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| The Norwegian Deep with Dr. Anne Helene Tandberg | 03 Oct 2026 | 01:24:37 | |
Episode Summary
This month on the Deep-Sea Podcast, we speak with Anne Helene Tandberg, a researcher from the University Museum of Bergen who specializes in amphipods and curated the deep-sea exhibit at the University Museum of Bergen, Norway.
Check out our lovely new website where you can find more detailed notes, images and links to the wider reading. In this episode…Welcome back to the Deep-Sea Podcast, your punk take on all things deep sea!
Alan is living day 56 on a boat, and feeling great about 50 landers and 900 hours of footage taken on a mystery seamount near the Western Sahara. Thom had a great time at a conference in Shanghai where he enjoyed the historical atmosphere and also met Dmitry Pitruk, a snailfish hero! He then returned to NZ just in time for a sausage sizzle fundraiser, where he cooked over 300 sausages in 45 minutes.
Listen to the epic waffle as they chat about lives ruined by the podcast, brine pool pickles, deep-sea fish biscuits, and bizarre Ai messages on our website.
For our guest this month we speak with Anne Helene Tandberg, a researcher from the University Museum of Bergen who specializes in amphipods, and curated the deep-sea exhibit at the University Museum of Bergen Norway.
Join us for historical deep-sea artifacts, loads of info on Marie Tharp- a pioneering female geologist and oceanographer, a journey from Norway to Greenland underwater, the magic of a well planned carpet, and why the whales in Bergen are too short. In the news, get ready for updates on:
The podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Mir G - is a new species of Alaskan sponge Moss - is one of the earliest forms of life Amira - is a gummy squirrel found around manganese nodules Jillian - a fish painted on one side
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Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone! https://www.speakpipe.com/deepseapodvoicemail Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time! Find out more Social media BlueSky: @deepseapod.com Twitter: @DeepSeaPod Instagram: @deepsea_podcast Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley Instagram:Thom - @thom.linley Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions BlueSky:Thom @thomaslinley.com Alan @hadalbloke Credits Image credit:University of Bergen, Deep-Sea Exhibit, taken by Meghan Jones Song of the Month:A Marine Biologist by Deepest of the Hillside Thickets ReferencesHow Deep is Your Love (documentary) Deep-Sea NewsScientists find nine new sponge species in glimpse of Alaska’s deep-sea diversity Cradle of life? Why deep-sea vents might not be the answer Rethinking the origin of life at seafloor hydrothermal vents | PNAS MBARI researchers film chance encounter with a rare deep-sea bigfin squid Tiny krill are turning up in deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Scientists want to know why Biological Oceanography | OSU Zooplankton Ecology Lab Marie Tharp | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 2026 Inductees | Women of the Hall Interview Links Gammarid amphipods (Crustacea) in Norway, with a key to the species | Fauna norvegica University Museum of Bergen
Universitetsmuseet i Bergen on Facebook Universitetsmuseet_i_bergen on Instagram Universitetsmuseet i Bergen on Bluesky Universitetsmuseet i Bergen on Linkedin
The unknown land – the deep sea | UiB. Anne Helene Socials The Unusual Ocean: Who Lives in the Deep? The Unusual Ocean Book Website studio_mbj Official: Instagram | Linktree Scaly Foot Snail Coloring Page Abyssal Grenadier Coloring Page Mariana Snailfish Coloring Page Pearl Octopus and Anemones Coloring Page Discord Links | |||
| The Deco-Stop 006/pt1– The Deep-Sea in Video Games: SOMA | 11 Sep 2026 | 01:04:04 | |
In our sixth installment of the Deco-Stop series we go deep into the gaming verse with video games that focus on, and were inspired by the deep-sea. This second episode in our two part pop culture series features interviews with the creators behind SubROV and SOMA. Both of these games are perennial favorites on our Discord chat server, and are often the focus of much discussion and even playthroughs. This is the episode we’ve all been waiting for! Check out our lovely new website where you can find more detailed notes, images and links to the wider reading. In this episode…Welcome back to the Deep-Sea Podcast, your punk take on all things deep sea! In our sixth installment of the Deco-Stop series we go deep into the gaming verse with video games that focus on the deep-sea. This second episode in our two part pop culture series features interviews with the creators behind SubROV and SOMA. Both of these games are perennial favorites on our Discord chat server, and are often the focus of much discussion and even playthroughs. In our part for this packed Deco-stop episode, Thom is thrilled to interview a member of the creative team behind one of his favorite games; SOMA. Join us as we talk with Thomas Grip about the creation of SOMA, its deep-sea inspired roots and the philosophical investigation of human consciousness encapsulated within the game play. While we don’t share news, or discord updates on our Deco-stop series you can always find loads of supporting information for deco-stop interviews on our website at www.deepseapod.com. Support the show The podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Add Patrons Here
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Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone! https://www.speakpipe.com/deepseapodvoicemail Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time! Find out more Social media BlueSky: @deepseapod.com https://bsky.app/profile/deepseapod.com
Twitter: @DeepSeaPod https://twitter.com/DeepSeaPod
Instagram: @deepsea_podcast https://www.instagram.com/deepsea_podcast/ Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke https://twitter.com/Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley https://twitter.com/ThomLinley Instagram:Thom - @thom.linley https://www.instagram.com/thom.linley/ Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions https://www.instagram.com/inkfishexpeditions/ BlueSky:Thom @thomaslinley.com https://bsky.app/profile/thomaslinley.com Alan @hadalbloke https://bsky.app/profile/hadalbloke.bsky.social Reference list Interview Links ONTOS reveal trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll4ZPxUzPhc
ONTOS gameplay trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXRJB73BDfM
Triple Click Episode: https://maximumfun.org/episodes/triple-click/somas-ai-horror-story-is-even-more-relevant-today/ Credits Theme: Hadal Zone Express by Märvel | |||
| PRESSURISED: 070 – How to Pilot an ROV with JRod | 28 Aug 2026 | 00:34:12 | |
PRESSURISED
This is the short and punchy version of episode 70 that gets right to the science. If you would like to listen to the full episode, you can find it in the same feed. Episode SummaryThis month on the Deep-Sea Podcast, we chat with Jason Rodriguez, a celebrity ROV pilot whose enthusiasm for all things science, ocean, and collaboration is deeply inspiring. This extra-packed episode is filled with Jason’s love for all things tech, problem-solving on the fly and being an expansive thinker.
Check out our lovely new website where you can find more detailed notes, images and links to the wider reading. Support the show The podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Vivek- Lays on the seabed fossilized for millions of years Jem- Was perfectly preserved in a bottle of vodka
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Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone! https://www.speakpipe.com/deepseapodvoicemail Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time! Find out more Social media BlueSky: @deepseapod.com Twitter: @DeepSeaPod Instagram: @deepsea_podcast Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley Instagram:Thom - @thom.linley Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions JRod - @tx_jrod BlueSky:Thom @thomaslinley.com Alan @hadalbloke Credits Logo image: Courtesy of Jason Rodriguez Theme: Hadal Zone Express by Märvel | |||
| How to Pilot an ROV with JRod | 07 Aug 2026 | 01:12:33 | |
Episode Summary
This month on the Deep-Sea Podcast we chat with Jason Rodriguez, a celebrity ROV pilot whose enthusiasm for all things science, ocean, and collaboration are deeply inspiring. This extra packed episode is filled with Jason’s love for all things tech, problem solving on the fly and being an expansive thinker.
Check out our lovely new website where you can find more detailed notes, images and links to the wider reading. In this episode… Welcome back to the Deep-Sea Podcast, your punk take on all things deep sea!
This month Alan reveals progress on his calico beard, and buys cheap vodka in bulk from a budget grocery store for his own personal cabinet of curiosities. Thom develops his own cologne; “Eau de Cusk Eel” and receives a blast from the past in the mail. We interview Jason Rodriguez, a celebrity ROV pilot whose enthusiasm for ocean science, and collaboration are deeply inspiring. Join us as we revel in his love for all things tech, problem solving on the fly and being an expansive thinker. In the news, get ready for updates on:
Discord update
Support the show The podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Vivek- Lays on the seabed fossilized for millions of years Jem- Was perfectly preserved in a bottle of vodka
Check out our podcast merch here!
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone! https://www.speakpipe.com/deepseapodvoicemail Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time! Find out more Social media BlueSky: @deepseapod.com
Twitter: @DeepSeaPod
Instagram: @deepsea_podcast Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley Instagram:Thom - @thom.linley Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions BlueSky: Thom @thomaslinley.com Alan @hadalbloke Reference list News Deep-Sea News A submersible ride revealed a vast whale graveyard. And it holds more than just bones Scientists uncover a deep-sea coral kingdom almost the size of Vatican City Deep-sea crust uncovers steady plutonium rain from ancient kilonova debris Deep-sea denizens go years without food with clever biological fix | Reuters Deep-sea megafauna co-opts microbial energy metabolism genes to withstand ultra-long starvation Chlamydiae in the Environment - ScienceDirect Tiny, blue Galápagos octopus identified as newfound species | CNN Tiny teeth fossils reveal ancient origins of ocean’s most abundant deep-sea fish | Yale News Lost megalodon vertebrae resurface, confirming 80-foot size estimate Deep-sea snails ride surface currents to reach distant hydrothermal vents
JRod’s Instagram Discord Updates A Day On The Abyssal Plain by siphonophora 2 Hours of Snailfish to Relax/Study To | Lofi Hip Hop | Monterey Bay Aquarium Krill Waves Radio https://nzase.org.nz/category/resources/deep-sea-tinkerer-and-fish-zoologist-dr-thom-linley/ Deep-Sea and Space with Prof. Alan Jamieson on Failure to Launch Credits Song of the Month:Important Mermaid (Living Room Version) Stephen Spencer (@_stephenspencer) • Instagram photos and videos Logo image: Courtesy of Jason Rodriguez Theme: Hadal Zone Express by Märvel | |||
| PRESSURISED: Deco 05 - Endeavor: Deep-Sea | 31 Jul 2026 | 00:17:45 | |
Episode Summary
In this episode Thom gets his game on with the creative team behind the Deep-Sea inspired and supportive board game Endeavor: Deep-Sea. Join us for this behind-the-scenes chat with the developers of some deeply authentic and enjoyable deep-sea-inspired board games.
Check out our lovely new website where you can find more detailed notes, images and links to the wider reading. In this episode…Welcome back to the Deep-Sea Podcast, your punk take on all things deep sea!
In our fifth instalment of the Deco Stop series, Thom gets his game on with Jarratt and Carl, the creative duo behind Endeavor: Deep-Sea, an award-winning deep-sea inspired board game that uses real-life research and events to craft a deeply authentic gameplay akin to real deep-sea research team experiences. Support the show The podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. Check out our podcast merch here!
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone! https://www.speakpipe.com/deepseapodvoicemail Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time! Find out more Social media BlueSky: @deepseapod.com https://bsky.app/profile/deepseapod.com
Twitter: @DeepSeaPod https://twitter.com/DeepSeaPod
Instagram: @deepsea_podcast https://www.instagram.com/deepsea_podcast/ Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke https://twitter.com/Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley https://twitter.com/ThomLinley Instagram:Thom - @thom.linley https://www.instagram.com/thom.linley/ Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions https://www.instagram.com/inkfishexpeditions/ BlueSky:Thom @thomaslinley.com https://bsky.app/profile/thomaslinley.com Alan @hadalbloke https://bsky.app/profile/hadalbloke.bsky.social Reference list Interview Links Endeavor Deep-Sea Endeavor: Deep Sea, Standard Edition $59USD | Burnt Island Games Endeavor Deep Sea: Uncharted Waters by Burnt Island Games — Kickstarter Discoveries from the deep – the Bounty Trough expedition | Te Papa’s Blog CreditsTheme: Going Home by Harvey Jones | |||
| PRESSURISED: Deco 05 - Finspan with Michael O'Connell | 25 Jul 2026 | 00:36:24 | |
Episode Summary
In this episode Thom gets his game on with the creative team behind two incredible Deep-Sea inspired board game: Finspan
Check out our lovely new website where you can find more detailed notes, images and links to the wider reading. In this episode…Welcome back to the Deep-Sea Podcast, your punk take on all things deep sea!
In our fifth instalment of the Deco Stop series, Thom gets his game on with the creative team behind two incredible Deep-Sea-inspired and supportive board games. We hear from Michael O'Connell, the co-designer of Finspan, who gives us an insider look into the development of this game for 'fish people' which features ocean zonation, the creation of your own personal eco-system and the midnight zone- filled with some of our favourite deep-sea cuties. Support the showThe podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. Check out our podcast merch here!
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone! https://www.speakpipe.com/deepseapodvoicemail Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time! Find out more Social media BlueSky: @deepseapod.com Twitter: @DeepSeaPod Instagram: @deepsea_podcast Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke https://twitter.com/Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley https://twitter.com/ThomLinley Instagram:Thom - @thom.linley https://www.instagram.com/thom.linley/ Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions https://www.instagram.com/inkfishexpeditions/ BlueSky:Thom @thomaslinley.com https://bsky.app/profile/thomaslinley.com Alan @hadalbloke https://bsky.app/profile/hadalbloke.bsky.social Reference list Interview Links Finspan Sharks & Reefs Expansion - Finspan CreditsTheme: Going Home by Harvey Jones | |||
| The Deco-Stop: 005 - Tabletop Trenches, deep-sea board games | 06 Jul 2026 | 01:05:52 | |
Episode Summary
Here’s our fifth episode of The Deco-Stop; a deeper look into the humans behind deep-sea science and technology. We’ve done our science dive, and now it’s time to decompress, and discuss tales at sea, career paths and the social & political aspects of deep-sea science. We have gazed into the abyss, and now it's gazing back at us.
