Balad’EAU is proud to present a special series of podcasts developed in collaboration with the How to Protect the Ocean podcast and Ocean Networks Canada (ONC):

🌊 Surfacing Secrets – Explore the Ocean. Understand the Planet.

🎙️ This new series takes you behind the scenes of ocean innovation, with powerful stories, exclusive testimonials, and immersive narration designed to reveal the secrets of the seabed and those who explore it.

🧭 Episode 1: Mavericks and visionaries

We start off strong with the thrilling story of ONC’s beginnings—a time when connecting the ocean floor to the Internet was just a dream. In this episode, our hosts Lyne Morissette and Andrew Lewin brings you the voices of three founding figures, pioneers whose vision transformed modern ocean science:

• Kate Moran, President and CEO of ONC
• John Delaney, visionary oceanographer
• Benoit Pirenne, ONC’s Chief Science Officer

🎧 The narrative episode is available on Balad’EAU

🎧 The full interviews can be heard on How to Protect the Ocean Podcast

📅 Launch date: June 8, 2025 — World Oceans Day

📍 Location: Online, on all podcast platforms

🔗 For more information: www.oceannetworks.ca

This series is made possible with support from the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and the University of Victoria.