The OSR team gets a chance to meet the anthropomorphic underwater robot Ocean One in the Stanford Lab of Oussama Katib.

Ocean One

Valentine's day is here and to celebrate the season, Ocean Science Radio is teaming up with Stricktlyfishwrapped (https://strictlyfishwrap.com/) in a series of episodes on ocean reproduction titled "Ocean Lovin'."

In this, the first episode of the series, we will be featuring:
Marah Hardt - Author of Sex and the Sea (https://www.amazon.com/Sex-Sea-Intimate-Connection-Sex-Changing/dp/1137279974)
Roy Caldwell - Stomatopod expert at U.C. Berkeley (https://ib.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/caldwellr)
Dr. Amanda Vincent - Project Seahorse (http://www.projectseahorse.org/)

Many thanks to the Midnight Snackers (https://www.msnackers.com/)for letting us use their track for our intro music. 

Also, royalty Free Music from Bensound (www.bensound.com).

Ocean Lovin Part 1

Valentine's day is here and to celebrate the season, Ocean Science Radio is teaming up with Strictlyfishwrap Science Radio Hour (strictlyfishwrap.com/) in a series of episodes on ocean reproduction titled "Ocean Lovin'."

In this, the second episode of the series, we will be featuring:
Mike Vecchione - Cephalopod expert at Smithsonian Natural History Museum and National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (http://invertebrates.si.edu/staff/vecchione.cfm)
Bret Grasse - Aquarist at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole Mass and previously at the Monterey Bay Aquarium (https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animal-guide/octopuses-and-kin/flamboyant-cuttlefish)
Tim Carpenter- Curator of Fish and Invertebrates at Seattle Aquarium (www.seattleaquarium.org)

Many thanks to the Midnight Snackers (www.msnackers.com/)for letting us use their track for our intro music and Rod Schroufe for his Giant Pacific Octopus photo.

Ocean Lovin 2

For the third installment of "Ocean Lovin'," the joint series on ocean reproduction by Ocean Science Radio and Strictlyfishwrap Science Radio Hour (strictlyfishwrap.com/), we take a look at sex on the microscopic level. 

Featuring copepods and osedax worms, the team talks with Dr. Rachel Lasley-Rasher, of the University of Maine's Darling Marine Center, and Dr. Greg Rouse, of UC San Diego's Scripps  oceanography.  

Many thanks to the Midnight Snackers (www.msnackers.com/)for letting us use their track for our intro music and Dr. Lasley-Rasher for her awesome Temora longicornis male photo.

Ocean Lovin 3

For the fourth episode in our Ocean Lovin' series we cover the mysterious world of ocean plant-life.

Guests include: 
Clay Steell - Master’s student in the fish ecology and physiology lab at Carlton University in Ottawa
Susan Brawley - Professor in the school of marine sciences at the University of Maine
Jessica Muhlin - associate professor of marine biology at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine

Photo credit to Clay Steell (Ascophyllum nodosum)

Ocean Lovin 4

Ready for the next round of Ocean Lovin'? On this episode we cover broadcast spawners; those animals that just spray and pray that their gametes don't end up as prey. The OSR team and Skylar Bayer of Strictlyfishrap interview Chris Mah of the Echinoblog (http://echinoblog.blogspot.com/)fame about starfish, Beth Len about Coral, and Skylar shows off her impressive knowledge of Scallops! 

To learn more about algae, check out this blog! -
 https://strictlyfishwrap.com/2017/05/24/the-nuts-and-bolts-of-algae/

**Credits**

Fromia, poss. F. Ghardaquana Image by John B. Williams

Music by the Midnight Snackers through their permission and Blue Dot Sessions through freemusicarchive.org

Ocean Lovin 5

In the final episode of the ocean loving series, we concentrate on the charismatic megafauna - Whales, Sharks, and Dolphins. 

We speak to Brit Finucci, PhD candidate in Wellington NZ, Dr. Christine Dudgeon of the University of Queensland, and Dr. Sarah Mesnick of NOAA

Ocean Lovin 6

Today is "International Save the Vaquita" day. To help spread  awareness of the plight of this endangered species we interviewed filmmakers bringing attention to this issue and a NOAA scientist trying to save the species from extinction. 

Special thanks to Barbara Taylor for use of her image. 

To watch "Souls of the Vermilion Sea" visit this link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rm0MFhhbBs

Vaquitas

The Ocean Science Radio team meets up with Wallace J. Nichols and Nik Sawe to discuss environmental decision making, how nature affects the brain and the concept of "Blue Mind."

Blue Mind

National Geographic has launched a new prize for marine protected area technologies and we spoke with brainchild Shah Selbe.

For more on the prize visit: https://www.marineprotectionprize.com/

Music by Midnight Snackers and Lee Rosevere

Marine Protection Prize

Ocean Science Radio explores the world of coral, what is affecting them, and what some possible solutions are to their problems.

Guests include 
Dr. Rebecca Albright of the California Academy of Science
Dr. Madhavi Colton of the Coral Reef Alliance
John Than of the Florida Aquarium

Coral

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Ocean Science Radio is a joint project between Andrew Kornblatt, founder and host of the Online Ocean Symposium, and shark researcher Vicky Vasquez. The program focuses on and highlight the latest and greatest ocean science stories that the world has to offer.

Former co-host was Samantha Wishnak, Digital Media Coordinator at Ocean Exploration Trust.

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