Episodes
Feb. 12, 2025
How Storytelling Connects People and Climate Change | Tao Leigh Goffe Interview
Andrew Lewin and Tao Leigh Goffe dive deep into the intersection of storytelling, culture, and the urgent issue of climate change with renowned scholar Tao Leigh Goffe. Through an engaging conversation, we explore how storytelling serves as a bridge...
Feb. 10, 2025
Are Harmful Algal Blooms Affecting Whales? New study's results being questioned
Are harmful algal blooms (HABs) endangering whales? In this episode of How to Protect the Ocean, we explore how HABs might disorient whales, putting them in dangerous situations. Drawing on insights from studies and an article from Mongabay News, I...
Feb. 6, 2025
Polar Bears Affected by Climate Change
Polar bears affected by climate change saw the Hudson Bay population decrease from 1,200 individuals to 600 individuals. We explore the alarming decline of polar bear populations in the western part of Hudson Bay, Canada. Scientists have recorded a...
Feb. 5, 2025
Sustainable Alcohol Brand, Holistic Spirits Co Gets B Corp Status
Sustainable alcohol brand, Holistic Spirits Co. gets B Corp status and Amy Holmwood, Founder and CEO of Holistic Spirits Co., is here to talk about how her company is transforming the alcoholic beverage industry through sustainability. Amy shares how...
Feb. 3, 2025
Cold-Stunned Sea Turtles In Florida Needed Rescue: This is What Happened
Cold-Stunned sea turtles in Florida needed rescue after they were caught in a cold snap in the ocean. In this episode of How to Protect the Ocean, we dive into the dramatic rescue of 17 sea turtles found cold-stunned off the coast of northern...
Jan. 31, 2025
Why Ocean Conservation Policies Are Falling Behind (And How We Fix It)
Governments worldwide are failing to keep up with the urgent need for ocean conservation policies. From climate change to overfishing and plastic pollution, we see the effects of delayed action everywhere. In this episode of How to Protect the Ocean,...
Jan. 29, 2025
Bait Ball in Australia Surprised Beachgoers at Manly Beach
This bait ball in Australia surprised beachgoers at Manly Beach last week as three separate bait balls combined to form one huge ball. The bait ball is a natural process that fish use to help protect themselves against predators such as sharks, tuna,...
Jan. 27, 2025
Deep Sea Mining: What Happened In 2024?
Deep sea mining: what happened in 2024? You need to know about the industry activity that occurred in 2024. The was a leadership change in the International Seabed Authority (ISA), Norway was going to explore deep sea mining, but didn't, and why my...
Jan. 24, 2025
New Ocean Policies Canceled that Impact the Ocean
In this episode of the "How to Protect the Ocean" podcast, host Andrew Lewin discusses the significant executive actions Donald Trump took on his first day in office that will impact ocean policies. The episode highlights several key policies that...
Jan. 22, 2025
Solar Panels on Boats Is The Future
Solar panels on boats are the future of boating not because it's good for the environment (that is just a bonus), but because the engines are quiet and there is no smell. Host Andrew Lewin interviews Simon Angus, the CEO of Open Water Solar, a company...
Jan. 20, 2025
No, Offshore Wind Does Not Cause Whale Strandings
No, offshore wind does not cause whale strandings as stated by NOAA, the Marine Mammal Commission, and other government agencies. The rumor was started and perpetuated by the current president of the United States, Donald Trump; Fox News; fossil...
Jan. 17, 2025
Is Renewable Energy is Cost-Effective?
In this episode of the How to Protect the Ocean podcast, host Angelo interviews Mark Zacharias, the Executive Director of Clean Energy Canada. The discussion centers around a rebuttal to an article published by the Fraser Institute, which claimed that...
Jan. 15, 2025
Sparkling Water Without Plastic Bottles (from your taps)
Sparkling water without plastic bottles is not only good for your health (plastic bottles can cause health problems). In this episode of the "How to Protect the Ocean" podcast, host Andrew Lewin interviews Marcus O'Donovan, the founder of CO2U, a...
Jan. 13, 2025
California Wildfires: The Devastating Impact of Climate Change
In this episode of the How to Protect the Ocean podcast, host Andrew Lewin discusses the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles, emphasizing the significant role climate change plays in their occurrence and intensity. Lewin highlights that the wildfires...
Jan. 10, 2025
Environmental Protections Before the Next President
Environmental protections before the next president could be sworn in were implemented to help save 625 million acres of ocean from oil and gas exploration. In this episode of the "How to Protect the Ocean" podcast, host Andrew Lewin discusses recent...
Jan. 8, 2025
From Engineer to Ocean Advocate: Carlos Mallo's Journey with Innoceana
In this episode of the "How to Protect the Ocean" podcast, host Andrew Lewin interviews Carlos Mallo, the founder and CEO of Innoceana, an innovative marine conservation organization. Carlos shares his journey from being an engineer to a marine...
Jan. 6, 2025
Not again...Orca Mourns Second Calf Since 2018
Orca mourns second calf since 2018 in a devastating report that J35 was seen floating her dead calf on January 1st, 2025. In this episode of the How to Protect the Ocean podcast, host Andrew Lewin discusses the tragic story of J35, a Southern Resident...
Jan. 3, 2025
It Takes a Village to Protect the Ocean
It takes a village to protect the ocean even though ocean conservation can sometimes feel lonely. Leaning on your community can help to inspire you to take more action for the sea. In this episode of the "How to Protect the Ocean" podcast, host Andrew...
Jan. 1, 2025
Sea Turtle Conservation in Florida is Hard
Sea Turtle Conservation in Florida is hard and it's about to get harder with the onset of increased intensity of hurricanes and increased sea level rise. Sea Turtle Conservation has been successful over the past few decades with protection policies...
Dec. 30, 2024
Where Do Whales Live? The Federal Government Wants To Map Where They Go
Where do whales live? Where do they go? These are just some of the questions the US federal government would like to answer by introducing a bill (H.R. 10292) called the Whale CHARTS Act. In this episode of the How to Protect the Ocean podcast, host...
Dec. 23, 2024
Climate Change Actions Using Sargassum and Black Fly Larvae
In this episode of the "How to Protect the Ocean" podcast, host Andrew Lewin interviews Dr. Annalisa Bracco, a professor at Georgia Tech specializing in ocean and climate dynamics. The discussion centers around innovative climate solutions, moving...
Dec. 20, 2024
Half of Murres seabird population dies after this happened
In this episode of the How to Protect the Ocean podcast, host Andrew Luan discusses the significant decline in the population of common murres, a seabird species in Alaska, which has seen about half of its population die off—approximately 4 million...
Dec. 18, 2024
Mind Your Plastic Pollution: A Conversation On Changing Behaviors
Mind your plastic pollution is a conversation that we all need to have because we all partake in using single-use plastic as the system is set up that way. In this episode of the How to Protect the Ocean podcast, host Andrew Lewin engages in a...
Dec. 16, 2024
Plastic Pollution Clean Up Through Absorption
Plastic pollution clean up through absorption is now a possibility by using a combination of cotton and chittin to take microplastics out of the ocean...but can this work at scale? In this episode of the "How to Protect the Ocean" podcast, host Andrew...