Women Mind the Water Podcast

Rosie Poirier is a marine scientist, underwater photographer, and an artist. She speaks about how art can encourage public engagement and specifically how art can engage the public's understanding of the ocean.

Seth has worked as a producer, music director, and studio musician. He has collaborated with such renown musical artists as Tom Rush, Nick Carter, and Cyndi Lauper. Seth has been nominated for a Grammy and is a five-time Independent Music Award winner. He characterizes music as an empathy machine and feels incredibly lucky to be part of it. Seth gets inspiration from the natural world and says the ocean brings him comfort and often provides a narrative for his music. His music reminds us that we have the ability to positively influence the world.

Marine scientist and author Wallace ‘J’ Nichols—who popularized ‘Blue Mind,’ the science of why water makes us happier and healthier—talks sea turtles, sea‑level rise, disaster economies, and more. He shares lessons from Ocean Revolution, Indigenous youth, and why protecting our emotional resilience is essential to sustaining ocean work. This episode honors his legacy and invites us to keep ‘wishing each other water.’

Carlos Mallo Molina discovered a passion for the ocean that led him to found Innoceana, an organization with a mission to protect critically important areas of the ocean. For example, in Costa Rica, he is investigating the stresses of global warming and working with the local community to protect the coral.

Bonnie Blaylock author of The Water Women, a novel that explores the bonds between mothers and daughters. The threads they create from mussels are woven into a special cloth, an activity that binds the women to one another.

Maya van Rossum is the Delaware Riverkeeper, founder of Green Amendments for the Generations, author of The Green Amendment: The People's Fight to Secure a Clean, Safe, and Healthy Environment and a lawyer. She has devoted her energies to securing that every state has a Green Amendment, an assurance of a healthy environment by enshrining them in a state's constitution.

Indigenous Hawaiian marine science factors in humility and community

Kaileia Duriano

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Kaileia Duriano is an Indigenous Hawaiian trained in Indigenous cultural practices as well as academic marine biology. She discusses Indigenous and academic ways of knowing and how to use this information to maintain Hawaii's natural beauty and abundance.

Susan works with the United Nations Environment Programme, where she helps navigate the complexities of international environmental issues. For her, stronger environmental solutions require broader participation, shared knowledge, and a willingness to listen across cultures, communities, and countries.

Megan Smylie is the Sea Otter Program Manager at the Aquarium of the Pacific. She coordinates the Sea Otter Surrogacy Program, a program aimed at rehabilitating orphaned sea otter pups and successfully reintroducing them back into the wild.