Rising Tide: The Ocean Podcast
Podcast & Audio Production
Overseeing the Rising Tide: The Ocean Podcast's production, promotion, and strategic growth. Fluid Studios manages podcast development, from concept to publication, ensuring high-quality content that resonates with audiences. We develop social media and content marketing strategies to maximize engagement and reach. By collaborating with the Blue Frontier team, we maintain the podcast's vision, enhance its impact, and leverage analytics to optimize performance, drive continuous improvement, and contribute to the organization's dynamic leadership and innovative solutions.
A refreshing, irreverent dive into the lives, work, and explorations of today’s leading and diverse ocean voices.
Each half-hour episode co-hosted by David Helvarg of Blue Frontier and Vicki Nichols Goldstein of the Inland Ocean Coalition sails through lively discussions with our guests about marine life, culture, and critical issues affecting our rapidly changing seas. Informative, enlightening, and often humorous it is an invaluable resource for anyone passionate about understanding, enjoying, and protecting our salty blue world.
Youth Ambassadors on Capitol Hill: A New Wave of Ocean Advocacy
In the latest episode of Rising Tide the Ocean Podcast, David sits down with oceanographer and Blue Frontier board member Joy LeiLei Shih to talk about the Youth Ambassador program before turning the microphone over to the 2026 ambassadors themselves — Avery, 13, Jack, 13, Liam, 14, and Kianna, 16 — fresh off an Ocean Week trip to Washington DC.
The conversation digs into what it actually looks like when teenagers work the halls of Congress: three days, a dozen meetings, and a clear-eyed mission to educate elected officials and their staff on everything from plastic waste to sea turtle protection. The ambassadors also recount their direct meetings with Senators Padilla, Schiff and Schatz, and Representatives Raskin, Huffman and Liccardo — exchanges that were, by all accounts, anything but perfunctory.
It's a rich conversation and a timely reminder that ocean youth — even those still navigating middle school hallways — aren't simply leaders in waiting. Given the right support and mentorship, they're more than capable of leading right now.
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You can also listen to Rising Tide: The Ocean Podcast on a variety of platforms including Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Android, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Blubrry, Podchaser, Gaana, the Podcast Index, and Deezer. Additionally, the podcast is broadcast on several radio stations: KGUA Radio (Public Media for the Mendonoma Coast), KWMR (Point Reyes West Marin Community Radio), KGNU & KGNU-FM (Denver & Boulder Community Radio Stations), KKRN (Round Mountain California Listener Supported Radio), & G-TOWN RADIO (Germantown Community Radio, Philadelphia).
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