In this episode Thom gets his game on with the creative team behind two incredible Deep-Sea inspired and supportive board games: Finspan and Endeavor: Deep-Sea. Join us for this behind-the-scenes chat with the developers of some deeply authentic and enjoyable deep-sea-inspired board games.
Check out our lovely new website where you can find more detailed notes, images and links to the wider reading. In this episode…Welcome back to the Deep-Sea Podcast, your punk take on all things deep sea!
In our fifth instalment of the Deco Stop series, Thom gets his game on with the creative team behind two incredible Deep-Sea-inspired and supportive board games. We hear from Michael O'Connell, the co-designer of Finspan, who gives us an insider look into the development of this game for 'fish people' which features ocean zonation, the creation of your own personal eco-system and the midnight zone- filled with some of our favourite deep-sea cuties. Thom also talks with Jarratt and Carl, the creative duo behind Endeavor: Deep-Sea, an award-winning deep-sea inspired board game that uses real-life research and events to craft a deeply authentic gameplay akin to real deep-sea research team experiences.
As one of our infrequent in-person interviews, this one hums with personal connection, bringing another heartwarming Deco-Stop Episode all about the human aspect of the deep-sea community to you, our much-appreciated listeners. Support the show The podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. Check out our podcast merch here!
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone! https://www.speakpipe.com/deepseapodvoicemail Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time! Find out more Social media BlueSky: @deepseapod.com https://bsky.app/profile/deepseapod.com
Twitter: @DeepSeaPod https://twitter.com/DeepSeaPod
Instagram: @deepsea_podcast https://www.instagram.com/deepsea_podcast/ Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke https://twitter.com/Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley https://twitter.com/ThomLinley Instagram:Thom - @thom.linley https://www.instagram.com/thom.linley/ Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions https://www.instagram.com/inkfishexpeditions/ BlueSky:Thom @thomaslinley.com https://bsky.app/profile/thomaslinley.com Alan @hadalbloke https://bsky.app/profile/hadalbloke.bsky.social Reference list Interview Links Finspan Sharks & Reefs Expansion - Finspan Endeavor Deep-Sea Endeavor: Deep Sea, Standard Edition $59USD | Burnt Island Games Endeavor Deep Sea: Uncharted Waters by Burnt Island Games — Kickstarter Discoveries from the deep – the Bounty Trough expedition | Te Papa’s Blog Credits Theme: Going Home by Harvey Jones | |||
| Ocean Trenches Explained with Professor Alan Jamieson - Oceanography Podcast | 01 Jul 2026 | 00:45:58 | |
C-C-C-C-CROSSOVER!
Ocean Trenches Explained with Professor Alan Jamieson.
Join Professor Alan Jamieson, one of our venerated hosts, for a special cross over episode with our friends at Oceanography. This hadal trenches primer episode is a great overview for a first time deep-diver, taking you to the deepest parts of our favorite habitat. Ocean trenches are Earth’s deepest habitats—and they’re full of life. This episode is a guided dive into the hadal zone (6,000–11,000 meters), where tectonic plates create steep trenches that plunge toward the mantle. Learn what trenches are geologically, what conditions are like at full ocean depth (cold, pressure, darkness), and why the deep sea isn’t a single ecosystem—each trench is its own world. You’ll also get myth-busting on how “the abyss” shows up in pop culture, plus an inside look at the technology that makes trench science possible: multibeam mapping, baited landers, and human-occupied submersibles. Finally, we explore the big research questions scientists are asking about biodiversity, evolution, and connectivity across the deepest ocean.
Special thanks to the Monterey Bay Aquarium for sponsoring this episode. Episode Guest: Professor Alan Jamieson Browse Professor Jamieson’s publications on Google Scholar Visit the Hadal Zone Deep Sea Research Center and follow their work on Instagram Episode Transcript and more information on the Pine Forest Media website Follow Pine Forest Media on Instagram @pineforestmedia Hosted, produced, and edited by Clark Marchese Cover art by Jomiro Eming Theme music by Nela Ruiz | |||
| What is the Deep-Sea Even Like? With Dr. Thomas Linley - Oceanography Podcast | 28 Jun 2026 | 00:58:05 | |
C-C-C-C-CROSSOVER!
What is the Deep-Sea Even Like? With Dr. Thomas Linley
Join Dr. Thom Linley, one of our venerated hosts, for a special cross over episode with our friends at Oceanography. This deep-sea primer episode is a great overview for a first time deep-diver, taking you to the very heart of our favorite habitat. What is the deep sea — really? Deep-sea researcher Dr. Thom Linley (Curator of Fishes at Te Papa Tongarewa, National Museum of New Zealand) breaks down the deep ocean as a connected world with distinct zones, ecosystems, and rules — not one mysterious “blob.” From the bathyal and abyssal to the hadal trenches, this conversation maps what’s down there, how life survives crushing pressure and perpetual darkness, and why the deep sea functions as the engine under the hood of the entire planet. This episode explores:
If you’re into thoughtful mythbusting, weird deep-ocean ecology, and the real logistics of studying a place humans can barely access — you’re in the right place. Special thanks to the Monterey Bay Aquarium for sponsoring this episode. Episode Guests: Dr. Thomas Linley Browse Dr. Linley’s publications on Google Scholar Episode Transcript and more information on the Pine Forest Media website Follow Pine Forest Media on Instagram @pineforestmedia Hosted, produced, and edited by Clark Marchese Cover art by Jomiro Eming Theme music by Nela Ruiz | |||
| PRESSURISED: 069 – The Anglerfish Files | 19 Jun 2026 | 00:38:50 | |
Welcome to the PRESSURISED version of episode 69. Just the science, none of the chit-chat.
Check out our lovely new website where you can find more detailed notes, images and links to the wider reading. Episode SummaryThis month on the Deep-Sea Podcast we are honored to host a 3 expert superfan session for one of our favorite little devils of the deep- Anglerfish. Join Thom as he chats with James Maclaine Senior fish curator at the Natural History Museum London and our own Andrew Stewart, curator of fishes at Te Papa, all about some of their favorite fishes, the ceratioid anglerfish (Ceratioidei) or deep-sea anglerfish.
Check out our lovely new website where you can find more detailed notes, images and links to the wider reading. In this episode…Welcome back to the Deep-Sea Podcast, your punk take on all things deep sea!
This month Alan has been working on getting a Nova Canton Trough organism menu prepared while Thom has been appearing on and hosting numerous podcast episodes while planning a workshop, fostering kittens and taking a good look at the newest snailfish.
For our interview we are honored to host a three expert superfan session for one of our favorite little devils of the deep- Anglerfish. Join Thom as he chats with James Maclaine Senior fish curator at the Natural History Museum London and our own Andrew Stewart, curator of fishes at Te Papa get together about some of their favorite fishes, the ceratioid anglerfish or deep-sea anglerfish.
Listen-in to back-stage fish curator chat all about the wide variety of Anglerfish shapes and sizes, lures and lights, feeding preferences, reproduction habits, feminist archetypes, game show personalities, and a memorable experience of "pass the football fish". Including Vantablack, pharyngeal teeth, Dreamers, Wonderfish, sideways anuses, love bites, and an epic battle resulting in both combatants being “locked together in death”, this episode will scratch your Anglerfish itch in the most satisfying way.
We also hear from friend of the show Kat Bolstad with her professional opinion on the recently released giant cretaceous octopus paper, and Kat gives a lovely reading from Prema Arasu’s new book of poetry titled Vampire Squid. In the news, get ready for updates on:
Discord update
Support the show The podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Lain Null, Семен Приймаченко, Prof.Bob-o-lo-po-lis, Jamie Morgan, Brent S, Ayla
Check out our podcast merch here!
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone! https://www.speakpipe.com/deepseapodvoicemail Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time! Find out more Social media BlueSky: @deepseapod.com Twitter: @DeepSeaPod Instagram: @deepsea_podcast Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley Instagram: Thom - @thom.linley Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions BlueSky:Thom @thomaslinley.com Alan @hadalbloke Credits Image credit: References Appearances and Collaborations
Guest Speaker Links
Deep-Sea News
Discord Updates
Credits Image credit Logo image: Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons | |||
| The Anglerfish Files | 06 Jun 2026 | 01:27:00 | |
Episode Summary
This month on the Deep-Sea Podcast we are honored to host a 3 expert superfan session for one of our favorite little devils of the deep- Anglerfish. Join Thom as he chats with James Maclaine Senior fish curator at the Natural History Museum London and our own Andrew Stewart, curator of fishes at Te Papa, all about some of their favorite fishes, the ceratioid anglerfish (Ceratioidei) or deep-sea anglerfish.
Check out our lovely new website where you can find more detailed notes, images and links to the wider reading. In this episode…Welcome back to the Deep-Sea Podcast, your punk take on all things deep sea!
This month Alan has been working on getting a Nova Canton Trough organism menu prepared while Thom has been appearing on and hosting numerous podcast episodes while planning a workshop, fostering kittens and taking a good look at the newest snailfish.
For our interview we are honored to host a three expert superfan session for one of our favorite little devils of the deep- Anglerfish. Join Thom as he chats with James Maclaine Senior fish curator at the Natural History Museum London and our own Andrew Stewart, curator of fishes at Te Papa get together about some of their favorite fishes, the ceratioid anglerfish or deep-sea anglerfish.
Listen-in to back-stage fish curator chat all about the wide variety of Anglerfish shapes and sizes, lures and lights, feeding preferences, reproduction habits, feminist archetypes, game show personalities, and a memorable experience of "pass the football fish". Including Vantablack, pharyngeal teeth, Dreamers, Wonderfish, sideways anuses, love bites, and an epic battle resulting in both combatants being “locked together in death”, this episode will scratch your Anglerfish itch in the most satisfying way.
We also hear from friend of the show Kat Bolstad with her professional opinion on the recently released giant cretaceous octopus paper, and Kat gives a lovely reading from Prema Arasu’s new book of poetry titled Vampire Squid. In the news, get ready for updates on:
Discord update
Support the show The podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Lain Null, Семен Приймаченко, Prof.Bob-o-lo-po-lis, Jamie Morgan, Brent S, Ayla
Check out our podcast merch here!
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone! https://www.speakpipe.com/deepseapodvoicemail Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time! Find out more Social media BlueSky: @deepseapod.com Twitter: @DeepSeaPod Instagram: @deepsea_podcast Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley Instagram: Thom - @thom.linley Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions BlueSky:Thom @thomaslinley.com Alan @hadalbloke Credits Image credit: References Appearances and Collaborations
Guest Speaker Links
Deep-Sea News
Discord Updates
Credits Image credit Logo image: Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons | |||
| PRESSURISED: 068 – The Unseen Ocean Collective | 15 May 2026 | 00:39:57 | |
Welcome to the PRESSURISED version of episode 67. Just the science, none of the chit-chat.
Check out our lovely new website where you can find more detailed notes, images and links to the wider reading. Episode SummaryThis month on the Deep-Sea Podcast we are joined by The Unseen Ocean Collective, this art and science collective comprised of Meghan Jones, Lara Beckmann, Nilanjana Das and Kierstin Keller are bringing the beauty and wonder of the deep-sea to the public through international art and science events. Support the showThe podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Amrei - is only known from a single specimen caught by the challenger expedition Diana Noto - was considered lost for decades until they were found at the back of the sponge collection Pedro - has been found to flouress under the right wavelengths of light, no one knows why Check out our podcast merch here!
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone! https://www.speakpipe.com/deepseapodvoicemail Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time! Find out more Social media BlueSky: @deepseapod.com Twitter: @DeepSeaPod Instagram: @deepsea_podcast Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley https://twitter.com/ThomLinley Instagram:Thom - @thom.linley Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions BlueSky:Thom @thomaslinley.com
Alan @hadalbloke Reference list Interview Links Unseen Ocean Collective (@unseenoceancollective) • Instagram photos and videos Unseen Ocean Collective on Blusky America’s Hidden Deep-Sea Coral Gardens Come To Spokane - Trending Northwest
Meghan Jones Meghan Jones (@studio_mbj) • Instagram photos and videos
Lara Beckmann Lara (@planulara) • Instagram photos and videos planulara | Instagram, Facebook | Linktree
Kierstin Keller Kierstin Keller (@golden.spiral.studios) • Instagram photos and videos
Nilanjana Das Nilanjana (@highseas_sculptures) • Instagram photos and videos Nilanjana Das | Department of Microbiology CreditsLogo image: “Snailfish Cupcake” by Meghan Jones Theme: Hadal Zone Express by Märvel | |||
| The Unseen Ocean Collective | 01 May 2026 | 01:13:31 | |
Episode Summary
This month on the Deep-Sea Podcast we are joined by The Unseen Ocean Collective, this art and science collective comprised of Meghan Jones, Lara Beckmann, Nilanjana Das and Kierstin Keller are bringing the beauty and wonder of the deep-sea to the public through international art and science events.
Check out our lovely new website where you can find more detailed notes, images and links to the wider reading. In this episode…Welcome back to the Deep-Sea Podcast, your punk take on all things deep sea!
This month Thom is freshly back from a 5 week expedition to Antarctica with Aurora Expeditions, managed 4 ESCA deployments in 24 hours and watched in amazement while Kat fended off a large iceberg with her bare hands and a boat hook. Alan had a great time with old friends, may have played hookey on a podcast record, and spent 2 weeks in Antigua listening to ‘80’s hair metal. We get an update from Monty on Chimaera mating, and get to hear about the forever home for the “I am your tongue now” mug from @fibreandmud. In the news, get ready for updates on:
Discord update
Support the show The podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Amrei - is only known from a single specimen caught by the challenger expedition Diana Noto - was considered lost for decades until they were found at the back of the sponge collection Pedro - has been found to flouress under the right wavelengths of light, no one knows why Check out our podcast merch here!
