Marine Conservation Happy Hour

By Dr Scarlett Smash & Dr Craken MacCraic

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 Sep 11, 2019
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The Marine Conservation Happy Hour is a podcast that looks at the many different sides of Marine Science and Conservation in an informal setting - a during a pub Happy Hour, chatting casually over a few (or more) drinks. The show is co-hosted by @DrScarlettSmash and @Craken_McCraic. Everyone is a marine scientist who is passionate about the Ocean, marine mammals (whales, seals, dolphins, porpoises, polar bears and more), sharks and other fish, invertebrates (especially squid & octopuses because they are cool), and other marine biology things that live under the sea. Join us as we gossip about, for example, how shows like Game of Thrones are similar to Marine Conservation, the sex lives of sea creatures, hot marine science & conservation topics of the week and learn about the challenges of attaining a marine biology or conservation career. Podcast Owners, Creators, Producers, & Hosts: Dr Scarlett Smash and Dr Craken MacCraic. You can support the show at: www.patreon.com/marineconservation (c) ECM Parsons and Ashley Scarlett

Episode Date
Divers Removing Ghost Nets - Healthy Seas Mission
Jun 24, 2026
Rice's Whale Update - International Whaling Commission
Jun 17, 2026
Shark Movie Quiz
Jun 10, 2026
Simon Allen, Producer - Discussion on Thrash vs. The Requin: Science of shark movies
Jun 03, 2026
Finspan Stonemaier Games: Designer Michael O'Connell Interview
May 27, 2026
EarthX - Peter Simek
May 20, 2026
When orcas ram boats - Dr. Naomi Rose explains
May 13, 2026
David Gruber-Learning how to speak to whales using AI (As Aired on Tampa News Talk Radio)
May 06, 2026
Vincent Doumeizel Interview -The Power of Plankton: How Plankton Made Life On Earth Possible and Why It's Key To Our Future
May 06, 2026
Orcas in Florida (As Aired on Local Tampa Talk News Radio)
Apr 29, 2026
Who is the pirate Ching Shih? (As Aired on Local Tampa Talk News Radio)
Apr 22, 2026
The Florida Aquarium - Eric Hovland and Sharkapalooza (As Aired on Local Tampa Talk News Radio)
Apr 15, 2026
Lionfish with Alex Fogg: The Lionfish King (As Aired on Local Tampa Talk News Radio)
Apr 08, 2026
Sea Change: Unlikely Allies and a Success Story of Oceanic Proportions (with Environmental Defense Fund Executive Director and author Amanda Leland)
Apr 01, 2026
Kraken's ocean inspiration
Mar 25, 2026
Anne Bonny and Mary Reed (As Aired on Local Tampa Talk News Radio)
Mar 18, 2026
Manatees, Turtles and the Big Freeze (As Aired on Local Tampa Talk News Radio)
Mar 11, 2026
Knights of Santiago (As Aired on Local Tampa Talk News Radio)
Mar 09, 2026
Gasparilla and Pirate Jose Gaspar (As Aired on Local Tampa Talk News Radio)
Mar 04, 2026
Shark Quiz- What do you know about sharks?
Feb 25, 2026
Sharkapalooza in Clearwater Florida with Jess Adanich
Feb 18, 2026
National Geographic "Pole to Pole" Documentary - an interview with Allison Fong
Feb 11, 2026
PBS documentary "Parenthood" in the oceans - an interview with documentary filmmaker Olly Scholey
Feb 04, 2026
Humpback whales in a Klingon spaceship? Is it scientifically possible?
