Environmental Professionals Radio (EPR)
182 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsEPR is Connecting Environmental Professionals through Conversation! Our show is brought to you by the National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP) and follows environmental professionals at all levels of their career in a variety of industries to bring you a nuanced and informed discussion on what it’s like to work in the environmental arena. Hear us talk through failures, struggles, and successes of the typical environmental professional. We will also highlight news, updates, and fun facts from the scientific community. With over 80 episodes and counting, we are excited to provide this podcast as a way to reach environmental professionals, students, and educators who have one thing in common: we spend our time working to protect the environment.
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Episodes
Water, Business Development and the Tampa Mafia with Scott Deitche
August 06, 2021 10:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBWelcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Scott Deitche, Senior Vice President with GPI, about water, business development, and the Tampa Mafia and the books he's written about them! Read his full bio below. Special thanks to our sponsor for this episode GPI/ Greenman-Pedersen, Inc. Help us continue to create great content! If...
History of NAEP, Maryland Farm Policy, and Finding a Good Map with Gary Kelman
July 30, 2021 10:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBWelcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Gary Kelman, Independent Consultant & NAEP Board Member representing the Mid-Atlantic Regional Environmental Professionals about the history of NAEP, Maryland Farm Policy, and Finding a Good Map. Read his full bio below. Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to spon...
Preservation, Tribal Relationships and Having Fun with Desiree Martinez
July 23, 2021 10:00 - 41 minutes - 28.9 MBWelcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Desireé Martinez, a Tongva Tribal Archaeologist and the President of Cogstone Resource Management, about Preservation, Tribal Relationships and Having Fun. Read her full bio below. Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episode hit the support pod...
USACE, Transitioning to Civilian Work, and How to be a Parrot Head with Ed Kertis
July 16, 2021 10:00 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBWelcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Edward John Kertis, Acting Executive Director with Dawson about USACE, Transitioning to Civilian Work, and his passion for Parrot Heads. Read his full bio below. Special thanks to our sponsor for this episode to DAWSON! DAWSON is a Native Hawaiian global business enterprise serving Fe...
Challenging Projects, Travel, and Soccer with SunTemple Helgren
July 09, 2021 10:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBWelcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with SunTemple Helgren, Certified Environmental Professional and Member Board Of Directors at National Association of Environmental Professionals about Challenging Projects, Travel, and Soccer. Read his full bio below. Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a f...
Farming, Career Advice, and Poetry with Ron Deverman
July 02, 2021 10:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBWelcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Ron Deverman, NAEP Fellow, and Vice-President and National Environmental Planning Leader for STV, a national planning, engineering, and architecture firm about Farming, Career Advice, and Poetry. Read his full bio below. Special thanks to our sponsor for this episode STV: https://st...
Public Engagement, Marketing, and Morel Hunting with Amanda Roberts
June 25, 2021 10:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBWelcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Amanda Roberts, Partner and Chief Marketing Strategist at Avid Core, a woman and minority owned strategic communications company about Public Engagement, Marketing, and Morel Hunting. Read her full bio below. Special thanks to our recurring sponsor Dawson - https://www.dawsonohana.co...
Diversity, Hip Hop, and Environmental Racism with Dr. Thomas Easley
June 18, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 42.6 MBWelcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Dr. Thomas Easley, Assistant Dean for Community and Inclusion at Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies about Diversity, Hip Hop, and Environmental Racism. Read his full bio below. Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episo...
Geothermal Energy, Lithium mining, and the Power of Love with Laurel Glass Lees
June 11, 2021 10:00 - 50 minutes - 34.5 MBWelcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Laurel Glass Lees, a multi-passionate entrepreneur, stakeholder capitalist, and environmental professional about Geothermal Energy, Lithium mining, and the Power of Love. Read her full bio below. Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episode hit the...
