In this episode, Craken chats to Peter Simek the Chief Executive Officer of EarthX. EarthX is a global meeting where investors, innovators, policymakers, and advocates can cut through polarization, find common ground, and advance pragmatic, market-based environmental solutions. Craken and Peter talk about this year's EarthX meeting (https://earthx.org/earthx2026/) and ways to get polarized sides to come to the table to talk about sustainability.

For more information on Earth X you can visit www.earthx.org.

For Peter Simek's contact details please visit

• www.earthx.org/team-member/peter-simek

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Finspan's first expansion, Sharks & Reefs release this month and the Designer Michael O'Connell is on the show talking to Dr Scarlett Smash and Dr Kraken.

Finspan Expansion: Players can now nurture colorful coral reefs in each of their ocean's three dive sites. Healthy reefs enable you to play powerful reef fish, unlock fish abilities, and score bonuses at the end of the game. Meanwhile, sharks scatter schools of young (to form even more schools elsewhere) and leave behind food scraps that any fish in your ocean can consume.

Designer Michael O'Connell and artists Ana María Martínez, Catalina Martínez, & Mesa Schumacher highlight a wide array of sharks and fish that coexist in the beautiful coral reefs of the world.

To play this expansion, you need the Finspan core game https://stonemaiergames.com/games/finspan/sharks-reefs-expansion/

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Dr Smash and Dr Kraken chat with Dr Naomi Rose, who gives us the latest information on the boat-ramming orcas off the coast of Spain and Gibraltar.

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Dr. David Gruber is the Founder & President of Project CETI (Cetacean Translation Initiative), a nonprofit, interdisciplinary scientific and conservation initiative on a mission to listen to and translate the communication of sperm whales, talks to Dr Smash and Dr Kraken about his breakthrough research on whale communication using cutting-edge AI, bioacoustics, and deep-field marine research.

Dr David Gruber - https://www.davidgruber.com

CETI - https://www.nationalgeographic.org/society/our-programs/ceti/

Recent winner of the Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize -https://tallberg-snf-eliasson-prize.org

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Dr Smash and Dr Kraken chat with Vincent Doumeizel, author of The Power of Plankton: How Plankton Made Life On Earth Possible and Why It's Key To Our Future. His book is a remarkable examination of one of the least known, yet most important, ecosystems on our planet; a timely exploration of the smallest life forms with the largest impact – and why the future of our planet may depend on them.

Vincent Doumeizel, Senior Adviser on the oceans to the United Nations Global Compact, former director of the Food Programme at the Lloyd's Register Foundation, and bestselling author of The Seaweed Revolution.https://unglobalcompact.org/take-action/ocean/doumeizel

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A year or so ago there was a sighting of orcas in Florida off the coast. On this episode Dr Smasha dn Dr Kraken tell the truth about orcas and if they can be found around the coast of Florida.

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Who was THE most sucessful pirate ever? Blackbeard? Captain Kidd? Jack Sparrow? No, it's Ching Shih - a pirate queen who held the whole of China to ransom. Dr Smash and Dr Craken talk about this famous historical figure who was the terror of the South China Sea.

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Dr Smash and Dr Craken chat to Eric Hovland, the shark and ray expert at Florida Aquarium. They discuss the sharks that can be found in Florida waters and the research that the aquarium is involved with.

They also have returning guest Jess Adanich, the organizer of the Sharkapalooza event (May 16, Coachman Park, Clearwater, Florida; https://www.sharkapalooza.org/) chatting about what shark-realted events and goodies that you will be able to find at the upcoming festival.

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