American Shoreline Podcast Network

Dan Martin welcomes Ray Lauenstein to the NextGen Waterfronts podcast to discuss how the Aquatic Development Group is looking at present and future of coastal related attraction development, such as water parks, hotels and resorts, municipal aquatic centers, and zoos and aquariums. De-siloed perspectives only found on ASPN!

Jacques and Simone chat with Charles Sutcliffe, Louisiana’s first-ever Chief Resilience Officer and member of the Governor’s Office of Coastal Activities. Charles recently participated in an information exchange convened by Environmental Defense Fund with resilience officers from across the country to discuss strategies that help protect communities, businesses and ecosystems in the face of sea le...

On this Memorial Day, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham have assembled an all-star lineup of guests for this episode of the American Shoreline Podcast.  We kick off the show with former Texas Senator and Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, a Marine Corps fighter pilot, Vietnam vet, and one-time leader of the Texas General Land Office, the state's lead coastal agency .  We're then joined...

All along the American shoreline, the Memorial Day Weekend is the traditional kick off of the summer beach season.  In the northeast, many will head to the Jersey shore but COVID-19 is still smoldering in New York and New Jersey.  Out in the beach air, it seems safe enough but what about packing into restaurants and bars? Joe Mancini, Mayor of Long Beach Township, NJ, is back with Peter...

This Shorewords podcast is the second of two episodes that offer some coastal reading options for SIPers (Shelter-in-Placers) – 19 reading options for Covid-19.  Both lists have some fiction, some non-fiction and each reading option covers some aspect of the coast, the ocean, and often the people who live and work there.  The reading list is provided below; listen to the podcast to under...

During this episode, Jenna chats with Richard Charter, Senior Fellow with The Ocean Foundation. Richard has more than 40 years of experience ensuring the protection of fragile ecosystems and sensitive coastlines. If you're interested in learning about the history of offshore oil and gas development and marine protected areas in the U.S., where they stand today, and how you can make a dif...

On this week's episode, Simone and Jacques chat with Dr. Robert Twilley, Executive Director of Louisiana SeaGrant and professor of LSU College of the Coast & Environment, about the latest news from SeaGrant and resources available to the public through their website. They then bring on first-time guest Thomas Hymel, marine extension agent with both the LSU AgCenter and Louisiana Sea Grant, to...

We like to look back occasionally on the American Shoreline Podcast and examine historical trends to see what light they can shed on our current situation.  Dr. Joel Pattison (Yale-Cambridge-Cal Berkeley) joins Tyler Buckingham and Peter Ravella to explore the implications of one of the great sea trading periods and regions on the planet, the Mediterranean Sea.  This is truly a "scratch...

Dan Martin, host of ASPN's NextGen Waterfronts Podcast, welcomes to the show, Paul Labovitz, who leads America's newest national park, the Indiana Dunes NP, which hugs 15 miles of the southern shore of Lake Michigan.  Like everyone else these days, Paul and his team are adjusting to the pandemic and that is no easy task as antsy Americans look for ways to ge...

Joining Arica Sears on this episode (Part 4 of an ongoing COVID-19 series) of Big Tourism is Kate Crump, a fishing guide and co-owner of Frigate Travel and ambassador for Patagonia, Loop Tackle, Costa, Fishpond, and Rising Tools. If she had to sum up her current situation with COVID-19 it would be ‘closed’. Business is shut down, boat launches are blocked, and clients can’t make their way out west...

On this week's episode of the American Shoreline Podcast, hosts Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham welcome two legends to the show to talk about the current state and the future of the American Shoreline. Dr. Orrin Pilkey is the James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of Geology at Duke University and the author and coauthor of numerous books. His work focuses on both basic and applied coastal geology. G...

The Next Swell podcast returns to ASPN, as host Rob Nixon welcomes Brandon Hill (AECOM) and Reuben Trevino (USACE) to this especially "chill hang" episode to discuss the thought process, procedures, and best way forward for our beaches as we contemplate reopening during the COVID pandemic.

Let's say you're the leader of a barrier island beach town with 4,000 off-season residents, average age 66, and you're facing a summer onslaught of 100,000 visitors ready to pour into town and hit the beach in as little as two weeks.  The economy is important to be sure but this year is very different.   As COVID-19 continues to ravage NY and NJ, cries to "open the beach" are rising and...