Transportation NEPA, Conference Planning and Golf with John Jamison
June 04, 2021 10:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBWelcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with John Jamison, Western Regional Team Lead at North Carolina Department of Transportation about Transportation NEPA, Conference Planning and Golf. Read his full bio below. Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episode hit the support podcast button o...
College, the Student Chapter of NAEP, and Permaculture with Tim Kendzia
May 28, 2021 10:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBWelcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Tim Kendzia, Technician at U.S. Environmental Rental Corporation about College, the Student Chapter of NAEP, and Permaculture. Read his full bio below. Special thanks to our sponsor for this episode Dawson - https://www.dawsonohana.com/ Help us continue to create great content! If y...
Exotic Pet Trade, Tiger King, and the Power of a Good Nap with Katie Cannon
May 21, 2021 10:00 - 43 minutes - 30.1 MBWelcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Katie Cannon, Education Director at Carolina Tiger Rescue about the exotic pet trade, Tiger King, and the power of a good nap. Read her full bio below. Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episode hit the support podcast button or visit www.enviro...
Cultural History, Heavy Metal, and the Green Bay Packers with Heather Miller
May 14, 2021 10:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MBWelcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Heather Miller, VP Business Development and Principal Historian with HRA and author, about Cultural History, Heavy Metal, and the Green Bay Packers. Check it out and read her full bio below. Special thanks to our sponsor for this episode Dawson! https://www.dawsonohana.com/ DAWSON is...
Women-Owned Environmental Consulting, Leadership, Diversity, and Art with Marie Campbell
May 07, 2021 10:00 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MBWelcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Marie Campbell! Marie is the sole owner and president of Sapphos Environmental, Inc., a successful environmental consulting business, about Women-Owned Environmental Consulting, Leadership, Diversity, and her love of Art. Read her full bio below. Special thanks to our sponsor for this ...
Fred Wagner Returns to talk Policy, the Congressional Cabinet, and Biden's Infrastructure Plan
April 30, 2021 10:00 - 45 minutes - 31 MBWelcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, Nic interviews our returning environmental policy expert, Fred Wagner, a partner with Venable, LLP., about policy, the congressional cabinet and Biden's Infrastructure Plan. Fred is a highly distinguished environmental and natural resources attorney. His practice focuses on environmental and natural...
Policy in NEPA, Offshore Wind, and National Parks with Ted Boling
April 23, 2021 10:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBWelcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Ted Boling, Partner at Perkins Coie LLP and previous associate director at the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) in the Executive Office of the President, about NEPA Policy, Offshore Wind, and National Parks. We had a great time catching up with him! Read his full bio below. Help ...
Fish Ecology, Offshore Wind, and Suburban Farming with Justin Krebs
April 16, 2021 10:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBWelcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Justin Krebs, Vice President, Offshore Wind Program Manager, and fish ecologist at AKRF about essential fish habitat, and offshore wind. He also gives us some notes on how one home project turned into his growing suburban farm. Read his full bio below. Be sure to listen for Tobie the P...
Munitions, Aviation, and Hawaii with Dennis Peters
April 09, 2021 10:00 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MBWelcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Dennis Peters, Environmental Manager with Hart Crowser, Inc. now a division of Haley & Aldrich, about his work with military ordinances in Hawaii, how the pandemic has impacted the islands, and his experience flying planes. Dennis has over 29 years of experience conducting a wide range...
Deep Sea Discovery with Dr. Dawn Wright
April 02, 2021 10:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MBWelcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Dr. Dawn Wright, Chief Scientist of the Environmental Systems Research Institute (aka Esri), a world-leading geographic information system (GIS) software and data science company. Core to Esri’s mission is to inspire and enable people to positively impact their future by connecting them...
Deep Sea Discovery, Lego Love, and ESRI with Dr. Dawn Wright
April 02, 2021 10:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MBWelcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Dr. Dawn Wright, Chief Scientist of the Environmental Systems Research Institute (aka Esri), a world-leading geographic information system (GIS) software and data science company. Core to Esri’s mission is to inspire and enable people to positively impact their future by connecting them...
