On Our Watch
On Our Watch is a podcast that examines Louisiana’s coastal land loss crisis and the ways in which it impacts our communities, industries and culture. This podcast will explore issues facing the Louisiana coast through conversations with local residents, community leaders, and experts.
Episodes
![#46 - Dani DiIullo of Louisiana Sea Grant](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog17042397/046_-_Dani_DiIullo_-_Square_cheucy_300x300.jpg)
3 days ago
3 days ago
Dani DiIullo is the Director of Education and Engagement at Louisiana Sea Grant, an extension of the National Sea Grant College Program, located at LSU. In this position, Dani helps to provide urgently important science education, especially as it pertains to the stewardship of coastal environments and natural resources. Dan became LSG’s Education and Engagement director in 2021 and has since continued programs like Ocean Commotion and LaDIA, as well as initiated new programs like Wetland Days and Consider Litter.
Louisiana Sea Grant Education: https://www.laseagrant.org/education/
To watch our feature length documentary, On Our Watch, visit: https://youtu.be/hTOl5tMKjZw
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![#45 - Tina Freeman, photographer](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog17042397/045_-_Tina_Freeman_-_square_u24id4_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Jul 17, 2024
#45 - Tina Freeman, photographer
Wednesday Jul 17, 2024
Wednesday Jul 17, 2024
Tina Freeman is a New Orleans-based photographer. For the past forty-five years, Tina Freeman’s photography has focused on revealing interior subjects through the exploration of physical environments and natural light. In addition to architecture and interiors in her native New Orleans and around the United States and Europe, Freeman’s subjects include urban warehouses and Louisiana’s natural landscape and backcountry swamps. Her project, Lamentations, juxtaposes images of the Louisiana wetlands with ice in the Arctic and Antarctic.
Tina Freeman: https://tinafreeman.com/
To watch our feature length documentary, On Our Watch, visit: https://youtu.be/hTOl5tMKjZw
For more information and past episodes, visit: https://onourwatch.podbean.com/
Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/YbIYqn6IexI
![#44 - Sage Michael Pellet of Healthy Gulf](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog17042397/044_-_Sage_Michael_-_Square_a6tu3z_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Jul 10, 2024
#44 - Sage Michael Pellet of Healthy Gulf
Wednesday Jul 10, 2024
Wednesday Jul 10, 2024
Sage Michael Pellet is the New Orleans Climate Justice Organizer at Healthy Gulf, an organization focused on supporting a thriving ecosystem on the Gulf Coast. Sage Michael is a local and established community activist and organizer working to better the quality of life in his hometown of New Orleans. His work is centered on community building with those underrepresented and most impacted and building coalitions to ensure community decision-making and a just transition in the process moving forward. His commitment and leadership are shown through his advocacy to restore and reopen historic Lincoln Beach.
Healthy Gulf: https://healthygulf.org/
To watch our feature length documentary, On Our Watch, visit: https://youtu.be/hTOl5tMKjZw
For more information and past episodes, visit: https://onourwatch.podbean.com/
Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Gg5lucV1j5M
![#43 - Heidi Irwin of the Lafourche Parish District Attorney’s Office](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog17042397/043_-_Heidi_Irwin_-_Square_jtpaz4_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Jul 03, 2024
#43 - Heidi Irwin of the Lafourche Parish District Attorney’s Office
Wednesday Jul 03, 2024
Wednesday Jul 03, 2024
Heidi Irwin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the Victims’ Assistance Department of the Lafourche Parish District Attorney’s Office. This department is designed to aid victims and their family members as they move through the criminal justice system. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Heidi provides emotional support services to aid in the healing and rehabilitation process for victims.
Lafourche Parish District Attorney’s Office: https://lpda.org/
To watch our feature length documentary, On Our Watch, visit: https://youtu.be/hTOl5tMKjZw
For more information and past episodes, visit: https://onourwatch.podbean.com/
Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/PWMdkpShjnQ
![#42 - Julie Lively of Louisiana Sea Grant](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog17042397/042_-_Julie_Lively_-_Square_67by4s_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Jun 26, 2024
#42 - Julie Lively of Louisiana Sea Grant
Wednesday Jun 26, 2024
Wednesday Jun 26, 2024
Julie Lively is the Executive Director of Louisiana Sea Grant, an extension of the National Sea Grant College Program, located at LSU, that works to promote stewardship of the state’s coastal resources through a combination of research, education, and outreach. Julie’s research background centers around commercial fisheries, marine chemical cue ecology, crab biology, and marine invasive species. She is Louisiana Sea Grant’s fourth executive director since the program’s establishment in 1968 and the first woman to lead the organization.
