Guest Speakers | Business

Barry Sanders  

The World and the Dream of America: Thinking About How Others Think About Us

Perceptions of the United States are complex and emotional, frequently contain internal contradictions, and often change quickly, according to author Barry A. Sanders.

Audio Posted: February 7, 2013 | Running time: 02:30

Guest Speakers | Conservation | Exhibits | Penguin Habitat

Ginger Rebstock  

Magellanic Penguins: Wildlife Spectacles and Long-Term Studies

The Penguin Sentinels project, a joint endeavor of the University of Washington and the Wildlife Conservation Society, is a long-term study that has followed the world’s largest breeding colony of Magellanic Penguins at Punta Tombo, Argentina since 1983.

Audio Posted: February 7, 2013 | Running time: 03:58

Paul Levy  

Goal Play!

Paul Levy is the author of Goal Play!, offering leadership insights from his background in sports, health care, business, and government. Levy draws on experiences ranging from coaching girls’ soccer to serving as president and CEO of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.

Audio Posted: February 7, 2013 | Running time: 03:00

Guest Speakers | Conservation | Exhibits | Penguin Habitat

David Salomon  

Penguin-Pedia

David Salomon began compiling his Penguin-Pedia after a trip to Chilean Patagonia that inspired his interest in penguins.

Audio Posted: February 7, 2013 | Running time: 02:55

Guest Speakers | Conservation | Exhibits | Arctic and Antarctic

Linda McDermott  

Antarctica: Living at the Harshest Place on Earth

Travel to the coldest, windiest, harshest, driest place on Earth with Linda McDermott, who worked at McMurdo and South Pole Stations in Antarctica during two summer seasons.

Audio Posted: February 7, 2013 | Running time: 02:45

Animal Information | Educational | Education Audio | Exhibits | Southern California/Baja Gallery

The Snowy Egret  

Elegance, grace and tenacity in white

Found throughout the western hemisphere, this elegant and graceful bird possesses some unique survival skills.

Audio Posted: February 6, 2013 | Running time: 1:34

Guest Speakers | Marine Biology

Seth Newsome  

Using Chemistry to Study Marine Mammal Diets

Differences in diet among individuals of the same species is increasingly recognized as an important component of diversity in food webs.

Audio Posted: February 6, 2013 | Running time: 03:05

Guest Speakers | Marine Biology | Exhibits | Penguin Habitat

P. Dee Boersma, Ph.D.  

The Penguins of Patagonia

For twenty-eight years P. Dee Boersma, Ph.D., has studied the largest Magellanic Penguin colony in the world at Punta Tombo, Argentina.

Audio Posted: January 31, 2013 | Running time: 03:15

Environment | Guest Speakers | Conservation

Mark Plotkin  

Rainforest Conservation and the Search for New Jungle Medicines

Dr. Mark Plotkin has spent much of the past thirty years working with medicine men and women of the rainforests. Dr. Plotkin and the Amazon Conservation Team are working with these healers to protect the rainforests and their healing secrets.

Audio Posted: January 31, 2013 | Running time: 03:22

Guest Speakers | Climate Change

Mark Jackson  

The Science and Service of Fire Weather

On average, fires in Southern California scorch more than 100,000 acres each year. When hot and dry Santa Ana winds combine with critically dry vegetation, the potential for large and destructive wildfires dramatically increases.

Audio Posted: January 31, 2013 | Running time: 03:20

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