340: The Outlaw Ocean: Ocean Iron Fertilization, Seasteading, & the Chilling of American Journalism—w/ Ian Urbina, The Outlaw Ocean Project
Episode 340 of the Reversing Climate Change podcast, hosted by Carbon Removal Strategies LLC, titled "340: The Outlaw Ocean: Ocean Iron Fertilization, Seasteading, & the Chilling of American Journalism—w/ Ian Urbina, The Outlaw Ocean Project" was published on March 18, 2025 and runs 46 minutes.
March 18, 2025 ·46m · Reversing Climate Change
Summary
I first heard the idiom "worse things happen at sea" in Monty Python's Life of Brian, and it's true.Ian Urbina has made a career of telling stories of the ocean. From piracy, illegal fishing, and sea slavery to seasteading and rogue carbon removal experiments, he's covered the gamut.How does one continuously report on topics of concern to relatively intimidating people? As the old line goes, "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed; everything else is public relations."In today's episode, Ian and host Ross Kenyon discuss these topics, but also broader questions of what is happening to journalism in a political environment where retaliation feels very possible.ResourcesBecome a paid subscriber of Reversing Climate ChangeThe Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the World's Last Untamed Frontier by Ian UrbinaThe Outlaw Ocean ProjectFollow the Reversing Climate Change podcast on LinkedIn
Episode Description
I first heard the idiom "worse things happen at sea" in Monty Python's Life of Brian, and it's true.
Ian Urbina has made a career of telling stories of the ocean. From piracy, illegal fishing, and sea slavery to seasteading and rogue carbon removal experiments, he's covered the gamut.
How does one continuously report on topics of concern to relatively intimidating people? As the old line goes, "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed; everything else is public relations."
In today's episode, Ian and host Ross Kenyon discuss these topics, but also broader questions of what is happening to journalism in a political environment where retaliation feels very possible.
Resources
Become a paid subscriber of Reversing Climate Change
The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the World's Last Untamed Frontier by Ian Urbina
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