Multiform

This week marks the 200th episode of World Ocean Radio. In honor of this anniversary, we've chosen to re-broadcast our very first World Ocean Radio episode-The Sea Connects All Things-which first aired December 7, 2007.  

In this episode, host Peter Neill will discuss the ocean as the central element in our lives. He will explain why the ocean is essential to human survival: our primary source of food, water, climate and community. He will argue that the ocean is the undeniable determinate ecology in which we live.

The sea has been a source of storytelling and real-time adventure tales since the beginning of narrative and most every culture has its archetypal story. The great futuristic tale is 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, a tale of the submarine vessel Nautilus and her captain, Nemo, a self-exiled scientist in pursuit of knowledge. In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss modern day underwater devices for global ocean research, fascinating tools for underwater exploration in unexpected places.

Whatever floats. Such thoughts came to World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill recently while on vacation, himself suspended in the supportive waters of the ocean. In this episode of World Ocean Radio, he'll discuss all manner of things that float: from the natural to the man-made, from the obvious modes of transport, trade and recreation to objects that function quite unnaturally on water. 

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In Colonial times, the commons was a central portion of land set aside and shared by all for agriculture, animals, and general well-being. Today, the ocean is the greatest commons of all, as more than 90% of its volume lies outside of national interest.