Teach Me About the Great Lakes

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Teach Me About the Great Lakes episodes

October 20, 2023 Ask Dr Fish: You Won't Want to Eat a Zombie Salmon
Here's an Ask Dr Fish amuse bouche while we wait for Stuart to have time to edit the latest TMATGL. We miss you already, Quinn!
Show links
Topic 1 - Fish that see with their skin
https://www.sciencealert.com/this-incredible-color-changing-fish-can-see-with-its-skin
Topic 2 - Smallmouth Bass in the Colorado River
https://apnews.com/article/humpback-chub-smallmouth-bass-colorado-river-1f1162bc38980fc6bcf5bdc9168ea1
https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2023/08/22/mgk-park-service-to-remove-invasive-predatory-fish-found-in-colorado-river-below-glen-canyon-dam/
Topic 3 - Lake Sturgeon releases in Saginaw Bay watershedhttps://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2023/08/prehistoric-fish-species-released-into-saginaw-basin-in-restoration-project.html
Show credits:
Hosts & Producers: Stuart Carlton, Carolyn Foley, Katie O'Reilly, Titus Seiheimer
Coordinating producer: Hope Charters
Live show production by Great Lakes Now
Edited by: Quinn Rose
Artwork by: Ethan Kocak
Music by: Stuart Carlton
58 min
September 13, 2023Great Lakes Champions
In this episode, Stuart and Megan speak with John Hartig, a Visiting Scholar at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research at the University of Windsor, about his new book, Great Lakes Champions. It's an engaging and optimistic book written by an engaging and optimistic interviewee; check it out!
Show links:
John Hartig's website
Great Lakes Champions
The Great Lakes Way
Bubi's Awesome Eats
Green Bean Cafe
Grosse Ile Township
T9
Show credits:
Host & Executive Producer: Stuart Carlton
Co-Host and Producer: Megan Gunn
Senior Producer: Carolyn Foley
Producers: Hope Charters, & Irene Miles
Associate Producer: Ethan Chitty
Edited by: Stuart Carlton. Sigh.
Podcast art by: Joel Davenport
Music by: Stuart Carlton
47 min
August 21, 2023Different Polymer Backbones
In this episode, Stuart interviews Eden Hataley about her paper on managing microplastics in the Great Lakes. Should they be considered a chemical of mutual concern in the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement? And did they really put microplastics in toothpaste?
Show links:
Towards a management strategy for microplastic pollution in the Laurentian Great Lakes—monitoring (part 1)
Towards a management strategy for microplastic pollution in the Laurentian Great Lakes—monitoring (part 2)
https://www.teachmeaboutthegreatlakes.com/71
International Joint Commission: Chemicals of Mutual Concern
Golden Rooster Delicatessen
Show credits:
Host & Executive Producer: Stuart Carlton
Senior Producer: Carolyn Foley
Producers: Hope Charters, Megan Gunn, & Irene Miles
Associate Producer: Ethan Chitty
Edited by: Quinn Rose
Podcast art by: Joel Davenport
Music by: Stuart Carlton
34 min
August 07, 2023Biomagnifying in the Food Chain
Stuart and Carolyn speak with Dr. Daniele Miranda about her work on PFAS in Lake Michigan, how PFAS end up in fish, and how the biomagnify across the food chain. Plus: An important hermit crab update via Teach Me About the Great Lakes Hermit Crab Correspondent Hope Charters!
Show links:
Dr. Daniele Miranda's homepage
Creepy hermit crab doll-head video
Adam Duritz
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S004896972303526X
Springfield Isotopes
Daniele's graphical abstract
Indiana Dunes https://www.nps.gov/indu/index.htm
Show credits:
Host & Executive Producer: Stuart Carlton
Co-Host: Irene Miles
Senior Producer: Carolyn Foley
Producers: Hope Charters, Megan Gunn, & Irene Miles
Associate Producer: Ethan Chitty
Edited by: Quinn Rose
Podcast art by: Joel Davenport
Music by: Stuart Carlton
32 min
July 24, 2023 The Inland Seas
Stuart and Renie took a ride on the Lakie Award Winning S/V Inland Seas and interviewed several people from the Inland Seas Education Association about the wonderful work they do to help children learn about the Great Lakes, the three types of people on a boat, and more. This was a really fun episode to record; thanks to the crew of the Inland Seas for putting up with us!
Show links:
Inland Seas Education Association
Village Cheese Shanty

