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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello, Hello, Hello, is this kinga Phillips. It is welcome
to the show, and Happy Shark Week.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Happy Shark Week. I feel like I should be holding
sparklers right now. It's so fun.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
Yeah, it is. It's become it really has. It continues
to grow too. So I got.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Involved with Shark Week for the first time in twenty
twenty one. I've been working with sharks for over fifteen years,
but twenty twenty one was my first time with Shark Week.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
No, when you say you've been working with sharks for
fifteen years, what do you mean.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
I am on the board of an organization called Shark Allies. Oh,
and that started with my fascination with sharks, and you know,
I wanted to participate in conservation. So we do a
lot of conservation work. We would lead trips, we would
get people in the water with sharks. We've done legislation,
all kinds of stuff. But it's also just a personal
passion of mine. And because I've been hosting adventure television
(00:52):
for twenty something years now, sharks get incorporated into a
lot of what I do. I'm always trying to get
people in the water with sharks.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
So what is the name of the organization again, Shark Allies,
so shark Allies, so King of Phillips. You're a revered journalist,
but at the same time, you're one of those believers
that like, they're they're not to be afraid of, they're
our friend. You're one of those.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
I'm not, So let me clarify that I am.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Actually we're saying that in the sense because they're they're
terrifying beast. But I have a lot of friends who've
gone swimming with sharks and it's exhilarating. You know, they've
loved it exactly.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
So you just hit the nail on the head with
a perfect balance. Like I will never say sharks are
not scary and they are our friends. I actually, you know,
adamantly argue against that viewpoint because they are apex predators,
they have big, sharp teeth, and they are dangerous. Yeah,
but at the same time, they are these incredible animals
that allow us proximity to them that you could never
(01:53):
have with a polar bear. You know, there's no dancing
with polar bears because if we did that, we'd just
be feeding the bears. Right. Yeah, people can get in
the water with sharks and spend time with them and
they allow us if we know how to behave that's wild.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
That's valid. That's a wildly valid point. And there even
is Dancing with Sharks on Discovering It. Do you even
have Tom bergeron as part of it? Which I think
is an absolute blast? Do you use?
Speaker 2 (02:19):
It's so cool?
Speaker 1 (02:19):
And you're involved in all these Discovery Channel specials that
are coming Caught Sharks, Strike Back and Attack of the
Devil Shark and all this stuff.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
I am so I have three shows on Shark Week
this year, which makes me super lucky and super excited.
And they're all completely different and so much fun.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
Yeah, tell me about them.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
So Dancing with Sharks with Tom Berger on his host,
which is just such a great, awesome choice. He's so
much fun, is exactly what it sounds like. It is
some of the best shark handlers in the world and
they are dancing with Sharks. That aired yesterday, but it
can still be screamed on Discovery Plus on HBO Max
and it's a lot of fun. I watched it, I
had fun, We loved it. Then Caught Sharks Straight Back
(02:59):
is a clip show and they bring in conservationist experts
and we speak to videos that kind of went viral
in the last year or so or you know, in
recent years, and they are shark and in so we
kind of explained, we break it down what happened, what
went wrong, what could have gone better. So that's a
really interesting show for anyone who's interested in like sharks
psychology and what really happens in these situations. And then
(03:21):
Attack of the Devil Shark is a fun show that's
really like steeped in legends and lore. And we filmed
that out in Saba Island and we were looking for
this mysterious shark that was implicated in two shark attacks
on a nearby island. So all the shows are very
different and they're super fun.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
Yeah, and again it's Discoveries Shark Week. Do you have
a favorite shark movie? Oh?
Speaker 2 (03:43):
A favorite? So, I mean I really do have to
go with the classic. It's got to be jobs, you know,
you can't beat that. Obviously, they're original, not the like
three or four or five that came out for.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Yeah, did you have you seen the I just watched.
Speaking of all this great content that Discovery is putting out,
there's that fiftieth anniversary the Making of Jaws that just
came out about two They kind of tied it a
little bit to Shark Week to a degree because it
came out about a week or so ago. It has
new interviews with Steven Spielberg and about the making of
(04:16):
the movie. Have you seen that Kinga?
