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How Hurricane Ian Will Impact DC | WaterLog
October 05, 2022 01:00 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBOn the October Episode of the WaterLog Podcast, Howard and Dan follow the destructive wake of Hurricane Ian across the Gulf and East Coasts and discuss the Corps’ role in assessing and repairing damages from hurricanes and coastal storms. Then, a discussion on federal flood insurance and an update on congressional appropriations and supplemental disaster funding for the Corps and other federal agencies. WaterLog apologizes for the quality of audio in this episode, we are on the road followi...
Washington DC’s Response to Hurricane Ian | WaterLog
October 05, 2022 01:00 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBOn the October Episode of the WaterLog Podcast, Howard and Dan follow the destructive wake of Hurricane Ian across the Gulf and East Coasts and discuss the Corps’ role in assessing and repairing damages from hurricanes and coastal storms. Then, a discussion on federal flood insurance and an update on congressional appropriations and supplemental disaster funding for the Corps and other federal agencies. WaterLog apologizes for the quality of audio in this episode, we are on the road followi...
Time to Batten Down the Hatches: How Financial Institutions are Thinking about Investing in Coastal Property
October 03, 2022 01:00 - 51 minutes - 71 MBOn this episode, hosts Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham speak with Kevin Augustyn about the changing dynamics of commercial property risk evaluation in a time of sea level rise and climate change. Kevin is the Senior Vice President of Credit Ratings at DBRS Morningstar and recently a co-authored a new report, As Seas Rise, Coastal Commercial Properties Will Need to Batten Down the Hatches, seeking to broadly summarize the growing risks assumed by commercial properties in the coastal zone. ...
Women Wavemakers at America's Elite Oceanographic Institutions | American Blue Economy Podcast
September 30, 2022 00:03 - 1 hour - 92.8 MBIn this month's episode of The American Blue Economy Podcast, our host Rear Admiral (ret) Tim Gallaudet conducts the fourth and final show in a subseries featuring leading women wavemakers in the American Blue Economy where his guests include blue economy leaders at universities in 3 geographic areas. First up is Dr. Leila Hamdan, Interim Associate Vice President of Research and Professor at The University of Southern Mississippi. Next in line is Amy Kukulya, Principal Investigator, underwat...
ASBPA 2022 Conference Round Up | Capitol Beach
September 28, 2022 01:00 - 52 minutes - 71.8 MBThe Capital Beach, hosted by Derek Brockbank, provides a round-up from American Shore & Beach Preservation Association’s (ASBPA’s) 2022 National Coastal Conference, “Sand, Surf, and Sediment,” held in Long Beach, CA this September. Not the usual coastal policy-focused podcast, this episode of The Capital Beach has short interviews with six conference attendees: Susan Brodeur, Lee Weishar, Russ Boudreau, Julie Minerva, Brennan Banks, and Peter Ravella, who each bring a different perspective ...
See Ya Later, Alligator | Delta Dispatches
September 27, 2022 01:00 - 55 minutes - 77.9 MBIn today's episode of Delta Dispatches, we say goodbye to host Jacques Hebert, who leaves the show, and the Restore the Mississippi River Delta Coalition to become the Communication Director for the McKnight Foundation. We're joined by several special guests (Chip Kline, Bren Haase, Steve Caparotta, and Steve Cochran) to reflect on 194 episodes of Delta Dispatches and the incalculable contributions Jacques has made to the restoration of Louisiana's coast. Join us in wishing Jacques good luck...
OSVs to the Rescue! How the Offshore Support Vessel Fleet Builds Infrastructure and Renders Assistance with Chad Fuhrmann
September 25, 2022 23:58 - 50 minutes - 68.9 MBOn this episode, hosts Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham speak with Chad Fuhrmann about the Offshore Support Vessel fleet. OSVs are the working vessels of offshore infrastructure. Purpose built to do demanding work at sea, these vessels and their crews are highly capable and foundational to the American Blue Economy. Chad, a graduate of the US Merchant Marine Academy and veteran mariner, is the founder of Chaios Ready, an organization that seeks to capitalize on the maritime industry’s mult...
