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The Deep-Sea Podcast

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A punk take on a science podcast about everything deep sea. New episodes every month! Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Everywhere else Dr Thom can be found at @thomaslinley.com linktr.ee/deepsea_podcast

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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 21/09/2026
Be honest now, who fell for the #anglerfish in #SOMA? In our latest episode we interviewed #frictionalgames Thomas Grip, creative lead on SOMA. Join us in the Arc at deepseapod.com or all the usual #podcast places.
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 18/09/2026
In our latest Deco-stop episode, we talk with #frictionalgames Thomas Grip, lead designer on #SOMA, about the #deepsea themes in the game. Deep philosophical themes in an environment inspired by real #deepocean #technology. Join us in the Arc over at deepseapod.com
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 22/08/2026
The kitchen brush of science! Sometimes you gotta put a $1 kitchen brush on a million dollar vehicle...for science On the latest episode, JRod tells us about thinking outside the box to get a DNA sample from a #strawberrysquid Video credit: @schmidtocean.bsky.social
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 21/08/2026
Legendary #ROV pilot JRod shares one of his favourite memories of filming a #glassoctopus while his family was watching over #youtube Check out the full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=-NJl... Footage credit @schmidtocean.bsky.social
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 21/08/2026
We're now on #substack, come along for updates right to your inbox. thedeepseapodcast.substack.com/p/the-deep-s...
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Lisa @tuexplorer1.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
My friend Jrod (& the best ROV pilot ever) did an awesome interview that dropped today w/ @deepseapod.com . Available on other podcast platforms, too! open.spotify.com/episode/0CdK...
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How to Pilot an ROV with JRod
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 01/08/2026
Bro' that snail is OP! The #scalyfootsnail dominates the board in the award-winning #Endeavor: #DeepSea. We catch up with the games creators #wellycon to talk about how the #deepocean and #research are represented in their #boardgame. Check it out in our latest episode.
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 27/07/2026
Did you check out our latest episode with Deco-stop on deep-sea-inspired #boardgames? @anarchytabletop.bsky.social, the co-designer of #Finspan, shares how the game developed such a #deepsea focus. Listen to the whole episode here: www.deepseapod.com/episodes/dec...
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 01/07/2026
An amazing mug appears in the fish room! A tribute to our very own Andrew from the legendary @stickfigurefish.bsky.social Andrew ordered some fishy mugs and a mysterious 3rd mug was in the box! Check out our latest #podcast #episode to hear Andrew sharing is love of #anglerfish
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 20/06/2026
Have you checked out our latest episode on #deepsea #anglerfish? We talk with a couple of their biggest fans and learn about odd jaws, mysterious corruncles and a sinister anus?! www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU5T...
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 16/06/2026
Oh lordy, here he comes!🎣🐟 For our latest #podcast episode on the #deepsea #anglerfish, who better to talk to than some of their biggest fans. James Mclaine and our very own Andrew Stewart are gushing about these #deepocean specialists. Listen here: www.deepseapod.com/episodes/069
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Dr Thom @thomaslinley.com · 31/05/2026
#wellycon #boardgame con is on this weekend and I caught up with the creators of #EndevourDeepSea for @deepseapod.com. For the cons special edition card they wanted to showcase New Zealand marine science and ended up using our expedition. ...where do I put this on the impact reporting?
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Failure To Launch Podcast @failuretolaunch.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
New episode! We had Dr. Alan Jamieson from the @deepseapod.com on to talk about exploring the deep sea and how it is alarmingly close to what the first astronauts and cosmonauts went through. Also a lot of fun chatting on the different engineering behind spacecraft and submersibles.
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Deep Sea & Space (w. Dr Alan Jamieson)
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 22/05/2026
#ComingSoon, a whole #deepsea #podcast episode on #games Jose, developer of subROV, talks with us about working with #scientists to make his marine exploration #sim as accurate as possible. Even better, the game is currently in the #Steam ocean #sale. store.steampowered.com/app/1648760/...
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 08/05/2026
#art and #science combine in our interview with the @unseenocean.bsky.social Check out deepseapod.com or wherever you get your podcasts. #podcast #deepsea #sciecomm
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 27/03/2026
In the latest episode we talk with a #deepsea legend Nigel Merritt. He shares a career that spans whaling, months on a vessel with no common language, and pioneering methods that have shaped how we understand the #deepocean. Find it in #podcast places. www.deepseapod.com/episodes/67
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 18/03/2026
Sorry the next episode still isn't out, @thomaslinley.com is still out chasing #ColossalSquid Buuuut..... @hadalbloke.bsky.social is on the latest episode of the #Oceanography #Podcast by Pineforest Media talking about #deepocean #tech to tide you over. open.spotify.com/episode/2Zhs...