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone! https://www.speakpipe.com/deepseapodvoicemail Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time! Find out more Social media BlueSky: @deepseapod.com Twitter: @DeepSeaPod Instagram: @deepsea_podcast Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley https://twitter.com/ThomLinley Instagram:Thom - @thom.linley Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions BlueSky:Thom @thomaslinley.com
Alan @hadalbloke Reference list News Deep-Sea News Oceanography Podcast
Thom’s Episode Apple Podcasts: Oceanography Episode 27: What is the Deep-Sea Even Like? Spotify Podcasts: Oceanography Episode 27: What is the Deep-Sea Even Like?
Alan’s Episode Spotify Podcasts: Oceanography Episide 28: Ocean Trenches Explained Apple Podcasts: Ocean Trenches Explained with Prof. Alan Jamieson
News from our Episode Extreme Ocean Pressure Is Feeding Deep-Sea Life in a Way Scientists Never Expected Deep-sea natural compound targets cancer cells through a dual mechanism 24 new deep-sea species found including a rare new branch of life | ScienceDaily dm, Europe’s Largest Drugstore Retailer, Drops All Krill Products Marine biologist Edie Widder chases bioluminescence in new ‘Life Illuminated’ film Tracked by Sound for Years, This Mysterious Deep-Sea Whale Was Finally Seen Alive Discord Updates Underwater Robot Resources for All Ages | Nautilus Live Kid Engineer: Underwater R.O.V. | Design Squad Sleeper Shark cartoon Post by @mossworm.bsky.social Best Ocean Documentaries, Books & Podcasts (Updated List) Laura :) (@fibreandmud) • Instagram photos and videos Interview Links Unseen Ocean Collective (@unseenoceancollective) • Instagram photos and videos Unseen Ocean Collective on Blusky America’s Hidden Deep-Sea Coral Gardens Come To Spokane - Trending Northwest
Meghan Jones Meghan Jones (@studio_mbj) • Instagram photos and videos
Lara Beckmann Lara (@planulara) • Instagram photos and videos planulara | Instagram, Facebook | Linktree
Kierstin Keller Kierstin Keller (@golden.spiral.studios) • Instagram photos and videos
Nilanjana Das Nilanjana (@highseas_sculptures) • Instagram photos and videos Nilanjana Das | Department of Microbiology Credits Song of the month: Cover of Hamilton’s You’ll Be Back by Punk Rock Factory. You'll Be Back - song and lyrics by Punk Rock Factory | Spotify Punk Rock Factory - You'll Be Back (from Hamilton) Logo image: “Snailfish Cupcake” by Meghan Jones Theme: Hadal Zone Express by Märvel | |||
| PRESSURISED: 067 – Deep-Sea Career Spotlight with Dr. Nigel Merrett | 10 Apr 2026 | 00:30:54 | |
Welcome to the PRESSURISED version of episode 67. Just the science, none of the chit-chat.
Check out our lovely new website where you can find more detailed notes, images and links to the wider reading. Episode SummaryThis month on the Deep-Sea Podcast, we are joined by Dr Nigel Merrett for a career spotlight episode highlighting his pioneering research, genre-defining technological advancements and personal connections with some of the most well-known names in the deep-sea research community.
In this episode… Welcome back to the Deep-Sea Podcast, your punk take on all things deep sea!
Our guest this month is Dr. Nigel Merrett, a British zoologist, ichthyologist, and former director of the fish section of the British Natural History Museum. In our first career spotlight episode, we shine a light on Nigel’s incredible and adventurous past, including working on the last British whaling ship, developing ground-breaking gear that is still used today, and working with some of the most impactful names in deep-sea history. Nigel shines a light on his incredible past, the importance of his work, and how we can all build on the work of others to advance science once step at a time. Support the showThe podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Maxim Check out our podcast merch here!
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone! https://www.speakpipe.com/deepseapodvoicemail Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time! Find out more Social media BlueSky: @deepseapod.com Twitter: @DeepSeaPod Instagram: @deepsea_podcast Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley Instagram:Thom - @thom.linley Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions BlueSky:Thom @thomaslinley.com Alan @hadalbloke Reference list Interview Links Deep Sea Demersal Fish and Fisheries WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Careproctus merretti Andriashev & Chernova, 1988 Historical Perspective Paper: Dan Morris Cohen Credits Theme: Hadal Zone Express by Märvel | |||
| Deep-Sea Career Spotlight with Dr. Nigel Merrett | 21 Mar 2026 | 00:57:57 | |
Episode Summary
This month on the Deep-Sea Podcast, we are joined by Dr Nigel Merrett for a career spotlight episode highlighting his pioneering research, genre-defining technological advancements and personal connections with some of the most well-known names in the deep-sea research community.
Check out our lovely new website where you can find more detailed notes, images and links to the wider reading. In this episode…Welcome back to the Deep-Sea Podcast, your punk take on all things deep sea!
This month, Thom is in Antarctica, trying to lure a giant squid into his research gear, and Alan is headed back to the Canary Islands after an international skirmish scuttled his travel plans. Our guest this month is Dr. Nigel Merrett, a British zoologist, ichthyologist, and former director of the fish section of the British Natural History Museum. In our first career spotlight episode we shine a light on Nigel’s incredible and adventurous past, including working on the last British whaling ship, developing ground-breaking gear that is still used today, and working with some of the most impactful names in deep-sea history. Nigel shines a light on his incredible past, the importance of his work, and how we can all build on the work of others to advance science once step at a time. In the news, get ready for updates on:
We hear from Meghan Jones, cofounder of the Unseen Ocean Collective, with an update on the Juneau, Alaska, show, and the upcoming show and public events happening in Spokane, Washington, in April of 2026. Discord update
Support the show The podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Maxim Check out our podcast merch here!
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone! https://www.speakpipe.com/deepseapodvoicemail Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time! Find out more Social media BlueSky: @deepseapod.com Twitter: @DeepSeaPod Instagram: @deepsea_podcast Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley Instagram:Thom - @thom.linley Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions BlueSky:Thom @thomaslinley.com Alan @hadalbloke Reference list News Deep-Sea News 8,000 Suggestions Later, a Newly Discovered Deep-Sea Species Gets Its Name Scientists discover a completely new life form wreaking havoc on deep-sea sharks On the Origin of a Novel Parasitic-Feeding Mode within Suspension-Feeding Barnacles - ScienceDirect Shark filmed in Antarctica for the first time | Polar Journal Discord Updates Unseen Ocean Collective Juneau Exhibit Video of the Unseen Ocean Juneau Alaska Show All the Fish Names Entymology Podcast BBC Audio | In Our Time | The Mariana Trench Interview Links Deep Sea Demersal Fish and Fisheries WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Careproctus merretti Andriashev & Chernova, 1988 Historical Perspective Paper: Dan Morris Cohen Credits Theme: Hadal Zone Express by Märvel | |||
| PRESSURISED: 066 – Hadal Zone Master Class with Professor Alan Jamieson | 15 Feb 2026 | 00:44:51 | |
Welcome to the PRESSURISED version of episode 66. Just the science, none of the chit-chat.
Check out our lovely new website where you can find more detailed notes, images and links to the wider reading. In this episode…Welcome back to the Deep-Sea Podcast, your punk take on all things deep sea!
Our guest this month is the one, the only, Prof. Alan Jamieson! Join our most favorite deep-sea professor, who takes us on a tour of the very bottom of the deepest of deep-sea. Get ready for a hot take on the past, present and future of this frontier science, while we “turn our backs to the shallow water”- Alan. Support the show The podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Melissa M Undersea TV Max Frieda of Moku Art Studio
Check out our podcast merch here!
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone! https://www.speakpipe.com/deepseapodvoicemail Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time! Find out more Social media BlueSky: @deepseapod.com Twitter: @DeepSeaPod Instagram: @deepsea_podcast Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley Instagram:Thom - @thom.linley Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions BlueSky:Thom @thomaslinley.com Alan @hadalbloke Reference list Interview Links Volcanic deposits on the Tonga forearc and trench: new insights from direct seafloor observations Deep ocean seascape ecology: gaps and pathways for application Credits Logo image: Alan Jamieson Theme: Hadal Zone Express by Märvel | |||
| Hadal Zone Master Class with Professor Alan Jamieson | 31 Jan 2026 | 01:18:48 | |
Check out our lovely new website where you can find more detailed notes, images and links to the wider reading. In this episode…Welcome back to the Deep-Sea Podcast, your punk take on all things deep sea!
This month Alan makes it back to Perth for another of Old Mate’s sausage sizzles, and Thom is deep into prep mode for his upcoming Antarctica trip. We talk about video games, an Australian classic song of the month, glycerin mega mouth sharks and polar bear patrols. Our guest this month is the one, the only, Prof. Alan Jamieson! Join our most favorite deep-sea professor, who takes us on a tour of the very bottom of the deepest of deep-sea. Get ready for a hot take on the past, present and future of this frontier science, while we “turn our backs to the shallow water”- Alan. In the news, get ready for updates on:
We hear from Meghan Jones, cofounder of the Unseen Ocean Collective with a fun Q&A about upcoming events in Juneau Alaska and Spokane Washington, 2026. Discord update
Support the show The podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Melissa M Undersea TV Max Frieda of Moku Art Studio
Check out our podcast merch here!
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone! https://www.speakpipe.com/deepseapodvoicemail Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time! Find out more Social media BlueSky: @deepseapod.com Twitter: @DeepSeaPod Instagram: @deepsea_podcast Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley Instagram:Thom - @thom.linley Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions BlueSky:Thom @thomaslinley.com Alan @hadalbloke Reference list News Deep-Sea News Study Records Zooplankton Transporting Microplastics to the Deep Sea Real-time visualization reveals copepod mediated microplastic flux - ScienceDirect Deep-Sea Divers Capture Rare Footage of a Giant Phantom Jellyfish | PetaPixel Schmidt Ocean Institute Phantom Jellyfish Footage Scientists just found 'deep-sea oasis' in an Arctic region thought to be barren Deep-sea vents are drawing hydrogen from a hidden source - Earth.com California Diver Spots Rare Deep-Sea King-Of-The-Salmon Just 4.6 Meters Below The Surface Discord UpdatesThese Deep-Sea Creatures Liked You on Hinge - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency Unseen Ocean Collective Unseen Ocean Collective Website Unseen Ocean Collective (@unseenoceancollective) • Instagram photos and videos Unseen Ocean Collective on BlueSky Interview LinksVolcanic deposits on the Tonga forearc and trench: new insights from direct seafloor observations Deep ocean seascape ecology: gaps and pathways for application Credits Song of the month: Smoko by The Chats Logo image: Alan Jamieson Theme: Hadal Zone Express by Märvel | |||
| PRESSURISED: 065 – Giant Testate Protists with Professor Andrew Gooday | 18 Jan 2026 | 00:42:07 | |
Welcome to the PRESSURISED version of episode 65, just the science, none of the waffle
Check out our lovely new website where you can find more detailed notes, images and links to the wider reading. In this episode…Welcome back to the Deep-Sea Podcast, your punk take on all things deep sea!
This month, we are talking giant testate protists, the coolest things you have probably never heard of. Giant cells on the deep seabed that can reach 20 cm or more. They build elaborate shells, and despite having known about them for hundreds of years, there are still loads we don't understand about them. Support the showThe podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us.
Check out our podcast merch here!
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone! https://www.speakpipe.com/deepseapodvoicemail Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time! Find out more Social media BlueSky: @deepseapod.com https://bsky.app/profile/deepseapod.com
Twitter: @DeepSeaPod https://twitter.com/DeepSeaPod
Instagram: @deepsea_podcast https://www.instagram.com/deepsea_podcast/ Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley Instagram:Thom - @thom.linley Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions BlueSky:Thom @thomaslinley.com Alan @hadalbloke Reference list Interview Links
Paleodictyon nodosum: A living fossil on the deep-sea floor
Credits Logo image: NOAA public domain Theme: Hadal Zone Express by Märvel
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| Giant Testate Protists with Professor Andrew Gooday | 09 Jan 2026 | 01:07:17 | |
Check out our lovely new website where you can find more detailed notes, images and links to the wider reading. In this episode…Welcome back to the Deep-Sea Podcast, your punk take on all things deep sea!
Thom and Alan discuss Christmas from opposite ends of the planet, where Alan gets ‘proper’ Christmas in Scotland with snow and everything. At the opposite end, Thom insists on using his new BBQ, despite a rainstorm turning the air to liquid. The exhibit that Thom was curating, Breathe | Mauri Ora at Te Papa, is an examination of the intersection of science and art by Marshmallow Lazer Feast. It is open now if you find yourself in Wellington, New Zealand.
This month, we are talking giant testate protists, the coolest things you have probably never heard of. Giant cells on the deep seabed that can reach 20 cm or more. They build elaborate shells, and despite having known about them for hundreds of years, there are still loads we don't understand about them. In the news, get ready for updates on:
Discord update
The podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us.
Check out our podcast merch here!
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone! https://www.speakpipe.com/deepseapodvoicemail Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time! Find out more Social media BlueSky: @deepseapod.com https://bsky.app/profile/deepseapod.com
Twitter: @DeepSeaPod https://twitter.com/DeepSeaPod
Instagram: @deepsea_podcast https://www.instagram.com/deepsea_podcast/ Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley Instagram:Thom - @thom.linley Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions BlueSky:Thom @thomaslinley.com Alan @hadalbloke Reference list NewsDeep Sea Valentines | Support Skype a Scientist with the Squid Facts shop!
