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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The podcast currently has 122 episodes available.

Teach Me About the Great Lakes episodes:

October 04, 2021 42: I Need to Get More Lakes
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
...more
41min
September 20, 202141: Clean Litter, Collect Data, and Capture Community Attention
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
...more
35min
September 16, 2021 40: DNA from the Cheeks
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
...more
37min
September 07, 2021 39: Cottonballs with Toothpick Legs
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
...more
26min
August 16, 2021 38: Taking Nutrients Down to the Bottom
Links:
Nominate something for the Lakies! http://bitly.com/lakies21
Rob Mooney: Twitter | Website
UW Center for Limnology
https://www.knowyourinsects.org
Pro Football Reference: New Orleans Saints Training Camp Locations
Teach Me About the Great Lakes 16: It’s Really Hard to Monitor for All of the Gross Stuff
USGS: Stream Order
NOAA: What is Nutrient Pollution?
North American Lake Management Society: Phosphorus
Center for Great Lakes Literacy Curriculum on Estuaries and Nutrients
Lehto’s Pasties!

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
...more
44min
August 02, 2021 37: Seventy Scouts in an Enclosed Tube
Please take a second to nominate some great work for the Lakies! Click here or visit http://bitly.com/lakies2021 .
Links:
WisconsinMaritime.org
An interesting article on using photogrammetry to create an immersive 3D model of a shipwreck
https://www.teachmeaboutthegreatlakes.com/14
WisconsinShipwrecks.org
Wikipedia: Gado class submarines
USS Cobia pae at WisconsinMaritime.org
Sub BnB
National Parks Service page on the Abandoned Shipwreck Act of 1987
Bakery on State
Titus Seilheimer is a fun Twitter follow!

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
41min
July 19, 2021 36: Change is Inevitable
Today's guest:
Vidya Balasubramanyam
Coastal Hazards Specialist
Prairie Research Institute/Illinois Coastal Management Program
Follow Vidya on Twitter!
Show links:
TMATGL 20: Humans Control Inches
Illinois Coastal Management Program
Prairie Research Institute
Illinois Beach State Park Beach-Ridge Project
Shifting Sands — Using Marinas to Drive Ecosystem Health
Interesting review articles on adaptation pathways
The Garden of Forking Paths
Managed retreat and the case for relocating entire cities (fastcompany.com)
ISGS Website https://isgs.illinois.edu/node/34440
PRI social media https://prairie.illinois.edu/illinois-issues/coastal-management-program/
Dan Egan: A Battle Between a Great City and a Great Lake

Credits:
Host & Executive Producer: Stuart Carlton
Cohost: 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
35min
July 05, 202135: Most Weather Weenies Will Probably Remember (re-air, new title)
Guest: Meg Dodson, National Weather Service
Derecho
NWS WFO LOT’s Page: https://www.weather.gov/lot/2020aug10
NWS WFO IWX’s Page: https://www.weather.gov/iwx/Derecho_20200810
NWS WFO DVN’s Page: https://www.weather.gov/dvn/summary_081020
SPC Derecho: Facts Page here
Derecho Climatology https://www.weather.gov/jetstream/derecho_climo
Notable Derecho Lists:
https://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/AbtDerechos/derechofacts.htm#historic
https://www.weather.gov/jetstream/derecho_past
https://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/AbtDerechos/casepages/may30-311998page.htm
Hurricane Scale: The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale
Enhanced Fujita Scale: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Fujita_scale
Water Safety
NWS Beach Hazards Page (Forecasts, statements): www.weather.gov/greatlakes/beachhazards
NWS Great Lakes Current-Incident Database: https://www.weather.gov/iwx/beach_season_summaries
Michigan Sea Grant: Dangerous currents: www.dangerouscurrents.org
Great Lakes Water Safety Consortium: http://greatlakeswatersafety.org/
Great Lakes Waves and Water Safety Lesson : Center for Great Lakes Literacy
Southern Lake Michigan Water Safety Taskforce
Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project: www.glsrp.org/statistics/
Tom Coomes (@TomCoomes) on Twitter
Oh Sweetness!! Bakery & Cafe, LLC - Bakery - Leesburg, IN
Credits:
Host & Executive Producer: Stuart Carlton
Co-host: Hope Charters
Producers: Hope Charters, Carolyn Foley, Megan Gunn, & Irene Miles
Associate Producer: Ethan Chitty
Music by: Stuart Carlton
...more
49min
June 14, 202134: A Million Little Triangles
Links
NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab
Wikipedia: Enbridge Line 5
NOAA Lake Michigan current forecasts
NOAA Article: Drifting Buoys Track Water Currents in the Great Lakes Straits of Mackinac
The Awesome Power of a Fully Operational Mothership
Whatever Happened To Orbitz, aka Lava Lamp Juice?
OK Soda
Audio from OK Soda’s 1-800-I-Feel-OK hotline
Zingerman’s Deli
Old Town Tavern
Credits:
Host & Executive Producer: Stuart Carlton
Cohost: 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
34min
June 07, 2021 33: Science Is a Team Sport
Show Links:
NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory: website | twitter
GLERL Educational Programs
IAGLR Lifetime Achievement Award Winners
IAGLR Jack Vallentyne Award Winners
Hank’s paper on the distribution and ecological impacts of aquatic invasive species in the Great Lakes
Pasteur’s Quadrant
Detroit River Days
Canned gobies in tomato sauce. We haven’t tried this and can’t endorse it, but Stuart put it in the show notes as proof that they exist.
Want more award winners? Here’s last year’s touching episode with Carolyn’s old mentor/IAGLR Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Jan Ciborowski
The Dexter Bakery Ann Arbor
Big Boy

Credits:
Host & Executive Producer: Stuart Carlton
Cohost: 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
49min

FAQs about Teach Me About the Great Lakes:

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

The podcast currently has 122 episodes available.

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