American Shoreline Podcast Network

It is with great joy and an explorer's spirit that we present to you the second in a three-part adventure series focused on surfing, sailing, and sustainable seafood in New England. Over the course of the month, we will be following along as adventure filmmakers Ben Hayden ,  Willis Brown  and  Spike Smigelski  set sail from the North Shore of Massachusetts, making their way up...

Jenna Valente talks with Mary Crowley, President and Founder of the Ocean Voyages Institute, an organization dedicated to providing sail training opportunities to youth on a worldwide basis as well as providing access to the ocean world and educational programs. In 2009, she launched Project Kaisei to focus on major ocean clean-up and to raise awareness regarding the global problem of ma...

Host Dan Martin 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 Hurricane Sandy demonstrated that the lack of planning for climate impac...

On this episode, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham are joined by Ole Varmer, the recently retired NOAA attorney who garnered the nickname and reputation as the government's "shipwreck guy" for specializing in the law governing the historic preservation and salvage of shipwrecks.  On this show, we explore the particular case of the RMS Titanic, a wreck with such popular interest that it has c...

Happy Independence Day! On this episode, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham set sail on this, the second installment of our two-part series for Independence Day, focusing on naval power, ships of sail, tactics, design, armaments and more.  It's a dedicated show on naval warfare; after all, it is the American victory in the War for Independence that we celebrate this week.  Our guest is t...

On this joint episode of The Capitol Beach and Sea Change podcasts, Derek Brockbank & Jenna Valente interview two congressional staffers to discuss how what’s it’s like to work on coastal policy-making from inside and outside the halls of congress. Yes, the so-called “revolving door” of staffing in Washington DC is not always about making money, sometimes people move from government positions...

Dan Ginolfi and Howard Marlowe are back from our nation's capitol to take us inside of Congress, federal coastal appropriations, and the Army Corps of Engineers.  It'll keep you on your toes so check it out.

On this episode, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham set sail on a two-part series for Independence Day, focusing on naval power, ships of sail, tactics, design, armaments and more.  It's a dedicated show on naval warfare; after all, it is the American victory in the War for Independence that we celebrate this week.  Our guest is the incredible Drach, the  nom de plume for an am...

It is with great joy and an explorer's spirit that we present to you the first in a three-part adventure series focused on surfing, sailing, and sustainable seafood in New England. Over the course of the month, we will be following along as adventure filmmakers Willis Brown and Spike Smigelski set sail from the North Shore of Massachusetts, making their way up the Maine coastline in...

In this episode Chef Robert has an in-depth conversation with Margaret Henderson about the future of farm-raised seafood. Henderson represents Stronger America Through Seafood (SATS), a broad coalition of large seafood, agriculture, and restaurant companies that are lobbying for clearer standards for aquaculture. Around the globe, there is robust farming of finfish, shellfish, and seaweed, bu...

Looking for a mid-week energy boost? Join Jenna on the latest episode of the Sea Change Podcast as she sits down for a lively and free-flowing conversation with Peter Neill, Founder and Director of World Ocean Observatory. During this discussion, the two explore the world of ocean research, education, and conservation and share insights into what it will take to transition to a sustainable, resili...

Jacques Hebert and Simone Maloz chat with two experts from the Audubon Society. First we talk with frequent guest Erik Johnson, Director of Bird Conservation for Audubon Louisiana. He looks back at the Louisiana’s first named storm of 2020 – Tropical Storm Cristobal. The storm impacted coastal birds across Louisiana and Mississippi’s coast including the newly completed nesting site at Queen Bess I...

On this episode, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham hook up with Jason Fox, founder of Vetiver Farms Hawaii on the Big Island of Hawaii, to talk about shoreline stabilization and vetiver grass, a tenacious, clumping perennial grass he has used all over the Hawaii and the South Pacific to stabilize eroding coastlines.  But, there is much more to Jason and his passion for this unique and amazin...

