Life In Plastic, Not So Fantastic

Send us a textA murder mollusk, a fabled pearl, and a potentially clam-shaped future. After a two-year hiatus, let's talk GIANT CLAMS. -----Episode 13 - Shell Yeah!-----Supplementary Material and External Links[Please refer to the show notes for full attribution and licensing information.]Picture 1 – The (Real) Pearl of Lao TzuPicture 2 – The Stunning Species and Color Diversity of Giant Clams Article 1 – Read the Full Story of the Pearl of Lao TzuArticle 2 – More on the History, Myth, and Future of the Giant ClamEpisode Cover – Picture credit: Dane Whicker. Retrieved from: My Own Dang Camera. -----Bio-DIVE-rsity is on social media! Whaaaat? Check it Out!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flippinfunfishfacts/Twitter: https://twitter.com/flippinfunfishFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/flippinfunfishfacts-----Full Show Notes, Including all Video, Picture, Music,  and Sound Attributions, as well as all informational citations:  https://1drv.ms/w/s!Amk89GkQH8YShZg4R4l3i2PU4zfdgg?e=D2pFknThis episode of the Bio-DIVE-rsity podcast was written and performed by Dane Whicker.The Bio-DIVE-rsity Logo was created by Dane Whicker, using art by Ernst Haeckel. The art utilized is public domain.Official Bio-Dive-rsity Website: https://flippinfunfishfacts.buzzsprout.comQuestions, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly at [email protected]

Send us a textEpisode 5 – Life In Plastic, Not So FantasticPlastic can brush your hair, today it’s everywhereWithout cessation, we’re hurt by our creationIn our final episode of Peak & Plunge, we talk to special guest Dianna Cohen, a visual artist and co-founder/CEO of Plastic Pollution Coalition. A fierce advocate for “shutting off the tap” of plastic pollution,  her personal journey actually began with an immense appreciation for plastic as a material. Though plastic started off as a wonderful thing, today Dianna explains how a modern life in plastic may just be more costly than it’s worth.Is plastic an enemy to to rioted against with torches and pitchforks? Is there really a Texas-sized trash island floating in the Pacific? And like, what the heck is carrying around a reusable straw even gonna do, anyways? Listen now to our final episode!  -----Peak & Plunge Episode 5: Life In Plastic, Not So Fantastic----- External LinksPlastic Pollution Coalition WebsiteDianna’s Art PortfolioHow to Be an Urban Packer Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act Information About the UN Plastics TreatyArtwork AttributionsPodcast Cover Artwork by Mercedes Schultz.Music And Sound AttributionsOut of the Skies, Under the Earth by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/reappear/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/ I Am a Man Who Will Fight for Your Honor by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/honor/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/ All other sound effects and music tracks are under the YouTube Audio license, are Public Domain, or are otherwise free to use without attribution.Special ThanksSpecial thank you to Dianna Cohen  for her time, expertise, and passion as well as lending her voice to this episode! All voices are used with permission.Special thank you to YOU! Our listeners. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to learn alongside us about these invisible connections.Peak and Plunge is hosted, written, and produced by Dane Whicker, and produced in proud partnership with the Inland Ocean Coalition.-----Full Show Notes available here.Episode Transcript available here.----- Questions, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly at [email protected]

Send us a textEpisode 4 – Ancient Oceans, Modern ConsequencesEvery time we make our morning coffee, jump in a car, or turn on a light, we have prehistoric oceans to thank. In episode 4 of Peak & Plunge, we talk to special guest Joanie Kleypas, a senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research based in Boulder, Colorado. As an inlander climate AND coral scientist, she’s the perfect person to help illuminate how fossil fuels, climate change, inland choices, and ocean health are all interconnected. Why aren’t most fossil fuels actually dead dinosaurs? What the HECK even is coral? And what does our dependence on fossil fuels, inland or otherwise, mean for the future of the sparkling blue?Listen and find out! -----Peak & Plunge Episode 4: Ancient Oceans, Modern Consequences----- External LinksNational Center for Atmospheric Research - https://ncar.ucar.edu/Artwork AttributionsPodcast Cover Artwork by Mercedes Schultz.Music And Sound AttributionsFluidscape by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100393Artist: http://incompetech.com/ All other sound effects and music tracks are under the YouTube Audio license, are Public Domain, or are otherwise free to use without attribution.Special ThanksSpecial thank you to Joanie Kleypas for her time, expertise, and passion as well as lending her voice to this episode! All voices are used with permission.Peak and Plunge is hosted, written, and produced by Dane Whicker, and produced in proud partnership with the Inland Ocean Coalition.-----Full Show Notes available here.Episode Transcript available here.-----Questions, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly at [email protected]