Speaker 2 (04:18):
I haven't seen it yet, but now now you gave
me something to do.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Yeah. Yeah, it's a heck of a making of behind
the scenes, and clearly, as the journalist that you are,
I think you would appreciate it. How did you How
did your parents come up with naming you Kinga? I
love that name.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
I was born in Warsaw, Poland, and Kinga was a
historical figure in Hungary and then in Poland. And there's
actually a salt mine in Poland and there's a chapel
inside the Saint Kinga because she became a saint after
she passed. Not a reputation I'm going to live up to,
but you know, nice to know.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
Yeah, yeah, it's a strong name. It's a very powerful name.
Thank you, And beyond Shark Week, what can we expect
from you next? After Shark Week wraps up? I kind
of miss king I'll be honest with you too. When
Shark Week for a couple of years there. It ended
with a Sharknado movie. I kind of missed the Sharknado movies,
(05:13):
to be honest.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Isn't it funny how those movies just became such a
phenomenon they did, like you really they we could have
just laughed them out the door, but yet people really
love them and they are fun. I love that kind
of stuff.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
I mean Ian Zerring from nine oh two one Oho
playing a character named Finn who actually chainsaws him his
way out of a shark. He gets eaten by a
shark with this chainsaw, But chains how are you not
going to come back for the second one? And the
third and the I mean and the fifth.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
You do what you gotta do. If you're gonna change
saw yourself out of a shark, that's what you gotta do.
That's a Monday. That's just a Monday.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
But I do think in a lot of ways, uh,
it rode the wave at that time. That's just when
Shark Week was kind of going from this fringy thing.
It's very well known now and a great ratings week
I'm sure for Discovery in general. But it's getting bigger
every year, and I think Sharknando on the ground in
(06:13):
a ground floor sense. They were so fun and zany
and loaded with cameos that they helped Shark Week become
that much more known and kind of appointment television. Yeah,
it became appointment television.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
I agree. And that's what Shark Week does so well
is that, you know, it really kind of walks that
line of entertainment, drama, fun, jumping the shark over the top,
and then also education, science and information, so you get
a little bit of everything rolled into one, and I
think that's why it's such a phenomenon.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Well, people should check you out at kinga Phillips dot com.
I spent a little time on the website today. You're
an adventurer journalist too, so hats off to you because
it looks like you tackle a lot of like dangerous
story so I tip my hat to you and continuing success.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Thank you so much, pleasure chatting with you.
Hello, Hello, Hello, is this kinga Phillips. It is welcome
to the show, and Happy Shark Week.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Happy Shark Week. I feel like I should be holding
sparklers right now. It's so fun.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
Yeah, it is. It's become it really has. It continues
to grow too. So I got.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Involved with Shark Week for the first time in twenty
twenty one. I've been working with sharks for over fifteen years,
but twenty twenty one was my first time with Shark Week.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
No, when you say you've been working with sharks for
fifteen years, what do you mean.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
I am on the board of an organization called Shark Allies. Oh,
and that started with my fascination with sharks, and you know,
I wanted to participate in conservation. So we do a
lot of conservation work. We would lead trips, we would
get people in the water with sharks. We've done legislation,
all kinds of stuff. But it's also just a personal
passion of mine. And because I've been hosting adventure television
(00:52):
for twenty something years now, sharks get incorporated into a
lot of what I do. I'm always trying to get
people in the water with sharks.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
So what is the name of the organization again, Shark Allies,
so shark Allies, so King of Phillips. You're a revered journalist,
but at the same time, you're one of those believers
that like, they're they're not to be afraid of, they're
our friend. You're one of those.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
I'm not, So let me clarify that I am.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Actually we're saying that in the sense because they're they're
terrifying beast. But I have a lot of friends who've
gone swimming with sharks and it's exhilarating. You know, they've
loved it exactly.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
So you just hit the nail on the head with
a perfect balance. Like I will never say sharks are
not scary and they are our friends. I actually, you know,
adamantly argue against that viewpoint because they are apex predators,
they have big, sharp teeth, and they are dangerous. Yeah,
but at the same time, they are these incredible animals
that allow us proximity to them that you could never
(01:53):
have with a polar bear. You know, there's no dancing
with polar bears because if we did that, we'd just
be feeding the bears. Right. Yeah, people can get in
the water with sharks and spend time with them and
they allow us if we know how to behave that's wild.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
That's valid. That's a wildly valid point. And there even
is Dancing with Sharks on Discovering It. Do you even
have Tom bergeron as part of it? Which I think
is an absolute blast? Do you use?
Speaker 2 (02:19):
It's so cool?
