Best Bruno Fish Podcasts (2024)

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Deep Dive: Dr. Nancy Kinner, Oil Spills, Cleanup, Prevention and the Arctic 52:51

6M ago52:51

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Send us a Text Message. Who do you call when an oil spill happens? And what would happen if we had a spill in the arctic ocean??? In this episode we discuss oil spill, how to clean them up, and what's being done to prevent future spills from happening. We speak with Dr. Nancy Kinner who is at the font lines of cleanup and prevention research and ha…

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Oil Spills 101: Environmental Triage with Dr. Nancy Kinner 23:42

7M ago23:42

23:42

Send us a Text Message. Who do you call when an oil spill happens? And what would happen if we had a spill in the arctic ocean??? In this episode we discuss oil spill, how to clean them up, and what's being done to prevent future spills from happening. We speak with Dr. Nancy Kinner who is at the font lines of cleanup and prevention research and ha…

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Deep Dive: Dr Lara Wöhler, The Water Footprint Network 31:08

7M ago31:08

31:08

Send us a Text Message. You may have already heard about carbon footprints but today we focus on water footprints! We spoke with Dr. Lara Wöhler from the Water Footprint Network all about what water footprints are, why they are important and how how to calculate your own. Also get ready to be shocked at how much water it actually took to produce so…

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Deep Dive: Dr. Ellen Bruno, California Water Economics, The Fight for Groundwater 32:21

7M ago32:21

32:21

Send us a Text Message. In today's episode we speak with Dr. Ellen Bruno from UC Berkeley all about the economics of groundwater. Groundwater is water located in aquifers deep beneath the earths surface. We regulate the amount of water people can take from surface waters (lakes, rivers, etc) but underground it's a different story. Tune in to learn …

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The Economics of Water: California Groundwater and the Water Footprint Network 25:39

7M ago25:39

25:39

Send us a Text Message. Water is our most important resource. How do we quantify and measure it? With economics of course! This episode is a crash course into the wild world of water economics. In this episode you will learn all about the economics of groundwater and get a snapshot of what is happening in California from Dr. Ellen Bruno. Dr. Bruno …

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Deep Dive: Dr. Susanne Schmeier, Transboundary Water Sharing Agreements for Peace 39:33

1+ y ago39:33

39:33

Send us a Text Message. In today's deep dive episode we take it to the experts to find out what we should know about water, security and peace. We talk with Dr. Susanne Schmeier from IHE DELFT about how countries negotiate water agreements over shared water access. For more information about Dr. Susanne Schmeier's work click here to go to the IHE D…

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Deep Dive: Dr. Rob Huebert, Arctic Sovereignty and Security 1:05:10

1+ y ago1:05:10

1:05:10

Send us a Text Message. For more information check out ArcticNet and the North America and Arctic Defence Network (NAADSN). ArcticNet contributes to the development and distribution of the knowledge to inform policy development and adaptation strategies to help Canadians meet the challenges and opportunities created by modernization and climate cha…

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Water, Peace and Security with Dr. Susanne Schmeier and Dr. Rob Huebert 41:53

1+ y ago41:53

41:53

Send us a Text Message. Water brings us together, but when there isn't enough to go around things get serious quickly. As the climate changes and water becomes less predictable on the landscape, conflicts over water will likely increase. Also as the arctic sea ice melts what does this mean for our security in the North and how will this affect us? …

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Deep Dive: Dr. Marc Slattery, Coral Reef Chemistry and Drugs from the Sea 40:26

2y ago40:26

40:26

Send us a Text Message. The future of our pharmaceuticals are from down under.... the surface of course! Coral reefs are the new tropical rainforests when it comes to drug research. When you think about it, how else do you protect yourself when you are a sea sponge, you can't move, don't have any spines or spikes and are free game for any of the th…

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Deep Dive: Dr. Larry Niles, How Has Horseshoe Crab Blood Helped You? 42:40

2y ago42:40

42:40

Send us a Text Message. The fact that we rely on Horseshoe crab blood to test all of our internal medical devices and vaccines is stunning! And the fact that we are affecting the environment in such a drastic fashion yet have a synthetic alternative that we can turn to is wild. Yet we still remain crab vampires in the name of healthcare! In this ep…

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The Ocean Pharmacy, The Future of Drugs from the Sea with Dr. Marc Slattery and Dr. Larry Niles 37:42

2y ago37:42

37:42

Send us a Text Message. The future of our pharmaceuticals are from down under.... the surface of course! Coral reefs are the new tropical rainforests when it comes to drug research. When you think about it, how else do you protect yourself when you are a sea sponge, you can't move, don't have any spines or spikes and are free game for any of the th…

