Bio-DIVE-rsity – Details, episodes & analysis

Send us a text

Episode 5 – Life In Plastic, Not So Fantastic

Plastic can brush your hair, today it’s everywhere
Without cessation, we’re hurt by our creation

In our final episode of Peak & Plunge, we talk to special guest Dianna Cohen, a visual artist and co-founder/CEO of Plastic Pollution Coalition. A fierce advocate for “shutting off the tap” of plastic pollution,  her personal journey actually began with an immense appreciation for plastic as a material. Though plastic started off as a wonderful thing, today Dianna explains how a modern life in plastic may just be more costly than it’s worth.

Is plastic an enemy to to rioted against with torches and pitchforks? Is there really a Texas-sized trash island floating in the Pacific? And like, what the heck is carrying around a reusable straw even gonna do, anyways? Listen now to our final episode! 

 -----
Peak & Plunge Episode 5: Life In Plastic, Not So Fantastic
----- 

External Links

Plastic Pollution Coalition Website

Dianna’s Art Portfolio

How to Be an Urban Packer 

Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act 

Information About the UN Plastics Treaty

Artwork Attributions

Podcast Cover Artwork by Mercedes Schultz.

Music And Sound Attributions

Out of the Skies, Under the Earth by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/reappear/
Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/ 

I Am a Man Who Will Fight for Your Honor by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/honor/
Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/ 

All other sound effects and music tracks are under the YouTube Audio license, are Public Domain, or are otherwise free to use without attribution.

Special Thanks

Special thank you to Dianna Cohen  for her time, expertise, and passion as well as lending her voice to this episode! All voices are used with permission.

Special thank you to YOU! Our listeners. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to learn alongside us about these invisible connections.

Peak and Plunge is hosted, written, and produced by Dane Whicker, and produced in proud partnership with the Inland Ocean Coalition.

-----

Full Show Notes available here.

Episode Transcript available here.

----- 

Questions, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly at biodiversitypodcast@gmail.com

Send us a text

Episode 4 – Ancient Oceans, Modern Consequences

Every time we make our morning coffee, jump in a car, or turn on a light, we have prehistoric oceans to thank. 

In episode 4 of Peak & Plunge, we talk to special guest Joanie Kleypas, a senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research based in Boulder, Colorado. As an inlander climate AND coral scientist, she’s the perfect person to help illuminate how fossil fuels, climate change, inland choices, and ocean health are all interconnected. 

Why aren’t most fossil fuels actually dead dinosaurs? What the HECK even is coral? And what does our dependence on fossil fuels, inland or otherwise, mean for the future of the sparkling blue?
Listen and find out!

 -----
Peak & Plunge Episode 4: Ancient Oceans, Modern Consequences
----- 

External Links

National Center for Atmospheric Research - https://ncar.ucar.edu/

Artwork Attributions

Podcast Cover Artwork by Mercedes Schultz.

Music And Sound Attributions

Fluidscape by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100393
Artist: http://incompetech.com/ 

All other sound effects and music tracks are under the YouTube Audio license, are Public Domain, or are otherwise free to use without attribution.

Special Thanks

Special thank you to Joanie Kleypas for her time, expertise, and passion as well as lending her voice to this episode! All voices are used with permission.

Peak and Plunge is hosted, written, and produced by Dane Whicker, and produced in proud partnership with the Inland Ocean Coalition.

-----

Full Show Notes available here.

Episode Transcript available here.

-----

Questions, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly at biodiversitypodcast@gmail.com

Send us a text

Armor? Check. Chivalry? Check. 
Maximum cutedorableness? Double check.

-----
Episode 8 - The Volcano Knight
-----

Supplementary Material and External Links

Picture 1 – Scaly-Foot Snail (White Variant) - https://bit.ly/3vhSDHq
                Image from Nakamura K., et al. Used under CC BY 2.5 License. 

Picture 2 – Scaly-Foot Snail (Black Variant) - https://bit.ly/32ObQE4
                Picture credit: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Retrieved from: https://phys.org/news/2020-04-genomic-secrets-scaly-foot-snail.html

Picture 3 – Artist Rendition of Trilayered Armor - https://bit.ly/3gA5al8
                Picture credit: AskNature. Retrieved from
                https://asknature.org/strategy/triple-layered-armored-shell-protects-from-predators/

Video 1 – Oceanographer Sylvia Earle on the Danger of Deep Sea Mining:
              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PanBRbX76xM             
                Video credit: NowThis Earth.

Episode Artwork – Picture credit: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Retrieved from https://phys.org/news/2020-04-genomic-secrets-scaly-foot-snail.html

-----
Bio-DIVE-rsity is on social media! Whaaaat? Check it Out!
Instagram: https://bit.ly/3eYvfHU
Twitter: https://twitter.com/flippinfunfish
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/flippinfunfishfacts
-----

Music And Sound Attributions

I Am a Man Who Will Fight For Your Honor. Music track created by Chris Zabriskie and is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Artist Link: http://chriszabriskie.com/

All other sound effects and music tracks are under the YouTube Audio license or are Public Domain, and free to use without attribution.

