Stuart Carlton | Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
Teach Me About the Great Lakes
A monthly podcast in which Stuart Carlton (a native New Orleanian) asks smart people to teach him about the Great Lakes. Co-hosted by the awesome staff at Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant.
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Stuart Carlton | Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
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Jul 6, 2026
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Episodes
38: Taking Nutrients Down to the Bottom 16.08.2021 43:24
Links: Nominate something for the Lakies! http://bitly.com/lakies21 Rob Mooney: Twitter | Website UW Center for Limnology https://www.knowyourinsects.org Pro Football Reference: New Orleans Saints Training Camp Locations Teach Me About the Great Lakes 16: It’s Really Hard to Monitor for All of the Gross Stuff USGS: Stream Order NOAA: What is Nutrient Pollution? North American Lake Management Socie...
37: Seventy Scouts in an Enclosed Tube 02.08.2021 40:17
Please take a second to nominate some great work for the Lakies! Click here or visit http://bitly.com/lakies2021 . Links: WisconsinMaritime.org An interesting article on using photogrammetry to create an immersive 3D model of a shipwreck https://www.teachmeaboutthegreatlakes.com/14 WisconsinShipwrecks.org Wikipedia: Gado class submarines USS Cobia pae at WisconsinMaritime.org Sub BnB National Park...
35: Most Weather Weenies Will Probably Remember (re-air, new title) 05.07.2021 48:24
Guest: Meg Dodson, National Weather Service Derecho NWS WFO LOT’s Page: https://www.weather.gov/lot/2020aug10 NWS WFO IWX’s Page: https://www.weather.gov/iwx/Derecho_20200810 NWS WFO DVN’s Page: https://www.weather.gov/dvn/summary_081020 SPC Derecho: Facts Page here Derecho Climatology https://www.weather.gov/jetstream/derecho_climo Notable Derecho Lists: https://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/AbtDerechos...
34: A Million Little Triangles 14.06.2021 33:57
Links NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab Wikipedia: Enbridge Line 5 NOAA Lake Michigan current forecasts NOAA Article: Drifting Buoys Track Water Currents in the Great Lakes Straits of Mackinac The Awesome Power of a Fully Operational Mothership Whatever Happened To Orbitz, aka Lava Lamp Juice? OK Soda Audio from OK Soda’s 1-800-I-Feel-OK hotline Zingerman’s Deli Old Town Tavern Credits...
33: Science Is a Team Sport 07.06.2021 48:31
Show Links: NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory: website | twitter GLERL Educational Programs IAGLR Lifetime Achievement Award Winners IAGLR Jack Vallentyne Award Winners Hank’s paper on the distribution and ecological impacts of aquatic invasive species in the Great Lakes Pasteur’s Quadrant Detroit River Days Canned gobies in tomato sauce. We haven’t tried this and can’t endorse it...
32: What Had Been Safe Is Now Dangerous 17.05.2021 31:55
Water safety resources! Great Lakes Water Safety Southern Lake Michigan Water Safety Last year’s episode on water safety with Megan Dodson of NWS Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project Other show links: U Windsor Coastal Research Group Chris Houser Twitter U Windsor Faculty of Science: At the Leading Edge of Science Paper: Impact of COVID-19 on drowning patterns in the Great Lakes region of North Ameri...
31: Bathed in Their Own Liquidy, Sugary Feces 03.05.2021 30:57
Links: Jessica Ware Lab: Homepage | Twitter | Instagram EPA: Physical Features of the Great Lakes (including their depth) Jessica Ware’s page at the American Museum of Natural Museum Wikipedia: Holometabolism Cicadas: Missouri Botanical Garden US Forest Service Cicada brood map The Sexy Sons Hypothesis Cicada oviposition scars Whoa a video of a female cicada ovipositing Dr. Chris Simon’s piece...
30: No, They're on the Phone 20.04.2021 29:38
Full show notes: EPA's Great Lakes National Program Office: homepage | Twitter feed RV Lake Guardian The Guardian's Twitter feed The R/V Lake Guardian's Yearly Survey Activities Track the Lake Guardian on MarineTraffic.net https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysida Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 1972 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement USGS: What are zebra mussels and why should we care about them?...
