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Out of the Blue — 260 episodes

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Fish nesting and parental care, with Professor Bob Wong

2

On Shark Attacks

3

AM I NOT YOUR TŪ/AKOI? Theology and the geopolitics of climate change in Tuvalu

4

Coral conspiracy: marine science and misinformation

5

Jellyfish in Port Phillip Bay

6

Queer history of the seas with Dr Graham Willett

7

The strategy behind the blockade of Australia's largest coal port

8

All about frogs and caring for Darebin Creek!

9

Scientific detectives on the hunt for the cause of South Australia's devastating algal bloom

10

Out of the Blue 19 October 2025 Logan Chandler podcast

11

Migratory Shorebird Conservation with Richard Fuller

12

Brian Robinson on growing up on Waiben (Thursday Island) and his new exhibition Ur Wayii (Incoming Tide)

13

Parks Victoria’s Michael Sams on “Closer to Nature” discussing sea urchins

14

The campaign to protect The Crystals, with Dr Sandy Webb

15

How do we become more ocean literate?

16

Fishers' knowledge is the key to reducing bycatch

17

Talking cuttlefish with Zandy Beer

18

Ecology, Art, and Soup: Seaweed Foraging with Chris Rockley

19

How can we re-imagine water beyond borders?

20

The latest on the algal bloom that is decimating South Australia's marine life

21

Sea shanties old and new with the Southern Ocean Sea Band

22

Symphony of the Artificial Reef - What listening to water tells us about our relationships with nature

23

Shiver me timbers! Australia's wild history of piracy

24

Emma Russell on ochre and the Moonee Ponds Creek

25

Governance of the High Seas and Deep Sea Mining

26

Why aren't Southern Right Whales recovering after whaling stopped?

27

Oh man, how good are mangroves?

28

Fish are moving south to keep up with climate change - and this scientist is keeping track of them

29

A Seismic Shift

30

Ocean book club: Jane Rawson on her new book Human/Nature

31

All About Shipworms

32

The wash-up on Cyclone Alfred with a surfing sand scientist

33

No Reprieve for the Endangered Maugean Skate

34

Jet skis with Vicki Karalis and Kate Robb

35

A marine heatwave is spreading down the coast of Western Australia. Here's what that means for marine life

36

Can you help scientists spot whales and dolphins in Port Phillip Bay?

37

The world's biggest animals will soon be paying a visit to Victoria

38

Thousands of sharks are gathering on the sea floor under Bass Strait

39

Taking the fight against salmon farming to the supermarkets

40

Ocean book club: Deep Water by James Bradley

41

Sheree Marris on Octopuses!

42

We won't be able to protect the Great Barrier Reef unless we fix water quality

43

Scientists are playing ocean sounds to baby oysters

44

Interview with Dr Allyson O'Brien

45

Nearly all the corals on this reef have died — here's what that means for marine life

46

First new gas extraction from Victoria's seas in a decade

47

Endangered sharks are being sold as flake

48

The extraordinary effort to save one of the world's rarest fish

49

It's here, it's queer, it's the ocean!

50

Tasmania's oceans are heating up - here's how the Aboriginal community is protecting Sea Country

51

It's the most obvious thing about salt water, but it's really important

52

Sharing the love for the Great Southern Reef

53

Great Ocean Rescue campaigns to stop seismic blasting

54

Conservationists sound alarm over Great Southern Reef

55

Saving the Scalloped Hammerhead

56

Morgan Ellis and Lucy Coals on marine pests and seagrasses!

57

The Southern Ocean just received its biggest healthcheck ever

58

Explaining the laws around offshore energy

59

Ashley Dungan & Laura Geissler on corals and microbes

60

This 'Thylacine of the sea' could become extinct in a decade

61

Amber Crittenden on dolphin acoustics

62

Great Barrier Reef recovery has stalled. What's next for coral reefs?