-----
Full Show Notes, Including all Video, Picture, Music,  and Sound Attributions, as well as all informational citations: https://1drv.ms/w/s!Amk89GkQH8YSgolq6BPI9MpgfsRlIw?e=4fcwY6
-----

This episode of the Bio-DIVE-rsity podcast was written and performed by Dane Whicker.
The Bio-DIVE-rsity Logo was created by Dane Whicker, using art by Ernst Haeckel. The art utilized is public domain.
Official Bio-Dive-rsity Website: https://flippinfunfishfacts.buzzsprout.com
Question, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly  at biodiversitypodcast@gmail.com

Questions, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly at biodiversitypodcast@gmail.com

Send us a text

A ferocious dragon and a crafty assassin, all rolled into one invisible small fry.

-----
Episode 7 - The Dragon
-----

Supplementary Material

Picture 1 – Deep Sea Dragonfish - https://bit.ly/31MHrG0
                Image by Audrey Velasco-Hogan.

Picture 2 – Diagram of hinged jaw of Malacosteus niger - https://bit.ly/3dyGoyP   
                Image is from KENALEY, CHRISTOPHER P. “Exploring Feeding Behaviour in Deep-Sea Dragonfishes (Teleostei: Stomiidae): Jaw Biomechanics and Functional Significance of a Loosejaw.” Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 106, no. 1, 8 Mar. 2012, pp. 224–240, 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01854.x.

Video 1 – Shiny Loosejaw, Aristostomias scintillians, showing red bioluminescent organs:
              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-luCP5cQxo
                Video was filmed by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI).

Episode Artwork – Picture was retrieved from https://roaring.earth/deep-sea-dragonfish/.

-----
Bio-DIVE-rsity is on social media! Whaaaat? Check it Out!
Instagram: https://bit.ly/3eYvfHU
Twitter: https://twitter.com/flippinfunfish
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/flippinfunfishfacts
-----

Music And Sound Attributions

Anime Sword Hit. Sound effect is available under a Creative Commons Attribution License from Freesound user Syna-Max.
               Direct Link: https://freesound.org/people/Syna-Max/sounds/54985/

All other sound effects and music tracks are under the YouTube Audio license or are Public Domain, and free to use without attribution.

-----
Full Show Notes, Including all Video, Picture, Music,  and Sound Attributions, as well as all informational citations: https://1drv.ms/w/s!Amk89GkQH8YSgolGNcIrWqsKPPjNZg?e=1Xu1md
-----

This episode of the Bio-DIVE-rsity podcast was written and performed by Dane Whicker.
The Bio-DIVE-rsity Logo was created by Dane Whicker, using art by Ernst Haeckel. The art utilized is public domain.
Official Bio-Dive-rsity Website: https://flippinfunfishfacts.buzzsprout.com
Question, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly  at biodiversitypodcast@gmail.com

Questions, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly at biodiversitypodcast@gmail.com

Send us a text

Let's talk about Neptune Balls. 
A direct to your ears SCIENCE UPDATE about the latest in seagrass science. 
-----
Bonus Episode - BadGrass
-----
Supplementary Material

Main Paper  - Seagrasses provide a novel ecosystem service by trapping marine plastics, by Sanchez-Vidal et al.  - https://go.nature.com/2MGvjCk

Picture 1 – Posidonia oceanica, Neptune Grass  - https://bit.ly/2MGoTDe
                 Image is by Melina Marcou and free to use without a license.

Picture 2 – Neptune Ball - https://bit.ly/3kSjlT3
                 Image is by Flickr user Ezu (Martino A. Sabia) used under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 2.0 License

-----
Bio-DIVE-rsity is on social media! Whaaaat? Check it Out!
Instagram: https://bit.ly/3eYvfHU
Twitter: https://twitter.com/flippinfunfish
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/flippinfunfishfacts

-----
Full Show Notes, Including all Video, Picture, Music,  and Sound Attributions, as well as all informational citations: https://1drv.ms/w/s!Amk89GkQH8YSgokHLCn4o-QnSycLQQ
-----

This episode of the Bio-DIVE-rsity podcast was written and performed by Dane Whicker.
The Bio-DIVE-rsity Logo was created by Dane Whicker, using art by Ernst Haeckel. The art utilized is public domain.
Official Bio-Dive-rsity Website: https://flippinfunfishfacts.buzzsprout.com
Question, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Email me at: biodiversitypodcast@gmail.com

Questions, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly at biodiversitypodcast@gmail.com

Send us a text

An anthology of tuna tales and a smattering of science.
-----
Episode 6 - Of Man and Fish
-----

Supplementary Material

Picture 1 – Albert P. Halfhill, the “Father of Canned Tuna” - https://bit.ly/3pIk5eb
               Image is Public Domain.