Show credits:
Host & Executive Producer: Stuart Carlton
Co-Host: Irene Miles
Senior Producer: Carolyn Foley
Producers: Hope Charters, Megan Gunn, & Irene Miles
Associate Producer: Ethan Chitty
Edited by: Quinn Rose
Podcast art by: Joel Davenport
Music by: Stuart Carlton
1 hr 3 min
July 13, 2023Ask Dr Fish #5: What Could Go Wrong Here?
Can a boom in Great Lakes human populations affect fish more than aquatic invasive species do? What is a Black Carp and why should we care? What’s in a name when it comes to invasive species? To find out, let’s Ask Dr. Fish.
Also: Titus is calling in from a boat this month!
Show links:
News article on anglers depressing fish populations https://greatlakesecho.org/2021/05/25/new-anglers-could-depress-great-lakes-fish-populations-more-than-invasive-species/
Peer-reviewed article that it's based on: https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10.1139/cjfas-2020-0159
https://www.usgs.gov/news/state-news-release/invasive-black-carp-established-parts-mississippi-river-basin
https://www.manitoulin.com/invasive-black-carp-getting-closer-to-great-lakes/
"Skarping", which we can neither endorse nor recommend for both safety and animal rights reasons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqykDINEcGo
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/great-lakes-whitefish-initiative-1.6615305
https://www.sooleader.com/local-news/new-initiative-hopes-to-show-versatility-of-whitefish-5889059
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/11/great-lakes-iceland-connection-through-whitefish-effort/
Show credits:
Hosts & Producers: Stuart Carlton, Carolyn Foley, Katie O'Reilly, Titus Seiheimer
Coordinating producer: Hope Charters
Live show production by Great Lakes Now
Edited by: Quinn Rose
Artwork by: Ethan Kocak
Music by: Stuart Carlton
54 min
July 03, 2023 250 Breeding Pairs
In this re-aired conversation, Stuart and Carolyn speak with Dr. Francie Cuthbert, one of the world's preeminent plover experts, about piping plovers.
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

39 min
June 07, 2023Our Shared Responsibility
Stuart and Carolyn speak with Meredith Brown, director of special projects at Canadian Geographic, about the Biinaagami project, her work as a riverkeeper, and living the swim/drink/fish dream.
Show links:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-are-seashells-created/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermit_crab
https://www.biinaagami.org/
CSMI
New Zealand Mud Snail
Ottawa Riverkeeper
International Alliance of Waterkeepers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manitoulin_Island
RBC Tech for Nature
Teach Me About the Great Lakes | 45: The Season of Giving
Great Lakes Untamed
Juniper Farms (Wakefield)
40 min
May 15, 2023 This Is Possibly the Best Thing I've Ever Done
This week's episode is LIVE from the amazing Amsterdam Brewhouse on the Lake in Toronto, Ontario! We're joined by the wonderful Dr. Katie Stammler of the Essex Region Conservation Authority and the Great Lakes HABs Collaborative and we talk about HABs, gobies, and more. This show was recorded as part of the International Association for Great Lakes Research 2023 annual conference. It was a really fun episode to record; we hope you enjoy it!
Show links:
IAGLR 2023
Amsterdam Brewhouse on the Lake
Dr. Katie Stammler's Twitter
Great Lakes HABs Collaborative (aka CollHABorative)
HABs Collaborative Research Mapper
TMATGL 74: It Depends on How You Do a One (David Ruck Episode)
The Carvery
Show credits:
Host & Executive Producer: Stuart Carlton
Co-Hosts: Hope Charters, Megan Gunn
Senior Producer: Carolyn Foley
Producers: Hope Charters, Megan Gunn, & Irene Miles
Associate Producer: Ethan Chitty
Edited by: Quinn Rose
Podcast art by: Joel Davenport
Special cover art by: Katie O'Reilly
Music by: Stuart Carlton
40 min
May 02, 2023 We Can't Measure Them All
Live from the Emerging Contaminants in the Environment Conference, Stuart and Sarah Zack (!) interview John Scott about PFAS, microplastics, and he patiently tries to explain whatever analytical chemistry is. This was an enjoyable conversation with a great guest and a really cool conference.
Show links:
Emerging Contaminants in the Environment Conference
John Scott's page
TMATGL Episode 1: They're Also Called Nurdles, featuring Sarah Zack and then-guest Carolyn Foley. Right away in this episode, Stuart realized that Carolyn needed to be a host, and Sarah was awesome, too. So awesome, in fact, that we invited her back for...
TMATGL 24: It Was Way Too Liquidy and Weird, in which we draft plastic alternatives.
Show credits:
Host & Executive Producer: Stuart Carlton
Co-Host: Sarah Zack
Senior Producer: Carolyn Foley
Producers: Hope Charters, Megan Gunn, & Irene Miles
Associate Producer: Ethan Chitty
Edited by: Quinn Rose
Podcast art by: Joel Davenport
Music by: Stuart Carlton
36 min

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A monthly podcast in which Stuart Carlton (a native New Orleanian) asks smart people to teach him about the Great Lakes. Co-hosted by the awesome staff at Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant.