Today's storyteller is Amani Webber-Schultz! Amani is awesome, and this is a great conversation so I'm excited for y'all to hear it. I think I first found Amani on Twitter because of her How It Pants series, where she draws pants on animals and people debate how that critter would wear pants, and I love it. Basically I showed up for the fun critter art and stayed for all the great science and sharks content! Amani majored in marine science at Rutgers, is a co-founder of the Minorities in Shark Sciences (known as MISS), and is also involved with The Field School in Florida. We talk about ALL of this so I don't want to give too much away but enjoy this conversation about sharks, all about MISS, How It Pants, awesome shark facts, and what Amani is up to next. Enjoy!

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You can find Rachel Villani on Twitter @flyingcypress and Storytellers of STEMM on Facebook and on the shiny new Twitter account @storytellers42.

You can find Amani on Twitter @Curly_Biologist and stickers for How It Pants here: https://www.redbubble.com/people/HowItPants/shop.

You can find Minorities in Shark Sciences (MISS) on Twitter @MISS_elasmo, Instagram @miss_elasmo, Facebook @misselasmo, and their website: http://www.misselasmo.org/.

You can find The Field School on Twitter @Field_School and their website: https://www.getintothefield.com/.

Also if you don't know what Juneteenth is, please visit: https://www.juneteenth.com/.

Recorded on 6 March 2021.

This is episode 23 of the Antarctica series, and it's also the final one in the series. Today's storyteller is the perfect finale though to bring this series full circle. So - today's storyteller is Megan McCuller! You may remember her from the very first episode of the Antarctica series where we heard from her as she was onboard the NSF ship the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer about to embark on an epic journey to Antarctica! In that episode we talked about the work they were going to do, her expectations, and the process they had to go through to do this in a safe way during this global COVID-19 pandemic. So that episode (actually episode #71 back in November) was the before, and this episode is the after! So in this episode we talk about the cool sea creatures they found in their samples, life on the ship, ice breaking, being isolated from the world for 3 months, and what's up next for Megan after Antarctica. Enjoy!

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You can find Rachel Villani on Twitter @flyingcypress and www.rachelvillani.com, and Storytellers of STEMM on Facebook and on Twitter @storytellers42.

You can find Megan McCuller on Twitter @mccullermi.

You can find all the Twitter posts for the Icy Inverts team using #IcyInverts, and more info on their website: https://www.icyinverts.com/.

Information about the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer: https://www.nsf.gov/geo/opp/support/nathpalm.jsp

Recorded on 25 February 2021.

Today's storyteller is Priya Gandhi! She's a building sustainability consultant based in Melbourne, Australia, and also she's part of Team HB5 with Homeward Bound! Today Priya and I talk about her work, the kinds of changes people can make in their buildings to be more environmentally friendly, and her career journey to get where she is today, and also we have a chat about Homeward Bound to wrap it up! I'm happy to know Priya through Homeward Bound, and even though we have yet to meet in person, she's one of the people I talk to the most frequently in the program and that's been a really great connection and friendship. Enjoy!

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You can find Rachel Villani on Twitter @flyingcypress and Storytellers of STEMM on Facebook and on the shiny new Twitter account @storytellers42.

You can find Priya Gandhi on Twitter @priyabgandhi.

Links to things mentioned in this episode:

- Passive House: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_house

- Energy Star: https://www.energystar.gov/about?s=mega

- Amy Poehler's Smart Girls: https://amysmartgirls.com/

- A Piece from Climate Reality Project about climate anxiety

- "House is a Building" by Anderson East: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gJV5QGtHqE

Book List: The Future We Choose by Christiana Figueres, The Culture Map by Erin Meyer

You can find Homeward Bound at their website https://homewardboundprojects.com.au/, on Twitter @homewardbound16, and on Facebook. 

Recorded on 12 February 2021.

Today's storytellers are Kirsten Carlson and Greg Neri! They are co-chairs of the Antarctic Artist and Writers Collective (AAWC), and they went to Antarctica together as part of the National Science Foundation (NSF)'s Antarctic Artist and Writers Program in 2017. The AAWC brings together all past members of the NSF program together to collaborate to inspire and educate the public about Antarctica. Right now the AAWC has an online exhibit called "Adequate Earth" and you should definitely check that out because you can also see the exhibits that Kirsten & Greg contributed! Kirsten is a visual artist, has a science background, and a diver and she combines all of these things together in her work. Greg is a writer and filmmaker, and has written a dozen books for kids about various topics. They are both awesome and it was so great to talk to them and hear about their time in Antarctica, their work with AAWC, and their exhibits in the Adequate Earth online program. Enjoy!

