Oct 31, 202613 minS1
Picture a kid at an aquarium in Durban, standing in front of the penguins with a pen and a postcard. She writes one sentence, a promise to change one habit for the ocean, and drops it into a little post box. More than a...
Science
How To Protect The Ocean
Hosted by Andrew Lewin · Science · EN
About this Podcast:
Dive into the Depths: Join Andrew Lewin on 'How to Protect the Ocean' – Your Gateway to Exclusive Ocean Insights! Explore the latest, uncharted realms of ocean science and conservation that you won't find anywhere else. Andrew takes you on an inspiring journey to uncover the hidden gems of oceanic discovery and initiatives. Tune in to discover how you can transform your life for a better ocean, one episode at a time. The How To Protect The Ocean is your resource to keep you informed on the latest ocean news; teach you how to speak up for the ocean; and, how you can take action to live for a better ocean. There is so much information on the ocean and the issues that are affecting it that it can be difficult to find optimism in the future of the ocean. Climate change, overfishing, plastic pollution, water pollution, and coastal development have altered the ocean in ways that have negatively changed the way we use it. The repercussions of climate change, including the ominous specter of rising sea levels, the relentless march of warming ocean temperatures, and the ominous shadow of ocean acidification, have not only altered the very fabric of our coastlines but have also conjured fiercer storms and summoned floods with growing frequency. The fossil fuel industry may whisper in your ear that the situation is insurmountable, an inescapable fate. However, this podcast is here to unveil a different narrative, one that empowers you to take action. It illuminates the path to change by casting your vote for leaders committed to implementing climate-rescuing policies and by offering invaluable insights into how each of us can shrink our individual carbon footprint. The grim reality of overfishing casts a long shadow, fueled by governmental shortcomings in the stewardship of both commercial and recreational fisheries. Within the delicate balance of our oceans, every fish population possesses a threshold - a point at which the relentless harvest of fishermen begins to erode their numbers. The management of these aquatic resources is a formidable task, as the elusive currents of the sea often defy easy tracking. Furthermore, the menace of illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing looms large in many nations, adding to the crisis. Yet, a glimmer of hope shines through the depths. A beacon for responsible consumption emerges in the form of seafood programs, guiding conscientious individuals toward choices that safeguard our oceans. By heeding these programs, you not only savor the delights of sustainable seafood but also become an informed guardian of marine ecosystems. The relentless scourge of plastic pollution has unleashed an epidemic of death upon the denizens of our oceans. It's a ruthless killer, claiming the lives of hundreds of thousands of marine mammals, majestic sharks, grandiose fish, gentle sea turtles, and the graceful sea birds that soar above. The malevolence of this crisis knows no bounds, with microplastics infiltrating even the remotest depths of the ocean and etching their presence along every coastline. To mount a defense against this ecological cataclysm, the clarion call for action echoes on the international and national stages. It beckons governments far and wide to adopt resolute policies, wielding the power to outlaw the menace of single-use plastics and demanding the meticulous detoxification of our supply chains. In this grand battle to safeguard our seas, the fight against plastic pollution knows no borders. The ominous specter of water pollution looms large, a consequence of our thoughtless disposal into the arteries of our planet – our streams, rivers, lakes, and oceans. This callous act reverberates, sending shockwaves through the intricate ecosystems of our coastal havens, where the likes of coral reefs, resilient mangroves, and swaying seagrasses thrive. But alas, this intrusion is not benign; it bears the capacity to corrode and dismantle these vital sanctuaries, the very lifeblood of countless
Pitch Analysis
Required Pod Score for this podcast. PitchCentric checks your profile against host openness, topical fit, and audience signals before you generate a pitch.
Contact path
Verified email
Booking probability
40%
Guest openness
Selective
80/100
Required Score
Sign up to generate a grounded pitch for How To Protect The Ocean.
Signup to Generate a PitchQuestions about How To Protect The Ocean
What is How To Protect The Ocean about?
Dive into the Depths: Join Andrew Lewin on 'How to Protect the Ocean', Your Gateway to Exclusive Ocean Insights! Explore the latest, uncharted realms of ocean science and conservation that you won't find anywhere else. Andrew takes you on an inspiring journey to uncover the hidden gems of oceanic discovery and initiatives.
Who hosts How To Protect The Ocean?
How To Protect The Ocean is hosted by Andrew Lewin. The show has published more than 1,000 episodes to date.
What has How To Protect The Ocean covered recently?
Recent episodes include "One Promise: How a Postcard Changed Behaviour for a Year" (31 October 2026, 13 minutes), "Why Saying "Fishing Is Bad" Backfires" (29 October 2026, 10 minutes), and "The Reef That Built Itself Back: Coral Recovery After Bleaching" (28 October 2026, 16 minutes).
How often does How To Protect The Ocean publish?
How To Protect The Ocean publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 21 minutes across more than 1,000 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on How To Protect The Ocean?
Booking probability for How To Protect The Ocean is 40%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. How To Protect The Ocean requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. How To Protect The Ocean's contact route on record: verified email.
Who should pitch How To Protect The Ocean?
The strongest fits for How To Protect The Ocean are Scientific Research & Development. How To Protect The Ocean has a science audience.
About the host
Andrew Lewin hosts How To Protect The Ocean, a science podcast with more than 1,000 episodes published.
Verified host email: ████████@████.comSign in to unlock →
Recent episodes
Our AI reads these to draft pitches. Use them as grounding for a pitch that cites a real guest and a specific topic.
Episode #2055
Why Saying "Fishing Is Bad" Backfires
Oct 29, 202610 minS1Picture a woman on a beach before sunrise, sorting the night's catch to feed her kids. Now picture a campaign poster that says "Stop eating fish." That poster just reached her. When conservation messages treat every...