Jan 28, 2026
The Economic Cost of Climate Disasters
Jan 21, 2026
Ocean species discovered in 2025
Jan 14, 2026
2025 was a depressing year for marine conservation
Jan 07, 2026
The Call of Krampus - A Christmas Special - Part 2
Dec 31, 2025
The Call of Krampus - a Christmas Eve Special - Part 1
Dec 24, 2025
Holiday Special - The Ghost Pirates of Williamsburg Part 4
Dec 17, 2025
Holiday Special - The Ghost Pirates of Williamsburg Part 3
Dec 10, 2025
Holiday Special - The Ghost Pirates of Williamsburg - Part 2
Dec 03, 2025
Holiday Special - The Ghost Pirates of Williamsburg Part 1
Nov 26, 2025
Ocean Science in the Movies: Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Nov 19, 2025
Ocean Science in the Movies: The Meg & Meg 2: The Trench
Nov 12, 2025
Science in the movies: Underwater
Nov 05, 2025
Marine mammal quiz - with Regina Asmutis-Silvia
Oct 29, 2025
Current issues in whale and dolphin conservation - with Regina Asmutis-Silvia
Oct 22, 2025
The science of Jaws - with Simon Allen
Oct 15, 2025
The Shape of Nature - with David Maitland
Oct 08, 2025
Robots in the sea with James Bellingham
Oct 01, 2025
Ocean science in the movies: The Abyss
Sep 24, 2025
Dolphins up close with Bertie Gregory
Sep 17, 2025
Ocean science in the movies: 20,000 Leagues Beneath the Sea
Sep 10, 2025
Silent Seals: The Namibia seal hunt with Rob Reed and Imogen Webster, part 2
Sep 03, 2025
Silent Seals: The Namibia seal hunt with Rob Reed and Imogen Webster, part 1
Aug 27, 2025
The new "Death at Seaworld" TV show - with Simon Allen
Aug 20, 2025
Ocean science careers advice with Andrew Thaler
Aug 13, 2025
The Last Hunt for the Jabberwock with Andrew Thaler
Aug 06, 2025
Deep Sea Mining with Andrew Thaler
Jul 30, 2025
Lessons learnt from Hurricane Katrina with Dr Ivor van Heerden
Jul 25, 2025
What can Sharkapalooza do for you? With guest Jess Adanich
Jul 23, 2025
National Geographic's Jaws at 50 with Wendy Benchley
Jul 11, 2025
Sharkapalooza and Fuzzy Sharks with Jess Adanich
Jul 09, 2025
National Geographic's SHARKFEST 2025 - Dan Beecham and "Sharks Up Close" and Candace Fields and "Investigation Shark Attack"
Jul 02, 2025
Drunken shenanigans - our favorite animals
Jun 25, 2025
The history of taverns (and beer witches)
Jun 18, 2025
The new Ocean documentary - a review
Jun 11, 2025
David Attenborough: Ocean - Documentary with Enric Sala and filmaker Toby Nowlan
Jun 04, 2025
Raiders of the last barrel - the archaeology of beer
May 28, 2025
Water, water everywhere - a water world quiz
May 21, 2025
Game of thrones science - recreating the dire wolf
May 14, 2025
Coffee shop science. Was some of the first marine mammal science done in a coffee shop?
May 07, 2025
Who is Kristján Loftsson and why is he an ocean villain? (with guest Rob Read)
Apr 30, 2025
The Latest Gossip on Whaling (with guest Rob Read)
Apr 23, 2025
How can we stop the Faroe Islands whale hunts? With Rob Read from Neptune's Pirates - Part 2
Apr 16, 2025
What is the grindadráp ? With Rob Read from Neptune's Pirates - Part 1
Apr 09, 2025
What is the deadliest sea creature?
Apr 02, 2025
Who was the first Marine Biologist?
Mar 26, 2025
What is an Angel shark?
Mar 19, 2025
Operation deep blue legacy
Mar 12, 2025
Do you want to build a Manatee sanctuary?
Mar 05, 2025
Cod wars part 2: The British Empire strikes back
Feb 26, 2025
Cod Wars: Episode 1 (The Phantom fish menace)
Feb 12, 2025
Finspan with Jamey Stegmaier
Feb 05, 2025
Ocean science in TV shows [feat. "The Rig" and "Dune: Prophecy"]
Jan 29, 2025
Can short people save the world?
Jan 22, 2025
Ghost fish farms - with guest Isadora Abuter
Jan 15, 2025
Adventures in nature photography - with Nat Geo's Jason Edwards
Jan 08, 2025
Life as a wildlife photographer - with Nat Geo's Jason Edwards
Jan 01, 2025
Ocean Planets
Dec 25, 2024
Ocean Aliens
Dec 18, 2024
Vikings of color
Dec 11, 2024
Whales and dolphins in captivity - with Hudson Lindenberger
Dec 04, 2024
Hudson Lindenberger - adventure journalist!
Nov 27, 2024
Women Vikings
Nov 20, 2024
Gladiators and sharks - where there sharks in the arena?
Nov 13, 2024
The Transfigured Sea (with author Sally Ann Hunter)
Nov 06, 2024
Halloween special: The ghost ship Queen Mary
Oct 30, 2024
Halloween special: Ghost ship
Oct 23, 2024
How to protest and help the environment effectively
Oct 16, 2024
Protecting our coastline with electricity
Oct 09, 2024
Rice's whale news - saving the Great Florida Whale!
