Ocean Science Radio
Episodes
Mining the Deep - Inside the Case for Seabed Extraction
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Guest: Oliver Gunasekara, CEO & Co-Founder, Impossible Metals Website: impossiblemetals.com Eureka Collection System animation: https://impossiblem...
Ocean Lovin - Free Baby-Making - Walking Sharks Break the Rules of Reproduction
01 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Tending the Tides - Oregon's Mariculture Revolution
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
90% of seafood consumed on the Oregon coast is imported, while most Oregon-caught seafood gets exported. This week, we explore how that's changing. W...
What We Don't Know About Deep-Sea Mining
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when an entire industry rushes forward before science can catch up? In this episode of Ocean Science Radio, we sit down with Dr. Andrew T...
Protecting Half the Planet - The High Seas Treaty Comes Alive
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After nearly two decades of negotiations, the world has finally agreed on a framework to protect the high seas - that vast expanse of ocean beyond any...
Art Meets Ocean - Inside Portland's Revolutionary Cartoon Aquarium
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode DescriptionWhat happens when you combine marine biology expertise with immersive art? You get the world's only cartoon aquarium—and it's rig...
Waste(d) on Ocean Science Radio
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens after you flush? Most of us don't think about it—but maybe we should. In this eye-opening episode, we dive into one of the ocean's bigg...
RHODY's Great Lakes Adventure - ROV Technology Meets Shipwreck Archaeology
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dive into the freshwater frontier of ocean exploration as we explore how a revolutionary compact ROV is transforming underwater archaeology in the Gre...
They Might Be Giants - The Ocean Viruses Bigger Than Bacteria
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Forget everything you think you know about viruses. In the ocean, there are viral giants so large they were mistaken for bacteria for decades – and ...
Bio-Dome or Bio-Doom? Trump's Ocean Policy Overhaul
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Kornblatt sits down with deep-sea ecologist and science communicator Andrew Thaler and dedicated ocean advocate and Senior Fellow at the Center...
The Gift of Time - How Honu is Changing Ocean Exploration Forever
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we explore the cutting-edge world of underwater technology with Liz Taylor, President of DOER Marine Operations. Discover how this innovati...
Ocean Lovin - Whale Sharks
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It is February, so it is time for another OCEAN-LOVING episode. In this episode, we will discuss some of the coolest and weirdest reproduction strateg...
Fishtein with Dr. Kory Evans
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are highlighting the work of one marine biologist in particular whose research gives us a better understanding of how fish evolved...
The Generational Journey of the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For the last episode of 2024, we at Ocean Science Radio wanted to end things on a high note, something that could act as an inspiration for the going ...
Saildrone and the work that will map study and secure the ocean
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The team sits down with Brian Connon, VP of Ocean Mapping for the ocean science technology firm Saildrone to talk about what the company does, why the...
The Election, Project 2025, and Its Terrifying Impact on the Ocean
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Project 2025, otherwise known as the 2025 Presidential Transition Project. The Project aims to promote conservative and right-wing policies to reshape...
Mapping the Deep with ESRI's Deep Sea Dawn Wright
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Ocean Science Radio team chats with "Deep Sea" Dawn Wright, a geographer and oceanographer and Chief Scientist at ESRI (The Environmental Systems ...
Cetacean Opps - Cracking the Sperm Whale Alphabet
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Complex compositions made up of groans, moans, sighs, roars, and high-pitched squeals that can last for hours - The songs of whales are both beautiful...
Frances' Super Awesome Shark Paper
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A new paper just dropped on incorporating environmental factors when determining conservation baselines for sharks on coral reefs by our very own Fran...
In Memorium - Dr. Wallace J Nichols
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In honor of the untimely passing of Ocean advocate, Turtle biologist, and author of the book "Blue Mind," Dr. Wallace J. Nichols, we are re-releasing ...
Opening a Can of (Fish) Worms)
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the show we're diving into a story that might surprise you. It doesn't involve dazzling coral reefs or majestic whales, but something a littl...
Underwater Superstructures for Beginners
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk about ocean superstructures - a new scientific phrase that our guests hope start up some important conversations about how th...
Ocean Lovin - Immaculate Shark-ception
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It is February and we once again have our seasonal episode of Ocean Lovin - covering cool and strange ways ocean creatures make little ocean creatures...
Bottom trawling and the Great Carbon Sink
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The ocean is a vast and powerful carbon sink, absorbing about a quarter of the carbon dioxide we emit into the atmosphere. That carbon is pulled into...
Uncharted - Scientists with Disabilities Navigating Their Experiences
28 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
People with disabilities are often marginalized, face isolation, lack representation and even ablism, no matter the industry or space. We speak to an ...
