Displaying episodes 91 - 102 of 102 in total
12: You Never Lose Track of Your Old Friends
Live from the International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) Virtual Conference 2020. We interview IAGLR Lifetime Achievement Award Winner (and Carolyn Fol...
11: An Empty Chunk of Fiberglass
Buoys, Part 2! In this episode, we speak with IISG's Jay Beugly about our Two Yellow buoys, discuss the relative merits of West Lafayette's donuts, and more.
10: A Lot of Different Kinds of Data
Buoys, Part 1! We speak with Kelli Paige of the Great Lakes Observing System about all of their data monitoring efforts and how our data needs have changed as our tech...
9: The Hamster Wheel of Rumination
More COVID! In past episodes, we've spoken about how to go outside in a way that's safe and responsible. But we haven't spoken about *why* to do it. In this episode, D...
8: The Really Delicious Carbon
Microbes…they’re everywhere! Today, we chat with Dr. Rachel Poretsky about microbes in the Great Lakes and the important functions they serve in the food web. Plus, ba...
6: A Lot of This Is in Our Own Hands
We get another perspective on COVID-19 and outdoor recreation, this time from ER resident Dr. Frank Zadravecz.
5: We're All in This Together
COVID-19 and outdoor recreation, with Dr. Ron Hershow, Director of the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics with the University of Illinois - Chicago School of P...
4.5: The Role of Information Was Quite Limited
BONUS EPISODE!!! In this Researcher Feature, we speak with Zhao Ma, Associate Professor in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources at Purdue, about her recent...
4: That Long Fetch Setup
In which we discuss the polar vortex, lake effect, and drinking yellow snow with Tom Coomes of ABC57 in South Bend, Indiana.
3: It Would Have to Be the Perfect Rock
In this month's episode, we talk with author and adventurer Loreen Niewenhuis about walking around the Great Lakes. How do you do it? One step at a time. Why do you do...
2: Limnologists Make up Lots of Words
We discuss the origin story of the Great Lakes and, because the show is 2/3 Canadian this month, hockey.
1: They're Also Called Nurdles
We learn all about microplastics and discuss an interesting business plan for the Chicago area.