Oct 02, 2024
What have the vikings ever given us?!
Sep 25, 2024
The Secret World of Sound (with Dugald Maudsley)
Sep 18, 2024
Microplastics in your clothes (with Alex Lauer)
Sep 11, 2024
Cheap tips to save energy and help the environment
Sep 04, 2024
Rum saving the environment?
Aug 31, 2024
Deep Sea Mining (with Dr Andrew Thaler)
Aug 21, 2024
Latest Orca news (with Joe Olson)
Aug 14, 2024
Was it a sea monster?
Aug 07, 2024
Estuary critters
Jul 31, 2024
The importance of estuaries
Jul 24, 2024
Wailing about whaling
Jul 17, 2024
Ship-sinking orcas
Jul 10, 2024
What is it like to be a marine biologist in the White House?
Jul 03, 2024
The Art of Water
Jun 26, 2024
International Whaling Commission Update 2024
Jun 19, 2024
The language of whales
Jun 12, 2024
Can you swim the Dead Sea?
Jun 05, 2024
Science & education outreach opportunities in the Bahamas
May 29, 2024
The Greenland shark - the oldest fish in the sea
May 22, 2024
Anne Bonny - pirate queen
May 15, 2024
Mary Read - pirate queen
May 08, 2024
Baleen whales calling
May 01, 2024
Dolphin and manatee chat
Apr 24, 2024
A fishy noise in Florida
Apr 17, 2024
The old man of the sea - Hemmingway and Booze
Apr 10, 2024
Is absinthe illegal in the US?
Apr 03, 2024
The White Vault - Ocean science and horror
Mar 27, 2024
Florida dolphins and toxic plastic chemicals
Mar 20, 2024
Right whale stranding at Martha's Vineyard - grave concerns for an endangered species
Mar 13, 2024
Crabeater seals in Antarctica
Mar 06, 2024
The physiology of marine mammals
Feb 28, 2024
Great white Baby Shark do do do do
Feb 21, 2024
Osprey decline in the Chesapeake Bay
Feb 14, 2024
Ghosts, pirates and university funding
Feb 07, 2024
The pirates of the Chesapeake Bay
Jan 31, 2024
History of Pirates
Jan 24, 2024
Antarctic Fun Facts
Jan 17, 2024
Fun Arctic Facts
Jan 10, 2024
The Climate Change Science drinking game returns
Jan 03, 2024
New Year Resolution Ideas
Dec 27, 2023
The strange feeding habits of gray whales
Dec 20, 2023
The Pacific Coast Feeding Group of gray whales
Dec 13, 2023
Whale behavior
Dec 06, 2023
The environmental impacts of Brexit
Nov 29, 2023
Oyster catchers, mudflats and marine protected areas
Nov 22, 2023
The 2024 conservation job outlook
Nov 15, 2023
Wind farms and whale strandings - Who is really behind the wind farm protests?
Nov 09, 2023
Halloween Special part 3: Atlantis!
Nov 07, 2023
The Bermuda Triangle
Nov 02, 2023
Ghost ship: The Flying Dutchman
Oct 31, 2023
Climate change science news update
Oct 26, 2023
Ocean Gliders
Oct 24, 2023
Unsustainable cruise ship tourism
Oct 19, 2023
Environmental Crisis in the Virgin Islands
Oct 17, 2023
Sustainable Aquaculture
Oct 12, 2023
Rowing across the Atlantic Ocean, pt 2
Oct 10, 2023
Rowing across the Atlantic Ocean, pt 1
Oct 05, 2023
Humpback Whale Facts
Oct 03, 2023
The Witcher and Ocean Science
Sep 28, 2023
Climate Change News
Sep 26, 2023
Ecocide
Sep 21, 2023
The best environmental groups to work for
Sep 19, 2023
Lolita the orca
Sep 14, 2023
Good news for Rice's whale
Sep 12, 2023
Right whale Facts
Sep 07, 2023
Return of the shark quiz
Sep 05, 2023
Oldest Living Mammal
Aug 29, 2023
Climate change update
Aug 24, 2023
The largest whale?
Aug 22, 2023
Bond, James Bond
Aug 17, 2023
Minke Whales facts
Aug 15, 2023
Superpod - an orca extravaganza
Aug 10, 2023
We're in hot water!
