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by Jess Hamilton
A podcast about seaweed and people. It's for you if you're interested in what seaweed is, how it works in ecosystems, growing it for food or climate solutions, regenerating coastlines and the intersection of science, art and culture.
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- Sep 30, 202624 min
25: Eating cephalopods & labelling seafood with Zoe Doubleday
Ep 25 🐙🌱 In part 2 of this chat with marine ecologist Zoe Doubleday, we start by asking - is eating a giant cuttlefish OK?! Among many things, Zoe’s contributed research to cephalopod fisheries and octopus aquaculture. She shares insights into the opportunities and challenges of humans starting to farm a new animal for the first time, and whether Australia’s new seafood labeling regulations are enough. Zoe Doubleday is a marine ecologist who leads the Marine Research for Innovative Solutions Lab at Adelaide University (www.marislab.org). She’s an awarded ‘Superstar of STEM’, and is driven by a mission to ensure that science reaches communities, and is not hidden behind closed doors. You can find Zoe on LinkedIn or @drzoedoubleday on Instagram. You can find and contact me @seaweed.people, follow Quiet Night on Substack or buy a hoodie here! Donate to support the making of this show at buymeacoffee.com/seaweedpeople. Dr Zoe Doubleday - InstagramZoe’s Linked InMARIS Lab (Marine Research for Innovative Solutions)GoodFish Sustainable Seafood GuideNew seafood country-of-origin labelling in Australian hospitality venues (ABC)New seafood labelling - info for restaurants and suppliersFalse Bay's great white sharks have vanished, and the answer may be in our fish and chips (ABC) and the radio doco is hereThis episode was recorded and produced on Gadigal & Bidjigal Country. I acknowledge and pay respects to First Nations people and their elders past and present as the ongoing custodians of Sea, Land and Sky Country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Sep 17, 202631 min
24: Giant cuttlefish & the algal bloom with Zoe Doubleday
Ep 24 🫧🦑 Giant cuttlefish! This episode’s for you if you’re a cephalopod head , if you’re curious how octopus or cuttlefish can change textures or colours, and if you want to know what it’ll take to list the world’s largest aggregation as a species of concern. We talk about the disappearance of the Spencer Gulf giant cuttlefish aggregation this year, and some of the solutions and interventions that have been tested to mitigate the impacts of the algal bloom in South Australia. Zoe Doubleday is a marine ecologist who leads the Marine Research for Innovative Solutions Lab at Adelaide University. She’s an awarded ‘Superstar of STEM’, and is driven by a mission to ensure that science reaches communities, and is not hidden behind closed doors. You can find Zoe on LinkedIn or @drzoedoubleday on Instagram. You can find and contact me @seaweed.people, follow/support Quiet Night on Substack or **buy a hoodie here!** Donate to support the making of this show at buymeacoffee.com/seaweedpeople. Some links to things we covered in this ep: MARIS Lab (Marine Research for Innovative Solutions)Giant Australian CuttlefishGreat Southern Reef Foundation - Giant Cuttlefish updates September 2026The Conversation - Australia is home to the only mass cuttlefish gathering in the world. This year these giants didn’t returnSA Governments algal bloom info pageThe bubble curtain This episode was recorded and produced on Gadigal & Bidjigal Country. I acknowledge and pay respects to First Nations people and their elders past and present as the ongoing custodians of Sea, Land and Sky Country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Jun 10, 202632 min
Asparagopsis & the anthropocene - HoldFast part 2
🧑🎨🪸 Welcome to Part 2 of our conversation for HoldFast! You’ll like this episode if you’re curious about the thermal tolerance of kelps and a vision of the near future from a molecular ecologist, if you want a first-hand account of managing a coral restoration project during a cyclone, if you find the word ‘hydrocommons’ alluring. We hear from Leza Howie, Josephine Johnson and Nicole Steenhoff, three WA-based artists who have organised the HoldFast exhibition in Walyalup (Fremantle). We hear stories from Norway from Dr. Antoine Minne, dip into coral restoration with Research Director of WAMSI, Dr. Jenny Shaw, and - last but not least - we get an insight into asparagopsis (beyond the methane story!) from Tom Puddy, managing director of SeaStock. Find out more about HoldFast