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Out of the Blue — 267 episodes

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Rebroadcast: Seabed Mining and Governance of the High Seas

2

How does noise pollution affect animal behaviour?

3

Seasonal Sea Slug Census

4

Fish on Drugs

5

Jayne Burton of Native Fish Australia

6

A case study into marine citizen science groups; a PhD student speaks

7

Photographing the underwater world

8

Fish nesting and parental care, with Professor Bob Wong

9

On Shark Attacks

10

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

11

Coral conspiracy: marine science and misinformation

12

Jellyfish in Port Phillip Bay

13

Queer history of the seas with Dr Graham Willett

14

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

15

All about frogs and caring for Darebin Creek!

16

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

17

Out of the Blue 19 October 2025 Logan Chandler podcast

18

Migratory Shorebird Conservation with Richard Fuller

19

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

20

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

21

The campaign to protect The Crystals, with Dr Sandy Webb

22

How do we become more ocean literate?

23

Fishers' knowledge is the key to reducing bycatch

24

Talking cuttlefish with Zandy Beer

25

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

26

How can we re-imagine water beyond borders?

27

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

28

Sea shanties old and new with the Southern Ocean Sea Band

29

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

30

Shiver me timbers! Australia's wild history of piracy

31

Emma Russell on ochre and the Moonee Ponds Creek

32

Governance of the High Seas and Deep Sea Mining

33

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

34

Oh man, how good are mangroves?

35

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

36

A Seismic Shift

37

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

38

All About Shipworms

39

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

40

No Reprieve for the Endangered Maugean Skate

41

Jet skis with Vicki Karalis and Kate Robb

42

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

43

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

44

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

45

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

46

Taking the fight against salmon farming to the supermarkets

47

Ocean book club: Deep Water by James Bradley

48

Sheree Marris on Octopuses!

49

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

50

Scientists are playing ocean sounds to baby oysters

51

Interview with Dr Allyson O'Brien

52

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

53

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

54

Endangered sharks are being sold as flake

55

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

56

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

57

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

58

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

59

Sharing the love for the Great Southern Reef

60

Great Ocean Rescue campaigns to stop seismic blasting

61

Conservationists sound alarm over Great Southern Reef

62

Saving the Scalloped Hammerhead

63

Morgan Ellis and Lucy Coals on marine pests and seagrasses!

64

The Southern Ocean just received its biggest healthcheck ever

65

Explaining the laws around offshore energy

66

Ashley Dungan & Laura Geissler on corals and microbes

67

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

68

Amber Crittenden on dolphin acoustics

69

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

70

Secrets of a tiny Australian whale

71

Kellie Jackson on caring for the bay

72

Global boiling

73

How to manage the risks of wind turbines to ocean birds

74

The fight to stop seismic blasting off Victoria's coast

75

The mysteries of Victoria's Southern Right Whales

76

Support Out of the Blue on 3CR

77

Melbourne's very own dolphin

78

Kick krill fishing out of Antarctic seas

79

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

80

Hundreds of Australian marine species at risk

81

The future is seaweed

82

Man bites shark: what's really in your flake

83

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

84

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

85

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

86

20 years of Victoria's marine parks

87

Wonders of Westernport

88

Help scientists solve a spider crab riddle

89

A croc comeback

90

How a fungus is helping penguins

91

Lowest Antarctic sea ice on record

92

Saving coral reefs

93

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

94

A moratorium on Tasmania's salmon industry?

95

No gas across the Bass!

96

Seabird-eating centipedes and the Melbourne sea slug census

97

Saving Toondah Harbour and a worrying reef study

98

Squeamish about salmon?

99

Saving Australia's unique sharks and rays

100

Dive into Port Phillip Bay

101

Saving Antarctic seas

102

Strange Fish

103

Tiny seals! And the ocean construction boom

104

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

105

Green Seas

106

Something smells gassy

107

A story as big as a whale

108

Immortal Jellies!!

109

Incredible bird journeys

110

What's happening on the Great Barrier Reef?

111

Splashback - Sex in the Sea III

112

Splashback - Sex in the Sea II

113

Splashback - Sex in the Sea I

114

We have a new Marine and Coastal Policy!

115

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

116

International Women's Day Special with Morgan Pumpa

117

That one time I punched a shark in the face

118

A close encounter with a bronze whaler

119

The ocean story behind Australia's unprecedented bushfires

120

The Apollo Bay Seafood Festival

121

Animal Encounters of the Marine Kind, with Paige Coleman

122

Seaside Scavenge and Dead and Red seas!

123

Sustainable Christmas

124

Coastal Adventures in the USA

125

Dragon Quest and Fish Count 2019

126

Out of the Blue - Interview with new presenter James Whitmore

127

Under the Sea Symphony

128

Interview with Master Reef Guide, Natalie Lo Bartolo

129

Exploring the Great Barrier Reef

130

Part 2 interview Tim Curmi

131

Micro Plastics in health and Octopus brains

132

How Dare You! There is no participation award.

133

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

134

Interview with Tim Curmi from Native Fish Australia

135

Port Phillip Bay fossils with Murray Orr from BESSI

136

News, events, and a bit of poetry

137

All about our Marine Protected Areas

138

Microplastics in the Yarra and Maribyrnong - updated research results!

139

Sawfish controversy & Glow in the dark sharks

140

Andrew chews the fat with fellow divers

141

Climate change emergency + Choosing an animal encounter provider

142

Whales Ahoy! with Dr. Olaf Meynecke

143

Cone snails and marine toxins

144

Sharks - No pain and a third eye?

