The Ocean Age
Episodes
#40: Kate Streather – Behind the Making of "Ocean with David Attenborough"
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textKate's Bio:Kate Streather is a documentary researcher with over five years of experience across some of the most respected names in na...
#39: Dr Catherine Jadot – Blue Finance Expert and Author of “How It Doesn’t End”
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send a textToday we dive into the finance side of the ocean economy because, like it or not, without capital, we won’t be able to make the impact an...
#38: Jose Puga – Patagonia Special (Part 3): Nanobubbles to Remediate the Seabed
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis is the third and final part of a special series I recorded as I was connecting with ocean founders and experts in Latin America. Ea...
#37: Catalina Cendoya – Patagonia Special (Part 2): The Dark Side of Aquaculture.
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textCatalina feels at home by the coast, close to the sea, surrounded by nature. That deep sense of belonging has shaped her path, leading h...
#36: Daniela Allerbon – Patagonia Special (Part 1): replacing antibiotics in aquaculture for the prevention of fish infections.
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textDaniela is an economist specialising in the marketing and development of science-based products, with a focus on sustainable aquaculture...
#35: Adam Parker – Building an Ocean Megabrand: How to Take on the Giants in The Consumer Goods Market, with the ReFounder of OceanSaver.
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAdam Parker is a seasoned brand leader with over 13 years of experience building consumer goods brands into household names. Currently l...
#34: Jay Dignan – Cracking the Seaweed Code: How Fucoidan Unlocks a Profitable Business Model
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAs the founder of BioMara, a marine biotech startup based in Scotland, Jay Dignan is dedicated to transforming regenerative seaweed into...
#33: Kira Smiley – Seeing the Unseen: Ocean Tech, AI, and the Data-Driven Future of Aquaculture
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textKira Smiley is the Global Director of Sales and Marketing at TidalX AI, a startup born from Google[x] (now X, the moonshot factory), foc...
#32: Linzi Hawkin – Impact Strategy Expert On Building Purpose-Driven Ocean Businesses That Make Real Impact And Real Money
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textLinzi Hawkin is a creative strategist passionate about protecting the ocean through the power of strategy, storytelling, and education. ...
#31: Olly Hicks – World Record Ocean Explorer Turned Aquaculture Entrepreneur, the Expedition Mindset Every Ocean Entrepreneur Needs to Succeed, Nutrient Credits and Securing Funding for Ocean Projects.
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textOlly Hicks is a world record-breaking British ocean explorer, motivational speaker, and ocean entrepreneur. Known for his minimalistic, ...
#30: OceanMade with Emily Power – From Microsoft to Kelp Pots, developing a biodegradable seed starter pot, designing a successful pre-sale campaign, navigating imposter syndrome and making decisions with limited information.
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textEmily Power is the founder of OceanMade, who is bridging the gap between terrestrial agriculture and ocean innovation with her groundbre...
Inside Seaweed becomes The Ocean Age
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis is a brief update episode where I share my plans for the direction of the podcast going forward and the thinking behind it. New ep...
#29: Sea6 Energy with Sowmya Balendiran – The Evolution Of Mechanised Ocean Farming, Enhancing Productivity, Navigating Logistic Challenges And Regulatory Hurdles, Market Expansion and Local Impact.
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSowmya Balendiran is Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer at Sea6 Energy, a pioneer of innovative technologies for sustainable, large...
#28: Branding Expert Danny Matthews – How to build a seaweed startup brand, avoid common pitfalls, understand the neuroscience of buying decisions, find Problem-Solution fit and craft the right story.
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textDanny Matthews is a branding expert with a big vision to solve the world’s biggest problems with creative design and brand strategy. A...
#27: Doctor Seaweed with Dr Craig Rose – Seaweed nutraceuticals, how to develop a dietary supplement product, from understanding market trends to manufacturing, sales and compliance with regulatory requirements.
