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Sea Change

WWNO & WRKF

Living on the coast means living on the front lines of a rapidly changing planet. And as climate change transforms our coasts, that will transform our world.

Every two weeks, we bring you stories that illuminate, inspire, and sometimes enrage, as we dive deep into the environmental issues facing coastal communities on the Gulf Coast and beyond. We have a lot to save, and we have a lot of solutions. Join us as we investigate and celebrate life on a changing coast. It’s time to talk about a Sea Change.

Based in New Orleans, Sea Change is a production of WWNO New Orleans Public Radio and WRKF Baton Rouge Public Radio. Sea Change is a part of the NPR Podcast Network and is distributed by PRX. Hosted by Carlyle Calhoun. Our theme song is by Jon Batiste.

Sea Change is made possible with major support provided by The Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and The Water Collaborative. The Coastal Desk is supported by the Walton Family Foundation, the Greater New Orleans Foundation, and the Meraux Foundation.

2023-2026

Living on the coast means living on the front lines of a rapidly changing planet. And as climate change transforms our coasts, that will transform our world.

Every two weeks, we bring you stories that illuminate, inspire, and sometimes enrage, as we dive deep into the environmental issues facing coastal communities on the Gulf Coast and beyond. We have a lot to save, and we have a lot of solutions. Join us as we investigate and celebrate life on a changing coast. It’s time to talk about a Sea Change.

Based in New Orleans, Sea Change is a production of WWNO New Orleans Public Radio and WRKF Baton Rouge Public Radio. Sea Change is a part of the NPR Podcast Network and is distributed by PRX. Hosted by Carlyle Calhoun. Our theme song is by Jon Batiste.

Sea Change is made possible with major support provided by The Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and The Water Collaborative. The Coastal Desk is supported by the Walton Family Foundation, the Greater New Orleans Foundation, and the Meraux Foundation.

