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For all of recorded history mankind hunted whales. Then one song made it stop. How did this happen?

Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S...

I read a lot for this, but for the best introduction to this story check out this amazing book by Joe Roman. It helped me to get an overview and find a lot of juicy quotes. https://www.amazon.com/Whale-Animal-J....

Hi there, my name is Jochem Boodt. I make the show The Present Past, where I show how the present has been influenced by the past. History, but connected to the present and fun!

Every episode I show how history has influenced and made a thing, an idea or event in our present time.

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