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Listening with Scott McVay: The Man Who Helped the World Hear Whales Sing
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- Listening with China Blue
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- Nov 10, 2025
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- 3372
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Summary
My next guest, Scott McVay, helped the world to hear whales sing for the first time. With his wife Hella, he co-discovered the songs of humpback whales—an underwater symphony that became a vinyl phenomenon in 1970 and forever changed how we listen to the sea. His work on whale songs has appeared in Science and Scientific American , and his books, Whales Sing and Other Exuberances and Surprise Encounters , capture a lifetime of listening in deep kinship with the living world.