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Let’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!

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Peak & Plunge Episode 2: Healthy Soils, Healthy Seas
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Supplementary Pictures and Videos
Video 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 License

External Links

Pinhook Farm

Inland Ocean Coalition Ocean Friendly Farming

Global Greens

In Harmony Farms

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 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.

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Full Show Notes available here.

Episode Transcript Available Here.

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 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 Website

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Ain't no mountain high enough
Ain't no deep sea low enough
Ain't no potato large enough
To 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?

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Peak & Plunge Episode 1: Ain't No Mountain High, Ain't No Deep Sea Low
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Supplementary Pictures
Picture 1 – A Field of Polymetallic Nodules
Picture credit: Geomar Bilddatenbank. Used under a CC BY 4.0 DEED License

Picture 2 – Polymetallic Nodules (Metal Potatoes), Close Up
Picture credit: Hannes Grobe. Used under a CC BY 4.0 DEED License

Picture 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 Links

Action 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 Action

Follow Mark! 

Deep-Sea Soundings (Poem), Full Text

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 Mark Haver for his time and expertise, as well as lending his voice to this episode.  All voices are used with permission.

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Full Show Notes available here.

Episode Transcript Available Here.
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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 Website

Join my Patreon by clicking HERE!

Questions, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly  at [email protected] 

Official Statement on AI: Bio-DIVE-rsity does not use generative AI for the generation of any of its productions. While I acknowledge that some music and artwork was used in some promotional content when generative AI was new to the market, I believe strongly in the importance of artistic integrity and credit to human artists who make our experiences on this blue planet so much richer.

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From 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.
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Trailer: Peak & Plunge
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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.
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Full Show Notes, Including all Video, Picture, Music,  and Sound Attributions, as well as all informational citations, available here.

Episode Transcript Available Here.
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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]

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Official Statement on AI: Bio-DIVE-rsity does not use generative AI for the generation of any of its productions. While I acknowledge that some music and artwork was used in some promotional content when generative AI was new to the market, I believe strongly in the importance of artistic integrity and credit to human artists who make our experiences on this blue planet so much richer.

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Awww, baby's first geomagnetic waypoint <3

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Episode 12 - Are You Turtle Enough For The Turtle Club?
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Supplementary Material and External Links

Picture 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 Diaries

Episode Artwork – Picture credit: Dane Whicker. Retrieved from: My Own Dang Camera. 

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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.com
Question, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly  at [email protected]

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Official Statement on AI: Bio-DIVE-rsity does not use generative AI for the generation of any of its productions. While I acknowledge that some music and artwork was used in some promotional content when generative AI was new to the market, I believe strongly in the importance of artistic integrity and credit to human artists who make our experiences on this blue planet so much richer.

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No one suspects a crab could be the culprit.

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Episode 11 - A Thief in Coconut Couture
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Supplementary Material and External Links

Picture 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/39BwtqK

Picture 4 – Glaucothoe Life Cycle Stage  - https://bit.ly/3ia6LOG
                Picture credit: Chen, et al. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/39BwtqK

Episode Artwork – Picture credit: Laura Beauregard, USFWS. Retrieved from: https://bit.ly/3kDXPTj
                 Image is Public Domain. 

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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.com
Question, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly  at [email protected]

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Official Statement on AI: Bio-DIVE-rsity does not use generative AI for the generation of any of its productions. While I acknowledge that some music and artwork was used in some promotional content when generative AI was new to the market, I believe strongly in the importance of artistic integrity and credit to human artists who make our experiences on this blue planet so much richer.

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Move over, Sharknado. There's a new apex whirlpool in town.

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Episode 10 - This Podcast Will SHOCK You
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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/3iPOaa2

Video 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. 

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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.com
Question, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly  at [email protected]

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Official Statement on AI: Bio-DIVE-rsity does not use generative AI for the generation of any of its productions. While I acknowledge that some music and artwork was used in some promotional content when generative AI was new to the market, I believe strongly in the importance of artistic integrity and credit to human artists who make our experiences on this blue planet so much richer.

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And I'm Here
To tell all you
Of the fluffy pups living in the bay
They're out there
In the cold sea
Diving through the kelp, oh they're so carefree
You, you, you, otter know

-Alanis Morisette, Probably

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Episode 9 - You Otter Know
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Supplementary Material and External Links

Picture 1 – Microscopic look at sea otter fur - https://bit.ly/2T5qvte
               Picture Credit: Heather Liwanag/Adelphi University. Retrieved from:
                https://www.kqed.org/science/25908/the-fantastic-fur-of-sea-otters

Picture 2 – Worldwide Sea Otter Distribution vs. Historic Range  - https://bit.ly/3w1J4gn
               Picture credit: Davis, Randall et. al. Direct Link: https://bit.ly/3z5PFIG

Picture 3 – Map of the Maritime Fur Trade in a World Context - https://bit.ly/34WCeNn
               Picture credit: Wikipedia User Pfly. Retrieved from
             https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Maritime_Fur_Trade-WorldContext.png

Video 1 – Ewan McGregor and Sea Otters - https://youtu.be/o6xTwpIyN14

Episode Artwork – Picture credit:  Michael L Baird. Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/4665780216. Used under a CC BY 2.0 License. 