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Octism Queen @snowqueenofhoth.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Hank, you need to talk to Dr. Alan Jamieson about this!!!! @deepseapod.com
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 11/03/2026
The next episode is recorded but @thomaslinley.com been a little too busy for the edit. Coming soon hopefully! Buuuuuut..... Thom's on the latest episode of the #Oceanography #Podcast by Pineforest Radio talking about what the #deepsea is really like. #deepocean open.spotify.com/episode/2tMJ...
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AUT Squid Squad @autsquidsquad.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
T -5 days to the next voyage! Want to know the story of #ProjectESCA? @thomaslinley.com and I chatted about how we got here on the @deepseapod.com in honor of the colossal squid's 100th birthday www.deepseapod.com/episodes/056...
The #ProjectESCA team flank a life-sized plush colossal squid on a sofa in a ship lounge. A mysterious cardboard hammerhead shark hat lurks behind
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 12/01/2026
I know I give generative AI a hard time but it worries me how completely people have already made it part of their workflow when it's so cheerfully and confidently wrong.
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 11/01/2026
The coolest things that no one is talking about. What if we told you there were giant single cells in #deepsea that can reach over 20 cm www.deepseapod.com/episodes/065 📸 NOAA public domain 1 of 3
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 21/11/2025
What’s it like to grow up in a culture with no concept of the ocean and then find yourself 5km under it? On our Deco-Stop episode, we talk to Dr Yakup Niyazi about just that! Listen to the full episode here: www.deepseapod.com/episodes/dec... #deepsea #podcast #submersible
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 18/10/2025
When a paragraph of text can make an image believable enough to fool nanna on Facebook, how can we help our listeners spot fakes. @TylerGreenfieId joins us again to help us tell the megs from the mermaids. www.deepseapod.com/episodes/062... #podcast #AIArt #AIHoax #cryptozoologist
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 15/10/2025
Johanna was the first person to use our new #deepsea answerphone to tell us about her @schmidtocean.bsky.social expedition going #viral in #Argentina. A whole country following #deepocean exploration together. Check our the full episode and our wider reading here: www.deepseapod.com/episodes/062...
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 18/09/2025
All these people (one of them me) being discussed in the New Zealand parliament have appeared on the podcast.... coincidence?! Check out the latest episode to find out why. www.deepseapod.com/episodes/062...
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 17/09/2025
Could the #megalodon still be out there, hiding in the deep ocean trenches? 🦈 We speak with #paleontologist 🦖 and #cryptozoologist Tyler GreenfieId about his work on megalodon. Listen to the full episode and wider reading here: www.deepseapod.com/episodes/062... 📸Challenger Expedition
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Unseen Ocean Collective @unseenocean.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Introducing the Unseen Oceans Collective! Formed in 2026 this collective is bringing deep-ocean fine art and science events to international venues in 2025 and 2026. #sciart #scienceartists #unseenoceancollective #deep-sea #womeninscience #deepocean
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 06/08/2025
Long-term collabo-friend and #podcast Discord den-mother Meghan is nailing it right now.
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 06/08/2025
#artists 🖌️ who love the #deepsea, #deepocean #scientists 🥼 who love #art, listen up!
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 05/08/2025
New episode out now in all podcast places! They're only 1% of the planet but the #hadal trenches are hotspots of #remineralisation. 🦠 It's tiny processes at an enormous scale and crucial for our planet. We also have a #blobfish special guest! deepseapod.podbean.com/e/trench-nut...
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 11/07/2025
Learn all about the incredible biodiversity and unique challenges of #MesophoticReefs with @kaithefishguy.bsky.social on the new #DeepSea #Podcast episode. Plus, discover their unexpected links to the aquarium trade. Listen: deepseapod.podbean.com/e/mesophotic... 📷 Yi-Kai Tea #marinescience
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 15/06/2025
Meet our guest! Georgia Nester is a postdoctoral researcher at #UniversityofWesternAustralia and some sort of sorceress who can get water to confess what's been swimming in it. #eDNA open.spotify.com/episode/2XQv...
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 06/06/2025
#newepisode just dropped! Environmental #DNA or #eDNA is the study of genetic material in the #environment. How can we apply it to the #deepsea? Revealing the hidden majority, changes through time and community structure, the possibilities seem endless. open.spotify.com/episode/2XQv...
