Rising Tide: The Ocean Podcast

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Rising Tide: The Ocean Podcast

A refreshing, irreverent dive into the lives, work, and explorations of today’s leading and diverse ocean voices. Each half-hour episode co-hosted by David Helvarg of Blue Frontier and Vicki Nichols Goldstein of the Inland Ocean Coalition sails through lively discussions with our guests about marine life, culture, and critical issues affecting our rapidly changing seas. Informative, enlightening, and often humorous it is an invaluable resource for anyone passionate about understanding, enjoying, and protecting our salty blue world.

  1. Restoring the Underwater Forest: Tom Ford's Kelp Crusade

    1D AGO

    Restoring the Underwater Forest: Tom Ford's Kelp Crusade

    In this episode of the Rising Tide Ocean Podcast, hosts David Helvarg and Vicki Nichols Goldstein welcome Tom Ford, CEO of the Bay Foundation and Director of the Santa Monica Bay National Estuary Program. They discuss Ford's journey from his first ocean encounter in high school to his extensive work in kelp forest restoration. Ford shares insights into the Bay Foundation's efforts, including restoring 75 acres of kelp forest off Palos Verdes, California, reintroducing endangered white abalones, and collaborating with commercial sea urchin harvesters. The conversation covers the challenges and successes of these restoration projects, the impact of environmental changes, and the importance of continued funding and community engagement. Ford also talks about his memorable kelp dives and the significance of creating sustainable marine ecosystems. ** Links & Resources ** Sequoias of the Seas:** An award-winning documentary by Blue Frontier. https://sequoiasofthesea.org/ The Bay Foundation:** Tom Ford is the CEO of this organization. https://www.santamonicabay.org/ Santa Monica Bay National SJA Program:** Tom Ford is the director of this program. https://www.santamonicabay.org/ UCLA Ocean Discovery Center:** A small aquarium at the Santa Monica Pier where Tom Ford worked. https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/marine/ University of Rhode Island:** Where Tom Ford studied biology. https://www.uri.edu/ Bodega Marine Lab, UC Davis:** Involved in white abalone recovery efforts. https://marinescience.ucdavis.edu/bml/about Blue Frontier: bluefront.org Building the solution-based citizen movement needed to protect our ocean, coasts and communities, both human and wild. Blue Frontier on Substack: https://davidhelvarg.substack.com/ Inland Ocean Coalition: inlandoceancoalition.org Building land-to-sea stewardship - the inland voice for ocean protection Fluid Studios: fluidstudios.org Thinking radically different about the collective good, our planet, & the future.

    28 min
  2. Behind the Glass – Kim McIntyre and the Aquarium Conservation Partnership

    JUN 2

    Behind the Glass – Kim McIntyre and the Aquarium Conservation Partnership

    In the latest episode of Rising Tide, the Ocean Podcast David Helvarg and Natasha Benjamin talk with Kim McIntyre, the Executive Director of the Aquarium Conservation Partnership, a coalition of 35 aquariums working together to increase their collective impact. Along with helping revive the Peter Benchley Ocean Awards that took place at the National Aquarium in May, the 9-year-old coalition is involved in educating its members’ 40 million annual visitors around issues of sustainable seafood, climate change, plastic pollution and more. Kim talks about the changing role of aquariums as conservation hubs for the sea, marine animal rehab and release centers and how many children are transformed by their first visit to an aquarium. Plus, we’ll have our ‘Blue News You Can Use’: This week on the threat of Deep-Sea Mining that the Trump administration has just embraced. So, dive into our aquarium special. ** Links & Resources ** National Aquarium: https://aqua.org/ Aquarium Conservation Partnership: https://www.aquariumconservation.org/ The Metals Company: https://metals.co/  UN's International Seabed Authority: https://www.isa.org.jm/ New England Aquarium: https://www.neaq.org/ The New York Aquarium: https://nyaquarium.com/  Monterey Bay Aquarium: https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/ Shedd Aquarium: https://www.sheddaquarium.org/  West Coast Governor's Alliance on Ocean Health: https://www.westcoastoceanalliance.org/ Blue Frontier: bluefront.org Building the solution-based citizen movement needed to protect our ocean, coasts and communities, both human and wild. Blue Frontier on Substack: https://davidhelvarg.substack.com/ Inland Ocean Coalition: inlandoceancoalition.org Building land-to-sea stewardship - the inland voice for ocean protection Fluid Studios: fluidstudios.org Thinking radically different about the collective good, our planet, & the future.