145

Plastic Free July kickoff and tips plus spider crab update

146

Protect the spider crabs! Spider Crab Alliance

147

Radiothon 2019!

148

World Oceans Day & Whale Snot

149

Two Bays Whale project with David Donnelly

150

Happy World Turtle Day!

151

Looking after the Birrarung/Yarra river

152

Shaken, not stirred - Hvaldimir the alleged Russian spy beluga

153

Pink Indo-Pacific Humpback dolphins of Hong Kong

154

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

155

Kickin' around with the Mantis Shrimp

156

The Peninsula's Last Straw is on a roll!

157

An interview with Professor Mike Weston

158

Misconceptions and Marine Life

159

A Thousand Tides - ocean art exhibition Vera Moller

160

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

161

Urchins, pests and other marine issues

162

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

163

Apollo Bay Seafood Festival 2019

164

Introducing the Institute for Women Surfers, Oceania Chapter

165

Art and connection to nature

166

Connect to Port Phillip Bay this summer

167

The Great Victorian Fish Count 2018 and Aboriginal aquaculture

168

Having an ocean friendly festive season

169

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

170

Introducing Bottle for Botol

171

Exciting announcement from Tangaroa Blue Foundation...

172

Wilsons Prom wins Global Ocean Refuge Platinum Award

173

Biofouling and marine pests - Part 2

174

Environmental Film Festival & Climate Change

175

Kill the Shark Nets and Philippe Cousteau Jr.

176

Analysis of recent shark attacks in Whitsundays

177

Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami - What we know so far

178

It's a wrap! Humpbacks and Highrises expedition highlights

179

Marine mammals and the Two Bays Whale Project with David Donnelly

180

Doug Bair questions is plastic really the enemy?

181

Spring Clean the City!

182

Marine bio-fouling and invasive species with John Lewis

183

Do jelly fish sleep?

184

Marine Shellfish Reef Restoration

185

Out of the Blue Community News and Update

186

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

187

Microplastics a macro problem

188

The Art of Natural History

189

Week 1 of Plastic Free July

190

Out of the Blue goes out of this world

191

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

192

RADIOTHON 2018

193

Humpbacks and Highrises

194

Burrunan's ahoy!

195

It's a wrap - Out of the Blue Fundraiser

196

A whale of a time with our fave paleontologist, Ben

197

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

198

Volunteering overseas - Pt 2

199

Sea Slug Census review and the Sunscreen project

200

Out of the Blue mixed bag of marine-themed goodness

201

Radiothon Announcement & How to volunteer overseas

202

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

203

Sensing a Sea Slug Census

204

Litter Source Reduction Plans with Tangaroa Blue Foundation

205

Urchin McUrchin Face

206

Resident Dolphins of Port Phillip Bay, with Sue Mason

207

Keeping safe in the water

208

Courtship in the marine world

209

Mechelle Cheers on the Rye pier redevelopment

210

Trump hates sharks, but Jason Caruso doesn't

211

Out of the Blue - When Balloons Fly, Seabirds Die

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Out of the Blue

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Out of the Blue

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Out of the Blue - Beyond Plastic Pollution Conference

215

2017 Great Victorian Fish Count

216

Out of the Blue - Episode 201710151130

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Out of the Blue - Marine Protected Areas with Kelsey

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Adani Coal Mine - Australian Conservation Foundation

219

Out of the Blue - Episode 201709171130

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Out of the Blue - Plastic Reduction & Cash for Containers

221

The wrap up of Operation Sponge

222

Out of the Blue - The Mysteries of the Hyperbaric Chamber

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Out of the Blue - Episode 201708131130

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Post Plastic Free July Interviews

225

Out of the Blue - Episode 201707231130

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Out of the Blue - How to train marine animals

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Plastic Free July 2017

228

Aquaculture industry in Victoria

229

Radiothon 2017

230

Interview with Blair Stafford from 5 Gyres Institute

231

Aquaculture in Victoria

232

Book reviews and chats with a marine nomad

233

Mothers of the Sea

234

Life on the Steve Irwin with Sea Shepherd

235

Project Banjo Action Group

236

More on rays!

237

Sex in the Sea III

238

Out of the Blue - Episode 201704091130

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All. Things. Rays.

240

Source Reduction Plans

241

All aboard the Pelican 1

242

Lost World of Melbourne

243

Ocean Youth and Pedal Power

244

Isaac Wildlife Warrior

245

Dr Hugh Kirkham on seagrass

246

Always look on the bright side of life...

247

The Great Victorian Fish Count

248

Oil spills in our oceans

249

Sex in the Sea - Part II

250

Sharks and humans - how we interact

251

Marine Protected Areas around the world

252

Out of the Blue's first ever interview

253

A Little Bit Of Litter Doesn't Matter?

254

Showcasing Victoria's Marine Science event

255

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

256

Operation Sponge

257

Toxic algal blooms

258

Sex in the sea

259

Out of the Blue - Marine news round up

260

Out of the Blue - Nicko Lunardi from Scab Duty

261

Jellyfish and their role in the ocean

262

2016 Election - What does it mean for the environment?

263

Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching findings

264

2016 3CR RADIOTHON SHOW

265

Tim Curmi from Native Fish Australia

266

Animals in captivity

267

Interview with Grattan Mullet about fishing values