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Mollie (47 y.o.) talks to her brother Michael (48 y.o.) about growing up with brother with Down Syndrome and having debilitating anxiety. Mollie also discusses becoming a Pediatrician.

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I interviewed my friend gracie about the ocean for my marine ecology class

Chad Broyles served a a curatorial specialist on 19 JOIDES Resolution expeditions and is currently the Superintendent of the Gulf Coast Repository in College Station, Texas. In this overview of the core archives, Chad shares the value of having depth...

My grandpa and I talked about what is was like to grow up in Hawaii, work, and just what life was like living in the paradise Hawaii is. I was also left with important knowledge, wisdom, and advice.

April Banks (47) talks to new acquaintance Mary Mills (56), an African-American woman who surfs in the LA county area.

In 1999, my dad took my mother up to Oregon for the week. Little did she know, she would return engaged!

Graduate student Claire Jasper was a sedimentologist on Expedition 395 (June 12 - August 12, 2023). To prepare for her first-ever expedition at sea, she asked people that had previously sailed on JOIDES Resolution "thousands of questions," especially as she...

Structural geologist Jon Lewis sailed on Expedition 315 on the scientific research vessel Chikyu in 2007 - his first-ever at-sea experience. Jon explains this riser vessel, the training required for the helicopter landing necessary to join the ship, as well...

Bärbel Hönisch, Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences at Columbia University also known as Queen of Boron, transported us millions of years beyond the ice cores to the realm when Greenland had no ice. She took hold of a magical instrument...

What is it like to celebrate your birthday on a scientific research vessel in the middle of the ocean? Yi Wang describes her birthday celebration while on board JOIDES Resolution for Expedition 390, combining community and culture in a COVID-safe...

Longtime friends Allison Tant [no age given] and Courtney Atkins [no age given] sit down for a conversation about their advocacy work, their parents, their children, and the strong women who inspired them to become the community leaders they are...

Bonus audio! Jonathan Lewis sat down to share his experiences sailing on Chikyu. But in addition to detailing his experiences at sea, Jon discusses how the Chikyu changed him as a scientist and motivated him to give back to the...

Microbiologist Jason Sylvan has sailed on JOIDES Resolution for three expeditions - each time, packing his camera and tripod. Jason shares how he captures photos to convey the work done on the ship, along with personal aspects of collecting photos...

If you are curious to learn more about the bonding and friendships that develop while at sea, listen no further than this conversation with Allyson Tessin and Ashley Burkett, two scientists that sailed on Expedition 392 (Agulhas Plateau Cretaceous Climate,...

An interview with my mom about her life.

Ingrid Hendy, Professor at the University of Michigan and section president-elect, shares stories about discoveries in her field and the challenges she faced. She reflected on the curious zebra striped sediment that lured her into her field – mud she...

Maddie and her dad share stories from her childhood, including the time she was almost lost at sea.

What is it like to be a graduate student as part of the science party on JOIDES Resolution? Celeste Pallone shares her experience as a sedimentologist on Expedition 397 (Iberian Margin Paleoclimate, Oct-Dec 2022) as an early career scientist and...

Carbonate sedimentologist Michael Whalen participated as a shore-based scientist on Expedition 364, Chicxulub: Drilling the K-Pg Impact Crater. Mike discusses his interest in these sediments, his time working on material at the Breman Core Repository in Germany, and how having...

Kiley tells the story of a scrary event at the beach

Mara Jill Herman (Astoria) interviews her mom Emmi S. Herman (Searingtown) on Mother's Day, 5.9.2021. They chat about community, collaboration, vaccine awareness, and legacy.

talked with my mothers boyfriend about his childhood and his connection with the ocean

Catherine McCammon, staff scientist at Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth, Germany and longtime AGU volunteer discusses collaboration and explains how she has found that the “the whole is great than the sum of its parts,” is truly an accurate statement....

Micropaleontologist Timothy Bralower has sailed multiple times on JOIDES Resolution and a mission-specific platform. He reflects upon how communication at sea has changed over time, from mailbags filled with letters waiting in port when the ship returned, to the use...