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Caption: Free the Arctic 30, Credit: Greenpeace International
World Ocean Radio often touches upon "values," principles which guide our social, political, financial and communal interests. Value shifts such as...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2013
  • Length: 04:59
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The "silk road" of Marco Polo's 13th century journey to the East is being revived, as is its ocean parallel, the "maritime silk road" which is fast...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 05:11
Caption: America's Cup 2013 | San Francisco  Bay, Credit: SailWorld.com
The spectacle of the America's Cup concluded in September in San Francisco Bay, bringing to a close the high stakes game of capital enterprise and ...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2013
  • Length: 04:55
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"Globalization" is a term embroidered in meaning and often misunderstood. Is globalization a modern phenomenon or a function of history? In this ep...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2013
  • Length: 04:55
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will assert that there is nothing to be gained from our short-term avoidance and denial of o...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2013
  • Length: 05:10
Caption: Gezhou Hydropower Dam, China's largest hydro-electric dam on the Yangtze River, Credit: CsanyiGroup | http://ow.ly/p8g8g
In the past decade, dams have been targeted as outdated, inefficient energy providers with serious impacts for the immediate and downstream environ...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2013
  • Length: 05:15
Caption: Image courtesy of NASA/SSAI, Credit: Hal Pierce
Today we live with the weather as never before. Access to weather information is all around us. The news is continuously driven not just by more s...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 05:05
Caption: Floating Classroomm, Credit: Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss the stark juxtaposition of two ocean stories, extreme in their differences, lin...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2013
  • Length: 05:20
Caption: A marine counterpart to actinomycetes: a new genus, Salinosporamide A, a compound isolated from one of the strains that proved most potent against cancer cells. , Credit: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
The ocean is a valuable resource for new medicines, treatment for present and future diseases, and is a potential major contributor for the future ...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2013
  • Length: 05:32
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There is no single fix to deal with the many challenges facing the world ocean. The ocean community has identified various strategies such as mitig...

  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 05:13
Caption: Photo courtesty of ISSF, Credit: Andy Maluche
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss efforts being made my Interpol and other organizations to combat unreported fis...

  • Added: May 07, 2013
  • Length: 05:14
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We continue to look for solutions to our most pressing future challenges: fresh water, food, energy, health, and security. In this episode of World...

  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 05:34
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The crisis of water is an indisputable one, as evidenced by a public increasingly aware of the urgency of ocean and fresh water issues. In this epi...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2013
  • Length: 05:26
Caption: Global Ocean Commission
There are many organizations, conferences and commissions dedicated to ocean policy, research and education. Yet public perceptions of ocean issues...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 05:11
Caption: TechTalkLiveLogo
Biometrics Gone Touchy Looky, The Amazing Multi-Core Processing Power, Sporting events streamed live onto many TV Station websites, Are you infecte...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2013
  • Length: 49:34
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The maritime industry is a major index of the health of the global economy and is a significant economic contributor to employment the world over. ...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2013
  • Length: 06:40
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The Ocean Health Index defines a healthy ocean as one that sustainably delivers a range of benefits to people both now and in the future. World Oce...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2013
  • Length: 06:14
Caption: Shell Alaska's earlier drilling program in the Chukchi Sea , Credit: Royal Dutch Shell
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will argue that it is time for the Obama administration to declare the waters of the Arctic ...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 06:37
Caption: Nemo, Nautilus and Squid. , Credit: Illustration by John Joyce © 2006
The sea has been a source of storytelling and real-time adventure tales since the beginning of narrative and most every culture has its archetypal ...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 06:18
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss a system which does on occasion fail us, if we don't fail it first; and he'll a...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 05:37
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Some thoughts on the Mike Daisey situation from a fellow monologist with approximately one-fortieth the level of fame and notoriety as Mike Daisey.

  • Added: Mar 20, 2012
  • Length: 22:23
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The Panel of Distinguished Experts tackles one of the most thorny ethical issues of our time.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2012
  • Length: 11:11
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The working conditions of those who manufacture the products of technological innovator Apple are brutal.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2012
  • Length: 04:53
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
James Rollins discussed atavism in the Alter of Eden.

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  • Added: Apr 08, 2010
  • Length: 22:24
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Deborah Hersman
The chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board discusses controversies at her agency.

  • Added: Nov 24, 2009
  • Length: 54:00