Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast Rising Tide: The Ocean Podcast
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| Meaghan Brosnan – Ocean Sheriff | 14 Jul 2025 | 00:28:42 | |
In the latest episode David & Vicki talk with Wildaid CEO Meaghan Brosnan who, when it comes to marine wildlife and protected areas, is all about the enforcement. Wildaid is a leading international non-profit dedicated to saving the world’s declining wildlife species, perhaps best known for its decade-long media campaign that helped turn China from a consumer to an opponent of shark finning.
Since taking over in 2017, Meaghan has expanded Wildaid’s ocean programs 10-fold with an emphasis on putting the bad guys away. No surprise, given her 20 years of service in the US Coast Guard, much of it in the Marine Resources Enforcement program. David & Vicki talk to her about her blue background, how a non-profit can help locals enforce protection of their (more than 20 nations’) waters and much more. And of course, Blue News You Can Use.Dive in with us.
** Links & Resources **
Wild Aid: https://wildaid.org/
Blue Frontier: bluefront.org
Building the solution-based citizen movement needed to protect our ocean, coasts and communities, both human and wild.
Blue Frontier on Substack: https://davidhelvarg.substack.com/
Inland Ocean Coalition: inlandoceancoalition.org
Building land-to-sea stewardship - the inland voice for ocean protection
Fluid Studios: fluidstudios.org
Thinking radically different about the collective good, our planet, & the future.
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| The UN’s Ocean Conference | 30 Jun 2025 | 00:28:34 | |
In the latest episode of Rising Tide: The Ocean Podcast, David & Vicki bring you some of the news that other media may not have. Earlier in June there was a United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice, France attended by thousands of people including many heads of state. While a lot got done there, there was little coverage of it in the United States.
That’s why Rising Tide Ocean Podcast recently talked with Mike Sutton, Executive Director of the Goldman Environmental Prize and Lindsay Gordon, head of Global Programs at Parley for the Oceans, both of whom were there in Nice. They’ll give us their impressions about what worked and what didn’t in terms of a global High Seas Treaty, new Marine Protected Areas including the world’s largest, what was said about Deep Sea Mining and what role climate change and industrial overfishing played. The changing positions of government delegations and citizen groups is also worth hearing about. So,
Dive in for a lively and hopeful world-spanning discussion.
** Links & Resources **
Goldman Environmental Prize: https://www.goldmanprize.org/
Parley For The Ocean: https://parley.tv/
UN Ocean Conference: https://sdgs.un.org/conferences/ocean2025
BB NJ Deep Sea Mining Global Plastics Treaty: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBNJ_Agreement
White Shark Cafe: https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/rivers-oceans/white-shark-cafe-the-mysterious-meeting-spot-for-great-whites-in-the-middle-of-the-pacific-ocean
Blue Frontier: bluefront.org
Building the solution-based citizen movement needed to protect our ocean, coasts and communities, both human and wild.
Blue Frontier on Substack: https://davidhelvarg.substack.com/
Inland Ocean Coalition: inlandoceancoalition.org
Building land-to-sea stewardship - the inland voice for ocean protection
Fluid Studios: fluidstudios.org
Thinking radically different about the collective good, our planet, & the future. | |||
| Nat Herz’s Northern Beat | 24 Feb 2025 | 00:28:37 | |
In our latest episode of ‘Rising Tide the Ocean Podcast’ David and Vicki check in on Nat Herz founder and reporter at The Northern Journal. After covering our 49th state (including one third of America’s coastline) for the Alaska Daily News and Alaska Public Media Nick set out on his own in 2022, creating an Anchorage-based investigative newsletter covering issues from public lands and water, energy, mining, fisheries, politics, dog sled racing, everything the Alaskan public has a right to know. Now a must read in Alaska with stories picked up by every media outlet in the state the Northern Journal is what you might get if I.F. Stone met a polar bear. We ask Nat about his take on Alaska in the world, how things might change – or not change – during Trump 2.0 and what it’s like covering a beat the size of Western Europe but mostly without roads. It’s a fascinating take on journalism on ‘The Last Frontier.’
** Links & Resources **
The Northern Journal: https://www.northernjournal.com/
Blue Frontier: bluefront.org
Building the solution-based citizen movement needed to protect our ocean, coasts and communities, both human and wild.
