Synopsis: Owen and Laine take a refreshing dip with Dr. Janet Mann, a dolphin researcher whose research chronicled the 30-year relationship of Cookie and Smokey, two gay dolphins in Australia. Next, they speak with Alexis Pauline Gumbs, author of Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals about the liberatory lessons we can learn from our Queer undersea kin.

Guests: Cory Diane – Composer ; Dr Janet Mann Professor of Biology and Psychology at Georgetown University ; Dr Alexis Pauline Gumbs author of Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals

• Cory Diane – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/savorypancakes/
• The Shark Bay Dolphin Research Project: https://www.monkeymiadolphins.org/
• Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexispauline/

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