Marine Conservation Happy Hour

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By: Dr Scarlett Smash & Dr Craken MacCraic

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...

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Academic Degree to Job Skills: Career Advice
#759
Today at 4:00 AM

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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How to make whale watching sustainable
#758
09/23/2026

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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Deep Sea Mining Update
#757
09/23/2026

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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Oceangate Titan submersible disaster
#756
09/16/2026

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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Deep sea adventures with Professor Jon Copley
#755
09/09/2026

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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Mangroves with guest Jordan Flagel
#754
09/02/2026

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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Storytelling sailors: Brian Black Memorial Award - Yachting Monthly's marine environmental journalism award
#753
08/26/2026

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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Giant Clams with guest Jordan Flagel
#751
08/19/2026

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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Deep Sea Sharks with expert Dr Daniel Moore
#750
08/12/2026

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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Goblin shark!
#749
08/05/2026

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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BIG SHARK spotted on the Jersey Shore beach
#748
07/29/2026

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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Bloody Waters - A true shark story
#747
07/22/2026

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!

Guest Information

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

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The Ocean Hates you! Huh?
#746
07/16/2026

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.

Guest Information

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 2026 https://sidesplitterscomedytampa.punchup.live/shows/the-ocean-hates-you


Basking Sharks - Latest News
#745
07/15/2026

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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Getting a degree in Conservation - From a student's perspective
#744
07/08/2026

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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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC "Hammerheads Up Close With Bertie Gregory" - An exclusive interview
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC "Hammerheads Up Close With Bertie Gregory" - An exclusive interview episode artwork
#743
07/02/2026

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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Rare Great White Encounter - SAVE BIG BEN!
Rare Great White Encounter -  SAVE BIG BEN! episode artwork
#742
07/01/2026

It's Shark Storytime! Derk Remmers and Isadora Abuter share their rare encounter with a great white shark (Big Ben) with Dr Scarlett Smash and Dr Craken.  

Guest information

Derk Remmers, Ghost Diving and dive instructor for GUE (Global Underwater Explorers www.ghostdiving.de

Isadora Abuter, Marine Biologist, Marine Research and Communications Coordinator at Healthy Seas www.healthyseas.org

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Healthy Seas organized the mission, continuing its broader work on ghost-net removal and biodiversity monitoring on Mediterranean shipwrecks. The project was carried out together with Ghost Diving and SDSS (Th...


Rare Great White Encounter - SAVE BIG BEN!
#742
07/01/2026

It's Shark Storytime! Derk Remmers and Isadora Abuter share their rare encounter with a great white shark (Big Ben) with Dr Scarlett Smash and Dr Craken.  

Guest information

Derk Remmers, Ghost Diving and dive instructor for GUE (Global Underwater Explorers www.ghostdiving.de

Isadora Abuter, Marine Biologist, Marine Research and Communications Coordinator at Healthy Seas www.healthyseas.org

Guest Information 

Healthy Seas organized the mission, continuing its broader work on ghost-net removal and biodiversity monitoring on Mediterranean shipwrecks. The project was carried out together with Ghost Diving and SDSS (Th...


Divers Removing Ghost Nets - Healthy Seas Mission
Divers Removing Ghost Nets - Healthy Seas Mission episode artwork
#741
06/24/2026

Derk Remmers, Ghost Diving and dive instructor for GUE (Global Underwater Explorers), and Isadora Abuter, Marine Biologist, Marine Research and Communications Coordinator at Healthy Seas share their underwater encounters during their new mission.

Guest Information 

Healthy Seas organized the mission, continuing its broader work on ghost-net removal and biodiversity monitoring on Mediterranean shipwrecks. The project was carried out together with Ghost Diving and SDSS (The Society for Documentation of
Submerged Sites) combining marine conservation, technical diving, scientific collaboration and underwater documentation.

Volunteer technical divers from Ghost Diving carried out the underwater recovery ope...


Rice's Whale Update - International Whaling Commission
#740
06/17/2026

The latest International Whaling Commission science report is out. Dr Scarlett Smash and Dr Craken talk about some of the highlights - including international concern about the US Government removing protection from the Rice's whale, the world's most endangered large whale, which is found only in US waters.

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Shark Movie Quiz
#739
06/10/2026

Do you know your shark movies? Join our drunken hosts Dr Scarlett Smash and Dr Craken as they take a challenging shark movie quiz!

