Teach Me About the Great Lakes

By Stuart Carlton | Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant

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.... more

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How many episodes does Teach Me About the Great Lakes have?

The podcast currently has 122 episodes available.

Teach Me About the Great Lakes episodes:

July 19, 202262: The G.L.O.A.T.
Show links:
Petoskey stone followup:
https://www.teachmeaboutthegreatlakes.com/43
Tallulah: Mermaid of the Great Lakes
Great Lakes News
Guest host Sandra Svoboda, Great Lakes Now
https://www.greatlakesnow.org
https://twitter.com/GreatLakesNow
https://twitter.com/DetSandra
https://www.youtube.com/greatlakesnow
Story 1: https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/07/improving-science-literacy-means-changing-science-education/
Story 2: https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/07/great-lakes-residents-advisories-eating-fish/
Story 3: https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/07/detroit-toronto-time-50-greatest-places/
The Dread Pirate Roberts
Wikipedia: SS Edmund Fitzgerald
Northern Waters Smokehaus
...more
47min
July 05, 2022 61: The Water We Swim In
Show links:
ChooseCopi.com
If you can't beat 'em, eat 'em: Illinois fisheries rebrand the invasive Asian carp
Titus' tweet with lots of dead fish
Meet the "Frenchsicle"
The Water We Swim In homepage
Introduced Homepage
List of Lakies winners
Mary’s Place, Minneapolis
Wikipeida: Lake Winnebago
Staring Lake in Eden Prairie, MN
Wiki: Viral hemorrhagic septicemia
The Tomatoes of Leamington
Show 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
...more
47min
June 20, 2022 60: The Sounds That Are Emitted
Links:
Rosalyn's paper "A song of ice and vessels: Seasonal trends in the soundscape of the western arm of Lake Superior".
Wikipedia: Bortle Dark Sky Scale
NOAA: What is a hydrophone?
Duluth Grill
Canal Park
Credits:
Host & Executive Producer: Stuart Carlton
Co-Host: nobody :(
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
...more
34min
June 06, 2022 59: They Opened the Eyes of People
Sorry that this one's kind of a downer, but we maybe it's ultimately hopeful?!
Links:
TMATGL 39: Cottonballs with Toothpick Legs
TMATGL 40: DNA from the Cheeks
Tamima's Plovermother website & books
Sun-Times article on Imani
Meet Nish and Nellie, Ohio's First Nesting Piping Plovers In 83 Years
Libanais Chicago
Credits:
Host & Executive Producer: Stuart Carlton
Co-Host: 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
...more
37min
May 31, 2022 58: Look at What the Algae Are Doing
Special bonus episode? Special bonus episode! As a follow up to our Game of Nutrients, here are Andy Bramburger's answers in full.
...more
25min
May 18, 2022 57: I Only Think About the P
This was super fun and thanks to those who could make it. Our next live event will be in Cleveland, probably on September 13. Details coming!
Show Links:
Chicago Tribune article on Monty's death
Teach Me About the Great Lakes 39: Cotton Balls with Toothpick Legs
LimnoTech
Freeboard Technology
Eddie Verhamme on Twitter
Andy Bramburger on Twitter
Grand Rapids Brewing
Washtenaw Dairy
Show Credits:
Host & Executive Producer: Stuart Carlton
Co-Hosts: Carolyn Foley, Hope Charters
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

...more
33min
May 02, 2022 56: Nerd out about Mussels
TMATGL MEETUP as part of the JASM conference! We'll be hanging out around 8pm on Monday, May 16th at the Grand Rapids Brewing Company...come hang out with us...we'll have stickers! Assuming they arrive in time!
Show links:
Furrin Group
Sno-Drift Rally
The Great Dusty's Saab 900 on the ice
Ashley’s bio page
NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab
Ponar Grab - video
EPA Great Lakes Benthos Monitoring
Six decades of Lake Ontario ecological history according to benthos
Depth drives growth dynamics of dreissenid mussels in Lake Ontario
Invasive Mussel Collaborative
Project successfully removes invasive quagga mussels near Sleeping Bear Dunes in Lake Michigan
Fatty Lumpkins
Hamburger Mikey’s
Keweenaw peninsula

Show 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
...more
54min
April 18, 2022 55: Ask Dr. Fish
Show links:
Video stream of this episode (apologies for Stuart's low audio...we're all learning here)
Titus Seilheimer Twitter
Katie O'Reilly Twitter
Wisconsin Sea Grant
Lamberti Stream and Wetland Ecology Laboratory
Battle Without Honor or Humanity
Eat Wisconsin Fish
Eat Midwest Fish
Cedar Point
Show 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
...more
1h 6min
April 07, 2022 54: Water Is Sacred
Show links:
Wikipedia: Sudbury, Ontario
Northern Ontario School of Medicine
Whitefish River First Nation
Manitoulin Island
CBC: Inside Walkerton: Canada's worst-ever E. coli contamination
Ontario Source Water Protection Plans
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/josephine-mandamin
Sugar Bush Canadian Coffee Shop in Kagawong is a welcoming treat
Show 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 and Carolyn Foley
...more
37min
March 21, 2022 53: Source, Path, People
Show links:
Follow the Freshwater Lab on Twitter!
Rob Nixon: Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor
FreshwaterStories.com
Source-Path-People: Get Involved
TheBackwardRiver.org
The River Speaks
Uptons Breakroom
The Jungle
Manny’s Cafeteria & Delicatessen
Belle Isle
Northerly Island
Renie’s new story on green infrastructure

Show Credits:
Host & Executive Producer: Stuart Carlton
Co-Host: 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

...more
42min

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How many episodes does Teach Me About the Great Lakes have?

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