Don Walsh Revisisted
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With the passing of Ocean Explorer and all around nice guy Don Walsh, we wanted to revisit our episode where we interviewed him about the anniversary ...
OceanX - Amphoras, Exploration, and Bioluminescence
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Farabaugh is out sick so this episode is solo Andrew. We speak with Mattie Rodrique - the Science program Director for OceanX- about their work in...
Ocean Exploration Trust - Live Streamed Deep Sea Exploration with the EV Nautilus
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wanted to explore the bottom of the ocean? Discover new crazy and beautiful species? Have you ever wanted to explore the remains of a su...
A Port of Firsts - The Port of San Diego's Maritime Clean Air Strategy
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Port of San Diego has been making incredible strides with its Maritime Clean Air Strategy which is rather comprehensive ranging from cool tech to ...
Dolphins vs Sharks
28 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Some new shark shows just dropped and you KNOW you want to check them out. From Discovery's Shark Week to Nat Geo's pieces there will be plenty of am...
The Iberian Orca Uprising
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You may have heard about it in the news, you may have seen the memes on social media but no mater what, it appears that there is a group of orcas that...
Let Your Freak Flag Fly in Science Communication
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We get to chat with Brooke Fitzwater, a PhD Student in the Earley Lab of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa who has made a big splash with her un...
Bottom-Water Ocean Heat Waves
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are diving into deep ocean heatwaves. These extreme warming events in the ocean's depths have been linked to changes in ocean currents, weather pat...
Sargassum Madness - The Case of the Appearance of a Giant Blob in the Atlantic
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Something strange is growing in the middle of the Atlantic, it covers an insane amount of the surface, it smells of rotten eggs and it might be COMING...
Ocean Lovin - We got (snow) crabs
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It is February and it is time once again for our annual special on reproduction called Ocean Lovin. In this episode we talk about Snow Crab reproducti...
WildAid's Mission to Create Locally Driven and Directed Enforced MPAs Around the World
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Marine Protected Areas are areas of the ocean where a government has placed limits on human activity. These areas range from no-take, no-impact, no-ac...
Polar Fever and the Effort to Capture the Wonder and Importance of the Poles
29 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak with science writer Shannon Stirone and Berkeley writing professor Ryan Sloan about their experiences being sent to the pole...
FathomNet - AI helping us analyze and understand the ocean
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With better and more affordable remote-operated vehicle and video technology, more data and footage is being collected every day. But that leads to an...
Ocean Pollination and the Incredible Red Algae Munching Isopod
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The team speaks with Dr. Valero and Emma Lavaut, a graduate student at Sorbonne, who conducted an experiment to try and figure out the relationship be...
The California Current Marine Ecosystem and our changing world
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Throughout the ocean, there are currents that act like giant, underwater highways. These currents transport nutrients, heat, carbon, and even animals ...
Cephalopunch - The Case of the Interspecies Hunting Party Smack
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The crew speaks with Octopus researcher Dr. Eduardo Sampaio. Eduardo got his PhD studying octopus behavior, cognition, and social contexts and is a Na...
Ocean Aero and the Autonomous Underwater and Surface Vehicle Triton
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode the team is covering the latest exciting development out of the AUV/ROV market, Ocean Aero’s Triton. We interview Kevin Decker, the...
Salesforce's Ocean Sustainability Initiative
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The month of June is National Ocean month in the United States and June 8th was World Oceans Day. Organizations across the globe use World Oceans Day ...
The Squidmobile, going viral, and the free labor problem in science communication
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The team speaks with Dr Sarah McAnulty, a squid biologist, and the executive director of Skype a Scientist about going viral, cephalopods, and how o...
The Blue Economy and the 100 companies who own the ocean
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We explore the ocean economy with the help of Henrik Österblom, science director at Stockholm University and also a professor of environmental scie...
March Mammal Madness and Storytelling in Science
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
March Mammal Madness, the annual tournament of imaginary combat pitting species against species is back, in its 9th year. Organizers cite scientific l...
Ocean Lovin 2022 - Monterey Bay Aquarium and Jellybabbies
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It is February which means it is time for another episode of OCEAN LOVIN'. This time we speak with Michael Howard, Senior Aquarist at the Monterey Bay...
Ocean Heat and the Zetajoule
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Every year the ocean absorbs ludicrous amounts of energy, even more as a result of climate change and global warming. The team sits down with distingu...
2021 Year in Review
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Frances and Andrew let their hair down and do a quick review of some of the stories that made the ocean news pipeline in 2021. Stories include, but ar...
Coral Mapping with Satellites and Beyond
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The team speaks with two experts from The Nature Conservancy; Steven R. Schill - Lead Scientist and Valerie McNulty - Spatial Ecologist about their wo...