here. You can find and contact me @seaweed.people. Donate to support the making of this show at buymeacoffee.com/seaweedpeople. Links to guests and other stuff in this ep: Leza Howie - artistNicole Steenhof - artistJosephine Johnson - artistDr. Antoine MinneGecokelp Project - Kelp forests in the anthropoceneWhite Rock - short film by the Great Southern Reef FoundationBodies of Water, Human Rights and the Hydrocommons - Astrida NeimanisSeaStockSeaStock’s Asparagopsis red pigmentThis episode was recorded and produced on Gadigal & Bidjigal Country. I acknowledge and pay respects to First Nations people and their elders past and present as the ongoing custodians of Sea, Land and Sky Country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Jun 7, 202631 min
Creativity, community & molecular ecology - HoldFast part 1
🧑🎨🪸 This conversation is SO full of seaweed people I had to split it into two episodes. You’ll like this part if you’re interested in kelp forests growing on ancient coral beds, Scottish seaweed mythology, seaweed robots and trumpets, biobanking, how kelp makes babies, and stories about connecting scientists with communities and artists. We hear from two artists - Leza Howie and Josephine Johnson - who along with Nicole Steenhoff have organised the HoldFast exhibition in Walyalup (Fremantle) WA. Also joining us are molecular ecologist Dr. Antoine Minne and Research Director of WAMSI, Dr. Jenny Shaw. Find out more about HoldFast here. You can find and contact me at quietnightin.substack.com or @seaweed.people on Instagram. Donate to support the making of this show at buymeacoffee.com/seaweedpeople. Links to guests and other stuff in this ep: Leza Howie - artistJosephine Johnson - artistDr. Antoine MinneAbrolhos islands Ecklonia brevipesDr. Jenny Shaw - Research Director, WAMSISeeing Change: A photographic story from Abrolhos fishersThe Nuckelavee (Scottish mythology)The Tangie (Scottish mythology)Posidonia Australia: Prototype for Listening - Catherine HighamThis episode was recorded and produced on Gadigal & Bidjigal Country. I acknowledge and pay respects to First Nations people and their elders past and present as the ongoing custodians of Sea, Land and Sky Country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Mar 26, 202638 min
Compostable seaweed plastic with Sway (Alyssa Pace)
This one’s for anyone who doesn’t want to consume 12kg of plastic, who likes the idea of the ocean as hero not victim, who’s into zines and radical imagination and composting. We're talking seaweed bioplastic! ♻️🦋Sway is a material innovation company scaling compostable solutions for plastic made with seaweed. Their products match the performance of conventional plastics and plug into existing infrastructure - but unlike conventional plastics, Sway’s materials are made from regenerative seaweed and can be composted after use. Alyssa Pace, Sway’s Head of Marketing and Comms, is here to tell us all about it. You can find Sway at swaythefuture.com on or socials @swaythefuture, and Alyssa on LinkedIn. You can find and contact me @seaweed.people or jessica-hamilton.com. Donate to support the making of this show at buymeacoffee.com/seaweedpeople. Links to other stuff in this ep: Leah Thomas (Greengirl Leah - Intersectional environmentalism)Four wings of movement collaboration (the butterfly) - Christine Tyler HillLeah Penniman - Soul Fire FarmCreating a New Sargassum Value Chain in Puerto Rico | NewlabRegenerative organic certificationSeaTreesNative ConservancySway - Impact & guiding principles Macro Oceans Sway x Umaro Foods - extracting proteins from seaweed and turning them to foodsSeaweed Stories film (Rewild/Lonely Whale)HOPE! documentary (Javier Peña)This episode was recorded and produced on Gadigal & Bidjigal Country. I acknowledge and pay respects to First Nations people and their elders past and present as the ongoing custodians of Sea, Land and Sky Country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Dec 12, 202538 min
Sunrise, ceremony & a seaweed hoodie with Sea the Weed
