{"podcast":{"title":"Danny Jones Podcast","slug":"danny-jones-podcast-462898","podcast_index_feed_id":462898,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/QCD2752074976","website_url":"https://www.daylightmedia.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/3458dfb4-3eff-11ef-98f1-ef379edc942c/image/50c9241ef432988e46fee20837d045c7.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Danny Jones","episode_count":432,"summary":"Danny’s quest to get smarter.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-19T06:18:58.127034+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/danny-jones-podcast-462898"},"episode":{"title":"#431 - Top Freediver: Something Scary Is Happening In the Oceans | Valentine Thomas","slug":"431-top-freediver-something-scary-is-happening-in-the-oceans-valentine-thomas","published_at":"2026-09-14T17:14:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/danny-jones-podcast-462898/431-top-freediver-something-scary-is-happening-in-the-oceans-valentine-thomas","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/danny-jones-podcast-462898","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/433/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/QCD5573283425.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/433/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/QCD5573283425.mp3","summary":"Watch every episode ad-free & uncensored on Patreon: https://patreon.com/dannyjones Valentine is a world-class spear-fisher, freediving instructor & author. https://www.instagram.com/valentinethomas SPONSORS https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/zralgyl0 - Download Cash App today. https://GLD.com - Use code DANNYJONES for 40% off. https://whiterabbitenergy.com/?ref=DJP - Use code DJP for 20% off. EPISODE LINKS https://www.instagram.com/valentinethomas *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 - Freediving while pregnant 03:29 - Abandoned NASA base on Acension Island 09:19 - Bull shark encounters while fishing 15:15 - Valentine’s tiger shark encounter 18:16 - Why shark populations are exploding 23:35 - The tasteless fish that is useless 30:51 - Tracking seafood with blockchain 32:57 - The truth about farmed salmon 43:11 - Most of Earth's biomass is farmed animals 51:39 - The sweaty t-shirt study 55:06 - How birth control changes your partner selection 59:13 - Overfishing in Europe vs. America 01:08:27 - Facial recognition monitoring bluefin tuna fishing 01:11:03 - Florida’s controversial fishing quota system 01:19:47 - Spearfishing around Gulf oil rigs 01:21:36 - Freediving vs. scuba 01:26:05 - Manny Puig’s handmade hunting trident 01:33:36 - The fatal Cocos Island shark attack 01:38:33 - Shark influencers are lying to you 01:48:14 - The shark attack in Egypt 01:56:02 - Valentine’s theory about environmental activism 02:03:55 - Austrailia's new social media law 02:05:42 - Fishing channels are getting in trouble 02:09:08 - Australia’s proposed algorithm opt-out 02:11:25 - Phones & dangers of EMF exposu…","meta_description":"Watch every episode ad-free & uncensored on Patreon: https://patreon.com/dannyjones Valentine is a world-class spear-fisher, freediving instructor & autho…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":9759,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/danny-jones-podcast-462898/episodes/431-top-freediver-something-scary-is-happening-in-the-oceans-valentine-thomas/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/danny-jones-podcast-462898/431-top-freediver-something-scary-is-happening-in-the-oceans-valentine-thomas.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}