Happy new year! While we recover from the Lakies and the holidays, we're re-airing this great conversation with Tom Coomes of ABC57 in South Bend. Tune in to learn about the polar vortex, lake effect, and drinking yellow snow.

• Tom Coomes (@TomCoomes) | Twitter
• IISG on Twitter
• Two Yellow Buoys on Twitter
• Look, we have a new website!
• SNL El Nino Sketch
• Polar vortex - Wikipedia
• Pictures of Sun Dogs that Stuart took during the horribly cold winter of 2014
• Lake-effect snow - Wikipedia
• Lake-effect snow on Imgur
• Lake-effect snow activity from the Center for Great Lakes Literacy
• Arctic oscillation - Wikipedia
• Sweet, sweet lake effect flow - Album on Imgur
• Olathe Sweet Corn Fest
• Yellow Snow IPA | Rogue Ales | BeerAdvocate

Theme song written and recorded by Stuart Carlton, not that anyone else would want credit for that. Additional music provided by: Jimmy Fontanez/Media Right Productions.

We’re keeping the show notes spoiler-free, but you can find a list of the winners right here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-qkgzeMLhpNyfTO2waWZjtrYT29uCS1RVRlY3ryu1Ac/edit

Thanks for listening.

Credits:
Host & Executive Producer: Stuart Carlton
Co-Host: Megan Gunn

Producers: Hope Charters, Carolyn Foley, Megan Gunn, & Irene Miles

Associate Producer: Ethan Chitty
Edited by: Quinn Rose
Podcast art by: Joel Davenport

Music by: Stuart Carlton

Katie O’Reily on Twitter

Titus Seilheimer on Twitter

The 25 Days of Fishmas on Twitter

Show links (may contain spoilers):

Michigan DNR: Lake Sturgeon

Winnebago System Sturgeon Spearing

Detroit Free Press article on that huge sturgeon that they caught

USGS: Bowfin

Center for Great Lakes Literacy Fish o Pedia

Wisconsin Sea Grant: Explore the Burbot

Freshwater Feasts: Deep Fried Burbot

CBC: Burbot fish sing during spawning

USGS: Freshwater drum

Sheepshead card game

USGS: Round Goby

USFWS: Lake Erie watersnake

Minnesota DNR: Silver Lamprey

Eat Wisconsin Fish: Lake Whitefish

Michigan Sea Grant: Lake Whitefish

Great Lakes Echo article on alewives

Weather radar captures billions of mayflies hatching on Lake Erie

Ottawa Riverkeeper: Longnose Gar

Central mudminnow

WBEZ: Getting to the Bottom of Lake Michigan’s Legendary ‘Shark Attack’

The Cove: Home of the Chubby Mary

Evil Czech Brewery

Ryan’s on York

Pure Michigan: Les Cheneaux Islands

Rock Island State Park

Credits:
Host & Executive Producer: Stuart Carlton
Co-Host: Carolyn Foley

Producers: Hope Charters, Carolyn Foley, Megan Gunn, & Irene Miles

Associate Producer: Ethan Chitty
Edited by: Quinn Rose
Podcast art by: Joel Davenport

Music by: Stuart Carlton

Follow our guests on Twitter!
Mark Mattson
Mark Fisher

Vote for Lakies!:
http://bitly.com/lakies21

Donate money!
Swim Drink Fish
Council of the Great Lakes Region (click here for Canada)
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (please mention Sea Grant and TMATGL to make sure the money makes its way to us :)

Links:
Spotted Dick
Michigan two mittens? I guess this counts, though I can't vouch for the actual mitten quality.
Alliance for the Great Lakes
Freshwater Future
Healing Our Waters Great Lakes Coalition
IAGLR
Brown Faces Green Spaces
Lake Ontario Waterkeeper

Swim Drink Fish

Waterkeeper Alliance

The Swim Guide

The Great Lakes Guide

Gord Edgar Downie Pier at Breakwater Park

By questioning Canada's past, Gord Downie fought for a better future

Maps of nuclear facilities

The Council of the Great Lakes Region

Circular Great Lakes: Forging a Future Without Waste in the Great Lakes
A Ranking of Tim Horton’s Doughnuts

Links:
Geneva's twitter feed
Michigan Sea Grant
http://invasivecarp.us/Documents/BarrierBrochure.pdf

https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-are-asian-carp?qt-news_science_products=0#qt-news_science_products

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/meteotsunami.html 

https://www.michiganseagrant.org/lessons/lessons/by-broad-concept/earth-science/surges-and-seiches-2/

https://greatlakes.org/great-lakes-plastic-pollution-fighting-for-plastic-free-water/

https://www.usgs.gov/news/widespread-plastic-pollution-found-great-lakes-tributaries
https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/factsheet.aspx?SpeciesID=713
https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/canada/articles/12-beautiful-islands-you-need-to-visit-in-canada/
Teach Me About the Great Lakes 3: It Would Have to Be the Perfect Rock
Teach Me About the Great Lakes 9: The Hamster Wheel of Rumination

