Seas The Day
A podcast about Marine Science and Conservation
- Update frequency
- every 19 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 50
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Fieldwork Fails and Follies
Seas the Day is back from a summer break! Summer at a marine lab is a busy time when many faculty and students take advantage of the weather and a break from teaching to do 'field work'. Field work i…
00:35:10 |
Wed 07 Sep 2022
Fishing for Gender Equity with Dr. Hillary Smith
For this episode of PhDeep, Becca Horan interviews Duke Marine Science and Conservation alumna and current postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Hillary Smith, to learn more about her research on gender equity in…
00:44:00 |
Thu 31 Mar 2022
Artificial Islands
In this episode, Cat and Jingyi discuss artificial islands and their role in ocean development. They examine some of the island nations in the Pacific Ocean, such as Kiribati, that are ‘sinking’ due …
00:32:11 |
Wed 16 Feb 2022
Science in the Sargasso Sea
In this episode, Lisa Campbell shares a story of sailing, science, and Sargassum. Based on a 3-day research cruise to the Sargasso Sea, the story was originally developed during a workshop with The …
00:14:46 |
Wed 02 Feb 2022
How do we know whales are mammals?
How old were you when you found out whales were mammals? It feels like an obvious fact now, but did you ever wonder who first decided to put these fish-like titans of the ocean in the same group as m…
00:29:17 |
Wed 19 Jan 2022
The WOW Project: Sailing towards a future in renewable energy
On this episode, Nora Ives sits down with faculty member Dr. Doug Nowacek to discuss his newly awarded Department of Energy funded WOW project, which stands for Wildlife and Offshore Wind. They explo…
00:42:10 |
Wed 08 Dec 2021
Navigating the choppy waters of the US PhD application process
On this episode, Rafa Lobo introduces two new members of our team: Rebecca Horan and Junyao Gu. Junyao runs the show, exploring the ins and outs of a PhD program application process. She interviews f…
00:43:56 |
Wed 17 Nov 2021
Wildlife poaching
In this episode, former students Bo Baney, Victoria Grant, and Katie Ridgeway take on the controversial issue of wildlife poaching. Whether hunting is illegal or legal, for sport or for food, for sa…
00:31:51 |
Wed 03 Nov 2021
Fisheries sustainability and seafood security
This episode features an interview with Duke Professor Martin Smith by The Doorstep, a podcast by the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. Hosts Nikolas K. Gvosdev and Tatiana Serafi…
00:40:52 |
Wed 20 Oct 2021
Marine protected area targets
The Convention of Biological Diversity is set to meet in October 2021 and will discuss adopting a new target of protecting 30% of the ocean by 2030. Over the last two decades, there has been a drasti…
00:27:39 |
Wed 06 Oct 2021
Disaster capitalism
In her 2007 book: The Shock Doctrine, Naomi Klein explores the ways in which institutions take advantage of natural disasters to promote capitalist, neoliberal agendas, under the bill of “build back …
00:35:39 |
Wed 15 Sep 2021
Memorializing the Middle Passage in the Deep Atlantic
With a focus on "Memorializing the Middle Passage on the Atlantic seabed in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction” (published in the journal of Marine Policy in October 2020), episode host, Stephanie H…
00:37:25 |
Wed 02 Jun 2021
Deep-sea mining: Risks, rewards, and resistance
Deep-sea mining is a topic of hot debate as groups argue over whether it will be good or bad for the countries where deep sea resources are found. On this episode, Masha Edmondson and Brandon Gertz e…
00:36:01 |
Wed 19 May 2021
COVID-19 and Plastic Pollution
In this podcast, Maddie Paris and Maya Lytje discuss how COVID-19 has influenced marine plastic pollution. They explore the marine conservation, human health, and international equity implications of…
00:26:21 |
Wed 05 May 2021
Global or local conservation? NGOs in developing countries
In this episode, Rafaella Lobo and Jessica Zhao explore the role of non-government organizations (NGOs) in promoting conservation in developing countries. They focus in particular on the role of and…
00:33:45 |
Tue 20 Apr 2021
The Right Whale to Save
On this episode, Lillian Dukes, Haoyang Tang, and Franny Oppenheimer address the current status of the North Atlantic right whale and the threats they face like entanglements, ship strikes, and clima…
00:23:44 |
Wed 07 Apr 2021
Vaquita Rescue Mission
On this episode Bree Collins and Erin Sullivan speak with Dr. Andy Read and Dr. Randy Wells about their past, present, and future efforts to save the critically endangered vaquita.
00:34:51 |
Wed 17 Mar 2021
Finding the people in the politics: International students in the US
On this episode, the host, Rafaella Lobo, talks to five current and former students, as well as a faculty member, about their experiences leaving their home countries to pursue higher education in th…
00:46:12 |
Wed 03 Mar 2021
Indigenous tourism
In this episode, Maggie, Lily, and Savannah explore the intersections between ecotourism and Indigenous tourism. Using the lens of agency, they use specific cases to highlight how the agency of Indig…
00:32:20 |
Wed 17 Feb 2021
Local communities and ecotourism: Empowerment or disempowerment?
Ecotourism has been touted as a way to limit the destruction of natural habitats caused by mass tourism, while supplementing income of local communities in developing nations. While good in theory, h…
00:27:24 |
Tue 02 Feb 2021
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