Deep-Sea News Unknown species of squid spotted burying itself upside down, pretending to be a plant Rarely-Seen Seven-Arm 'Blob' Octopus Filmed by Underwater Camera | PetaPixel Former submarine pilot's art highlights the deep sea | Hawai'i Public Radio Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory (HURL) | Kerby Illustrations Zombie worms are missing and scientists are alarmed | ScienceDaily Whale tag will help decode communication in the deep ocean - Earth.com Discord Updates Inside Breathe: Mauri Ora at Te Papa | RNZ Crossing the Divide | Climate Connections at the Ice-Sea Interface Interview Links
Paleodictyon nodosum: A living fossil on the deep-sea floor
Credits Song of the month: It is that deep, bro by Matt Storer Logo image: NOAA public domain Theme: Hadal Zone Express by Märvel
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| PRESSURISED: 064 – Cephstravanganza with Professor Kat Bolstad | 20 Dec 2025 | 01:10:10 | |
Welcome to the PRESSURISED version of episode 64, just the science, none of the waffle
PRESSURISED: Cephstravanganza with Professor Kat Bolstad | The Deep-Sea Podcast | Episode 64
Episode Summary
In our newest episode, we join roving reporter Kat Bolstad at the Cephalopod International Advisory Council in Okinawa and hear from some of the most interesting people in Cephalopod research.
Check out our lovely new website where you can find more detailed notes, images and links to the wider reading. In this episode… Our episode this month is a fascinating collection of interviews from the Cephalopod International Advisory Council Meeting that took place Oct-Nov in Okinawa Japan. Join Kat Bolstad, our roving reporter, as she takes time between bug hunting, seeing her first wild cuttlefish and shaking hands with a new octopus friend to collect interviews with some of the coolest names in Ceph science with a focus on the deep-sea. We hear from 12 Cephalopod experts on a wide variety of topics, including the preferred snacks for cephalopods, the effects of oxygen depletion on egg hatching, water temperature and acidification effects on cephalopod populations, and of course, the correct answer to the viral question: are octopuses actually ALIENS? Support the show The podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Elisabeth Grace Diemer Nes Morgan Check out our podcast merch here!
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone! https://www.speakpipe.com/deepseapodvoicemail Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time! Find out more Social mediaBlueSky: @deepseapod.com https://bsky.app/profile/deepseapod.com
Twitter: @DeepSeaPod https://twitter.com/DeepSeaPod
Instagram: @deepsea_podcast https://www.instagram.com/deepsea_podcast/ Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley Instagram:Thom - @thom.linley Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions BlueSky:Thom @thomaslinley.com Alan @hadalbloke Reference list Unseen Ocean Collective Unseen Ocean Collective (@unseenoceancollective) • Instagram photos and videos https://bsky.app/profile/unseenocean.bsky.social Interview Links Kat’s Socials Bluesky: @autsquidsquad.bsky.social
Sarah McAnulty Skype a Scientist SkypeAScientist.com
Kristina Fleetwood Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary
Meg Mindlin
Toni’s socials
Toni’s Research Group Funcionamiento y Vulnerabilidad de Ecosistemas Marinos | Institut de Ciències del Mar
Other Links Breathe | Mauri Ora | Te Papa Mitochondrial genome diversity and population structure of the giant squid Architeuthis Cephalopod camouflage bibliography on Zotero AUT Lab for Cephalopod Ecology & Systematics aka AUT ‘Squid Squad’
Cephalopod Images and Footage CIAC 2025 website, programme, book of abstracts Credits Song of the month: Tornado of Souls, by Megadeth, performed by medium-sized Jamieson. Logo image: Photo credit to Peter Morse @PeterAndTheOctopus Theme: Hadal Zone Express by Märvel
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| Cephstravanganza with Professor Kat Bolstad | 06 Dec 2025 | 01:54:48 | |
Episode Summary
In our newest episode, we join roving reporter Kat Bolstad at the Cephalopod International Advisory Council in Okinawa and hear from some of the most interesting people in Cephalopod research.
Check out our lovely new website where you can find more detailed notes, images and links to the wider reading. In this episode…Welcome back to the Deep-Sea Podcast, your punk take on all things deep sea! The Professor is still down under, organizing conferences and recuperating from Old Mate’s Classic Aussie Sausage Sizzle, a robust event filled with friends of the podcast and still felt 24 hours later.
Thom is freshly back from another big ocean/small boat adventure, in which the ocean always wins and his stomach always loses… everything. He is also stretching his creative muscles and curating an exciting new museum exhibit called Breathe | Mauri Ora at Te Papa, an examination of science into art by Marshmallow Lazer Feast.
Our episode this month is a fascinating collection of interviews from the Cephalopod International Advisory Council Meeting that took place Oct-Nov in Okinawa Japan. Join Kat Bolstad, our roving reporter, as she takes time between bug hunting, seeing her first wild cuttlefish and shaking hands with a new octopus friend to collect interviews with some of the coolest names in Ceph science with a focus on the deep-sea. We hear from 12 Cephalopod experts on a wide variety of topics, including the preferred snacks for cephalopods, the effects of oxygen depletion on egg hatching, water temperature and acidification effects on cephalopod populations, and of course, the correct answer to the viral question: are octopuses actually ALIENS?
In the news, get ready for updates on:
On the Discord, we’ve been busy with:
The podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Elisabeth Grace Diemer Nes Morgan Check out our podcast merch here!
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone! https://www.speakpipe.com/deepseapodvoicemail Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time! Find out more Social mediaBlueSky: @deepseapod.com https://bsky.app/profile/deepseapod.com
Twitter: @DeepSeaPod https://twitter.com/DeepSeaPod
Instagram: @deepsea_podcast https://www.instagram.com/deepsea_podcast/ Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke https://twitter.com/Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley https://twitter.com/ThomLinley Instagram:Thom - @thom.linley https://www.instagram.com/thom.linley/ Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions https://www.instagram.com/inkfishexpeditions/ BlueSky:Thom @thomaslinley.com https://bsky.app/profile/thomaslinley.com Alan @hadalbloke https://bsky.app/profile/hadalbloke.bsky.social Reference list News Deep-Sea News World's largest rays may be diving to extreme depths to build mental maps of vast oceans China launches AI tool for deep-sea research Unseen Ocean Collective Unseen Ocean Collective (@unseenoceancollective) • Instagram photos and videos https://bsky.app/profile/unseenocean.bsky.social Discord UpdatesHoliday Party! Join Patreon here to get access to the Holiday party! Interview Links Kat’s Socials Bluesky: @autsquidsquad.bsky.social
Sarah McAnulty Skype a Scientist SkypeAScientist.com
Kristina Fleetwood Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary Meg Mindlin
Toni’s socials
Toni’s Research Group Funcionamiento y Vulnerabilidad de Ecosistemas Marinos | Institut de Ciències del Mar
Other Links Breathe | Mauri Ora | Te Papa Mitochondrial genome diversity and population structure of the giant squid Architeuthis Cephalopod camouflage bibliography on Zotero AUT Lab for Cephalopod Ecology & Systematics aka AUT ‘Squid Squad’
Cephalopod Images and Footage CIAC 2025 website, programme, book of abstracts https://www.ryo-minemizu.com/Credits Song of the month: Tornado of Souls, by Megadeth, performed by medium-sized Jamieson. Logo image: Photo credit to Peter Morse @PeterAndTheOctopus Theme: Hadal Zone Express by Märvel | |||
| PRESSURISED: 063 – Bioluminescent Symbiosis with Margaret McFall-Ngai | 15 Nov 2025 | 00:37:49 | |
Welcome to the PRESSURISED version of episode 63, just the science, none of the waffle
PRESSURISED: Bioluminescent Symbiosis with Margaret McFall-Ngai | The Deep-Sea Podcast | Episode 63
Our guest this month is Dr. Margaret McFall-Ngai, an animal physiologist and biochemist who is a staff researcher at Carnegie Institution for Science’s Division of Biosphere Sciences and Engineering, with her lab stationed at the California Institute of Technology in Biology and Biological Engineering. Dr. McFal-Ngai talks us through her work on the stable beneficial relationship between the Hawaiian bobtail squid (Euprymna scolopes) and its partner, the luminous bacterium Vibrio fischeri. Although technically not a deep-sea species, this relationship and its details might help us understand how deep-sea life creates bioluminescence and the possible life cycle impacts for the creatures involved. Glossary Crypt - The chambers within the squid's light organ. Support the show The podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Sophie Bagshaw Laura Check out our podcast merch here!
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone! https://www.speakpipe.com/deepseapodvoicemail Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time! Find out more Social media BlueSky: @deepseapod.com Twitter: @DeepSeaPod Instagram: @deepsea_podcast Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley Instagram: Thom - @thom.linley Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions BlueSky: Thom @thomaslinley.com Alan @hadalbloke Reference list Interview Links A lasting symbiosis: how the Hawaiian bobtail squid finds and keeps its bioluminescent bacterial partner A lasting symbiosis: how Vibrio fischeri finds a squid partner and persists within its natural host Credits Logo image: Dr. Margaret McFall-Ngai Theme: Hadal Zone Express by Märvel | |||
| Bioluminescent Symbiosis with Margaret McFall-Ngai | 07 Nov 2025 | 01:10:54 | |
Episode Summary
In our newest episode, Bioluminescent Symbiosis, we speak with Dr. Margaret McFall-Ngai, an animal physiologist and biochemist about her work with the Hawaiian bobtail squid (Euprymna scolopes) and its partner, the luminous bacterium Vibrio fischeri. McFall-Ngai provides a great synopsis of how this stable beneficial relationship not only creates light, and supports the bobtail maturation, but can also help us understand what could be going on in the light organs of deep-sea animals.
Check out our lovely new website where you can find more detailed notes, images and links to the wider reading.
In this episode… Welcome back to the Deep-Sea Podcast, your punk take on all things deep sea!
The Professor is jetsetting as always, back in Edinburgh after a stint getting all the equipment ready in the Canary Island and is now happily being confused with professional racecar drivers. He will be back in Perth shortly to celebrate the Deep-Sea center paper publishing streak and reconnect with his Capybara spirit animal.
Thom is being called out in New Zealand Parliament, for all the right reasons, and he spent some Deep-Sea conference time in China, avoiding typhoons and pondering science ideas.
We are also celebrating 300,000 podcast downloads of the podcast, and appreciate our fans immensely!
Our guest this month is Dr. Margaret McFall-Ngai, an animal physiologist and biochemist who is a staff researcher at Carnegie Institution for Science’s Division of Biosphere Sciences and Engineering, with her lab stationed at the California Institute of Technology in Biology and Biological Engineering. Dr. McFal-Ngai talks us through her work on the stable beneficial relationship between the Hawaiian bobtail squid (Euprymna scolopes) and its partner, the luminous bacterium Vibrio fischeri. Although technically not a deep-sea species, this relationship and its details might help us understand how deep-sea life creates bioluminescence and the possible life cycle impacts for the creatures involved.
In the news, get ready for updates on:
‘ On the Discord, we’ve been busy with:
Support the show The podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Sophie Bagshaw Laura Check out our podcast merch here!
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone! https://www.speakpipe.com/deepseapodvoicemail Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time! Find out more Social media BlueSky: @deepseapod.com Twitter: @DeepSeaPod Instagram: @deepsea_podcast Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley Instagram: Thom - @thom.linley Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions BlueSky: Thom @thomaslinley.com Alan @hadalbloke Reference list News Links from Friends of the Show: Products | Support Skype a Scientist with the Squid Facts shop! Deep Sea Biology Society ArtSea Matchmaking Project Unseen Ocean Collective (@unseenoceancollective) • Instagram photos and videos https://bsky.app/profile/unseenocean.bsky.social Swedish Biodiversity Symposium, 21 - 23 October 2025 Deep Sea Art + Science Feed on Blue Sky News Deep-Sea Worm Produces Orpiment, a Toxic Yellow Pigment Used in Historical Art | Scientific American Nations ratify the world's first treaty to protect international waters Ghost sharks grow teeth on their heads to mate | ScienceDaily Discord Updates Diatoms | Board Game | BoardGameGeek
Join our Patreon to get access to the Discord Interview Links A lasting symbiosis: how the Hawaiian bobtail squid finds and keeps its bioluminescent bacterial partner A lasting symbiosis: how Vibrio fischeri finds a squid partner and persists within its natural host Credits Logo image: Dr. Margaret McFall-Ngai Theme: Hadal Zone Express by Märvel | |||
| The Deco-Stop: 004 - No Word for Ocean with Yakup Niyazi | 03 Oct 2025 | 00:38:08 | |
Here’s our fourth episode of The Deco-Stop; a deeper look into the humans behind deep-sea science and technology. We’ve done our science dive, and now it’s time to decompress, and discuss tales at sea, career paths and the social & political aspects of deep-sea science. We have gazed into the abyss, and now it's gazing back at us.
Alan and Thom speak with Yakup Niyazi, a marine geoscientist who first saw the ocean at the age of 27. This fourth instalment in the Deco-Stop series, which focuses on the human element of deep-sea research, is an inspiring episode about one man’s journey from the desert to the bottom of the ocean, his challenges, achievements, and the deep community support he received along the way.
Check out our lovely new website, where you can find more detailed notes, images and links to the wider reading. In this episode…Welcome back to the Deep-Sea Podcast, this month we have a heartwarming Deco Stop episode and are again exploring …‘the human element in deep sea stories..’ - Alan
In our fourth instalment of the Deco-Stop series, Alan and Thom speak with Yakup Niyazi about his journey from the edge of the Asian Desert to the bottom of the ocean. An ethnic Uyghur who grew up in the city of Aksu, at the edge of the Taklamakan Desert in Central Asia, Yakup grew up not only physically but also emotionally and culturally removed from the sea. Yakup's early experiences pose some interesting questions: What is it like to grow up in a culture that doesn’t really have a concept of the ocean, and few descriptive words for the ocean? How do you interact with the ocean if your only experiences are from movies and television?