Credits:
Midwest Mysteries
Written by Ethan Chitty
Performed by Ethan Chitty and Alena Chitty

Lake Michigan Makes a Wave
Written and Performed by Geneva Langeland

Serenity How?
Written and Performed by Stuart Carlton

Carl's Bad Day
Written and Performed by Carolyn Foley

Host & Executive Producer: Stuart Carlton
Co-Hosts: Hope Charters, Ethan Chitty, Carolyn Foley

Producers: Hope Charters, Carolyn Foley, Megan Gunn, & Irene Miles

Associate Producer: Ethan Chitty
Edited by: Quinn Rose
Podcast art by: Joel Davenport

Music by: Stuart Carlton and Carolyn Foley (!)

Nominate some cool stuff for the Lakies! Go right here: http://bitly.com/lakies21

Links:

Follow Kelly on Twitter!

MSU Quantitative Fisheries Science Center

Bioremediation with Mushrooms

NOAA: The Elusive Barrelfish: An Enigma Wrapped in a Mystery

NOAA: A Profile of the Charleston Bump

A video tour of R/V Seward Johnson

http://www.biocepts.com/marsciedu/Oceanic_Research_Expeditions/Submersible_Expedition.html

Rotenone FAQs

Lake Strom Thurmond/Clark’s Hill Lake 

https://www.amazon.com/Structured-Decision-Making-Environmental-Management/dp/1444333429

Jersey Giant Subs

Petoskey stones

Puddingstone

Credits:
Host & Executive Producer: Stuart Carlton
Co-Host & Producer: Hope Charters

Producers: Carolyn Foley, Megan Gunn, & Irene Miles

Associate Producer: Ethan Chitty
Edited by: Quinn Rose
Podcast art by: Joel Davenport

Music by: Stuart Carlton

Nominate some cool stuff for the Lakies! Go right here: http://bitly.com/lakies21

Links:

Sharma Lab webpage

Detroit News article on drownings in the Great Lakes

TMATGL 35: Most Weather Weenies Will Probably Remember

TMATGL 32: What Had Been Safe Is Now Dangerous

Atlas Obscura: Canada’s Ice Roads are Melting Too Soon

Wikipedia: Lake Suwa

Katsushika Hokusai: Lake Suwa woodblock print at The Met

Glory Hole Doughnuts: What Creams are Made Of

Credits: Host & Executive Producer: Stuart Carlton

Producers: Hope Charters, Carolyn Foley, Megan Gunn, & Irene Miles

Associate Producer: Ethan Chitty
Edited by: Quinn Rose
Podcast art by: Joel Davenport

Music by: Stuart Carlton

Nominate some cool stuff for the Lakies! Go right here: http://bitly.com/lakies21

Links:

Follow Dr. Gutierrez on Twitter!

Clean Lakes Alliance

U of T Trash Team: Website | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube
PBS: Home Waste Audit for Kids

Best of Toronto: Best Sandwiches in Toronto
Other TMATGL microplastics episodes:

• TMATGL 1: They're Also Called Nurdles
• TMATGL 15: We're Doing Everything in Plastic
• TMATGL 24: It Was Way Too Liquidy and Weird

Credits:
Host & Executive Producer: Stuart Carlton

Co-hosts: Ethan Chitty & Renie Miles

Producers: Hope Charters, Carolyn Foley, Megan Gunn, & Irene Miles

Associate Producer: Ethan Chitty
Edited by: Quinn Rose
Podcast art by: Joel Davenport

Music by: Stuart Carlton

Nominate some cool stuff for the Lakies! Go right here: http://bitly.com/lakies21
Show links:
Dr. Cuthbert's webpage
Great Lakes Aquaculture Collaborative

USFWS: Double-crested cormorants

Chicago Piping Plovers

GreatLakesPipingPlover.org

Facebook: Great Lakes Piping Plover Recovery Effort

High Island, Michigan

Broders Cucina Italiana

Middle Sister Island

Credits:
Host & Executive Producer: Stuart Carlton

Co-host: Carolyn Foley

Producers: Hope Charters, Carolyn Foley, Megan Gunn, & Irene Miles

Associate Producer: Ethan Chitty
Edited by: Quinn Rose
Podcast art by: Joel Davenport

Music by: Stuart Carlton

Nominate some cool stuff for the Lakies! Go right here: http://bitly.com/lakies21
Show links:
https://ebird.org/home
Great Lakes Piping Plovers site
USFWS Michigan Ecological Services Field Office
Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park
Migratory Birds Treaty Act
Strange Matter Coffee and Bakery
Strange Matter's "Insta": do not visit when hungry. Or when you might be hungry in the next few days.

Credits:

Host & Executive Producer: Stuart Carlton

Producers: Hope Charters, Carolyn Foley, Megan Gunn, & Irene Miles

Associate Producer: Ethan Chitty
Edited by: Quinn Rose
Podcast art by: Joel Davenport

Music by: Stuart Carlton