Blue Frontier on Substack: https://davidhelvarg.substack.com/
Inland Ocean Coalition: inlandoceancoalition.org
Building land-to-sea stewardship - the inland voice for ocean protection
Fluid Studios: fluidstudios.org
Thinking radically different about the collective good, our planet, & the future. | |||
| Rising Tide #39 - Storm reporter Mark Schleifstein | 02 Sep 2021 | 40:29:48 | |
The day before Hurricane Ida devastated Louisiana, the Gulf and then the Northeast we spoke with New Orlean’s Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Mark Schleifstein (now reporting on the wake of Ida) about his experiences during Hurricane Katrina, failed levees, coastal restoration and how sea level rise and flooding will impact the future of Louisiana and the world. Listen to this timely and alarming interview about life in the Greenhouse Century. 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! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #38 – Getting in the Swim with Matt Moseley | 30 Aug 2021 | 00:27:08 | |
We talk to long-distance adventure swimmer, author and activist Matt Moseley about his first-ever swims in the ocean, rivers and across Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans, now hit with yet another catastrophic hurricane. He explains about feeling like a fish out of water and what running out of water could mean for 40 million people across the West. Plus he offers some hope and solutions one can pursue. 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! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #37 – Louie Psihoyos’s Ocean visions | 16 Aug 2021 | 00:27:28 | |
From Iowa to an Oscar, Louie Psihoyos continues to engage people with his famed National Geographic photography, award-winning films including ‘The Cove’ and ‘Racing Extinction’ and projected images. His larger than life endangered species vying for our attention on the Empire State building and the Vatican and his evolving views on food and social movements are just a few of the things we discuss with him. 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! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #36 – Two Sisters Taking On Plastic | 02 Aug 2021 | 00:31:25 | |
Dianna and Julia Cohen are two of the co-founders of the Plastic Pollution Coalition. Mixing lifetimes of art and activism they talk about the challenges of plastic pollution, including countering industry propaganda about recycling. Along with ocean and human health impacts and actions we can all take, they offer insights, opportunities and solutions to take us Beyond petroleum-based Plastic Pollution. 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! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #35 - Whale Doctor Frances Gulland | 19 Jul 2021 | 00:30:45 | |
This week we speak with marine mammal veterinarian and disease pioneer Dr. Frances Gulland. One of three members of the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission, we speak to her about her decades of unique work from treating sick sea lions to studying dead whales (while avoiding hungry white sharks) to Flipper’s future in a changing world. 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! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #34 - Wyland’s Art World of Water | 05 Jul 2021 | 00:27:26 | |
We talk with the renown marine life artist Wyland about his art, his life, his life-sized whaling walls, where he gets his inspiration (hint, he’s a dedicated diver), some of his adventures and the new edgier direction he’s taking his artwork balancing wonder and warning for our blue world. 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! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #33 – Jeremy Jackson’s Blue World View | 21 Jun 2021 | 00:24:03 | |
Jeremy Jackson, one of the world’s leading ocean ecologists, paleobiologists and conservationists talks to us about his hopes and concerns about the state of the ocean, the land and human civilization. He also tells us about his work over time, rapid climate change, coral reef migration and the kind of science needed to turn the tide. 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! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #32 - Ana Blanco’s Ocean Films | 07 Jun 2021 | 00:24:50 | |
Join us in conversation with Ana Blanco, Executive Director of the International Ocean Film Festival. We talk about the ocean in our living rooms and theaters, how documentaries and other media from Cousteau TV specials to this year’s Academy Award winning ‘My Octopus Teacher,’ help connect people to the ocean in both its wonder and its warnings. Join us to learn more about this unique film fest and some of Ana (and our) favorite ocean films. 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! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #31 - The Scientist and the Abalone | 24 May 2021 | 00:28:59 | |
Join us with Dr. Kristin Aquilino, head of the White Abalone breeding program at UC Davis marine lab in northern California. Find out how a deep-water marine snail almost got pan-fried to extinction and what she and others are doing to reintroduce it into the ocean. After listening read David’s story on the scientist and the mollusk in Sierra Club magazine https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/abalone-edge 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! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #30 – Getting down with Mehgan Heaney-Grier | 09 May 2021 | 00:19:48 | |
Another Rising Tide, another amazing, salty woman. This time we’re talking with Mehgan Heaney-Grier, an early record-holding free diver who helped introduce the sport to the U.S. Her latest project is the web-series the ‘Imperfect Conservationist.’ In her long ocean career she’s also been a stunt diver for ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ and part of the Discovery Channel explorers team for ‘Treasure Quest – Snake Island.’ Curious to hear more? Just tune in. 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! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Healthy Reef's Report Card | 10 Feb 2025 | 00:28:10 | |
In this episode of 'Rising Tide, the Ocean podcast,' hosts David Helvarg and Vicki Nichols Goldstein interview Melanie McField, the founder and director of Healthy Reefs for Healthy People. Melanie shares her journey from a childhood interest in marine biology to her work in Belize with the Peace Corps and beyond. She discusses the creation of the world's first science-based coral reef report card, which evaluates the health of the Mesoamerican Reef, the second-largest coral reef system globally. Melanie details the indicators used in the report card, including coral cover, macro-algae levels, herbivorous fish populations, and commercial fish stocks. She explains the impact of COVID-19 on fishing practices and reef health, the importance of protected areas, and the ongoing challenges of pollution and nutrient management. The conversation also touches on global reef stressors like coral bleaching and disease and the potential for coral restoration projects. Melanie expresses cautious optimism for the future, citing the dedication of conservation groups and innovative restoration efforts.
