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This Is Possibly the Best Thing I've Ever Done
This week's episode is LIVE from the amazing Amsterdam Brewhouse on the Lake in Toronto, Ontario! We're joined by the wonderful Dr. Katie Stammler of the Essex Region ...
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 ...
Ask Dr. Fish 4: You Can Only Eat What You Can Fit in Your Mouth
TMATGL listeners: thanks for your patience! We'll be back on our regular schedule very soon!Want to watch us live? Visit https://www.askdrfish.com/liveTopic 1 - cisco ...
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.
57: I Only Think About the P
TMATGL Live! Stuart, Hope, and Carolyn speak with The Builder of Buoys himself: Ed Verhamme of LimnoTech and have a virtual appearance from IAGLR President Andy Brambu...
56: Nerd out about Mussels
Stuart and Carolyn speak with Dr. Ashley Elgin of NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab about the benthos, mussels, and other dreissenids. And buoys. Re-upload...
55: Ask Dr. Fish
Fish questions? Science questions? Life questions? Titus Seilheimer and Katie O'Reilly, our Dr(s) Fish(es), have answers!