Tagocean

Where the Internet Comes Ashore, Part 1

Mini golf. Pancake houses. Kids digging with plastic shovels. And somewhere under the sand at Myrtle Beach, a cable that started nine thousand miles away in Argentina, carrying the internet out of the ocean. We found it on a map, and we zoomed in...

The Banned Maritime Practice That Saved Lives

For over a century, sailors used oil to survive deadly storms. When deployed properly, oil could create what mariners called a “charmed circle” of relative calm around a ship in rough seas. This wasn’t folklore—it was standard...

2021 Book Club Pick

We have talked about starting a book club since we began the podcast. Well, we finally did it. We are excited to read together as a community Cynthia Barnett’s new book The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans. We caught up...

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