Send us a textThe show where the word is made up and your seafood choices matter!In episode 3 of Peak & Plunge, we talk to special guest Cory Nash, Outreach Manager at the esteemed Monterey Bay Seafood Watch program, about our relationships with seafood. In a world where overfishing threatens not only the ocean's health but the lives and rights of us humans - this relationship holds a lot more weight that most realize.What the heck does sustainable even mean, and who is it for? Does the seafood we eat inland matter? Listen and find out! -----Peak & Plunge Episode 3: Whose Sustainability Is It Anyway?----- External LinksMonterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch - https://www.seafoodwatch.org/ How to Install Seafood Watch on your phone: https://www.seafoodwatch.org/recommendations/add-seafood-watch-to-your-phone The Crimes Behind The Seafood You Eat, An Excellently Reported Article on Seafood’s Human Cost: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/10/16/the-crimes-behind-the-seafood-you-eat A Guide To the Environmental Impacts of Fishing and Farming Methods - https://www.seafoodwatch.org/seafood-basics/fishing-and-farming-methodsArtwork Attributions:Podcast cover artwork by Mercedes Schultz.Music And Sound Attributions:All sound effects and music tracks are under the YouTube Audio license, are Public Domain, or are otherwise free to use without attribution.Special Thanks:Special thank you to Seth Watkins for his time and expertise, as well as lending his voice to this episode! And another to Melissa Jung, who has since moved on from the IOC but we appreciate her hard work and voice all the same! All voices are used with permission.This episode of the Peak & Plunge podcast was written, hosted, and produced by Dane Whicker. Interviews conducted by Dane Whicker. All voices are used with permission.-----Full Show Notes available here.Episode Transcript Available Here.-----Inland Ocean Coalition Website: https://inlandoceancoalition.org/Peak and Plunge is hosted, written, and produced by Dane Whicker, and produced in proud partnership with the Inland Ocean Coalition.Questions, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly at [email protected]

Send us a textLet’s remember… everything goes somewhere. In episode 2 of Peak & Plunge, we talk to special guests Seth Watkins and Mia Glover about how inland agriculture, our food systems, climate, and the oceans all relate. Seth is the owner of Pinhook Farm, where he raises beef cattle, hair sheep, chickens, bees… and where he challenges agricultural convention daily. He sees the connections between what he does on the farm and the oceans of the world - and strives to steward and bolster those connections instead of conquering and degrading them. Can where you buy food make the difference between clean beaches and a lot of dead fish? Listen and find out! -----Peak & Plunge Episode 2: Healthy Soils, Healthy Seas----- Supplementary Pictures and VideosVideo 1 – Understanding Our Soils, a GREAT visual guide to nitrogen, fertilizers, and soils. Video Credit: Jimi Sol.Picture 1 – Asparagopsis taxiformis, a potential climate hero?Picture credit: Roberto Pillon. Used under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED LicenseExternal LinksPinhook FarmInland Ocean Coalition Ocean Friendly FarmingGlobal GreensIn Harmony FarmsArtwork Attributions:Podcast cover artwork by Mercedes Schultz.Music And Sound Attributions:All sound effects and music tracks are under the YouTube Audio license, are Public Domain, or are otherwise free to use without attribution.Special Thanks:Special thank you to Seth Watkins for his time and expertise, as well as lending his voice to this episode! And another to Melissa Jung, who has since moved on from the IOC but we appreciate her hard work and voice all the same! All voices are used with permission.-----Full Show Notes available here.Episode Transcript Available Here.----- This episode of the Peak & Plunge podcast was written, hosted, and produced by Dane Whicker. Interviews conducted by Dane Whicker.  Peak and Plunge is produced in proud partnership with the Inland Ocean Coalition.Inland Ocean Coalition WebsiteQuestions, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly at [email protected]