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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.com
Question, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly  at [email protected]

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Official Statement on AI: Bio-DIVE-rsity does not use generative AI for the generation of any of its productions. While I acknowledge that some music and artwork was used in some promotional content when generative AI was new to the market, I believe strongly in the importance of artistic integrity and credit to human artists who make our experiences on this blue planet so much richer.

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Armor? Check. Chivalry? Check. 
Maximum cutedorableness? Double check.

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Episode 8 - The Volcano Knight
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Supplementary Material and External Links

Picture 1 – Scaly-Foot Snail (White Variant) - https://bit.ly/3vhSDHq
                Image from Nakamura K., et al. Used under CC BY 2.5 License. 

Picture 2 – Scaly-Foot Snail (Black Variant) - https://bit.ly/32ObQE4
                Picture credit: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Retrieved from: https://phys.org/news/2020-04-genomic-secrets-scaly-foot-snail.html

Picture 3 – Artist Rendition of Trilayered Armor - https://bit.ly/3gA5al8
                Picture credit: AskNature. Retrieved from
                https://asknature.org/strategy/triple-layered-armored-shell-protects-from-predators/

Video 1 – Oceanographer Sylvia Earle on the Danger of Deep Sea Mining:
              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PanBRbX76xM             
                Video credit: NowThis Earth.

Episode Artwork – Picture credit: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Retrieved from https://phys.org/news/2020-04-genomic-secrets-scaly-foot-snail.html

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Music And Sound Attributions

I Am a Man Who Will Fight For Your Honor. Music track created by Chris Zabriskie and is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Artist Link: http://chriszabriskie.com/

All other sound effects and music tracks are under the YouTube Audio license or are Public Domain, and free to use without attribution.

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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.com
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Official Statement on AI: Bio-DIVE-rsity does not use generative AI for the generation of any of its productions. While I acknowledge that some music and artwork was used in some promotional content when generative AI was new to the market, I believe strongly in the importance of artistic integrity and credit to human artists who make our experiences on this blue planet so much richer.

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A ferocious dragon and a crafty assassin, all rolled into one invisible small fry.

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Episode 7 - The Dragon
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Supplementary Material

Picture 1 – Deep Sea Dragonfish - https://bit.ly/31MHrG0
                Image by Audrey Velasco-Hogan.

Picture 2 – Diagram of hinged jaw of Malacosteus niger - https://bit.ly/3dyGoyP   
                Image is from KENALEY, CHRISTOPHER P. “Exploring Feeding Behaviour in Deep-Sea Dragonfishes (Teleostei: Stomiidae): Jaw Biomechanics and Functional Significance of a Loosejaw.” Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 106, no. 1, 8 Mar. 2012, pp. 224–240, 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01854.x.

Video 1 – Shiny Loosejaw, Aristostomias scintillians, showing red bioluminescent organs:
              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-luCP5cQxo
                Video was filmed by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI).

Episode Artwork – Picture was retrieved from https://roaring.earth/deep-sea-dragonfish/.

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Music And Sound Attributions

Anime Sword Hit. Sound effect is available under a Creative Commons Attribution License from Freesound user Syna-Max.
               Direct Link: https://freesound.org/people/Syna-Max/sounds/54985/

All other sound effects and music tracks are under the YouTube Audio license or are Public Domain, and free to use without attribution.

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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.com
Question, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly  at [email protected]

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Official Statement on AI: Bio-DIVE-rsity does not use generative AI for the generation of any of its productions. While I acknowledge that some music and artwork was used in some promotional content when generative AI was new to the market, I believe strongly in the importance of artistic integrity and credit to human artists who make our experiences on this blue planet so much richer.

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Let's talk about Neptune Balls. 
A direct to your ears SCIENCE UPDATE about the latest in seagrass science. 
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Bonus Episode - BadGrass
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Supplementary Material

Main Paper  - Seagrasses provide a novel ecosystem service by trapping marine plastics, by Sanchez-Vidal et al.  - https://go.nature.com/2MGvjCk

Picture 1 – Posidonia oceanica, Neptune Grass  - https://bit.ly/2MGoTDe
                 Image is by Melina Marcou and free to use without a license.

Picture 2 – Neptune Ball - https://bit.ly/3kSjlT3
                 Image is by Flickr user Ezu (Martino A. Sabia) used under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 2.0 License

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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.com
Question, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Email me at: [email protected]

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Questions, Comments, or Feedback? I'd love to hear from you! Find me on social media or email me directly  at [email protected] 

Official Statement on AI: Bio-DIVE-rsity does not use generative AI for the generation of any of its productions. While I acknowledge that some music and artwork was used in some promotional content when generative AI was new to the market, I believe strongly in the importance of artistic integrity and credit to human artists who make our experiences on this blue planet so much richer.