    29 min
  3. Blue News and Great Diving with Rep. Huffman & Tiani Dun

    MAY 19

    Blue News and Great Diving with Rep. Huffman & Tiani Dun

    Our latest episode of Rising Tide the Ocean Podcast ranges from Palau in the central Pacific to Washington D.C. After a short Blue News update with Congressman Jared Huffman in his DC office we go to the shark enhanced – not infested - waters of Palau where Blue Frontier's David Helvarg interviews Tiani Dun an underwater photographer who also organizes dive charters, part of the multi-billion-dollar global scuba diving industry. Co-Owner of Dive and More, a company that focuses its dive trips around underwater photography and more recently, marine conservation, Tiani’s also a marine biologist, surfer and drone pilot from Byron Bay Australia. So, lots to cover this episode from political resistance to Trump administration attacks on our public seas to diving with big critters in one of the world’s last best coral reef habitats and Marine Protected Areas. So, let’s dive in! ** Links & Resources ** Tiani Dun: https://www.tianidun.com/ Shiver: https://www.tianidun.com/shop/p/harvest-moon-cup-5fc72-ww9xn Eagle Ray: https://www.tianidun.com/shop/p/earth-sky-planter-4awkk-lm479-pwat8-n5rrk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tianioceani/ Dive and Moore: https://www.diveandmore.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dive_and_more/ James Cook University (JCU): https://www.jcu.edu.au/ Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority: https://www2.gbrmpa.gov.au/ Magnetic Island, Australia: https://www.townsvillenorthqueensland.com.au/destinations/magnetic-island/ Palau's Marine Protected Areas: https://marine-conservation.org/blue-sparks/projects/palau-nms Manta Trust: https://www.mantatrust.org/ Shark Trust: https://www.sharktrust.org/ Blue Frontier: bluefront.org Building the solution-based citizen movement needed to protect our ocean, coasts and communities, both human and wild. Blue Frontier on Substack: https://davidhelvarg.substack.com/ Inland Ocean Coalition: inlandoceancoalition.org Building land-to-sea stewardship - the inland voice for ocean protection Fluid Studios: fluidstudios.org Thinking radically different about the collective good, our planet, & the future.

    28 min
  4. From Bay to Blue Planet: Live at SF Climate Week with Ocean Defenders

    MAY 5

    From Bay to Blue Planet: Live at SF Climate Week with Ocean Defenders

    On Friday April 25 the Rising Tide Ocean Podcast recorded our show with a live audience during SF Climate Week – one of the largest climate gatherings in the world. From the downtown studios of KALW – “The Voice of the Bay Area,” David and Natasha discussed global and Bay Area aspects of the Ocean and the Climate Crisis with guests Rod Fujita, a marine consultant and recently retired director of ocean research and development for the Environmental Defense Fund and Sejal Choksi-Chugh an attorney and Executive Director of the San Francisco Baykeeper. We had a lively and informative discussion about impacts and solutions for our global seas and West Coast estuary. Our live audience enjoyed it and we hope you will too. ** Links & Resources ** Making Shift Happen - https://www.amazon.com/Making-Shift-Happen-Successful-Environmental/dp/0865719489 Heal The Ocean: https://www.amazon.com/Heal-Ocean-Solutions-Saving-Seas/dp/0865715009 Ocean Innovations: https://www.oceaninnovations.me/ San Francisco Baykeeper: https://baykeeper.org/ Blue Frontier: bluefront.org Building the solution-based citizen movement needed to protect our ocean, coasts and communities, both human and wild. Blue Frontier on Substack: https://davidhelvarg.substack.com/ Inland Ocean Coalition: inlandoceancoalition.org Building land-to-sea stewardship - the inland voice for ocean protection Fluid Studios: fluidstudios.org Thinking radically different about the collective good, our planet, & the future.

    28 min
  5. Jeremy Rifkin on Planet Aqua

    APR 21

    Jeremy Rifkin on Planet Aqua

    In the latest and award-winning Rising Tide: the Ocean Podcast, David Helvarg, and Vicki Nicholas Goldstein speak with Jeremy Rifkin, who wants us to rethink our home in the universe. He is a best-selling author of 23 books translated into 35 languages and a major climate advisor to the European Union and China. He has returned to basics with his newest book, "Planet Aqua," about how water is the animating force of life, something the team at Blue Frontier has long known and believed. Jeremy Rifkin gives his perspective on how to convert our approach to water from a 'resource' to a 'life source' that can guide us into a future better adapted to our amazing hydrosphere. Dive into "Planet Aqua". ** Links & Resources ** Planet Aqua: https://www.amazon.com/Planet-Aqua-Rethinking-Home-Universe/dp/1509563733 Age of Resilience: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250093546?tag=macmillan-20 Blue Frontier: bluefront.org Building the solution-based citizen movement needed to protect our ocean, coasts and communities, both human and wild. Blue Frontier on Substack: https://davidhelvarg.substack.com/ Inland Ocean Coalition: inlandoceancoalition.org Building land-to-sea stewardship - the inland voice for ocean protection Fluid Studios: fluidstudios.org Thinking radically different about the collective good, our planet, & the future.

