# #430 - "Eaten Alive" Shark Week Filmmaker on Footage They Can Never Release | Andy Casagrande Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/danny-jones-podcast-462898/430-eaten-alive-shark-week-filmmaker-on-footage-they-can-never-release-andy-casagrande Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/danny-jones-podcast-462898/430-eaten-alive-shark-week-filmmaker-on-footage-they-can-never-release-andy-casagrande.md Podcast: [Danny Jones Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/danny-jones-podcast-462898) Published: 2026-09-11T17:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/433/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/QCD4097004035.mp3 Audio file: https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/433/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/QCD4097004035.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/danny-jones-podcast-462898/episodes/430-eaten-alive-shark-week-filmmaker-on-footage-they-can-never-release-andy-casagrande Duration seconds: 11812 ## Resource Watch every episode ad-free & uncensored on Patreon: https://patreon.com/dannyjones Andy Casagrande is a two-time Emmy winning wildlife cinematographer, producer, on-camera presenter, and shark diver best known for his long-running work on Discovery Channel’s Shark Week. He has filmed and produced hundreds of wildlife projects for National Geographic, Discovery, BBC, and Animal Planet.  @abc4explore SPONSORS http://kalshi.com/r/dannyjones - Download the Kalshi app and use code DANNYJONES to get $20 when you trade $20. https://butcherbox.com/danny - Get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ribeye, new york strip, or filet mignon in every box for a year. https://whiterabbitenergy.com/?ref=DJP - Use code DJP for 20% off. EPISODE LINKS Andy's Channel:  @abc4explore *NEW* DJP MERCH https://dannyjonespodcast.com Get paid to make clips from the show: https://discord.com/invite/dannyjones FOLLOW DANNY JONES https://www.instagram.com/dannyjones https://twitter.com/jonesdanny OUTLINE 00:00 - Andy Casagrande's path to shark filmmaking 02:41 - Childhood, schizophrenia, and studying psychology 09:37 - National Geographic vs. Shark Week 12:07 - Filming Mick Fanning after his shark encounter 17:58 - Shark encounters while surfing 21:16 - Mark Healey freediving with great white sharks 23:28 - Do sharks get used to humans? 26:52 - Drone footage of sharks near swimmers 33:50 - Michael Phelps' Shark Week swim 37:17 - Why some beaches have more shark attacks 43:10 - Tracking great whites off Naples 53:09 - The tiger shark that nearly killed Andy's wife 59:03 - Tiger sharks vs. great whites 01:02:20 - Putting cameras on sharks 01:04:38 - Jaws, Ocean Ramsey & shark stereotypes 01:09:30 - Why whale sharks have teeth on their eyes 01:12:30 - The fatal Tiger Beach dive 01… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/danny-jones-podcast-462898/episodes/430-eaten-alive-shark-week-filmmaker-on-footage-they-can-never-release-andy-casagrande/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/danny-jones-podcast-462898/430-eaten-alive-shark-week-filmmaker-on-footage-they-can-never-release-andy-casagrande.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.