Success in Sustainability with Lauren Staniec
March 26, 2021 10:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBWelcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Lauren Staniec, owner of re-habitat, an interior/sustainable design group that also provides project management services, about her work, her food forest, and her involvement with Green Drinks. Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episode hit the ...
Sustainable Design, Business Ownership, Food Forests with Lauren Staniec
March 26, 2021 10:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBWelcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Lauren Staniec, owner of re-habitat, an interior/sustainable design group that also provides project management services, about her work, her food forest, and her involvement with Green Drinks. Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episode hit the ...
Field Work, Women in STEM, and Vintage Clothes with Gabriella Balsam
March 19, 2021 10:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBWelcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Gabriella Balsam, staff environmental scientist at Southwest Florida Water Management District, where she currently evaluates Environmental Resource Permits in the regulation division of SWFWMD. Read her full bio below. Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor...
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with Stacey Gold
March 12, 2021 11:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBWelcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Stacey Gold, an office administrator with Arcadis. Stacey is the office Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Community Local Chair and the ARCADIS North America, DE&I Steering Channel Community Workstream Lead and Committee Member. She is a committee member of the Office Interview DE&I Bar Rais...
NEPA Updates during the Biden Transition with Fred Wagner
March 05, 2021 11:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MBWelcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Fred Wager, partner with Venable, LLP. Fred is an environmental and natural resources attorney. His practice focuses on environmental and natural resources issues associated with major infrastructure, mining and energy project development. Read his full bio below. Special thanks to our...
Going Green on Clean Energy with Ron Kamen
February 26, 2021 11:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBWelcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Ron Kamen. Ron is the CEO of EarthKind Energy Consulting and the host of The AWESome EarthKind Podcast. Ron’s life mission is to empower everyday people to make clean energy transitions to reduce their carbon footprint... Read full bio below. Special thanks to our sponsor for this epis...
Rona Spellecacy: Travel, Cormoramps, and Environmental Project Management
February 19, 2021 11:00 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MBWelcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts and environmental nerds - Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Rona Spellacacy! Rona is the NAEP President-Elect and senior environmental project manager primarily focused on managing the NEPA process and documentation for a wide variety of projects. She has demonstrated abilities managing diverse teams and delivering pro...
Environmental Justice with Asti Davis
February 12, 2021 11:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBWelcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Asti Davis. Asti is a Baton Rouge native who works at the intersection of law and environmental justice with a focus on green economies, environmental justice, urban forestry and agriculture, and policy making. Read her full bio below. Help us continue to great content! If you’d like ...
Tim Perry: Lawyer, Biker, 007?
February 05, 2021 11:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBWelcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Tim Perry! Tim is an experienced Environmental, Land Use and Utility Law attorney practicing in Florida and Alabama. He serves on the Boards of the National, Florida, and Tallahassee Associations of Environmental Professionals. Special thanks to our sponsor for this episode HDR Inc. ...
Brewing Beer with Betty Dehoney
January 29, 2021 11:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBWelcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Betty Dehoney, the President of NAEP, owner of Dehoney Consulting, LLC and chief bottle washer at Dragonflylady Brews. Read her full bio below. Special thanks to our sponsor for this episode: Sapphos Environmental. http://sapphosenvironmental.com/ Help us continue to great content! I...
Mike Mayer Writes Novels
January 21, 2021 16:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MBWelcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, the only show designed to connect you with the environmental professionals' community through conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode we talk with Mike Mayer, a natural resource professional with over 20 years of experience, Mike has worked on complex and controversial energy and natural resource related management issues regionally, nationally, and internationally as both a federal employee and an...
Welcome to EPR!
January 20, 2021 07:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MBWelcome to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we dive into what inspired us to start the podcast, attempt to define Environmental Professionals and Laura asks Nic about his favorite movie. Don't laugh, it might be yours too! Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episode hit the "support podcast button" or visi...