Silence From Below! Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes | North Coast Chronicles
September 23, 2022 01:00 - 59 minutes - 81.7 MBThe Griffon, a 17th-century barque, is one of the greatest mysteries of the Great Lakes. She went missing in Lake Michigan in 1679 with a crew of six. The final voyage of the Edmund Fitzgerald began November 9, 1975 at the Burlington Northern Railroad Dock No.1, Superior, Wisconsin. The SS Carl D. Bradley, built in 1927 and considered the “Queen of the Lakes” sank in 1957 in Lake Michigan, killing 33 of the 35 crew members. The Great Lakes bulk freighter SS John B Cowle sank in 1909 after a...
A Celebration of the Autumnal Equinox with the Portland Poet Society | Sea Change
September 22, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBTune into this special episode of the Sea Change Podcast to celebrate the autumn equinox with Jenna, the Portland Poets Society, and a sea of poetry! A special thanks to the contributors from the Portland Poets Society for sharing their wisdom and art with us.
Meet Michael Penfield: Helping Blue Tech Help Our Critical Infrastructure | Wave Makers
September 22, 2022 01:00 - 34 minutes - 47.3 MBThis month Wave Makers host Tamara Kahn dives a little deeper into the recent Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and understanding coastal and ocean infrastructure. Guest Michael Penfield of Stradivarius Consulting offers his insights into some of the infrastructure that is integral to our country’s economy, security and public health. An inundation of challenges facing these vital systems has made the need to innovate and build more resilient systems critical. And it’s more important than e...
Go Pirates: A discussion of Maritime Studies | All Swell?
September 21, 2022 01:00 - 37 minutes - 51 MBGigi is joined by fellow classmate Allyson Ropp who specializes in Maritime Studies at East Carolina University. Allyson, a maritime archaeologist, discussed the importance of maritime studies in the coastal sector and contemplated how learning about the past can prepare us for the future. Both Gigi and Allyson share how experiences at the coast as kids set them down the path of marine science. They also discuss study abroad experiences, the impact of different eras on the coast, and how All...
Dr. Rob Young on the Growing Pains of Coastal Adaptation
September 18, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 107 MBOn this episode, hosts Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham check in with Dr. Rob Young on the state of coastal adaptation in the wake of the major investments made in the space this year. A professor of coastal geology at Western Carolina University and director of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines, Rob is critical of the Corps's cost/benefit analysis and argues that coastal policy needs to better account for the true costs and benefits of shore protection projects in order to...
Lethal Tides: Mary Sears and the Marine Scientists who helped win World War II with Dr. Kate Musemeche | Shorewords!
September 16, 2022 01:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBTune into this episode of Shorewords with Dr. Kate Musemeche in conversation about her new book, Lethal Tides: Mary Sears and the Marine Scientists who helped win World War II. Dr. Kate’s book blends the early establishment of physical oceanography with naval history. The podcast provides an account of researchers who pivoted from studying plankton, barnacles and crustaceans to providing voluminous information to the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the tides, currents, waves and sediments that ar...
Aloha! Going Coastal with the University of Hawai’i Sea Grant Program | Going Coastal
September 14, 2022 00:52 - 48 minutes - 67.2 MBIn this episode of Going Coastal, Marissa and Jon chat with Brad Romine, Coastal Resilience Extension Specialist and Amy Wirts Coastal Lands Program Coordinator with the University of Hawai’i Sea Grant Program. Listen in and learn more about what Sea Grant does including the role extension plays in connecting science and policy. Along the way, find out about the unique challenges and opportunities presented by working in a place with such a deep cultural connection to the coast. To find ou...
