ORCA Podcast
11 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago -Produced by the Ocean Research and Conservation Association (ORCA), the ORCA Podcast shares the scientific facts that drive real environmental change. Host, Aurora Aparicio, converses with marine scientists and researchers, policy advocates, environmental educators, and many others to illuminate the processes through which environmental science is conducted and applied to aquatic ecosystems. Press play and take the plunge into topics like citizen science, environmental justice, One Health, and more.
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Episode 9: Investigating Our Produce & The Process of Experiementation
January 07, 2020 20:00 - 10 minutes - 7.11 MBRose Blanchard, a senior at Berry College and 2019 summer intern at ORCA, expressed her passion for OneHealth research through a series of lab experiments this summer. Specifically, she designed an experiment to test for microcystin (a toxin produced by some algae) in everyday fruits and vegetables found at the grocery store. In her process of designing the experiment, the 21-year old biology student was met with several obstacles that taught her valuable lessons about how to test hypotheses...
Episode 8: Harmful Algae Blooms and Pets
January 07, 2020 20:00 - 11 minutes - 7.77 MBHanna Atsma spent her summer internship at ORCA studying all different facets of the Indian River Lagoon. One of her passions is OneHealth, a research focus that is concerned with the interconnections between environmental, human, and animal health. Hence, she was alarmed to have heard of the multiple cases of animals being exposed to microcystin released by harmful algae blooms. In this episode we take a closer look at what happens when dogs, horses, and cattle are exposed to environmenta...
Episode 7: One Fish, Two Fish, Environmental Justice
November 12, 2019 11:00 - 23 minutes - 14.8 MBWhile in grad school, April Richards discovered that she wanted to study both fish and environmental justice. Her advisor wasn't really sure how to direct her. A year and a half later, she sat in the ORCA Podcast hot seat explaining just how she's combining those interests as a Research Associate for the organization. Using both qualitative and quantitative research methods, Richards spent an entire summer investigating the habits of local subsistence fishing populations and testing fish...
Episode 7: One Fish, Two Fish, Environmental Justice
November 12, 2019 11:00 - 23 minutes - 14.8 MBWhile in grad school, April Richards discovered that she wanted to study both fish and environmental justice. Her advisor wasn't really sure how to direct her. A year and a half later, she sat in the ORCA Podcast hot seat explaining just how she's combining those interests as a Research Associate for the organization. Using both qualitative and quantitative research methods, Richards spent an entire summer investigating the habits of local subsistence fishing populations and testing fish...
Episode 6: Misperceptions of Chemistry
October 29, 2019 10:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBWe’ve all heard the word, "chemical," be used to insinuate toxicity, danger, or harm. But what, exactly, is a chemical? And what does chemistry have to do with helping the Ocean Research and Conservation Association carry out its environmental work? Before we go throwing around the word, “chemicals,” in a negative way, we wanted to clarify some of chemistry’s most common misperceptions; so, we brought in an expert-in-the-making: Yale University chemistry major, Jaeger Johnson. For the secon...
Episode 5: Citizen Science
October 15, 2019 10:00 - 14 minutes - 9.86 MBWe've all heard that age-old saying that you could be part of the solution, rather than part of the problem.Traditionally though, that was pretty difficult for those environmental issues that required scientific solutions. It's 2019, however, and that's no longer the case. The Ocean Research and Conservation Association has a unique approach to applied research. As you heard last week, ORCA takes marine science education seriously through robust internship programs. Yet, the learning doesn't...
Episode 4: Ecotoxicity & Oysters with Intern Kathryn Lanyon
October 01, 2019 09:00 - 11 minutes - 7.1 MBIn the way oysters are keystone species in aquatic ecosystems, such are interns at the Ocean Research and Conservation Association. Over the summer, our bustling lab hosted a total of 10 interns, ranging from high school to grad school. This week we talk to a senior at Berry College, Kathryn Lanyon, who spent her internship catching and tending to buckets of oysters-- literally. Lanyon's expertise lies in environmental science with roots in biology. As she discusses, oysters are a keystone...
Episode 3: Science Funding and Policy: We Asked George Jones
September 17, 2019 09:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBEpisode 3. Science Funding and Policy: We Asked George Jones George Jones, ORCA Government / NGO Representative and policy advisor walks us through the complexities of state funding for science and how the results of that science are used to drive local environmental policy. Support the show
Episode 3: Science Funding and Policy: We Asked George Jones
September 17, 2019 09:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBEpisode 3. Science Funding and Policy: We Asked George Jones George Jones, ORCA Government / NGO Representative and policy advisor walks us through the complexities of state funding for science and how the results of that science are used to drive local environmental policy. Support the show (https://www.teamorca.org/donate.html)
Episode 2: Uncovering the Concept of One Health at ORCA with Dr. Beth Falls
September 01, 2019 22:00 - 13 minutes - 9.04 MBHost, Aurora Aparicio interviews Dr. Beth Falls regarding ORCA’s “systems thinking” approach to scientific research. Applied science is different from basic science research, which typically seeks to distill a complex system down to its smallest component parts to understand it. Although this reductionist approach is necessary to advance scientific understanding, it is not an end point. Applied science builds on the work of basic science to generate actionionable results that can be used to ...
Episode 1: A Q&A with ORCA founder, Senior Scientist, and CEO, Dr. Edie Widder
September 01, 2019 21:00 - 13 minutes - 8.98 MBHost, Aurora Aparicio, engages ORCA founder, Senior Scientist, and CEO, Dr. Edith Widder (or "Edie" as she prefers) about the ABC's of ORCA. This quick Q & A gives the history behind when, how, and why the marine science non-profit was started and how it has reached international recognition. Listen as Edie, a deep sea researcher and bioluminescence expert, sets the stage for the rest of the season which will showcase ORCA's unique research projects and the scientists who manage them. The ...