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5/21/2019 | 12:00 PM - 12:15 PM | “MAKING WAVES” OR JUST A RIPPLE? SUCCESSES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE SFS PODCAST | 254 B

“MAKING WAVES” OR JUST A RIPPLE? SUCCESSES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE SFS PODCAST

The SFS podcast “Making Waves” began as a grassroots effort in 2013 with the goal of “spreading awareness of important freshwater science findings to ecologists at large, but also to discuss science in ways that foster public awareness of freshwater issues”. When the podcast began, we distributed it via YouTube and the SFS website, and we have recently expanded it to iTunes. As of February 2019, we have produced 38 total episodes, averaging one every other month. Unfortunately, a recent survey of the SFS membership indicated that 44% of SFS members have never listened to Making Waves, many of whom had not even heard of it. While not initially a stated goal, we have also aimed to highlight diverse people and viewpoints to inspire the next generation of freshwater scientists. The fact that less than 50% of interviewees identified as male or were tenure-track faculty shows some progress towards our goal of highlighting diversity in freshwater science, but the majority of interviewees were still white Americans. We will discuss what we learned from 5 years of podcasting and what opportunities we have to improve as the podcast continues to grow.

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Erin Larson (), Alaska Pacific University, ern.larson@gmail.com;