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 26/03/2025
I hope I didn't break anything... Check out the new handle! The Deep-Sea Podcast has its own domain! Website and other exciting things to follow. On #BlueSky you can now find Thom @thomaslinley.com and the #podcast here at @deepseapod.com
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 20/03/2025
Our beloved #Blobfish has been voted the #NZFishoftheYear! Second place went to the #OrangeRoughy, proving people love the #deepsea. Check out our #CoffeeWithAndrew episode about the origin of that iconic image. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ilwh...
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 21/02/2025
New #podcast episode just dropped, coming to you live from #Antarctica! We talk to @notothentoma.bsky.social about the amazing adaptations of #Antarctic #fish: Clear blood, antifreeze and parental care. www.armatusoceanic.com/podcast/055-...
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Fishes of Antarctica — Armatus Oceanic
We talk to Antarctic fishes expert Thomas Desvignes about the fishes that are only found there and their amazing adaptations.
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 10/01/2025
⚠️NEW EPISODE⚠️ We join The Professor & Dr Thom live from Antarctica for this month's episode of The Deep-Sea Podcast. Find out about the deep waters of Antarctica in under 30 mins in our to-the-point version of our latest episode. Listen: bit.ly/4fIcB4P 📸 Inkfish/UWA
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 03/01/2025
⚠️NEW EPISODE⚠️ With The Professor down in Antarctica, we’ve got an update live from the field! We talk Antarctic sub-dives, below-freezing trenches, unexpected uses of glacial ice & the importance of growing a beard… Listen here: bit.ly/4fIcB4P 📸 Inkfish/Minderoo-UWA Deep Sea Research Centre
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054 - Going to Antarctica — Armatus Oceanic
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 N...
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 18/12/2024
🪸CORALS 101🪸 In our most recent episode, we talked about all things corals - their biology, ecology and importance in our marine ecosystems. Want to find out more? Listen to the whole episode here: bit.ly/4ilUTGD 📸 Ocean Exploration Trust
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 11/12/2024
MEET OUR GUEST! Dianne "Di" Tracey is a deep-sea scientist at NIWA with a long career in fisheries and coral research. Alongside her work, Di is active in supporting women in science. Listen to her interview about deep-water corals here: bit.ly/4ilUTGD 📸 NIWA
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 06/12/2024
🪸NEW EPISODE🪸 This month we cover the hugely important (yet often not well-known) deep-water corals. These incredibly long-lived ecosystem engineers are vital to deep-sea habitats & we learn why with Di Tracey. Listen now: bit.ly/4ilUTGD 📸 Ocean Exploration Trust
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 04/12/2024
DEEP, DARK AND DISORIENTATING Whilst blackwater diving looks incredible, you've definitely got to be brave to scuba dive in the open ocean at night! Here's to all of the blackwater divers out there! Listen to our episode on blackwater diving here: bit.ly/40C9YOd 📸 Linda Ianniello
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 27/11/2024
A WHOLE NEW WORLD The open ocean is often overlooked, and blackwater divers are helping to bring this important environment to our attention. Listen to our blackwater diving episode here: bit.ly/40C9YOd 📸 Linda Ianniello
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 26/11/2024
That's EXACTLY what a giant sea spider would say...
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C. Chen @ Jamsteeeec @squamiferum.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
[New Paper] Comprehensive survey of Sumisu Caldera hot vent on Izu Arc increases known animal species from 9 to 54, making it the most species-rich vent in the NW Pacific! >25 are endemics to chemosynthetic ecosystems. OPEN ACCESS in Aquatic Conservation: doi.org/10.1002/aqc....
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 22/11/2024
☕️COFFEE WITH ANDREW☕️ Have you missed Andrew as much as we have? Well, he's back with another story in this month's Coffee with Andrew! In this month's segment, we quiz Andrew on some questionable common names of fish (including some that he's personally responsible for!) Watch it now ⬇️
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Hana Ayoob @hanaayoob.co.uk · 20/11/2024
ScienceWrite, a UK scheme for aspiring STEM writers from minoritised backgrounds, is open for 2025 applications! The 3rd year @romatheengineer.bsky.social & I are running this, with support from @royalsociety.bsky.social & I am SO EXCITED Deadline 3rd Jan #SciComm 🧪 www.sciencewrite.co.uk
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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 18/11/2024
DIVING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN AT NIGHT?! Expert diver Andrea Whitaker talks us through the intricacies of blackwater diving, and how it differs from other types of scuba diving. Listen to the episode now: bit.ly/40C9YOd 📸 Linda Ianniello #deepsea #podcast #scicomm #sciencecommunication
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