# Whales Are Sinking Boats and No One Knows Why Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-it-was-like-5287591/whales-are-sinking-boats-and-no-one-knows-why Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-it-was-like-5287591/whales-are-sinking-boats-and-no-one-knows-why.md Podcast: [What It Was Like](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-it-was-like-5287591) Published: 2026-03-13T22:27:48+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/what-it-was-like/episodes/69b481cc4266c9b1c79ea48b Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/69b481cc4266c9b1c79ea48b/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/what-it-was-like-5287591/episodes/whales-are-sinking-boats-and-no-one-knows-why Duration seconds: 2478 ## Resource Since 2020, orcas have been attacking sailing boats off the coasts of Spain and Portugal. Experts initially thought the behaviour was a passing fad, but six years later, it shows no sign of stopping. In this episode, British yachtsman Robert Powell describes the day a pod of orcas methodically disabled and sank his boat — and the surprising thing the coast guard told him after the rescue. Find us on TikTok:  @whatitwaslikepodcast Find us on Youtube:  @whatitwaslikepodcast Follow us on Instagram:  whatitwaslikepodcast This is a  Superreal  production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/what-it-was-like-5287591/episodes/whales-are-sinking-boats-and-no-one-knows-why/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-it-was-like-5287591/whales-are-sinking-boats-and-no-one-knows-why.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.