Marine Conservation Happy Hour

Dr Scarlett Smash has a Halloween ocean quiz. Rachel Lopata and Helen Web from Sea Changers (https://www.sea-changers.org.uk/about) join Dr Craken's podcast pub quiz team and learn new, cool sea creature facts.

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Dr Craken chats with Jaida Elcock about her reseach on whale sharks and basking sharks. They also talk about MISS: Minorities in Shark Sciences (https://www.misselasmo.org/), a great group that is helping to make shark science accessible to all.

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Dr Craken chats to Professor Peter Corkeron about conservation of the critically endangered North Atlantic Right whale and new research that suggests that threats may be even graver than we thought. But what can we do do save them? Find out on this episode.

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Dr Craken chats to Dr Julien Claes about his ground breaking research on sharks that glow in the dark!

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Dr Smash and Dr Craken chat to academic mentor and marine mammal biologist Dr Carol Scarpaci about conservation and marine biology careers in the 21st century and how the job market has dramatically changed in recent years. If you are looking for an ocean job - this is an episode to listen to!

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Although it is often labeled as "ecotourism", many whalewatching companies can actually have a detrimental impact on the animals they watch. Dr Smash and Dr Craken char to whalewatching researcher and academic mentor Carol Scarpaci about how to make whalewatching sustainable.

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Dr Smash and Dr Craken chat to Professor Jon Copley (University of Southhampton) about teh latest news on deep sea mining , the debate about it's impacts, and how to manage the activity.

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Dr Smash and Dr Craken chat to deep sea scientist Professor Jon Copley (http://www.joncopley.com/) about the Oceangate Titan submersible disaster. What happened? How safe are deep sea subersibles? Find out in this episode.

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Dr Smash and Dr Craken chat to Professor Jon Copley from Southhampton University (http://www.joncopley.com/). In addition to having gone to school with Dr Craken, Jon was the deepest diving Brit - travelling in a submersible to 3 km under the ocean, to study hydrothermal vents. Jon tells us his story from the obvious highlight of meeting Dr Craken to becoming a world expert on deep sea ecosystems.

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Dr Smash and Dr Craken chat to Jordan Flagel Vice President & Lead Environmental Scientist of the IMARCS Foundation (https://www.imarcs.org/ https://IMARCS.org/press). In this episode they talk about the the importance of magrove restoration as a way to capture carbon and help combat climate change.

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Dr Smash and Dr Craken chat to marine environmental consultant Sarah Brown about the Brian Black Memorial Award for ocean storytelling and journalism. The award was set up in honour of her environmentalist parents Brian and Lesley Black (https://www.ulsterwildlife.org/blog/joe-furphy/remembering-brian-black). Sarah talks about her parent's stories and the history of, and inspiration for the award. If you have an ocean story you would like to tell, send in an entry! The award is open to anyone (not just journalists) and there is also an adults and children's photography section.

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Enter your Article and photo should tell the tale of a marine, wildlife or environment encounter. Enter application here : https://www.yachtingmonthly.com/news/3000-prizes-for-stories-and-photos-of-inspiring-encounters-at-sea-104632

Submission deadline is 30 August 2026.

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Dr Smash and Dr Craken chat to Jordan Flagel Vice President & Lead Environmental Scientist of the IMARCS Foundation (https://www.imarcs.org/ https://IMARCS.org/press). In this episode they talk about the biological and environmental importance of giant clams.

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Dr Smash and Dr Craken chat to Dr Daniel Moore (https://danielmmoore.com/), lecturer in marine biology at Exeter University, about deep sea "cat sharks" and a new citizen science project to find out more about sharks in the deepedt parts of the ocean.

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Dr Smash and Dr Craken talk about the amazing goblin shark and some ground breaking video footage of this elusive deep sea shark

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Frank Viscuso of Toms River captures a photo of a basking shark in the surf off Seaside Park, New Jersey, June 30, 2026. What was it doing? Was it feeding? Playing? Was it in distress? Dr craken asks basking shark biologist Dr Chelsea Gray, and they discuss what we know, and what we don't know, about the second largest fish in the sea.

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Tyler Gaffney from the Virgin Islands comes on the show to tell us about a wild story that involves sharks. It's story time, shark lovers!

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Tyler Gaffney with Tri Diving in the Virgin Islands and has a conservation degree is a shipwreck dive instructor

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Dr Scarlett Smash and Dr Craken chat with Comedian Forrest Shaw who is on tour in the US. Take an exclusive listen and check him out.

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Comedian Forrest Shaw has been featured at Netflix Is A Joke Fest, Just For Laughs Montreal, and Moontower Comedy Festival.

He's performed on Conan, Live At Gotham, and Jim Jefferies and Friends and his debut special, Poor Decisions can be seen on Amazon.

Show Dates and Times https://linktr.ee/theoceanhatesyou

Tampa Show July 26th 2026https://sidesplitterscomedytampa.punchup.live/shows/the-ocean-hates-you

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Dr Scarlett Smash and Dr Craken chat with Dr Chelsea Gray about some of the latest research on basking sharks. Despite being the second largest shark, or indeed fish, in the ocean, until recently we've known very little about the behavior and biology of basking sharks. Dr Gray gives us some of thehighlight of the international basking shark conference that was held in Galway, Ireland and some of the recent conservation sucesses to protect this mysterious species.

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Dr Scarlett Smash and Dr Craken chat with a current conservation student Eli Warren, about what a university degree in conservation looks like today. They discuss how conservation programs and job opportunities have readically changed within just the past few years. What should a conservation degree for the 21st Century look like?

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Special announcement and exclusive interview! NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC'S FIN-FAVORITE SUMMER EVENT RETURNS WITH EVEN MORE SHARK-FILLED FUN, KICKING OFF WITH MARQUEE SPECIAL "HAMMERHEAD SHARKS UP CLOSE WITH BERTIE GREGORY" and they are on the show with us!

SHARKFEST Programming Will Stream July 5 on NAT Geo, Disney+ and Hulu

National Geographic's annual summer event SHARKFEST returns for its fin-credible 14th year, combining jaw-dropping encounters with groundbreaking science and expert-led storytelling that reveal new insights into the behavior, power and conservation of one of the ocean's most fascinating predators.

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Kathryn Ayres is a shark ecologist and National Geographic Explorer who grew up in a small village in northern England. Despite being far from the ocean, she developed a fascination with sharks at a very young age. She holds a first-class honors bachelor's degree in marine vertebrate zoology, a master's degree in marine environmental management, and a Ph.D. in marine sciences. Her doctoral research focused on the use of aerial drone surveys, acoustic telemetry, satellite tracking and stable isotope analysis to investigate seasonal aggregations and migration patterns of blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) in Cabo Pulmo National Park, Mexico.

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