http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/multimedia/video/category/business en-us ℗ & © Copyright 2026 Aquarium of the Pacific The Long Beach, California-based Aquarium of the Pacific hosts experts in its year-round Guest Speaker Series. In these short video podcasts, learn about business and leadership concepts and get inside stories from experienced innovators as they share their knowledge and expertise. Speakers include acclaimed authors, journalists, scientists, university researchers, and more. The Long Beach, California-based Aquarium of the Pacific hosts experts in its year-round Guest Speaker Series. In these short video podcasts, learn about business and leadership concepts and get inside stories from experienced innovators as they share their knowledge and expertise. Speakers include acclaimed authors, journalists, scientists, university researchers, and more. Aquarium of the Pacific aquariumofpacific@lbaop.org no Aquarium of the Pacific Metals for the Future Dr. Jason Smith recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on November 19, 2019. Dr. Smith is lead environmental scientist at DeepGreen Resources. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_jasonsmith.mp4#id:8047#date:23:19 Mon, 04 Nov 2019 15:19:00 PST 2:23 Aquarium of the Pacific Reinventing the Devil Fish in Mexico Mike Mitchell recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on November 1, 2018. Mitchell is the co-founder and CEO of Acarí Fish. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_mikemitchell.mp4#id:7592#date:22:03 Mon, 22 Oct 2018 15:03:00 PDT 4:48 Aquarium of the Pacific The Big Fish Come to Land: An Archaeologist Explores the History of Fishing Brian Fagan recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on January 31, 2018. Fagan is the author of Fishing: How the Sea Fed Civilization, Elixir: A History of Water and Humankind, and Beyond the Blue Horizon: How the Earliest Mariners Unlocked the Secrets of the Ocean. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_brianfagan.mp4#id:7113#date:22:16 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 14:16:00 PST 18:43 Aquarium of the Pacific Soul of the Sea in the Age of the Algorithm Dr. Gregory Stone recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on August 3, 2017. Dr. Stone was a co-founder of the Ocean Health Index and serves on the boards of Pacific Rising and Aquaspark. He also was the science advisor to the nation of Kiribati for the United Nations Paris climate agreement. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_gregorystone.mp4#id:6897#date:22:11 Mon, 24 Jul 2017 15:11:00 PDT 7:12 Aquarium of the Pacific Will Farmed Fish Save Our Oceans, Delight Our Palates, and Provide Healthy Food for All? The Aquacast was recorded at the Aquarium on May 25, 2017. Peter Kareiva and Jerry Schubel moderated a panel discussion on aquaculture. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_mpaforum.mp4#id:6782#date:22:01 Mon, 24 Apr 2017 15:01:00 PDT 56:31 Aquarium of the Pacific The Well-Tempered City Jonathan Rose recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on February 24, 2017. Rose is the founder of investment, development, and urban planning firm Jonathan Rose Companies. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_jonathanrose.mp4#id:6668#date:23:21 Fri, 27 Jan 2017 15:21:00 PST 7:12 Aquarium of the Pacific California Caviar: The History of White Sturgeon Aquaculture Joel Van Eenennaam recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on July 7, 2016. He is a research associate in the department of animal science at the University of California, Davis. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_joelvaneenennaam.m4v#id:6402#date:20:58 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 13:58:00 PDT 4:08 Aquarium of the Pacific Saving Our Seafood Paul Greenberg recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on November 10, 2014. He discussed American seafood consumption and sustainable seafood. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_paulgreenberg.m4v#id:5692#date:23:35 Thu, 18 Dec 2014 15:35:00 PST 04:23 Aquarium of the Pacific Fish and Men Filmmaker Adam Jones recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on June 4, 2014. He discusses his documentary Fish and Men, as well as U.S. fisheries and sustainability issues. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_adamjones.m4v#id:5424#date:20:05 Mon, 23 Jun 2014 13:05:00 PDT 5:31 Aquarium of the Pacific It’s the Money, Stupid Paul Gaffney recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on March 4, 2014. During his thirty-five-year career in the Navy, where he reached the rank of vice admiral, Gaffney headed the Navy’s research program and was president of the National Defense University. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_paulgaffney.mp4#id:5258#date:18:18 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 11:18:00 PDT 3:15 Aquarium of the Pacific Fables and the Art of Leadership: Applying the Wisdom of Mister Rogers to the Workplace Ian and Donna Mitroff recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on February 27, 2014. Ian Mitroff is an author and a professor at the Marshall Goldsmith School of Management at Alliant University in San Francisco. He is president of the consulting firm Comprehensive Crisis Management. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_ianmitroff.mp4#id:5257#date:18:16 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 11:16:00 PDT 3:05 Aquarium of the Pacific The Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games Barry Sanders recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on January 13, 2014. International corporate lawyer Barry Sanders is chairman of the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games. He led the effort to bid for the 2016 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and now leads the effort to bring the Games to Los Angeles in 2024. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_barrysanders.mp4#id:5175#date:01:10 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 17:10:00 PST 3:07 Aquarium of the Pacific 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. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_barrysanders.m4v#id:4266#date:18:19 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:19:00 PST 02:30 Aquarium of the Pacific The Tao of Urbanism Nan Ellin, who spoke at the Aquarium on March 22, 2011, is a professor and chair of the Department of City and Metropolitan Planning at the University of Utah. She has served on the faculty of Arizona State University, the University of Cincinnati, Southern California Institute of Architecture, the University of Southern California, and New York University. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_nanellin.m4v#id:3668#date:15:27 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 08:27:00 PDT 4:04 Aquarium of the Pacific Why We Love Animals: Understanding the Therapeutic Value of Pets in our Lives and in Therapy Aubrey Fine, who spoke at the Aquarium on June 2, 2011, has been in the field of animal-assisted therapy for more than thirty years. His clinical practice focuses on the treatment of children with developmental, learning, attention, and behavioral disorders. He has been an active faculty member at California State Polytechnic University since 1981. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_aubreyfine.m4v#id:3676#date:15:45 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:45:00 PDT 3:59 Aquarium of the Pacific Sea Hunters or Sea Farmers? Transitions in Modern Fisheries Ana Pitchon is an assistant professor of anthropology at CSU Dominguez Hills. She specializes in marine human ecosystems and fisheries policy, and has held consultancies in the U.S. with NOAA. She is currently working in collaboration with NOAA on issues related to coastal resource dependency as part of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act National Standard 8 research program. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_anapitchon.m4v#id:3396#date:00:18 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:18:00 PDT 4:15 Aquarium of the Pacific The Survivor’s Club: The Secrets and Science of the World’s Most Effective Survivors and Thrivers Ben Sherwood is an author, award-winning journalist, and executive director of TheSurvivorsClub.org. From 2004 to 2006 he worked as executive producer of ABC’s Good Morning America. Sherwood guided prize-winning coverage of the tsunami in Southeast Asia, the devastation of hurricane Katrina, and the presidential election of 2004. His newest book is titled "The Survivors Club". http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_bensherwood.m4v#id:3056#date:00:33 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:33:00 PDT 3:03 Aquarium of the Pacific The Dawn of the Age of Geoengineering Eli Kintisch is a reporter for Science magazine, and has also written for Slate, Discover, MIT Technology Review and The New Republic. His reporting on geoengineering has included stories on Bill Gates funding planet-hacking research, DARPA exploring the idea, and a week-long historic meeting in 2010 to begin to draft voluntary rules on the concept. His new book, Hack the Planet, taps such first-hand experiences to draw a thorough portrait of this emerging field. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_elikintisch.m4v#id:2953#date:16:49 Mon, 20 Sep 2010 09:49:00 PDT 3:58 Aquarium of the Pacific Rights and Responsibilities in Marine Adaptation Policy Sanchirico is a professor of environmental science and policy at the University of California, Davis and a nonresident fellow of Resources for the Future in Washington DC, non-profit environmental policy think-tank. He received his Ph.D. in agricultural and resource economics from the University of California, Davis. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_jimsanchirico.m4v#id:2885#date:18:56 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:56:00 PDT 4:06 Aquarium of the Pacific Sustainable Communities Dr. Clark founded Clark Strategic Partners in 2004 and has served as energy advisor for the LA Community College District. Currently he is co-chair of CleanTech Institute at the University of California, Berkeley Haas Business School Executive Program. In 2007, Clark was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize due to his co-authorship and co-editorship for the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) from 1995-2000. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_woodrowclark.m4v#id:2882#date:16:44 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:44:00 PDT 4:34 Aquarium of the Pacific Eco Barons A journalist and author of ten narrative nonfiction books, Edward Humes has received the Pulitzer Prize for his newspaper coverage of the military and a PEN Center USA Award for NO MATTER HOW LOUD I SHOUT: A Year In the Life of Juvenile Court. His latest book is ECO BARONS: THE DREAMERS, SCHEMERS & MILLIONAIRES WHO ARE SAVING OUR PLANET. Humes has written for numerous magazines and newspapers and is presently writer at large for Los Angeles Magazine. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_edhumes.m4v#id:2833#date:01:15 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:15:00 PDT 3:28 Aquarium of the Pacific Responsible Open Ocean Mariculture as a Marine Conservation Initiative Sims has a MS in zoology from the University of New South Wales and is the founding president of the Ocean Steward Institute. In this second video, Sims discusses sustainability in mariculture and the complex relationships that exist in the ocean. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_neilsims2.m4v#id:2703#date:22:25 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:25:00 PDT 4:05 Aquarium of the Pacific Responsible Open Ocean Mariculture as a Marine Conservation Initiative Sims has a MS in zoology from the University of New South Wales and is the founding president of the Ocean Steward Institute. In this first video, Sims talks about the start of his career in marine biology while at the Cook Islands. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_neilsims1.m4v#id:2702#date:22:24 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:24:00 PDT 3:29 Aquarium of the Pacific Dirty Rotten Strategies: How We Trick Ourselves and Others Into Solving the Wrong Problems Precisely Mitroff is an emeritus professor from the University of Southern California, where he taught for 26 years, and is currently the president of Comprehensive Crisis Management. Known for his thinking and writing on a wide range of business and societal issues, Dr. Mitroff is the author of 26 previous books, including “A Spiritual Audit of Corporate America,” “Smart Thinking for Crazy Times,” and “The Essential Guide to Managing Corporate Crisis.” http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_ianmitroff.m4v#id:2666#date:08:04 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 01:04:00 PDT 4:14 Aquarium of the Pacific Sexy Lobster, Succulent Sushi Corson is a former commercial lobster fisherman turned pop-science writer and culinary expert. He is a best-selling author and a judge on the Food Network's hit TV show Iron Chef America. He is known for his humorous and informative presentations on the creatures that compose our seafood. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_trevorcorson.m4v#id:2649#date:01:34 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:34:00 PDT 4:12 Aquarium of the Pacific Global Trade and Southern California Dr. James Fawcett directs the marine science and policy outreach component of the USC Sea Grant Program as well as serving as the marine transportation/seaport specialist. In both roles, he serves as a link between campus researchers, the marine transportation industry, government, and the public on seaport operations and management. Fawcett is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the graduate Public Policy program at USC’s School of Policy, Planning and Development. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_jamesfawcett.m4v#id:2295#date:01:26 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:26:00 PDT 3:50 Aquarium of the Pacific Troll and Pole Tuna Fishing Natalie Webster is the granddaughter, daughter, and wife of tuna fishermen so tuna fishing and the ups and downs of the tuna industry have long been part of her life. Five years ago she helped found the American Albacore Fishing Association, a small fishery made up of 21 family-owned boats in San Diego, California. She talks to us about her views of the state of the tuna industry today and how the instability and potential bleak future for the industry can be helped. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_natalie_webster_podcast.m4v#id:1825#date:00:57 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:57:00 PDT 9:56 Aquarium of the Pacific Welcome to Virtual Los Angeles Imagine exploring and navigating the bustling city of Los Angeles through a magical combination of aerial photography, street level imagery, and 3D geometry without leaving your chair. Dr. Bill Jepson, Director of the UCLA Urban Simulation Laboratory Team and his team have fashioned a revolutionary and exceptionally realistic interactive navigation tool of the entire Los Angeles Basin that is accurate to the level of the signs in the windows and the graffiti on the walls. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_bill_jepson_podcast.m4v#id:1807#date:18:45 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:45:00 PDT 7:04