Where the City Meets the Sea: Exploring LA's Santa Monica Bay with Tom Ford
September 12, 2022 01:00 - 55 minutes - 76.2 MBOn this episode, hosts Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham speak with Tom Ford, the Chief Executive Officer of The Bay Foundation, Director of the Santa Monica Bay National Estuary Program, and Co-Executive Director of the Coastal Research Institute at Loyola Marymount University. Nearly two million people live in the Santa Monica Bay Watershed stretching from Ventura County to Palos Verdes, from the Santa Monica Mountains and Griffith Park to Baldwin Hills and out to the sea—and more than 5,...
Recycling Sails into Shelters with Angela Abshier | Sea Change
September 09, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 112 MBLook around you. What do you see? A lot of stuff? Material objects? Now, think about where those things are going to go after they have served their purpose. We're willing to bet that most of those items will end up in a landfill or in the ocean. Our system, as it stands, follows a linear path of waste management where an item is produced, used, and thrown away. We humans are more innovative than that. We can work to blaze that linear path into a circle. Angela Abshier, Founder of Sail to S...
The September DC Update: Offshore Wind, CORPS $$$, and the Latest in Congress | WaterLog
September 06, 2022 21:09 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBOn the September episode of the WaterLog podcast, Howard and Dan discuss offshore wind legislation designed to benefit impacted communities, money available to states and communities from the Corps of Engineers for comprehensive planning and technical assistance, and provide a brief update on what to expect from Congress as it returns from summer recess.
A New Era for Labor on the American Shoreline
September 04, 2022 21:21 - 1 hour - 86.7 MBOn this Labor Day special, hosts Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham speak with Dr. Bo Delp about the history and tradition of the labor movement and how new investments in climate resilience and clean energy in the Inflation Reduction Act are revitalizing the union workforce on the American Shoreline and beyond. Dr. Delp is the executive director of Texas Climate Jobs Project, a statewide nonprofit advancing a pro-worker, pro-climate agenda to build the Texas labor movement. For nearly a dec...
Voices of a Healthy Ocean Wrap Up Show
September 04, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 120 MBJenna and Sarah have returned home from their journey and, wow, what an adventure it was! During this episode, the two wrap up the series by sitting down and reminiscing on the trip. Tune in to hear about behind the scenes moments not covered during the Voices of a Healthy Ocean series. Special thanks to the videographers and filmmakers who partnered with Jenna and Sarah along the way: Staten Island: Mac Cardona, cWave Labs Staten Island: INSERT NAMES Baltimore: Lee Timmons, Lee Colored ...
Harnessing the Power of the Waves with Calwave Power Technologies | Ocean Decade Show
September 02, 2022 01:00 - 54 minutes - 74.4 MBThis month's podcast is a testament to the power of in person events (done under COVID safety protocols, of course)! After a serendipitous connection at the inaugural Aspen Ideas: Climate event in May 2022, Taylor interviews Marcus Lehmann and Julie Mai, CEO and co-founder and Head of Communications respectively for Calwave Power Technologies, a California-based wave energy developer with the mission to provide reliable, cost-effective ocean wave technologies for sustainable energy access. A...
Managing Sustainable Fisheries from Wisconsin to Alaska | National Working Waterfronts Podcast
August 31, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 114 MBIn this episode, host Ashley Bennis continues to explore the Nation's resilient and sustainable commercial fishing industry. Since fishing communities have such a high dependency on natural resources for their livelihood, this industry is constantly being challenged due to the fluid and ever-changing nature of the environment. A combination of natural, social and economic elements has created labor shortages and put a strain on the industry but has also led to diversification of the types of...
How Climate Change is Shaping the Future of the Arctic with Dr. Robert Orttung
August 29, 2022 01:00 - 57 minutes - 78.4 MBOn this episode, hosts Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham head north with Dr. Robert Orttung to discuss how climate change is shaping the future of the Arctic. A new study finds that the Arctic has been warming nearly four times faster than the globe, which is a higher ratio than most scientists have predicted. The phenomenon, known as Arctic amplification, indicates that climate models systematically tend to underestimate the speed of increasing temperatures. As these changes occur, how wil...
