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The Podcast Aquatic

Tennessee Aquarium

The official podcast of the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Gain new insights into the animals — even the human kind — living and working in one of the world"s largest freshwater-focused aquariums!

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All Episodes

01:01:03

In the "Danger" Zone

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2025/09/17

At the Aquarium, we have animals of all sorts, from the beautiful and benign to graceful and powerful. Some of our residents could even, in some circumstances, be considered "dangerous." How, then, do you see to the needs of species whose adaptations present a serious risk to their caretakers? What tools do you need? What mindset do you have to adopt? In this episode, three caretakers of animals such as Electric Eels, Pacific Sea Nettles, American Alligators and ... River Otters? ... talk

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00:51:43

Building An Aquarium For Everyone

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2025/09/10

Every year, hundreds of thousands of visitors explore the galleries of the Tennessee Aquarium. The hope is that those experiences help guests to form a meaningful bond with the natural world and to better understand the importance of freshwater and how our behavior impacts it. That aim is the same for every guest, regardless of their sensory challenges or whether they are a person living with an impairment. In this episode, we talk about the efforts the Aquarium has made to improve accessibility,

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00:09:53

Mic Droplet: What the Heck is Leucism?

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2025/09/03

If you're ever in the wild and encounter an animal that looks ghost-like — pale skin, scales or fur — your immediate thought might be that this is an example of albinism. Look a little closer, though, and there may be some tell-tale signs that you've actually chanced on something different, if just as interesting.In our first-ever Mic Droplet, a shorter-format version of The Podcast Aquatic you know and love, we chat about leucism, how it differs from albinism and an exciting new opportunity

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00:58:34

Pike-ture Perfect

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2025/08/27

Because many of the animals are on the other side of a layer of soundproof acrylic, exploring an aquarium is an experience that is intensely visual for most guests. Combined with the ever-increasing capabilities of the cameras in most phones, it's no surprise, then, that some of the most cherished souvenirs taken home by most visitors are selfies and snapshots. But what if you want to level up your photography game so those images truly shine? In this episode, two Aquarium staff photographers — one

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00:57:02

An Alliance Worth Shell-ebrating

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2025/08/20

From loss of habitat to collection to supply the pet and medicinal trade, turtles all over the world are in serious trouble. Fortunately, turtles have organizations like the Turtle Survival Alliance looking out for them. From its home in Charleston, South Carolina, to operations in more than 30 countries, the TSA is on the frontlines of breeding and protecting critically endangered turtles. They're also a long-time collaborator with the Tennessee Aquarium, which partners with the TSA in the

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00:47:51

The Pride of the Gulf

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2025/08/13

Invasive Lionfish have been a big problem in the Gulf for decades. These beautiful, venomous visitors from the Indopacific wreak havoc on native fish populations. A single female is capable of producing 50,000 eggs every three days for her entire life, and once grown, Lionfish lack any natural predators to keep their populations from spiraling out of control. Like many ecological conundrums, the presence of Lionfish in the Gulf is thought to be the result of human activity and may require human

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00:48:54

I Saw De-Sign

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2025/07/30

In this episode, meet two of the minds behind the design of the Aquarium’s many exhibits. Whether it’s prioritizing an animal’s wellbeing in its future home or ensuring a habitat has the best sightlines for guests, seeing an exhibit from an artistic concept to a walkable, explorable space is a lengthy one, if often as invisible as it is hugely important. Learn why the poison dart frog exhibit is our exhibit designer’s favorite habitat in the aquarium:

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00:53:20

Kelp Wanted: Working at an Aquarium/Zoo

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2025/07/23

Whether it's dreams of feeding sharks, corralling seahorses or culturing jellyfish, many visitors to aquariums wonder what it's like to work at a zoological institution or ... more particularly ... how to get a job there themselves. In this episode Casey is joined in the Studio Dive Cage by a pair of Aquarium coworkers, one relatively new and one with more than 25 years under her belt, and a special guest from the Chattanooga Zoo. Together, they tackle the highs and lows or what working with animals

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00:54:18

Don't Worry, We Have A Plan

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2025/07/09

A Species Survival Plan (SSP) is a behind-the-scenes tool employed by zoos and aquariums to manage and promote the health of the entire population of a species in human care. By tracking genetics and making strategic decisions about where to move individuals in the interest of forming healthy breeding pairs, SSPs make top-down decisions in the interest of an entire species’ well-being.At the same time, however, SSP decision can be a bittersweet pill to swallow for the devoted caretakers who form

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00:56:45

Lemurs and Otters and Penguins ... Oh My!