His incredible story is filled with overcoming adversity, fulfilled dreams, landscapes (and seascapes) that come full circle, and a deeper appreciation of the ocean than most people will ever experience. Despite humble beginnings, Yakup has an impressive roster of achievements and a social circle of supportive connections who only want to see him succeed further.
This inspiring episode reminds us that, regardless of our original circumstances, the world is a vast place filled with incredible opportunities. One day, you might find yourself exiting a hadal submarine, surrounded by the heartwarming cheers of friends and colleagues, having successfully visited the bottom of the ocean you only saw for the first time at age 27. “I was a camel before, from the desert, but now I am a shark swimming in the ocean”- Yakup Niyazi Support the showThe podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us. Check out our podcast merch here!
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone! https://www.speakpipe.com/deepseapodvoicemail Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time! Find out more Social media BlueSky: @deepseapod.com
Twitter: @DeepSeaPod
Instagram: @deepsea_podcast Keep up with the team on social media Twitter:Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley Instagram:Thom - @thom.linley Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions BlueSky:Thom @thomaslinley.com Credits Logo image: Georgia Wells Theme: Going Home by Harvey Jones | |||
| PRESSURISED: 062 – Mythbusting Ai with Tyler Greenfield | 16 Sep 2025 | 00:37:59 | |
Welcome to the PRESSURISED version of episode 62, just the science, none of the waffle
PRESSURISED: Mythbusting Ai with Tyler Greenfield | The Deep-Sea Podcast | Episode 62
Check out our lovely new website where you can find more detailed notes, images and links to the wider reading. In a follow-up to one of our favourite episodes, Ep 10 Here be Monsters, we bring Tyler Greenfield back for another fascinating chat, this time about Mythbusting in the age of Artificial Intelligence. Our feeds have been filled with images of mermaids, bizarre creatures supposedly from the depths and even strange barnacle washing videos, so we ask Tyler to bring his expertise to weigh in on the prevalence and problems with AI images. Guest InterviewTyler Greenfield is a paleontologist and cryptozoologist whose blog, Incertae Sedis reveals the truth behind some cryptozoological stories and paleontological mistakes. Since his appearance on episode 10, Tyler has finished his bachelor’s, written a good few papers, appeared on other podcasts (none as good as his debut of course) and is almost done with his masters and is about to start his PhD. He was even a credited consultant on the new (2025) Walking with Dinosaurs. Support the show The podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Hugo Shiboski Check out our podcast merch here!
Join our Patreon to get access to the Discord https://www.patreon.com/c/deepseapodcast
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone! https://www.speakpipe.com/deepseapodvoicemail Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time! Find out more Social media BlueSky: @deepseapod.com Twitter: @DeepSeaPod Instagram: @deepsea_podcast Keep up with the team on social media Twitter:Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley Instagram:Thom - @thom.linley Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions BlueSky:Thom @thomaslinley.com Reference list The original article for our unfortunate ‘squid’ image
How A Golden Nurse Shark Made History Interview Tyler’s master’s/doctorate research
Credits Logo image: AI image originally used by Sustainability Times- AI images are not made by humans and cannot be copyrighted. (Sorry, not sorry) Theme: Hadal Zone Express by Märvel | |||
| Mythbusting AI with Tyler Greenfield | 08 Sep 2025 | 01:33:15 | |
Check out our lovely new website where you can find more detailed notes, images and links to the wider reading. In this episode…Welcome back to the Deep-Sea Podcast, your punk take on all things deep sea! Join Alan in the Industrial Badlands of the Canary Islands as he cuts holes in ships, while Thom rubs elbows with New Zealand’s political elite. In the news, get ready for updates on:
On the Discord, we’ve been busy with:
Guest Interview Tyler Greenfield is a paleontologist and cryptozoologist whose blog, Incertae Sedis reveals the truth behind some cryptozoological stories and paleontological mistakes. Since his appearance on episode 10, Tyler has finished his bachelor’s, written a good few papers, appeared on other podcasts (none as good as his debut of course) and is almost done with his masters and is about to start his PhD. He was even a credited consultant on the new (2025) Walking with Dinosaurs. Support the show The podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Hugo Shiboski Check out our podcast merch here!
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone! https://www.speakpipe.com/deepseapodvoicemail Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time! Find out more Social media BlueSky: @deepseapod.com Twitter: @DeepSeaPod Instagram: @deepsea_podcast Keep up with the team on social media Twitter:Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley Instagram:Thom - @thom.linley Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions BlueSky:Thom @thomaslinley.com Reference list Discord Updates Join our Patreon to get access to the Discord https://www.patreon.com/c/deepseapodcast NewsTe Papa Biodiversity Centre Press Release
Deep-Sea Desalination Pulls Fresh Water from the Depths | Scientific American
Deep-sea octopus footage could revolutionize flexible robot design - Earth.com
Flourishing chemosynthetic life at the greatest depths of hadal trenches | Nature
The deepest-diving whales could inspire new treatments for stroke and cancer | National Geographic
Neurodegenerative Diseases: What Can Be Learned from Toothed Whales? - PMC
The original article for our unfortunate ‘squid’ image
How A Golden Nurse Shark Made History Interview Tyler’s master’s/doctorate research
Tyler’s work on Onchopristis and other sawskates Blogposts:
Other papers by Tyler:
Some of Tyler’s work on megalodon in cryptozoology
Further Reading Onchopristis paper by Eduardo Villalobos-Segura et al
The BBC posted a clip of Spinosaurus hunting Onchopristis from "Walking with Dinosaurs" on YouTube, which anyone should be able to watch. The entire episode should be available for free on the BBC website for anyone in the UK and on the PBS website for anyone in the USA.
https://sharonahill.com/fake-california-coelacanth/
Three-fingered alien mummies Paleontologist Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi’s skeptical analysis of the mummies.
Former paleontologist Clifford Miles’ website and ‘paper.’
YouTuber History with Kayleigh made a skeptical video about Miles’ work, which would be more savory to link. Nazca Mummies Are A New ALIEN Species?! Credits Song of the month: This might be it by Hyphen Logo image: AI image originally used by Sustainability Times- AI images are not made by humans and cannot be copyrighted. Phone answering machine from Sound Effects Factory Theme: Hadal Zone Express by Märvel | |||
| PRESSURISED: 061 – Trench nutrient cycling with Ronnie N. Glud | 16 Aug 2025 | 00:32:28 | |
Welcome to the PRESSURISED version of episode 61, just the science, none of the waffle
PRESSURISED: Trench nutrient cycling with Ronnie N. Glud | The Deep Sea Podcast | Episode 61
Guest Interview: Nutrient cycling in the hadal trenches (6 to 11 km) and the crucial role they play in global element cycling. Professor Ronnie N. Glud, a leading biochemist and Director of the Danish Centre for Hadal Research (HADAL) talks us through how the trenches, once thought to be barren, are actually "dynamic deep-sea hotspots with intensified microbial activity and diversity". Learn about:
We also have a surprise blobfish guest! Support the show The podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: C Wright Check out our podcast merch here!
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone! https://www.speakpipe.com/deepseapodvoicemail Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time! Find out more Social media BlueSky: @deepseapod.com Twitter: @DeepSeaPod Instagram: @deepsea_podcast Keep up with the team on social media Twitter:Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley Instagram:Thom - @thom.linley Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions BlueSky:Thom @thomaslinley.com Reference list
Flourishing chemosynthetic life at the greatest depths of hadal trenches Element cycling and microbial life in the hadal realm Credits Theme: Hadal Zone Express by Märvel Logo image: Ronnie N. Glud | |||
| Trench nutrient cycling with Ronnie N. Glud | 03 Aug 2025 | 00:55:35 | |
In this episode…
Welcome back to the Deep-Sea Podcast, your punk take on all things deep sea! Join Dr. Thom Linley and Professor Alan Jamieson as they dive into the latest from the abyssal plain and beyond. Deep Sea News Highlights: We kick things off with a rethinking of the deep-sea boundary! Professor Alan Jamieson discusses his recent "food for thought" paper that challenges the long-held 200-meter definition, arguing for a more scientifically relevant boundary of 1,000 meters. Find out why this seemingly arbitrary line might be doing "a lot of damage" to our understanding and attitude towards the deep sea.
Also in the news, get ready for updates on:
Guest Interview: Nutrient cycling in the hadal trenches (6 to 11 km) and the crucial role they play in global element cycling. Professor Ronnie N. Glud, a leading biochemist and Director of the Danish Centre for Hadal Research (HADAL), talks us through how the trenches, once thought to be barren, are actually "dynamic deep-sea hotspots with intensified microbial activity and diversity". Learn about:
We also have a surprise blobfish guest! Support the show The podcast is self-sustaining (just) thanks to our lovely listeners. Thom and Alan take no money for the show. All money is put back into running it. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: C Wright Check out our podcast merch here!
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note on our brand new answerphone! Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time! Find out more Social media BlueSky: @deepseapod.com Twitter: @DeepSeaPod Instagram: @deepsea_podcast Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley Instagram:Thom - @thom.linley Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions BlueSky:Thom @thomaslinley.com Reference list The graves of Edinburgh John Young Buchanan - Chemist on the Challenger Expedition Edward Forbes - Deep-sea naturalist Sir John Murray - Father of modern oceanography Notable people buried in Dean Cemetery Discord Updates Join our Patreon to get access to the Discord The supergiant amphipod wiki page News InterviewFlourishing chemosynthetic life at the greatest depths of hadal trenches Element cycling and microbial life in the hadal realm News/Further Reading Reconsidering the term ‘deep sea’ | ICES Journal of Marine Science | Oxford Academic Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities Expeditions Historic Shipwrecks Come to Light in the Great Lakes - The New York Times Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary -- Live! Deep-sea Limpet named after OnePiece character Microbial Life on Earth: A Model for the Cosmos Reef Chat from Moku Art Studio with Paola Santiago Padua and Meghan Jones Scientists find bioplastic that vanishes 80% even in extreme deep-sea conditions Alan appeared on another podcast too: We've Only Explored 0.001% of the Deep Sea - What's Lurking Below? | Discover Magazine Podcast Credits Theme: Hadal Zone Express by Märvel Logo image: Ronnie N. Glud | |||
| PRESSURISED: 060 – Mesophotic Reefs with Yi-Kai Tea | 17 Jul 2025 | 00:31:16 | |
Welcome to the PRESSURISED version of episode 60, just the science, none of the waffle
PRESSURISED: Mesophotic Reefs with Yi-Kai Tea | The Deep Sea Podcast | Episode 60
In this month's episode, we discuss mesophotic reefs, the deeper extents of coral reefs that have been overlooked in the past. It’s a wild ride that leads us to homemade hyperbaric chambers, the aquarium trade and the world’s most expensive fish. Strap in for a rollercoaster ride as we dive to the limits of scuba. Find out more Social media BlueSky: @deepseapod.com Twitter: @DeepSeaPod Instagram: @deepsea_podcast Keep up with the team on social media Twitter:Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley Instagram:Thom - @thom.linley Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions BlueSky:Thom @thomaslinley.com Reference listMesophotic fish collecting video Taken by Ghislain Bardout from Under The Pole. The diver is Timothy Bennett, and he was collecting for the Australian Museum Research Expedition.
One of Kai’s recent mesophotic reef papers The hyperbaric chamber for fishes The paper where the chamber is described Kai’s video of the peppermint angel Her recent paper on black corals Support the show The podcast is only possible with your help. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Smorgindorg Check out our podcast merch here!
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: podcast@deepseapod.com We’d love to actually play your voice so feel free to record a short audio note!
Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time! Glossary
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| Mesophotic Reefs with Yi-Kai Tea | 07 Jul 2025 | 01:07:37 | |
In this episode…
Sorry the episode is a little late…. But it’s a bumper!
Alan has been checking out hypercars while sharks have been checking out Thom. In the news, we have art, anglerfish, squid and sea spiders. Then an orafish turns up, and we are all doomed.
In this month's episode, we discuss mesophotic reefs, the deeper extents of coral reefs that have been overlooked in the past. It’s a wild ride that leads us to homemade hyperbaric chambers, the aquarium trade and the world’s most expensive fish. Strap in for a rollercoaster ride as we dive to the limits of scuba. Support the showThe podcast is only possible with your help. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Smorgindorg Check out our podcast merch here!
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: podcast@deepseapod.com We’d love to actually play your voice so feel free to record a short audio note!
Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time! Find out more Social media BlueSky: @deepseapod.com Twitter: @DeepSeaPod Instagram: @deepsea_podcast Keep up with the team on social media Twitter:Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley Instagram:Thom - @thom.linley Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions BlueSky:Thom @thomaslinley.com Reference list Discord UpdatesJoin our Patreon to get access to the Discord
The New Zealand wandering anemone
The supergiant amphipod wiki page News
Oarfish are turning up everywhere Andrew and Thom’s oarfish blog
DOSI new podcast - Think Deep!
Ancient Oceans filled with Squid InterviewMesophotic fish collecting video Taken by Ghislain Bardout from Under The Pole. The diver is Timothy Bennett, and he was collecting for the Australian Museum Research Expedition.
