Oceanography

About Oceanography

The ocean is never separate from human life. Oceanography is a marine science podcast about what we know, how we know it, and what we choose to do with that knowledge. Hosted by science communicator Clark Marchese, the show brings researchers, conservationists, policymakers, Indigenous knowledge holders, advocates, and storytellers into conversations that move from discovery to decision-making. We follow whale calls into the deep sea, trace pollution from land to water, visit research vessels and international summits, and ask how ocean science can inform policy that genuinely serves people and the planet. Each episode makes complex research accessible without flattening it, connecting marine biology and ocean discovery with conservation, technology, justice, power, and global policy. Expect deep-dive interviews, narrative explainers, and field reporting grounded in curiosity, rigor, and the belief that understanding the ocean should help us care for it. Oceanography is an endorsed activity of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and is produced by Pine Forest Media (https://www.pineforestpods.com/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Pine Forest Media | Environmental Science Podcasts

Category

science · science · science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Jul 2025

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

6 of 47 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   What Can We Do About Plastic? (Like, for Real)

   Host Clark Marchese interviews Dr. Anja Brandon, Director of Plastics Policy at Ocean Conservancy, exploring actionable solutions to plastic pollution across its lifecycle.

2. 

   22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   A Plankton Ambassador: How Plankton Shaped Life on Earth

   Host Clark Marchese interviews Vincent Doumeizel, Senior Adviser on the Oceans to the United Nations Global Compact, exploring plankton's vital role in Earth's life and future ocean protection.

3. 

   15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   What Do We Need From Ocean Technology?

   Clark Marchese interviews Nicolas Pade, executive director of EMBRC, about the essential ocean technologies for observation and understanding marine biodiversity.

Inside a recent episode

What Can We Do About Plastic? (Like, for Real)

Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So I love that we're talking about all of it. Some of the data that we use is really helpful in thinking about what are the most effective policies that Or what is the breakdown in the current system that is allowing for these one type of plastic or this particular type of plastic to end up more frequently in the environment? For example... lots of single-use plastics. Every year when we do our international coastal cleanup, the vast majority of what our volunteers are finding, the things that kind of top our top 10 list of the most commonly identified plastics are single-use plastics. And this data then helps us go to policymakers and decision makers and identify, here are the three to five types of plastics that we see the most common that don't have a better end-of-life option. these aren't recyclable plastics. […]

Who has been a guest on Oceanography

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Anja Brandon
• Vincent Doumeizel
• Nicolas Pade
• Erin Jones
• Jacob Snyder

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.3 / 5

24 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

24 ratings

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Books guests

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