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Catching Up is our podcast, giving you updates and insights from the team behind the mission. In this informal interview setup, you will hear more about the team members’ motivations for working at The Ocean Cleanup, as well as an update on their projects.

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Community Voices | Creating a Better Future

This month, our host, Dan van der Kooy, records the 50th episode of Catching Up in Kingston, Jamaica, sitting on a fishing boat with…

32:38 5 November 2024
Rivers, Waste Management
鈥淐an鈥� Culture | The importance of being in the region

This month, we sit down with Tarkessh Mahendran, our Waste Manager in Malaysia, to discuss the vibe in our Kuala Lumpur regional office and…

24:16 24 September 2024
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Remote Operations | A River Solution on the Edge of Guatemala

This month’s podcast is from the remote and windy shore of the Rio Motagua. Robert Leijgraaf, aka Bobby, Project Engineer at The Ocean Cleanup,…

23:45 27 August 2024
Rivers
Relationship Building | Bangkok Begins

We’re in Bangkok, Thailand, where Interceptor 019 has been deployed as our first step in cleaning the Chao Phraya – one of the world’s…

00:35:15 30 April 2024
Research, Rivers
Conversation Starter | What does your river mean to you?

It鈥檚 not just about plastic – it鈥檚 about people, too.

Suleman Audu, Environmental Manager at The Ocean Cleanup, takes us from his schoolboy Environmental…

00:26:53 30 January 2024
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Data-driven | What’s the pattern?

Data is nothing without the brains to understand it correctly – and we have just the brain for the job. From plastic-infested riverbanks in…

00:41:51 28 November 2023
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#TeamSeas Report | Engineers & Influencers

It all started with an idea on a napkin…and now #TeamSeas is celebrating 20 million lbs (9 million kilograms!) of trash removed around the…

01:16:12 31 October 2023
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Family Vibes | Transforming Kingston Harbour

Rae Town, Kingston, Jamaica: an iconic location and the perfect place to catch up on The Ocean Cleanup’s Jamaica project. With five Interceptors deployed…

00:36:31 29 August 2023
General, Rivers
Boyan鈥檚 Mind | Reflections from Guatemala and beyond

Alongside the newly-deployed Interceptor 006 in Guatemala, CEO and Founder of The Ocean Cleanup, Boyan Slat, reflects on the four-year campaign to intercept tsunamis…

00:46:43 27 June 2023
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Constant Improvement | Passing The Torch

After three years in the Dominican Republic, Operations Manager Erik Holmbom is preparing to return to HQ in Rotterdam. Catching Up speaks to Erik…

00:25:25 30 May 2023