Louisiana Sea Grant: https://www.laseagrant.org/
To watch our feature length documentary, On Our Watch, visit: https://youtu.be/hTOl5tMKjZw
For more information and past episodes, visit: https://onourwatch.podbean.com/
Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/QBR8p2slwpY
![#41 - Captain Karla Beck of the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog17042397/041_-_Captain_Karla_Beck_-_Square_sqbmv7_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Jun 19, 2024
#41 - Captain Karla Beck of the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office
Wednesday Jun 19, 2024
Wednesday Jun 19, 2024
Captain Karla Beck is the Director of Programming and Reentry at the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office, as well as the Director of Project COPE, a comprehensive effort to battle opioid addictions in Lafourche Parish. Captain Beck also has a strong background in mental health and crisis care.
Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office: https://www.lpso.net/
To watch our feature length documentary, On Our Watch, visit: https://youtu.be/hTOl5tMKjZw
For more information and past episodes, visit: https://onourwatch.podbean.com/
Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/BT2YLs9K-dg
![#40 - Andy Sternad of Waggonner & Ball](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog17042397/040_-_Andy_Sternad_-_Square_qiepey_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
#40 - Andy Sternad of Waggonner & Ball
Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
Wednesday Jun 12, 2024
Andy Sternad is the Principal & Business Unit Leader at Waggonner & Ball, an internationally active architecture and environment practice based in New Orleans. Andy is a leader of Waggonner & Ball’s resilience practice at the intersection of architecture, landscape, and urban design. He focuses on urban- and building-scale solutions that reveal the character of place and integrate issues of climate, nature, economy, and people. Andy works to build long-term collaborative partnerships between clients, communities, designers, and technical experts.
Waggonner & Ball - https://wbae.com/
To watch our feature length documentary, On Our Watch, visit: https://youtu.be/hTOl5tMKjZw
For more information and past episodes, visit: https://onourwatch.podbean.com/
Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/nYjavicsurA
![#39 - Nicole Bourgeois of Lafourche Parish Brief Therapy Center](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog17042397/039_-_Nicole_Bourgeois_-_Square_2qwdce_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Jun 05, 2024
#39 - Nicole Bourgeois of Lafourche Parish Brief Therapy Center
Wednesday Jun 05, 2024
Wednesday Jun 05, 2024
Nicole Bourgeois is a Development Specialist at the Lafourche Parish Brief Therapy Center, a free counseling service launched by the Lafourche Parish Government. This initiative offers eight sessions of behavioral health counseling and therapy services at no cost to all residents of Lafourche Parish. Nicole is also a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
Lafourche Parish Government: www.lafourchegov.org
Lafourche Parish Brief Therapy Center: (985) 304-4673
To watch our feature length documentary, On Our Watch, visit: https://youtu.be/hTOl5tMKjZw
For more information and past episodes, visit: https://onourwatch.podbean.com/
Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/YDkM3Cd1RXE
![#38 - Jaime Ramiro Diaz of Waggonner & Ball](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog17042397/038_-_Jaime_Ramiro_Diaz_-_Square_cygce3_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday May 29, 2024
#38 - Jaime Ramiro Diaz of Waggonner & Ball
Wednesday May 29, 2024
Wednesday May 29, 2024
Jaime Ramiro Diaz (Rami) is the Urban Design Director at Waggonner & Ball, an internationally active architecture and environment practice based in New Orleans. He is also the leader of Waggonner & Ball’s resilience and Living With Water® practice. Rami is a client liaison, senior project designer, and collaboration leader for climate adaptation projects across the country, including the Dutch Dialogues®, Greater New Orleans Urban Water Plan, Gentilly Resilience District, Norfolk Ohio Creek NDR, and Resilient Hampton.
Waggonner & Ball - https://wbae.com/
To watch our feature length documentary, On Our Watch, visit: https://youtu.be/hTOl5tMKjZw
For more information and past episodes, visit: https://onourwatch.podbean.com/
Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/6qYe_Zn9rJg
![#37 - Chef Dana Honn of Carmo](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog17042397/037_-_Dana_Honn_-_Square_43mjae_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday May 22, 2024
#37 - Chef Dana Honn of Carmo
Wednesday May 22, 2024
Wednesday May 22, 2024
Dana Honn is the the Executive Chef and Owner of Carmo, a New Orleans-based tropical café with an emphasis on fresh, local ingredients and sustainability. The menu is built upon the rich, multi-cultural culinary influences found throughout the Caribbean, Central and South America, West Africa, Southeast Asia, the Gulf South, and beyond. Dana has also been a longtime advocate for ocean and coastal conservation and restoration, and for the use of sustainably-sourced seafood.
Carmo - https://cafecarmo.com/
Dana Honn - https://danahonn.com/
To watch our feature length documentary, On Our Watch, visit: https://youtu.be/hTOl5tMKjZw
For more information and past episodes, visit: https://onourwatch.podbean.com/
Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/t-z-WjRQw-I