Today’s powerful conversation revolves around the state of our oceans, threats to marine wildlife, Sea Shepherd’s resistance through what Paul Watson calls “aggressive non-violence”, political dynamics and the tensions between subsistence hunters and conservationists.

Paul Watson is a marine wildlife conservationist and environmental activist from Toronto, Canada. Watson was one of the founding members and directors of Greenpeace. In 1977, he left Greenpeace and founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Watson has served as master and commander on seven different Sea Shepherd ships since 1978 and continues to lead Sea Shepherd campaigns.

Alongside his crew, he has starred in seven seasons of Animal Planet’s series Whale Wars. Among many honors, he was inducted into the US Animal Rights Hall of Fame in 2002 and in 2000 he was chosen by Time Magazine as one of the Environmental Heroes of the 20th Century.

♫ Music includes "Mister Eneos" by Gordon Bok, "Life's Evening Sun" by Wade Mainer and the Sons of the Mountaineers, "Elephant Hunting Song" by Mbuti Hunters, and “Humpback Whale" from New Songs of the Humpback.