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You can find Rachel Villani on Twitter @flyingcypress and Storytellers of STEMM on Facebook and on the shiny new Twitter account @storytellers42.

You can find Kirsten Carlson on Twitter @kirstencarlson and her website http://www.kirstencarlson.net/.

You can find Greg Neri on Twitter @g_neri or on his website https://www.gregneri.com/.

You can find the Antarctic Artist and Writers Collective on Twitter @AntarcticAWC and on their website https://www.aawcollective.com/.

Adequate Earth by AAWC: https://www.aawcollective.com/adequate-earth-exhibition

Rachel's Outdoor Conservation Book Club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/741391-outdoor-conservation-book-club

Book List - The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf, The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt by Andrea Wulf, Endurance by Alfred Lansing

Today's storyteller is Dr Jeremy Conkle! He's a professor at Texas A&M Corpus Christi, and his specialty is pollution in wetlands, including pharmaceuticals and microplastics. I met Jeremy way back in the day when we were both students at LSU, and today we talk about his journey to his current job and research focus! Jeremy has always done really interesting research, starting with looking at pharmaceuticals in wetlands. I love wetlands as y'all all know but this is an aspect I would never have thought about probably without knowing Jeremy. It's really interesting learning how long things persist in the environment and I learned we're still finding the remnants of DDT out there. We have a brief chat about the DDT aspect, but if you want to learn more I definitely recommend reading Silent Spring by Rachel Carson - it was the book that introduced me to what being an ecologist can achieve. This conversation is pretty wide ranging covering a lot of different aspects of wetland ecology, pollution, the impacts of oil and gas, climate change, and how all of these things interact. I am so glad Jeremy agreed to do the podcast, and I really enjoy it when close friends agree to be on this podcast with me, it was so great to catch up, and I hope y'all enjoy this episode!!

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You can find Rachel Villani on Twitter @flyingcypress and Storytellers of STEMM on Facebook and on the shiny new Twitter account @storytellers42.

You can find Jeremy Conkle on Twitter @C_HaWQ and his lab's website: https://www.c-hawq.org/.

Book List: An Unreasonable Woman by Diane Wilson, Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson, This is Our Time By Ruby Bridges

Episodes Referenced: Lauren Land Morris (Ep 6), Sarah Youngren (Ep 7), Alex Troutman (Ep 59)

Recorded on 26 January 2021. 

Today's storyteller is Saz Reed! Saz is currently a technician for the Scottish Association for Marine Science, known as SAMS, and in this episode we talk about her time when she was based at Rothera in Antarctica for 18 months! She's done a lot of polar work in both directions, is a diver, loves adventure, and was just a treat to talk to. Saz is also the first person I've talked to who has overwintered in Antarctica, which was interesting to hear about. We talk all about her time in Antarctica, diving and carrying a seal stick, and transporting samples back to the UK by ship. She did a pretty extreme journey where she went from Antarctica, by ship to the UK, then basically straight to the Arctic! It was interesting to hear about and Saz is such a good storyteller so enjoy!

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You can find Rachel Villani on Twitter @flyingcypress and Storytellers of STEMM on Facebook and on the shiny new Twitter account @storytellers42.

You can find Saz Reed on Twitter @SazReed, and her blog: Tales of a Research Technician

Episodes referenced in this one: Episode 72 with Sabrina Heiser (Antarctica Series #2)

Book List - Into the Planet by Jill Heinerth, Run or Die by Kilian Jornet, Underland by Robert Macfarlane

Recorded on 16 January 2021.

Today's storyteller is Dakota Hilliard! He's an undergraduate at the University of North Dakota here in the US, majoring in astrophysics and minoring in space studies! I asked Dakota to be on the podcast because his enthusiasm for space is infectious (in a good way) and I enjoy following him on Twitter, so I thought it would be fun! I know next to nothing about outer space or astrophysics or anything like that, so Dakota told me all about that. He's very interested in spaceflight and from following him on Twitter I learned there's waaaaay more rocket programs going on right now than I was aware of, so I asked him to teach me all about that. We also talk about extreme weather, like hurricanes and tornadoes, and chasing the aurora borealis.