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Simon Allen, Producer - Discussion on Thash vs. The Requin: Science of shark movies
#738
06/03/2026

Simon Allen, Screen Writer and Producer joins Dr Scarlett Smash and Dr Craken to review some recent shark movies: Thrash and The Requin (currently on Netflix). They discuss the scientific accuracy of the movies, and how they compare to the first, classic, shark movie - Jaws.

Podcast Guest:

Simon Allen is a British Screenwriter/Producer. Simon Allen's television credits include include writing and producing on Apple's Emmy-winning spy thriller Tehran (2020), Executive Producing Netflix and James Wan supernatural anthology True Haunting (2025), creating BBC America's RTS winning punk rock queer fantasy comedy The Watch (2020)

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Finspan Stonemaier Games: Designer Michael O'Connell Interview
#737
05/27/2026

Finspan's first expansion, Sharks & Reefs release this month and the Designer Michael O'Connell is on the show talking to Dr Scarlett Smash and Dr Kraken.

Finspan Expansion: Players can now nurture colorful coral reefs in each of their ocean's three dive sites. Healthy reefs enable you to play powerful reef fish, unlock fish abilities, and score bonuses at the end of the game. Meanwhile, sharks scatter schools of young (to form even more schools elsewhere) and leave behind food scraps that any fish in your ocean can consume.

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EarthX - Peter Simek
#736
05/20/2026

In this episode, Craken chats to Peter Simek the Chief Executive Officer of EarthX. EarthX is a global meeting where investors, innovators, policymakers, and advocates can cut through polarization, find common ground, and advance pragmatic, market-based environmental solutions. Craken and Peter talk about this year's EarthX meeting (https://earthx.org/earthx2026/) and ways to get polarized sides to come to the table to talk about sustainability.

For more information on Earth X you can visit www.earthx.org.

For Peter Simek's contact details please visit 

www.earthx.org/team-member/peter-simek

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When orcas ram boats - Dr. Naomi Rose explains
#735
05/13/2026

Dr Smash and Dr Kraken chat with Dr Naomi Rose, who gives us the latest information on the boat-ramming orcas off the coast of Spain and Gibraltar. 

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David Gruber-Learning how to speak to whales using AI (As Aired on Tampa News Talk Radio)
#734
05/06/2026

Dr. David Gruber is the Founder & President of Project CETI (Cetacean Translation Initiative), a nonprofit, interdisciplinary scientific and conservation initiative on a mission to listen to and translate the communication of sperm whales, talks to Dr Smash and Dr Kraken about his breakthrough research on whale communication using cutting-edge AI, bioacoustics, and deep-field marine research.

Dr David Gruber - https://www.davidgruber.com

CETI - https://www.nationalgeographic.org/society/our-programs/ceti/

Recent winner of the Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize -https://tallberg-snf-eliasson-prize.org

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Vincent Doumeizel Interview -The Power of Plankton: How Plankton Made Life On Earth Possible and Why It's Key To Our Future
#733
05/06/2026

Dr Smash and Dr Kraken chat with Vincent Doumeizel, author of The Power of Plankton: How Plankton Made Life On Earth Possible and Why It's Key To Our Future. His book is a remarkable examination of one of the least known, yet most important, ecosystems on our planet; a timely exploration of the smallest life forms with the largest impact – and why the future of our planet may depend on them.

Vincent Doumeizel, Senior Adviser on the oceans to the United Nations Global Compact, former director of the Food Programme at the Lloyd's Register Foundation, and bestselling au...


Orcas in Florida (As Aired on Local Tampa Talk News Radio)
#732
04/29/2026

A year or so ago there was a sighting of orcas in Florida off the coast. On this episode Dr Smasha dn Dr Kraken tell the truth about orcas and if they can be found around the coast of Florida. 

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Who is the pirate Ching Shih? (As Aired on Local Tampa Talk News Radio)
#731
04/22/2026

Who was THE most sucessful pirate ever? Blackbeard? Captain Kidd? Jack Sparrow? No, it's Ching Shih - a pirate queen who held the whole of China to ransom. Dr Smash and Dr Craken talk about this famous historical figure who was the terror of the South China Sea.

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The Florida Aquarium - Eric Hovland and Sharkapalooza (As Aired on Local Tampa Talk News Radio)
#730
04/15/2026

Dr Smash and Dr Craken chat to Eric Hovland, the shark and ray expert at Florida Aquarium. They discuss the sharks that can be found in Florida waters and the research that the aquarium is involved with.

