CORALESCENCE
Coralescence : conversations that are highlighting the connections of art and science. Produced and recorded by the artist Randi Renate, these episodes are “studio visits” with scientists and other researchers in their fields exploring a broad range of topics like coral conservation, neuroscience, cosmology and beyond. Editing and original music by Liam Bellman-Sharpe.
Podcasting since 2022 • 7 episodes
CORALESCENCE
Latest Episodes
regeneration of the Long Island Sound : studio visit with Pete Topping
On the East End of Long Island, New York, I meet with Pete Topping, Executive Director of Peconic Baykeeper, whose work spans oyster restoration and water quality monitoring. In this conversation we move into the near planktonic realm of marine...
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Episode 7
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47:50
becoming coral: collaboration, science, and art in the time of climate crisis with Dalton Hesley & Beatriz Chachamovits
At the edge of Miami’s beautiful Virginia Key, I’m joined in this conversation by Dalton Hesley at the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, alongside my Miami-based artist collaborator Beatriz Chachamovits. T...
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unraveling sea star wasting disease: studio visit with Melanie Prentice
Join me in conversation with Melanie Prentice, research associate at the University of British Columbia and the Hakai Institute, and one of the lead researchers who helped unravel the mystery of the Sea Star Wasting Disease. In this conversatio...
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Episode 5
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39:45
conservation behind the aquarium glass : Omaha, NE
At the Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, artist Randi Renate meets with Mitch Carl, the curator of aquatics and Lindsey Condray, senior aquarist and coral husbandry specialist working in conversation and care of the aquarium's many corals...
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Episode 4
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51:10
east coast ecology : Fishers Island, NY
Explore the ecology of a small island where the Long Island Sound meets the Atlantic Ocean. These series of conversations produced on Fishers Island in New York State will focus on the island's native ecosphere and the relationships the occupan...
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Episode 3
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45:13