

This week we talk with Linda Behnken, Executive Director of the Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association. Linda has fished commercially for over 40 years. An outspoken advocate for her state’s fishing communities and the marine environment they depend on, she has led fights against industrial scale trawl net fishing and for climate change action and adaptation. …

This week we talk with Kramer Wimberley lead dive instructor and board member of DWP – Diving With a Purpose. Through citizen science DWP is a leading force in identifying, surveying and documenting shipwrecks from the Atlantic Slave Trade and honoring the people who were lost to it. Kramer, along with his underwater archeology work…

This week we talk with David Shiffman, a marine biologist with Arizona State University, and fun science communicator who speaks with wit and knowledge about sharks and the ocean, their evolution, strange and varied reproductive strategies and the politics of conserving them. Hearing from a shark expert like Shiffman is its own kind of thrill. So dive in with us…

This week we talk with Francis Lean Bu, the Executive Director of the Roatan Marine Park one of the jewels of the Mesoamerican reef off the north coast of Honduras. Along with the wonders of her island’s reef life we also learn about ongoing battles with stony coral tissue disease (divers applying antibiotics to the living reef),…

This week we talk with Tre Packard: art curator, diver and Executive Director of the PangaeSeed Foundation that includes the ‘Sea Walls – Artists for the Oceans’ program. ‘Sea Walls’ has involved hundreds of artists creating over 500 large ocean-themed murals in 19 nations. Tre talks about the role of art in marine conservation, their first mural project and…
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Each episode navigates insightful discussions on marine life, and the critical issues affecting our seas. Informative, educational and humorous, it’s a valuable resource for anyone passionate about understanding and preserving our ocean world!