Susie King Taylor Institute and Ecology Center: Hermina Glass-Hill | Voices of a Healthy Ocean
August 28, 2022 14:57 - 1 hour - 90 MBJenna and Sarah could not think of a better person to wrap up their Voices of a Healthy Ocean tour with than the one and only Hermina Glass-Hill. The two joined Hermina for a day in Hinesville, Georgia to visit places where they could walk in Susie King Taylor's footsteps and learn more about her remarkable life. Hermina founded the Susie King Taylor Women’s Institute and Ecology Center in 2016 to honor this Gullah Geechee freedom seeker and to provide educational programming on the influenc...
Islands of Sun and Fun on the Great Lakes| North Coast Chronicles
August 26, 2022 01:00 - 58 minutes - 79.9 MBNorth Coast Chronicles explores some of the 35,000 islands in the Great Lakes with Peter Huston of the Great Lakes Islands Alliance. Whether you are a hiker, camper, history buff, fisherperson, or looking for the best bar - there is an island just for you! Follow us from Isle Royale in Lake Superior to Wolf Island in Lake Ontario and many in between.
Season II Kickoff & Meeting the New Hosts! | All Swell?
August 25, 2022 00:28 - 31 minutes - 43.3 MBWelcome to season two of All Swell? This week Genevieve and Kyra re-introduce the podcast and two new co-hosts from Duke University, Kathryn Lienhard and Nat Blackford. They discuss their research interests, and how programs such as AmeriCorp and internships have shaped their experience in the coastal sector.
Meet Si Katara: Taking a People First approach to Modernizing Infrastructure | Wave Makers
August 24, 2022 01:00 - 41 minutes - 56.5 MBGiven the recent Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and the popular topic of infrastructure, Wavemakers host Tamara Kahn found her introduction to Si Katara serendipitous. Enjoy this month’s episode, a conversation about the nexus of Ocean and Infrastructure and how Si’s company, Headlight, is enabling smarter infrastructure. Hear about the fascinating coastal projects Headlight has been involved in and the innovative human-based approach they take to enabling data creation and, in turn, deci...
Inside the UN Negotiations for a High Seas Treaty with Pew's Nichola Clark
August 22, 2022 01:00 - 56 minutes - 77.5 MBThe final round of negotiations for a legally binding treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of the ocean is currently underway at the United Nations in New York City. On this episode, we are taking a look behind the scenes as this consequential treaty is finalized. Joining hosts Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham is Nichola Clark from the The Pew Charitable Trusts, who is following the negotiations as part of Pew’s campaign to protect ocean life on the high seas. The United Nation...
National Aquarium: Amber Doherty and Maggie Ostdahl | Voices of a Healthy Ocean
August 21, 2022 15:16 - 59 minutes - 82.3 MBIn episode 4, Jenna and Sarah didn't have to travel far to reach their next stop along their Voices of a Healthy Ocean tour. The two made their way across the City of Baltimore to meet Amber Doherty, Conservation Community Coordinator, and Maggie Ostdahl, Conservation Policy Manager for the National Aquarium. During their visit, the group explored a couple of the aquarium's locations around the city at the Exeter Community Garden and also their Animal Care and Rescue Center. Tune in the lear...
Sailor Songs: Sea Shanties for the Ages | Shorewords!
August 19, 2022 01:00 - 52 minutes - 72.7 MBJoin Shorewords! host, Lesley Ewing, in conversation with Gerry Smyth, talking about his book Sailor Song. Explore the world of sea shanties that provided the on-board rhythm for many of the sailing clippers that would ply the oceans. For a period of 30 or 40 years, clippers were the main vessels for water-borne transportation and sailors were constantly trimming sails and hoisting lines in groups. Songs were used to get everyone to push or pull in unison, so the work would be more efficient...
