This podcast is my chance to talk with some of most passionate and knowledgable ocean advocates at work today including; authors, scientists, marine biologists, ocean farmers, and a host of other extraordinary individuals who care deeply about the health and future of the seas around us. In addition, the podcast is also my chance to share some of my favorite stories, poetry, plays, music, and true-life adventures inspired by the sea. This is a podcast for all those who care about the sea... its past, its present and its promise.
Today, I want to talk about the deep ocean. And when I say deep, understand that the deepest part of the ocean is over seven miles down. That's 30 Empire state buildings deep.
Another way to visualize it, if you dropped Mount Everest into the Western Pacific Ocean's Mariana trench, its peak would still be more than a mile underwater. The pressure at those depths is crushing at eight tons per square inch. The temperature is just above freezing, and it has long been thought to be completely dark. In fact, it is anything but. What we discovered largely in the last few decades is that the deep ocean is anything but empty.
In today’s episode I’ll be talking with Dr. Edie Widder – one of the world’s leading oceanographers who has taken us to these depths and taught us a great deal about the creatures of the deep and the mysterious, almost magical ability of many of these deep-sea dwellers to literally make their own light – a phenomenon known as Bioluminescence.
3 Sept 2026
Unfathomable with author Mary Boone
If we're going to preserve and protect our oceans for generations to come, we need to start with the next generation, with curiosity as the entry point, and storytelling as the key, which brings us to today's guest. Mary Boone is an award-winning author whose new book, Unfathomable: 20 Wild But True Stories About the Ocean is exactly the kind of work the ocean needs right now. The book is funny, it's dramatic, it's occasionally gross in the best possible way, and it's quietly powerfully building a new generation of ocean advocates, one astonished young reader at a time. In one story,
5 Aug 2026
Oyster Society with author Virginia Shaffer
My guest today has spent over a decade researching oysters, the people, the places, and the stories behind them. She's a food writer, a certified oyster sommelier, the founder of Lady Oyster Tours & Tastings, Maine's first oyster culinary tour company, and the author of a brand new book, Oyster Society: Adventures with the Shellfishly Motivated. I'm pleased to welcome to Tales of the Sea, Virginia Schaeffer. Virginia, welcome to the program. And I wanna start by saying that your book, Oyster Society: Adventures with the Shellfishly Motivated is a terrific, terrific read. It's entertaining, insightful, completely engaging. The book's a real page turner for anyone who wants to know anything and everything about oysters.
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