American Shoreline Podcast Network

This episode is dedicated to Dan Martin, who passed away unexpectedly in December 2020. Dan was the host of the Next-Gen Waterfronts podcast on ASPN, hosting 14 episodes and appearing on my more as a special guest. On this show, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham reflect on Dan's life and legacy with the help of Christian Vetter, Dan's longtime collaborator and friend, and partner at Market Feasib...

This is a special rerun in celebration of the life of Dan Martin. In this episode, Dan welcomes Emillie Mazzacurati to the show to talk about her company Four Twenty Seven, an affiliate of Moody’s and a leading publisher and provider of  data, market intelligence, and analysis  related to climate change risks. Mazzacurati  founded Four Twenty Seven  in October 2012 after H...

With the accelerated growth of offshore wind in the northeast, states are aggressively investing in upgrading their port infrastructure.  This podcast will discuss how the northeast ports are moving forward with this development and consider how this enormous investment can be used to develop more sustainable (green) ports and increased coordination amongst states and ports to respond to the...

On The Capitol Beach, Derek Brockbank talks WRDA with Ryan Seiger, the Staff Director for the Water Resources and Environment sub-committee of the House Transportation & Infrastructure committee. Ryan has been working on WRDAs on Capitol Hill for over 20 years and is one of the most influential people on coastal policy that no one outside the DC Beltway knows. They discuss policies from the re...

Simone and Jacques kick off 2021 with a favorite guest, Dr. Robert Twilley, who updates the duo on the exciting development of Louisiana being considered for a National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR). Louisiana is one of the few coastal states that doesn’t currently have a NERR. Dr. Twilley discusses what value a NERR would bring to a state and how having one would allow Louisiana’s coast to ha...

This week, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham have Dr. Steve Dundas on the show to talk about his use of applied economics to model the potential future armoring of private property on the Oregon coast . Dr. Dundas is a professor of Applied Economics at Oregon State University, and works at the OSU Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station. We discuss the current armoring situation on the Oregon co...

Join Big Tourism host Arica Sears and her guest Emma Sloan as they revisit a 2019 trip to this pristine island nation. Hear first hand what it’s like diving in the mecca of all dive locations, why Palau is the rockstar country of destination management and a few friends they made along the way. Reflect with Arica and Emma as they try to appreciate a modern day trip to a destination that has a comp...

Damming the Columbia River may have electrified the Pacific Northwest, but it also turned the worlds greatest salmon producing river into a series of sun-heated slackwater pools—hot enough to kill salmon at both ends of their epic migration. Glen Spain, a veteran leader of West Coast fishermen’s efforts to protect their  livelihood from environmental harm, updates us on recent progress in the...

On this, the first episode of 2021, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham look back on 2020 and discuss the top coastal stories of the year. Of course, this begins with a discussion of the impacts of COVID19 on the American Shoreline. Then, the discussion turns to the Atlantic Hurricaine Season, the  busiest in history, followed by a look at the last year's Pebble Mine developments, and the new...

The Ocean Decade Show is your monthly source of behind-the-scenes information about the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Covering both international and U.S. domestic efforts and people, join host Taylor Goelz in exploring the history, planning, preparation, and execution of the Ocean Decade. We’ll strive to bring this international effort down to the national, r...

On The Capitol Beach, Derek Brockbank speaks with Jason Jordan of the American Planning Association , and John "JB" Byrd representing the Digital Coast Partnership Advocacy Coalition about the partnership and advocacy that led to the recent enactment of the Digital Coast Act (S. 1069, which has become Public Law [PL] 116-223).  This pod is an "in-the-weeds" sequel to the ASPN podcast from Oct...

Simone and Jacques close out 2020 with their 150th episode of Delta Dispatches, welcoming Greg Grandy, Deputy Executive Director for Louisiana's Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA). Greg highlights the immense progress that the agency made on implementing coastal restoration and protection projects in 2020 , despite obstacles ranging from the Covid pandemic to an extremely active,...