Getting Below the Surface: Women Blue Economy Wave Makers Who Go Deep | American Blue Economy Podcast
August 17, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 103 MBIn this month's episode of The American Blue Economy Podcast, our host Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet leads part 3 in a 3-part subseries on leading women wavemakers in the American Blue Economy. Borrowing from the name of the Wavemakers podcast on ASPN hosted by Tamara Kahn, he highlights 3 women who are making waves under the water to advance our ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes economies. First up is Mehgan Heaney-Grier, a champion freediver, ocean explorer, educator, and conservationist. Next...
Welcome Aboard the Battleship New Jersey Museum & Memorial
August 15, 2022 02:04 - 56 minutes - 77.5 MBOn this episode, hosts Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham step aboard USS New Jersey (BB-62) to learn about her amazing service history and why battleships like the New Jersey were the flagships of the United States Navy through World War II. Joining the show are Ryan Szimanski, Director of Curatorial and Educational Affairs, and Libby Jones, Director of Education and Digital Media at Battleship New Jersey. Battleship New Jersey is the most decorated battleship in Navy history, earning disti...
Baltimore with Shanna Edberg of the Hispanic Access Foundation | Voices of a Healthy Ocean
August 14, 2022 12:39 - 35 minutes - 48.9 MBIn episode 3, Sarah and Jenna make it to Baltimore for a two-day stay! Tune in to hear their discussion with Shanna Edberg, Director of Conservation Programs for Hispanic Access Foundation and cherished partner of the Healthy Ocean Coalition. Shanna leads a team that plans and executes programming to advance national conservation and climate goals while serving Latino communities. Shanna is a longtime conservation advocate and promoter of environmental justice in the U.S. and abroad. She come...
Staten Island with Mac Cardona of cWave Labs | Voices of a Healthy Ocean
August 12, 2022 01:00 - 49 minutes - 68.3 MBIn episode 2, Sarah and Jenna reached their first stop on their road trip, Staten Island! Tune in to hear their ocean-side discussion with dear friend and partner of the Healthy Ocean Coalition, Mac Cardona. Mac is a wildlife biologist and a visual story sharer who was called to action by her many years of experience in the scientific field, where she identified how some communities are excluded from sharing in the beauty of nature through inaccessible information and places.
Previewing the 2022 ASBPA National Coastal Conference! Are you ready for Long Beach? | Going Coastal
August 10, 2022 01:00 - 48 minutes - 66.2 MBIn this episode of Going Coastal, Jon and Marissa chat with Ms. Kimberly Garvey, Dr. Doug George, and Mr. Andrew Wycklendt of the conference planning committee to discuss the upcoming 2022 ASBPA National Coastal Conference. Taking place in Long Beach, CA, the California Shore and Beach Preservation Association (CSBPA) has taken the lead in organizing the conference this year. Kim and Doug are the president and vice president, respectively, of CSBPA, and Andrew brings a Hawaiian perspective t...
A Rising Tide: How the Infrastructure Act is Pumping up NOAA
August 08, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 108 MBOn this jam-packed episode, hosts Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham turn their attention to the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the opportunities it will provide for coastal communities from around the American Shoreline. Now, in it's first year, the dramatic funding impacts of the new law are being felt across government, including at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Up first, Assistant Administrator of the National Ocean Service Nicole LeBoeuf ex...
Current Ocean Decade Fellow Kaitlen Lang on the State of the Decade | Ocean Decade Show!
August 05, 2022 01:00 - 50 minutes - 69.9 MBFresh from her trip to the UN Ocean Conference, this month Taylor continues the trend of interviewing the current John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellow who's working on the Ocean Decade at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Current Ocean Decade Fellow Kaitlen Lang and Taylor discuss their experiences in Portugal, Kaitlen's interesting path to the Ocean Decade via Great Lakes stakeholder management, and the progress that the U.S. and NOAA have made on the Ocean Decade since Ta...
