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Marine Conservation Happy Hour — 308 episodes

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Shark Movie Quiz

2

Simon Allen, Producer - Discussion on Thrash vs. The Requin: Science of shark movies

3

Finspan Stonemaier Games: Designer Michael O'Connell Interview

4

EarthX - Peter Simek

5

When orcas ram boats - Dr. Naomi Rose explains

6

David Gruber-Learning how to speak to whales using AI (As Aired on Tampa News Talk Radio)

7

Vincent Doumeizel Interview -The Power of Plankton: How Plankton Made Life On Earth Possible and Why It's Key To Our Future

8

Orcas in Florida (As Aired on Local Tampa Talk News Radio)

9

Who is the pirate Ching Shih? (As Aired on Local Tampa Talk News Radio)

10

The Florida Aquarium - Eric Hovland and Sharkapalooza (As Aired on Local Tampa Talk News Radio)

11

Lionfish with Alex Fogg: The Lionfish King (As Aired on Local Tampa Talk News Radio)

12

Sea Change: Unlikely Allies and a Success Story of Oceanic Proportions (with Environmental Defense Fund Executive Director and author Amanda Leland)

13

Kraken's ocean inspiration

14

Anne Bonny and Mary Reed (As Aired on Local Tampa Talk News Radio)

15

Manatees, Turtles and the Big Freeze (As Aired on Local Tampa Talk News Radio)

16

Knights of Santiago (As Aired on Local Tampa Talk News Radio)

17

Gasparilla and Pirate Jose Gaspar (As Aired on Local Tampa Talk News Radio)

18

Shark Quiz- What do you know about sharks?

19

Sharkapalooza in Clearwater Florida with Jess Adanich

20

National Geographic "Pole to Pole" Documentary - an interview with Allison Fong

21

PBS documentary "Parenthood" in the oceans - an interview with documentary filmmaker Olly Scholey

22

Humpback whales in a Klingon spaceship? Is it scientifically possible?

23

The Economic Cost of Climate Disasters

24

Ocean species discovered in 2025

25

2025 was a depressing year for marine conservation

26

The Call of Krampus - A Christmas Special - Part 2

27

The Call of Krampus - a Christmas Eve Special - Part 1

28

Holiday Special - The Ghost Pirates of Williamsburg Part 4

29

Holiday Special - The Ghost Pirates of Williamsburg Part 3

30

Holiday Special - The Ghost Pirates of Williamsburg - Part 2

31

Holiday Special - The Ghost Pirates of Williamsburg Part 1

32

Ocean Science in the Movies: Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning

33

Ocean Science in the Movies: The Meg & Meg 2: The Trench

34

Science in the movies: Underwater

35

Marine mammal quiz - with Regina Asmutis-Silvia

36

Current issues in whale and dolphin conservation - with Regina Asmutis-Silvia

37

The science of Jaws - with Simon Allen

38

The Shape of Nature - with David Maitland

39

Robots in the sea with James Bellingham

40

Ocean science in the movies: The Abyss

41

Dolphins up close with Bertie Gregory

42

Ocean science in the movies: 20,000 Leagues Beneath the Sea

43

Silent Seals: The Namibia seal hunt with Rob Reed and Imogen Webster, part 2

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Silent Seals: The Namibia seal hunt with Rob Reed and Imogen Webster, part 1

45

The new "Death at Seaworld" TV show - with Simon Allen

46

Ocean science careers advice with Andrew Thaler

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The Last Hunt for the Jabberwock with Andrew Thaler

48

Deep Sea Mining with Andrew Thaler

49

Lessons learnt from Hurricane Katrina with Dr Ivor van Heerden

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What can Sharkapalooza do for you? With guest Jess Adanich

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National Geographic's Jaws at 50 with Wendy Benchley

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Sharkapalooza and Fuzzy Sharks with Jess Adanich

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National Geographic's SHARKFEST 2025 - Dan Beecham and "Sharks Up Close" and Candace Fields and "Investigation Shark Attack"

54

Drunken shenanigans - our favorite animals

55

The history of taverns (and beer witches)

56

The new Ocean documentary - a review

57

David Attenborough: Ocean - Documentary with Enric Sala and filmaker Toby Nowlan

58

Raiders of the last barrel - the archaeology of beer

59

Water, water everywhere - a water world quiz

60

Game of thrones science - recreating the dire wolf

61

Coffee shop science. Was some of the first marine mammal science done in a coffee shop?

