An oceanography research vessel working to collect Antarctic deep-sea sediment cores pulls up something unexpected from the depths of the Southern Ocean... what has ocean science education got to do with eldritch horrors from the ocean depths - find out on this episode!

Dr Scarlett Smash & Dr Craken MacCraic chat to Kaitlin Statz and Travis Vengroff, the writers and producers of the White Vault podcast - which is one of Craken's favourite audio drama podcasts. They talk about the importance of getting the science right in science fiction and how their shows have featured ocean and archaeological science and real life experiences of field research.

To explore the horrors of the White Vault please visit: https://thewhitevault.com/

For the ocean horror series "Iluka" please visit:  https://thewhitevault.com/product/iluka-full-version/

More about audio drama projects by Kaitlin and Travis can be found at:  https://foolandscholar.com/about/

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Music credits By Jolly Shore Leave  "Al For Me Grog (Trad.)" HandsomeForrune-FE (Adapted Lyrics by Taran Christen : Musical Arrangement by K. Ryan Hart) Represented by Rebellious Entertainment

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