2023-2026
34hr 22min
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June 10, 202539min 1sec57.68 MB
Thumbnail for "Some Like It Hot, Especially Bull Sharks".
July 2, 202529min 13sec70.25 MB
Thumbnail for "Between Land and Water: Tribal Relocation and Resistance".
June 18, 202535min 45sec86.01 MB
Thumbnail for "The True Cost of Fertilizer".
May 22, 202534min 56sec84.07 MB
Thumbnail for "Sea Change Live! Music & the Wetlands".
May 11, 202550min 22sec121.04 MB
Thumbnail for "Predicting the Ocean's Future".
April 25, 202522min 46sec54.8 MB
Thumbnail for "Leaving the Island".
April 9, 202541min 42sec100.15 MB
Thumbnail for "Fueling Knowledge: Part Two".
March 21, 202534min 27sec82.96 MB
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March 12, 202534min 1sec81.85 MB
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February 26, 202526min 14sec63.09 MB
Thumbnail for "The Disconnect: Power, Politics, and the Texas Blackout".
February 15, 202532min 41sec78.66 MB
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January 30, 202534min 41sec83.41 MB
Thumbnail for "Elevate or Relocate: FEMA's Dreaded Rule".
January 17, 202526min 25sec63.62 MB
Thumbnail for "The Power of Hope".
December 31, 202430min 30sec73.33 MB
Thumbnail for "All Gassed Up - 1 Hour Special".
December 20, 202452min 12sec125.54 MB
Thumbnail for "The Bridge to Nowhere".
December 20, 202426min 21sec63.39 MB
Thumbnail for "Sacred and Submerged".
December 4, 202423min 55sec57.54 MB
Thumbnail for "Introducing: Hazard NJ "First a Miracle, Then a Curse"".
December 1, 202429min 52sec71.83 MB
Thumbnail for "Classic Episode: Salty Chefs".
November 27, 202439min 13sec94.34 MB
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November 14, 202436min 14sec87.16 MB
Thumbnail for "Lights, Camera, Action: Climate Change in Hollywood".
October 31, 202434min 45sec83.63 MB
Thumbnail for "Fish to Fork: Bonus Interview with Chef Jim Smith".
October 19, 202415min 12sec36.57 MB
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October 18, 202426min 42sec64.22 MB
Thumbnail for "The Future Is Not Yet Written: A Conversation with Ayana Johnson".
October 2, 202429min 14sec70.3 MB
Thumbnail for "Partly Cloudy With a Chance of Climate Action".
TV Weather Gets Heated
September 18, 202434min 59sec84.12 MB
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Our oceans are heating up—what does that mean for all the life that lives in the sea...and us?
September 5, 202430min 48sec74.15 MB
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August 21, 202420min 34sec49.52 MB
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August 7, 202433min 36sec80.85 MB
Thumbnail for "Hot Summer Reading".
July 24, 202435min 24sec85.16 MB
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June 26, 202435min 32sec85.44 MB
Thumbnail for "Nuoc: A Viet-Cajun Story".
June 12, 202432min77.01 MB
Thumbnail for "Sea Change Live! Inside the Insurance Crisis".
We host our first live event...all about the insurance crisis. And the event sold out!
May 29, 202430min 6sec72.38 MB
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May 22, 202456min 11sec135.05 MB
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Redfish are Louisiana's most iconic fish. But is their decline a warning of a bigger collapse?
May 15, 202434min 57sec83.85 MB
Thumbnail for "The Drowning South: A Conversation with the Washington Post".
The American South is experiencing one of the fastest rates of sea level rise on earth.
May 10, 202426min 50sec64.55 MB
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Anti-LNG leaders from the Gulf Coast, Germany, and Japan tell us about why they have united to stop the global expansion of LNG.
May 3, 202438min 33sec55.72 MB
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One country has been on the LNG train the longest… and doesn’t plan on getting off. But if the global gas industry continues to expand, what does that mean for the rest of us?
April 17, 202441min 24sec99.38 MB
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine set off an energy crisis. President Biden said we could help save Europe, by selling them LNG.
April 2, 202441min 32sec99.64 MB
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Right now, in the U.S., there’s a GAS BOOM. A liquified natural gas boom. And Louisiana is ground zero.
March 19, 202439min 5sec93.86 MB
Thumbnail for "Introducing Season 2".
Sea Change is back with a brand new season!
February 20, 20242min 16sec3.28 MB
Thumbnail for "Presenting: The Anti-Dread Climate Podcast".
Does what we do as individuals even matter in our fight against climate change? Spoiler: heck yes!
February 6, 202410min 53sec15.74 MB
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Stories about the good. Today, we're focusing on solutions — finding the bright spots in our fight against climate change.
December 22, 202334min 55sec51.37 MB
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Investigation: There are only around 51 Rice’s whales left in the world, and they all live in the Gulf of Mexico. Are we protecting them?
December 7, 202326min 31sec51.91 MB
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What happens when saltwater intrudes where it's not wanted?
November 22, 202337min 12sec72.3 MB
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As we experience worsening impacts from climate change, we’re wondering: How can we rethink engineering? Instead of trying to control nature, can we design with nature?
November 10, 202334min 28sec66.44 MB
Thumbnail for "Presenting: KQED’s Sold Out: Rethinking Housing in America".
When the water comes for your home, how do you adapt?
October 25, 202328min 7sec40.71 MB
Thumbnail for "Flood By Flood".
Recovery after a disaster doesn’t happen quickly… or evenly.
October 11, 202341min 5sec59.61 MB
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Kemp's Ridleys are the most endangered sea turtle on the planet...can they lose their nickname of the "heartbreak turtle"?
October 2, 202331min 53sec61.62 MB
Thumbnail for " Abandoned in (Plant)ation Country".
A change in the White House could have changed everything for Black communities in Louisiana's polluted "Cancer Alley." Then, federal officials walked away.
September 15, 202331min 17sec45.57 MB
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Windfall is the story of the potential of wind power in a changing climate. Today is the first-ever wind lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico.
August 29, 202328min 37sec41.42 MB
Thumbnail for "Expand Your Blue Mind".
We dive into our human connection to oceans and how we can harness that love to save them.
August 18, 202345min 11sec65.57 MB
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Authors Jeff Goodell, Katharine Wilkinson, and Nathaniel Rich unveil their craft of writing about climate change and why they do it.
August 2, 202334min 59sec51.25 MB
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Has the broken system that led to the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster been fixed? And, what has happened to all the cleanup workers?
July 19, 202343min 49sec63.32 MB
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How can artists help us reimagine how we look at the climate crisis? From creating paint from the earth to rock puppet shows with terrifying clouds.
July 5, 202334min 58sec67.72 MB
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What does it mean to keep history alive when the place itself is disappearing? We travel through Louisiana’s bayous to learn from people dedicated to protecting the stories of our past in the face of climate change.
June 20, 202333min 20sec64.75 MB
Thumbnail for "Presenting: Parched "The Boldest Idea of All"".
Can pumping water from the Mississippi River save the Colorado River?
June 7, 202327min 48sec26.89 MB
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When we talk about climate change, we hear one word all the time: resilient.
May 23, 202349min 25sec95.45 MB
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How can we keep enjoying the food we love to eat without hurting the ecosystems it comes from? We meet chefs leading the way in sustainability and in efforts to save our coast.
May 10, 202338min 24sec55.93 MB
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Louisiana’s "Cancer Alley" has no shortage of Black communities overburdened by pollution. But years of protest have begun to turn the tide.
April 26, 202348min 12sec69.75 MB
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How can music inspire us to save the planet? We talk with a Grammy-award-winning Cajun punk musician bringing solar power to the bayous and a reverend fighting climate injustice with hip hop.
April 11, 202341min 37sec60.03 MB
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We eat more shrimp than any other seafood in this country. So times should be really good for shrimpers, right? In this episode, we head to the docks and out in the bayous with shrimpers fighting for a livelihood and a culture that has been here for centuries.
March 29, 202337min 1sec35.68 MB
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Living on the coast means living on the front lines of a rapidly changing planet. And as climate change transforms our coasts, that will transform our world.
March 14, 20231min 54sec3.67 MB

Saving Sharks to Slave Trade Shipwrecks

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June 10, 202539min 1sec

If you’ve ever dreamed of what it would be like to be a marine biologist or marine ecologist, days spent scuba diving and swimming alongside sea turtles, all to better understand and protect our ocean, well then, you’re about to meet one of your heroes. 

Today, we are bringing you an episode of the podcast Going Wild with Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant. It’s an award-winning show from our friends at Nature on PBS featuring some of the coolest champions of nature, including someone you are about to meet: marine ecologist Alannah Vellacott. 

Sea Change is a WWNO and WRKF production. We are part of the NPR Podcast Network and distributed by PRX. Sea Change's executive producer is Carlyle Calhoun. Our theme music is by Jon Batiste, and our sound designer is Emily Jankowski. 

Sea Change is made possible with major support from the Gulf Research Program of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. It’s also supported by the Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans. WWNO’s Coastal Desk is supported by the Walton Family Foundation, the Meraux Foundation, and the Greater New Orleans Foundation. 


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