62

Who is Kristján Loftsson and why is he an ocean villain? (with guest Rob Read)

63

The Latest Gossip on Whaling (with guest Rob Read)

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How can we stop the Faroe Islands whale hunts? With Rob Read from Neptune's Pirates - Part 2

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What is the grindadráp ? With Rob Read from Neptune's Pirates - Part 1

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What is the deadliest sea creature?

67

Who was the first Marine Biologist?

68

What is an Angel shark?

69

Operation deep blue legacy

70

Do you want to build a Manatee sanctuary?

71

Cod wars part 2: The British Empire strikes back

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Cod Wars: Episode 1 (The Phantom fish menace)

73

Finspan with Jamey Stegmaier

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Ocean science in TV shows [feat. "The Rig" and "Dune: Prophecy"]

75

Can short people save the world?

76

Ghost fish farms - with guest Isadora Abuter

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Adventures in nature photography - with Nat Geo's Jason Edwards

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Life as a wildlife photographer - with Nat Geo's Jason Edwards

79

Ocean Planets

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Ocean Aliens

81

Vikings of color

82

Whales and dolphins in captivity - with Hudson Lindenberger

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Hudson Lindenberger - adventure journalist!

84

Women Vikings

85

Gladiators and sharks - where there sharks in the arena?

86

The Transfigured Sea (with author Sally Ann Hunter)

87

Halloween special: The ghost ship Queen Mary

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Halloween special: Ghost ship

89

How to protest and help the environment effectively

90

Protecting our coastline with electricity

91

Rice's whale news - saving the Great Florida Whale!

92

What have the vikings ever given us?!

93

The Secret World of Sound (with Dugald Maudsley)

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Microplastics in your clothes (with Alex Lauer)

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Cheap tips to save energy and help the environment

96

Rum saving the environment?

97

Deep Sea Mining (with Dr Andrew Thaler)

98

Latest Orca news (with Joe Olson)

99

Was it a sea monster?

100

Estuary critters

101

The importance of estuaries

102

Wailing about whaling

103

Ship-sinking orcas

104

What is it like to be a marine biologist in the White House?

105

The Art of Water

106

International Whaling Commission Update 2024

107

The language of whales

108

Can you swim the Dead Sea?

109

Science & education outreach opportunities in the Bahamas

110

The Greenland shark - the oldest fish in the sea

111

Anne Bonny - pirate queen

112

Mary Read - pirate queen

113

Baleen whales calling

114

Dolphin and manatee chat

115

A fishy noise in Florida

116

The old man of the sea - Hemmingway and Booze

117

Is absinthe illegal in the US?

118

The White Vault - Ocean science and horror

119

Florida dolphins and toxic plastic chemicals

120

Right whale stranding at Martha's Vineyard - grave concerns for an endangered species

121

Crabeater seals in Antarctica

122

The physiology of marine mammals

123

Great white Baby Shark do do do do

124

Osprey decline in the Chesapeake Bay

125

Ghosts, pirates and university funding

126

The pirates of the Chesapeake Bay

127

History of Pirates

128

Antarctic Fun Facts

129

Fun Arctic Facts

130

The Climate Change Science drinking game returns

131

New Year Resolution Ideas

132

The strange feeding habits of gray whales

133

The Pacific Coast Feeding Group of gray whales

134

Whale behavior

135

The environmental impacts of Brexit

136

Oyster catchers, mudflats and marine protected areas

137

The 2024 conservation job outlook

138

Wind farms and whale strandings - Who is really behind the wind farm protests?

