Rising Tide (LIVE)
Join Us for a Live Recording of Rising Tide: The Ocean Podcast at KALW!
Dive into an afternoon of lively conversation, ocean storytelling, and cutting-edge insights as Rising Tide: The Ocean Podcast records a special live episode at KALW in San Francisco. Co-hosts David Helvarg and Natasha Benjamin will lead an engaging discussion with special guests, exploring marine life, ocean culture, and the pressing challenges facing our blue planet. Expect humor, inspiration, and deep dives into the future of our seas. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to be part of the conversation!
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David Helvarg (Host) is Executive Director of Blue Frontier – an ocean conservation and policy group and the author of six books: Blue Frontier, The War Against the Greens, 50 Ways to Save the Ocean, Rescue Warriors, Saved by the Sea and The Golden Shore. He is organizer of ‘Blue Vision’ Summits for ocean activists, Peter Benchley Ocean Awards (with Wendy Benchley), chaired the first global March for the Ocean in 2018 and in 2019 launched the Ocean Climate Action Plan coalition that contributed to the first Climate Action law in U.S. history including $6 billion for coastal restoration and greening ports.
Helvarg worked as a war correspondent in Northern Ireland and Central America, covered a range of issues from military science to the AIDS epidemic, and reported from every continent including Antarctica. An award-winning journalist, he produced more than 40 broadcast documentaries for PBS, The Discovery Channel, and others. His print work continues to appear in The New York Times, LA Times, National Geographic, Sierra, etc. He’s done radio work for Marketplace, AP radio, and Pacifica and led workshops for journalists in Poland, Turkey, Tunisia, Slovakia and Washington DC. Today he and Blue Frontier continue to lead media training workshops for ocean scientists and advocates. He is also a licensed Private Investigator, body-surfer and scuba diver.
Natasha Benjamin (Co-host) has almost 20 years’ experience working in marine science and policy and a strong dedication for ocean conservation. She is also the Media Director at Marine Applied Research & Exploration (MARE) where she works with deep sea robotic technology to collect data to inform ocean and fisheries policy. Natasha has a background in marine science and fisheries management and strong expertise in science, policy and partnership building. She also worked with the Institute for Fisheries Resources, the Ocean Conservancy and as a consultant for the Monterey Bay Aquarium and other ocean conservation groups. Natasha has a B.S. in Marine Biology from Boston University and M.S. in Marine Policy from University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science (RSMAS).
Sejal Choksi-Chugh (Guest) provides strategic direction and leadership for Baykeeper’s hard-hitting programs and operations to protect San Francisco Bay. She joined Baykeeper straight out of law school in 2002, first serving as an Equal Justice Works fellow, then as program director and in-house attorney. In these roles, Sejal guided Baykeeper’s advocacy to reduce industrial pollution, clean up legacy mercury contamination, prevent agricultural pesticide runoff in the Bay’s Central Valley tributaries, and stop sewage and oil spills throughout the Bay’s watershed. Sejal became Baykeeper’s executive director in 2015, and she is co-founder of the Bay Area chapter of Environmental Professionals of Color. Sejal graduated with highest honors from Emory University in Atlanta GA, where she grew up, and she received her law degree with a certificate in environmental law from UC Berkeley. In addition to her work protecting the Bay and its watershed, Sejal serves locally on the board of Sustainable Lafayette.
Rodney Fujita (Guest) is a retired director of ocean research and development for the Environmental Defense Fund in its San Francisco office. Fujita used his Pew fellowship to research, write about, and publicize concerns about marine ecosystems. In the first two years of his project, he explored methods of integrating socioeconomic data into an analysis of marine reserve impacts and the effects of underwater mining on deep-sea biota. Related to this work, he has written a paper for the journal Marine Policy and a book, Heal the Ocean. In his book, Fujita describes the nature of ocean environments and discusses current and emerging threats, including pollution, overfishing, poor land use, deep-sea mining and the search for new energy sources. The book urges society to build upon efforts that have successfully countered such threats.
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