Season 1
June 12, 2020
Urban Climate Change
In this podcast, I talk with Vanessa Jones and Natalie Cook, two recent university grads who are doing research into the effects of climate change in suburban Burnaby, British Columbia. I always find it inspiring to hear stories of young people who,...
June 3, 2020
A Mission to Mars with Christian Knudsen Part 2
This is the second part of my interview with Christian Knudsen, a Mars One candidate to make a one way voyage to Mars. Because of that experience, Christian understands the nuances of space flight better than most. He describes in this episode the...
June 1, 2020
Space Talk with Mars One Candidate Christian Knudsen Part 1
Christian is a tech expert with great insight into space exploration from his time training to be on the Mars One mission. This was a privately funded mission to put a community on Mars, pushing the envelop of exploration further than publicly funded...
May 26, 2020
Ocean Insights with Rachel Stewart-Dziama
Rachel studies Geography and Anthropology at UVic. Having worked as a Parks guide, she has become very knowledgeable about the ocean and in this episode, shares a vast array of ocean literacy. From the intertidal zone to the salmon forest, with...
May 22, 2020
From El Salvador to Canada with Enrique Moran
Enrique is a student I taught in Summer Session. We met and connected on many areas of similar interests. I had no idea at the time though, of the incredible story that lead him and his family out of El Salvador and into Canada. Held at gunpoint...
May 21, 2020
Alys Hoyland of Surfrider Pacific Rim speaks about ocean conservation
Alys is passionate about the oceans. Coming from rural northern England, she has found her place in Tofino, BC, where she works as a kayaking guide and an employee at Surfrider. A university degree in languages, she was inspired to pursue her...
May 8, 2020
Danika Strecko of Oceanwise speaks on education and the oceans
Danika Strecko is the education coordinator for Oceanwise, a branch of the Vancouver Aquarium. Her main goal is to raise ocean literacy among students so that they can be part of the solution to the issues facing the oceans. Danika uses both online...
April 27, 2020
Britt Buirs - Marine Biologist, Artist, Conservationist
Britt, one of my former high school students, now a marine biologist is the living blueprint of my ideal human. Using her world travels to really find her true passions in life, Britt returned to university to get a degree in marine biology and now...
April 24, 2020
Dr. Dave Clements Speaks about Invasive Species
Dr. Clements teaches at Trinity Western University in Langley, BC. He is an expert in invasive species, and a wealth of knowledge on all topics concerning the health of our natural world. In this episode, Dr. Clements speaks about invasive plants...
April 20, 2020
Drawing the Solar System to scale
Today's episode was recorded for the Covid19Ed podcast, designed for younger students to learning new things during a time of social distancing. But this one involves a lot of math! You will also need supplies including a pencil, some paper, a...
April 15, 2020
Talking space with Canadian astronomer Bill Burnyeat
In this episode, I interview Bill Burnyeat. Bill is a wealth of knowledge as you will hear. There is really no topic of space that Bill can't speak to. From star clusters, to the Moon, a historical perspective of astronomy...he even relates the...
April 12, 2020
Ep. 5 - Tim Stephenson discusses education with Conservationist Adrian Midwood
In this episode, I sit down with Adrian Midwood and we discuss the role of education in everything from plastic pollution, oceans, climate, covid and more. I highlight some of my most valued educational theories and give examples of some of the great...
April 11, 2020
Ocean Acidification - A Lesson from Johnstone Strait
This episode was recorded on the shores of Johnstone Strait, on the coast of British Columbia. Throughout, you can hear the waves of the ocean lapping up as I teach a group of kayakers about the link between climate change and ocean acidification....
April 4, 2020
Climate Change - Basics for young minds
In this episode, also pre-recorded for my colleagues podcast called Covid19Ed, I teach young people about the story behind the environmental movement, I link it to the Apollo era, and I describe some activities that middle school or younger audience...
April 2, 2020
Salmon talk with Chris Hall
In this episode, I interview Chris Hall, a naturalist/conservationist, working at Trinity Western University. Chris describes the life cycle of the salmon, the connection of the salmon to the ecosystem of the Pacific Northwest and how climate change...
March 30, 2020
Northern Sky Star Mapping
In this episode, I describe how I got interested in space as a young boy. Then I give a description of how to draw a basic star map for the Northern Sky in March. This was recorded for a friend's podcast (Covid19Ed Podcast) intended for a younger...