Latest Informal Podcast Episodes
[INSIGHT] What kind of freelancer are you?
TALATERRA - June 21, 2024 07:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIntroducing a new feature to the podcast. This new feature is called INSIGHT. With each episode we’ll explore some aspect of freelancing and how it intersects with the environmental awareness work being done by independent professionals worldwide. In this first episode, we consider seven types o...
Maria Coryell-Martin, Expeditionary Art and Art Toolkit
TALATERRA - March 29, 2024 07:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsMaria Coryell-Martin is an expeditionary artist. That’s right. Expeditionary, as in expeditions. What type of imagery does this bring up? If you imagine an artist traveling with a scientist or an explorer, you are imagining things correctly. This episode originally aired in 2019. Back then, M...
Wendy Nadherny Fachon, Story Walking
TALATERRA - March 08, 2024 23:36 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsWendy Nadherny Fachon is an author, journalist, podcast host and environmental educator. Her work is published by Natural Awakenings Magazine, Sustainable Living News, and Dreamvisions 7 Radio. After working many years in the healthcare industry, Wendy left her position to focus on children's h...
Gloria Desanker, Map Nerd Consulting Mapping Untold Stories
TALATERRA - February 23, 2024 08:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsToday, we get to learn from Gloria Desanker, geospatial storyteller, founder, and Principal Consultant at Map Nerd Consulting. More About Gloria My name is Gloria Desanker, and I founded Map Nerd Consulting so that I could work as a Geospatial Storyteller to help others unlock the power of loc...
Tom Rhoads, Exploring the Intersection of Environmental Education and Economics
TALATERRA - February 09, 2024 08:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn this episode, we get to learn from Dr. Tom Rhoads, an economist and professor at Towson University. Dr. Rhoads shares his transition from sports economics to environmental economics and his research integrating economics into environmental education. Dr. Rhoads explains that his interest in...
Experiential Interpretive Design - Environmental Education and the Institute for Earth Education
TALATERRA - January 26, 2024 08:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsI hope you enjoyed my conversation with Bill Reynolds, Lars Wohlers, and Mike Mayer, co-founders of Experiential Interpretive Design, a coaching company they founded to help individuals, organizations, and sites develop the interpretive experiences they provide. In this episode, we learned abou...
Experiential Interpretive Design - Bill Reynolds, Lars Wohlers, Mike Mayer
TALATERRA - January 22, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn this episode, we meet the co-founders of Experiential Interpretive Design (EID) -- Bill Reynolds, Lars Wohlers, and Mike Mayer. Collectively, they have many years of experience in interpretation and experience design and bring to EID the experience they gained from various roles in tourism, p...
Janice Kelley, Nature Detectives at Home
TALATERRA - January 05, 2024 15:38 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsJanice Kelley is the founder and program director for Nature Detectives, where children in kindergarten through third grade discover the mysteries of the outdoor world on their school campus, at home, at a park, and in their neighborhood. She is the author of several publications, and when she ...
S3: E6 Food Allergies are No Yolk - Old Nerd in the Gym Special Holiday Edition
Old Nerd in the Gym Podcast - December 19, 2023 18:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOLD NERD IN THE GYM FITNESS PODCAST SPECIAL EDITION BY GERY DEER “THEN THE WHOS, YOUNG AND OLD, WOULD SIT DOWN TO A FEAST. AND THEY'D FEAST! AND THEY'D FEAST! AND THEY'D FEAST! FEAST! FEAST! FEAST! THEY WOULD FEAST ON WHO-PUDDING, AND RARE WHO-ROAST BEAST.” - DR. SEUSS’S “HOW THE GRINCH STOLE ...
Dr. Raquel Pinderhughes, Roots of Success Environmental Literacy and Job Training Program
TALATERRA - September 18, 2023 18:38 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsRoots of Success (RoS) is an empowering environmental literacy and job training program that prepares youth and adults with significant barriers to employment to access jobs and career pathways in environmental fields and to improve environmental and social conditions in their communities. The p...
Jerry Willenbring, Electrify California
TALATERRA - August 11, 2023 18:32 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsToday it is my pleasure to introduce you to Jerry Willenbring. Jerry is a community organizer, teacher, and guide. He is also a physicist and an electrical engineer who has taken on electrifying California. Literally. In 2020, Jerry formed Electrify California, a nonprofit committed to provid...
Erin Majeske, Barefeet Farm School
TALATERRA - July 21, 2023 10:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsErin Majeske is a mother, wife, dreamer, kitchen experimenter, wannabe gardener, nature explorer, and founder of Barefeet Farm School. When she's not in the outdoor classroom with preschoolers, she loves to enjoy the beautiful Pacific Northwest with her family and make as much music as possible....
S3:E6 Day of Caring 365 Foundation and the Old Nerd
Old Nerd in the Gym Podcast - July 10, 2023 17:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingGery Deer sat down and spoke with Hans Marlette, the Executive Director of Day of Caring 365. The Day of Caring 365 Foundation was founded in 1991 to foster volunteerism and provide resources for communities in need. Day of Caring 365 is a nonprofit organization that has provided funding for...
Brad McLain, Designing Transformative Experiences
TALATERRA - June 12, 2023 15:02 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsToday we get to learn again from Dr. Brad McLain. You might remember my conversation with Dr. McLain about identity theory and the professional identities of informal science educators. In this episode, we pick up the conversation where we left it and talk about Dr. McLain’s new book called De...
Saurabh Mithal, Strengthening Careers of Independent Professionals
TALATERRA - May 26, 2023 08:26 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsSaurabh Mithal is a teacher, independent professional, and the founder of Passionately Curious, a community for solopreneurs. I invited Saurabh to talk about his experience working with freelancers. In this episode, Saurabh shares how he helps independent professionals establish their businesses...