Aug 08, 2023
Cocaine sharks
Aug 03, 2023
Shark quiz
Aug 01, 2023
Bryde's and Sei whales
Jul 27, 2023
Shark Attacks
Jul 25, 2023
The science of Black Panther - Wakanda Forever
Jul 20, 2023
Blue Whales Facts
Jul 18, 2023
Whale Earwax
Jul 13, 2023
The science behind the movie: Avatar 2
Jul 11, 2023
Dolphins in space!
Jul 06, 2023
Porpoises of the world
Jul 04, 2023
River Dolphins
Jun 29, 2023
Baleen and toothed Whales
Jun 27, 2023
Whale Evolution
Jun 22, 2023
Science Lesson on Whale Classification
Jun 20, 2023
Hvaldimir the whale
Jun 15, 2023
Gladiator whales
Jun 13, 2023
Vikings and Climate Change
Jun 08, 2023
Orcas attack
Jun 06, 2023
The Lagoon - a tale of whales
Jun 01, 2023
Rice's whale
May 30, 2023
A new law threatening marine life in the US
May 25, 2023
Underwater noise
May 23, 2023
Penguin quiz
May 18, 2023
Fin whale facts
May 16, 2023
Dracula's castle & whale science
May 11, 2023
Living in mangroves
May 09, 2023
Penguins and Plastic
May 04, 2023
The Pirate Queen
May 02, 2023
Saw Shark Facts
Apr 27, 2023
Sawfish vs Sawshark
Apr 25, 2023
Sea otter conservation
Apr 20, 2023
What to do if you see a sea otter!
Apr 18, 2023
Sea otter watching
Apr 13, 2023
Sea otter savvy
Apr 11, 2023
Sea otter quiz
Apr 06, 2023
Sea otters
Apr 04, 2023
The ocean at night
Mar 30, 2023
Humpback whale strandings in New York & New Jersey
Mar 28, 2023
An elephant seal & a big climate change discovery
Mar 23, 2023
Jolly shore leave!
Mar 21, 2023
What are sea shanties?
Mar 16, 2023
The environmental footprint of mead & beer - Groennfell Meadery
Mar 14, 2023
How to make mead - Groennfell Meadery
Mar 09, 2023
Science behind Mead - Groennfell Meadery
Mar 07, 2023
Pirate Quiz 2
Mar 02, 2023
Pirate quiz
Feb 28, 2023
MCHH 480: Leverage: Redemption - a TV show with an environmental message
Feb 23, 2023
MCHH 479: Orcas in Florida
Feb 21, 2023
MCHH 478: Killer whales or orcas
Feb 16, 2023
MCHH 477: A new threat to right whales
Feb 14, 2023
MCHH 476: Scientists exploiting students #scisploitation
Feb 09, 2023
MCHH 475: Whales and microplastics
Feb 07, 2023
MCHH 474: Manta rays
Feb 02, 2023
MCHH 473: Mote Aquarium
Jan 31, 2023
MCHH 472: Florida manatees
Jan 26, 2023
MCHH 471: Ocean outreach and education
Jan 24, 2023
MCHH 470: Ocean acidification
Jan 19, 2023
MCHH 469: Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium
Jan 17, 2023
MCHH: 468: Let's make the perfect zoo
Jan 12, 2023
MCHH 467: Disney's Animal Kingdom
Jan 12, 2023
MCHH 466: Plankton wiped out in the Atlantic? Is that right?
Jan 05, 2023
MCHH 465: Quiz - Ocean Science
Jan 03, 2023
MCHH 464: Marine Conservation New Year resolutions
Dec 29, 2022
MCHH 463: Quiz- Saucy scientific names
Dec 27, 2022
MCHH 462: Winter holiday Traditions
Dec 22, 2022
MCHH 461: Shore buddies - cute marine animals made from recycled plastic
Dec 20, 2022
MCHH 460: What to look for in a zoo or aquarium
Dec 15, 2022
MCHH 459: Conservation guidelines for zoos and aquariums in the 21st century
Dec 13, 2022
MCHH 458: Conservation - the difference between in situ and ex situ conservation
Dec 08, 2022
MCHH 457: The Secret Life of Corals: Sex, War and Rocks that Don't Roll
Dec 06, 2022
MCHH 456: Environmental education - know your audience!
Dec 01, 2022
MCHH 455: The educational value of whaling-watching trips
Nov 29, 2022
MCHH 454: Quick, to the Whalemobile !
