Unsalted Great Lakes
Love the Great Lakes? Join Allison Devereaux as she explores the largest freshwater system on earth. Unsalted: a podcast for people who live, work and play on the Great Lakes.
Episodes
Season two. Meet the people who work, live and play on the Great Lakes, and hear about shared challenges from all sides.
Conservationists are trying to bring back the lake trout to Lake Erie. After decades of stocking, they made a new discovery: fry. Pop the champagne, because these baby trout show the adult population is breeding. Jim Markham, Senior Aquatic Biologist at New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, tells us the story of lake trout recovery.
In his 24 years on Grand Bend's Beach Patrol, lifeguard Scott Ruddle has seen a lot. He talks about life in the tower at one of the lake's busiest beaches.
We've seen plastic swirling around the ocean, but how much is in the Great Lakes? Meet Eddie Olshansky, a kayaker on the Cuyahoga River who is reeling in trash. We're also joined by Patricia Corcoran, an earth scientist at Western University.
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Oahu surfer Timmy Matthews traded the Pacific Ocean for Lake Ontario.
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Jamie Racklyeft from the Great Lakes Water Safety Consortium is back with more water safety tips.
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A couple from Canada discusses their first winter on Lake Ontario, from winter storms to spectacular sunrises.
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Our theme is by Adam Wendler.
Algal blooms, invasive species and....lake fires? Find out why with Lake Erie gets a bad rap with Mike McKay, Executive Director of the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research.
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Our theme music is by Adam Wendler.
Five writers share their passion for the Great Lakes:
Tamara Latinovic on Detroit River
Jessica Payne on Lake Ontario
Waubgeshig Rice on Georgian Bay
Allison Devereaux on Lake Huron
Anne-Marie Oomen on Lake Michigan
Three writers share love letters to the Great Lakes:
Anne-Marie Oomen from Lake Michigan
Dave McGinn from Lake Ontario
Canisia Lubrin from Lake Ontario.
Our theme song is by Adam Wendler.
Millions of TikTok followers watch Geo Rutherford's videos to see what she finds on Great Lakes shorelines. Along the way, she's teaching people about the GL's. We talk about beachcombing and why she's just as surprised that so many people tune in.
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Our show theme is by Adam Wendler.
Lake Huron is home to the largest underwater salt mine in the world. Goderich tour guide (and town legend) Colleen Maguire talks about how salt was discovered, what the mine looks like underwater (the height of the CN Tower!) and why it hasn't collapsed.
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Our theme is by Adam Wendler of Goderich!
Hear how Great Lakes fish communicate underwater with Dennis Higgs, a University of Windsor professor focusing on fish sensory systems.
Check out his fish lab.
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Our show theme is by Adam Wendler.
A wooden boat washed up on Lake Superior with a message on the bottom: throw it back in the water and contact a school in Duluth. How far did it travel? Who tossed it in the lake? We'll unravel the mystery.
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Our theme music is by Adam Wendler.
Are the rising water levels climate change or natural fluctuations? We’ll get a science lesson with Drew Gronewold, an associate professor at University of Michigan.
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Our theme is by Adam Wendler
Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui explores our relationship to swimming and water, from survival to wellness. We talk about swimming from Alcatraz Island to San Francisco, the power of blue spaces and why “rolling ocean waves” is such a popular track on Spotify.
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The show's theme is by Adam Wendler.
Lake Michigan's Genesee Theatre is believed to be home to several "permanent guests." Hear spooky tales with Wes Oleszewski, author of "Great Lakes Ghost Stories: Haunted Tales Past & Present."
Thank you to these sound creators:
daveincamas for Follies
Mattias "MATRIXXX" Lahoud for big dark atmosphere
blimp66 for helicopter fly over
tom woysky for crowd before jazz
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