Experiment Foundation - Microgrants for Science
30 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with ocean entrepreneur and writer David Lang about a new project funding science: Experiment Foundation.
October 2021 Mini Episode
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the miniepisode where we give you a few updates for the month! Got an idea for the podcast? Want to ask a question? Email us at OceanSciRad...
Talk Like a Pirate Day is a Lie, and Other Piratey Things
23 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Frances and Andrew sit down with Dr. Jamie Goodall, military historian, expert on golden age piracy, and author of the book Pirates of the Chesapeake ...
The Godzilla Shark and Sharkcon
31 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A familiar voice returns to the show, our former co-host shark scientist Vicky Vásquez comes at us with a live report from the New Mexico Museum of N...
Saving Whales in the Digital Age
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Every year off the coast of California, Oregon, and Washington, approximately 18 blue whales, 22 humpbacks, and 43 fin whales are hit and killed by ...
July Minisode - Updates, Email, and Shark Awareness Day
15 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the miniepisode where we give you a few updates for the month! Got an idea for the podcast? Want to ask a question? Email us at OceanSciRad...
Blue Nature Alliance and the Quest to Protect 7 Million Square Miles of the Ocean
24 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We speak with Angelo O'Connor Villagomez - senior officer of Marine Protection at Pew Charitable Trusts, Laure Katz - Senior Director of Blue Nature a...
May Mini Episode - Updates, Email, and V.ECOP
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Got an idea for the podcast? Want to ask a question? Email us at [email protected] out the Virtual Early Career Ocean Professional Conferen...
National Science Foundation's Networked Blue Economy Ocean Accelerator
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The team sits down with Douglas Mughan - the NSF office head for the convergence accelerator, Chris Sanford - a program director with the accelera...
Ocean Policy Under the Biden Administration and Why There is Room to Hope
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Over the last four years, ocean policy in the United States shifted from one focusing on stewardship, science, and conservation, to resource exploitat...
Ocean Lovin 2021 - The Sex Lives of Nudibranchs
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
WARNING - this episode deals with sex. On our 50th Episode, the team interviews Lynn Bonomo, a Graduate Student Researcher at the California Academy o...
Ocean Lovin 2021 - Shipworms
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For more about Reubens work, check out thisvideo that accompanies this research: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8sANI2aZlU
The United Nations Decade of the Ocean
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew and Frances interview Taylor Goelz, the outgoing Knauss fellow who has been working on the UN decade of Ocean Science for sustainable developme...
Black in Marine Science Week
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The team interviews Dr. Tiara Moore: environmental ecologist, diversity influencer, founder of A WOC Space, co-host of the We Danglin podcast, and co-...
Diving with a Purpose and the Hunt for Sunken Slave Ships
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Come hear the story of Kamau Sadiki, President, National Association of Black Scuba Divers, lead diving instructor for Diving with a Purpose and a mem...
Sharktober 2020 with Melissa Cristina Márquez
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It is October and the white sharks are flocking to the west coast again. It is time for the annual episodes highlighting the cool shark and elasmobran...
SeaTrec - Harnessing Energy from the Ocean
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode the team chats with Dr. Yi Chao, CEO, and Senior Engineer Michael Zedelmair about the Seatrec technology. This is a game-changing tech...
World Oceans Day 2020
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From Boaty Mc Boat Face to current cycles to pocket sharks and CITES, Francis and Andrew have a discussion on some of the ocean stories that impacted ...
SunFish the Multifaceted Underwater Robot
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Ocean Science Radio Team speaks with caver and robotics systems designer Vickie Siegel and CEO of Stone Aerospace Bill Stone about the groundbre...
Deep Sea Mining and the Coronavirus
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore the relationship between renewable energy and our cell phones, the perpetually nascent deep-ocean mining industry, and the...
Ocean Lovin' 2020 - Sea Angels and Hagfish
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of 2020's Ocean Lovin' Series, Andrew Kornblatt, Frances Farabaugh, and Skylar Bayer speak with marine biologist and photographer...
Ocean Lovin 2020 - Freshwater Mussels
14 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's Valentines Day and with it comes our next installment focusing on reproduction in the ocean. Join us this time as we highlight the insane "fishin...
Challenge of the Deep - the 60th Anniversary of Don Walsh's Trip to the Mariana Trench
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
60 years ago today the Trieste made the historic trip to be the first manned vehicle to go to the deepest part of the ocean and come back up again. Jo...
Why DeOxygenation Terrifies Andrew to the Core
12 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hitting the pages of the SROCC (the last IPCC Report), the UN Climate Summit and even the pages of the New York Times, the rising loss of oxygen in ou...
