Season 1
Oct. 12, 2025
Marineland Beluga Whales: What’s Next for Canada’s Captive Cetaceans
Marineland beluga whales remain at the center of a heated national debate after Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans denied the park’s request to export 30 whales to a marine theme park in China. In this episode, Andre...
Oct. 10, 2025
All The Sharks, filming, science, and stories from the field
Shark conservation: All The Sharks brings you into the water with filmmakers and scientists, exploring how camera choices, site selection, and safety shape close encounters with tiger sharks, hammerheads, white sharks, and wh...
Oct. 7, 2025
Marineland Beluga Export Denied: What Happens Next for Canada’s Captive Whales
Marineland Beluga exports have been denied by Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans, igniting national debate over animal welfare, legality, and ethics. In this episode, Andrew Lewin breaks down what the 2019 law bannin...
Oct. 5, 2025
Sustainability Business: Lee Stewart on Building Real Ocean Impact Through Smarter Operations
Sustainability business: In this episode of How to Protect the Ocean , Andrew Lewin talks with Lee Stewart about how businesses can make sustainability a practical, measurable part of their operations. They explore how carbon...
Oct. 1, 2025
Jane Goodall: How One Woman Changed Conservation Forever
Jane Goodall transformed the way we understand animals, conservation, and our place in nature. In this special tribute episode of How to Protect the Ocean , I reflect on Dr. Goodall’s incredible legacy and what her life’s wor...
Oct. 1, 2025
Mentors: Climate Change is Hopeless? Here’s Why You Should Still Fight
Mentors: climate change is hopeless —at least, that’s the message many young scientists are hearing from the people they were told to admire. But what if giving up isn’t the only option? In this episode, I respond to a heartf...
Sept. 28, 2025
Explore the Ocean Floor: Why Mapping the Deep Matters and How You Can Get Involved
Explore the ocean floor is more than a scientific ambition, it is a global necessity. In this episode of How to Protect the Ocean , Andrew Lewin speaks with Tim Kearns, Executive Director of Map the Gaps, about the upcoming O...
Sept. 26, 2025
Fighting overfishing with AI: Satellites Expose Illegal Fishing in Marine Protected Areas
Fighting overfishing with AI is transforming how we protect the ocean. A new study revealed that nearly half of all coastal marine protected areas (MPAs) showed fishing vessel presence, with many ships operating “dark” withou...
Sept. 23, 2025
Indigenous Relationships and the Ocean: Stories of Connection and Conservation with ONC
Indigenous relationships with the ocean reveal powerful ways of understanding stewardship, culture, and conservation. This episode highlights how Indigenous communities have long held knowledge that connects people with marin...
Sept. 21, 2025
Fisheries Subsidies Agreement Explained with Oceana's Dan Skeritt
Fisheries subsidies are at the heart of one of the most important global trade agreements for the ocean. In this episode, I sit down with Dan Skeritt to break down the World Trade Organization’s new Agreement on Fisheries Sub...
Sept. 18, 2025
Ocean Book You Need to Read: Amanda Leland’s Vision for a Sea Change
Ocean Book you need to read introduces listeners to Sea Change by Amanda Leland, a powerful and hopeful exploration of how individuals and communities can unite to protect our oceans. Amanda draws from her expertise and exper...
Sept. 15, 2025
Great White Shark Populations Have Interesting DNA
Great white shark DNA is one of the most puzzling mysteries in marine biology. Recent research has revealed that despite being one species, great whites have split into three distinct genetic groups across the globe. What’s e...
Sept. 10, 2025
Advocacy for Scientists: How to Speak Up for the Ocean
Advocacy for scientists is a skill that can transform how research impacts the real world. In this episode of How to Protect the Ocean , host Andrew Lewin reflects on an article by Melissa Varga from the Union of Concerned Sc...
Sept. 8, 2025
Sustainable Fashion with Courtney Barriger: Protecting the Ocean Through Clothing Choices
Sustainable fashion is more than a trend, it is a movement that connects what we wear to the health of our planet. In this episode, Andrew Lewin speaks with Courtney Barriger , CEO of Holding Court Inc., about how clothing de...
Sept. 4, 2025
Terracycle: Recycling Everything from Plastics to Global Waste Solutions
Terracycle is proving that almost anything can be recycled, from cigarette butts to ocean plastics, transforming how the world thinks about waste. In this episode of How to Protect the Ocean , Andrew Lewin speaks with Tom Sza...
Sept. 2, 2025
Shark Meat Fed To Students: Brazil’s Hidden School Lunch Scandal
Shark Meat Fed To Students in Brazil’s public institutions has sparked outrage after Mongabay uncovered thousands of tons of mislabeled shark meat, including endangered species like angelsharks, being served in schools, hospi...
Sept. 2, 2025
Oceana Working to Protect Endangered Species: How Legal Action Safeguards Whales and Sea Turtles
Oceana, working to protect endangered species, is at the heart of this powerful episode featuring Tara Brock, an environmental lawyer advocating for ocean life. Tara unpacks how the Endangered Species Act is used to protect h...
Aug. 28, 2025
Starting an Environmental Nonprofit: The Balean Founders Story with Bart Oor and Sander Brienen
Starting an environmental nonprofit often begins with a vision and the determination to make a difference, but it also comes with challenges in funding, community support, and long-term sustainability. In this episode of How ...
Aug. 26, 2025
Pacific Islands Marine Monument Rollback and Court Reversal Explained
Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument : For over a decade, these waters stood as one of the largest no-take zones on Earth, safeguarding corals, fish, and migratory species. But on day one of his presidency, Donal...
Aug. 21, 2025
Less than 400 Left: How Media Coverage Shapes the Fate of North Atlantic Right Whales
Less than 400 left — that’s how many North Atlantic right whales remain in the world. These critically endangered whales are at the center of an urgent conservation story, but how the media communicates about them plays a pow...
Aug. 16, 2025
Managing Fishing Vessels: Uncovering the Hidden Ownership of Industrial Fleets
Managing fishing vessels goes far beyond tracking where a boat is registered. In this episode, we dive into Oceana’s Beyond the Flag report to explore how large-scale fishing vessels are often flagged in one country but owned...
Aug. 14, 2025
Plastic pollution in the ocean: How the Global Treaty Could Change Everything
Plastic pollution in the ocean is no longer just an environmental issue—it’s a public health crisis and an economic threat. In this episode, I break down the latest updates from the UN negotiations on a global plastics treaty...
Aug. 12, 2025
How 5 billion sea stars died and what we can do to save them
How 5 billion sea stars died is a story that shook marine ecosystems along North America’s Pacific coast. This episode dives into the groundbreaking discovery of the bacterium Vibrio pectenicida , the pathogen responsible for...
Aug. 9, 2025
Scientist Identifies New Manta Ray Species: Dr. Andrea Marshall’s Discovery of the Atlantic Manta
Scientist Identifies New Manta Ray Species —the Atlantic Manta Ray, Mobula yarae —in a groundbreaking announcement from Dr. Andrea Marshall and her team at the Marine Megafauna Foundation. In this episode, Andrew Lewin shares...