# Listening with Scott McVay: The Man Who Helped the World Hear Whales Sing

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Published: 2025-11-10T12:28:13+00:00
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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.

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