By chance, Aoife meets Bradley Ayres and discovers he’s the composer behind the soundtracks of her favourite ocean documentaries.
Bradley welcomes us into his studio to explore the craft of composing for natural history films. He breaks down the layers of his tracks for Ken O’Sullivan’s North Atlantic: The Dark Ocean, and even creates some music just for us.

Listen to Bradley's work by visiting his website:

https://www.bradleyayresmusic.com/

Music in this episode thanks to:

Bradley Ayres

Nine Inch Nails

Josh Woodward ('Frozen Ground', 'The Beautiful Machine', 'Breadcrumbs')

Scott Buckley ('Aurora', 'Castles in the Sky')

From the city, not the sea, Aoife talks about the atmosphere of the streets of Bristol.

On her way to work in the morning she crosses paths with 'Street Shamanca' Esther De Angelis and asks what motivates her to offer 'FREE SMILES' and 'FREE HUGS' to commuters three times a week.

Music in this episode:Castles in the Sky by Scott Buckley – released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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It's the first time in history that there has been a rabies outbreak in marine mammals. Mike Nortje, the owner of Pisces Divers in Cape Town, talks about what we know so far about rabies in Cape fur seals and its effect on the tourism industry in South Africa.

Mike also tells us about what it's like to witness one of the world's most spectacular marine events—the Sardine Run—which sees the migration of billions of sardines, attracting a frenzy of whales, dolphins, and birds.

Get in touch with Maritime Radio by emailing Aoife at [email protected]

Music in this epsiode with thanks to:

Nine Inch Nails

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

Peter Southwood has spent countless hours and days contributing to the information available on Wikipedia regarding underwater diving.

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Aoife and Dr. Sara Andreotti discuss the surprising silver linings of the great white shark cage diving tourism industry, alongside insights into the basking sharks who visit Ireland's west coast.

Music: '13 Ghosts II' by Nine Inch Nails.

In parts of South Africa, great white sharks that approach beaches are killed by drumlines and shark nets, despite their endangered status.

Aoife has a coffee with researcher Dr. Sara Andreotti in the back of the DiveTeam diving school in Cape Town. Sara shares the reality of human-shark relations behind sensationalist headlines, and her part in the invention that offers a harmonious solution to sharing the ocean with these animals.

Scott Buckley – released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

Josh Woodward. Free download: https://www.joshwoodward.com/

From a hotel room in Iceland, Aoife reflects on where her love for the sea started- being a child and seeing her Dad going SCUBA diving in the west of Ireland.