Podcasts by Waterpeople Podcast

Waterpeople Podcast

Stories about the aquatic experiences that shape who we become back on land. 

Listen with Lauren L. Hill and Dave Rastovich as they dive into essential conversations of our global ocean culture through storytelling with some of the most adept waterfolk on the planet. Waterpeople is a gathering place for our ocean community to dive into the common themes of watery lives lived well: ecology, adventure, community, activism, science, egalitarianism, inclusivity, meaningful play, a sense of humour. And, surfing, of course. 


Further podcasts by Lauren L. Hill & Dave Rastovich

Podcast on the topic Abenteuer Natur

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Ashley Lloyd: Shaping Our Future from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Surfer/Shaper Ashley Lloyd is ambidextrous when it comes to both planer and technical hang tens. Featured in films like Tiffany Campbell's Dear & Yonder, her surfing is both precise and powerful. A...

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Watershed Chats: Reframing Relationship in Community & Country with Bundjalung Brothers Josh & Kyle Slabb from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Josh and Kyle Slabb are Bundjalung men who live, fish, surf and raise their families near the fabled sand bottom point break of Fingal Head on the east coast of Australia –  where their ancestors h...

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Cliff Kapono: Tomorrow's Ancestors from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Native Hawaiian biochemist Dr. Cliff Kapono talks us through the embodied fusion of modern scientific inquiry and reverent indigeneity. Cliff is amongst the most versatile surfers on the planet.He ...

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Watershed Chats: Doing Death Well with Zenith Virago from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Zenith Virago is founder of the Natural Death Care Centre, where she guides folks through the process of dying, death and bereavement. As Waterpeople, most of us dance the line with risk regularly,...

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Tory Strange: A Place to Stay from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

At least once a day for 36 years, Tory Strange has provided a surf report for waterfolk in his hometown of St. Augustine, Fl.  Waking most days to see the sunrise for the dawn patrol report, Tory h...

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Watershed Chats: Seaweedy Solutions with marine ecologist Dr. Pia Winberg from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Dr. Pia Winberg is marine ecologist and entrepreneur. A fascination with the scientific properties of seaweed led her to a decades long career in both researching and implementing sustainable marin...

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Thomas Campbell: Chasing Sensation from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Artists take us to other worlds; they reflect or refract the beauty in ours, or not. They transport us and stretch us and dream for those of us who have forgotten. We are the artful animal -- and p...

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Paige Alms: Unfurling Fate from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Two Time Big Wave World Champion Paige Alms was born in Canada. At age 7, a life-altering trip completely changed the course for her family and set Paige on the path toward shaping modern big wave ...

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Jaimal Yogis: Inner Ocean from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

How do we navigate our own inner ocean -- the fear and anxiety and unhelpful fixations ? Student of Zen Buddhism, and surfer, Jaimal Yogis shares some of his learnings from a life committed to ridi...

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Watershed Chats: Scientific Subjectivities and Dolphin Culture with Dr. Liz Hawkins from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Dr. Liz Hawkins is a marine ecologist who has spent more than 20 years researching cetaceans. Liz is the founder and CEO of Dolphin Research Australia, where she heads up research and education abo...

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Dr. Easkey Britton: The Playful Edge from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In 2010, Easkey Britton was drawn to Iran and the possibility of surf in the Arabian Sea. She became the first woman in known history to surf Iran’s Baluchistan Coast and found not only surf, but a...

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Watershed Chats: Everyday Earth Repair with freesurfer HEATH JOSKE from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Heath Joske is a waterman committed to regenerating his homelands. In one of the driest parts of one of the driest continents on Earth, Heath has committed to rehabilitating his large coastal acrea...

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Nik Zanella: Decoding Dynasties from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Delve into one of surfing's new, ancient histories with surf explorer and author Nik Zanella's first-hand account of unravelling the ancient story of wave riding in dynastic China.Nik is the author...

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Watershed Chats: The Blue Economy & A Rights Based Approach with Beyond the Surface International's EMI KOCH from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Emi Koch is a surfer and the 2018 National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. More recently, she was awarded a prestigious Fulbright Fellowship for her work that explores social-ecological wellbein...

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Starting Over & The Sea: LIVE featuring '93 World Champ Pauline Menczer, Raf Browne, Jonny Dustow & Rosalie Bryant from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Live from the Waterpeople stage at The 2020 Byron Byron Surf Festival, 1993 World Champion Pauline Menczer, switch-foot wizard Raf Browne, Vanlife Diaries founder and musician Jonny Dustow, and wri...

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Watershed Chats: How Water Shapes Us with Blue Mind author Dr. WALLACE 'J' NICHOLS from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Dr. Wallace 'J' Nichols is a marine biologist and author of Blue Mind, an interdisciplinary reimagining of the story of water and the vast cognitive, social, physical and spiritual benefits of bein...

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Dane Gudauskas: Universal Languages from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Freesurfer Dane Gudauskas is known equally for his sunny demeanour and powerful approach to the world's heaviest lefhanders. Dane is co-founder of Positive Vibe Warriors, a foundation that assists ...