On this week’s show, Simone and Jacques welcome back a favorite guest, Dr. Alex Kolker, Associate Professor at the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON). Dr. Kolker is recently back from a Fulbright Scholarship in Morocco for his research, “Understanding How Sea-Level Dynamics Influence Coastal Processes Along The Moroccan Coast.”  Simone and Jacques talk to him about the experien...

Reopening beaches is a hot topic in the national COVID-19 discussion, out of proportion, it seems, with its import to the nation as a whole. We wondered why so we tracked down Dr. Nick Osbaldiston, Professor of Sociology at James Cook University in Cairns, Australia and author of the book, Towards a Sociology of the Coast:  Our Past, Present and Future Relationship to...

On this episode of Friday Happy Hour, Dan Martin, Peter Ravella, and Tyler Buckingham get together again for another virtual happy hour and talk about how the COVID-19 era is progressing. We seem to be at an interesting moment. We are easing our way back into "regular" life, negotiating the risk calculations associated with going out and staying in. Beaches are opening back up, and people are pack...

On this episode of Shaped By The Sea, Brian Yurasits dials-in to catch up with Kate Leavitt and Ashley Stokes over at the Seacoast Science Center in Rye, New Hampshire. Kate is the Director of Mission at the center, and has been spending the past 6 weeks working on a major transition. How do you transform a learning center that provides inquiry-based experiences with local marine life,&n...

On this packed episode, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham first check in with Steve and Annie (Dorrie) Mercer to preview their new father/daughter show on ASPN, the Carolina Coast Podcast. This is a show all about getting to know the interesting personalities and characters who live and work on the Carolina Coast. Then, we check in with Captain Paul Amaral, owner of TowBoatUS Ventura, a marine as...

This Shorewords podcast offers some coastal reading options for SIPers (Shelter-in-Placers).  This first of two episodes provides 10 recommendations; the second episode will cover another 9 options – 19 reading options for Covid-19.  The list has some fiction, some non-fiction and each recommendation covers some aspect of the coast, the ocean, and often the people who live and work there...

On this month's episode of the WaterLog Podcast, hosts Howard Marlowe and Dan Ginolfi being us the latest from Washington, D.C., where the Nation's leaders have been striking deals in the effort to mitigate the impacts of the global pandemic. On this episode, we dive into the US Army Corps of Engineers' new benefit/cost policy, we get an update from Congress and what coastal communities need in te...

Ten years after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, restoring the Mississippi River Delta and its surrounding coastline isn’t just about recovering the wildlife and habitats harmed from the 2010 oil spill; it is ultimately about the opportunity to envision a more sustainable and resilient delta for future generations. On today's show, Simone and Jacques discuss where we are ten years later and highli...

Did you know that about 80% of shellfish consumed in America is eaten in restaurants and commercial establishments?  Few of us grab a dozen oysters or mussels on the way home from work.  It's not the American style.   This week, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham welcome to the show Margaret Pilaro, Executive Director of the Pacific Coast Shellfish Growers A...

Samantha Brooke and Chris Darnell with the US Fish and Wildlife Service Coastal Program join Derek Brockbank on the Capitol Beach. One of the lesser known programs at USFWS, the Coastal Program is voluntary - as opposed to regulatory - program that provides communities technical and financial support for local coastal projects and planning. Being the agency focused on fish and wildlife, their supp...

How does a vacation rental company fit into the economy and culture of small coastal towns? Listen in to this episode of Big Tourism with host Arica Sears and her guest Jamie Michel, Vice President of Business Development and Operations for Sweet Homes Vacation Getaways. As Part 3 in a COVID-19 series, we continue to hear from varying stakeholders on the Oregon Coast as they are navigating this un...

This week, Peter and Tyler gather the ASPN forces to check in with Jacques Hebert and Simon Maloz about the latest from New Orleans and to welcome two new shows and two new hosts to the ASPN family, Brian Yurasits and Bill O'Beirne.  Brian's show -- Shaped by the Sea -- will focus on the "characters on the coast," the real folks who live, play, and work on the American shoreline. It's a show...