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 82 Episodes
22: It Tends to Get Louder During a Recession
Stuart talks with Dr. Camden Burd about the environmental political history of the Great Lakes region, screws up Gifford Pinchot's name, and finds out the secret histo...
21: Fly-to States
Election Special! We discuss the Midwest as a political battleground and both the electoral importance and changing role of the Vice President with Dr. Chris Devine of...
20: Humans Control Inches
Stuart and Carolyn talk with Dr. Adam Bechle of Wisconsin Sea Grant about lake levels: why are they so high? Will they stay that way? And what is a meteotsunami? If yo...
19: Secretive Marsh Birds
In this episode, Stuart speaks with spatial ecologist Dr. Joanna Grand from the Audubon Society about prioritizing Great Lakes wetlands for conservation and finds out ...
18: They Are Really Important
We speak with Dr. Maria Dittrich of the University of Toronto about the threats facing large lakes on a global scale.
17: Flip, Float, and Follow
We speak with Meg Dodson of the National Weather Service about derechos, water safety, and plants. Lots and lots of plants.
16: It’s Really Hard to Monitor for All of the Gross Stuff
Statistical models seem to rule our life...but what are they? In this episode, we speak with Dr. Madeline Magee of the Wisconsin DNR to understand how she uses models ...
15: We’re Doing Everything in Plastic
We speak with Dr. Lorena Rios Mendoza about chemistry, microplastics, and lots of garbage.
14: Take the Plunge
A deep dive with Stephanie Gandulla and Megan Gass about SCUBA in the Great Lakes, the Big Five Dive, and where to go to see lots of shipwrecks. Plus, vomiting.
13: It Smells Like Science
In this episode, Stuart speaks with Dr. Brian Roth about the development of the Great Lakes salmon fishery, the interaction between native and invasive fish species, a...
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.