Speaker 1 (02:19):
And you're involved in all these Discovery Channel specials that
are coming Caught Sharks, Strike Back and Attack of the
Devil Shark and all this stuff.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
I am so I have three shows on Shark Week
this year, which makes me super lucky and super excited.
And they're all completely different and so much fun.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
Yeah, tell me about them.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
So Dancing with Sharks with Tom Berger on his host,
which is just such a great, awesome choice. He's so
much fun, is exactly what it sounds like. It is
some of the best shark handlers in the world and
they are dancing with Sharks. That aired yesterday, but it
can still be screamed on Discovery Plus on HBO Max
and it's a lot of fun. I watched it, I
had fun, We loved it. Then Caught Sharks Straight Back
(02:59):
is a clip show and they bring in conservationist experts
and we speak to videos that kind of went viral
in the last year or so or you know, in
recent years, and they are shark and in so we
kind of explained, we break it down what happened, what
went wrong, what could have gone better. So that's a
really interesting show for anyone who's interested in like sharks
psychology and what really happens in these situations. And then
(03:21):
Attack of the Devil Shark is a fun show that's
really like steeped in legends and lore. And we filmed
that out in Saba Island and we were looking for
this mysterious shark that was implicated in two shark attacks
on a nearby island. So all the shows are very
different and they're super fun.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
Yeah, and again it's Discoveries Shark Week. Do you have
a favorite shark movie? Oh?
Speaker 2 (03:43):
A favorite? So, I mean I really do have to
go with the classic. It's got to be jobs, you know,
you can't beat that. Obviously, they're original, not the like
three or four or five that came out for.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Yeah, did you have you seen the I just watched.
Speaking of all this great content that Discovery is putting out,
there's that fiftieth anniversary the Making of Jaws that just
came out about two They kind of tied it a
little bit to Shark Week to a degree because it
came out about a week or so ago. It has
new interviews with Steven Spielberg and about the making of
(04:16):
the movie. Have you seen that Kinga?
Speaker 2 (04:18):
I haven't seen it yet, but now now you gave
me something to do.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Yeah. Yeah, it's a heck of a making of behind
the scenes, and clearly, as the journalist that you are,
I think you would appreciate it. How did you How
did your parents come up with naming you Kinga? I
love that name.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
I was born in Warsaw, Poland, and Kinga was a
historical figure in Hungary and then in Poland. And there's
actually a salt mine in Poland and there's a chapel
inside the Saint Kinga because she became a saint after
she passed. Not a reputation I'm going to live up to,
but you know, nice to know.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
Yeah, yeah, it's a strong name. It's a very powerful name.
Thank you, And beyond Shark Week, what can we expect
from you next? After Shark Week wraps up? I kind
of miss king I'll be honest with you too. When
Shark Week for a couple of years there. It ended
with a Sharknado movie. I kind of missed the Sharknado movies,
(05:13):
to be honest.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Isn't it funny how those movies just became such a
phenomenon they did, like you really they we could have
just laughed them out the door, but yet people really
love them and they are fun. I love that kind
of stuff.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
I mean Ian Zerring from nine oh two one Oho
playing a character named Finn who actually chainsaws him his
way out of a shark. He gets eaten by a
shark with this chainsaw, But chains how are you not
going to come back for the second one? And the
third and the I mean and the fifth.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
You do what you gotta do. If you're gonna change
saw yourself out of a shark, that's what you gotta do.
That's a Monday. That's just a Monday.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
But I do think in a lot of ways, uh,
it rode the wave at that time. That's just when
Shark Week was kind of going from this fringy thing.
It's very well known now and a great ratings week
I'm sure for Discovery in general. But it's getting bigger
every year, and I think Sharknando on the ground in
(06:13):
a ground floor sense. They were so fun and zany
and loaded with cameos that they helped Shark Week become
that much more known and kind of appointment television. Yeah,
it became appointment television.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
I agree. And that's what Shark Week does so well
is that, you know, it really kind of walks that
line of entertainment, drama, fun, jumping the shark over the top,
and then also education, science and information, so you get
a little bit of everything rolled into one, and I
think that's why it's such a phenomenon.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Well, people should check you out at kinga Phillips dot com.
I spent a little time on the website today. You're
an adventurer journalist too, so hats off to you because
it looks like you tackle a lot of like dangerous
story so I tip my hat to you and continuing success.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Thank you so much, pleasure chatting with you.
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