{"podcast":{"title":"Marine Conservation Happy Hour","slug":"marine-conservation-happy-hour-646575","podcast_index_feed_id":646575,"rss_url":"https://marineconservationhappyhour.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.absolutelysmashingllc.com/marineconservationhappyhour","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/e/a/b/8/eab86113c1b71f70d959afa2a1bf1c87/3000x3000.png","author":"E. Chris M. Parsons & Dr. Scarlett Smash","episode_count":300,"summary":"The Marine Conservation Happy Hour is a podcast that looks at the many different sides of Marine Science and Conservation in an informal setting - a during a pub Happy Hour, chatting casually over a few (or more) drinks. The show is co-hosted by @DrScarlettSmash and @Craken_McCraic. Everyone is a marine scientist who is passionate about the Ocean, marine mammals (whales, seals, dolphins, porpoises, polar bears and more), sharks and other fish, invertebrates (especially squid & octopuses because they are cool), and other marine biology things that live under the sea. Join us as we gossip about, for example, how shows like Game of Thrones are similar to Marine Conservation, the sex lives of sea creatures, hot marine science & conservation topics of the week and learn about the challenges of attaining a marine biology or conservation career. Podcast Owners, Creators, Producers, & Hosts: Dr Scarlett Smash and Dr Craken MacCraic. You can support the show at: www.patreon.com/marineconservation (c) ECM Parsons and Ashley Scarlett","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T14:18:17.439083+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marine-conservation-happy-hour-646575"},"episode":{"title":"Rice's Whale Update - International Whaling Commission","slug":"rice-s-whale-update-international-whaling-commission","published_at":"2026-06-17T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marine-conservation-happy-hour-646575/rice-s-whale-update-international-whaling-commission","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marine-conservation-happy-hour-646575","url":"https://marineconservationhappyhour.libsyn.com/rices-whale-update-international-whaling-commission","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/marineconservationhappyhour/iwc_ricewhale_update.mp3?dest-id=620148","summary":"The latest International Whaling Commission science report is out. Dr Scarlett Smash and Dr Craken talk about some of the highlights - including international concern about the US Government removing protection from the Rice's whale, the world's most endangered large whale, which is found only in US waters. Contact info@absolutelysmashingllc.com for more information about sponsoring MCHH episodes Dr Scarlett Smash Instagram Dr Scarlett Smash TikTok Dr Craken MacCraic Instagram MCHH Instagram MCHH Facebook Dr Scarlett Smash YouTube","meta_description":"The latest International Whaling Commission science report is out. Dr Scarlett Smash and Dr Craken talk about some of the highlights - including internati…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":635,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/marine-conservation-happy-hour-646575/episodes/rice-s-whale-update-international-whaling-commission/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marine-conservation-happy-hour-646575/rice-s-whale-update-international-whaling-commission.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}