Send us a textAin't no mountain high enoughAin't no deep sea low enoughAin't no potato large enoughTo keep me from talking bout you, sea~In episode 1 of Peak & Plunge, we talk to special guest Mark Haver about the controversial practice of Deep Sea Mining. As Global Policy Advisor for the Sustainable Ocean Alliance, an environmental consultant, and advocate for action on our oceans and our climate, Mark helps us ask… do our future cell phones, cars, and green energy lie at the bottom of the sea? Or is this just another environmental disaster waiting to happen?-----Peak & Plunge Episode 1: Ain't No Mountain High, Ain't No Deep Sea Low-----Supplementary PicturesPicture 1 – A Field of Polymetallic Nodules Picture credit: Geomar Bilddatenbank. Used under a CC BY 4.0 DEED LicensePicture 2 – Polymetallic Nodules (Metal Potatoes), Close Up Picture credit: Hannes Grobe. Used under a CC BY 4.0 DEED LicensePicture 3 – A Sea Cucumber, Psychropotes longicauda, on a polymetallic nodule Picture credit: Geomar Bilddatenbank. Used under a CC BY 4.0 DEED License. Bonus Picture because it’s Cute and I Want To – Casper the Ghost Octopus Picture credit: NOAA. Picture is Public Domain. External LinksAction you can take RIGHT NOW! Tell President Biden and U.S. Congress to “Say No to Deep-Sea Mining”.Sustainable Ocean Alliance Deep Sea Mining Activation Toolkit Look Down ActionFollow Mark! Deep-Sea Soundings (Poem), Full TextArtwork Attributions:Podcast cover artwork by Mercedes Schultz.Music And Sound Attributions:All sound effects and music tracks are under the YouTube Audio license, are Public Domain, or are otherwise free to use without attribution.Special Thanks:Special thank you to Mark Haver for his time and expertise, as well as lending his voice to this episode.  All voices are used with permission.-----Full Show Notes available here.Episode Transcript Available Here. ----- This episode of the Peak & Plunge podcast was written, hosted, and produced by Dane Whicker. Interviews conducted by Dane Whicker.  Peak and Plunge is produced in proud partnership with the Inland Ocean Coalition.Questions, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly at [email protected]

Send us a textFrom our mountain peaks, let's plunge into the sea.Introducing my latest podcast project - Peak & Plunge: Diving Into the Inland-Ocean Connection! In collaboration with the Inland Ocean Coalition, Peak & Plunge examines the ties between the ocean and those people that live miles away from it. Each episode, I talk to an expert in the field to examine inland-ocean ties through our seafood, our agriculture, our climate, our use of plastics, and even how, from the top of a mountain, your future might be reliant on potatoes from the deepest reaches of the ocean floor. And don't worry... Bio-DIVE-rsity will still return! As always, thank you for listening.-----Trailer: Peak & Plunge-----Artwork Attributions:Podcast cover artwork by Mercedes Schultz.Music And Sound Attributions:All sound effects and music tracks are under the YouTube Audio license, are Public Domain, or are otherwise free to use without attribution.Special Thanks:Special thank you to all the inland guests interviewed about your personal connections to the ocean, as well as experts Mark Haver, Cory Nash, and Seth Watkins. All voices are used with permission.Peak and Plunge is hosted, written, and produced by Dane Whicker, and produced in proud partnership with the Inland Ocean Coalition.-----Full Show Notes, Including all Video, Picture, Music,  and Sound Attributions, as well as all informational citations, available here.Episode Transcript Available Here. ----- This episode of the Peak & Plunge podcast was written, hosted, and produced by Dane Whicker. Interviews conducted by Dane Whicker. All voices are used with permission. Inland Ocean Coalition Website: https://inlandoceancoalition.org/Questions, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly  at [email protected], Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly at [email protected]