** Links & Resources **
Reef Report: https://www.healthyreefs.org/en/healthy-reefs-data/report-cards
Support the Rising Tide and donate to Blue Frontier: bluefront.app.neoncrm.com/forms/donation
Your gift of any size will help bring communities together to protect our coasts and ocean.
Blue Frontier: bluefront.org
Building the solution-based citizen movement needed to protect our ocean, coasts and communities, both human and wild.
Blue Frontier on Substack: https://davidhelvarg.substack.com/
Inland Ocean Coalition: inlandoceancoalition.org
Building land-to-sea stewardship - the inland voice for ocean protection
Fluid Studios: fluidstudios.org
Thinking radically different about the collective good, our planet, & the future. | |||
| Rising Tide #29 - Roz Savage’s Three Oceans | 26 Apr 2021 | 00:29:25 | |
Join us in conversation with the amazing Roz Savage. Roz is the first (and so far only) woman to row solo across the world’s “Big Three” oceans: the Atlantic, the Pacific, and the Indian. A Guinness World Record holder, appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire by the Queen, she talks about her motivations, challenges and what she learned about how we can all make a difference for our blue planet. Rising Tide Podcast aims to give you information, inspiration, and motivation to tackle the challenges our oceans are facing. The oceans are rising, so are we! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #28 - Writers for the Sea #2 | 12 Apr 2021 | 00:57:53 | |
If you missed our Writers for the Sea Authors Panel with Brian Skerry, Sylvia Earle, and Carl Safina, we're offering the full panel discussion on this week's podcast. Dive in with two famed scientist-authors and a renowned in-depth photographer talk about their latest books or those about to surface. Rising Tide Podcast aims to give you information, inspiration, and motivation to tackle the challenges our oceans are facing. The oceans are rising, so are we! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #27 Steve Palumbi’s Strange Blue Science | 28 Mar 2021 | 00:28:35 | |
From using genetics to aid coral survival to processing whale DNA to track illegal slaughter, from toxic dolphins to the wonders of Monterey Bay, ocean scientist Dr. Steve Palumbi has been a leader in applying science to ocean solutions. Join us in conversation with this widely admired Stanford scientist and popular author. As a bonus you’ll hear about an extremely interesting deep-sea octopus and her egg hatch. Rising Tide Podcast aims to give you information, inspiration, and motivation to tackle the challenges our oceans are facing. The oceans are rising, so are we! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #26 John Racanelli’s Hopeful Aquarium | 15 Mar 2021 | 00:31:06 | |
The search for a dolphin Sanctuary, cold turtle rescues (also seal pups), a coral nursery, a floating wetland in Baltimore harbor visited by eels, crabs and a muskrat, climate change education for millions, the COVID pandemic and environmental justice as key to our future. Our conversation with the National Aquarium’s President and CEO John Racanelli is proof that what you’ll find there today – which he says may be the best time to visit - is not your father’s aquarium. Rising Tide Podcast aims to give you information, inspiration, and motivation to tackle the challenges our oceans are facing. The oceans are rising, so are we! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #25 – Stuart Coleman’s Island Adventures | 28 Feb 2021 | 00:23:05 | |
David talks with Hawaii-based author and activist Stuart Coleman about his 30-year journey surfing and writing about ocean legends such as big wave surfer Eddie Aikau (“Eddie Would Go”). Also his decade long work leading Surfrider Hawaii in their many battles won to keep the ocean clean and safe from plastic pollution, toxic sunscreen and more, plus, his latest passion to get the poop out of the water through incineration and recycling of our waste products. Talk about Hot Sh*t! Rising Tide Podcast aims to give you information, inspiration, and motivation to tackle the challenges our oceans are facing. The oceans are rising, so are we! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #24 – Wendy Benchley’s Jaws of Conservation | 15 Feb 2021 | 00:27:38 | |