Also I've had very few undergrads on the pod so far so that was an additional reason I invited Dakota on and also to prove that there's no gates round here - if you have something STEMM related you want to share no matter where you are in your education or career, let's talk! You can find how to contact me in the show notes. Anyway enjoy the episode!

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You can find Rachel Villani on Twitter @flyingcypress and Storytellers of STEMM on Facebook and on the shiny new Twitter account @storytellers42.

You can find Dakota Hilliard on Twitter @ItsAstroKota and his book is Poems From a Stargazer.

Stennis Space Center in Mississippi: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/stennis/home/index.html

Book List: Poems From a Stargazer (Dakota's book), The Pluto Files by Neil deGrasse Tyson, The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene, Death by Black Hole by Neil deGrasse Tyson, The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack

Episodes referenced in this episode: "my friend Dave" is Dave Nussbaum (Episode 40)

Recorded on 17 January 2021.

Today's storyteller is Marlo Garnsworthy! Marlo is an artist, illustrator, author, and science communicator. She has now travelled to Antarctica twice as an education and outreach officer aboard an Antarctic cruise ship, which is a really important role aboard those ships because they educate and interpret the landscape and environment for passengers. She says in this episode that she had a hard time to put her experience into words, which further shows why art is so important! In this episode we talk about her time in Antarctica, the blue iceberg that changed her life, the importance of art, her amazing story of getting to meet Jane Goodall, and we discuss our experiences and the ways that the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) changed our lives. Enjoy!

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You can find Rachel Villani on Twitter @flyingcypress and Storytellers of STEMM on Facebook and on the shiny new Twitter account @storytellers42.

You can find Marlo Garnsworthy on Twitter @MarloWordyBird and on her website: www.IcebirdStudio.com.

Marlo is actively and eagerly seeking her next oceanographic or polar outreach expedition! Also if you like her art, she has prints for sale on her website (www.IcebirdStudio.com).

Marlo's books -

- National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS): https://www.nols.edu/en/

- Check out #HowMuchHowFast on Twitter

- Web of Life Children's Books: http://weboflifebooks.com/

Recorded on 8 November 2020.

Today's storyteller is Dr Yoshi Maezumi! Yoshi is a paleoecologist and if you don't know what that is (like I didn't) don't worry - that's the very first thing we talk about! She studies the history and long term interactions of people and the environment, specifically focused on how fire plays a role. We talk about how she does this research in the field, what and how they learn from this, and about projects she has going on right now. She also is a Marie Curie Research Fellow at the University of Amsterdam, and also a National Geographic Explorer! I really learned a lot from Yoshi so enjoy this episode!

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You can find Rachel Villani on Twitter @flyingcypress and Storytellers of STEMM on Facebook and on the shiny new Twitter account @storytellers42.

You can find Yoshi Maezumi on Twitter @yoshi_maezumi or on her website: https://yoshimaezumi.wixsite.com/paleoecology.

National Geographic Grants Program: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/funding-opportunities/grants/

Marie Curie Research Fellowship Program: https://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/node_en

Book List: Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Recorded on 17 January 2021.

Today's storyteller is Dr Michael Schrimpf! He's currently doing a postdoc position at the University of Manitoba, and his research interests are species distributions, bird conservation, and species interactions. Today though he's here to talk about his PhD research at Stony Brook University, where he was in the same lab at Alex Borowicz (Episode 75) which you'll hear us reference. So his PhD research focused on the distribution and community ecology of breeding birds in Antarctica! I know we all think about penguins in Antarctica, but there's also a variety of seabirds including a species of cormorant, plus a few petrels. So we talk all about birds, field work, doing their study from and utilizing tourist cruise ships, and more. Enjoy!

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You can find Rachel Villani on Twitter @flyingcypress and Storytellers of STEMM on Facebook and on the shiny new Twitter account @storytellers42.

You can find Michael Schrimpf on Twitter @MBS_Science and on his website: https://michaelschrimpf.weebly.com/.

The paper about Antarctic vessel traffic is "Patterns of tourism in the Antarctic Peninsula region; a 20-year analysis" by Nicole A Bender, Kim Crosbie, and Heather J Lynch, Antarctic Science, 2016.

Episodes referenced in this one: Episode 75 - Antarctica Series 03: Alex Borowicz, my friend the seabird biologist is Episode 7 - Sarah Youngren: Being a Seabird Biologist.

Recorded on 25 October 2020.