29: I Love a Good Collaboration 05.04.2021 51:43
Show links: What are zebra mussels and why should we care about them? Lake St. Clair About the Great Lakes Fishery Commission Sea Lamprey species profile Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers TransportZero.org USGS NAS Sighting App ( iOS | Android) EDD Maps Introduced Podcast Terri Hallesy! Center for Great Lakes Literacy: Attack Packs StopTheSpiny.com Tim’s Journal of Extension paper on StopTheSpiny.com Intro...
28: Bald Eagle as a Proxy 15.03.2021 28:04
One more time with the Teach Me About the Great Lakes Hotline: 765-496-IISG (that's 4474) Bill’s paper on PDBEs in Bald Eagle nestlings EPA article on PDBEs OMG cute Bald Eagle nestlings EPA article on PCBs EPA: Basics of green chemistry South Shore Brewery Here’s the TMATGL episode on diving shipwrecks…you should listen! And dive! The Sufjan Stevens reference Carolyn made that Stuart missed The G...
27: The Claws Have the Sweetest Meat 02.03.2021 1:08:35
Today's guests are Dr. Brian Roth of Michigan State University, Greg Hitzroth of Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant, and the producers of the Introduced podcast: Bonnie Willison, Sydney Widell, and special guest Tim Campbell. Links: IISG’s Aquatic Invasive Species page Invasive Crayfish Collaborative Google Group Optimus Prime Red Swamp Crayfish Michigan DNR: Red Swamp Crayfish Virile Crayfish Crawfish ch...
26: We position kids to think about, "Who are you asking?" 15.02.2021 36:20
Freedom Seekers: The Underground Railroad, Great Lakes, and Science Literacy Activities Middle School and High School Curriculum Henrietta Lacks: science must right a historical wrong Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Museum Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Sites) Broderick Park, Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper Cataract House With Patents or Without, Black Inventors Reshaped Amer...
25: Don’t Alienate People Who Need Your Help 01.02.2021 42:24
Dr. Ashley Bieniek-Tobasco @ UIC Ashley’s Twitter feed Megan Gunn ’ s Twitter feed The Familiar Faces Project on Instagram https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Years_of_Living_Dangerously All We Can Save Pandemic of Racism (Ashley and co-author’s commentary on misinformation during COVID) IISG’s values statement Firecakes Donuts TMATGL COVID Episodes! TMATGL 5: We’re All in This Together TMATGL 6: A Lo...
24: It Was Way Too Liquidy and Weird 19.01.2021 53:10
Do you have any experiences with plastic alternative products? Let us know via email ( teachmeaboutthegreatlakes@gmail.com ) or using the Twitter hashtag #askgreatlakes. TMATGL Episode 1: They’re Also Called Nurdles Sarah Zack on Twitter Great Lakes Pollution Prevention on Twitter Megan Gunn’s The Familiar Faces Project on Twitter Two Yellow Buoys Plastic Teabags Release Billions of Microparticles...
23: What Allyship Looks Like in Action 07.12.2020 45:30
Show links: Dr. Catherine Febria’s Healthy Headwaters Lab Follow Catherine on Twitter Information on Katrina's community, the Neyaashiinigmiing or The Chippewas of Nawash: https://www.nawash.ca/ Saugeen Ojibway Nation Environment Office Great Lakes Institute of Environmental Research Paleochannels are remnants “of an inactive river or stream channel that has been filled or buried by younger sedi...
22: It Tends to Get Louder During a Recession 16.11.2020 38:10
Show links: Camden Burd website Camden Burd twitter The Conservative Heartland: A political history of the post-war American Midwest Henry Schoolcraft Erie Canal Minnesota’s Mesabi Range mining district Bundy Standoff The Proposed State of Superior The Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives Dominic Jacobetti The Republican Reversal Fifth Frame A picture of The Burd! Timb...