Grab a seat at the table with Brian Yurasits and his Italian-American family from Queens, NY for a no-holds-back conversation about our oceans this Holiday season. Gerard (Brian's Father) is a savvy businessman with his fingers on the pulse of the US economy, and Lauren (Brian's Mother) is a former educator, and media researcher. So how did two parents without any experience in the environmen...

On this special holiday show, the entire Coastal News Today & American Shoreline Podcast Network team come on the pod to share their holiday traditions and give a "thumbs up or thumbs down" on the biggest coastal trends of the year. It's a fun holiday show on ASPN!

Join Jenna Valente and Brian Yurasits for a special holiday combo show! The Holidays are a time to be thankful for the little things in life that are often the most important, like family, friends, and good health. As we often find in life, the people we love don't always have to share the same political beliefs. This is what makes dinner conversations so interesting around the holidays, because i...

As we close out 2020, Jacques & Simone chat with one of Louisiana’s most iconic television journalists: WVUE Fox-8 News Anchor John Snell! You may know John from his decades-long career as a reporter and news anchor at WVUE Fox-8 in New Orleans, but in this episode, we get to know more about the man in front of the camera. John discusses what brought him to and kept him in New Orleans, advice...

On this episode, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham are joined brothers Bruce and Kris Wells. Bruce is the Executive Director of the American Oil and Gas Historical Society and Kris is a conturing editor. Both are experts in the history of oil and gas in America and today's conversation is focused on the evolution of offshore technologies that are commonplace throughout great expanses of the Ameri...

As we approach the end of the year, we find ourselves in a time that's primed for transformation, growth, and ushering change. That is why we consider this conversation about leadership for sustainability particularly timely and relevant. Join Jenna on the latest episode of the Sea Change Podcast to listen in on her conversation with Dr. Bruce Hull, Senior Fellow at Jenna's graduate alma mater, th...

This week Simone and Jacques catch up with Pontchartrain Conservancy Executive Director Kristi Trail who recaps the biggest milestones for her organization in 2020. Kristi also highlights ongoing programs, from on-the-ground science on water quality and coastal restoration, to STEM education and volunteer tree plantings. There are many ways to support Pontchartrain Conservancy in their mission, fr...

On this episode, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham are joined the NOAA legend, Skip Theberge. Captain Albert “Skip” Theberge, Jr. was born in 1946 in Coquille, Oregon.  When Skip was three years old, his family moved to Santa Cruz, where he learned to surf and because fascinated with the ocean.  He graduated from the Colorado School of Mines with a professional degree in geological engi...

You're walking down a beach, the brisk and salty air rushing across your face, when you notice something strange in the distance. It could very well just be a rock, but wait! Rocks don't move! You tip-toe quietly towards an animal lying flat on the ground until you can make out its face - a seal pup! The choice is now yours, you must choose your own adventure. Will you be the nameless hero that we...

Thanks for listening to this episode of Delta Dispatches. Our hosts, Simone & Jacques, catch up after a few weeks off and reflect on the long (and finally over) 2020 hurricane season. Our first guess is Ilissa Ocko, senior climate scientist with the Environmental Defense Fund. She talks about her work and how climate change impacts hurricanes. On the second half the show, we chat with Meg Adam...

On this episode, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham are joined Cathy Sakas and Paulita Bennit-Martin to learn about Whale Week. Now in its third year, Whale Week aims to bring together the coastal communities of Georgia and beyond to educate and engage the public to the plight of the North Atlantic right whale. Paulita Bennit-Martin co-founded Whale Week, and is the field representative of Georgia...

This Friday Happy Hour, Tyler Buckingham and Peter Ravella meet up with Taylor Goelz, the host of ASPN's newest pod, the Ocean Decade Show! This podcast is your monthly source to learn about the United States effort to the United Nations Decade of the Ocean initiative, which begins next month, in 2021 and runs through the end of the decade. The goal of this podcast is to introduce the public to th...

Stay on top of the newest developments from inside the Beltway with Howard Marlowe and Dan Ginolfi and the WaterLog Podcast. This month's episode will cover the Biden transition and what the new administration has in store for coastal policy, the outgoing Trump administration's coastal record, and any anticipated coastal lame duck activities.