Best Thoughtless Podcasts (2026)

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Thoughtless and Maybe Confused | Episode 104 27:13

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Send us a text Episode 104 Vents: Fill Up The Ice Tray No Email Address For You When Does Summer Really End? Every week our host, Emmy award winner Chris and this week, guest host RC Cates discuss some very funny and wacky vents sent in from our listeners. Head to our UTUBE channel VENTTHIS to see and hear their reactions. https://www.youtube.com/@…

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This ocean place will help protect the planet, but we need to do something to help it 15:37

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This ocean place will help protect the planet but it is disappearing faster than scientists can track it, and that puts climate goals, food security, and coastal protection at risk. In this episode, we explore why seagrass meadows are one of the most powerful and overlooked ecosystems on Earth, and why failing to measure them properly could undermi…

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Women Are Complaining About Men | Episode 105 34:57

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Send us a text Episode 105 Vents: My Boyfriend Reads Romance Novels Men Hate To Dance Are Men Afraid To Sit Alone? Every week our host, Emmy award winner Chris and co-host Paul Roseberry discuss some very funny and wacky vents sent in from our listeners. Head to our UTUBE channel VENTTHIS to see and hear their reactions. https://www.youtube.com/@Ve…

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Ocean carbon sequestration: The climate solution hiding in seaweed forests 12:03

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Ocean carbon sequestration is failing because we are ignoring one of the ocean's most powerful climate allies, seaweed forests, and that blind spot could cost us precious time in the fight against climate change. This episode asks a simple but urgent question: how can one of the fastest-growing, most productive ecosystems on Earth still be missing …

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How Scientists Detect Ocean Life From a Single Bottle of Seawater and Why It Could Change Ocean Protection Forever 17:20

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How Scientists Detect Ocean Life is one of the biggest challenges in ocean conservation, because we cannot protect what we cannot see, measure, or even prove exists. How Scientists Detect Ocean Life using environmental DNA asks a powerful question: what if a simple bottle of seawater could reveal more species than divers, cameras, and nets combined…

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Human Relationship with the Ocean: Why Losing This Connection Could Cost Us Everything 1:04:54

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Human Relationship with the Ocean begins with a simple but uncomfortable question: how did humanity become so disconnected from the very system that makes life on Earth possible, and why does that disconnection matter right now? This episode explores how the ocean is treated as a distant resource rather than a living, planetary force, and how that …

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Gulf Coast communities and oil drilling: Who really pays the price for new offshore leases? 50:31

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Gulf Coast communities and oil drilling are once again at the center of a national decision, and the stakes could not be higher. A new US offshore oil drilling plan proposes expanded lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico, including areas close to Florida that many thought were protected. This episode asks a simple but urgent question: who benefits from…

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Should We Be Mining the Ocean Floor, The Hidden Costs No One Is Talking About 20:49

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Should We Be Mining the Ocean Floor is a question that sounds futuristic, but the decisions are being made right now, quietly, and with consequences that could last for centuries. Governments and corporations are moving closer to extracting minerals from the deepest parts of the ocean, even though we barely understand the ecosystems that exist ther…

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Coastal Economy and Tourism Are Being Put at Risk by Offshore Oil Drilling 55:11

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Coastal Economy and Tourism face a serious threat as the US government moves forward with a plan to open more than one billion acres of ocean to offshore oil and gas drilling, a decision that could impact beaches, fisheries, tourism jobs, and coastal communities for decades. This episode explains why this proposal matters now and how it could resha…

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Ibn Khaldun’s Warning: When Tools Become Purposes 12:01

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Episode Description: Using Ibn Khaldun’s concept of asabiyyah (ah-sa-BEE-yah), a word derived from Arabic that roughly translates to tribal solidarity or social cohesion, we examine how AI is being rhetorically elevated to the status of collective purpose.By Angel Evan

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Wikie and Keijo Orcas: The Breakthrough That Could Save Them, Or Come Too Late 13:46

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Wikie and Keijo Orcas are the last two captive orcas in France, and a major government decision may finally give them a path out of concrete tanks, but the clock is ticking. France has officially backed the Whale Sanctuary Project in Nova Scotia as their future home, yet this announcement does not mean an immediate rescue. In this episode, we break…

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US oil and gas drilling: How This Plan Could Put America's Coasts at Risk for a Generation 58:44

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US oil and gas drilling is once again at the center of a high-stakes decision that could shape America's coastlines, marine life, and coastal communities for decades. This episode asks a critical question: should the U.S. lock itself into new offshore drilling just as climate risks and ocean damage are accelerating, or is there still time to choose…

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Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vents: The Hidden World Beneath the Pacific That Shapes Life on Earth 1:04:56