Property Owners Lead the Way on Long Island Beach Nourishment | Local Control
August 04, 2022 01:00 - 49 minutes - 67.3 MBOn this episode of the Local Control Podcast, host Peter Ravella sits down with Nathaniel Wienecke, board member of the North Sea Beach Colony Association on Long Island. Nat and the association have invested years of effort and considerable funds to push for shoreline restoration along the Peconic Bay shoreline, including working with the Town of Southhampton to establish a special erosion control taxing district through which Nat and his neighbors paid the cost of a shoreline management p...
What is going on in DC? The August Federal Update | WaterLog Pod
August 03, 2022 01:00 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBOn the August edition of the WaterLog Podcast, Dan and Howard look ahead to the FY23 appropriations bills, the status of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022, the big climate deal just released on Capitol Hill, and legislation to help coastal communities impacted by offshore wind developments.
Regenerative Aquaculture is Coming to the American Shoreline: Introducing the Channel Islands Kelp & Mussel Company
July 31, 2022 22:44 - 58 minutes - 80.9 MBOn this episode, Peter Ravella (joining the recording from Hilo, HI) speaks with Tyler Buckingham and Drew Westphal about the Channel Islands Kelp & Mussel Company, a brand new regenerative aquaculture business they are starting in Ventura, CA. They discuss the current status of aquaculture in the US and NOAA's Aquaculture Opportunity Area (AOA) process, the challenges facing new entrants to the aquaculture space, and how the Channel Islands Kelp & Mussel Company is approaching them. It's ...
Voices of a Healthy Ocean E1: Road Trip Kickoff!
July 31, 2022 01:00 - 38 minutes - 53.2 MBIt is our pleasure to introduce a new collaborative mini-series with our friends at the Healthy Ocean Coalition (HOC)! Hop in and buckle up, dear listeners, because you're about to embark on a road trip with Jenna Valente, Host of the Sea Change Podcast and Director of Advocacy for the HOC and Sarah Winter Whelan, Executive Director of the HOC. This is not just any old road trip, this is a road trip with a purpose, a road trip with meaning. Sarah and Jenna will be amplifying and celebrating...
Mental Health in Coastal and Marine Science | All Swell?
July 29, 2022 01:00 - 35 minutes - 48.4 MBThis week Kyra and GG have an open conversation about mental health in grad school and work. They discuss imposter syndrome, loneliness and share tools they’ve learned to help with these challenges. They also share a few exciting updates from fellow TCS members.
Cod Bless Arica Sears: Field Notes from Norway | Big Tourism
July 27, 2022 01:00 - 29 minutes - 40.2 MBSituated in the Arctic circle and playing host to northern lights, a midnight sun and the largest cod stock in the world are the Lofoten Islands. Join Big Tourism’s host Arica Sears as she shares travel notes from a recent trip to this incredible coastal destination. Learn about farmers hunting sea eagles with their bare hands, the connection between the islands and Nigeria and even some beach bums Arica ran into in the middle of nowhere. The trip was a great combination of coastal industrie...
The Power of Youth: A Look at the Gulf of Mexico Youth Climate Summit
July 24, 2022 23:18 - 1 hour - 87.2 MBOn this episode, hosts Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham welcome Maggie Peacock and Armon Alex to the show to talk about the upcoming Gulf of Mexico Youth Climate Summit (GOMYCS), which will be held virtually July 29-30. Maggie and Armon are the Co-Directors of Youth Engagement for the Gulf Reach Institute and together they co-founded GOMYCS as a way to assemble and amplify youth voices from around the entire Gulf of Mexico. Their hope is for young environmental stewards from around the Gul...
Charting the Great Lakes on the NOAA Survey Ship Thomas Jefferson | North Coast Chronicles
July 22, 2022 01:00 - 53 minutes - 72.8 MBNorth Coast Chronicles: Tales from the Great Lakes journeys to Lake Erie with CDR Matt Jaskoski, Commanding Officer of the NOAA Survey Ship THOMAS JEFFERSON. After 35 years, NOAA returns to the Great Lakes to update hundreds of nautical charts to modern standards. While not exactly updating lead line surveys (the real old fashioned charts), many charts were last updated when bathymetry surveying was single dimensional and limited in detail. Homeported in Norfolk, Virginia, the THOMAS JEFF...