63

Secrets of a tiny Australian whale

64

Kellie Jackson on caring for the bay

65

Global boiling

66

How to manage the risks of wind turbines to ocean birds

67

The fight to stop seismic blasting off Victoria's coast

68

The mysteries of Victoria's Southern Right Whales

69

Support Out of the Blue on 3CR

70

Melbourne's very own dolphin

71

Kick krill fishing out of Antarctic seas

72

Walking sharks and giant manta rays: the secrets of Lady Elliot Island

73

Hundreds of Australian marine species at risk

74

The future is seaweed

75

Man bites shark: what's really in your flake

76

Objection, your honour! How green groups are taking giant fossil fuel projects to court

77

Bang! What happened when the British dropped three nuclear bombs on Australian coral islands

78

What killed 40 million mangroves in northern Australia? The answer is out of this world

79

20 years of Victoria's marine parks

80

Wonders of Westernport

81

Help scientists solve a spider crab riddle

82

A croc comeback

83

How a fungus is helping penguins

84

Lowest Antarctic sea ice on record

85

Saving coral reefs

86

Blah blah blah? What's at stake in global climate and biodiversity talks

87

A moratorium on Tasmania's salmon industry?

88

No gas across the Bass!

89

Seabird-eating centipedes and the Melbourne sea slug census

90

Saving Toondah Harbour and a worrying reef study

91

Squeamish about salmon?

92

Saving Australia's unique sharks and rays

93

Dive into Port Phillip Bay

94

Saving Antarctic seas

95

Strange Fish

96

Tiny seals! And the ocean construction boom

97

Plastic is in the food we eat - what can we do?

98

Green Seas

99

Something smells gassy

100

A story as big as a whale

101

Immortal Jellies!!

102

Incredible bird journeys

103

What's happening on the Great Barrier Reef?

104

Splashback - Sex in the Sea III

105

Splashback - Sex in the Sea II

106

Splashback - Sex in the Sea I

107

We have a new Marine and Coastal Policy!

108

Global Recycling Day (plus what covid-19 means for animal carers)

109

International Women's Day Special with Morgan Pumpa

110

That one time I punched a shark in the face

111

A close encounter with a bronze whaler

112

The ocean story behind Australia's unprecedented bushfires

113

The Apollo Bay Seafood Festival

114

Animal Encounters of the Marine Kind, with Paige Coleman

115

Seaside Scavenge and Dead and Red seas!

116

Sustainable Christmas

117

Coastal Adventures in the USA

118

Dragon Quest and Fish Count 2019

119

Out of the Blue - Interview with new presenter James Whitmore

120

Under the Sea Symphony

121

Interview with Master Reef Guide, Natalie Lo Bartolo

122

Exploring the Great Barrier Reef

123

Part 2 interview Tim Curmi

124

Micro Plastics in health and Octopus brains

125

How Dare You! There is no participation award.

126

Interview with Simon Finn about his current exhibition Breath-Hold Dwelling

127

Interview with Tim Curmi from Native Fish Australia

128

Port Phillip Bay fossils with Murray Orr from BESSI

129

News, events, and a bit of poetry

130

All about our Marine Protected Areas

131

Microplastics in the Yarra and Maribyrnong - updated research results!

132

Sawfish controversy & Glow in the dark sharks

133

Andrew chews the fat with fellow divers

134

Climate change emergency + Choosing an animal encounter provider

135

Whales Ahoy! with Dr. Olaf Meynecke

136

Cone snails and marine toxins

137

Sharks - No pain and a third eye?

138

Plastic Free July kickoff and tips plus spider crab update

139

Protect the spider crabs! Spider Crab Alliance

140

Radiothon 2019!

141

World Oceans Day & Whale Snot

142

Two Bays Whale project with David Donnelly

143

Happy World Turtle Day!

144

Looking after the Birrarung/Yarra river

145

Shaken, not stirred - Hvaldimir the alleged Russian spy beluga

146

Pink Indo-Pacific Humpback dolphins of Hong Kong

147

Scuba diving in Port Phillip Bay - Choosing a site & Helping the animals

148

Kickin' around with the Mantis Shrimp

149

The Peninsula's Last Straw is on a roll!

150

An interview with Professor Mike Weston

151

Misconceptions and Marine Life

152

A Thousand Tides - ocean art exhibition Vera Moller

153

Clean Up Australia Day special - LIVE INTERVIEWS from the Maribyrnong River

154

Urchins, pests and other marine issues

155

Little Penguins of Victoria, with Lauren Tworkowski from La Trobe University

156

Apollo Bay Seafood Festival 2019

157

Introducing the Institute for Women Surfers, Oceania Chapter

158

Art and connection to nature

159

Connect to Port Phillip Bay this summer

160

The Great Victorian Fish Count 2018 and Aboriginal aquaculture

161

Having an ocean friendly festive season

162

Plastic-eating E. coli bacteria and Matt's retirement

163

Introducing Bottle for Botol

164

Exciting announcement from Tangaroa Blue Foundation...