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Deep sea hydrothermal vents reveal a hidden world where life thrives without sunlight, forcing scientists to rethink how ecosystems can exist in extreme heat, pressure, and darkness. Nearly two kilometers beneath the Pacific Ocean, superheated fluids erupt from the seafloor at Endeavour, creating environments that challenge everything we thought we…

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Is Grumpy Trending? | Episode 103 25:53

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Send us a text Episode 103 Vents: Are Pharmacists Required To Be Grumpy? Where Are The Pizza Bargains? Bad Biz Panera Every week our host, Emmy award winner Chris and this week, guest host RC Cates discuss some very funny and wacky vents sent in from our listeners. Head to our UTUBE channel VENTTHIS to see and hear their reactions. https://www.yout…

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Climate Solutions for the Ocean: How Restoring Kelp Forests Could Change the Future of the Seas 1:03:11

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Climate Solutions for the Ocean are urgently needed as warming seas, biodiversity loss, and ecosystem collapse accelerate faster than most people realize, and one of the most powerful tools may be hiding just beneath the waves. In this episode, Andrew Lewin sits down with Scott Bohachyk, Director of Seaforestation at Ocean Wise, to explore how kelp…

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Tree-Free Products Are Disrupting Big Industry and Saving Thousands of Trees 32:21

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Tree-Free Products are disrupting industries that have relied on the same wasteful materials for more than a century, and the shift is happening faster than most people realize. In this episode, we explore how Emerald Ecovations produces over 370 sustainable alternatives without cutting down a single tree, dramatically reducing carbon emissions, wa…

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Mass penguin die off explained, the shocking truth behind why African penguins are disappearing and what it means for our future 14:11

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Mass penguin die off explained, a crisis that wiped out ninety five percent of some African penguin colonies, raises a heartbreaking question: how does a thriving species fall to fewer than ten thousand breeding pairs and almost no one sees it happening? This episode uncovers the chain reaction that pushed an entire population toward collapse, from…

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Marine Wildlife Victory: Why New Protections for Manta Rays and Sharks Change Everything 17:10

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Marine Wildlife Victory raises a powerful question: what does it take to finally protect some of the ocean's most threatened giants, and why did it take this long? In this episode, you will hear how manta rays, devil rays, and several shark species faced years of intense pressure from overfishing and international trade, and why the world finally a…

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Blood Bowl Season 3! What does this mean for sevens?! 1:36:03

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Have we mentioned how excited we are for season 3 of blood bowl? No? Well... sit down, grab a cool refreshing beverage and get ready for every single thing you need to know! We make a bunch of assumptions about how the game may or may not work for a now defunct alternative version... Speculate on. Check out the new and improved TCG website Wanna ch…

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Men Must Try Harder | Episode 102 28:15

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Send us a text Episode 102 Vents: Nude Cruiser Freight Train Snorer Weird Chewer Every week our host, Emmy award winner Chris and this week, guest host RC Cates discuss some very funny and wacky vents sent in from our listeners. Head to our UTUBE channel VENTTHIS to see and hear their reactions. https://www.youtube.com/@VentThis Send us your Vents …

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Northern Right Whale Hope Story: Why the Population Finally Rose and What It Means Next 50:53

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Northern Right Whale crisis: For years, scientists and advocates have watched this critically endangered species decline due to ship strikes, fishing gear entanglement, and rapid ocean change. This episode asks a crucial question: Does the first population increase in years signal real recovery or just a temporary pause in a long-term crisis, and w…

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What's behind your canned tuna? The shocking truth supermarkets never tell you 17:47

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Supermarket tuna raises a disturbing question: What's behind your canned tuna? In this episode, you uncover the hidden human cost of the global tuna industry, including the devastating story of fisherman Deby Putra Bunanda, whose health collapsed after months at sea supplying tuna for major supermarket brands. His experience reveals a deeper and da…

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Don't Look, Listen or Smell | Episode 101 40:32

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Send us a text Episode 101 Vents: Stuck In The Middle With You I See Way Too Much Butt Paul Take A Breather Every week our hosts, Emmy award winner Chris and comedian Paul discuss some very funny and wacky vents sent in from our listeners. Head to our UTUBE channel VENTTHIS to see and hear their reactions. https://www.youtube.com/@VentThis Send us …

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COP30 Belém: The Hidden Decisions That Could Change the Ocean Forever 19:37

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Ocean crisis: COP30 Belém exposed massive gaps in climate action, and the ocean will carry the burden. In this episode we break down the missing fossil fuel commitments, the weak climate finance language, and the two track political system that threatens to push ocean science into the background. These decisions matter because the ocean is already …

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Its the way it shatter-points that matters Star Wars Shatterpoint 1:12:56

