Rising Tide: The Ocean Podcast

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Rising Tide #103 - Shelby Van Pelt's Remarkable Octopus Book Feb 26, 2024

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In this episode of Rising Tide Vicki and I speak with Shelby Van Pelt, author of the best-selling novel, ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’ that tells the story of a growing, healing friendship between a widowed aquarium cleaner and a Giant Pacific Octopus with an attitude. Shelby talks about how Marcellus the bored, curmudgeonly cephalopod came into being, how her upbringing in the Pacific Northwest influenced her writing, her development as a novelist and sharing her fascination with octopuses and the ocean with her audience.

Rising Tide, the Ocean Podcast, is a compelling platform that delves into the vast realms of ocean and climate science, conservation, and exploration featuring experts, scientists, mariners and explorers. Each half hour episode navigates through insightful discussions on marine life, and the critical issues affecting our seas. Informative, educational and humorous it is a valuable resource for anyone passionate about understanding and preserving our ocean world.

Rising Tide #102 - Coast Guard Admiral Sugimoto Protects the Blue Feb 12, 2024

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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 Warriors’, he’s done 12 years at sea, worked as a judge advocate general and coordinated U.S. intelligence with the CIA and others. We’ll talk about the many missions that take place in his area of responsibility including, of course, Search And Rescue. Also, the answer is yes, he did keep that promise he made to his Mom when he was 5.

Rising Tide #101 - Whale Rescuer Kathi George Jan 29, 2024

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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 and plastic debris. She tells us about how it’s done, the dangers (people have been injured and killed), precautions and rewards of whale wrangling, and what we can all do to protect whales.

Rising Tide #100 - Celebrating Some of our Favorites Jan 15, 2024

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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 our past guests including Ian Urbina, Sylvia Earle, Danni Washington, Ralph Nader and many others. Then go to our archives and listen to their full shows, help spread the word and remember! The only ocean resource not fully exploited is good story telling!

Rising Tide #99 - Brian Skerry’s Iconic Ocean Images Jan 02, 2024

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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 greeting his assistant and a dead shark in a net. And, he recalls some close calls he’s had under ice and at sea. So, dive in with us and the amazing Brian Skerry.

Rising Tide #98 – Margaret Leinen – Steering Scripps in Turbulent Seas Dec 18, 2023

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On our latest Rising Tide, we speak with paleo oceanographer Margaret Leinen, Director of the San Diego based Scripps Institution of Oceanography, one of the world’s leading research centers.

Leinen talks about its cutting-edge work on the ocean, atmosphere, climate, biology and more. Also, how their vessels monitor climate change in Antarctica and across our blue world and how the role of women in oceanography has also changed, in a better way, since as a grad student she was not allowed to do her ship-based research.

Rising Tide #97 – Neil Sims’ Ocean Farm of the Future Dec 04, 2023

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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 pens, growing seaweed for food and fuel, climate-friendly diets and more. Join us for a fascinating look below the surface of what’s for dinner.

Rising Tide #96 – The Late Don Walsh in his own Words Nov 20, 2023

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In a Special Encore Episode of Rising Tide we revisit our June 2022 talk with the late Ocean Pioneer, Don Walsh, who passed away on Nov. 12 at the age of 92. In 1960 he and Jacque Picard became the first humans to reach the deepest part of the ocean – almost 7 miles down in the Challenger Deep. He talks about that journey and its near disaster, why ocean exploration didn’t go the way of the Space Race, and also gives his unvarnished take on deep-sea mining and other ocean issues. So here again, Don Walsh!

Nuestro Planeta es Azul Nov 06, 2023

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On this episode of Rising Tide David & Vicki speak with Marce Gutiérrez – Graudiņš, founder and Executive Director of Azul, the first grassroots organization working with Latinx people throughout the Americas to protect our blue ocean.

Based in California where she sits on the governing board of the California Coastal Conservancy, Marce, shocked by the Chevron refinery explosion in Richmond California in 2012, expanded Azul’s environmental justice work nationally and globally as you’ll learn as you dive into our latest conversation.

Rising Tide #94 – Surfing (and Diving's) Dirty Secret Oct 23, 2023

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On this episode of Rising Tide we talk with surfers and filmmakers Lewis Arnold and Chris Nelson about their upcoming documentary "The Big Sea". This startling expose takes a look at the links between the manufacture of neoprene (chloroprene rubber), used in wetsuits and the toxic pollution and high-cancer risks faced by low-income communities adjacent to neoprene's main manufacturing plant in Louisiana's "cancer alley". Learn about the costs - and natural alternatives - to chloroprene in our latest show.

Rising Tide, the Ocean Podcast is co-hosted by Blue Frontier's David Helvarg and the Inland Ocean Coalition's Vicki Nichols-Goldstein. This podcast aims to give you information, inspiration and motivation (along with a few laughs) to help understand our ocean world and make it better. The ocean is rising, and so are we!

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