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What the ocean is telling us about our impact on the planet

A photo of a motorboat traveling on Long Island Sound at sunset with a wake behind it
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The Terry Backer II, a boat captained by the Long Island Soundkeeper Bill Lucey of the nonprofit Save the Sound, makes its way across Long Island Sound at the mouth of the ϳԹ River in Old Saybrook. This still was taken as part of ϳԹ's release of "Cutline: Climate Change Along ϳԹ's Coast."

This hour, we listen to a panel discussion that Khalilah hosted for ’s annual Nature Talks series. The discussion was called “Oceans: Our Global Watchdog.” It was recorded in front of a live audience at in New Canaan, CT. The panelists talked about topics like how some communities are disproportionately affected by climate change and why we need to act now to protect the planet.

To learn more about the impact of climate change on our state, watch .

GUESTS:

  • Dr. Sylvia Earle: Explorer-in-Residence at , first woman Chief Scientist at , Founder of / The Sylvia Earle Alliance, Founder of and Time Magazine’s first “Hero for the Planet”
  • Dr. Camille Gaynus: Board Chair of , Assistant Teaching Professor of Biology at Penn State Brandywine and Co-founder of
  • Dr. Lizzie McLeod: Global Reef Systems Lead at
  • Dr. Tiara Moore: Founder and CEO of , the Black in Marine Science Program Lead at and Founder of

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Kevin Chang Barnum is a producer for ϳԹ Radio’s weekly show Disrupted. Kevin grew up in ϳԹ and started his radio work at his graduate university’s radio station, KUCI. He has also worked for HRN, a network of food and beverage podcasts.
Wayne Edwards is a freelance producer at ϳԹ contributing to multi-platform productions, including ‘Disrupted’, ‘Where Art Thou?’, and ‘Cutline in the Community’.

Dr. Khalilah L. Brown-Dean is an award-winning scholar at Wesleyan University, author, and host of 'Disrupted' on ϳԹ.
Meg Dalton is the director of audio storytelling and talk shows for ϳԹ where she oversees the station’s talk shows and podcasts, including the limited series 'In Absentia'.
Catie Talarski is Senior Director of Storytelling and Radio Programming at ϳԹ.

Funding provided by:
The ϳԹ Office of Film, Television and Digital Media