How to go from Tide Pools, to TedX, to TV, with sharks. With Melissa Márquez.

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Because Why?! The Science and Nature Pod. (Formerly Now, That's What I Call Green.)

Brianne West

84 episodes

3 days ago

The questions you’re too afraid to ask, answered! Science & nature meet culture & business. The antidote to podcast bros. Because Why?! is a educational platform for curious people who care about people & planet, and cleaning up the mess we've made of... almost everything. On this channel we explore science, nature, society, business, and policy. Expect videos on climate change, environmental issues, ethical business, sustainability, technology, politics, history, human behaviour, and how everything fits together. If you’re into learning, critical thinking, fact-checking, welcome!

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How to go from Tide Pools, to TedX, to TV, with sharks. With Melissa Márquez.

Because Why?! The Science and Nature Pod. (Formerly Now, That's What I Call Green.)

52 minutes 38 seconds

1 month ago

How to go from Tide Pools, to TedX, to TV, with sharks. With Melissa Márquez.

June 8th was World Oceans Day, and if you listen to this podcast, you know this is a day I am very much here for - because I am obsessed with the ocean… for good reason.

But rather than going on about it myself, for this episode I thought we could celebrate World Oceans Day with the help of another ocean obsessive: Melissa Cristina Márquez.

Melissa is a marine science education expert based in Australia, and is known as "the most enthusiastic shark scientist" people ever meet. Her work has been featured in Science, NPR, Vogue, Allure, InStyle, GQ, Seeker, Popular Science, and showcased on Disney+, BBC, National Geographic, Discovery Channel, Acciona, and Good Morning America.

As well as being a scientist and educator, Melissa is also an author of children’s books including the Wild Survival series (Scholastic) and Mother of Sharks (Madre de los Tiburones), with her latest, Sea of Constellations (Océano de Constelaciones).

In this episode, she shares:

Her background and how she got to be on the Discovery Channel
Why we need diversity in science
The integration of Indigenous science into Western science - and how it works
How to tackle constant misinformation
Her favourite thing about sharks
How to stay hopeful during a bleak time in the ocean world
The importance of ocean education and being a steward of nature
The importance of interacting with nature from a young age

Key Quotes

“If we're going to coexist with nature again - how we used to - we need to be a part of nature again, instead of apart from it.”

“Science, in order to be effective and actually benefit people, needs to serve the people it's trying to benefit.”

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