139

Halloween Special part 3: Atlantis!

140

The Bermuda Triangle

141

Ghost ship: The Flying Dutchman

142

Climate change science news update

143

Ocean Gliders

144

Unsustainable cruise ship tourism

145

Environmental Crisis in the Virgin Islands

146

Sustainable Aquaculture

147

Rowing across the Atlantic Ocean, pt 2

148

Rowing across the Atlantic Ocean, pt 1

149

Humpback Whale Facts

150

The Witcher and Ocean Science

151

Climate Change News

152

Ecocide

153

The best environmental groups to work for

154

Lolita the orca

155

Good news for Rice's whale

156

Right whale Facts

157

Return of the shark quiz

158

Oldest Living Mammal

159

Climate change update

160

The largest whale?

161

Bond, James Bond

162

Minke Whales facts

163

Superpod - an orca extravaganza

164

We're in hot water!

165

Cocaine sharks

166

Shark quiz

167

Bryde's and Sei whales

168

Shark Attacks

169

The science of Black Panther - Wakanda Forever

170

Blue Whales Facts

171

Whale Earwax

172

The science behind the movie: Avatar 2

173

Dolphins in space!

174

Porpoises of the world

175

River Dolphins

176

Baleen and toothed Whales

177

Whale Evolution

178

Science Lesson on Whale Classification

179

Hvaldimir the whale

180

Gladiator whales

181

Vikings and Climate Change

182

Orcas attack

183

The Lagoon - a tale of whales

184

Rice's whale

185

A new law threatening marine life in the US

186

Underwater noise

187

Penguin quiz

188

Fin whale facts

189

Dracula's castle & whale science

190

Living in mangroves

191

Penguins and Plastic

192

The Pirate Queen

193

Saw Shark Facts

194

Sawfish vs Sawshark

195

Sea otter conservation

196

What to do if you see a sea otter!

197

Sea otter watching

198

Sea otter savvy

199

Sea otter quiz

200

Sea otters

201

The ocean at night

202

Humpback whale strandings in New York & New Jersey

203

An elephant seal & a big climate change discovery

204

Jolly shore leave!

205

What are sea shanties?

206

The environmental footprint of mead & beer - Groennfell Meadery

207

How to make mead - Groennfell Meadery

208

Science behind Mead - Groennfell Meadery

209

Pirate Quiz 2

210

Pirate quiz

211

MCHH 480: Leverage: Redemption - a TV show with an environmental message

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MCHH 479: Orcas in Florida

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MCHH 478: Killer whales or orcas

214

MCHH 477: A new threat to right whales

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MCHH 476: Scientists exploiting students #scisploitation

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MCHH 475: Whales and microplastics

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MCHH 474: Manta rays

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MCHH 473: Mote Aquarium

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MCHH 472: Florida manatees

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MCHH 471: Ocean outreach and education

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MCHH 470: Ocean acidification

222

MCHH 469: Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium

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MCHH: 468: Let's make the perfect zoo

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MCHH 467: Disney's Animal Kingdom

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MCHH 466: Plankton wiped out in the Atlantic? Is that right?

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MCHH 465: Quiz - Ocean Science

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MCHH 464: Marine Conservation New Year resolutions

228

MCHH 463: Quiz- Saucy scientific names

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MCHH 462: Winter holiday Traditions

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MCHH 461: Shore buddies - cute marine animals made from recycled plastic

231

MCHH 460: What to look for in a zoo or aquarium

232

MCHH 459: Conservation guidelines for zoos and aquariums in the 21st century

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MCHH 458: Conservation - the difference between in situ and ex situ conservation

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MCHH 457: The Secret Life of Corals: Sex, War and Rocks that Don't Roll

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MCHH 456: Environmental education - know your audience!

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MCHH 455: The educational value of whaling-watching trips

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MCHH 454: Quick, to the Whalemobile !