    29 min
  6. Craig McLean & The Fight To Save NOAA

    APR 7

    Craig McLean & The Fight To Save NOAA

    In the latest episode of the award-winning Rising Tide: the Ocean Podcast David and Vicki talk with retired NOAA Captain Craig McLean about the Trump administration’s attacks on the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. 20 percent of its workforce including weather forecasters and ocean and climate scientists have already been laid off and more than 10 percent of the budget cut and things could get worse. Having spent his career as a ship’s master in the uniformed NOAA Corps and as a lawyer and administrator including Acting Chief Scientist during the first Trump administration when he stood up for scientific integrity during the Sharpie-gate scandal, Craig will give us his unique perspective on what’s going on, and the importance of what NOAA does day to day to help our economy, security and environment and what we can all do to protect its work. This is one you won’t want to miss. ** Links & Resources ** NOAA : https://www.noaa.gov/ Dr. Carol Lichfield: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Litchfield  Dr.Rita Caldwell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_R._Colwell United States Coast and Geodetic Survey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Coast_and_Geodetic_Survey  National Marine Sanctuary Program: https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/ Blue Frontier: bluefront.org Building the solution-based citizen movement needed to protect our ocean, coasts and communities, both human and wild. Blue Frontier on Substack: https://davidhelvarg.substack.com/ Inland Ocean Coalition: inlandoceancoalition.org Building land-to-sea stewardship - the inland voice for ocean protection Fluid Studios: fluidstudios.org Thinking radically different about the collective good, our planet, & the future. photo src: Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash

    29 min
  7. Sequoias of the Sea Hits the Big Screen

    MAR 24

    Sequoias of the Sea Hits the Big Screen

    In our new episode of Rising Tide - the Ocean Podcast David Helvarg & Vicki Nichols Goldstein talk with friends Natasha Benjamin of Blue Frontier and Ana Blanco of the International Ocean Film Festival about their new role as co-directors of ‘Sequoias of the Sea.’ SOS as it’s also known is a 54-minute documentary film about the global crisis facing Kelp Forests. It tells that story through the lens of the people of Fort Bragg California, a former timber town on the state’s north coast. Natasha & Ana talk about the challenges of making the film and the challenges the people of Fort Bragg are facing as they try to create a new blue economy in the face of lost jobs, culture and sport that went away with the kelp. They also talk about its upcoming Première at the Ocean film festival in San Francisco on April 13 and how listeners can see it and learn more about the film and the marine forest. ** Links & Resources ** SEQUOIAS OF THE SEA: www.sequoiasofthesea.org When a vital kelp forest vanishes, a coastal town's fragile ecosystem, ancient traditions, and livelihoods crumble, forcing a desperate fight for restoration in the face of climate change. 22nd Annual International Ocean Film Festival: https://intloceanfilmfest.org/ The global platform for ocean literacy and education throughout independent film. Since our inception in 2004, each year the IOFF features a four-day ocean engagement event for audiences from around the world. Blue Frontier: bluefront.org Building the solution-based citizen movement needed to protect our ocean, coasts and communities, both human and wild. Blue Frontier on Substack: https://davidhelvarg.substack.com/ Inland Ocean Coalition: inlandoceancoalition.org Building land-to-sea stewardship - the inland voice for ocean protection Fluid Studios: fluidstudios.org Thinking radically different about the collective good, our planet, & the future.

    28 min
  8. From the Vents to the Arctic: Kathy Crane’s Ocean Explorations

    MAR 10

    From the Vents to the Arctic: Kathy Crane’s Ocean Explorations

    This fall NASA launched the Europa Clipper spaceship on a mission to the Jupiter moon of Europa to see if life might exist in its subsurface ocean. In this episode or ‘Rising Tide the Ocean Podcast’ we interview Dr. Kathy Crane who was key to the discovery and mapping of hydrothermal vents in the deep Pacific 45 years ago when new ‘chemosynthetic’ life including giant clams and tubeworms were discovered. These are the kinds of deep ocean life that might exist on Europa and elsewhere in the universe. We talk with Kathy about being a woman geologist in these famed days of deep-sea discovery as well as her work exploring the Arctic Sea bottom during the Cold War. It’s a fascinating tale of science and the thrill of discovering new realms. Dive in with us. ** Links & Resources ** Sea Legs, Tales of a Woman Oceanographer: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/kathleen-crane/sea-legs/9780813342856/?lens=basic-books Blue Frontier: bluefront.org Building the solution-based citizen movement needed to protect our ocean, coasts and communities, both human and wild. Blue Frontier on Substack: https://davidhelvarg.substack.com/ Inland Ocean Coalition: inlandoceancoalition.org Building land-to-sea stewardship - the inland voice for ocean protection Fluid Studios: fluidstudios.org Thinking radically different about the collective good, our planet, & the future.

    29 min
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A refreshing, irreverent dive into the lives, work, and explorations of today’s leading and diverse ocean voices. Each half-hour episode co-hosted by David Helvarg of Blue Frontier and Vicki Nichols Goldstein of the Inland Ocean Coalition sails through lively discussions with our guests about marine life, culture, and critical issues affecting our rapidly changing seas. Informative, enlightening, and often humorous it is an invaluable resource for anyone passionate about understanding, enjoying, and protecting our salty blue world.

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    Blue Frontier
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodes
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