Killers: J pod on the brink
with Gloria Macarenko
Episode 1: “Tapping Out”
35 mins
July 17, 2019
Hope turns to dismay as a new J pod calf dies before researchers arrive. When mother J35 carries its corpse for 17 days and 1000 miles, the world wakes up to the plight of the Southern Residents. Some call it grief; others, a message, and the drama of that hot summer becomes a symbol of the struggle to save J pod.