Send us a textAwww, baby's first geomagnetic waypoint <3-----Episode 12 - Are You Turtle Enough For The Turtle Club?-----Supplementary Material and External LinksPicture 1 – Leatherback Turtle Esophagus  - https://bit.ly/36Oib8w                Picture credit: Mdomingoa. Used under a CC BY-SA 4.0 License.Picture 2 – Example of Bony Plates with Scutes Overlain - https://bit.ly/3DFQvys                  Picture credit: marinebio.net Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3LIbQtO Picture 3 – Fluorescing Hawksbill  - https://bit.ly/3K5KCwS                Picture credit: David Gruber. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3LK2ZrQ Video 1 – Butterflies Drink Turtle Tears - https://bit.ly/3DDm781                Video credit: YouTube User The Jungle DiariesEpisode Artwork – Picture credit: Dane Whicker. Retrieved from: My Own Dang Camera. -----Bio-DIVE-rsity is on social media! Whaaaat? Check it Out!Instagram: https://bit.ly/3eYvfHUTwitter: https://twitter.com/flippinfunfishFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/flippinfunfishfacts-----Full Show Notes, Including all Video, Picture, Music,  and Sound Attributions, as well as all informational citations: https://1drv.ms/w/s!Amk89GkQH8YSgvM-iwaqwfojHCxl9w?e=6K5ntW This episode of the Bio-DIVE-rsity podcast was written and performed by Dane Whicker.The Bio-DIVE-rsity Logo was created by Dane Whicker, using art by Ernst Haeckel. The art utilized is public domain.Official Bio-Dive-rsity Website: https://flippinfunfishfacts.buzzsprout.comQuestion, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly  at [email protected], Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly at [email protected]

Send us a textNo one suspects a crab could be the culprit.-----Episode 11 - A Thief in Coconut Couture-----Supplementary Material and External LinksPicture 1 – Distribution Map of Birgus latro  - https://bit.ly/3ESHpP8                 Picture credit: Pinpin. Used under a CC BY-SA 3.0 License.Picture 2 – Life cycle diagram of Birgus latro - https://bit.ly/2WiuLaK                  Picture credit: Helagi, et al. 2015. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3m1lMn5 Picture 3 – Adult (A) and Zoea I (B) Life Cycle Stages  - https://bit.ly/3AKFY2M                 Picture credit: Chen, et al. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/39BwtqKPicture 4 – Glaucothoe Life Cycle Stage  - https://bit.ly/3ia6LOG                 Picture credit: Chen, et al. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/39BwtqKEpisode Artwork – Picture credit: Laura Beauregard, USFWS. Retrieved from: https://bit.ly/3kDXPTj                 Image is Public Domain. -----Bio-DIVE-rsity is on social media! Whaaaat? Check it Out!Instagram: https://bit.ly/3eYvfHUTwitter: https://twitter.com/flippinfunfishFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/flippinfunfishfacts-----Full Show Notes, Including all Video, Picture, Music,  and Sound Attributions, as well as all informational citations: https://1drv.ms/w/s!Amk89GkQH8YSgrAO5mbm9WNxUgrnKw?e=nUpL0p  -----This episode of the Bio-DIVE-rsity podcast was written and performed by Dane Whicker.The Bio-DIVE-rsity Logo was created by Dane Whicker, using art by Ernst Haeckel. The art utilized is public domain.Official Bio-Dive-rsity Website: https://flippinfunfishfacts.buzzsprout.comQuestion, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly  at [email protected], Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly at [email protected]

Send us a textMove over, Sharknado. There's a new apex whirlpool in town. -----Episode 10 - This Podcast Will SHOCK You-----Link 1 – Miguel Wattson’s Twitter Account - https://twitter.com/EelectricMiguel/Picture 1 – Rough Diagram of the Three Electric Organs  - https://bit.ly/3kQgqfw                Picture credit: Miropa01. Used under a CC BY-SA 4.0 License.Picture 2 – Schematic of the In-Series electrocyte arrangement in an electric eel - https://bit.ly/3iQQj5x                Picture credit: Sun, Hao et al. 2016. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3iPOaa2Video 1 – Visualization of Electric Eel Pack Hunting -                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTUV3IW1pqM Episode Artwork – Picture credit: opencage. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/3x98lF8                 Used under a CC BY-SA 3.0 License. -----Bio-DIVE-rsity is on social media! Whaaaat? Check it Out!Instagram: https://bit.ly/3eYvfHUTwitter: https://twitter.com/flippinfunfishFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/flippinfunfishfacts-----Full Show Notes, Including all Video, Picture, Music,  and Sound Attributions, as well as all informational citations: https://1drv.ms/w/s!Amk89GkQH8YSgq8-BG4ph1qU09ISag?e=CEzIDV-----This episode of the Bio-DIVE-rsity podcast was written and performed by Dane Whicker.The Bio-DIVE-rsity Logo was created by Dane Whicker, using art by Ernst Haeckel. The art utilized is public domain.Official Bio-Dive-rsity Website: https://flippinfunfishfacts.buzzsprout.comQuestion, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly  at [email protected], Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly at [email protected]