Unsalted Great Lakes

Lake Michigan's Genesee Theatre is believed to be home to several "permanent guests." Hear spooky tales with Wes Oleszewski,  author of "Great Lakes Ghost Stories: Haunted Tales Past & Present." 

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daveincamas for Follies  

Mattias "MATRIXXX" Lahoud for big dark atmosphere 

blimp66 for helicopter fly over 

tom woysky for crowd before jazz 

Do goldfish live in the Great Lakes? 

Christine Boston is an aquatic research biologist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada. She joins us to talk about how big they get, how they wind up in the lakes and whether they stay gold.  

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Our theme song is by Adam Wendler.

Tristyn von Berg cycled around Lake Michigan in 11 days. He did it on the cheap, with a bike from the 90s and a shoebox attached to it. We talk about why you don’t need expensive gear to take on big adventure. what it's like to cycle Lake Michigan and why he chose the clockwise route.  

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Robin Pacquing is co-founder of Lake Surfistas, a community of women who surf and paddle. We talk about lake conditions versus the ocean, which season is best to surf the Great Lakes and how to cope with the cold.  

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How does a captain stay cool under pressure? Mike Hartsuff is Relief Captain for three of the biggest and best-known freighters on the Great Lakes.  We talk about keeping calm, what the food is like and the best way to dock a 1000-ft vessel.

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Rochelle Byrne stand-up paddled more than 400 km on Lake Ontario in a single month to pick up litter. What did she collect? What wildlife did she see? Join us for the journey.

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What do the Great Lakes look like down below? Shipwreck diver Dusty Klifman brings us into Lake Michigan's secret underwater world. We discuss sunken ships, stashes of gold and secrets from the diving community. 

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Love the Great Lakes? Join Allison Devereaux as she explores the largest freshwater system on earth. Unsalted: a podcast for people who live, work and play on the Great Lakes.

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