Vicki and David talk with shark-protector, member of the Women’s Diving Hall of Fame and honored board member of Blue Frontier Wendy Benchley. Wendy shares some of her thoughts about ocean adventures she shared with her late husband, 'Jaws' author Peter Benchley (see pix) and the challenges and hopes for ocean conservation and ocean-climate action today. Also learn how it was almost Jaws – the comedy.' Rising Tide Podcast aims to give you information, inspiration, and motivation to tackle the challenges our oceans are facing. The oceans are rising, so are we! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #23 – Meet the Blue in Greenpeace | 01 Feb 2021 | 00:31:07 | |
Join our wide-ranging discussion with John Hocevar, Greenpeace USA’s Oceans Campaign Director. From piloting two-person submarines into deep canyons in the Bering Sea to Antarctic ocean floors covered in sea stars to fighting plastic pollution and recording the impacts of the BP oil spill - hear about John’s wide ranging efforts and adventures. Also get updated on Greenpeace’s hopes and plans for saving the Ocean under the Biden administration and following the pandemic. Rising Tide Podcast aims to give you information, inspiration, and motivation to tackle the challenges our oceans are facing. The oceans are rising, so are we! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #22 – Geraldine Knatz’s Greener Ports | 18 Jan 2021 | 00:29:51 | |
We talk with Professor and former Executive Director of the Port of Los Angeles Geraldine Knatz. Along with being the first woman to run a major port, she is also the founder of the global greening ports movement, having reduced air pollution in the LA/Long Beach port complex 70 percent in 5 years. The author of a new book, ‘Port of Los Angeles’ she'll say what’s next for climate and clean-up in ports and shipping. Rising Tide Podcast aims to give you information, inspiration, and motivation to tackle the challenges our oceans are facing. The oceans are rising, so are we! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #21 - Michael Stocker’s Sea of Sound | 04 Jan 2021 | 00:24:23 | |
We talk with acoustician Michael Stocker, Founder of Ocean Conservation Research, who explains what a misnomer, “The Silent World,” of Jacques Cousteau actually was. Michael shares sound samples of what a noisy world the ocean has become and the difference between human noise pollution and the lively chatter of a living sea. Here’s a chance to dive into the ocean with your ears and mind. Rising Tide Podcast aims to give you information, inspiration, and motivation to tackle the challenges our oceans are facing. The oceans are rising, so are we! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #20 – Writers For the Sea | 21 Dec 2020 | 00:54:19 | |
If you didn’t see it live or on YouTube for our 20th Rising Tide we’re offering the full Writers for the Sea panel discussion David had with his fellow author adventurers Philippe and Ashlan Cousteau, National Geographic Explorer-in-Resident Enric Sala and 18-year-old activist Hannah Testa (Hannah4Change). Among other things they discuss their latest books ‘The Endangereds’, ‘Oceans for Dummies’, ‘The Nature of Nature’ and ‘Taking on the Plastics Crisis.’ Rising Tide Podcast aims to give you information, inspiration, and motivation to tackle the challenges our oceans are facing. The oceans are rising, so are we! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Salmon State Revisited with Tim Bristol | 27 Jan 2025 | 00:27:48 | |
Last fall we spoke with a University of Alaska scientist about the state of salmon. Today we speak with Tim Bristol, the Director of ‘Salmon State’, a Juneau based environmental initiative to protect and sustain Alaska’s wild salmon that include some of the largest runs in the world. But all’s not well in their river and ocean home.
Working with Alaska Native people, commercial fishermen, river guides, and conservationists Salmon State aims to protect and restore these iconic fish. We talk with Tim about some of the challenges they face from mining, logging, offshore factory trawlers and of course climate change. We’ll also discuss the mixed signals Alaska’s getting on how the new Trump administration may deal with salmon. So, join us for a fascinating and informative episode.
** Links & Resources **
Salmon State: https://salmonstate.org/
Wild salmon power our economy, sustain our communities, underpin traditions, and fill our bellies.
Support the Rising Tide and donate to Blue Frontier: bluefront.app.neoncrm.com/forms/donation
Your gift of any size will help bring communities together to protect our coasts and ocean.
Blue Frontier: bluefront.org
Building the solution-based citizen movement needed to protect our ocean, coasts and communities, both human and wild.