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Gerry Lopez: A Sense of Stillness from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Legend of style, ease and ingenuity, Gerry Lopez, shares stories about growing up in Hawaii, the balance he found in the mountains, tube-riding mysticism, and one of the unsung sheros of surfing. ...

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Watershed Chats: Mitigating Micro-plastics with Marine Biologist ALICE FORREST from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Freshly back from an expedition to Antarctica, Alice shares her experience of the frozen ocean and talks us through the complex conversation, but simple solutions, found in her new publication, Mic...

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Watershed Chats: Protecting People & The Planet with Intersectional Environmentalist LEAH THOMAS from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

What are the links between social justice and environmentalism? Leah Thomas is at the leading edge of Intersectional Environmentalism, a term she coined as a way to advocate for the protection of p...

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Watershed Chats: Mobilizing the Coastal Constituency with SEAN DOHERTY from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Deconstruct strategies from the successful Fight for the Bight campaign with one of the movement's central voices, Sean Doherty, one of surfing's most celebrated storytellers. The campaign was a wi...

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Watershed Chats: Introduction from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Welcome to our new series, Watershed Chats, conversational deep dives with experts and those having a go at building and dreaming new ways into fruition for a healthy and habitable future on Planet...

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Watershed Chats: Getting Solution-Centric with Filmmaker DAMON GAMEAU from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Explore the cultivation of critical thinking, harnessing hope by localising climate change actionables, and the transformative power of the experiential with filmmaker Damon Gameau.

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Helena Norberg-Hodge: Our Local Futures from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Helena Norberg-Hodge has experienced radical economic and cultural change before. In 1975, as a student of linguistics amongst the glacial melt of the Himalayas, Helena witnessed the rapid erosion ...

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Liz Clark: Re-inventing Rites of Passage from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Liz Clark has sailed and surfed 25,000 nautical miles across and around the Pacific. Mostly solo.

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Madison Stewart: Shark Girl from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Madison Stewart is the author of The Australian Guide to Surfing with Sharks and 2017’s Australian Geographic Society Young Conservationist of the Year

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Jake Mackenzie: More, more, more from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Jake Mackenzie shares a story of the spiritual awakening that led him back to the sea, after descending into "a vampire lifestyle" of addiction, hallucination and off-the-rails experimentation.

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Hayley Talbot: Paddling in the Dark from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Hayley Talbot is the first person to solo kayak the great Clarence River (Boorimbah) from source to sea, a 400 kilometre voyage. She's a former competitive surfer and lawyer who found her home in f...

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Derek Hynd: Conducting Chaos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Culture Shaper Derek Hynd talks far field theory, seeing magic in the mundane, how style has been made irrelevant in modern competitive surfing and the gender performance gap.

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Zara Noruzi: Surfing in Exile from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Zara was kidnapped and imprisoned by the Iranian government for her activism. The ocean helped her find a path toward belonging after fleeing her homeland.

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Peter Whish-Wilson: Senator Surfer from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Peter Whish-Wilson walked away from a big shot banking career in NYC to honor a deep responsibility to protect wild spaces and species. He's now a surfing senator for the great, wild Australian sta...

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Leah Dawson: Discovering Femininity from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Freesurfer Leah Dawson dares to ask: "What makes me feel most like myself ? and How is my surfing an extension of that self ?"

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Mark Healey: Confronting Discomfort from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Professional risk taker Mark Healey speaks to the life and death situations that have shaped his career as a big wave surfer and free diver. He reminds us that without challenge, there is no growth.

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Kimi Werner: Flipping Your Instincts from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Kimi Werner shares about losing love, reacting vs. responding to fear, wrestling with dissatisfaction and knowing your food.

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Introduction to The Waterpeople Podcast with Lauren L. Hill & Dave Rastovich from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode Lauren L. Hill and Dave Rastovich elucidate the the 'whys' of making the podcast, reveal about their highlights from Season One, and welcome you to their watery world.

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'Overcoming:' Live at Byron Bay Surf Festival 2019 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Stories of triumph, challenge and the sea: listen as five brave waterfolk share their real and raw stories of overcoming or being overcome.

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Watershed Chats: Restoring Biodiversity via Practical Community Conservation Strategies with Kristel van Houte from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Kristel Van Houte is a surfer and marine ecologist based in the coastal town of Raglan, on the north island of New Zealand. She started the KariOi Project just over 10 years ago with a vision to re...

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Introduction to The Waterpeople Podcast with Lauren L. Hill&Dave Rastovich from 2019-07-18T08:00

On The Waterpeople Podcast, we're delving deep into the intricacies of how the world's most adept waterpeople make lives of great meaning through meaningful play. In this episode Laure...

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'Overcoming:'Live at Byron Bay Surf Festival 2019 from 2019-07-18T08:00

Stories of triumph, challenge and the sea, brought to you live from Byron Bay Surf Festival. Listen as five brave waterfolk share their real and raw stories of overcoming or being overcome: find...

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