Women Mind the Water Podcast

Vessel Noise Reduction Benefits Endangered Whales - Sara Adams

Sarah Adams, program manager for Maritime Blue’s Quiet Sound, works with maritime vessels to develop and implement voluntary measures in Puget Sound aimed at protecting r

Art is an Important Tool to Create Public Engagement - Rosie Poirier

Rosie Poirier is a marine scientist, underwater photographer, and an artist. She speaks about how art can encourage public engagement and specifically how art can engage

Songs from the Sea: Grief, Hope & Action - Seth Glier

Seth has worked as a producer, music director, and studio musician. He has collaborated with such renown musical artists as Tom Rush, Nick Carter, and Cyndi Lauper. Seth

Civil Engineer to Innoceana’s Marine Environmental Advocate - Carlos Mallo Molina

Carlos Mallo Molina discovered a passion for the ocean that led him to found Innoceana, an organization with a mission to protect critically important areas of the ocean.

Water Women Who Weave Mussels into Gold Binding Mothers to Daughters - Bonnie Blaylock

Bonnie Blaylock author of The Water Women, a novel that explores the bonds between mothers and daughters. The threads they create from mussels are woven into a special cl

Securing our Constitutional Rights to a Healthy Environment - Maya van Rossum

Maya van Rossum is the Delaware Riverkeeper, founder of Green Amendments for the Generations, author of The Green Amendment: The People's Fight to Secure a Clean, Safe, a

Indigenous Hawaiian Marine Science - Kaileia Duriano

Kaileia Duriano is an Indigenous Hawaiian trained in Indigenous cultural practices as well as academic marine biology. She discusses Indigenous and academic ways of knowi

Negotiating Global Environmental Solutions - Susan Gardner

Susan works with the United Nations Environment Programme, where she helps navigate the complexities of international environmental issues. For her, stronger environmenta

Preparing Sea Otter Pups to Live in the Wild - Megan Smylie

Megan Smylie is the Sea Otter Program Manager at the Aquarium of the Pacific. She coordinates the Sea Otter Surrogacy Program, a program aimed at rehabilitating orphaned

Bringing the Edges of Earth to Corporate Decision-Makers - Andi Cross

Andi Cross designs solutions for corporate groups. Her company Edges if Earth works with individuals and communities to advance nature-based solutions and to bring these

Returning Sunflower Sea Stars to the Wild - Ashley Kidd

Ashley Kidd, co-founder and conservation program manager of the Sunflower Star Laboratory in California, drew upon her experiences with public aquariums to explore the fe

Young People with a Passion to Save the Critically Endangered Dugong - Project Lawud

Project Lawud is a Philippines-based group concerned with the survival of the dugong, a relative of the manatee. Project Lawud is building awareness of this endangered ma

Impactful Documentary Films - Rebecca Aquilar

Rebecca Aguilar works for the Oceanic Preservation Society, a movie production company located at Skywalker Ranch in the San Francisco Bay area. Rebecca is currently invo

100th Episode Artivist Series Podcast - Pam Ferris-Olson

Wo(men) Mind the Water has produced more than 100 episodes. The Artivist Series has talked with guests from across the globe. Guests speak about their connection with wat

The Art of Seeing Transforms Objects — Patrizia Zelano

Patrizia Zolano's work focuses on water and natural light in her photographs. We focus on her series Acqua Alta a Venezia (High Water in Venice), a series inspired by the

Nomadic Artist Creates Solutions Art and AI — Parisa Golchoubian

Parisa Golchubian uses art to create an artistic ecosystem in which to live and solve marine plastic pollution. We talk about her art, storytelling, AI, and creating an a

Photos that Speak Volumes — Angèle Etoundi Essamba

Angèle Etoundi Essamba is a Cameroonian-born photographer who has been proclaimed one of the most accomplished African female photographers of her generation. We explore

Sea Change, Story of Hope Designing Healthy Oceans - Amanda Leland

Amanda Leland is Exec. Dir Environmental Defense Fund. Her book Sea Change is a true story about unlikely allies in pursuit of achieving sustainable fisheries. The book i

Shark Facts You Didn't Know -Sophie Maycock

Sophie has been involved in shark research and communication and her book Shark: The illustrated biography features the life histories of a select group of sharks and amo

Art Above Everything: Stories that Heal — Stephanie Elzondo Griest

Stephanie Elzondo Griest is a professor of Creative Nonfiction at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and writer with books like Art Above Everything: One Wom