S7 Ep. 45: Jasmin Graham on Understanding Sharks

fiction/non/fiction

Marine biologist Jasmin Graham joins co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to discuss her new book, Sharks Don’t Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist, which is about the beauty and diversity of sharks and her career studying them inside and outside of academia. Graham, who left a doctoral program and subsequently founded the community-based organization Minorities in Shark Science to make the field more accessible and inclusive, unpacks how Jaws-inspired fears about sharks fail to understand the species. She also talks about seeing similarities in how sharks and Black people are misrepresented, misunderstood, brutalized, and threatened. Graham reads from Sharks Don’t Sink.

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This episode of the podcast was produced by Anne Kniggendorf.

Jasmin Graham

• Sharks Don't Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist
• “How Japanese-American Scientist Eugenie Clark Spearheaded the Study of Sharks” | Literary Hub

Others:

• "50 Years Ago, ‘Jaws’ Hit Bookstores, Capturing the Angst of a Generation" by Brian Raftery | The New York Times
• Opinion | "What is Trump’s shark story really about?" by Eugene Robinson | The Washington Post
• Opinion | "What is going on inside Trump’s mind?" by Eugene Robinson | The Washington Post
• Jaws by Peter Benchley
• Deep Wizardry by Diane Duane
• Finding Nemo
• Shark Tale
• Shark Week
• SharkFest
• Apocalypse Now
• Anthony Swofford
• Fiction/Non/Fiction Season 7, Episode 25: "Ivy Pochoda on Caitlin Clark and Women Athletes”
• Nyad
• “Donald Trump Mocked Over 'Bizarre Rant' About Sharks” | video | Newsweek

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