At the close of the Civil War, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas and read General Order No. 3, informing Texas slaves that the Emancipation Proclamation had been signed two and a half years earlier by President Lincoln.  Juneteenth is the oldest national commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.   Since 1979, Juneteenth h...

In his inaugural episode of the Coastal Conundrum Podcast, Bill O'Beirne, a veteran of NOAA's Office for Coastal Management,  welcomes another  to the show, Grover Fugate,  who lead the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) for 30 years.  Bill is joined by Peter Ravella as a one-time co-host for this interesting discussion on the policy and practice of coasta...

On this episode, Jacques and Simone talk with their friends and colleagues about being storm ready by Getting a Game Plan . First, they talk Katie Gruzd with the Restore the Mississippi River Delta, who’s talents extend far beyond running a highly efficient and effective campaign, including developing and illustrating a children’s resource to living with water in New Orleans! We are then joined by...

On this episode, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham sit down with Katie Mosher, Director of Restoration for the Billion Oyster Project , an incredible NGO dedicated to, well, restoring oyster reefs in the tidal waters around America's greatest coastal city.  BOP is a cutting edge organization and they work with NYC's Harbor School, a free public high school that offers students deep immersion...

On this episode of Shaped By The Sea, Brian Yurasits catches up with his friend and colleague, Johnny Joaquin Bohorquez, to talk about the most efficient ways to protect our world's oceans. Johnny is a PhD Candidate at Stony Brook University, and has spent the past 5 years researching how we can sustainably finance marine protected areas. Protecting vast expanses of the ocean from exploitation isn...

Meet Gaelin Rosenwaks on this episode of Shorewords as she talks with Lesley Ewing, Shorewords host.  Gaelin is a marine scientist, explorer, photographer and filmmaker.  Her life-long passion for the oceans and marine mammals started when Physty – a young sperm whale beached on Coney Island with pneumonia.  A two-year old Gaelin looked Physty in the eye and she was hooked.  In...

On this episode, Jacques and Simone talk with Emily Vuxton, who is the Policy Director for the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana’s (CRCL). Emily talks with Simone and Jacques about the legislation that could impact coastal restoration from the Louisiana Legislature’s 2020 regular session. They also catch up with their oldest and most frequent guest, Dr. Alisha Renfro, staff scientist also wit...

On this episode, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham take a breather from guests and take a walk around America these days.  Mostly, it's a show about nothing coastal. Recent events have impacted Americans, no matter what we do for a living, where we live, or who we vote for.  The pandemic doesn't care about politics and the protesters are taking on significant questions about who we are...

Sustainable development, community well-being, and inclusive growth are necessary for cities to embrace and include in planning for a resilient and sustainable future. During this episode, Jenna is joined by Hannah Payne, the Sustainability Coordinator for her home city of Somerville, Massachusetts, to discuss the vital role cities, and those that live in them, play to ensure a healthy future for...

ASPN's premier DC show on congress, the Corps of Engineers, and federal appropriations.  It's a don't-miss show when Howard Marlowe and Dan Ginolfi take us inside the Capitol and share their insights into the complex world that drives so much activity and policy on the American shoreline. They're two smart pros.  Don't miss it!

On this episode, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham welcome back to the show Dr. Joe Kunkel, ASPN's favorite lobster researcher to learn about new developments in his ongoing study of Lobster Shell Disease, his tales from quarantine in Maine, and learn about the pet eel Dr. Kunkel kept in college. Another great show with Joe!

On this episode of Friday Happy Hour, Tyler Buckingham sits down with ASPNers, Peter Ravella and Thane Tienson, and two of Thane's aquaculture lawyer buds Hallie Templeton and Amy van Saun. Thane is himself the co-council for the Coalition to Protect Puget Sound Habitat. Hallie is the Senior Ocean Campaigner at Friends of the Earth and Amy is the Senior Attorney at the Center for Food Safety. Coll...