One of Kai’s recent mesophotic reef papers
The hyperbaric chamber for fishes
The paper where the chamber is described
Kai’s video of the peppermint angel
Her recent paper on black corals Coffee with Andrew Glossary
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| PRESSURISED: 059 - eDNA with Georgia Nester | 15 Jun 2025 | 00:32:06 | |
eDNA with Georgia Nester | The Deep Sea Podcast | Episode 59
Welcome to the PRESSURISED version of episode 59, just the science, none of the waffle
For this month’s interview, we speak with Dr. Georgia Nester, a colleague of Alan’s from the University of Western Australia, about eDNA (Environmental DNA is any genetic material left behind by organisms in an environment). She talks about how several collection methods, eg.: Niskin bottles, sponges and paper filters, located on the deep-sea lander system, can retrieve different types of eDNA from the deep. Georgia also touches on how diel migrators can really mess with eDNA data, and larvae gave her a surprise when she kept getting hits from very deep-living fish in her surface samples. Georgia even used a water sample to locate surprise eDNA evidence of the Giant Squid in Australian waters, which Al takes as a chance to remind Thom of his Antarctic colossal squid failure. Alan talks about how valuable he thinks eDNA is, how it can give a great snapshot of what can’t be seen on the footage or in the submersible, and how it might be able to narrow down species that are difficult to catch, like Bassozetus cusk eels. Support the showThe show is self-sustaining, but we couldn’t do it without you. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us:
Don’t forget that becoming a patron also gives you access to the Discord and a like-minded community of deep-sea folks, including scientists, artists, students, and previous guests! Deep-sea news often breaks there first. Check out our podcast merch here!
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas at: podcast@deepseapod.com We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note!
Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time! Find out more Social media BlueSky: @deepseapod.com Twitter: @DeepSeaPod Instagram: @deepsea_podcast Keep up with the team on social media Twitter:Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley Instagram:Thom - @thom.linley Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions BlueSky:Thom @thomaslinley.com Reference list
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| eDNA with Georgia Nester | 06 Jun 2025 | 01:04:29 | |
eDNA with Georgia Nester | The Deep Sea Podcast | Episode 59
“Exploration is about the place, adventurism is about the person, science is about the question” Professor Alan Jamieson
In an episode recorded earlier than usual, which is to say not recorded late, and so perhaps recorded right on time?... we are talking about environmental DNA or eDNA. Thom is headed off to Norfolk Island, north of New Zealand, to characterize the unique life in the region and hopefully not be eaten by sharks. Alan’s been up to secret things, organizing everyone’s lives and, for a change, is recording this episode from the same country as the last one. In the news, Thom and Alan discuss a recent paper about the extent of ocean exploration, the valuable research it was based on, and the unfortunately defeatist tone. There is a lot left to do, but we have done so much! Also in the news: Bottom trawling releases not only organic carbon into the ocean but also pyrite, which reacts with oxygen in the water and reduces the oceans’ ability to absorb carbon from the air. An art installation pairs a Sri Lankan artist with JAMSTEC and NuStar Technologies for a collection of steel cubes located 7,000 meters (23,000 feet) below the ocean close to the Marianas Trench. The cubes are housed in a seismic monitoring system designed for registering tectonic plate movements. And finally Al and Thom discuss gene mutation in deep-sea fish and a new paper that gives evidence to an old theory that some deep-sea fish are “ancient survivors,” from dinosaur times, while others are “new immigrants,” post mass extinction. For this month’s interview, we speak with Dr. Georgia Nester, a colleague of Alan’s from the University of Western Australia, about eDNA (Environmental DNA is any genetic material left behind by organisms in an environment). She talks about how several collection methods, eg.: Niskin bottles, sponges and paper filters, located on the deep-sea lander system, can retrieve different types of eDNA from the deep. Georgia also touches on how diel migrators can really mess with eDNA data, and larvae gave her a surprise when she kept getting hits from very deep-living fish in her surface samples. Georgia even used a water sample to locate surprise eDNA evidence of the Giant Squid in Australian waters, which Al takes as a chance to remind Thom of his Antarctic colossal squid failure. Alan talks about how valuable he thinks eDNA is, how it can give a great snapshot of what can’t be seen on the footage or in the submersible, and how it might be able to narrow down species that are difficult to catch, like Bassozetus cusk eels. Hold onto your buoyant elbow glands because we’ve got a great episode here! Support the show The show is self-sustaining, but we couldn’t do it without you. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us:
Don’t forget that becoming a patron also gives you access to the Discord and a like-minded community of deep-sea folks, including scientists, artists, students, and previous guests! Deep-sea news often breaks there first. Check out our podcast merch here!
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas at: podcast@deepseapod.com We’d love to actually play your voice, so feel free to record a short audio note!
Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time! Find out more Social media BlueSky: @deepseapod.com Twitter: @DeepSeaPod Instagram: @deepsea_podcast Keep up with the team on social media Twitter:Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley Instagram:Thom - @thom.linley Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions BlueSky:Thom @thomaslinley.com Reference list News
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| PRESSURISED: 058 - Antarctic ice-seabed interactions | 09 May 2025 | 00:24:37 | |
Welcome to the PRESSURISED version of episode 58, just the science, none of the waffle
We are still talking about Antarctica, the continent that keeps on giving!
For this month's interview, we speak with Devin Harrison - Marine Geoscientist/Postdoctoral Researcher at Kelpie Geoscience - Devin is a postdoctoral research fellow at Kelpie Geoscience. His research utilises high-resolution topographic models of the seafloor and complementary geophysical and geospatial datasets to understand the geomorphic evolution and process landform relationship of the deep sea and the continental shelves. Devin is particularly interested in the glacial geomorphological record and the evolution of glacial environments from the last glacial maximum (~20-25 thousand years ago) to the present day.
We’re really trying to make this project self-sustaining, so we have started looking for ways to support the podcast. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Elena Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time!
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Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: podcast@deepseapod.com We’d love to actually play your voice so feel free to record a short audio note!
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| Antarctic ice-seabed interactions | 03 May 2025 | 00:56:38 | |
We are still talking about Antarctica, the continent that keeps on giving! Alan and Thom discuss trying to stop working momentarily, constructing a treehouse, and acquiring a shark. In the news, we rattle off a list of newly discovered species with some very cool (but hard to pronounce) names. There has been a lot of squiddy news. Footage of divers swimming with a giant squid has resurfaced; in an exclusive for the podcast, Alan has recorded more amazing Magnapinna (bigfin or elbow squid) footage. And the biggest bit of news: the colossal squid has been seen alive in its natural habitat for the first time! Thom and Kat were part of the press conference. Megalodon (the not-deep-sea and very extinct shark) has been reassessed based on what we do know. It was likely longer and slimmer than we thought, and we have estimations for their speed and size at birth. We also have a new coelacanth population and a classic car found in the deep.
For this month's interview, we speak with Devin Harrison - Marine Geoscientist/Postdoctoral Researcher at Kelpie Geoscience - Devin is a postdoctoral research fellow at Kelpie Geoscience. His research utilises high-resolution topographic models of the seafloor and complementary geophysical and geospatial datasets to understand the geomorphic evolution and process landform relationship of the deep sea and the continental shelves. Devin is particularly interested in the glacial geomorphological record and the evolution of glacial environments from the last glacial maximum (~20-25 thousand years ago) to the present day.
We’re really trying to make this project self-sustaining, so we have started looking for ways to support the podcast. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Elena Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time!
Check out our podcast merch here!
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: podcast@deepseapod.com We’d love to actually play your voice so feel free to record a short audio note!
We are also on BlueSky: @deepseapod.com Twitter: @DeepSeaPod Instagram: @deepsea_podcast
Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley Instagram: Thom - @thom.linley Inkfish - @inkfishexpeditions BlueSky: Thom @thomaslinley.com
Follow Kat on Bluesky: @autsquidsquad.bsky.social Twitter: @ALCESonline Reference list News New Species A new species of hound shark from the northern Indian ocean, Iago goplakrishnani
Five new trench isopods in the Haploniscus belyaevi complex. And a new dumbo octopis, Grimpoteuthis feitiana Megalodon Divers swim with giant squid Divers Encounter a Live Giant Squid Swimming on the Ocean Surface https://youtu.be/gZxGGQc_hRI?si=ZmRhwaIF2T9RV-Lk – original video The colossal squid has been seen! Original video with Kat’s voiceover Kat’s piece in The Conversation Deep-sea classic car Interview
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13496-5
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| PRESSURISED: 057 - A peek under the ice | 14 Apr 2025 | 00:32:21 | |
It’s the last in our run of episodes about Antarctica. We are all back home, and we promise to stop bothering the poor continent.
Thom couldn’t talk about it until after the press release, but the Schmidt Ocean Institute cruise he was on had to look at the seabed under a 150-meter-thick ice shelf right as it moved out of the way. We talked to the science leads on that cruise, Patricia Esquete and Sasha Montelli. We learned about the hydrography and glaciology of that region and then the seabed and communities that were revealed when the ice shelf moved away.
We’re really trying to make this project self-sustaining, so we have started looking for ways to support the podcast. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Ryker and Kerry Jowett Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time!
Check out our podcast merch here! Which now includes Alan’s beloved apron and a much anticipated new design...
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: podcast@armatusoceanic.com We’d love to actually play your voice so feel free to record a short audio note!
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Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley Instagram: Thom - @thom.linley BlueSky: Thom @thomaslinley.com
Follow Sasha on Twitter: @sasha_montelli Reference listSmith, J.A., Graham, A.G.C., Post, A.L. et al. The marine geological imprint of Antarctic ice shelves. Nat Commun 10, 5635 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13496-5 Helen Amanda Fricker et al., Antarctica in 2025: Drivers of deep uncertainty in projected ice loss.Science387,601-609(2025).DOI:10.1126/science.adt9619 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adt9619 Ingels, J., Aronson, R.B., Smith, C.R., Baco, A., Bik, H.M., Blake, J.A., Brandt, A., Cape, M., Demaster, D., Dolan, E. and Domack, E., 2021. Antarctic ecosystem responses following ice‐shelf collapse and iceberg calving: Science review and future research. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 12(1), p.e682. https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/am-pdf/10.1002/wcc.682
Challenger 150 - Home - Challenger 150
The Ocean Census | Discover Life
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| A peek under the ice | 07 Apr 2025 | 01:16:35 | |
It’s the last in our run of episodes about Antarctica. We are all back home, and we promise to stop bothering the poor continent. Alan and Thom discuss returning to an inbox of horrors and readjusting to time away. More cable cutting in our news updates, blobfish being voted fish of the year, and the tongue-eating louse potentially being invertebrate of the year. We don’t want to say we influence the news, but it seems a little spooky. Thom couldn’t talk about it until after the press release, but the Schmidt Ocean Institute cruise he was on had to look at the seabed under a 150-meter-thick ice shelf right as it moved out of the way. We talked to the science leads on that cruise, Patricia Esquete and Sasha Montelli. We learned about the hydrography and glaciology of that region and then the seabed and communities that were revealed when the ice shelf moved away. Kat and Thom updated us on what it was like to join a tourist expedition ship, and we grabbed a Coffee With Andrew to learn what it was like to dive almost 5km deep in a sub. You’re bound to leave this episode with a watery smile!
We’re really trying to make this project self-sustaining, so we have started looking for ways to support the podcast. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Ryker and Kerry Jowett Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time!
Check out our podcast merch here! Which now includes Alan’s beloved apron and a much anticipated new design...
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: podcast@armatusoceanic.com We’d love to actually play your voice so feel free to record a short audio note!
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Reference list News Cable cutting https://www.submarinecablemap.com/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct7yqx
Blobfish fish of the year https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360621538/worlds-ugliest-animal-named-new-zealands-fish-year
Invertebrate of the year ‘Unique and important’: Tongue-biting louse is wonderfully gruesome | Marine life | The Guardian Interview Smith, J.A., Graham, A.G.C., Post, A.L. et al. The marine geological imprint of Antarctic ice shelves. Nat Commun 10, 5635 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13496-5 Helen Amanda Fricker et al., Antarctica in 2025: Drivers of deep uncertainty in projected ice loss.Science387,601-609(2025).DOI:10.1126/science.adt9619 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adt9619 Ingels, J., Aronson, R.B., Smith, C.R., Baco, A., Bik, H.M., Blake, J.A., Brandt, A., Cape, M., Demaster, D., Dolan, E. and Domack, E., 2021. Antarctic ecosystem responses following ice‐shelf collapse and iceberg calving: Science review and future research. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 12(1), p.e682. https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/am-pdf/10.1002/wcc.682
Challenger 150 - Home - Challenger 150
The Ocean Census | Discover Life Other Journal Minerva – Diving into Relevance: How Deep Sea Researchers Articulate Societal Relevance within their Epistemic Living Spaces
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| PRESSURISED: 056 - Colossal squid | 14 Mar 2025 | 00:25:33 | |
Coming to you from an Airbnb, above a ski hire shop, next to a construction site in Ushuia, Argentina… It’s a very special episode as we continue to pester Antarctica. We are here for today is a very special birthday. Our favorite and most elusive colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, has been described for 100 years but never seen in its natural environment! We are having a birthday bash for the big girl. Joined by Kat Bolstad of the Auckland University of Technology, Squid Squad, we learn what we do and don’t know, as well as the project Thom and Kat came up with to try to find it.
We’re really trying to make this project self-sustaining, so we have started looking for ways to support the podcast. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Luz, Caro Mclaren, Tadhg, Austin Horenkamp, Thora, Lindsey and Harrison
Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time!
Check out our podcast merch here! Which now includes Alan’s beloved apron and a much anticipated new design...
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: podcast@armatusoceanic.com We’d love to actually play your voice so feel free to record a short audio note!
