Stuart Carlton
Stuart Carlton is the Assistant Director of the Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program. He manages the day-to-day operation of IISG and works with the IISG Director and staff to coordinate all aspects of the program. He is also a Research Assistant Professor and head of the Coastal and Great Lakes Social Science Lab in the Department of Forestry & Natural Resources at Purdue, where he and his students research the relationship between knowledge, values, trust, and behavior in complex or controversial environmental systems.
Appears in 86 Episodes
Why Don't You Do Stories like This More Often?
We report on the reporters! OK, sort of. Meet Dave Spratt from the Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources who takes journalists around the Great Lakes to get t...
Diner Tuna is the Best Tuna
Stuart and Renie chat with IISG's Sarah Zack about microplastics, PFAS, and, of course, tuna melts.
An Era of Body Snatching
In this episode, Stuart and Renie speak with Judith Neulander about her fascinating book on folklore in the Great Lakes. How does folklore reflect the culture in which...
The Great Lakes Hotdog
Live from the Kildare House in Windsor, ON as part of the IAGLR conference! Stuart, Megan, and Carolyn speak with Dr. Trevor Pitcher of the Great Lakes Institute for E...
This Kringle Situation
Dr. Fish called us out for some Lakies errors, so we invited him on to talk it over. Plus, the return of Great Lakes News and we talk with Tim Campbell about that...th...
We Can't Measure Them All
Live from the Emerging Contaminants in the Environment Conference, Stuart and Sarah Zack (!) interview John Scott about PFAS, microplastics, and he patiently tries to ...
You're All in Close Quarters
Don't worry, we haven't disappeared! We're just behind a little bit. While we get re-organized, enjoy this classic episode where Stuart and Renie interview the great A...
Hypoxic Layer on the Bottom
Stuart and Carolyn speak with Paris Collingsworth about hypoxia in the Great Lakes. What is it? Why does it happen? Is it bad? Plus: more than you probably knew about ...
How Heavy Water Is
Stuart and Megan speak with Sarah FitzSimons, Associate Professor of Sculpture at the University of Wisconsin, about her very cool Water Books, the multifaceted meanin...
Ask Dr Fish 3: A Scientific Discussion of Anatomy
In Ask Dr Fish #3, We ask about fish cannons, fish valentines, and fish farts. Plus, the debut of our new segment, "Which Fish Story Is Not a Fish Story?"Want to watch...
The Pandas Should Have Been a Red Flag
Stuart and Carolyn speak with Sarah Dobie of the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan about her fascinating new paper on de...
Simple Physics in Complex Systems
This is a warm winter! Last winter was a warm winter! Are they all going to be warm winters? And, if so, what does that mean going forward? Stuart and Ethan speak with...
It Depends on How You Do a One
Stuart speaks with David Ruck, director of The Erie Situation, about his film and algal blooms in Lake Erie. Plus, the exciting return of TMATGL Hall of Fame guest Ste...
They're Less Enthusiastic about Sandwiches
In this episode, originally aired in August of 2020, Stuart and Carolyn talk with Dr. Madeline Magee of the Wisconsin DNR to understand how she uses models to predict ...
The 2022 Lakies
The Second Annual Lakies, or, quite possibly not the least prestigious Great Lakes-focused awards ceremony there is.
Ask Dr. Fish 2: A Great Big Swimming Tongue
We ask about fish tongues, Fishmas, and fish noir.
An Extremely Ambitious Goal
Stuart and Renie speak with Chris Korleski, Director of the Great Lakes National Program Offices with the US EPA, about the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement on the ...
The Season of Giving II
Each November, we love to feature nonprofits who are doing wonderful work throughout the Great Lakes. This year, we speak with Laura Rubin of the Healing Our Waters Gr...
69: The Lakehouse of Terror II
Our second annual Halloween special
68: Ask Dr. Fish Episode 1 - The Telltale Bubbles
In a special episode, we debut our new show, Ask Dr. Fish. We hope that you enjoy it!
67: Lake Erie Has Really Good Brewing Water
Stuart and Carolyn speak with Mike Williams of the Great Lakes Brewing Company about beer, their triple bottom line philosophy, and whether or not Hazard is the best m...
66: There's a Little Bit of Poo
The TMATGL team speaks with Dr. Chris Winslow about Lake Erie, including the long-awaited debut of the Wheel of Erie game! We recorded live from the Masthead Brewery i...
65: An Accident of Industrial History
Stuart and Carolyn speak with Dr. Lynne Heasley about her wonderful, delightful, super-fun, award-winning book, The Accidental Reef and Other Ecological Odysseys in th...
64: Species That We Haven’t yet Mourned
Stuart and Megan speak with Dr. Nancy Langston about "climate ghosts" in the Great Lakes region and her book about Lake Superior. Stick around at the end for a good di...
63: The Pull of a Long Hike
While Stuart is on vacation, we re-air this early 2020 talk with author and adventurer Loreen Niewenhuis about walking around the Great Lakes. How do you do it? One st...
62: The G.L.O.A.T.
In this episode, Stuart and Hope talk with the mysterious voice behind the Lake Superior Twitter account about how he got started, why Lake Superior is the Greatest La...
61: The Water We Swim In
Stuart and Carolyn speak with Bonnie Willison and Hali Jama, co-producers of The Water We Swim In, a great new podcast about Wisconsin and Great Lakes advocates workin...
60: The Sounds That Are Emitted
Stuart goes solo (Marc Maron-style!) to talk with Dr. Rosalyn Putland about her fascinating research on the soundscape ecology of Lake Superior.
59: They Opened the Eyes of People
Stuart and Renie discuss the lifes of Monty and Rose, Chicago's piping plover power couple, with Tamima Itani.
58: Look at What the Algae Are Doing
Special bonus episode? Special bonus episode! As a follow up to our Game of Nutrients, here are Andy Bramburger's answers in full.