2011 Radioshow Podcast Archives



December 5, 2011
boccacio_rockfish Making a living fishing, meet Barbara Emley
Guest: Barbara Emley, San Francisco Fisherman

Barbara Emley talks about her life as a commercial fisherman in San Francisco, and her recent efforts to establish a San Francisco Fisherman's Coop.

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November 7, 2011
image of krill on fingertip Abalone on the Sonoma Coast
Guest: Laura Rogers-Bennett, CA Fish and Game and UC Davis Wildlife Health Center

During the late summer of 2011, the Sonoma Coast experienced an abalone die off on a large scale. Listen in to find out what caused it and to learn more about the highly prized abalone.

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October 3, 2011
image of sotty shearwater and people swimming Connecting Native American Lakota youth to SF Bay and Discovering the secrets of Sooty Shearwaters
Guests: Nancy Iverson, Pathstar.org, and Josh Adams, USGS

Hear how Nancy Iverson helps the Lakota tribe at Pine Ridge, South Dakota complete a healthy lifestyle evaluation and complete a transformative swim in San Francisco Bay on the first half of the show. On the second half of the show, hear how Josh Adams is studying the sooty shearwater, a seasonal migrant to the CA Current.

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September 5, 2011
image of palm trees and ocean Indigenous Cultures and Ocean Management
Guests: various speakers at Indigenous Cultures workshop

American Samoa. Hear about how indigenous cultures approach ocean resource management, speakers were from Indigenous Cultures workshop in American Samoa, 2010.

Part 1

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Part 2

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August 1, 2011
photo of man holding plastic Flotsametrics and the Floating World
Guests: Dr. Curt Ebbesmeyer and local beachcomber, Richard James.

Hear about Curt's discovery as to how marine debris could be used to study oceanography, and human history. Curt is the author of Flotsametrics and the Floating World: How one man's obsession with runaway sneakers and rubber ducks revolutionized ocean science.

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June 6, 2011
image of national weather service logo
How does the Ocean affect our weather?
Guest: David Reynolds, NOAA's National Weather Service

David Reynolds, forecaster with NOAA's National Weather service, talks about the impact the ocean has on our weather and how climate change may change it all. 

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May 18, 2011
photo of humpback whale
Ocean Noise
Guest: Michael Stocker, Ocean Conservation Research

Hear about ocean noise generated by multiple sources including oil exploration and drilling. 

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