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Finally, another episode with a guest speaker! It's about time we get some sense and logic, and knowledge... We chat with Paris, friend of the show, Wargamer from long ago, and local pillar of the Shatterpoint community. He explains how Star Wars Shatterpoint works, why it's an excellent game that you should totally get involved in, and how you can…

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How Deep Sea Mining Could Break the Ocean's Most Important Wildlife Highways 1:01:06

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How Deep Sea Mining could permanently disrupt the ocean's most important animal routes, and most people have never thought about it. This episode asks the critical question: what happens when mining operations collide with species that rely on vast migratory pathways to survive? We break down the science in a way that makes the stakes impossible to…

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Do You Agree With Us? | Episode 100 47:21

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Send us a text Episode 100 Vents: Drinks With Nudists Say What? Making Out In A Grocery Line, Stop Little Yelper Is He Driving? Every week our hosts, Emmy award winner Chris and comedian Paul discuss some very funny and wacky vents sent in from our listeners. Head to our UTUBE channel VENTTHIS to see and hear their reactions. https://www.youtube.co…

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Fish Farm Clean Up: What they pulled from a Forty Ton Ghost Farm will SHOCK you! 14:56

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Fish Farm Clean Up reveals the hidden reality beneath a quiet coastline in Methana, Greece, where a ghost fish farm left behind more than forty tons of plastic cages, nets, metal frames, pipes, and even sunken boats. What looked peaceful on the surface hid a toxic underwater scrapyard that had been breaking apart and polluting the Saronic Gulf for …

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A not so serious aftermath.. WSS4 wrap up 1:04:51

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The biggest event in the Australian Blood Bowl calendar has been and gone. Also Why So Serious 4 has been run and is also over. We chat about the day, the different rounds, the people that came and made it amazing... Amongst some other nonsense Check out the new and improved TCG website Wanna chat blood bowl? Maybe other games? We have a Discord. T…

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Whales don't get cancer: How bowhead whale DNA could change human health 13:02

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Whales don't get cancer as often as you might expect, and in this episode you learn how the bowhead whale's unique DNA repair system is helping scientists understand cancer prevention and healthy aging. This Arctic giant lives more than 200 years, grows to airplane size, and still avoids the runaway mutation patterns that lead to tumors in other sp…

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Fish feed in aquaculture, understanding what goes into feeding farmed fish 1:10:52

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Fish feed in aquaculture is at the center of a complicated global story that most people never hear about. In this episode, Andrew sits down with marine biologist and policy expert Marine Cusa to explore the hidden world of fishmeal, fish oil, feed ingredients, and the surprising connections between aquaculture, wild fisheries, West African communi…

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Orcas vs Great White Sharks: How Killer Whales Are Changing Shark Populations 11:10

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Orcas vs Great White Sharks is more than a dramatic headline—it's a sign of how ocean ecosystems are shifting before our eyes. New drone footage shows orcas in the Gulf of California attacking and killing juvenile great white sharks in what scientists believe are nursery zones. The footage, captured in 2020 and 2022, reveals orcas flipping young sh…

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Credibility Deficits: Miranda Fricker and the Illusion of AI Literacy 15:11

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Using Miranda Fricker’s concept of testimonial injustice, we examine how AI creates new hierarchies of who gets taken seriously and how the credibility we assign (or don’t) affect people’s lives.By Angel Evan

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Finale 1:22:41

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Is this the end? Probably.By Autumn Fischer & Greg Russ

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Seagrass Decline in Moreton Bay: What Long-Term Research Reveals About Ocean Change 21:52

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Seagrass meadows are among the most vital yet overlooked ecosystems on our planet. In this episode of How to Protect the Ocean, Andrew Lewin explores a new 19-year study from Moreton Bay, Australia, which shows that seagrass coverage and diversity are declining over time despite short-term recovery periods. This long-term research reveals that whil…

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Animals Affected by Climate Change: How Seabirds Reveal the Hidden Impacts of Warming Oceans 1:09:57

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Animals affected by climate change are showing us how fragile our ecosystems have become. In this episode of How to Protect the Ocean, host Andrew Lewin speaks with Dr. Helen Killeen, a marine ecologist whose research connects seabird reproduction to shifting ocean temperatures, prey diversity, and climate pressures across the northern hemisphere. …

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Marine Conservation Projects: Why Recent Wins for Endangered Species Matter 14:52

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Marine Conservation Projects are driving real wins: green sea turtles downgraded to least concern in many regions, North Atlantic right whales showing a small but meaningful uptick, and a new vaquita calf sighting offering hope. In this episode I explain the common thread behind these stories, targeted local projects, science monitoring, and laws t…

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Bill Gates & Climate Change: Why His Latest Comments Shocked the Climate Community 16:48