They also have returning guest Jess Adanich, the organizer of the Sharkapalooza event (May 16, Coachman Park, Clearwater, Florida; https://www.sharkapalooza.org/) chatting about what shark-realted events and goodies that you will be able to find at the upcoming festival.

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Lionfish with Alex Fogg: The Lionfish King (As Aired on Local Tampa Talk News Radio)
#729
04/08/2026

Dr Smash and Dr Craken chat today with Alex Fogg, the Natural Resources Chief, Destin-Fort Walton Beach - otherwise known at "The Lionfish King". They talk about his innovative initiative to tackle the problem of invasive lionfish and about making artificial reef - including one of the largest in the world. 

For more details see: Alex Fogg, Natural Resources Chief, Destin-Fort Walton Beach https://www.destinfwb.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/PK_NaturalResources25.pdf

2026 LIONFISH CHALLENGE https://reefrangers.myfwc.com/lionfish-challenge/

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Sea Change: Unlikely Allies and a Success Story of Oceanic Proportions (with Environmental Defense Fund Executive Director and author Amanda Leland)
#728
04/01/2026

Dr Smash and Dr Kraken chat to Amanda Leland, the Executive Director of the Environmental Defense Fund (www.edf.org). They talk about the vital work of EDF, and how Amanda became their Director. they also chat about Amanda's new book  "Sea Change: Unlikely Allies and a Success Story of Oceanic Proportions" (available from: https://www.edf.org/sea-change)

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Kraken's ocean inspiration
#727
03/25/2026

Dr Smash and Dr Kraken chat about Kraken's childhood, and what was it that inspired him to become a marine biologist.

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Anne Bonny and Mary Reed (As Aired on Local Tampa Talk News Radio)
#726
03/18/2026

The Marine Conservation Happy Hour  is now going out every Saturday on Tampa Talk News Radio.

It's the Gasparilla pirate festival in Tampa, and Dr Smash and Dr Kraken talk about the history of two of the most famous pirates: Mary Read and Anne Bonney.

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Manatees, Turtles and the Big Freeze (As Aired on Local Tampa Talk News Radio)
#725
03/11/2026

The Marine Conservation Happy Hour  is now going out every Saturday on Tampa Talk News Radio.

The recent cold weather has been chilly for humans, but it has been even worse for some of our marine life. Find out why cold winters are a problem for Florida's manatees and what we can do to help conserve them

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Knights of Santiago (As Aired on Local Tampa Talk News Radio)
#724
03/09/2026

The Marine Conservation Happy Hour  is now going out every Saturday on Tampa Talk News Radio.

It's the Gasparilla pirate festival in Tampa, and among the parade you will find the Famous Knights of Santiago. But who are they and what is their history? And what is the carnival float that looks suspiciously like a giant squid?

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Gasparilla and Pirate Jose Gaspar (As Aired on Local Tampa Talk News Radio)
#723
03/04/2026

The Marine Conservation Happy Hour  is now going out every Saturday on Tampa Talk News Radio.

It's the Gasparilla pirate festival in Tampa, Florida as drunken pirates invade the city. But what is the history behind this event? Who was the infamous pirate Captain Gaspar? Find out on this episode

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Shark Quiz- What do you know about sharks?
#722
02/25/2026

Dr Scarlett Smash quizzes Dr Craken on shark facts to see if she can stump him. Tune in to est your shark trivia knowledge. Can you beat Craken?

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Sharkapalooza in Clearwater Florida with Jess Adanich
#721
02/18/2026

Dr Smash and Dr Kraken chat to Jess Adanich about the upcoming event SHARKAPALOOZA!

Sharkapalooza brings together local artists and environmental groups to highlight marine life, and aquatic ecosystems and conservation. This year's Sharkapalooza is on May 16, 2026 at Coachman Park, Clearwater, Florida (for more details see: https://www.sharkapalooza.org/). Look out for the MCHH crew at the event!

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National Geographic "Pole to Pole" Documentary - an interview with Allison Fong
#720
02/11/2026

Dr Craken chats to arctic scientist Allison Fong, about the new National Geographic documentary "Pole to Pole". They talk about the importance of research in the Arctic, and what it was like to brave freezing icy waters with movie superstar Will Smith.

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