From Sea Shepherd and Whale Wars to fighting for the planet with Pharrell: Captain Paul Watson

He co-founded Greenpeace and has been a champion for the earth…

After being the youngest co-founder of Greenpeace, Captain Paul Watson started Sea Shepherd Conservation Society as a hands on way to protect the world’s oceans.

The captain takes us through the world of the conservation movement, reviews some of his experiences and why he became disillusioned with some of the work being done.

Watson shares the dirty secrets of some of the huge bigger charities-turned-eco-corporations.

He talks about sinking half Iceland’s whaling fleet and Mark asks him why he recently had to stay at sea for 15 months to avoid extradition and how that has ultimately played out.

Finally, Captain Paul talks about his latest project to remove some of the plastic that ends up in the ocean and it’s a project with a new partner, Pharrell Williams.

Emmy winning comedy writer David Feldman joins (after arriving late–we left his arrival conversation in the show).

Heather Ankeny joins Mark as always.

One note: because this is our first Skype interview we apologize for the occasional Skype alerts/sounds.  Although we tried to minimize them, some still got through.  In future this will not be an issue!