- Oct 28, 202616 minS1
In 2023, a marine heat wave settled over Palmyra Atoll, a remote ring of coral islands about 1,000 miles south of Hawaii, and stayed for more than half a year. Some of the reef's most vibrant corals turned white. Joe...
Episode #2053
Why Nobody Can Name a Marine Protected Area
Oct 27, 202614 minS1Quick test: name one marine protected area in your country. If you came up blank, you're in good company. When an aquarium in Durban, South Africa surveyed its visitors, fewer than one in five could name a single MPA...
- Oct 26, 202657 minS1
Most people can't name a single marine protected area in their own country. Dr. Judy Mann-Lang found that out the hard way when she asked aquarium visitors to name one and they named the aquarium. With South Africa's...
View More
- Oct 22, 202615 minS1
In a single day in March 2024, Gambian navy officers arrested eight industrial trawlers. Seven were fishing in waters reserved for local canoes, four were using illegal nets, and every one had switched off its tracking...
Episode #2049
Whose Dinner Becomes Fish Feed?
Oct 21, 202620 minS1On a May morning in 2017, the people of Gunjur in The Gambia woke to find their lagoon had turned red, with dead fish on the surface. Investigators traced the pollution to a fishmeal plant up the road. In this episode...
- Oct 20, 202612 minS1
The family behind the world's largest salmon farming company built a global industry. Now one of its members is asking how it can be sustainable to grind up fish from poorer countries, ship them across the world, and...
- Oct 19, 20261h 6mS1
More than half the seafood eaten on Earth now comes from fish farms, and most of those farmed fish are raised on fishmeal made from wild-caught fish. Maya Martin, deputy editor at The Outlaw Ocean Project, joins Andrew...
- Oct 16, 202613 minS1
Picture a big sign over the seafood counter promising sustainable fishing, with a fish every independent guide says to avoid sitting on ice right below it. In most countries nobody broke a rule, because the word...
Episode #2045
Is Bottom Trawling Always Bad? It Depends Where
Oct 15, 202615 minS1Off the south coast of England, about 100 kilometres out, sits Haig Fras, a granite reef covered in jewel anemones and cup corals. For years it was protected on paper, yet heavy fishing gear could still drag across it...
Episode #2044
The Trapdoor That Saves Sea Turtles From Shrimp Nets
Oct 14, 202617 minS1A Kemp's ridley sea turtle, the most endangered sea turtle on Earth, gets swept into a shrimp trawl. It hits a metal grid, slides out through a flap in the net, and swims away. That small trapdoor, the turtle excluder...
- Oct 13, 202620 minS1
Five centuries ago, explorers off Newfoundland described cod so plentiful that a weighted basket lowered into the sea came back full. By July 2, 1992, so few remained that Canada shut the northern cod fishery overnight...
Episode #2039
The Whale Heart That Beats Twice a Minute
Oct 7, 202610 minS1Fill your hands with cold water, hold your breath, and press your face in. Your heart slows within seconds. That reflex lives in every whale in the ocean too, and in a blue whale it is pushed so far that the largest...
- Oct 6, 202611 minS1
A blue whale can swallow a volume of water bigger than its own body in a single gulp. That move, called lunge feeding, is one of the most extreme feats in the animal kingdom, and it only pays off when krill is packed...
Oct 5, 202651 minS1What happens to the heart of the largest animal on Earth when it charges into a swarm of krill? Dr. Ashley Blawas, a postdoctoral scholar in Jeremy Goldbogen's lab at Stanford's Hopkins Marine Station, joins Andrew to...
Oct 2, 202620 minS1In 1988, someone found a striped mussel the size of a fingernail in Lake St. Clair. Within a few years, zebra mussels coated pipes, boats, and the bottom of the Great Lakes, and they became the poster child for "it's...
Episode #2035
How Beach Cleanup Data Helped Canada Ban Plastic
Oct 1, 202615 minS1You rinse the yogurt tub, check the number on the bottom, and drop it in the blue bin. In Canada, only about 9% of plastic waste actually gets recycled, and the global rate is the same. Andrew breaks down why plastic is...
Episode #2034
What Happens to Fish When Our Pills Reach the Water?
Sep 30, 202619 minS1In 2001, government scientists started adding a tiny amount of the synthetic estrogen found in birth control pills to a remote lake in northwestern Ontario, at levels already measured in city wastewater. Within seven...
Episode #2033
How Did Humpback Whales End Up in New York Harbour?
Sep 29, 202616 minS1This summer, people are boarding whale watching boats and seeing humpbacks feeding in sight of the Manhattan skyline. Fifty years ago, that same water was an open sewer, and every toilet on Manhattan's West Side flushed...
Recent guests
Recent guests on How To Protect The Ocean. Study who booked and why before you pitch.
A
Andrew Lewin
host of 'How to protect the ocean', How to Protect the Ocean
A
Alexandre Mongeon
CEO and co-founder, Vision Marine Technologies
D
Dr. Rebecca Hubbard
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Certified Kemetic Yoga Instructor, Burnout Prevention Strategist and Speaker, High Seas Alliance
J
Jack Daly
retired U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander, Professional Sales Coach
Best industries to pitch How To Protect The Ocean for
PitchCentric classifies How To Protect The Ocean under these industries. Guests from them are the closest fit, and each links to the best podcasts in that industry.
Similar Podcasts
Shows with the most semantically similar episode content. Pitch one, pitch all; producers cluster.
More on Professional & Technical Services
Guides and articles for guests pitching shows like this one.
Podcasts like How To Protect The Ocean
Is this podcast yours and you'd like to remove or correct details? Request removal or email privacy@pitchcentric.com.
Questions about the free trial? See the pricing FAQ