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textDr Craig Rose PhD is a marine biologist and the Founder and CEO of Seaweed & Co., the company behind his Doctor Seaweed range of awa...
#26: Bright Tide with Harry Wright - The investment ecosystem for regenerative farming on land and water, successful business models in the blue economy and the Regenerative Farming Accelerator Programme.
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHarry Wright is the Founder and Director of Bright Tide. Harry studied law and practised in the private sector for ten years. It was the...
#25: Rootless with Sachi Singh - The health benefits and composition of seaweed, thyroid health and sex hormones, creating a habit-forming product.
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSachi Singh is the Founder and CEO of Rootless. With a decade of experience in international climate change solutions and a Masters in E...
#24: Andrew Wilkinson (Chef) - The role of chefs in the future of seaweed, bringing sustainable and healthy meals to America's schools.
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAndrew Wilkinson is Seafood Specialist and Chef Director of Research and Development at North Coast Seafoods. He is a chef with a deep ...
#23: Seadling with Simon Davis – Southeast Asia and why production scale-up will happen in the tropics, the potential of red seaweeds, lessons from the East and opportunities for innovation.
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSimon Davis is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of SEADLING, a seaweed biotechnology startup, that has been leading innovation in t...
#22: Akua with Courtney Boyd Myers – How to build a seaweed brand, engaging with your audience and learning what they want, developing a kelp burger, sustainability and why people buy a product.
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textCourtney Boyd Myers (Founder & CEO of AKUA) is an entrepreneur, environmentalist, writer, and new Mama to Romy Ocean. Prior to launc...
#21: Macro Oceans with Matthew Perkins – Biorefining to create profitable seaweed products, lessons from a decade in terrestrial agriculture and the role of technology in building positive change.
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textMatthew is the Founder and CEO of Macro Oceans, a startup transforming seaweed into low-carbon chemicals for use in materials, cosmetics...
#20: Sway with Julia Marsh - How a design led company is making bioplastic from seaweed, what will drive adoption, understanding the supply chain, the flow of information and biological circularity.
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textCalifornian designer Julia Marsh is the CEO and co-founder of Sway, a venture-backed materials company which produces compostable packag...
#19: Arctic Seaweed with Matthias Boeing - Technology to disrupt the industry at a "make or break" moment, farming and offshore wind, Seaweed as a Service (SaaS) as a framework for partnerships.
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textArctic Seaweed is on a mission to transform seaweed cultivation with disruptive technology. As Strategic Advisor, Matthias Boeing is ass...
#18: Kaly with Daniel Hillman - Seaweed meets finance: thoughts and perspectives from an impact investor and entrepreneur, existing gaps, creating a scalable model and the path to sustainable growth.
21 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textKaly is a natural capital operating platform whose mission is to scale the production of regeneratively farmed seaweed in Scotland and d...
#17: GreenWave with Sam Garwin - How to build a business that works, market development, making seaweed a "cash crop" and the new "dating" app for the seaweed industry.
07 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textGreenWave trains and supports regenerative ocean farmers in the eraof climate change, working with coastal communities to create a bluee...
#16: Vincent Doumeizel, Author of "The Seaweed Revolution" - Lessons and takeaways from writing the book, how to work with the Global Seaweed Coalition and its framework for collaboration, and more!
17 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textVincent Doumeizel is Senior Adviser on the oceans to the United Nations Global Compact as well as director of the Food Programme at the ...
#15: Nordic SeaFarm with Simon Johansson - Cultivating and using sea lettuce and dulse, disrupting the food industry, reaching product-market fit, developing food products and a downstream market.
03 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSimon Johansson is the CEO of Nordic SeaFarm and has been working in the aquaculture industry for 5+ years and has a strong passion for ...
#14: Phyconomy with Steven Hermans - Separating signal from noise, unsupported hype Vs. unnecessary pessimism, serving a niche and the feasibility of a knowledge-based business in seaweed.
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSteven Hermans is the founder of Phyconomy, the platform on a mission to improve the flow of information in the seaweed industry. Phycon...