Blue Frontier on Substack: https://davidhelvarg.substack.com/
Inland Ocean Coalition: inlandoceancoalition.org
Building land-to-sea stewardship - the inland voice for ocean protection
Fluid Studios: fluidstudios.org
Thinking radically different about the collective good, our planet, & the future. | |||
| Rising Tide #19 - Fighting Plastic Seas | 07 Dec 2020 | 00:18:40 | |
We talk with Anna Cummins, Co-Founder of 5 Gyres, one of the leading ocean plastics groups about the science, advocacy and adventure involved in fighting to end plastic pollution of our seas and waterways. It’s all about corporate accountability, finding non-fossil fuel based alternatives and fun fact you’ll hear… Anna once interned for our co-host Vicki. Rising Tide Podcast aims to give you information, inspiration, and motivation to tackle the challenges our oceans are facing. The oceans are rising, so are we! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #18 The Ocean and Wyoming | 23 Nov 2020 | 00:25:58 | |
This time David and Vicki chat with Kelly Wright, chair of the Wyoming Chapter of the Inland Ocean Coalition that Vicki organized. An outdoors woman and lifelong resident of “the Cowboy State” Kelly reveals the connection between cattle and sea turtles while she and Vicki expand on all the other things that connect the heartland and the sea. Rising Tide Podcast aims to give you information, inspiration, and motivation to tackle the challenges our oceans are facing. The oceans are rising, so are we! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #17 - Biden and the Ocean | 09 Nov 2020 | 00:30:41 | |
With the victory of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris, David and Vicki talk to the Aspen Institute’s Michael Conathan. Michael who has worked on ocean policy both at the democratic-oriented Center for American Progress and in congress under former Republican Senator Olympia Snowe, talks about what a Biden-Harris administration might do to turn the tide for a healthy ocean and blue economy. Rising Tide Podcast aims to give you information, inspiration, and motivation to tackle the challenges our oceans are facing. The oceans are rising, so are we! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #16 - Vote the Ocean | 23 Oct 2020 | 00:16:24 | |
With less than two weeks to a historic election that will define the fate of our blue planet, Vicki and I thought we’d chat with ‘Vote the Ocean’ founders Rob Moir and Vipe Desai. Rob, Executive Director of the Ocean River Institute and Vipe, Board Chair of the Ocean Institute are educating citizens on the importance of voting for healthy seas while also working with youth activists and ocean friendly companies. Rising Tide Podcast aims to give you information, inspiration, and motivation to tackle the challenges our oceans are facing. The oceans are rising, so are we! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #15 - Richard Charter gets oil out | 08 Oct 2020 | 00:21:52 | |
For over 30 years Richard Charter has been a leader of the national fight to stop offshore oil drilling in our public seas while also being a driver behind the establishment of California’s national marine sanctuaries. Richard talks with David and Vicki about how he gets it done, the challenges of the Trump years and how offshore oil and climate are impacting the 2020 election. Rising Tide Podcast aims to give you information, inspiration, and motivation to tackle the challenges our oceans are facing. The oceans are rising, so are we! Learn more at bluefront.org
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| Rising Tide #14 - A Cousteau Couple | 25 Sep 2020 | 00:28:55 | |
Philippe and Ashlan Cousteau are ocean explorers and multimedia producers who put the blue in the red carpet. Philippe is the third generation of the legendary Cousteau family and Ashlan an entertainment journalist who now reports on sea stars. Among other topics they’ll talk about their latest book projects – The Endangereds (“animals take fate into their own paws”) and Oceans for Dummies. Rising Tide Podcast aims to give you information, inspiration, and motivation to tackle the challenges our oceans are facing. The oceans are rising, so are we! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #13 - Wildfires and Blue Mind | 11 Sep 2020 | 00:24:01 | |
Get your Blue Mind on with Dr. Wallace J. Nichols, marine biologist, water-lover, and turtle nerd. Hear about how he lost his home in the recent California Lightning Complex fires, and what happens to our brain when in and around the water. Rising Tide Podcast aims to give you information, inspiration, and motivation to tackle the challenges our oceans are facing. The oceans are rising, so are we! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #12 - Daniela Fernandez means business! | 28 Aug 2020 | 00:28:03 | |
Entrepreneur Daniela Fernandez is one of those 30 under 30 folks you read about with a Silicon-Valley tech incubator for new companies that are all ocean friendly. David talks to Daniela, founder of the Sustainable Ocean Alliance, about her life, love (of penguins), election demographics, seaweed plastic and other innovations and ideas. Rising Tide Podcast aims to give you information, inspiration, and motivation to tackle the challenges our oceans are facing. The oceans are rising, so are we! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #11 - Paddler & Adventurer Margo Pellegrino | 13 Aug 2020 | 00:25:56 | |