Swimming in an Ocean of Plastics and Hauling it Out
26 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Plastics have contaminated our oceans, from microplastic to big honking pieces. Vicky and Andrew chat with someone who swam across the ocean to draw a...
A Review of the Ocean Climate Report - SROCC Live Discussion!
21 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A very special report was recently released by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on the "Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate."...
Live reddit AMA with Ocean Planet Conference!
20 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Kornblatt sits down with Ocean Planet Conference organizer Dr. Armin Ellis and conference speaker Dr. Dominic D’Agostino for a reddit AMA.
Ocean Lovin' 2 - A Pycnogonid and Leech Love Story
25 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The team explores the reproduction cycle of sea spiders, leeches, and a love story. With Vicky Vasquez, Andrew Kornblatt, Skylar Baer interviewing Dr....
Ocean Lovin' 2 - Anglers and Bdelloids
30 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dive into the strange world of the gonad collecting Angler fish and the possibly sexless Bdelloid Rotifers. The Ocean Science Radio team, again joined...
Ocean Lovin' 2 - Jellies and Larvaceans
10 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The team explores the reproductive cycle of Jellyfish, takes a deep dive into the Immortal Turritopsis Dohrnii, and gets their minds blown with the ex...
Ocean Lovin' 2 - Clownfish
07 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the second of the Ocean Lovin' 2 series, the Ocean Science Radio team is joined again by Skylar Bayer of StricktlyFishwrapped Radio Hour to take a ...
Ocean Lovin' 2 - Parrotfish
14 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Just in time for Valentines Day, a new round of Ocean Lovin' with Skylar Bayer is kicked off with a deep dive into the sex changing lives of Parrotfis...
Building a Library of 3D Fish
30 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The team takes an incredible journey into the world of 3D scanned specimens. Guests include #Scanallfish star Dr. Adam Summers of the University of Wa...
MARE and the Batfish ROV
28 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Ocean Science Radio team meets MARE, a ROV and ocean science company in the California Bay Area who is studying marine protected areas up and down...
Sharktober
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Halloween! It is #Sharktober and the Ocean Science Radio team wants to learn the facts behind the festivals and learn about.. well, Sharks! Gues...
Touring an American Submarine Factory at DOER
21 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Ocean Science Radio team is back with a brand new team member. In this episode, we chat with Liz Taylor about the Alameda submarine and ROV compan...
Can We Save Coral from Bleaching?
08 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ocean Science Radio explores the world of coral, what is affecting them, and what some possible solutions are to their problems. Guests include Dr. Re...
Marine Protection Prize
30 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
National Geographic has launched a new prize for marine protected area technologies and we spoke with brainchild Shah Selbe. For more on the prize vis...
Blue Mind
04 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Ocean Science Radio team meets up with Wallace J. Nichols and Nik Sawe to discuss environmental decision making, how nature affects the brain and ...
Vaquitas - the Quickly Vanishing Dolphins
08 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today is "International Save the Vaquita" day. To help spread awareness of the plight of this endangered species we interviewed filmmakers b...
Ocean Lovin 6
30 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of the ocean loving series, we concentrate on the charismatic megafauna - Whales, Sharks, and Dolphins. We speak to Brit Finucci,...
Ocean Lovin 5
15 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ready for the next round of Ocean Lovin'? On this episode we cover broadcast spawners; those animals that just spray and pray that their gametes don't...
Ocean Lovin 4
22 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
For the fourth episode in our Ocean Lovin' series we cover the mysterious world of ocean plant-life. Guests include: Clay Steell - Master’s student ...
Ocean Lovin 3
26 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
For the third installment of "Ocean Lovin'," the joint series on ocean reproduction by Ocean Science Radio and Strictlyfishwrap Science Radi...
Ocean Lovin 2
22 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Valentine's day is here and to celebrate the season, Ocean Science Radio is teaming up with Strictlyfishwrap Science Radio Hour (strictlyfishwrap.com/...
Ocean Lovin Part 1
14 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Valentine's day is here and to celebrate the season, Ocean Science Radio is teaming up with Stricktlyfishwrapped (https://strictlyfishwrap.com/) in a ...
Ocean One
30 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The OSR team gets a chance to meet the anthropomorphic underwater robot Ocean One in the Stanford Lab of Oussama Katib.
SXSW Eco
30 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ocean Science Radio heads to Austin, Texas for the annual green tech event; SXSW Eco. There they spoke with keynote speakers, presenters and even one ...
MACNA
28 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Rose reports from MACNA, The Marine Aquarium Conference of North America and chats with some incredible ocean and aquarium groups.
Ocean Tech
26 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ocean Tech is a world first collaborative marine research project, global education program and international media campaign. The project is bringing ...