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Bill Gates and Climate Change have become a trending topic after the billionaire philanthropist argued that the world is too focused on cutting carbon emissions and not focused enough on improving human welfare. In this episode, I unpack what Gates said, why it caused such a reaction, and how his argument connects to decades of work in climate just…

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Calling All Adults | Episode 99 45:29

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Send us a text Episode 99 Vents: Private Adult Seating On Airplanes? Adult Pacifiers, Since When? Golf Cart Drivers Get Off The Street! Every week our hosts, Emmy award winner Chris and comedian Paul discuss some very funny and wacky vents sent in from our listeners. Head to our UTUBE channel VENTTHIS to see and hear their reactions. https://www.yo…

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Are These Whales Doing Better? 12:30

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North Atlantic right whales have been teetering on the edge of extinction for decades, with fewer than 400 individuals left. But recent reports hint at a small sign of hope: the population may finally be stabilizing, or even slightly increasing. In this episode, Andrew Lewin explores what that really means. Conservation efforts, from slower ship sp…

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Art and Ocean Science: How Creativity Reveals the Deep Sea's Hidden Stories 1:00:41

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Art and Ocean Science are merging in ways that bring new life to marine research and conservation. In this episode of How to Protect the Ocean, host Andrew Lewin speaks with the creative minds behind Ocean Networks Canada's "Surfacing Secrets" project, a groundbreaking collaboration where sculptors, theatre directors, and scientists explore how art…

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Nova Scotia Whale Sanctuary Approval: What It Means for Captive Whales and Ocean Conservation 12:50

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Nova Scotia Whale Sanctuary has officially received provincial approval, marking a monumental step toward creating Canada's first ocean refuge for retired whales. In this episode of How to Protect the Ocean, Andrew Lewin explains how this decision moves the Whale Sanctuary Project closer to reality, what challenges remain before the sanctuary opens…

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Things Not To Do In Public | Episode 98 38:23

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Send us a text Episode 98 Vents: Who Still Uses Handkerchiefs? Start Your Engines And Leave Walk Your Own Dog Every week our hosts, Emmy award winner Chris and comedian Paul discuss some very funny and wacky vents sent in from our listeners. Head to our UTUBE channel VENTTHIS to see and hear their reactions. https://www.youtube.com/@VentThis Send u…

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AI and Water Usage: Do we really need to be worried about it? 19:42

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AI and Water are more connected than most people realize. As artificial intelligence continues to expand, the data centres that power it are using millions of litres of water every day to stay cool. This invisible demand is creating ripple effects across our freshwater systems, and ultimately, our ocean. In this episode, Andrew Lewin uncovers how A…

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On Death and Squirt Guns 1:05:25

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Autumn is back, Greg is back, let's go.By Autumn Fischer & Greg Russ

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Green sea turtle conservation: How one species' recovery gives hope amid a sea of decline 15:25

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Green sea turtle conservation shows us what's possible when people, policy, and passion align. Once nearly wiped out by overharvesting and habitat loss, the green sea turtle has made an inspiring recovery after decades of global protection. In this episode, Andrew Lewin shares a deeply personal story of encountering a turtle nest in Florida with hi…

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Coral reefs suffering from climate change: scientists warn we've crossed a tipping point 14:06

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Coral reefs suffering from climate change are no longer a warning for the future, they are happening now. A landmark scientific report reveals that warm-water reefs have already passed a tipping threshold due to global heating, leading to widespread die-offs and threatening the biodiversity and coastal protection they provide. For the millions of p…

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Shame! A pile of games we own, but have never played 50:57

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Ok, we'll come clean. This is just an excuse to list a bunch of stuff we WANT to play... But haven't got around to yet. We own things for it... But life, the universe, everything just gets in the way! So really we want you to come and show us how to play all these games so we don't feel like we've wasted our hard earned pennies! Why So Serious 4 - …

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Are Men's Egos That Fragile? | Episode 97 50:10

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Send us a text Episode 97 Vents: Tattoos Are Dumb I Am A Female NFL Savant The Olympics Should Be For Amateurs Only Every week our hosts, Emmy award winner Chris and comedian Paul discuss some very funny and wacky vents sent in from our listeners. Head to our UTUBE channel VENTTHIS to see and hear their reactions. Ventthis welcomes back guest host …

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Madagascar Environment and Shark Science with Dr. David Ebert 50:57

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Madagascar Environment is at the center of this engaging conversation with Dr. David Ebert, a world-renowned shark scientist and co-host of Beyond Jaws. In this episode, we uncover the unique challenges and opportunities that Madagascar's marine ecosystems face, from biodiversity conservation to the pressures of unsustainable fishing. Shark science…