A lifelong Jersey Gal who grew up in an ocean loving family, Margo Pellegrino has paddled her one-woman outrigger canoe from Miami to Maine, Seattle to San Diego, New York to New Orleans and on other epic water journeys she shares with us. Did we mention this famed endurance athlete is also outreach coordinator for Blue Frontier? Rising Tide Podcast aims to give you information, inspiration, and motivation to tackle the challenges our oceans are facing. The oceans are rising, so are we! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #10 - Ralph Nader gets Salty | 31 Jul 2020 | 00:12:37 | |
With an election less than 100 days away Ralph Nader offers his wisdom on how the ocean community can win its battles against offshore oil drilling and for healthy seas. He also talks about giving voice to the ocean’s wildlife and we hear from a Weddell Seal. Rising Tide Podcast aims to give you information, inspiration, and motivation to tackle the challenges our oceans are facing. The oceans are rising, so are we! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Richard Charter on Biden’s Historic Offshore Drilling Ban | 13 Jan 2025 | 00:28:09 | |
In this episode of Rising Tide the Ocean Podcast David Helvarg & Vicki N. Goldstein talk with longtime anti-offshore drilling activist Richard Charter about one of President Biden’s last acts in office, his January 6th ban on future offshore oil and gas drilling permits along the entire Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the U.S. in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the northern Bering Sea off Alaska.
Richard, whose been a leader of citizen campaigns to protect offshore waters for 48 years discusses the legal strength of Biden’s declaration, the difficulties incoming president Donald Trump will have in trying to reverse these protections and why he thinks this is one of the greatest environmental victories since the establishment of our national parks. Check it out.
** Links & Resources **
Support the Rising Tide and donate to Blue Frontier: bluefront.app.neoncrm.com/forms/donation
Your gift of any size will help bring communities together to protect our coasts and ocean.
Blue Frontier: bluefront.org
Building the solution-based citizen movement needed to protect our ocean, coasts and communities, both human and wild.
Blue Frontier on Substack: https://davidhelvarg.substack.com/
Inland Ocean Coalition: inlandoceancoalition.org
Building land-to-sea stewardship - the inland voice for ocean protection
Fluid Studios: fluidstudios.org
Thinking radically different about the collective good, our planet, & the future. | |||
| Rising Tide #9 – Talking Blue New Deal | 16 Jul 2020 | 00:23:19 | |
David talks with Jason Scorse and 16-year-old activist Charley Peebler about the newly released Ocean Climate Action Plan - Blue New Deal. As an added treat, they discuss spitting parrotfish and dancing octopuses. Rising Tide Podcast aims to give you information, inspiration, and motivation to tackle the challenges our oceans are facing. The oceans are rising, so are we! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #8 – Sherman’s Lagoon | 03 Jul 2020 | 00:26:52 | |
While Sherman the Shark might spend the 4th of July brunching on “hairless beach apes,” who flock to the shore despite COVID, David talks with syndicated cartoonist and ‘Sherman’s Lagoon’ creator Jim Toomey about drawing, diving, sailing, the lighter side of ocean conservation, and why, when it comes to sea creatures such as vampire squid, God’s the best animator. Rising Tide Podcast aims to give you information, inspiration, and motivation to tackle the challenges our oceans are facing. The oceans are rising, so are we! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #7 - Black Lives and Blue Water | 19 Jun 2020 | 00:29:37 | |
David talks to artist and TV personality Danni Washington about the links between BLM protests, frontline communities of color, clean water, Gen Z, COVID-19, STEM for girls and boys, how to make science fun and more. Rising Tide Podcast aims to give you information, inspiration, and motivation to tackle the challenges our oceans are facing. The oceans are rising, so are we! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #6 - The Master Navigator | 29 May 2020 | 00:16:28 | |
David talks story with Hawaii’s Nainoa Thompson, President of the Polynesian Voyaging Society and a master navigator who has sailed voyaging canoes across the Pacific and the world ocean using the ways and waves of his explorer ancestors. Rising Tide Podcast aims to give you information, inspiration, and motivation to tackle the challenges our oceans are facing. The oceans are rising, so are we! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #5 – The Senator, the Gremmie & The Optimist | 15 May 2020 | 00:18:49 | |