165

Wilsons Prom wins Global Ocean Refuge Platinum Award

166

Biofouling and marine pests - Part 2

167

Environmental Film Festival & Climate Change

168

Kill the Shark Nets and Philippe Cousteau Jr.

169

Analysis of recent shark attacks in Whitsundays

170

Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami - What we know so far

171

It's a wrap! Humpbacks and Highrises expedition highlights

172

Marine mammals and the Two Bays Whale Project with David Donnelly

173

Doug Bair questions is plastic really the enemy?

174

Spring Clean the City!

175

Marine bio-fouling and invasive species with John Lewis

176

Do jelly fish sleep?

177

Marine Shellfish Reef Restoration

178

Out of the Blue Community News and Update

179

Final days of Plastic Free July + Banning straws, does it really have an impact?

180

Microplastics a macro problem

181

The Art of Natural History

182

Week 1 of Plastic Free July

183

Out of the Blue goes out of this world

184

Bit of this, bit of that, bit of the other

185

RADIOTHON 2018

186

Humpbacks and Highrises

187

Burrunan's ahoy!

188

It's a wrap - Out of the Blue Fundraiser

189

A whale of a time with our fave paleontologist, Ben

190

It's Mother's Day! Let's talk sharks and the Great Barrier Reef

191

Volunteering overseas - Pt 2

192

Sea Slug Census review and the Sunscreen project

193

Out of the Blue mixed bag of marine-themed goodness

194

Radiothon Announcement & How to volunteer overseas

195

Sea Slug Census - it's happening - with Kade Mills

196

Sensing a Sea Slug Census

197

Litter Source Reduction Plans with Tangaroa Blue Foundation

198

Urchin McUrchin Face

199

Resident Dolphins of Port Phillip Bay, with Sue Mason

200

Keeping safe in the water

201

Courtship in the marine world

202

Mechelle Cheers on the Rye pier redevelopment

203

Trump hates sharks, but Jason Caruso doesn't

204

Out of the Blue - When Balloons Fly, Seabirds Die

205

Out of the Blue

206

Out of the Blue

207

Out of the Blue - Beyond Plastic Pollution Conference

208

2017 Great Victorian Fish Count

209

Out of the Blue - Episode 201710151130

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Out of the Blue - Marine Protected Areas with Kelsey

211

Adani Coal Mine - Australian Conservation Foundation

212

Out of the Blue - Episode 201709171130

213

Out of the Blue - Plastic Reduction & Cash for Containers

214

The wrap up of Operation Sponge

215

Out of the Blue - The Mysteries of the Hyperbaric Chamber

216

Out of the Blue - Episode 201708131130

217

Post Plastic Free July Interviews

218

Out of the Blue - Episode 201707231130

219

Out of the Blue - How to train marine animals

220

Plastic Free July 2017

221

Aquaculture industry in Victoria

222

Radiothon 2017

223

Interview with Blair Stafford from 5 Gyres Institute

224

Aquaculture in Victoria

225

Book reviews and chats with a marine nomad

226

Mothers of the Sea

227

Life on the Steve Irwin with Sea Shepherd

228

Project Banjo Action Group

229

More on rays!

230

Sex in the Sea III

231

Out of the Blue - Episode 201704091130

232

All. Things. Rays.

233

Source Reduction Plans

234

All aboard the Pelican 1

235

Lost World of Melbourne

236

Ocean Youth and Pedal Power

237

Isaac Wildlife Warrior

238

Dr Hugh Kirkham on seagrass

239

Always look on the bright side of life...

240

The Great Victorian Fish Count

241

Oil spills in our oceans

242

Sex in the Sea - Part II

243

Sharks and humans - how we interact

244

Marine Protected Areas around the world

245

Out of the Blue's first ever interview

246

A Little Bit Of Litter Doesn't Matter?

247

Showcasing Victoria's Marine Science event

248

Out of the Blue - Out of the Blue Creator David Speller

249

Operation Sponge

250

Toxic algal blooms

251

Sex in the sea

252

Out of the Blue - Marine news round up

253

Out of the Blue - Nicko Lunardi from Scab Duty

254

Jellyfish and their role in the ocean

255

2016 Election - What does it mean for the environment?

256

Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching findings

257

2016 3CR RADIOTHON SHOW

258

Tim Curmi from Native Fish Australia

259

Animals in captivity

260

Interview with Grattan Mullet about fishing values