#13: Ocean Rainforest with Olavur Gregersen - Finding customers for your seaweed biomass, large scale farming in California and the financial ecosystem to enable scaling-up seaweed cultivation.
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis episode was created as part of Inside Seaweed's partnership with Seagriculture Conference. Olavur Gregersen is co-...
#12: SINTEF Ocean with Silje Forbord - Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture and circular bioeconomy, learning from Asia, upscaling seaweed cultivation and diversifying into different species.
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis episode was created as part of Inside Seaweed's partnership with Seagriculture Conference. Silje Forbord is Research Manager a...
#11: Kelpy with Fionnuala Quin - Creating positive impact with a seaweed product, how to pick the right idea, the importance of market pull, seaweed bioplastics and the soil as a carbon sink.
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textFionnuala Quin is the Founder CEO of Kelpy, a start-up working to create a reliable and ethical bioplastic replacement for the single us...
#10: Atlantic Sea Farms with Liz MacDonald - Lessons from the field, practical tips, training path and resources to become a seaweed farmer, best practices, equipment, logistics, costs and challenges.
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textLiz MacDonald is the Seaweed Supply and Advancement Manager at Atlantic Sea Farms. Liz has been farming the Gulf of Maine (US) since 201...
#9: Sirputis & SoftSeaweed with Morten Kroslid - How automation and AI could revolutionise the seaweed industry, new processing technologies, the benefits of using data and specialised software.
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIs the era of automation and AI coming to the seaweed industry?I try to answer this question in my conversation with one of the pioneers...
#8: The Seaweed Company with Joost Wouters - Stepping up professionalisation, building a company as a platform, true collaboration Vs. secrecy, and going from corporate career to seaweed entrepreneur.
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textJoost Wouters is the Founder & SeaEO of The Seaweed Company. We started our conversation by unpacking the milestones of his journey ...
#7: Shore with Peter Elbourne - Wild harvesting and its advantages/disadvantages compared to farming, sustainability, available species and their uses, seaweed fouling, carbon accounting.
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis episode covers all things wild harvesting, as I am joined by Peter Elbourne from SHORE Seaweed.We took a very insightful deep dive ...
#6: GreenWave with Bren Smith - The author of "Eat Like A Fish" shares his inspiring vision for the future of the seaweed industry.
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textBren Smith is the industry pioneer behind "Eat Like A Fish - My adventures as a fisherman turned restorative ocean farmer". A ...
#5: GreenSea Solutions with Amabel Hamilton - Kelp-based fertiliser from seaweed farmed in Scotland (UK)
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWelcome back to another episode, where this time we hear from Amabel Hamilton, Co-founder and Director at GreenSea Solutions Ltd.During ...
#4: The Seaweed Academy with Rhianna Rees – Everything you need to know to get started in the Seaweed Industry today.
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn an episode entirely dedicated to newcomers to the seaweed industry, I talk to Rhianna Rees, Seaweed Academy Coordinator at SAMS (Scot...
#3: Cascadia Seaweed with Mike Williamson - Starting as a seaweed entrepreneur, focusing on 3 verticals, branding, and the challenges of processing seaweed when it doesn’t behave like spinach!
04 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHere is my wide-ranging conversation with Mike Williamson, one of the first seaweed farmers in north America and the CEO of Cascadia Sea...
#2: FlexSea with Carlo Fedeli - Single use bioplastic from seaweed, developing alternative packaging materials to replace traditional plastic.
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textCarlo Fedeli is the CEO and cofounder of FlexSea, a startup developing alternative packaging materials from seaweed, in order to replace...
#1: Dr. Thierry Chopin - Seaweed role as climate solution, Hype vs. Science, the carbon in your ketchup and sinking seaweed to the deep ocean.
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this first episode, I talk with Dr Thierry Chopin, a professor of Marine Biology and huge global expert on seaweed cultivation (full ...