American Shoreline Podcast Network

In celebration of Memorial Day, Peter and Tyler tour the American Shoreline to learn what summer has in store. We begin with Dr. Robert Buckingham, Tyler's father, who is enjoying the holiday  weekend in Hilo, Hawaii. We then zip over to Galveston Island in Texas to speak with Reuben Trevino, Director of Operations for the Galveston Park Board of Trustees. Reuben explains the work that his te...

On this episode of the WaterLog Podcast, hosts Dan Ginolfi and Howard Marlowe break down this year's Appropriations Season and how federal coastal program investment is looking thus far. 

Today’s first guest is Robin Barnes, Executive VP and COO of GNO, Inc. She preview’s GNO, Inc.’s upcoming Everlab conference (June 4th), at the NOPSI hotel. In the second half, Marissa Allweiss Wendte, Development and Membership Director at CRCL joins the show to discuss an upcoming event, the CRCL Shell-A-Bration. Register to attend Everlab and use our special promo code GEAUX to get a 20% discou...

On this episode of the American Shoreline Podcast, Peter and Tyler sit down with Gary Glick, President of Friends of the RGV Reef, a non-profit that is building the first "industrial scale" nursery reef in the Gulf of Mexico.  With the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department,  Friends has established a 1,650 acre artificial reef site about 12 miles off of South Padre Island and new reef mate...

On this episode of Friday Happy Hour, Derek Brockbank, Peter Ravella, and Tyler Buckingham grab a few rounds and shoot the breeze. Subjects discussed: beaches that are loved too much and managing throngs of tourists; what this summer season means for Florida and its new Governor, Ron DeSantis; and, the curious cultural rift between conservation activists and big businesses that are beginning to th...

On this episode of Shorewords!, host Lesley Ewing meets up with Vince Beiser at the Berkeley Book Festival to discuss his book The World in a Grain, which earned him the rank of finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award and a California Book Award. His work has appeared in  Wired, Harper’s, The Atlantic, Mother Jones, and the New York Times,  among other publicatio...

On The Capitol Beach, Derek Brockbank welcomes Renee Orr from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). Renee is the Chief of the Office of Strategic Resources, and is currently serving as acting Deputy Director for BOEM. After touching on offshore energy production, the conversation shifts to sand. BOEM manages the Outer Continental Shelf sand resources which have been used to restore over 33...

Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham welcome Doug Myers, Senior Marine Scientist for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation/Maryland Office, to the American Shoreline Podcast to take a dip into the exceedingly complex challenge of bringing the Chesapeake Bay back to life.  It is the largest of more than 100 estuaries in the United States and third largest in the world. The Bay itself...

This week’s Friday Happy Hour is a family affair! During this extra special Mother’s Day episode, Jenna sits down with her mom to discuss their family’s experience as a Coast Guard family. Join them as they ease into the weekend and reflect on their adventures out on the road and water. 

On this episode of Sea Change, Jenna Valente welcome Alex Palumbo to the show, a traveling editorial and commercial photographer and filmmaker from Long Island, New York. They discuss the importance of film in the coastal and ocean activism arena. 

On this episode of Ship to Shore, Robert Frump is joined by Gilbert M. Gaul to discuss his new book, The Geography of Risk, Epic Storms, Rising Seas, and the Cost of America's Coasts.  Gaul reveals what he characterizes as the confounding array of federal subsidies, tax breaks, low-interest loans, grants, and government flood insurance that shift the risk of life at the beach from private inv...

Simone Maloz is joined by guest host Chris Cook, Lighthouse Director at Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation. Chris talks about his path to LPBF, his passion for history, and his work at Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation’s historic light house. Chris and Simone also talk about LBPF’s upcoming Beach Sweep and other upcoming volunteer opportunities. Rebecca Triche, Executive Director at the Louisia...

Jim Blackburn is a professor in the practice of environmental law in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Rice University, teaching courses in sustainable development and environmental law. He is also a practicing environmental lawyer with the Blackburn & Carter law firm in Houston and a Rice faculty scholar at the Baker Institute. At Rice, he serves as the co-director of the...

On this special edition of the American Shoreline Podcast we bring two interviews with the senior command of the USACE Southwestern Division. Up first, Colonel Lars Zetterstrom, Commander of the Galveston District discussed the historic slate of coastal projects slated for the Texas and Louisiana coast, including the "coastal spine" project to protect Houston. Then, we bring to you a conversation...

At EarthX, we sit down with Amber Sparks Jackson to discuss Blue Latitudes, an organization dedicated to converting old offshore oil rigs to reef habitat. Amber is an oceanographer, environmental scientist and entrepreneur. She has a B.A. in Marine Science from UC Berkeley and a M.A.S in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation from Scripps Institution of Oceanography. In 2018, Amber was recognized on...

At EarthX, Tyler and Peter had the opportunity to interview Rev. Mitchell Hescox, who serves as President/C.E.O. of The Evangelical Environmental Network and speaks nationally on creation care, especially on the environmental life threatening impacts on the poor and defenseless.  Rev. Hescox co-authored Creation Care: The Evangelical’s Guide to Climate Change and a Healthy Environment with Pa...

Dr. William J. Parker III is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Defense University Foundation. Peter and Tyler has the opportunity to sit down with Bill at EarthX on Dallas to discuss the proliferation of noise pollution in the World's oceans and how the U.S. Navy, along with other militaries around the globe, can help combat it. 

On this episode, Dan Martin welcomes Greg Cory to the show to discuss the trends of coastal development and what we can expect built shorelines of the future to look like. The Principal of Land Use Economics, Greg is a veteran market analyst who closely monitors emerging trends in land development, demographics, capital markets, and real estate operations in global markets. He has over 30 years of...

Today on Delta Dispatches, Simone and Jacques speak with journalist and author Ken Wells. He talks about his history with both the Houma Courier and Wall Street Journal, how journalism has changed and tells some stories from his years as a journalist. Ken has also written nonfiction books including “Gumbo Life: Tales from the Roux Bayou.” Earlier this month, Ken is now a freelance journalist and w...

Peter and Tyler have the pleasure of welcoming the Senator from the great coastal state of Rhode Island Sheldon Whitehouse to the show while at EarthX. The Senator is optimistic about the future, but cautions his fellow leaders that urgent action is needed to address climate change, pointing out that our position in the global order requires us to lead on the issue. 

The Inland Ocean Coalition began as the Colorado Ocean Coalition in 2011. Founded by Vicki Goldstein after a family move to landlocked Boulder, CO in 2009, the Coalition’s aim was to inspire and empower Colorado citizens to promote the health of our ocean through education and community involvement.

Rod is the COO of Deep Isolation (www.deepisolation.com), a startup company focused on the storage and disposal of spent nuclear fuel deep underground. His responsibilities include interactions with communities, utilities and government entities as we prepare to license a disposal facility. 

At EarthX, Peter and Tyler sat down with Tim Kruger, founder and CTO of Origen Power, a UK firm developing a process that uses natural gas to generate electricity in a way that removes carbon dioxide from the air. Tim also founded and runs the research institute at University of Oxford. 

At ASPN's EarthX podcasting studio, Peter and Tyler are thrilled to welcome to the show Dr. Marcius Extavour to the show to discuss the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE, which is in the final phase of competition. This fascinating discussion covers the benefits of games to promote creative solutions to climate change as well as discussing how the Carbon XPRIZE seeks to find sustainable models to remove CO2...

Jenna Valente and special Ocean X co-host Brian Yurasits are joined by Freya Isenhart and Cambria Bartlett of Heirs to our Oceans to discuss their work to protect the planet.