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What the Coast Is Worth: How a Dollar Number Is Already Funding Its Protection
Season 1 Episode 2026
A boat's wake looks harmless right up until you watch it happen over and over. Every wake a boat throws off chips away at a shoreline that took centu…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Red Tide, Decoded: Why It Isn't Random, and How to Track It
Season 1 Episode 2024
No smell. No warning. Just a beach full of people who start coughing at the same time, grab their towels, and leave. That's red tide, and it feels co…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Nature's Kidneys: How Coastal Wetlands Stop Ocean Pollution
Season 1 Episode 2023
Green water. A smell that won't go away. Sometimes, dead fish washing up on shore. That's what too much nitrogen does to a coastline, and it's easy t…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Blue Nitrogen: The Nutrient Story Coastal Wetlands Have Been Hiding
Season 1 Episode 2023
Every time this podcast talks about coastal wetlands, the conversation goes straight to carbon. Marshes, mangroves, and seagrasses pull carbon dioxid…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
Who Pays for Plastic? Inside the Law Quietly Shifting the Bill to Producers
Season 1 Episode 2022
For decades, the honest answer to "who pays to deal with plastic packaging once it leaves the shelf" was taxpayers, quietly, through municipal budget…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Inside Ocean Conservancy's Fight to Make Washing Machine Filters the Law
Season 1 Episode 2021
Ocean Conservancy's "Not Safe for Wash" campaign is built around a simple premise: the fix for washing machine microfiber pollution already exists, s…
3 weeks ago
Your Washing Machine Sheds Up to 18 Million Microfibers a Load
Season 1 Episode 2020
Every wash cycle sheds plastic. Last Monday, Andrew talked with Dr. Anja Brandon of Ocean Conservancy about microfiber pollution, and one question fr…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Can Bacteria Actually Eat Plastic?
Season 1 Episode 2019
Bacteria that eat plastic sounds like the fix everyone's been waiting for, and Andrew gets sent videos about it constantly. So on this solo episode, …
3 weeks, 2 days ago
The 90 Percent Fix Hiding in Your Laundry Room
Season 1 Episode 1991
Every time you run a load of laundry, your washing machine sheds plastic. Not metaphorically: synthetic clothing made from polyester, nylon, and rayo…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
A New PBS Documentary Wants You to Care About Coral. Meet the Man Behind It.
Season 1 Episode 2017
A new documentary called Descent – Into the Blue starts airing on public television stations nationwide on September 1, 2026. It's narrated by Peter …
4 weeks ago