Picture 2 – W. Eugene Smith, American Photojournalist - https://bit.ly/3aDZmUj
               Image is Public Domain. 

Link 1 – The Commision for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna - https://www.ccsbt.org/ 

Link 1 – FDA Guidance on Eating Fish for Pregnant Women and Growing Children - https://bit.ly/3q2iocg

Link 2 – Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch Program for Sustainable Eating - https://bit.ly/36QtVnr

-----
Bio-DIVE-rsity is on social media! Whaaaat? Check it Out!
Instagram: https://bit.ly/3eYvfHU
Twitter: https://twitter.com/flippinfunfish
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/flippinfunfishfacts
-----

Music And Sound Attributions

Laugh Tracks. Sound effects are available under a Creative Commons Attribution License from Freesound user lonemonk.
               Direct Links: https://freesound.org/people/lonemonk/sounds/72842/ and
                                      https://freesound.org/people/lonemonk/sounds/72844/

Waves. Sound effect is available under a Creative Commons Attribution License from Freesound user Suburbanwizard.
               Direct Link: https://freesound.org/people/Suburbanwizard/sounds/463250/

Music: Shizima3 by PeriTune. Music Promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International.
            Direct Link: https://www.free-stock-music.com/peritune-shizima3-piano-version.html

All other sound effects and music tracks are under the YouTube Audio license and free to use without attribution.

-----
Full Show Notes, Including all Video, Picture, Music,  and Sound Attributions, as well as all informational citations: https://1drv.ms/w/s!Amk89GkQH8YSgohjia-UB7C6JjgkGA?e=9W22hm
-----

This episode of the Bio-DIVE-rsity podcast was written and performed by Dane Whicker.
The Bio-DIVE-rsity Logo was created by Dane Whicker, using art by Ernst Haeckel. The art utilized is public domain.
Official Bio-Dive-rsity Website: https://flippinfunfishfacts.buzzsprout.com
Question, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Email me at: biodiversitypodcast@gmail.com

Questions, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly at biodiversitypodcast@gmail.com

Send us a text

#LoveAllTunas

-----
Episode 5 - Tune in for the Tuna
-----

Supplementary Visual Material

Picture 1 – Yellowfin Tuna, Thunnus albacares - https://bit.ly/2Z0e4hL
                Image is Public Domain.

Picture 2 – Skipjack Tuna in a Shoal - https://bit.ly/2YTENN8
                Image is Public Domain. 

Link 1 – FDA Guidance on Eating Fish for Pregnant Women and Growing Children - https://bit.ly/3q2iocg

Link 2 – Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch Program for Sustainable Eating - https://bit.ly/36QtVnr

-----
Bio-DIVE-rsity is on social media! Whaaaat? Check it Out!
Instagram: https://bit.ly/3eYvfHU
Twitter: https://twitter.com/flippinfunfish
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/flippinfunfishfacts
-----

Music And Sound Attributions

Gunshot. Sound effect is free to use from with attribution from Fesliyan Studios.
               Direct Link: https://www.FesliyanStudios.com

Badum-Tss Sound by Orange Free Sounds. Published and utilized under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International.
            Direct Link: http://www.orangefreesounds.com/

All other sound effects and music tracks are under the YouTube Audio license and free to use without attribution.

-----
Full Show Notes, Including all Video, Picture, Music,  and Sound Attributions, as well as all informational citations: https://1drv.ms/w/s!Amk89GkQH8YSgohFrRWsObcmGAnOvA?e=cIgLAR
-----

This episode of the Bio-DIVE-rsity podcast was written and performed by Dane Whicker.
The Bio-DIVE-rsity Logo was created by Dane Whicker, using art by Ernst Haeckel. The art utilized is public domain.
Official Bio-Dive-rsity Website: https://flippinfunfishfacts.buzzsprout.com
Question, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Email me at: biodiversitypodcast@gmail.com

Questions, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly at biodiversitypodcast@gmail.com

Send us a text

Rock ON wit' cha Badassfish self.
-----
Bonus Episode - BadAssfish
-----
Supplementary Visual Material:

Picture 1 – Profile Drawing of the Bony-eared Assfish - https://bit.ly/3pIBfZt

Picture 2 – Top-down and Bottom-up drawing of the head of the Bony-eared Assfish - https://bit.ly/38bSL2t

Pictures 1 and 2 are from the Report on the deep-sea fishes collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876 Günther, Albert C. L. G. (Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf), 1830-1914, and are public domain. 