This one’s for early risers and big dreamers, those of you into kelp restoration fans, clothes made of seaweed, imagination, snorkelling and a fire by the beach, if you’re interested in how Indigenous Knowledges and ceremony can connect coastal communities, or how corporates can invest in the ocean 🌅🧶Sea the Weed is a collaboration of organisations reforesting 70 hectares of once destroyed Phyllospora Comosa ('Crayweed') along Sydney’s coastline. Throughout 2025, friends Arthur Little and Brenden Newton from AIME have been running a monthly program of sunrise, ceremony and seaweed, drawing human attention back to nature and ‘looking sideways’. We recorded this one at Malabar beach, after a beautiful swim with the reforested crayweed. Find dates and more info on the AIME website here. You can find and contact me @seaweed.people. Donate to support the making of this show at buymeacoffee.com/seaweedpeople. Also, listen to my new project, SOIL: Rewilding the Underground made with Freya Mulvey here. Links to other stuff in this ep: AIME - mentoring & the Imagi-Nation hubOperation Crayweed (also listen to episode 2 with Adriana Verges)Abyss Scuba DivingMaking a Hoodie Podcast with Sea the Weed The Grey Space podcast with Brenden NewtownAIME’s Imagine filmThe seaweed hoodie (+ the Regenerators website)PYRATEX innovative textiles Seaweed fabricBecome a shareholder of the ocean (deck)This episode was recorded and produced on Gadigal & Bidjigal Country. I acknowledge and pay respects to First Nations people and their elders past and present as the ongoing custodians of Sea, Land and Sky Country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Aug 10, 202534 min
Kelp restoration & seaweed saunas with Love Rimurimu (Zoe Studd)
You are going to love this conversation if you dream of spending a week greeting the sun with seaweed songs, having seaweed baths after saunas, if you’re into seaweed tattoos, if you’re a student or a teacher and you wanna go diving, and generally if you’re into the idea of regenerating underwater forests 🤿🛀🏽Along with the team and communities behind Love Rimurimu, Zoe Studd is doing all of these things. Zoe is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Mountains to Sea Wellington Trust, where she manages both marine and freshwater education programs and citizen science programs, working with schools and communities in Aotearoa New Zealand. We talk about starting kelp restoration projects in schools, regenerating coastlines with science and cultural knowledge, and running a kickass seaweed festival. Follow the Love Rimurimu project here and on their socials. You can find and contact me @seaweed.people. Donate to support the making of this show at buymeacoffee.com/seaweedpeople.Links to other stuff in this ep: Seaweeds of Wellington (video ID)Mountains to Sea WellingtonExperiencing Marine Reserves community programNew Zealand approves first special permit to remove kina barrensProject Baseline WellingtonKelp Forest Alliance website (or listen to Episode 11 with Aaron Eger)Green Gravel GroupLove Rimurimu’s Seaweed Restoration ToolkitSeaweed Fest 2025Hot tubs, seaweed soaks & saunas in IrelandThis episode was recorded and produced on Gadigal Country. I acknowledge and pay respects to First Nations people and their elders past and present as the ongoing custodians of Sea, Land and Sky Country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Jun 11, 202536 min
Saving the Sequoias of the Sea with Blue Frontier
This episode is for you if you’re wondering what the heck is going on across the sea for our friends in the US, if you’re into citizen science and communities coming together to protect kelp, and if you like a good ocean film 🌊🍿Blue Frontier is a US-based organisation that’s been building solution-oriented citizen engagement for 20 years, to protect oceans, coasts and the human and wild communities that depend on them. We’re joined by Blue Frontier’s David Helvarg and Natasha Benjamin to talk about people-powered conservation, the seaweed rebellion and their new film Sequoias of the Sea, which documents a community of fishermen, tribes and scientists working to restore a kelp habitat devastated by a warming climate.Find out more about Blue Frontier here and follow the film Sequoias of the Sea here. You can find and contact me @seaweed.people. Donate to support the making of this show at buymeacoffee.com/seaweedpeople.Links to research, projects and stories touched on in this ep: Sequoias of the Sea film (US)Blue Frontier - websiteRising Tide - Blue Frontier’s podcastJared Huffman (“Kelp Congressman”)White Rock film by the Great Southern Reef Foundation (Australia)The Australian Urchin Taskforce The Golden Shore: California’s Love Affair with the SeaKelp Forest ChallengeThe Seaweed RebellionThis episode was recorded and produced on Gadigal/Wangal Country. I acknowledge and pay respects to First Nations people and their elders past and present as the ongoing custodians of Sea, Land and Sky Country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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