Following a taste of our Ocean Climate webinar with Senator Jeff Merkeley (D-OR), David interviews 13-year-old Dakota Peebler (Heirs To Our Oceans), for her take on the state of the Ocean and chats with coral ecologist Dr. Nancy Knowlton on why she’s still optimistic. Rising Tide Podcast aims to give you information, inspiration, and motivation to tackle the challenges our oceans are facing. The oceans are rising, so are we! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #4 – A Fiji Flashback & A Surfing Mayor | 01 May 2020 | 00:20:19 | |
A blast from the past from Davy Jones Locker (actually David’s radio archives) includes a report on coral bleaching in Fiji 20 years ago. Then don’t miss our talk with Serge Dedina, the famed Surfing Mayor of Imperial Beach and Executive Director of WILDCOAST. Rising Tide Podcast aims to give you information, inspiration, and motivation to tackle the challenges our oceans are facing. The oceans are rising, so are we! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #3 - The Ghost Net Buster & And the Inland Ocean | 17 Apr 2020 | 00:20:46 | |
We’re never socially distant from solutions - Hear from Mary Crowley, the mariner who’s removed tons of discarded fishing nets from the Ocean and reconnect with Vicki Nichols-Goldstein – who you heard in our pilot episode - founder of the Inland Ocean Coalition. Rising Tide Podcast aims to give you information, inspiration, and motivation to tackle the challenges our oceans are facing. The oceans are rising, so are we! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #2 - The Pandemic, Her Deepness & A Maritime Cadet | 03 Apr 2020 | 00:21:09 | |
Following a comment on the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ocean and Climate David introduces Time magazine’s ‘Hero of the Planet Dr. Sylvia Earle along with Nick Landon, a second year cadet at one of our little known U.S. Maritime Academies. Rising Tide Podcast aims to give you information, inspiration, and motivation to tackle the challenges our oceans are facing. The oceans are rising, so are we! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Rising Tide #1 – The Outlaw Ocean | 20 Mar 2020 | 00:14:56 | |
David interviews longtime New York Times reporter and author Ian Urbina about his best-selling book on our lawless seas from pirate fishing slaves to floating mercenaries to others he met during two years of at sea research. This podcast aims to give you information, inspiration, and motivation to tackle the challenges our oceans are facing. The oceans are rising, so are we! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Blue Frontier Rising Tide Pilot Episode | 20 Feb 2020 | 00:04:42 | |
Welcome to Blue Frontier's new podcast, Rising Tide, hosted by Blue Frontier's Executive Director, David Helvarg. You will meet today's ocean champions, including senators, scientists, surfers, and youth activists. We will cover a range of issues, including climate change, overfishing, and plastic pollution. This podcast aims to give you information, inspiration, and motivation to tackle the challenges our oceans are facing. The oceans are rising, so are we! Learn more at bluefront.org | |||
| Whales, Waves, and Wonders: The Best Ocean Voices of 2024 | 30 Dec 2024 | 00:28:19 | |
In this episode of the Rising Tide Ocean Podcast, David Helvarg presents a compilation of the most impactful ocean voices of 2024. The episode features commercial fisherman turned journalist Nick Raheim discussing sperm whales in Alaska, artist Rachel sharing her fish-inspired art, Dr. Sarah Frees Torres on her marine biology journey, author Shelby Van Pelt on her book's influence, Nancy Rabley on the Gulf’s dead zone, Rear Admiral Andy Sugimoto on Coast Guard missions, Sherry Goodman on clean energy's military advantages, Craig Foster on tracking underwater life, and Wendy Benchley on the revival of the Peter Benchley Ocean Awards. The episode highlights inspiring stories and calls for donations to support ocean conservation efforts.
** Links & Resources **
Support the Rising Tide and donate to Blue Frontier: bluefront.app.neoncrm.com/forms/donation
Your gift of any size will help bring communities together to protect our coasts and ocean.
Blue Frontier: bluefront.org
Building the solution-based citizen movement needed to protect our ocean, coasts and communities, both human and wild.
Blue Frontier on Substack: https://davidhelvarg.substack.com/
Inland Ocean Coalition: inlandoceancoalition.org
Building land-to-sea stewardship - the inland voice for ocean protection
Fluid Studios: fluidstudios.org
Thinking radically different about the collective good, our planet, & the future. | |||
| From Development Dreams to Parkland Reality: Point Molate's Story | 16 Dec 2024 | 00:28:25 | |
Join hosts David Helvarg and Vicki Nichols Goldstein as they dive into the decades-long grassroots effort to transform 413 acres of the San Francisco Bay headland in Richmond, California, into the new Point Molate Park. Featured guest André Soto, a musician and activist, recounts the struggle against plans for a massive casino and high-end housing development. Discover the rich history of the land, from its origins as Ohlone land to its time as a naval fuel depot, and learn about the importance of community activism, environmental preservation, and political engagement in making this vision a reality. This episode of Rising Tide, the Ocean Podcast, celebrates a victorious moment for public education and conservation.
