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A Dolphin’s Plea for Understanding
By David Helvarg It’s not really a fixed grin, it’s the Botox. Oh, is your tape running? Sorry. Flipper DePescado here. I’m the union rep for Cetacean local 405 at the Long Beach Aquarium, but before that my family were free swimmers in Mexico and let me tell you people·Well, what can I say? Half…
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If By Sea
By David Helvarg Scanning the slate-gray waters of San Francisco Bay on an overcast spring day I spot more eider ducks and gulls than barges or ships. We’re patrolling past Alcatraz in a 41-foot Coast Guard utility boat that’s almost as old as its blue-eyed 30-year-old coxswain, Chuck Ashmore. Ironically, this old workhorse, with its…
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Meeting The Residents of Cozumel’s Reef
By David Helvarg A scuba vacation off the Yucatan brings a diver face to face with a hungry grouper, a shy octopus and a nosy barracuda Minutes after taking off from the Cancun airport, the prop plane banked steeply away from the coastal hotel zone, and soon we were looking down at the wild, unbroken…
How To Listen
You can listen to our podcast on a variety of platforms including Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Android, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Blubrry, Podchaser, Gaana, the Podcast Index, and Deezer.
Additionally, our podcast is broadcast on several radio stations:
- KGUA Radio – Public Media for the Mendonoma Coast
- KWMR – Point Reyes West Marin Community Radio
- KGNU & KGNU-FM – Denver & Boulder Community Radio Stations
- KKRN – Round Mountain California Listener Supported Radio
- G-TOWN RADIO – Germantown Community Radio, Philadelphia.
Check out our Substack for podcast transcripts and more!
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!

