11/07/2023

Dirty Windshields - Ch 40 - Bent On Being Bent 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. /episode/index/show/grantlawrence/id/28541381

Dirty Windshields - Ch 39 - Isny 10/12/2023

Dirty Windshields - Ch 39 - Isny 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. /episode/index/show/grantlawrence/id/28303490

Dirty Windshields - Ch 38 - Forte Prenestino 10/05/2023

Dirty Windshields - Ch 38 - Forte Prenestino 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. /episode/index/show/grantlawrence/id/28238276

Dirty Windshields - Ch 37 - Melee In Madrid 09/29/2023

Dirty Windshields - Ch 37 - Melee In Madrid The Smugglers discover the smash 'em up demolition derby that is... Madrid during rush hour. Also, the band teams up with "Rock n Roll" Jimmy Garcia to help navigate Spanish clubs overflowing with elicit drugs and wild fans. /episode/index/show/grantlawrence/id/28175594

Dirty Windshields - Ch 36 - Nobody Can Tell Us 09/21/2023

Dirty Windshields - Ch 36 - Nobody Can Tell Us The Smugglers head to the Continent for their "Selling the Sizzle" European tour with mixed feelings. Would this tour do as poorly as their first trip to Spain a few years earlier, or would their newfound association with Lookout Records save their collective touring asses? /episode/index/show/grantlawrence/id/28107947

Dirty Windshields - Ch 35 - Bishy Bishy! 09/14/2023

Dirty Windshields - Ch 35 - Bishy Bishy! The Smugglers misadventures in Japan with the Queers and Supersnazz rage on, with Queers lead singer Joe ever threatening to quit the highly disorganized tour at any moment. /episode/index/show/grantlawrence/id/28036047

Dirty Windshields - Ch 34 - Diode City 09/06/2023

Dirty Windshields - Ch 34 - Diode City Dirty Windshields: the Audiobook is BACK for Part 3: "Sushi and Squats." In this chapter, the Smugglers journey to Japan for a tour with the Queers and Supersnazz, which begins on a bad note. Two members of the entourage disappear. /episode/index/show/grantlawrence/id/27961332

Handy Candy - Ch 10 - The Full Moon Float 12/17/2022

Handy Candy - Ch 10 - The Full Moon Float Handy Candy takes a terrible tumble from her shoreline rocks on the evening of Desolation Sound's annual Full Moon Float in this final chapter of the series. /episode/index/show/grantlawrence/id/25352121

Handy Candy - Ch 9 - The Crawl 12/10/2022

Handy Candy - Ch 9 - The Crawl Handy Candy shows a physical will and sheer determination to get to her cabin that has possibly never been seen before or since in Desolation Sound. /episode/index/show/grantlawrence/id/25279458

Handy Candy - Ch 8 - The Fish 12/03/2022

Handy Candy - Ch 8 - The Fish Handy Candy continues to improve "Camp Candy", and sees opportunities for other neighbouring properties to clean up as well, believing strongly that "how things look matters." Some neighbours don't take kindly to Candy's unsolicited opinions. /episode/index/show/grantlawrence/id/25203108

Handy Candy - Ch 7 - The Cabin 11/26/2022

Handy Candy - Ch 7 - The Cabin Handy Candy rents a broken down cabin in Desolation Sound which she discovers is already occupied. /episode/index/show/grantlawrence/id/25132497

Handy Candy - Ch 6 - The Inlets 11/19/2022

Handy Candy - Ch 6 - The Inlets Handy Candy decides it's time to buy a lot in Desolation Sound, but her husband Bob has other plans, which comes as a shock. /episode/index/show/grantlawrence/id/25046355

Handy Candy - Ch 5 - The Islands 11/12/2022

Handy Candy - Ch 5 - The Islands Handy Candy and her husband Bob discover the ultimate sea kayaking campsite in Desolation Sound, so good that it would remain their driftwood camping kingdom for 14 straight summers. Where is it? Have a listen. /episode/index/show/grantlawrence/id/24971649

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