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2025/07/02

Just in time for the summer travel season, this episode is a listener special, featuring answers to our fans' most-burning questions about our penguins, lemurs and river otters!To check in live with our penguins and otters, check out the Aquarium's always-streaming web cams: River Otter FallsPenguins' RockEpisode CastCasey Phillips, show host and fellow otters/lemur/penguin stanSam Grote, senior animal care specialistTyler Schneider, senior animal care specialistHolly Gibson, senior

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00:50:25

Leopards Of The River And Other "Water Bugs"

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2025/06/25

They come in all shapes and sizes, but aquatic macroinvertebrates represent an important component of the food webs in streams. Whether its damselfly nymphs, crayfish or web-spinning caddisflies, these spineless organisms are a fascinating group of animals that are easy to overlook in favor of larger, more traditionally charismatic animals like fish, salamanders and aquatic mammals.In this episode, we plunge into the oft-overlooked world of "water bugs," from where they live and why they matter to

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00:52:21

From The Plastic He-ART Of The Sea

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2025/06/16

Plastic pollution is a beachside menace on shorelines all over our planet. With a literal garbage truck worth of this manufactured waste entering the ocean every minute, this can seem like problem with no end much less a solution. Fifteen years ago, Oregon-based artistic collective, Washed Ashore, found a more productive way to reuse plastic trash recovered from its coastline. By feeding this erstwhile waste into the hands of talented artists, Washed Ashore gives it new life as the skin, scale, fur

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00:31:53

Behind The Lens With "Cameraman Tim"

The Podcast Aquatic ·

2025/06/11

Like anything humans try to do beneath the surface, underwater filmmaking poses a slew of challenges beyond those of terrestrial videography. Few people understand that as well as Tim Geers, who has decades of experience filming aquatic productions bound for the largest of screens and the smallest. In addition to more than 20 years contributing to the Emmy Award-nominated web series, Jonathan Bird's Blue World, Geers also served as second unit director on the giant-screen film, Call of the

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00:42:16

This One's All About SCUBA, Steven

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2025/06/04

Considering it's one of the building blocks of life, it's ironic how dangerous water can be to the ill-equipped. And when it comes to deep water, humans are about as under-prepared for survival as it's possible to be. Fortunately, despite our pitiful lung capacity and lack of fins, we're blessed with a heap of curiosity and ingenuity, which has given rise over the millennia to a variety of methods to explore beneath the surface. Absent a submarine in your backyard, the most accessible means of

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00:54:26

🎶 Like A Sturgeon, Lost For A Very Long Time 🎶

The Podcast Aquatic ·

2025/05/21

The world's smallest sturgeon species, the Syr Darya Shovelnose Sturgeon, is found in muddy rivers flowing through Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and other parts of Central Asia. It tops out at a diminutive 9 inches long. But the thing is, it hasn't been seen in more than 60 years. In this episode of the podcast, two of our scientists, Dr. Bernie Kuhajda and Dr. Dave Neely, and graduate student Christian Swartzbaugh discuss a recent trip they made to Uzbekistan as part of the Search for Lost Species. Their

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00:28:38

Legacy Of A Bold Vision (Feat. Senator Bob Corker)

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2025/05/16

In the early 2000s, the Tennessee Aquarium was closing out its first decade on the river with plans underway for a major expansion: the Ocean Journey building. At the same time, two other nearby institutions were in the midst of their own major expansions. The three joined forces, under the leadership of former U.S. Sen. Bob Corker (then mayor of Chattanooga) to embark on a combined campaign for funding. The plan worked, and these expansions were important facets of an even larger plan to transform

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00:52:56

Introducing the Aquarium's New President & CEO

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2025/05/07

After eight years under the leadership of former president & CEO, Keith Sanford, the Tennessee Aquarium has welcomed a new chief executive: Andy Wood. With more than 14 years of leadership experience at the Florida Aquarium and Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut, Wood is bringing a wealth of knowledge of the zoo and aquarium world to bear in his new role. In this episode, we get to know a lot more about him, from the animal that best reflects his personality and how he thinks the aquarium benefits

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00:51:04

For The Bird(er)s

The Podcast Aquatic ·

2025/04/30

From much-maligned pigeons and purportedly "wise" owls to noble raptors and cereal hawking toucans, birds are one of the world's most diverse, widespread class of animals. To many of us, birds are so much a part of our lives that we often fail to notice or appreciate them. Such is definitely not the case for the special guest of this episode, the Aquarium's curator of forests, Kevin Calhoon. In this episode, we chat about all things birding, from how to do it and what equipment to

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00:57:55

Earth Day Special: Conservation Science Is A Relay...

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2025/04/22

For our first Earth Day special on The Podcast Aquatic, we're focusing in on the important work being done by the Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute (TNACI), not only to raise freshwater fish but also freshwater scientists. As a nexus for a great deal of conservation science in the Southeast, TNACI is carrying forward long-term species restoration efforts while also attracting new generations of researchers who will carry on this work in years to come. Learn more about the work of TNACI at

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00:36:44

You Herd It Here - Chatting with The Elephant...

The Podcast Aquatic ·

2025/04/16

Smack dab in the middle of Tennessee in Hohenwald is a population that would probably surprise must residents of the Volunteer State: a dozen African and Asian Elephants. This year, The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee is celebrating 30 years of serving as a sprawling "retirement community" for elephants that lived most of their life in human care. In this episode, we chat with the sanctuary's education manager, Laura Roddy, who will be visiting the Aquarium to help launch a new IMAX

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