On this episode of Tripod, join us for a conversation with Julia Martin, professor emeritus in the Department of English at the University of the Western Cape, published essayist, and author of several titles including her most recent publication, On the Sponge Islands: Loss and Restoration in the Aegean, to discuss her visits to the islands, and all the sponge divers of the past and present have to teach us about people, places, and our planet.