Nov 24, 2022
MCHH 453: Marine biologists with disabilities
Nov 22, 2022
MCHH 452: Poo in the pools and starving dolphins - damning new reports about the Miami Seaquarium
Nov 17, 2022
MCHH 451: Marine conservation news round up
Nov 15, 2022
MCHH 450: Climate change (part 2)
Nov 10, 2022
MCHH 449: Climate change (part 1)
Nov 08, 2022
MCHH 448: Mermaids! (Part 2)
Nov 03, 2022
MCHH 447: Mermaids! (Part 1)
Nov 01, 2022
MCHH 446 - Halloween episode! Mary Shelly, Frankenstein and the first environmental disaster novel
Oct 27, 2022
MCHH 445: Planktonia
Oct 25, 2022
MCHH 444: Plastic in the ocean
Oct 20, 2022
MCHH 443: Xenomarine biology - Marine biologists in space!
Oct 18, 2022
MCHH 442: Hurricane Ian (part 2)
Oct 13, 2022
MCHH 441: Hurricane Ian (Part 1)
Oct 11, 2022
MCHH 440: Environmental and ocean careers
Oct 06, 2022
MCHH 439: Atlantis?
Oct 04, 2022
MCHH 438: The line - a sustainable city for the future? Part 2.
Sep 29, 2022
MCHH 437: The line - a sustainable city for the future?
Sep 27, 2022
MCHH 436: Climate disasters
Sep 22, 2022
MCHH 435: The Queen, the British Royal family, and the environment
Sep 20, 2022
MCHH 424: Memoir of a mad scientist !
Sep 15, 2022
MCHH 423: President Biden's climate change bill
Sep 13, 2022
MCHH 422: Game of Thrones - House of the Dragon. The marine biology version.
Sep 08, 2022
MCHH 421: Self-medicating dolphins
Sep 06, 2022
MCHH 420: What is Ambergris?
Sep 01, 2022
MCHH 419: Scientists with Dyslexia
Aug 30, 2022
MCHH 418: What is a blobfish?
Aug 25, 2022
MCHH 417: Marine Biologist Graduate Advice
Aug 23, 2022
MCHH 416: Science and Artists
Aug 18, 2022
MCHH 415: Marine eDNA research
Aug 16, 2022
MCHH 414: Value our Conservationists
Aug 16, 2022
MCHH 413: Applying for jobs?
Aug 09, 2022
MCHH 412: Visit to the Florida Aquarium
Aug 04, 2022
MCHH 411: Tampa Bay Watch Sunset Eco Tour
Aug 02, 2022
MCHH 410: Protecting the Hudson Canyon
Jul 28, 2022
MCHH 409: The impact of the Ukraine War on dolphins
Jul 26, 2022
MCHH 408: Sustainable dolphin-watching in the UK
Jul 21, 2022
MCHH 407: Seabirds 101
Jul 19, 2022
MCHH 406: The Dunwich Horror - a climate disaster
Jul 14, 2022
MCHH 405: What seafood can you eat? A guide to sustainable fisheries
Jul 12, 2022
MCHH 404: The historical importance of fish
Jul 07, 2022
MCHH 403: A new species of dolphin!
Jul 05, 2022
MCHH 402: Capitol Hill Ocean Week
Jun 30, 2022
MCHH 401: Eat sustainably - like a Viking !
Jun 28, 2022
MCHH 400: Ocean noise pollution
Jun 23, 2022
MCHH 399: Recording ocean sounds for science
Jun 21, 2022
MCHH 398: Ocean Music
Jun 16, 2022
MCHH 397: Ocean memory
Jun 14, 2022
MCHH 396: The future of ocean energy
Jun 09, 2022
MCHH 395: A week in the life of a science communicator
Jun 07, 2022
MCHH 394: Balancing your carbon footprint
Jun 02, 2022
MCHH 393: Snakes on a ... dolphin?!
May 31, 2022
MCHH 392: Solar panels saving money
May 26, 2022
MCHH 391: Dolphin quiz !
May 24, 2022
MCHH 390: The real "Our Flag Means Death !" Part 2
May 19, 2022
MCHH 389: The real "Our Flag Means Death !" Part 1
May 17, 2022
MCHH 388: the United Nations Decade for Ocean Science
May 13, 2022
MCHH 387: Our Ocean - commitments to conserve the ocean
May 10, 2022
MCHH 386: From Harry Potter to dolphin fraternities
May 05, 2022
MCHH 385: Dolphin names and signature whistles
May 03, 2022
MCHH 384: Microplastics
Apr 28, 2022
MCHH 383: The latest IPCC report highlights - what does this mean for us?
Apr 26, 2022