Cover image of Ocean Currents Radio Program

Ocean Currents Radio Program

Ocean Currents is hosted by Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary on KWMR, community radio for West Marin in Northern California. The show hosts ocean experts about research, management issues, natu... Read more

Ranked #1

Podcast cover

Ocean Wonders Ocean Wellness

Ocean Wonders Ocean Wellness

Ocean Wonders Ocean Wellness is an installation at the Bolinas Museum in West Marin, CA. This show provides an overview ... Read more

9 Oct 2014

48mins

Ranked #2

Podcast cover

Author Lynne Cox - Open Water Swimmer

Author Lynne Cox - Open Water Swimmer

Lynne shares her stories and experiences from her long distance open water swimming experiences, including swims in the ... Read more

1 May 2008

40mins

Ranked #3

Podcast cover

Sex in the Sea

Sex in the Sea

Author Marah J. Hardt shares stories from her book Sex in the Sea: Our Intimate Connection with Sex- Changing Fish, Roma... Read more

11 Sep 2017

50mins

Ranked #4

Podcast cover

Plastics Are Forever

Plastics Are Forever

Guest: Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation talked about the alarming rate of plastics in the ocean.... Read more

10 Apr 2008

45mins

Most Popular Podcasts

Ranked #5

Podcast cover

Peter White: History of the Farallon Islands

Peter White: History of the Farallon Islands

Peter White, author of The Farallon Islands: Sentinels of the Golden Gate, talks about the vibrant history of the Farall... Read more

1 May 2008

51mins

Ranked #6

Podcast cover

Seafood Watch: Sheila Bowman, Monterey Bay Aquarium

Seafood Watch: Sheila Bowman, Monterey Bay Aquarium

Seafood Watch: When you buy seafood, do you know where or how it's been caught? How can you make responsible seafood pur... Read more

1 May 2008

43mins

Ranked #7

Podcast cover

Looking upstream for solutions to reduce marine debris and carbon emissions: Recycling 101

Looking upstream for solutions to reduce marine debris and carbon emissions: Recycling 101

Recycling and reducing waste is a significant way to reduce the threat of marine debris and reduce carbon dioxide emissi... Read more

13 Feb 2019

49mins

Ranked #8

Podcast cover

Elephant Seals at Point Reyes National Seashore

Elephant Seals at Point Reyes National Seashore

Dr. Sarah Allen from Point Reyes National Seashore talks about the elephant seal breeding season in full action at Point... Read more

30 Apr 2008

56mins

Ranked #9

Podcast cover

Leatherbacks in the Pacific

Leatherbacks in the Pacific

The leatherback sea turtle has been on our planet for 70 million years, has survived huge changes on the planet, yet has... Read more

8 Jan 2009

52mins

Ranked #10

Podcast cover

Helping Kelp on the Northcoast of California

Helping Kelp on the Northcoast of California

With an unprecedented loss of kelp coverage on the Marin/Sonoma coast, the State Fish and Wildlife and Greater Farallone... Read more

6 Feb 2019

48mins

Ranked #11

Podcast cover

Fukushima fallout in California?

Fukushima fallout in California?

3 years after the tragic earthquake in Japan and following meltdown of the Fukushima Daiici Nuclear Power plant scientis... Read more

10 Apr 2014

52mins

Ranked #12

Podcast cover

Studying environmental change with deep water corals

Studying environmental change with deep water corals

Deep-sea corals can live for hundreds of years, but have laid mostly undiscovered. Learn how and where these corals are ... Read more

3 Nov 2009

52mins

Ranked #13

Podcast cover

Tom Kendrick-Author of Blue Water Goldrush , former sea urchin commercial diver and surfer

Tom Kendrick-Author of Blue Water Goldrush , former sea urchin commercial diver and surfer

Tom Kendrick talks about his book Blue Water Goldrush-The Odyssey of a Commercial Sea Urchin Diver.Tom is a former comme... Read more

1 May 2008

29mins

Ranked #14

Podcast cover

Impacts of Desalination Plants on coastal ocean habitats

Impacts of Desalination Plants on coastal ocean habitats

While CA faces the worst drought on record, cities throughout the state are considering desalination plants to produce s... Read more

14 Apr 2015

52mins

Ranked #15

Podcast cover

Dr. John Hildebrand-Ambient Noise in the Ocean

Dr. John Hildebrand-Ambient Noise in the Ocean

Human generated noise in the ocean has increased steadily in the last few decades. Scientist John Hildebrand talks about... Read more

5 Mar 2009

58mins

Ranked #16

Podcast cover

Management Plan Review for Cordell Bank, Gulf of the Farallones, and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries

Management Plan Review for Cordell Bank, Gulf of the Farallones, and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries

Guests: Dan Howard and Maria Brown, Sanctuary Superintendents from Cordell Bank and Gulf of the Farallones National Mari... Read more

30 Apr 2008

42mins

Ranked #17

Podcast cover

Dr. Liz Alter-Studying historic Gray Whale populations

Dr. Liz Alter-Studying historic Gray Whale populations

Have Gray whales returned to their historic population numbers? Evidence from a genetic study indicates that Gray Whales... Read more

10 Feb 2009

40mins

Ranked #18

Podcast cover

Whats happening on the coast?

Whats happening on the coast?

Hear about the rocky intertidal docent program with the California Academy of Sciences and the Gulf of the Farallones Na... Read more

7 Jan 2010

19mins

Ranked #19

Podcast cover

Part one: Reef Safe Sunscreen, what you need to know! Part two: natural history intensive on local beach ecology; sandhoppers, shrinking beaches, kelp and more!

Part one: Reef Safe Sunscreen, what you need to know! Part two: natural history intensive on local beach ecology; sandhoppers, shrinking beaches, kelp and more!

Part one: Dr. Craig Downs of the Haereticus Environmental Laboratory talks about the devastating findings about coral re... Read more

17 Aug 2018

54mins

Ranked #20

Podcast cover

Loggerhead Turtle Conservation work and Building Ocean Stewards Globally

Loggerhead Turtle Conservation work and Building Ocean Stewards Globally

Ocean Revolutionary J. Nichols talks about his collaborative science and conservation work with Loggerhead Sea Turtles i... Read more

3 Nov 2009

55mins

“Podium: AI tools for podcasters. Generate show notes, transcripts, highlight clips, and more with AI. Try it today at https://podium.page”