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  Rising Tide #102 – Coast Guard Admiral Sugimoto Protects the Blue

  February 12, 2024

  In this episode of Rising Tide I speak with Coast Guard Rear Admiral Andy Sugimoto.  He commands the 11th District that stretches from the California Oregon border to the waters off Peru, also Arizona, Nevada, Utah and a bit of Wyoming.   A 39-year veteran of the service I wrote about in my book, ‘Rescue…

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  Rising Tide #101 – Whale Rescuer Kathi George

  January 29, 2024

  In our new episode we speak with Kathi George, Director of Cetacean Conservation for California’s Marine Mammal Center. As a founder of California Whale Rescue, Kathi has been involved in half a dozen at sea ‘disentanglements’ of gray, humpback and orca whales trapped by fishing gear as well as 50 sea lion rescues from fishing line…

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  Rising Tide #100 – Celebrating Some of our Favorites

  January 15, 2024

  In a special edition of Rising Tide, David Helvarg, Vicki Nichols-Goldstein and Natasha Benjamin play excerpts of some of our past guests since RT first went live in 2020. Since then, we’ve attracted thousands of listeners like you and tens of thousands more on community radio stations across the nation. Listen to clips from 14 of…

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  Rising Tide #99 – Brian Skerry’s Iconic Ocean Images

  January 2, 2024

  In our latest episode we speak with world-renowned underwater photojournalist Brian Skerry. Brian talks about his early work in the bone-chilling waters of New England (where he continues documenting our changing seas), his early pictures for National Geographic starting with a pirate shipwreck. Also, some of his famous images including of a grey seal, a Right Whale…

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  Rising Tide #97 – Neil Sims’ Ocean Farm of the Future

  December 4, 2023

  About half the world’s seafood now comes from aquaculture, rather than wild caught fishing. Last year Blue Frontier made a short film on Ocean Era, a Hawaii-based company doing cutting edge research into sustainable mariculture. On Today’s Rising Tide we talk with its founder and CEO Neil Sims about their work with fin fish veggie diets, offshore…

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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.

Check out our Substack for podcast transcripts and more!

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!