The Nature of Nantucket

This week host Joanna Roche sits down with Dr. Bob Kennedy, MMA's former Director of Natural Science and long time leader of the Barn Owl Program,.

Hear MMA Research Fellow, Celia Mulcahey, as she discusses the Big Dipper!

Julia Blyth, MMA's Biological Collection Manager, sits down with host Joanna Roche to talk about the MMA collections and why it serves as crucial part in Nantucket's biological history.

Hear MMA Research Fellow, Celia Mulcahey, as she discusses Saturn!

Andrew Mckenna-Foster, M.S. was a former Natural Science Director for MMA and now a product specialist for figshare in Eugene, Oregon.  This week he sits down with host Joanna Roche to talk about figshare, the need for data collection, and why the collection system in the research center at MMA is important to the world.

Hear MMA Research Fellow, Celia Mulcahey, as she discusses the Moon!

Camden Palm, MMA's Education Coordinator, sits down with host Joanna Roche to talk about the upcoming Nantucket Science Festival on Saturday, March 19th from 10am-2pm at the Nantucket High School Gymnasium!

Hear MMA Research Fellow, Celia Mulcahey, as she discusses Mars!

This week host Joanna Roche talks beetles with the Director of Conservation programs at Roger Williams Park Zoo, Lou Perrotti.

Host Joanna Roche of the Maria Mitchell Association chats with William Kinsella, chair of ACKlimate, about how ACKlimate.org got started and what's happening with climate change on Nantucket. ACKlimate.org is a collaboration of organizations on the island focused on addressing climate change, sea-level rise, education, and resilience.

This week, Celia is focusing her report on the Pleiades Cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters. In Japan, the cluster is called Subaru, and you might recognize the cluster from the emblem on Subaru cars. You will know you are almost to the Pleiades when you see a bright orangey star, which represents the eye of the bull of the Taurus constellation.

Helene Weld is on the board for the Maria Mitchell Association.  Listen as she talks about her passion for the organization, her own experiences with nature, and what inspired her to join.

With MMA Research Fellow, Celia Mulcahey.

Did you know Maria Mitchell ran her own school at the age of 17 and was the Nantucket Atheneum’s first librarian at the age of 18?  Listen to hosts Joanna Roche and Jascin Finger talk about what you may not know about Maria’s legacy and MMA's collection of birds.  

The winter sky is full of dramatic constellations made up of bright stars. Hear MMA Research Fellow, Celia Mulcahey, discuss her favorite winter constellation: the Orion.

Every episode of the Maria Mitchell Association’s new podcast features talented staff, experts, and special guests who share their knowledge of the natural world and the dark skies above us. This week, host Jascin Leonardo Finger, historian and curator for the Mitchell House at the Maria Mitchell Association, takes a deep dive into the history of the Vestal Street Observatory, and it is fascinatin...

Jack Dubinski, Maria Mitchell Association's Aquarium Director and Research Center Coordinator, talks about his background, what can be found in the Aquarium, and what you can do to stop the invasive Green Crab species in Nantucket's harbor.

Join host Joanna Roche as she talks with Maria Mitchell Association’s Field Ornithologist, Ginger Andrews.   Together they discuss Ginger’s connection to the Maria Mitchell Association, her experiences growing up on Nantucket and her mother, Edith Folger Andrews.

Join Jascin Finger and Joanna Roche as they introduce the first episode of The Maria Mitchell Association’s new podcast.  They will focus on the history of Maria, the natural world of Nantucket and the dark skies above us.  Learn from the talented staff, experts, and special guests who will share their stories and wisdom.