Latest Aquatic ecosystems Podcast Episodes
Episode 9: Investigating Our Produce & The Process of Experiementation
ORCA Podcast - January 07, 2020 20:00 - 10 minutesRose 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 vegetab...
Episode 8: Harmful Algae Blooms and Pets
ORCA Podcast - January 07, 2020 20:00 - 11 minutesHanna 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 mu...
Episode 7: One Fish, Two Fish, Environmental Justice
ORCA Podcast - November 12, 2019 11:00 - 23 minutesWhile 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 Associ...
Episode 7: One Fish, Two Fish, Environmental Justice
ORCA Podcast - November 12, 2019 11:00 - 23 minutesWhile 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 Associ...
Episode 6: Misperceptions of Chemistry
ORCA Podcast - October 29, 2019 10:00 - 20 minutesWe’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, “chemic...
Episode 5: Citizen Science
ORCA Podcast - October 15, 2019 10:00 - 14 minutesWe'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...
Episode 4: Ecotoxicity & Oysters with Intern Kathryn Lanyon
ORCA Podcast - October 01, 2019 09:00 - 11 minutesIn 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 Lan...
Episode 3: Science Funding and Policy: We Asked George Jones
ORCA Podcast - September 17, 2019 09:00 - 22 minutesEpisode 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
ORCA Podcast - September 17, 2019 09:00 - 22 minutesEpisode 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 2: Uncovering the Concept of One Health at ORCA with Dr. Beth Falls
ORCA Podcast - September 01, 2019 22:00 - 13 minutesHost, 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 re...
Episode 1: A Q&A with ORCA founder, Senior Scientist, and CEO, Dr. Edie Widder
ORCA Podcast - September 01, 2019 21:00 - 13 minutesHost, 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. Li...
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