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The Deep-Sea Podcast

The Deep-Sea Podcast

Written by: Thomas Linley
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 A couple of deep-sea scientists talk everything deep sea! Interesting facts, recent news, myth-busting and interviews with the most interesting people we know.Copyright 2024 All rights reserved. Biological Sciences Earth Sciences Science
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  • Giant Testate Protists with Professor Andrew Gooday

    Giant Testate Protists with Professor Andrew Gooday
    Jan 9 2026
    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: Squids hiding under the sea floor, pretending to be plantsA rare seven-armed octopus sightingDeep-sea art that highlights the effects of coral dredgingMissing zombie worms and expanding oxygen minimum zonesNew Whale Tags helping with deep-sea data recoveryA massive white skate nursery and Canada’s first hydrothermal site Discord update The Deep-Sea Pets Channel continues to give back with excellent photos of our fav friendsOur Holiday party was a total success, with many episodes of Octonauts watched and ‘enjoyed’ by allWe assessed some of the ‘animal saving’ videos, as discussed by Tyler on the Mythbusting AI episode. Excellent Dragon-based book recommendations. We all wished we could visit Thom’s New show opening at Te Papa.Thom shared a beautiful video about Antarctica from his Falkor Too trip last year. Planning a Time Machine to scuba dive ancient seas, study the squid therein, and then hop on a boat trip with Darwin. TBOS and KBOS brushes of science versus various squid photos. Compared holiday baking recipes Photos and observations shared from SOA divestream viewingAnd, as always, vicarious travel to aquariums around the world! 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. 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 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 News Deep 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 Scientists Uncover Massive Deep-Sea Eggs Inside on Active Volcano Thought to Be Extinct for Centuries Discord Updates Inside Breathe: Mauri Ora at Te Papa | RNZ Crossing the Divide | Climate Connections at the Ice-Sea Interface Interview Links Paleodictyon - Wikipedia Paleodictyon nodosum: A living fossil on the deep-sea floor Massive occurrence of a new soft-walled monothalamous foraminifer, Bathyallogromia brandtae n.sp., in the hadal Aleutian trench An Integrative Taxonomic Survey of Benthic Foraminiferal Species (Protista, Rhizaria) from the Eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone 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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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • PRESSURISED: 064 – Cephstravanganza with Professor Kat Bolstad

    PRESSURISED: 064 – Cephstravanganza with Professor Kat Bolstad
    Dec 20 2025
    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: podcast@deepseapod.com 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 Unseen Ocean Collective 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 Squidfacts.net Kristina Fleetwood Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary Décima lab website Meg Mindlin Invertibabe Toni’s socials Twitter, ResearchGate ORCID Toni’s Research Group Funcionamiento y Vulnerabilidad de Ecosistemas Marinos | Institut de Ciències del Mar Other Links Breathe | Mauri Ora | Te Papa @Tailsfromthedeep Global biodiversity of the genus Ommastrephes (Ommastrephidae: Cephalopoda): an allopatric cryptic species complex Mitochondrial genome diversity and population structure of the giant squid Architeuthis Spatial ecology of Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus in Mediterranean deep-water environments: implications for designing no-take marine reserves (MEPS) Diel and seasonal patterns of Nephrops norvegicus (Decapoda: Nephropidae) catchability in the western Mediterranean Antarctic octos as records and predictors of climate-related changes in the Antarctic “Emerging evidence of abrupt changes in the Antarctic environment“ Danna Staaf books Cephalopod camouflage bibliography on Zotero AUT Lab for Cephalopod Ecology & Systematics aka AUT ‘Squid Squad’ Cephalopod Images and Footage Keishu Asada Instagram CIAC 2025 website, programme, book of abstracts https://www.ryo-minemizu.com/ Keishu Asada Marine Videos Keishu Asada Instagram @PeterandtheOctopus 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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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Cephstravanganza with Professor Kat Bolstad

    Cephstravanganza with Professor Kat Bolstad
    Dec 6 2025
    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: Deep diving manta rays using the ocean bottom to navigateA newly launched AI tool to map the Deep- SeaBright blue mud filled with fat molecules indicating life in the deepCorals and Crinoids sharing symbionts and cycling nitrogenAnd an update from the Unseen Ocean Collective about the work they are creating for a show in Juneau Alaska in 2026. On the Discord, we’ve been busy with: Voting on the Holiday Party movieStarted a long overdue ART channel, and a new Pets channelPhoto tours of submersibles and Okinawa Early Holiday celebrations by one of our hostsGreat feedback and conversation on our last episode. 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: podcast@deepseapod.com 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 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 Fat Molecules in Deep-Sea Mud Volcanoes Reveal How Microbes Survive Extreme Conditions | Discover Magazine Putative promiscuous symbionts in deep-sea corals and crinoids may contribute to nitrogen cycling | Microbiome Unseen Ocean Collective Unseen Ocean Collective. Unseen Ocean Collective (@unseenoceancollective) • Instagram photos and videos https://bsky.app/profile/unseenocean.bsky.social Discord Updates Holiday 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 Squidfacts.net Kristina Fleetwood Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary Décima lab website Meg Mindlin Invertibabe Toni’s socials Twitter, ResearchGate ORCID Toni’s Research Group Funcionamiento y Vulnerabilidad de Ecosistemas Marinos | Institut de Ciències del Mar Other Links Breathe | Mauri Ora | Te Papa @Tailsfromthedeep Global biodiversity of the genus ...
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    1 hr and 55 mins
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