Meet Malte Niebelschuetz: Playing with Plastic to keep it out of the Ocean | Wave Makers
July 21, 2022 01:00 - 37 minutes - 52.1 MBOn this month’s episode of Wave Makers, host, Tamara Kahn, dips into the fun topic of toys! This one is a meaningful conversation with a down-to-earth change maker Malte Niebelschuetz. When Malte quit his corporate job in Germany and moved to San Diego, he was shocked to see how big an issue there is with plastic on the beaches. And yet, he noted, plenty of plastic continues to be used everywhere. Inspired by others working to reduce plastics in the ocean, Malte set out to repurpose this w...
Women Wavemakers in the Blue Economy Part II: Pioneering the Blue Economy from a Women's Point of View | American Blue Economy Podcast
July 20, 2022 01:00 - 51 minutes - 70.6 MBIn this month’s episode of The American Blue Economy Podcast, our host Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, PhD, US Navy (ret) introduces us to 3 women wavemakers in the American Blue Economy. Borrowing from the name of the Wavemakers podcast on Coastal News Today & American Shoreline Podcast Network hosted by Tamara Kahn, we learn how women are making many notable contributions in #bluetech and the #blueeconomy. Our guests include Marine Slingue, Vice President for North America at the navigation te...
From Headwaters to the (Delta) Dispatches | Delta Dispatches
July 19, 2022 01:00 - 35 minutes - 49.2 MBToday’s episode explores the other end of the Mighty Mississippi by welcoming Trevor Russell, Water Program Director with Friends of the Mississippi River. Based in Minnesota, Russell paints a picture of the upper river, discusses his organization’s work to enhance the health of the Mississippi River from the Twin Cities and beyond. In particular, he highlights the organization’s award-winning State of the River report, the Mississippi River Restoration & Resilience Initiative (MRRRI) Act th...
Checking Out SandSnap: ERDC's Crowdsourced Sand Grain Database
July 18, 2022 01:00 - 59 minutes - 81.4 MBOn this episode, host's Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham welcome Dr. Brian McFall and Dr. Shelley Whitmeyer to the show to talk about SandSnap, a cool new citizen science tool that they developed to help advance the understanding of sand grain size along the American shoreline, and beyond. Geophysical coastal models rely on sand grain characteristics, which can vary significantly up and down the coast. By collecting images of beach sand (with a US coin for size reference), the SandSnap alg...
A Coastal Writer's Paradise: Exploring Martha's Vineyard's Literary Place on the American Shoreline | Shorewords!
July 15, 2022 01:00 - 50 minutes - 69.4 MBIt’s summer and like thousands of New Englanders, we’re heading to Martha’s Vineyard. Join host Lesley Ewing in conversation with Professor David Foster, biologist, board member of the Edey Foundation and Trustees of Reservations on Martha’s Vineyard, and author of The Meeting of Land and Sea: Nature and the Future of Martha’s Vineyard. On this episode of Shorewords, we’ll look landward to explore the history of this iconic vacation spot, the changing land use practices that have underpinn...
Food Tastes Like it Should in NZ: How culinary events can bring communities together and visitors over | Tasty Solution
July 14, 2022 01:00 - 56 minutes - 77.8 MBJoin hosts Arica Sears and Jane Connelly as they sit around the virtual table with one of New Zealand’s most recognized culinary tourism professionals Sarah Meikle. Sarah is the Festival Director of New Zealand's largest and tastiest culinary festival, Visa Wellington On a Plate and speaks to the power of culinary events. In addition to bringing more visitors in the off season, can events also be a place for innovative food launches? Can gathering around a culinary event also help communitie...