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Rising Tide #51 – Blue Frontier Turns 20
Read more: Rising Tide #51 – Blue Frontier Turns 20David and Vicki are joined by Wendy Benchley and Margo Pellegrino, both previous podcast guests and both fellow veterans of Blue Frontier, the ocean conservation group that works to give people who care about the Ocean the tools needed to protect their communities both human and wild. The four discuss two decades of Blue Vision…
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Rising Tide #50 The Scientist, Sunscreen and Dead Reefs
Read more: Rising Tide #50 The Scientist, Sunscreen and Dead ReefsFor our 50th episode we talk with Dr. Craig Downs, the Hawaiian scientist who discovered and popularized the threat petrochemical-based sunscreens and other skin care products pose to coral reefs, fish and additional marine wildlife. Along with the role of Oreo cookies in his discovery, he talks about the ‘zombification’ of reefs and fish exposed to…
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Rising Tide #49 – Maria Brown’s California Galapagos
Read more: Rising Tide #49 – Maria Brown’s California GalapagosWe talk with NOAA’s Superintendent of the Greater Farallones and Cordell Banks Marine Sanctuaries off California, some of the most productive waters in the world. While she “loves the white sharks” for which the Farallones are famous, comparing one to “a school bus swimming by,” she doesn’t want anyone to forget the other fish, whales,…
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Rising Tide #48 – Brian Tissot’s Life on the Edge
Read more: Rising Tide #48 – Brian Tissot’s Life on the EdgeSurfer scientist, writer and long-time Northern California marine lab director Brian Tissot talks with us about the state of California’s declining kelp forests, his years studying endangered tropical corals and more. More includes what he’s taught and learned from the upcoming generation of marine science students in his Trinidad CA. lab, his science-based science fiction,…
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Rising Tide #47 – Still an Outlaw Ocean
Read more: Rising Tide #47 – Still an Outlaw OceanWe welcome back Ian Urbina who was on Rising Tide’s first episode. The former NY Times reporter’s Outlaw Ocean series became a bestselling book and now the The Outlaw Ocean Project. We discuss his latest reporting for the New Yorker magazine on how thousands of climate refugees from Africa seeking to cross the Mediterranean are…
How To Listen
You can listen to our podcast on a variety of platforms including Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Android, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Blubrry, Podchaser, Gaana, the Podcast Index, and Deezer.
Additionally, our podcast is broadcast on several radio stations:
- KGUA Radio – Public Media for the Mendonoma Coast
- KWMR – Point Reyes West Marin Community Radio
- KGNU & KGNU-FM – Denver & Boulder Community Radio Stations
- KKRN – Round Mountain California Listener Supported Radio
- G-TOWN RADIO – Germantown Community Radio, Philadelphia.
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Each episode navigates insightful discussions on marine life, and the critical issues affecting our seas. Informative, educational and humorous, it’s a valuable resource for anyone passionate about understanding and preserving our ocean world!