We are also on Twitter: @DeepSeaPod Facebook: DeepSeaPodcast Instagram: @deepsea_podcast Keep up with the team on social media Twitter:Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley Instagram:Thom - @thom.linley BlueSky:Thom - @deepseapod.com
Follow Kat on Bluesky: @autsquidsquad.bsky.social Twitter: @ALCESonline Reference list InterviewOriginal colossal squid description Auckland Aquarium - SEA LIFE Kelly Tarlton's Aquarium Us testing the camera in the aquarium Mantis Sub underwater housings Otago University and the NZ Whale and Dolphin Trust Importance in sperm whale diet Toothfish predation by colossal squid one and two GlosseryUmwelt - the sensory world an animal lives in. Intraspecific - between the same species Interspecific - between different species Credits Theme – Hadal Zone Express by Märvel Logo image: Thom Linley Happy birthday: The guests aboard the Ocean Endeavour | |||
| Colossal squid birthday special | 07 Mar 2025 | 01:10:26 | |
Coming to you from an Airbnb, above a ski hire shop, next to a construction site in Ushuia, Argentina… It’s a very special episode as we continue to pester Antarctica. Alan checks in from Barcelona for mysterious reasons. We’ll have to get the truth our of him in the future…
Lots is going on in the news; deep-sea fish keep turning up, including a little Melanocetus anglerfish - sometimes called a black seadevil. This has had a real impact on people. The media tried to call it a monster, but the people fell for this little fish. An orfish, the doomsday fish, also turns up, but is that really a sign of doom? There’s a new giant isopod, and it’s named after Darth Vader - Bathy-normouse! We get excited about Beryllium-10 and ponder neutrinos. But what we are here for today is a very special birthday. Our favorite and most elusive colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, has been described for 100 years but never seen in its natural environment! We are having a birthday bash for the big girl. Joined by Kat Bolstad of the Auckland University of Technology, Squid Squad, we learn what we do and don’t know, as well as the project Thom and Kat came up with to try to find it.
We’re really trying to make this project self-sustaining, so we have started looking for ways to support the podcast. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Luz, Caro Mclaren, Tadhg, Austin Horenkamp, Thora, Lindsey and Harrison
Thanks again for tuning in; we’ll deep-see you next time!
Check out our podcast merch here! Which now includes Alan’s beloved apron and a much anticipated new design...
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: podcast@armatusoceanic.com We’d love to actually play your voice so feel free to record a short audio note!
We are also on Twitter: @DeepSeaPod Facebook: DeepSeaPodcast Instagram: @deepsea_podcast Keep up with the team on social media Twitter:Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley Instagram:Thom - @thom.linley BlueSky:Thom - @deepseapod.com
Follow Kat on Bluesky: @autsquidsquad.bsky.social Twitter: @ALCESonline Reference list NewsAnglerfish
Orfish
Interview Original colossal squid description Auckland Aquarium - SEA LIFE Kelly Tarlton's Aquarium Us testing the camera in the aquarium Mantis Sub underwater housings Otago University and the NZ Whale and Dolphin Trust Importance in sperm whale diet Toothfish predation by colossal squid one and two GlosseryUmwelt - the sensory world an animal lives in. Intraspecific - between the same species Interspecific - between different species Credits Theme – Hadal Zone Express by Märvel Logo image: Thom Linley Happy birthday: The guests aboard the Ocean Endeavour Poem: One of our patrons, Tadhg
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| PRESSURISED: 055 - Antarctic Fishes | 15 Feb 2025 | 00:32:19 | |
Our short and to the point PRESSURISED version of episode 55. If you don't have time for the full episode and want to get right to the science without any of our waffle, this is the place to be! Read the show notes and find the full episode here: https://www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/055-antarcticfishes
Now it’s Thom’s turn to hit Antarctica. He’s out with the Schmidt Ocean Institute on the Antarctic Climate Connections expedition to the Bellinghousen Sea, to the west of the Antarctic Peninsula. He will record, edit and upload a podcast from there… somehow. This episode may sound a little rougher as a result, but the content is gold as ever… Underrated belter alert.
We talk to Antarctic fishes expert Thomas Desvignes about the fishes that are only found there and their amazing adaptations. Of course, we also have a remote coffee with Andrew.
We’re really trying to make this project self-sustaining so we have started looking for ways to support the podcast. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Thanks again for tuning in, we’ll deep-see you next time!
Check out our podcast merch here! Which now includes Alan’s beloved apron and a much anticipated new design...
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: We’d love to actually play your voice so feel free to record a short audio note!
We are also on Twitter: @DeepSeaPod Instagram: @deepsea_podcast, Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley Instagram:Thom - @thom.linley BlueSky:Thom - @deepseapod.com Reference list Guest Antifreeze in fish: https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.94.8.3811 Supercooling and heating processes: https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.1410256111 Cod antifreeze: https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.1817138116 X-cell disease paper: https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(22)00860-4 Hemoglobin paper: https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/40/11/msad236/7329987 The new species of dragonfish: https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5501.2.3 Nesting in notothenioids: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/faf.12523 Icefish nest colony: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)01698-5
And the three comics: https://blogs.uoregon.edu/antarcticfishdiversity/ https://blogs.uoregon.edu/antarcticxcell/ https://blogs.uoregon.edu/fishsexdetermination/
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| Antarctic Fishes | 08 Feb 2025 | 01:17:06 | |
The gang has swapped places, Alan is back in Perth and now it’s Thom’s turn to hit Antarctica. He’s out with the Schmidt Ocean Institute on the Antarctic Climate Connections expedition to the Bellinghousen Sea, to the west of the Antarctic Peninsula. He will record, edit and upload a podcast from there… somehow. This episode may sound a little rougher as a result, but the content is gold as ever… Underrated belter alert.
The Prof managed to have some downtime with the family in Antarctica and has some great stories to tell, he’s a chopper guy now. He’s over subs and only into helicopters now… the subs of the sky.
We talk to Antarctic fishes expert Thomas Desvignes about the fishes that are only found there and their amazing adaptations. Of course, we also have a remote coffee with Andrew.
We’re really trying to make this project self-sustaining so we have started looking for ways to support the podcast. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Thanks again for tuning in, we’ll deep-see you next time!
Check out our podcast merch here! Which now includes Alan’s beloved apron and a much anticipated new design...
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: We’d love to actually play your voice so feel free to record a short audio note!
We are also on Twitter: @DeepSeaPod Instagram: @deepsea_podcast, Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley Instagram:Thom - @thom.linley BlueSky:Thom - @deepseapod.com Reference list News Cable damage https://bbc.com/news/articles/cqx9g5wwp89o
Vessel named after Don
Antarctic ice melting dynamics https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-marine-040323-074354 Guest Antifreeze in fish: https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.94.8.3811 Supercooling and heating processes: https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.1410256111 Cod antifreeze: https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.1817138116 X-cell disease paper: https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(22)00860-4 Hemoglobin paper: https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/40/11/msad236/7329987 The new species of dragonfish: https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5501.2.3 Nesting in notothenioids: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/faf.12523 Icefish nest colony: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)01698-5
And the three comics: https://blogs.uoregon.edu/antarcticfishdiversity/ https://blogs.uoregon.edu/antarcticxcell/ https://blogs.uoregon.edu/fishsexdetermination/
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| PRESSURISED: 054 - Going to Antarctica | 10 Jan 2025 | 00:30:08 | |
Our short and to the point PRESSURISED version of episode 54. If you don't have time for the full episode and want to get right to the science without any of our waffle, this is the place to be! Read the show notes and find the full episode here: https://www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/054-antarctica
It’s a big one! With The Professor down in Antarctica and Dr Thom not too far behind him, we’ve got an update live from the field. We’re talking about Antarctic submarine dives, below-freezing trenches, unexpected uses of glacial ice and, of course, the importance of growing a beard… But they’re not alone! This month we’re joined by the incredible Shaylyn Potter (Marine Scientist, Sub Pilot and polar diver) as she talks us through the intricacies and unique nature of this environment. We learn about what makes an iceberg different from a bergy bit (yes, that’s a real word), and why plans don’t always go as planned in the south.
We’re really trying to make this project self-sustaining so we have started looking for ways to support the podcast. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us!
Thanks again for tuning in, we’ll deep-see you next time!
Check out our podcast merch here! Which now includes Alan’s beloved apron and a much anticipated new design...
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: podcast@armatusoceanic.com We’d love to actually play your voice so feel free to record a short audio note!
We are also on Twitter: @DeepSeaPod, @ArmatusO Facebook: DeepSeaPodcast, ArmatusOceanic Instagram: @deepsea_podcast, @armatusoceanic Bluesky: @@deepseapodcast.bsky.social
Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke (https://twitter.com/Hadalbloke) Thom - @ThomLinley (https://twitter.com/ThomLinley) Georgia - @geeinthesea (https://twitter.com/geeinthesea)
Instagram: Georgia - @geeinthesea (https://www.instagram.com/geeinthesea/) Thom - @thom.linley (https://www.instagram.com/thom.linley/)
Or Bluesky: Thom: https://bsky.app/profile/deepseapod.com
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| Going to Antarctica | 03 Jan 2025 | 00:51:59 | |
It’s a big one! With The Professor down in Antarctica and Dr Thom not too far behind him, we’ve got an update live from the field. We’re talking about Antarctic submarine dives, below-freezing trenches, unexpected uses of glacial ice and, of course, the importance of growing a beard… But they’re not alone! This month we’re joined by the incredible Shaylyn Potter (Marine Scientist, Sub Pilot and polar diver) as she talks us through the intricacies and unique nature of this environment. We learn about what makes an iceberg different from a bergy bit (yes, that’s a real word), and why plans don’t always go as planned in the south.
We’re really trying to make this project self-sustaining so we have started looking for ways to support the podcast. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us!
Thanks again for tuning in, we’ll deep-see you next time!
Check out our podcast merch here! Which now includes Alan’s beloved apron and a much anticipated new design...
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: podcast@armatusoceanic.com We’d love to actually play your voice so feel free to record a short audio note!
We are also on Twitter: @DeepSeaPod, @ArmatusO Facebook: DeepSeaPodcast, ArmatusOceanic Instagram: @deepsea_podcast, @armatusoceanic Bluesky: @@deepseapodcast.bsky.social
Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke (https://twitter.com/Hadalbloke) Thom - @ThomLinley (https://twitter.com/ThomLinley) Georgia - @geeinthesea (https://twitter.com/geeinthesea)
Instagram: Georgia - @geeinthesea (https://www.instagram.com/geeinthesea/) Thom - @thom.linley (https://www.instagram.com/thom.linley/)
Or Bluesky: Thom: https://bsky.app/profile/deepseapod.com
Read the show notes and find out more about us at:
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| PRESSURISED: 053 - Deep-water corals with Di Tracey | 13 Dec 2024 | 00:30:44 | |
Our short and to the point PRESSURISED version of episode 53. If you don't have time for the full episode and want to get right to the science without any of our waffle, this is the place to be! Read the show notes and find the full episode here: https://www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/053-corals
With Dr Thom and The Professor busy prepping for their upcoming expeditions offshore, we had time to squeeze out one more episode before they set sail. We caught up with the legendary Di Tracey from NIWA to talk all things deep-water corals. How they live, what makes them different from their shallow water relatives, and how they are adapted to life in the deep dark ocean. Di's long career in deep-sea ecology is also intertwined with her extensive work in making the marine sciences a better place for women to work. She talks us through what it was like to begin her career offshore, often being the only woman on board, and how she helped change the industry for the better.
We’re really trying to make this project self-sustaining so we have started looking for ways to support the podcast. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us!
Thanks again for tuning in, we’ll deep-see you next time!
Check out our podcast merch here! Which now includes Alan’s beloved apron and a much anticipated new design...
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: podcast@armatusoceanic.com We’d love to actually play your voice so feel free to record a short audio note!
We are also on Twitter: @DeepSeaPod, @ArmatusO Facebook: DeepSeaPodcast, ArmatusOceanic Instagram: @deepsea_podcast, @armatusoceanic Bluesky: @@deepseapodcast.bsky.social
Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke (https://twitter.com/Hadalbloke) Thom - @ThomLinley (https://twitter.com/ThomLinley) Georgia - @geeinthesea (https://twitter.com/geeinthesea)
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Read the show notes and find out more about us at: --------------------------------------------------------- CreditsTheme – Hadal Zone Express by Märvel Logo image - The Deep-Sea Podcast PRESSURISED logo Edited by - Georgia Wells GlossaryAotearoa - The Māori-language name for New Zealand Te reo Māori - The Polynesian language of the Māori. Oocyte - A developing egg. Spermatocyte - A developing sperm cell. Scleractinia - Or ‘Stony corals’. A type of corals with hard skeletons made of calcium carbonate. They are often reef-like. Bamboo corals - Corals that make their skeletons from a mixture of calcium carbonate and gorgonian. Black corals - Chitinous corals, can be faster growing than the other two groups. | |||
| Deep-water corals with Di Tracey | 06 Dec 2024 | 00:57:01 | |
With Dr Thom and The Professor busy prepping for their upcoming expeditions offshore, we had time to squeeze out one more episode before they set sail. We caught up with the legendary Di Tracey from NIWA to talk all things deep-water corals. How they live, what makes them different from their shallow water relatives, and how they are adapted to life in the deep dark ocean. Di's long career in deep-sea ecology is also intertwined with her extensive work in making the marine sciences a better place for women to work. She talks us through what it was like to begin her career offshore, often being the only woman on board, and how she helped change the industry for the better. In the news this week we have a few exciting new updates. We can indeed confirm that as of our last episode where we spoke about the vulnerability of subsea cables, there were multiple apparent attacks and cables were cut. We can only assume that hostile nations do indeed listen to the deep-sea podcast (thanks for subscribing!). Andrew is back from his stint offshore and he is chock-full of stories for us. Brand new dragonfish species, near-misses with box jellyfish and also some cookie-cutter sharks. It's all happening!
