Aquarium Audio
Hear Our Latest Aquacasts
Michael Prather
Reporting from the Front Line: Where Science Meets Government
Michael Prather recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on September 7, 2017. Prather is a University of California, Irvine, distinguished professor of Earth system science.
Kerry Kriger
SAVE THE FROGS! Translating Science Into Action
Kerry Kriger recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on August 29, 2017. Dr. Kriger is the founder and executive director of SAVE THE FROGS!
Alexandra Lawlor
Save the White Abalone: Aquarium of the Pacific’s Conservation Efforts
Alexandra Lawlor recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on August 23, 2017. Lawlor has been on staff at the Aquarium since 2015 and is responsible for exhibits in the Southern California/Baja Gallery.
Dr. Gregory Stone
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.
Agustín Fuentes
The Creative Spark: Imagination and Collaboration in Human Evolution
Agustín Fuentes recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on July 26, 2017. Fuentes is a professor and chair of anthropology at the University of Notre Dame. He is also a blogger for Psychology Today and The Huffington Post.
Robert Schallmann
The Department of Defense and Wildlife Management: A Tale of Two Missions
Robert Schallmann recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on July 18, 2017. Schallmann has served as the conservation program manager at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach since 2003 and is responsible for overseeing the natural resources program, including the management of several endangered, threatened, and at-risk species.
Alex Hall
Climate Change, the Sierra Nevada, and Our Water Future
Alex Hall recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on June 22, 2017. Dr. Hall is a professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and director of the Center for Climate Science at UCLA.
Lee Kats
Hollywood Amphibians: A Movie Star’s Life
Lee Kats recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on June 8, 2017. For over twenty-five years Dr. Lee Kats and his students at Pepperdine University have studied the amphibians that inhabit streams and wetlands around Los Angeles.
Jonathan White
Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean
Jonathan White recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on May 30, 2107. White is a writer, sailor, and marine conservationist.
Aquaculture Panel
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.
Daniel Goldman
The Physics of Mudskippers and Other Land Locomotors
Daniel Goldman recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on May 17, 2017. Goldman is a professor of physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Robert Pomeroy
Might As Well Go Surfing: Biomass Utilization in a World with Oil at $50 a Barrel
Robert Pomeroy recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on May 2, 2107. Pomeroy is a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of California, San Diego.
Christine Whitcraft
Wetlands in a Time of Change
Christine Whitcraft recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on March 22, 2017. Whitcraft is an associate professor in the biology department at California State University, Long Beach, and serves as president of Friends of Colorado Lagoon and on the board of the Bolsa Chica Conservancy.
Andrew Pershing
Climate Change and Ecosystems of the Gulf of Maine: What Does the Future Hold?
Andrew Pershing recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on March 15, 2017. Pershing is chief scientific officer at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute and runs the Ecosystem Modeling Lab.
Patrick Smith
Sad Serendipity: Shipwrecks On and Around the Palos Verdes Peninsula
Patrick Smith recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on March 9, 2017. Smith is a U.S. Coast Guard-licensed captain, commercial and scientific diver, and co-author of Shipwrecks of Southern California.