-----

Music And Sound Attributions

All music tracks are under the YouTube Audio license and free to use without attribution.

-----
Bio-DIVE-rsity has an instagram account now! Check it Out! https://bit.ly/3eYvfHU
-----

Full Show Notes, Including all Video, Picture, Music,  and Sound Attributions, as well as all informational citations: https://1drv.ms/w/s!Amk89GkQH8YSgodj7cES_ljl14_RuQ?e=gqCzvs
-----

This episode of the Bio-DIVE-rsity podcast was written and performed by Dane Whicker.
The Bio-DIVE-rsity Logo was created by Dane Whicker, using art by Ernst Haeckel. The art utilized is public domain.
Official Bio-Dive-rsity Website: https://flippinfunfishfacts.buzzsprout.com
Question, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Email me at: biodiversitypodcast@gmail.com

Questions, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly at biodiversitypodcast@gmail.com

Send us a text

Kick some grass.

-----
Episode 4 - Honey, I Shrunk the Rainforest
-----

Supplementary Visual Material

Picture 1 – Anatomy of Seagrass - https://bit.ly/3hgmUjL

Album 1 – Videos and Pictures of Discoveries in or near a seagrass bed - https://flic.kr/s/aHsmT6SUd5

Picture 1 is courtesy of the Texas Statewide Seagrass Monitoring Program, found at texasseagrass.org. It is used under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. 

Album 1 is composed of pictures taken by me, Dane Whicker. All photos were taken in or immediately adjacent to a seagrass bed between the years of 2016 and 2020. 

-----

Music And Sound Attributions

Oh Yeah. Sound effect is free to use from the Free Sounds Collection Channel.
               Direct Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Dlx3z7FWs

All music tracks are under the YouTube Audio license and free to use without attribution.

-----
Bio-DIVE-rsity has an instagram account now! Check it Out! https://bit.ly/3eYvfHU
-----

Full Show Notes, Including all Video, Picture, Music,  and Sound Attributions, as well as all informational citations: https://1drv.ms/w/s!Amk89GkQH8YSgocZ1VEgSNV0FdmUiw?e=G3QCAs
-----

This episode of the Bio-DIVE-rsity podcast was written and performed by Dane Whicker.
The Bio-DIVE-rsity Logo was created by Dane Whicker, using art by Ernst Haeckel. The art utilized is public domain.
Official Bio-Dive-rsity Website: https://flippinfunfishfacts.buzzsprout.com
Question, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Email me at: biodiversitypodcast@gmail.com

Questions, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly at biodiversitypodcast@gmail.com

Send us a text

Pandemics don't just affect humans. We're just the only species who can do anything about them. 

-----
Episode 3 - The Mystery of Stolen Stars
-----

Supplementary Visual Material

Picture 1 – Starfish Water Vascular Diagram - https://bit.ly/37qkMSf

Picture 2 – Visual Diagram of how microbes “choke” stars by Boundary Layer Oxygen Diffusion Limitation - https://bit.ly/33tPR6e

Picture 1 is from the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank, and is Public Domain.

Picture 2 is directly from: 

Aquino, Citlalli A., et al. Evidence That Non-Pathogenic Microorganisms Drive Sea Star Wasting Disease through Boundary Layer Oxygen Diffusion Limitation. 4 Aug. 2020, 10.1101/2020.07.31.231365. 

And is used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

-----

Music And Sound Attributions

Ocean Waves Crashing Sound. Sound effect published and utilized under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0
   Direct Link: https://www.freesoundslibrary.com/ocean-waves-crashing-sound/

Godzilla Roar. Sound effect retrieved from soundbible.com and is public domain.
   Direct Link: http://soundbible.com/1720-Godzilla-Roar.html

All other music tracks are under the YouTube Audio license and free to use without attribution.

News Clip is from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov4HsSggiqU, and used with permission from Hakai Magazine.

-----
Interested in helping? Check out a brief guide of recommendations here: https://1drv.ms/w/s!Amk89GkQH8YSgocIWZAEKbms9bNJoQ?e=vAKFq7
-----
Bio-DIVE-rsity has an instagram account now! Check it Out! https://bit.ly/3eYvfHU
-----

Full Show Notes, Including all Video, Picture, Music,  and Sound Attributions, as well as all informational citations: https://1drv.ms/w/s!Amk89GkQH8YSgocGphincICM9bHe4Q?e=GGX3C8

-----

This episode of the Bio-DIVE-rsity podcast was written and performed by Dane Whicker.
The Bio-DIVE-rsity Logo was created by Dane Whicker, using art by Ernst Haeckel. The art utilized is public domain.
Official Bio-Dive-rsity Website: https://flippinfunfishfacts.buzzsprout.com
Question, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Email me at: biodiversitypodcast@gmail.com

Questions, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly at biodiversitypodcast@gmail.com