Jul 25 2017

What is Ghost Fishing?

45 min 5 movies discussed
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It sounds cool, but ghost fishing is actually a tragic byproduct of modern fishing practices, where abandoned nylon nets can trap and kill sealife for hundreds of years.

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# Ghost Fishing: The Ocean's Silent Problem

Josh and Chuck dive deep into the devastating issue of ghost fishing—abandoned commercial fishing gear that continues trapping and killing marine life for hundreds of years. They explore how hundreds of thousands of tons of nets, traps, and lines end up in our oceans annually, the tragic ways they harm everything from whales to sea turtles, and why this problem is harder to solve than you'd think. But it's not all doom and gloom, as the guys highlight inspiring cleanup efforts and creative recycling solutions happening around the world that prove we can actually do something about this underwater catastrophe.


Movies Discussed

Bambi
Bambi
1942 1h 10m
★ 7.0
"After Bambi, when she was a kid, she's like, I'm done. — Bambi was mentioned as an example of an animated film with a sad death that traumatized Emily as a child." — Josh
Finding Dory
Finding Dory
2016 PG 1h 37m
★ 7.0
"This isn't Finding Dory. I never saw that one. — Finding Dory was referenced in conversation about animated films with sad plot points."
Finding Nemo
Finding Nemo
2003 1h 40m
★ 7.8
"I never saw that one. But I did like, what was it, Nemo? Finding Nemo, I think, right? — Finding Nemo was mentioned as a Pixar film with sad themes that upsets Emily, similar to other animated films." — Chuck
The Jeffersons
The Jeffersons
1975
★ 7.3
"It was pretty good. I mean, it was just basically George Jefferson as a preacher. — Chuck referenced The Jeffersons when explaining the premise of Amen and George Jefferson as an actor." — Chuck
The Three Stooges
The Three Stooges
1934
★ 8.0
"Man, that show, Amen, was all right. I never watched that. — Chuck mentioned the TV show Amen in passing when discussing George Jefferson as a character archetype." — Chuck

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