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MCHH 453: Marine biologists with disabilities

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MCHH 452: Poo in the pools and starving dolphins - damning new reports about the Miami Seaquarium

240

MCHH 451: Marine conservation news round up

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MCHH 450: Climate change (part 2)

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MCHH 449: Climate change (part 1)

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MCHH 448: Mermaids! (Part 2)

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MCHH 447: Mermaids! (Part 1)

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MCHH 446 - Halloween episode! Mary Shelly, Frankenstein and the first environmental disaster novel

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MCHH 445: Planktonia

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MCHH 444: Plastic in the ocean

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MCHH 443: Xenomarine biology - Marine biologists in space!

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MCHH 442: Hurricane Ian (part 2)

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MCHH 441: Hurricane Ian (Part 1)

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MCHH 440: Environmental and ocean careers

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MCHH 439: Atlantis?

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MCHH 438: The line - a sustainable city for the future? Part 2.

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MCHH 437: The line - a sustainable city for the future?

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MCHH 436: Climate disasters

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MCHH 435: The Queen, the British Royal family, and the environment

257

MCHH 424: Memoir of a mad scientist !

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MCHH 423: President Biden's climate change bill

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MCHH 422: Game of Thrones - House of the Dragon. The marine biology version.

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MCHH 421: Self-medicating dolphins

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MCHH 420: What is Ambergris?

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MCHH 419: Scientists with Dyslexia

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MCHH 418: What is a blobfish?

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MCHH 417: Marine Biologist Graduate Advice

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MCHH 416: Science and Artists

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MCHH 415: Marine eDNA research

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MCHH 414: Value our Conservationists

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MCHH 413: Applying for jobs?

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MCHH 412: Visit to the Florida Aquarium

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MCHH 411: Tampa Bay Watch Sunset Eco Tour

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MCHH 410: Protecting the Hudson Canyon

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MCHH 409: The impact of the Ukraine War on dolphins

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MCHH 408: Sustainable dolphin-watching in the UK

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MCHH 407: Seabirds 101

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MCHH 406: The Dunwich Horror - a climate disaster

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MCHH 405: What seafood can you eat? A guide to sustainable fisheries

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MCHH 404: The historical importance of fish

278

MCHH 403: A new species of dolphin!

279

MCHH 402: Capitol Hill Ocean Week

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MCHH 401: Eat sustainably - like a Viking !

281

MCHH 400: Ocean noise pollution

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MCHH 399: Recording ocean sounds for science

283

MCHH 398: Ocean Music

284

MCHH 397: Ocean memory

285

MCHH 396: The future of ocean energy

286

MCHH 395: A week in the life of a science communicator

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MCHH 394: Balancing your carbon footprint

288

MCHH 393: Snakes on a ... dolphin?!

289

MCHH 392: Solar panels saving money

290

MCHH 391: Dolphin quiz !

291

MCHH 390: The real "Our Flag Means Death !" Part 2

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MCHH 389: The real "Our Flag Means Death !" Part 1

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MCHH 388: the United Nations Decade for Ocean Science

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MCHH 387: Our Ocean - commitments to conserve the ocean

295

MCHH 386: From Harry Potter to dolphin fraternities

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MCHH 385: Dolphin names and signature whistles

297

MCHH 384: Microplastics

298

MCHH 383: The latest IPCC report highlights - what does this mean for us?

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MCHH 382: Mindful conservation: coaching

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MCHH 381: Be careful how you choose your role models !

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MCHH 380: Harbour porpoise strandings and a mass mortality event

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MCHH 379: Harbour porpoise standings - when seals attack !

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MCHH 378: Polar bear diets and the science of fat

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MCHH 377: What do polar bears eat?

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MCHH 376: Alligators and panthers and key lime pie... oh my!

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MCHH 375: The Coral Restoration Foundation - Part 4

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MCHH 374: The Coral Restoration Foundation - Part 3

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MCHH 373: The Coral Restoration Foundation - Part 2