21: Fly-to States 28.10.2020 43:21
Chris Devine webpage Chris Devine twitter Conservative Heartland Chris’ book: Do Running Mates Matter ? Census data tables showing the Midwest growing more slowly than the South and West Wikipedia entry on the Electoral College Wikipedia entry on the United States congressional apportionment John Nance Garner bio from the Briscoe Center for American History List of Vice Presidents by home state T...
20: Humans Control Inches 22.10.2020 37:47
Show links: Adam Bechle’s contact page with links to key publications Wisconsin Sea Grant Meteotsunami What is a seiche? Meg Dodson episode where we discuss seiches, derechos, and water safety Great Lakes water levels data from NOAA/GLERL Some graphs to geek out over A Balancing Act: Lake Superior Regulation and the St. Marys River Compensating works Frost heave! Wisconsin Sea Grant’s list of coas...
19: Secretive Marsh Birds 05.10.2020 30:32
Links: Joanna’s recent paper titled “Prioritizing coastal wetlands for marsh bird conservation in the U.S. Great Lakes” National Audubon Society Science | Audubon About Jane - The Jane Goodall Institute Red-winged Blackbird - YouTube Automated recorders detect secretive marsh birds | THE WILDLIFE SOCIETY An interesting 1-hour presentation from Madison Audubon Societ’ys Carolyn Byers: Secretive Mar...
18: They Are Really Important 21.09.2020 34:06
Scientists communicate findings in many different ways. When the information gathered points to a particularly dire situation, they may issue a warning to humanity. Forty-two scientists recently co-authored such a warning of rapid degradation of the world's large lakes. In the paper , they summarize threats observed across the globe, what these may mean for the systems humans and wildlife depend o...
17: Flip, Float, and Follow 07.09.2020 47:25
Guest: Meg Dodson, National Weather Service Derecho NWS WFO LOT’s Page: https://www.weather.gov/lot/2020aug10 NWS WFO IWX’s Page: https://www.weather.gov/iwx/Derecho_20200810 NWS WFO DVN’s Page: https://www.weather.gov/dvn/summary_081020 SPC Derecho: Facts Page here Derecho Climatology https://www.weather.gov/jetstream/derecho_climo Notable Derecho Lists: https://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/AbtDerechos...
16: It’s Really Hard to Monitor for All of the Gross Stuff 17.08.2020 38:46
MADELINE R MAGEE - Home Twitter: Dr. Madeline Magee Predicting Beach Conditions | Wisconsin DNR Beaches | Wisconsin DNR Model | Definition of Model by Merriam-Webster Where The Latest COVID-19 Models Think We’re Headed — And Why They Disagree | FiveThirtyEight Menu - Schuberts Upper Peninsula Michigan | UP Michigan Travel, Lodging, Events and Attractions Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Illinois-Indiana...
15: We’re Doing Everything in Plastic 03.08.2020 36:13
More micro plastics with Dr. Lorena Rios Mendoza, professor of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin - Superior Lorena Rios Mendoza - Natural Sciences Department Faculty/Staff Profile - UW-Superior 1: They’re Also Called Nurdles | Teach Me About the Great Lakes A brief video of a Manta Trawl - YouTube NOAA — What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? Great Pacific Garbage Patch | National Geograp...
14: Take the Plunge 20.07.2020 49:06
People apparently dive all 5 Great Lakes in one day. We spoke with a couple of them. Show links: The Big Five Dive documentary Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary | Home Maritime archaeology - Wikipedia Michigan Sea Grant | Helping to foster economic growth and protect Michigan’s coastal, Great Lakes resources through education, research and outreach. https://www.michiganseagrant.org/newsroom/up...
13: It Smells Like Science 06.07.2020 34:29
Show links: Brian Roth’s Twitter feed Huron-Michigan Predator Diet Study - Science, Technology & Engineering | Facebook - 120 Photos Invasive Crayfish Collaborative Oncorhynchus - Wikipedia A review of Howard Tanner’s Autobiography Sea lamprey - Wikipedia Lake Superior State Center for Freshwater Research and Education Webcam - This appears to be offline for pandemic-based reasons but it is ve...
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