Nic Frederick and Laura Thorne

Environmental Professionals Radio (EPR)

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EPR is Connecting Environmental Professionals through Conversation! Our show is brought to you by the National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP) and follows environmental professionals at all levels of their career in a variety of industries to bring you a nuanced and informed discussion on what it’s like to work in the environmental arena. Hear us talk through failures, struggles, and successes of the typical environmental professional. We will also highlight news, updates, and fun facts from the scientific community. With over 80 episodes and counting, we are excited to provi...

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Nic Frederick and Laura Thorne

Episodes

Coast Guard, Character Leadership, and Box Turtles with Vice Admiral (ret) Sandra Stosz 25.02.2022 48:02

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Retired Vice Admiral Sandra Stosz, servant and author about Coast Guard, Character Leadership and Box Turtles. Read her full bio below. Help us continue to create g...

Sea Turtles, Rights of Nature, and the Right to a Safe Working Environment with Callie Veelenturf 18.02.2022 39:57

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Callie Veelenturf , marine biologist, conservationist and National Geographic Explorer about Sea Turtles, Rights of Nature, and the Right to a Safe Working Environmen...

Pollination, Writing, and Finding Your Niche with Dr. Jeff Ollerton 11.02.2022 53:49

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Dr. Jeff Ollerton , Professor and author about Pollination, Writing, and Finding Your Niche. Read his full bio below. Help us continue to create great content! If y...

Career Curves, Environmental Policy in UK, and Working Globally with Justin Taberham 04.02.2022 53:49

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Justin Taberham, Author, Editor and Consultant about Career Curves, Environmental Policy in UK and Working Globally. Read his full bio below. Help us continue to...

Small Business Opportunities, Nationwide Projects, and Vegan Eating with Jennifer Walker 28.01.2022 35:02

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Jennifer Walker , President and CEO of Watearth, Inc. about Small Business Opportunities, Nationwide Projects, and Vegan Eating. Read her full bio below. Help us c...

Mass Transit, Seizing Opportunities, and Teaching Sustainability with Thomas Abdallah 21.01.2022 50:52

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Thomas Abdallah Assistant Vice President and Chief Environmental Engineer for the MTA’s Construction and Development (MTA C&D) agency about Mass Transit, Seizing...

Art, the Beauty of Nature and Overcoming Your Fears with Martina Sestakova 14.01.2022 35:17

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Martina Sestakova , Textile Designer, Art Educator, Abstract Painter about Art, the Beauty of Nature and Overcoming Your Fears. Read her full bio below. Help us con...

Big Data, National Parks and Academia, with Dr. Robert Young 07.01.2022 49:15

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Robert Young , Director of Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines about Big Data, National Parks and Academia. Read his full bio below. Help us continue to c...

EPR Outtakes 2021 31.12.2021 22:32

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! To celebrate our first successful year we'd like to share the fun we've had behind the scenes with you in an end of year outtakes spectacular! There's no interview, just a long list of...

EPR Minisode 3: Happy Holidays 2021 24.12.2021 5:53

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! We have a new minisode for you today! There's no interview, just a timely and important message we wanted to share with everyone as we come up on the holiday season. This is taking place instead...

Botany, Innovation, and the Infrastructure Bill with Sunny Fleming 17.12.2021 43:08

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Sunny Fleming, National Solutions Engineer at Esri about Botany, Innovation, and the Infrastructure Bill. Read her full bio below. Help us continue to create great...

Public Speaking, Travel, and Anatomy with Nic Frederick 10.12.2021 43:22

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Nic Frederick , co-host of EPR, NAEP Board Member, and Director of Conservation and Planning at Dawson about Public Speaking, Travel, and Anatomy. Read his full bio b...

Iceland, Justice 40, and CEQ Rulemaking with Fred Wagner 03.12.2021 54:12

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Fred Wager, partner with Venable, LLP about Iceland, Justice 40 and CEQ Rulemaking. Read his full bio below. Special thanks to our sponsor for this episode VENABLE,...

EPR Minisode 2: Happy Thanksgiving 2021! 24.11.2021 9:57

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! We are dropping our second minisode today! There's no interview, just a timely and important message we wanted to share with everyone as we come up on the Thanksgiving holiday. This is taking pl...

Chasing Your Dreams, Environmental Storytelling, and Adventuring with Tiffany Duong 19.11.2021 40:22

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Tiffany Duong , writer, explorer and motivational speaker about Chasing Your Dreams, Environmental Storytelling and Adventuring. Read her full bio below. Help us co...

Alaska, Fuel Tanks, and Science Literacy with Shannon Oelkers 12.11.2021 55:51

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Shannon Oelkers , owner and principal consultant for Integrity Environmental about Alaska, Fuel Tanks and Science Literacy. Read her full bio below. Help us continu...

National Park work, Photojournalism, and Consulting with Michael Smith 05.11.2021 51:37

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Michael Smith , the Director of Environmental Process & Policy with WSP USA, about working in a National Park, Photojournalism, and Consulting. Read his full bi...

Career Advice, Coastal Projects, and Navigating the Workplace with Hollie Schmidt 29.10.2021 41:38

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Hollie Schmidt , Director, Resilient + Sustainability Business Advisory at Jacobs about Career Advice, Coastal Projects, and Navigating the Workplace. Read her ful...

Naval Science, Oceanography, and the Blue Economy with Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet 22.10.2021 45:37

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet PhD, CEO and Founder of Ocean STL Consulting about Naval Science, Oceanography, and the Blue Economy. Read his full bio below. Help us co...

Running a Small Business, Challenging Projects, and Transportation with Caryn Brookman 15.10.2021 41:32

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Caryn Brookman , Principal at Blackwater Environmental Group, LLC about Running a Small Business, Challenging Projects, transportation projects, and the Grateful Dead...

Disaster Recovery, Covid-19, and Dog Foster Fails with April Cummings 08.10.2021 45:59

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with April Cummings , Director of Mitigation Division Federal Emergency, about Disaster Recovery, Covid-19 and Foster Fails. Read her full bio below. Help us continue to...

Photography, HABS/HAER Reports, and Working in Remote Places with Bruce Harvey 01.10.2021 43:54

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Bruce Harvey , architectural historian and documentation photographer about Photography, HABS/HAER Reports and Working in Remote Places. Read his full bio below. He...

Living Shorelines, Scholarships, and Rattlesnakes with Tom Ries 24.09.2021 42:22

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Tom Ries , Vice President with Environmental Science Associates, nationally known ecologist, and longtime member of TBAEP about Living Shorelines, Scholarships, and R...

EPR Minisode 1: Managing the End of the Federal Fiscal Year 20.09.2021 9:01

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! Today we're doing a little something different. We're releasing our first minisode! There's no interview, just a timely and important message we wanted to share with everyone as we com...

NEPAccess, Big Data, and Academia with Dr. Laura Hoffman and Dr. Aaron Lien 17.09.2021 43:28

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Dr. Laura Lopez-Hoffman, professor at the University of Arizona, and Dr. Aaron Lien, Assistant Professor of Rangeland Ecology and Adaptive Management, about NEPAcces...