Tales of the Sea

Unfathomable with author Mary Boone

If we're going to preserve and protect our oceans for generations to come, we need to start with the next generation, with curiosity as the entry point, and storytelling

Oyster Society with author Virginia Shaffer

My guest today has spent over a decade researching oysters, the people, the places, and the stories behind them. She's a food writer, a certified oyster sommelier, the fo

A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats

The other morning on my walk down Commercial Street here in Portland, I was watching the lobster boats unload at the wharf. Diesels were rumbling and seagulls circling, h

Survival at Sea "Rope" with Tim Queeney

Today I want to talk about a discovery humans have taken for granted for thousands of years — something woven into every great voyage in history. Every age of discovery,

Shipwrecks with James Delgado

Today we’re going to be talking about what I consider to be one of the most mysterious and fascinating subjects when it comes to the sea. Shipwrecks. What is it about a

Christmas at Sea

Many of you, I’m guessing, are familiar with the novel Treasure Island – the classic adventure of young Jim Hawkins who finds a map to a pirate’s buried treasure and emba

Jellyfish Mysteries

Today I want to take a look at those strange-looking, gelatinous, floating blobs in the sea that often look like deflated balloons with long strings attached. In fact, th

Reading the Glass

After 30 years on board a wide range of ships, my guest today, Capt. Elliot Rappaport has shared his knowledge of the weather in a fascinating and engaging narrative publ

Friends of Casco Bay

Today we’re going to be talking about an important Portland, Maine based organization that concentrates on the preservation and protection of the seas around us – The Fri

Caviar Dreams

Today we're going to be talking about caviar, salted, processed fish eggs, or roe, the only kind that can truly be called caviar. Because it comes from various species of

Atlantic Sea Farms

Today we're going to be talking about kelp. Yep, seaweed. Alright. Kelp is not synonymous with seaweed, but they are related, and those in the know tend to use the terms

Saltwater Classroom

I'm pleased to welcome as my guest today a multidisciplined and passionate advocate for the Sea, Alexandra Doudera. What Alexandra has accomplished in a very short period

Slippery Beast

Today’s topic is an aquatic creature that has been on the planet since the Cretaceous Period – that’s about 145 million years ago. Indigenous tribes in the state of Maine

Victory at Sea

A short time ago one of my sisters was looking through a box of correspondence – letters from my father to his sister in the days following World War II. That’s a lifetim

The Working Waterfront

The winter of 2023-24 saw a series of fierce storms that reshaped the main landscape. The storms battered landmarks and waterfront communities. Most of us hunkered inside

The Blue Economy

My guest today is an ocean policy specialist. He didn’t start there… after college Michael Conathan worked as a journalist, a children’s book editor, and a Hollywood Scre

Risky Business; The Secret Life of Lobsters

It might have been predicted that my guest today would become enchanted with the sea. As a young boy, while spending summers on an island off the idyllic coast of Maine,

Stars of the Sea

My guest today is Andrew McCracken, a current PhD student at the University of Vermont. Andrew is on a quest along with his fellow marine biologists to discover possible

How I stopped worrying and learned to love to fish.

My guest today took a highly unusual path to the sea. Anna Conathan is a standup comedienne, actor, television comedy writer, life-coach, and most recently a working ster

A big fish caught and a big dream lost.

Today, I want to talk about some unfinished business. In an earlier episode titled, “Men, Fish and Moby Dick” I got to spend time exploring Herman Melville’s impetus to w