This week we are talking to Kate Voss & Cascade Tuholske, who are PhD candidates in UCSB's geography department. They both did their undergraduate work in Washington D.C. and are interested in applying their scientific results to influence policy and affect change. These lucky ducks have traveled all around the world for their work, from Peru to Nepal to Easter Island to Guatemala to Roatán to Ghana... Tune in to hear their stories and perspective about working at the interface of science and politics, and to hear their amateur (yet impressive) kazoo playing.

This week we are talking to Simone Stewart, a PhD student in UCSB's mechanical engineering department, about her pathway to grad school, transitioning from physics to engineering, fieldwork in remote communities, and much to do about fluid mechanics, viscous fingering, and wind turbines! Featuring homemade music from our friends: Mark Bisson, Nina Bingham & Susan Meerdink

In this episode we interview Umi, a PhD student working with Gretchen Hofmann at UCSB, about ocean acidification and its affects on the ocean's animals. Umi travels to Antarctica for his research and dives under the sea ice, and he also studies the ecosystem in Santa Barbara. Tune in to hear about his experiences, and be treated to his accordion playing!

We interviewed James Allen and Nick Huynh, two PhD students at UCSB studying oceanography. Tune in to listen about 30 foot seas in the North Atlantic, why NASA cares about the ocean, and what it's like to live (and eat bacon donuts) at sea.