Jeffrey H. Ryan, The History of U.S. Public Lands
TALATERRA - May 12, 2023 19:27 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsMy guest today is Jeffrey H. Ryan. Jeffrey is the author of Appalachian Odyssey and Blazing Ahead in his latest book, This Land Was Saved for You and Me. Jeffrey introduces us to seven people who were key to forming and preserving America's public lands. Jeffrey tells how these individuals infl...
Dan Kriesberg and Camille Simone Edwards, Diversity Education in Nature
TALATERRA - April 19, 2023 16:27 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsToday my guests are Dan Kriesberg and Camille Simone Edwards, founders of Diversity Education in Nature. Dan and Camille’s unique approach to diversity education occur through the lens of ecological concepts and pairs outdoor experiences with conversations about diversity, equity, and inclusion...
Michael Hawk, Technology for Nature Education
TALATERRA - April 14, 2023 13:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsToday our guest is Michael Hawk. Michael is the founder of Jumpstart Nature and the host of the Nature’s Archive podcast. Jumpstart Nature is a new organization taking a tech-centric approach to how they connect people with nature. In this episode, we learn what inspired Michael to create the ...
Jo Petroni, Permarchitecture - A Holistic Approach to Building on the Land
TALATERRA - March 26, 2023 06:25 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsToday my guest is Jo Petroni. Jo is an architect, illustrator, writer and teacher. She's the author of Listen To Your Land, a Guide to Regenerative Land Design that blends biophilic design and permaculture philosophy. Jo is also a contributor to the Carbon Almanac and co-founder of Damn Good Hu...
SciComm @ UCR, Communicating Science Across the Cline
TALATERRA - February 11, 2023 05:39 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsToday we learn from Jessica Maccaro, Catherine Nguyen, and Joshua Reger, the team behind the new science communication podcast Across the Cline. This podcast is the latest outreach vehicle for SciComm @ UCR, the student-led science communication group at the University of California, Riverside....
Arjit Jere, Freelance Science Journalism
TALATERRA - January 20, 2023 14:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsArjit Jere, is a biologist, science communicator, and popular science writer based in India. Arjit has written about the lifecycle of antlions, competitor behavior in hummingbirds, climate change, and the critically endangered Amboli toad that's found only in the mountains of Western India. I m...
Robin Lee Carlson, Cold Canyon Fire Journals - Understanding Wildfires
TALATERRA - December 31, 2022 04:24 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsToday we get to learn from Robin Lee Carlson. Robin is a biologist, science writer, and scientific illustrator. In all aspects of her work, Robin transforms scientific information into stories to help people see the natural world in new ways. Her scientific illustration work and writings can be...
The World As It Could Be - Environmental Education and Human Rights
TALATERRA - December 12, 2022 18:44 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 11 ratings“Human rights are held by all persons equally, universally and forever. Human rights are the basic standards without which people cannot live in dignity. These rights are inalienable. This means you cannot lose these rights just as you cannot cease to be a human.“ ...
S3:E5 Emotional Polarity Techniques and the Old Nerd
Old Nerd in the Gym Podcast - December 01, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis month our guest on Old Nerd in the Gym is Nick Wilson, a Certified EPT Practitioner at the Better Days Center in Centerville, Ohio. Nick Wilson is a co-owner of Better Days Center, located in Centerville Ohio and he has been practicing Emotional Polarity Therapy techniques since 2019 when...
Bonus - CarbonSessions, The Octopus' Garden
TALATERRA - September 16, 2022 19:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThis summer, I have featured episodes from various shows on The Carbon Almanac Podcast Network. In July, I shared an episode from The Carbon Almanac Collective, a podcast about the team who created The Carbon Almanac. In August, I shared an episode from Generation Carbon, the podcast for kids...
Diane Wyzga, How Environmental Educators Can Get to the Heart of Their Message
TALATERRA - September 02, 2022 19:31 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsToday we get to learn from Diane Wyzga, story strategist, guide, and founder of the practice called Engaged Storyism. Diane is also the creator, host, and producer of Stories From Women Who Walk, a much-loved and listened-to podcast that has spread wisdom and touched hearts worldwide. I reache...
Bonus - Generation Carbon, Bugs and Climate Change
TALATERRA - August 19, 2022 13:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsAs you know, I've been working on a project involving The Carbon Almanac for the past several months. One of the projects I've been able to help with is the Carbon Almanac Podcast Network. This network includes a podcast featuring conversations with individuals who worked on the book, a podcast ...
Sue Heatherington, Quiet Disruptors
TALATERRA - August 05, 2022 10:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsSue Heatherington is a quiet disruptor. She started introducing herself this way after a period of time marked by family trauma, business challenges, and serious illness. The first time Sue introduced herself as a quiet disruptor, she was surprised by the reaction she received. in this episode,...
Bonus - A Pause, An Almanac, and The Carbon Almanac Collective
TALATERRA - July 08, 2022 22:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsWelcome back to the Talaterra podcast! A landmark project pulled me away, and I let it take priority during an intense period of its production. So I return to podcasting by explaining where I've been, and to do this, I've decided to share a conversation I had for The Carbon Almanac Collective....
S3: E4 Muscle Activation Therapy and the Old Nerd
Old Nerd in the Gym Podcast - June 14, 2022 21:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingKristen Tamplin of MAT, Muscle Activation Therapy, talks with the Old Nerd about Muscle Activation Therapy(MAT0, health, fitness and Ninja Turtles. Hosted by Julie Barth and Gery Deer Produced and Edited by Julie Barth Directed by Gery Deer Graphics by Taylor Huggins Old Nerd in the Gym Fitness...