We’re really trying to make this project self-sustaining so we have started looking for ways to support the podcast. Here’s a link to our page on how to support us, from the free options to becoming a patron of the show. We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Christian Nilsson | Mol Mir Thanks again for tuning in, we’ll deep-see you next time!
Check out our podcast merch here! Which now includes Alan’s beloved apron and a much anticipated new design...
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own tales from the high seas on: podcast@armatusoceanic.com We’d love to actually play your voice so feel free to record a short audio note!
We are also on Twitter: @DeepSeaPod, @ArmatusO Facebook: DeepSeaPodcast, ArmatusOceanic Instagram: @deepsea_podcast, @armatusoceanic Bluesky: @@deepseapodcast.bsky.social
Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke (https://twitter.com/Hadalbloke) Thom - @ThomLinley (https://twitter.com/ThomLinley) Georgia - @geeinthesea (https://twitter.com/geeinthesea)
Instagram: Georgia - @geeinthesea (https://www.instagram.com/geeinthesea/) Thom - @thom.linley (https://www.instagram.com/thom.linley/)
Or Bluesky: Thom: https://bsky.app/profile/deepseapod.com
Read the show notes and find out more about us at:
Links Subsea cables: update - cables cut China's new cable laying technology Upside-down anglerfish footage Song of the monthThe Weakerthans - Sun in an Empty Room. --------------------------------------------------------- CreditsTheme – Hadal Zone Express by Märvel Logo image - Ocean Exploration Trust Edited by - Georgia Wells GlossaryAotearoa - The Māori-language name for New Zealand Te reo Māori - The Polynesian language of the Māori. Treaty of Waitangi (or Te Tiriti o Waitangi in Māori) - A key founding document of New Zealand signed in 1840 by the British Crown and Māori chiefs, and established British sovereignty over New Zealand while granting Māori rights to their land and interests. Tangata whenua - A Māori phrase that means "people of the land". It refers to the indigenous Māori people of a specific area or the country as a whole. Tangata Tiriti - A Māori phrase that refers to non-Māori people who belong to Aotearoa by right of the Treaty of Waitangi. Oocyte - A developing egg. Spermatocyte - A developing sperm cell. Scleractinia - Or ‘Stony corals’. A type of corals with hard skeletons made of calcium carbonate. They are often reef-like. Bamboo corals - Corals that make their skeletons from a mixture of calcium carbonate and gorgonian. Black corals - Chitinous corals, can be faster growing than the other two groups. | |||
| PRESSURISED: 052 - Blackwater diving | 08 Nov 2024 | 00:30:30 | |
Our short and to the point PRESSURISED version of episode 52. If you don't have time for the full episode and want to get right to the science without any of our waffle, this is the place to be! Read the show notes and find the full episode here: https://www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/052-blackwater-diving This month, we come face to face with deep sea species in our blackwater diving special. Join us this episode as we jump into the fascinating world of blackwater diving, where expert scuba divers plunge into the open ocean at night in order to catch a glimpse of our favourite deep sea faces. We talk with expert blackwater divers to find out what it’s like to venture into the open ocean at night, when deep sea species rise from the depths to feed. How do they capture such remarkable photographs in such challenging conditions? What are some of their favourite species to encounter? What is it like to see bioluminescence in person and how is this related to science and the discovery of new species? Whether you’re a pro-diver yourself or prefer to stay dry, this episode is jam-packed with interesting stories and insights into this poorly understood environment. Thanks again for tuning in, we’ll deep-see you next time! ------------------------------------------------------------------ Support us by becoming a patron and joining our deep-sea community! We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us!
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own comments on: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep up with the team on social mediaTwitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke | Thom - @ThomLinley | Georgia - @geeinthesea
Instagram: Georgia - @geeinthesea | Thom - @thom.linley Read the show notes and find out more about us at: www.armatusoceanic.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ Further resources People mentionedAndrea Whitaker - Instagram and website Linda Ianniello - Website and book Richard Collins - Instagram The blackwater photo Facebook group Two papers that the team were involved with: Hydromedusae observed during night dives in the Gulf Stream Additional observations on hydromedusae during night dives in the Gulf Stream ------------------------------------------------------------------ CreditsTheme – Hadal Zone Express by Märvel Logo image - PRESSURISED Logo Edited by - Georgia Wells
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| Blackwater diving | 04 Nov 2024 | 01:08:15 | |
This month, we come face to face with deep sea species in our blackwater diving special.
Join us this episode as we jump into the fascinating world of blackwater diving, where expert scuba divers plunge into the open ocean at night in order to catch a glimpse of our favourite deep sea faces. We talk with expert blackwater divers to find out what it’s like to venture into the open ocean at night, when deep sea species rise from the depths to feed. How do they capture such remarkable photographs in such challenging conditions? What are some of their favourite species to encounter? What is it like to see bioluminescence in person and how is this related to science and the discovery of new species? Whether you’re a pro-diver yourself or prefer to stay dry, this episode is jam-packed with interesting stories and insights into this poorly understood environment. Thanks again for tuning in, we’ll deep-see you next time! ------------------------------------------------------------------ Support us by becoming a patron and joining our deep-sea community! We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us!
Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own comments on: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep up with the team on social mediaTwitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke | Thom - @ThomLinley | Georgia - @geeinthesea
Instagram: Georgia - @geeinthesea | Thom - @thom.linley Read the show notes and find out more about us at: www.armatusoceanic.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ Further resources NEWS/Articles mentionedShort story - Driftglass by Samuel R. Delaney, written in 1967 (page 141) and the podcast is here Deep sea species found in shallow waters by blackwater divers Deep sea species membranes - the news article and the published paper Ceph Ref - Demo site & GoFundMe People mentioned Andrea Whitaker - Instagram and website Linda Ianniello - Website and book Richard Collins - Instagram The blackwater photo Facebook group Two papers that the team were involved with: Hydromedusae observed during night dives in the Gulf Stream Additional observations on hydromedusae during night dives in the Gulf Stream Andrew Stewart - Curator of Fishes at Te Papa Museum, New Zealand Song of the month Baccano - Guns and Roses (Theme tune) ------------------------------------------------------------------ CreditsTheme – Hadal Zone Express by Märvel Logo image - Linda Ianniello Edited by - Georgia Wells | |||
| PRESSURISED: 051 - The great Australian deep with Todd Bond | 11 Oct 2024 | 00:25:39 | |
Our short and to the point PRESSURISED version of episode 51. If you don't have time for the full episode and want to get right to the science without any of our waffle, this is the place to be! Read the show notes and find the full episode here: https://www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/051-australian-deep With the professor momentarily pinned down in Perth, we thought it would be the ideal moment for him to talk to us all about his local waters, the great Australian deep sea.Did you know that 70% of Australian waters are deeper than 1000m? Now that’s a lot of deep sea! We hear from the Minderoo-UWA Deep Sea Research Centre’s deputy director, Dr Todd Bond about the huge array of marine geographical features and biodiversity in Australia’s waters. Plus, Alan clears up some ongoing Australian-isms that have left him confused.
Thanks again for tuning in, we’ll deep-see you next time! ------------------------------------------------------------------ Support us by becoming a patron and joining our deep-sea community! We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us! ------------------------------------------------------------------ Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own comments on:
Read the show notes and find out more about us at: www.armatusoceanic.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ People mentionedTodd Bond - Deep-sea ecologist & Deputy Director of the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre ----------------------------------------------------------- CreditsTheme – Hadal Zone Express by Märvel Logo image - The Deep-Sea Podcast Edited by - Georgia Wells | |||
| The great Australian deep with Todd Bond | 04 Oct 2024 | 01:08:52 | |
With the professor momentarily pinned down in Perth, we thought it would be the ideal moment for him to talk to us all about his local waters, the great Australian deep sea.
Did you know that 70% of Australian waters are deeper than 1000m? Now that’s a lot of deep sea! We hear from the Minderoo-UWA Deep Sea Research Centre’s deputy director, Dr Todd Bond about the huge array of marine geographical features and biodiversity in Australia’s waters. Plus, Alan clears up some ongoing Australian-isms that have left him confused. We also check in with our resident squid expert - Dr Kat Bolstad after the highly anticipated Squidtember comes to a close. Did you vote for your favourite squid, and if so, how did they score? We reckon Alan’s recent videos from the Tonga Trench (that he teased last episode) might’ve had a subtle influence… Thanks again for tuning in, we’ll deep-see you next time! ------------------------------------------------------------------ Support us by becoming a patron and joining our deep-sea community! We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us: Gaelle | Bharathy Singaravel ------------------------------------------------------------------ Feel free to get in touch with us with questions or your own comments on:
Read the show notes and find out more about us at: www.armatusoceanic.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ Further resources NEWS/Articles mentionedNew remote sensing technology allows for detailed measurements of deep-sea environments 100 million year old microbes found 75 m below the seabed are still alive Octopoteuthis - Same sex spermatangea implantation Ceph Ref - Demo site & GoFundMe ‘Puppet’ squid Grimalditeuthis - Article and MBARI video People mentioned Kat Bolstad - Head of AUT Squid Squad lab in Aukland, New Zealand Sarah McAnulty - Squid biologist, science communicator & purveyor of squid facts Meg Mindlin - Cephalopod biologist, illustrator, photographer & science communicator Ryan Howard - Cephalopod vision, AUT Squid Squad Todd Bond - Deep-sea ecologist & Deputy Director of the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre Andrew Stewart - Curator of Fishes at Te Papa Museum, New Zealand Song of the month Charlie the Unicorn - In the ocean blue ------------------------------------------------------------------ CreditsTheme – Hadal Zone Express by Märvel Logo image - The Deep-Sea Podcast Edited by - Georgia Wells | |||
| Tonga trench special | 13 Sep 2024 | 00:42:15 | |
We made it to episode 50 and managed to pin down the professor to tell us all about his adventures offshore in the world’s second deepest point: the Tonga trench.
Expect to hear all about how the colossal deep-sea expedition is going, including the time Alan piloted a submarine to 2000m, stumbled upon a rarely seen deep-sea squid, and made poor Steve’s life difficult (the onboard media guy). Life on land is also just as chaotic as Alan has been jetsetting all over the world, with his shiny new OBE medal safely tucked in his backpack pocket, plus a very mysterious scroll from the king arrived and is now living proudly in his downstairs loo. For those who really love the show, Alan shared with us pictures of all the species he found in the Tonga trench, and this extended video version of the episode is available now via our Patreon (and will be made publicly available on September 20th).
Thanks again for tuning in, we’ll deep-see you next time! ------------------------------------------------------------------ Support us by becoming a patron and joining our deep-sea community! We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us! ------------------------------------------------------------------ NEW MERCH DESIGNS Check out our podcast merch here! Which still includes Alan’s beloved apron. ------------------------------------------------------------------ GET IN TOUCH Email: podcast@armatusoceanic.com Twitter: @DeepSeaPod, @ArmatusO Facebook: DeepSeaPodcast, ArmatusOceanic Instagram: @deepsea_podcast, @armatusoceanic
Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley Georgia - @geeinthesea
Instagram: Georgia - @geeinthesea Thom - @thom.linley Read the show notes and find out more about us at: www.armatusoceanic.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- CreditsTheme – Hadal Zone Express by Märvel Logo image - Images courtesy of Alan Jamieson/UWA Deep Sea Research Centre/Inkfish Edited by - Georgia Wells
#deepsea #deepocean #tongatrench #hadal #hadalresearch #offshore #podcast #science #marinebiology #alanjamieson #thomaslinley #interview #scicomm | |||
| Squidtember with Kat Bolstad | 06 Sep 2024 | 00:25:16 | |
As it turns out, returning to life on land after a mega deep-sea expedition takes a lot of work! So, whilst we aren't quite ready to share with you our Tonga Trench special, here is a mini-episode to keep you busy until we get back to you with episode 50. We're talking all about SQUIDTEMBER with long-time friend of the show, Kat Bolstad from the AUT Squid Squad. Which squid will reign supreme come the end of the month? It's up to you to decide! You can find the links to vote, plus all of the other festivities here on the AUT Twitter page. Thom and Kat also tell us a little about their latest project... attempting to flirt with deep-sea squid. Light-up paddles are involved. Thanks so much for bearing with us whilst we get episode 50 together for you, we can't wait for you to hear it soon! Thanks again for tuning in, we’ll deep-see you next time! ------------------------------------------------------------------ Support us by becoming a patron and joining our deep-sea community! We want to say a huge thank you to those patrons who have already pledged to support us! ------------------------------------------------------------------ NEW MERCH DESIGNS Check out our podcast merch here! Which still includes Alan’s beloved apron. ------------------------------------------------------------------ GET IN TOUCH Email: podcast@armatusoceanic.com Twitter: @DeepSeaPod, @ArmatusO Facebook: DeepSeaPodcast, ArmatusOceanic Instagram: @deepsea_podcast, @armatusoceanic
Keep up with the team on social media Twitter: Alan - @Hadalbloke Thom - @ThomLinley Georgia - @geeinthesea
Instagram: Georgia - @geeinthesea Thom - @thom.linley Read the show notes and find out more about us at: www.armatusoceanic.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ People/labs mentionedKat Bolstad - Head of AUT Squid Squad AUT Lab for Cephalopod Ecology and Systematics Sarah McAnulty - Squid biologist and Science communicator CreditsTheme – Hadal Zone Express by Märvel Logo image - NOAA Edited by - Georgia Wells
#deepsea #deepocean #squidtember #squid #AUT #newzealand #colossalsquid #podcast #science #marinebiology #alanjamieson #thomaslinley #katbolstad #magnapinna #giantsquid #interview #scicomm | |||