Supermassive (Royal Astronomical Society) – Izzy Clarke and Dr. Becky Smethhurst take up the concept of time as their subject for the episode Is Time Real.
NPR’s Short Wave – Anglerfish Ancestors Once Roamed the Sea Floor takes the research project of ichthyologist Dr. Elizabeth Miller into the evolution of bathypelagic anglerfish as its topic.
BBC Inside Science – The Mysteries of the Ocean Floor presents an interview with Dr. Katy Croff Bell and Dr. Anna Gebruk about the importance of deep sea exploration.
The Science of Birds – How To Identify Birds in the Field, in which the host Ivan Phillipsen makes his case for old school techniques while still acknowledging the value of new technological tools.
As The Season Turns: June. Produced in collaboration with and hosted by Lia Leendertz, author of The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide, this is a podcast that recently came to my attention and that I quickly have come to enjoy. It mixes present seasonal information about nature with folklore, music, verse and prose – all with a delightful British Isles pagan vibe that warms my old heart.
… and, launching on 8 June 2025 from the Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative, Think Deep!
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