Rising Tide: The Ocean Podcast

Latest Episodes:

Rising Tide #93 – Mikki's Shark World Oct 09, 2023

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On this episode of Rising Tide we talk with Mikki McComb-Kobza of the Ocean First Institute. A long time diver and conservation biologist Mikki has studied sharks all around the world. She’ll talk about her discovery on how Hammerhead sharks see, how sharks are the wolves of the sea, why that’s a good thing and how she uses DNA sampling and measures white sharks using underwater lasers. And of course how ‘Jaws’ changed her life. Join us.

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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Rising Tide #92 – Terry Tamminen's AltaSea Sep 25, 2023

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On this episode of Rising Tide we talk with Terry Tamminen, President and CEO of AltaSea in the Port of Los Angeles. The former Waterkeeper, head of California EPA and longtime Climate advisor tells us about this unique ‘Blue Economy Hub.’ Hear what AltaSea is doing to scale up Ocean Climate Solutions through innovation, education and sustainable business startups focused on clean energy and aquaculture, all of it taking place in the heart of the Western hemisphere’s largest port complex.

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Rising Tide #91 - Susan Casey goes Deep into the Sea Sep 11, 2023

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Today we’re having an in-depth conversation with best-selling author and ocean advocate Susan Casey about her latest book, ‘The Underworld, Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean.’ She talks about the role of the deep oceans in sustaining life on earth, the ‘Star Wars Bar Scene’ population of strange and incredible animals living miles below the surface, how people like her have and can travel to the black bone-crushing abyss and find wonder and also the threat of deep sea mining. Join us for this fascinating journey.

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Rising Tide #90 - Coral Restoration in a Climate Crisis Aug 28, 2023

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Our overheated seas off Florida have now topped 101 degrees, the kind of record you don’t want to claim. Today we’re talking with Alex Neufeld of the Coral Restoration Foundation, a major group of scientists and technicians who’ve been forced to move their coral grow nurseries from the waters of the Florida Keys to onshore tanks to prevent their bleaching and dying. We’ll discuss how they’re doing this and what it means for the future of coral reefs and the efforts to protect them.

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Rising Tide #89 - Beneath the Blue Planet Aug 14, 2023

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Today we’re talking with Dr. Alex Brylske a veteran dive industry professional, coral reef biologist and retired professor at the College of the Florida Keys. We discuss his book, ‘Beneath The Blue Planet’ that provides an in-depth dive into all things ocean. We’ll also get his unique perspective on the changing nature of both our endangered Ocean and the role the dive industry can and must play in protecting it. Plus we’ll find out what his coral students have to say that most excites him.

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Rising Tide #88 – Marc Yaggi is a Waterkeeper Jul 31, 2023

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Today we speak with Marc Yaggi, Chief Executive Officer of the Waterkeeper Alliance, the world’s largest non-profit organization dedicated to the protection and preservation of clean water. We’ll talk about his and his organization’s history going back to exploring and protecting watersheds including the one that provides New York City with its drinking water. We’ll review some of this boat-based group’s victories from Atlanta to coastal Senegal and some of the ongoing challenges we all face from Supreme Court rulings to pollutants in our water and our blood. Still, be prepared for some hope.

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Rising Tide #87 – Tony Lawson builds for the Deep Jul 17, 2023

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In this episode of Rising Tide we talk with Submersible engineer and marine robotics expert Tony Lawson about the challenges faced by the deep submersibles community. He describes the challenges and wonders of building vessels designed to explore the ocean depths, their classing, industry safety record and ongoing innovations. He also speaks about his personal reaction to the “predictable” tragedy of the Titan, lost while diving on the Titanic. This conversation is guaranteed to teach you something about the deep ocean and the engineering that gets us there.

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Kassia Meador surfs with grace for the Ocean Jul 03, 2023

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Hosts Natasha Benjamin and David Helvarg speak with Kassia Meador — longtime professional surfer, designer, and ocean devotee whose ecstatic longboard style has made her one of the sport's most recognizable figures. The conversation moves like a tide, pulling from her earliest saltwater memories shaped by a surfer father, to the changes she's witnessed in the ocean over decades in the water. Meador also speaks to her founding of the first wetsuit brand designed by women for women, and explores the deeper currents connecting surfing and kelp to questions of creation and community. It's a conversation rooted in the sea — and everything it asks of the people who love it.

Rising Tide #85 – From Paddle boards to Spy Whales with Rich German Jun 19, 2023

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Today we speak with Rich German –photographer, paddle boarder, podcaster and founder of Project O. Along with thousands of hours stand up paddling with Orcas, Blue whales, dolphins and seals, Rich has been instrumental in creating blue city standards for coastal communities while also working on the establishment of a whale sanctuary in Norway plus seeking to protect a Beluga spy whale presently swimming off of Sweden. And yes, it’s as strange as it sounds.

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Rising Tide #84 – Congressman Jared Huffman is an Ocean Champ Jun 05, 2023

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On today’s show we speak with Rep. Jared Huffman (D – CA) whose congressional district runs up California’s coast from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Oregon border.

A long time ocean champion he talks about laws he’s helped pass to protect salmon and kelp forests, the removal of dams on the Klamath river and how offshore floating wind farms could be the greatest boom to the area’s economy since logging but with better outcomes. He also talks about what’s unique on “the redwood coast.” Join us in a hopeful conversation.

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