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Deep Dive: Dr. Greg Stone, The Metals Company, Electric Vehicle Batteries from Deep Sea Polymetallic Nodules 55:57

2y ago55:57

55:57

Send us a Text Message. We're not in a material crisis, we're in an atoms and molecules crisis. Welcome to the age of metals. Polymetallic nodules sit on the sea floor and accumulate atoms from the Seawater. Every element on the periodic table is in solution in the Ocean. Halfway between Mexico and Hawaii there is a very high concentration of Nicke…

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Deep Dive: Dr. Steve Grasby, Geothermal Energy for Canada's Future 25:59

2y ago25:59

25:59

Send us a Text Message. Canada is the only country in the Pacific Ring of Fire that doesn't utilize geothermal energy production. Why aren't we taking advantage of this renewable resource right below our feet? In Canada ~80% of our energy use is for heating. In Northern Canada where average temperatures are -20 C, you don't need a lot of hot water …

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Deep Dive: Michael Henrickson, CEO of WavePiston, Putting Wave Energy to Good Use 36:57

2y ago36:57

36:57

Send us a Text Message. Today we're discussing wave energy! Oceans cover 71% of the surface of the globe and guess what! Waves are everywhere! It's estimated that just the wave energy potential along the continental US could be 33-65% of the total electricity demand in the US. You'll hear from Michael Henricksen the CEO of WavePiston. WavePiston is…

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The Future of Green is Blue! Water Powered Renewable Energy with Dr. Greg Stone, Michael Henricksen, and Dr. Steve Grasby 37:03

2y ago37:03

37:03

Send us a Text Message. The future of green energy of course involves water. The biggest increases in consistent renewable energy production all involve water. Of course the next issue is how do we store all of this green energy? Well the ocean may hold the answer to this question too. In this episode you will learn all about Wave Energy from Micha…

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Season 2 Trailer 6:11

2y ago6:11

6:11

Send us a Text Message. Get excited for Season 2 of the Water We Doing? Podcast! Tune into the trailer to hear some sneak peaks from our future episodes! We will be exploring water security and its role in global conflicts, the science of oil spill response, the hunt for our future medical treatments in the ocean, and so much more! Our season kicks…

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Deep Dive: Sophika Kostyniuk, Oceanwise Seafood Program 1:02:20

3y ago1:02:20

1:02:20

Send us a Text Message. What's for dinner? Are we having sustainably caught Arctic Char from right here in Canada? Or are we easting an endangered species illegally caught from halfway around the world? Well unless you have a DNA testing kit there's no way to know. Seafood in Canada has been shown to be labelled incorrectly 47% of the time so you r…

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Deep Dive: Sayara Thurston, Seafood Fraud and DNA Testing with Oceana Canada 33:26

3y ago33:26

33:26

Send us a Text Message. What's for dinner? Are we having sustainably caught Arctic Char from right here in Canada? Or are we easting an endangered species illegally caught from halfway around the world? Well unless you have a DNA testing kit there's no way to know. Seafood in Canada has been shown to be labelled incorrectly 47% of the time so you r…

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Deep Dive: Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, Food Fraud in Canada, Dalhousie University 31:37

3y ago31:37

31:37

Send us a Text Message. What's for dinner? Are we having sustainably caught Arctic Char from right here in Canada? Or are we easting an endangered species illegally caught from halfway around the world? Well unless you have a DNA testing kit there's no way to know. Seafood in Canada has been shown to be labelled incorrectly 47% of the time so you r…

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Deep Dive: Christina Callegari, Seachoice, Seafood Traceability 48:56

3y ago48:56

48:56

Send us a Text Message. What's for dinner? Are we having sustainably caught Arctic Char from right here in Canada? Or are we easting an endangered species illegally caught from halfway around the world? Well unless you have a DNA testing kit there's no way to know. Seafood in Canada has been shown to be labelled incorrectly 47% of the time so you r…

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What's for Dinner? Fish Fraud in Canada 33:56

3y ago33:56

33:56

Send us a Text Message. What's for dinner? Are we having sustainably caught Arctic Char from right here in Canada? Or are we easting an endangered species illegally caught from halfway around the world? Well unless you have a DNA testing kit there's no way to know. Seafood in Canada has been shown to be labelled incorrectly 47% of the time so you r…

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Deep Dive: Dr. Keith Cressman, Chief Locust Forecasting Officer, UN FAO 44:20