** Links & Resources **
Support the Rising Tide and donate to Blue Frontier: bluefront.app.neoncrm.com/forms/donation
Your gift of any size will help bring communities together to protect our coasts and ocean.
Blue Frontier: bluefront.org
Building the solution-based citizen movement needed to protect our ocean, coasts and communities, both human and wild.
Inland Ocean Coalition: inlandoceancoalition.org
Building land-to-sea stewardship - the inland voice for ocean protection
Fluid Studios: fluidstudios.org
Thinking radically different about the collective good, our planet, & the future. | |||
| Climate Change and Cultural Resilience on St. Paul Island | 02 Dec 2024 | 00:27:36 | |
Destiny Bristol Kushin and Zinaida Melovidov, her grandmother, live in the Unangan community of St. Paul Island, Alaska. Destiny is a 20-year-old college student working towards her associates degree in environmental sciences. Zinaida is an elder who has lived on the island almost all her life. They talked with David and Natasha Benjamin about the environmental changes they've seen in their lifetimes and their impacts on St. Paul Island, the largest of the Pribilof Islands, The conversation delves into shifting climate patterns, the decline in local wildlife, the community's adaptation strategies, and the significant cultural heritage surrounding traditional fishing and hunting practices, even some recipes.
Listen in to learn more about the challenges faced and the resilience shown by the people of St. Paul.
** Links & Resources **
Support the Rising Tide and donate to Blue Frontier: bluefront.app.neoncrm.com/forms/donation
Your gift of any size will help bring communities together to protect our coasts and ocean.
Blue Frontier: bluefront.org
Building the solution-based citizen movement needed to protect our ocean, coasts and communities, both human and wild.
Inland Ocean Coalition: inlandoceancoalition.org
Building land-to-sea stewardship - the inland voice for ocean protection
Fluid Studios: fluidstudios.org
Thinking radically different about the collective good, our planet, & the future. | |||
| From Jaws to Jubilation: The Legacy & Return of The Peter Benchley Ocean Awards | 18 Nov 2024 | 00:29:22 | |
In this episode of the Rising Tide Ocean podcast, Vicki Nichols Goldstein discusses the return of the Peter Benchley Ocean Awards with co-founder Wendy Benchley and Rising Tide co-host and co-founder David Helvarg. After a 7-year hiatus, the Peter Benchley Ocean Awards are set to return on May 8, 2025, at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, backed by the nationwide Aquarium Conservation Partnership (ACP).
Their conversation covers the origins of the awards, their impact on the ocean conservation community, and the excitement surrounding their return. Wendy and David share memorable moments from past awards and highlights the importance of recognizing leaders in various sectors including policy, science, grassroots activism, and sustainable business. And listeners are invited to nominate their own ocean champions at www.peterbenchleyoceanawards.org
David, Vicky, & Wendy also delve into Peter Benchley's legacy as a writer and his significant contribution to marine conservation.
** Links & Resources **
Support the Rising Tide and donate to Blue Frontier: bluefront.app.neoncrm.com/forms/donation
Your gift of any size will help bring communities together to protect our coasts and ocean.
Benchley Awards: peterbenchleyoceanawards.org/
In collaboration with the Aquarium Conservation Partnership (ACP) the Peter Benchley Ocean Awards will be held on May 8th, 2025 at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland.
Jaws by Peter Benchley: amazon.com/Jaws-Novel-Peter-Benchley/dp/1400064562/
A great white shark terrorizes the beautiful summer getaway of Amity Island, and a motley group of men take to the water to do battle with the beast.
The Girl of the Sea of Cortez: amazon.com/Girl-Sea-Cortez-Novel/dp/0345544137
On an island in the Gulf of California, an intrepid young woman named Paloma carries a special legacy from her father—a deep understanding of the sea and a sixth sense about the need to protect it.
Blue Frontier: bluefront.org
Building the solution-based citizen movement needed to protect our ocean, coasts and communities, both human and wild.
Inland Ocean Coalition: inlandoceancoalition.org
Building land-to-sea stewardship - the inland voice for ocean protection
Fluid Studios: fluidstudios.org
Thinking radically different about the collective good, our planet, & the future. | |||