3y ago44:20

44:20

Send us a Text Message. Locusts. For those born in the 1990s, one of the first images that come to memory is the evil Hopper, a scarred grasshopper, ruthless and violent, and arch-nemesis of the curious and inventing ant Flik in Bug’s life. In the Disney Pixar cartoon, Hopper and his gang devastate crops, destroying any food source available and te…

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Rain isn't always a good thing! Desert Locust Devastation 22:20

3y ago22:20

22:20

Send us a Text Message. Locusts. For those born in the 1990s, one of the first images that come to memory is the evil Hopper, a scarred grasshopper, ruthless and violent, and arch-nemesis of the curious and inventing ant Flik in Bug’s life. In the Disney Pixar cartoon, Hopper and his gang devastate crops, destroying any food source available and te…

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Deep Dive: Dr. David Locky, Microplastics, MacEwan University 42:30

3y ago42:30

42:30

Send us a Text Message. Did you know you eat about a credit card's worth of plastic every week? Plastic is in almost everything humans produce and consume these days. When plastic isn't reused, recycled, or properly disposed of it begins to break down in the environment. It breaks into tiny microscopic pieces called microplastics which can be found…

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How much Plastic do you eat Everyday? The Science Behind Microplastics! 23:49

3y ago23:49

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Send us a Text Message. Did you know you eat about a credit card's worth of plastic every week? Plastic is in almost everything humans produce and consume these days. When plastic isn't reused, recycled, or properly disposed of it begins to break down in the environment. It breaks into tiny microscopic pieces called microplastics which can be found…

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Deep Dive: Mike Williamson, CEO of Cascadia Seaweed 47:36

3y ago47:36

47:36

Send us a Text Message. As the global population grows to 10 billion by 2050 we will need to find new ways to feed everyone. As our water resources and productive agricultural land get stretched thinner and thinner we will need to find new and innovative ways to produce food! In today's episode we are discussing two innovative approaches to produci…

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Deep Dive: Kevin Yuen, Steve McArthur, and Alson Niu, PONTUS Proteins 53:15

3y ago53:15

53:15

Send us a Text Message. As the global population grows to 10 billion by 2050 we will need to find new ways to feed everyone. As our water resources and productive agricultural land get stretched thinner and thinner we will need to find new and innovative ways to produce food! In today's episode we are discussing two innovative approaches to produci…

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The Future of Food: Water Farmed Plant Based Foods 30:59

3y ago30:59

30:59

Send us a Text Message. As the global population grows to 10 billion by 2050 we will need to find new ways to feed everyone. As our water resources and productive agricultural land get stretched thinner and thinner we will need to find new and innovative ways to produce food! In today's episode we are discussing two innovative approaches to produci…

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Deep Dive: Dr. Kevin Bladon, Wildfires and Water, Oregon State University 46:48

3y ago46:48

46:48

Send us a Text Message. Is it just me or do we seem to be getting bigger more devastating wildfires every year? If it isn't fires across Canada, it's California, it's Australia, and it's even the Amazon rainforest. Is this more than normal and should we be worried? Wildfires are a natural part of many forests systems and help maintain forest health…

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Wildfires and Water; Isn't the Problem Over when the Fire's Out? 23:11

3y ago23:11

23:11

Send us a Text Message. Is it just me or do we seem to be getting bigger more devastating wildfires every year? If it isn't fires across Canada, it's California, it's Australia, and it's even the Amazon rainforest. Is this more than normal and should we be worried? Wildfires are a natural part of many forests systems and help maintain forest health…

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Deep Dive: Colton Vessey, Environmental Geochemistry PhD Student, University of Alberta 1:04:00

3y ago1:04:00

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Send us a Text Message. Did you know that the lands around Alberta's Rocky Mountains could become open pit coal mines? This has become quite the hot topic in the Province of Alberta as it was a decision that the government took without any consultation to the public or any stakeholder groups. This is precious land to not only Albertans but to many …

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Coal in Alberta's Foothills and Potential Impacts to Western Canada's Water 25:42

3y ago25:42

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Send us a Text Message. Did you know that the lands around Alberta's Rocky Mountains could become open pit coal mines? This has become quite the hot topic in the Province of Alberta as it was a decision that the government took without any consultation to the public or any stakeholder groups. This is precious land to not only Albertans but to many …

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Deep Dive: Chuck Shea, US Army Corps of Engineers 47:17

3y ago47:17

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Send us a Text Message. Invasive species are a huge problem around the world. Asian Carp are most well known for flying through the air, striking anyone out for a pleasure cruise on the river, but they have completely changed the ecology and ecosystems they have taken over. They have taken over the Mississippi river and they are headed for the Grea…

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Deep Dive: Kevin Irons, Assistant Chief of Fisheries, Illinois Department of Natural Resources 1:18:14

3y ago1:18:14

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Send us a Text Message. Invasive species are a huge problem around the world. Asian Carp are most well known for flying through the air, striking anyone out for a pleasure cruise on the river, but they have completely changed the ecology and ecosystems they have taken over. They have taken over the Mississippi river and they are headed for the Grea…

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Deep Dive: Andrew Reeves, Author of Overrun: Dispatches from the Asian Carp Crisis 1:29:48

3y ago1:29:48

1:29:48

Send us a Text Message. Invasive species are a huge problem around the world. Asian Carp are most well known for flying through the air, striking anyone out for a pleasure cruise on the river, but they have completely changed the ecology and ecosystems they have taken over. They have taken over the Mississippi river and they are headed for the Grea…

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Asian Carp Invasion! What can we do when Invasive Fish Take Over? 36:39

3y ago36:39

36:39

Send us a Text Message. Invasive species are a huge problem around the world. Asian Carp are most well known for flying through the air, striking anyone out for a pleasure cruise on the river, but they have completely changed the ecology and ecosystems they have taken over. They have taken over the Mississippi river and they are headed for the Grea…

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Deep Dive: Dr. Heather Cooley, The Pacific Institute 36:41

3y ago36:41

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Send us a Text Message. A study from McGill University, estimates the average Canadian consumes about 329L of water a day, the equivalent of more than 600 standard water bottles (500 ml). Think of your daily routine. In the morning you get up, you have a shower. Flush the toilet. Fill the water for your coffee or tea. Run the dishwasher. At lunchti…

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Is Seawater Desalination the Solution for the World’s Water Problems? 21:00

3y ago21:00

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Send us a Text Message. A study from McGill University, estimates the average Canadian consumes about 329L of water a day, the equivalent of more than 600 standard water bottles (500 ml). Think of your daily routine. In the morning you get up, you have a shower. Flush the toilet. Fill the water for your coffee or tea. Run the dishwasher. At lunchti…

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Deep Dive: Bourton Scott and Ally Stocks, Emerald Sea Protection Society 28:39

3y ago28:39

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Send us a Text Message. It's estimated that we lose 640,000 tonnes of fishing gear every year in our oceans. This gear continues to kill fish and other marine organisms and pollutes our marine environment with plastic. What are we doing about it? In this episode we speak with Joel Baziuk the Deputy Director of the Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI…

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Deep Dive: Joel Baziuk, Deputy Director of the Global Ghost Gear Initiative 39:43

3y ago39:43

39:43

Send us a Text Message. In this episode we speak about ghost fishing, how we can work together to improve fishing gear and how all of us can play a role in cleaning it up with Joel Baziuk, the Deputy Director of the Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI) from the Ocean Conservancy. Joel helps to coordinate global efforts to improve fishing gear to dec…

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Deep Dive: Dr. Steve Hrudey, COVID-19 Wastewater Coalition, Canadian Water Network 33:23

3y ago33:23

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode we talk to Dr. Steve Hrudey the Chair of the COVID-19 Wastewater Coalition from the Canadian Water Network. Dr. Hrudey helps us understand how Wastewater Surveillance for COVID-19 works and how you can test samples from our sewers to understand where the virus has spread. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted ev…

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What's so Scary About Ghost Fishing? 22:11

3y ago22:11

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Send us a Text Message. It's estimated that we lose 640,000 tonnes of fishing gear every year in our oceans. This gear continues to kill fish and other marine organisms and pollutes our marine environment with plastic. What are we doing about it? In this episode we speak with Joel Baziuk the Deputy Director of the Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI…

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One Test to Rule them All! Tracking COVID-19 in our Sewers 20:42

3y ago20:42

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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to the first episode of the Water We Doing Podcast! The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted everyone across this planet, has tested our ability to adapt, develop and role out vaccines and figure out efficient ways to test and monitor our entire population. When testing is limited, what is the best way to understand the sp…

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Season 1 Trailer 7:55

3+ y ago7:55

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Send us a Text Message. This podcast is for anyone who is interested in the most important thing in the world. Water. In this podcast we will explore a bunch of different global problems that may not come to mind when you think about water, but they most certainly boil down to how we use this precious resource. We will talk to experts and figure ou…