Environmental Professionals Radio (EPR)

EPR is Connecting Environmental Professionals through Conversation! Our show is brought to you by the National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP) and follows environmental professionals at all levels of their career in a variety of industries to bring you a nuanced and informed discussion on what it’s like to work in the environmental arena. Hear us talk through failures, struggles, and successes of the typical environmental professional. We will also highlight news, updates, and fun facts from the scientific community. With over 80 episodes and counting, we are excited to provide this podcast as a way to reach environmental professionals, students, and educators who have one thing in common: we spend our time working to protect the environment.

Leadership Rooted in the Ground, Community-Led Conservation, and Connection Across Landscape and People with Teresa Martinez

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Teresa Martinez, Executive Director and Co-founder of the Continental Divide Trail Coalition about Leadership Rooted in the Ground, Community-Led Conservation, and Connection Across Landscape and People. Read her full bio below. Help us continue to cr...

12-19
53:20

Forced Job Transition, Career Reinvention, and Purpose Under Pressure with Dr. Jalonne White-Newsome

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Dr. Jalonne White-Newsome, Associate Professor in the Environmental Justice Specialization at the University of Michigan about Forced Job Transition, Career Reinvention, and Purpose Under Pressure. Read her full bio below. Help us continue to create gr...

12-12
50:40

Media-Powered Advocacy, Persistent Policy Leadership, and Place-Based Inspiration with Carissa Cabrera

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Carissa Cabrera, Founder of Futureswell an ocean conservation consultancy scaling solutions for planet ocean about Media-Powered Advocacy, Persistent Policy Leadership, and Place-Based Inspiration. Read her full bio below. Help us continue to create g...

12-05
45:42

EPR Minisode 16: Happy Thanksgiving!

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! We are dropping a minisode today! This is taking place instead of our regularly scheduled episode this week. Thank you so much for listening! Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episode hit the support podcast button or visit www.environmentalp...

11-28
14:11

Zero Waste, Sustainability Job Types, and Trash Walkers with Ushma Pandya

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Ushma Pandya, co-founder and partner at Think Zero about Zero Waste, Sustainability Job Types, and Trash Walkers. Read her full bio below. Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episode hit the support podcast butto...

11-21
44:25

Resilient Leadership, Interconnected Stewardship, and Integrated Science Communication with Dr. Letise LaFeir

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Dr. Letise LaFeir, Chief of Conservation and Stewardship at the New England Aquarium about Resilient Leadership, Interconnected Stewardship, and Integrated Science Communication. Read her full bio below. Help us continue to create great content! If you...

11-14
53:21

Establishing Trust, Rediscovering Humanity, and Planet Pragmatism with Mark Coleman

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Mark Coleman, Author, Planet Pragmatism and Director of Advanced Energy Advisory and Innovation with TRC Companies about Establishing Trust, Rediscovering Humanity, and Planet Pragmatism. Read his full bio below. Help us continue to create great conten...

11-07
52:40

EPR Minisode 15: Happy Halloween!

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! We have a new minisode for you today that is taking place instead of our regularly scheduled episode. Thank you so much for listening! . Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episode hit the support podcast button or visit www.environmentalprofessionalsradio...

10-31
23:25

Community Science, Climate Justice, and Mentorship with Dr. Na'taki Osborne Jelks

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Dr. Na'Taki Osborne Jelks, assistant professor of environmental and health sciences at Spelman College and Co-Founder of the West Atlanta Watershed Alliance about Community Science, Climate Justice, and Mentorship. Read her full bio below. Help us continue t...

10-24
48:30

The Silver Tsunami, Mentorship, and Global Collaboration with Josh Hirten

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Josh Hirten, Environmental Discipline Leader at CDM Smith about The Silver Tsunami, Mentorship, and Global Collaboration. Read his full bio below. Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episode hit the support podc...

10-17
38:24

Local Workforce Empowerment, Climate, and Good Trouble with Michael Carter

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Michael Carter, Climate and Workforce Manager at King County’s Executive Climate Office about Local Workforce Empowerment, Climate, and Good Trouble. Read his full bio below. Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future ...

10-10
47:46

Storytelling, Opportunities through Connections, and Everyday Changemakers with Matt Scott

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Matt Scott, Director of Storytelling and Engagement at Project Drawdown and founding director of Drawdown Stories about Storytelling, Opportunities through Connections, and Everyday Changemakers. Read his full bio below. Help us continue to create gre...

10-03
44:51

EPR Live from Raleigh with Cinder Miller and Andrew Goldberg

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, Nik talks LIVE with Cinder Miller, President of Gray and Pape, Andrew Goldberg, Principal at Agora at American Cultural Resources Association (ACRA)’s 31st Annual Conference about the future of environmental policy and protecting cultural resources. Read their ful...

09-26
57:48

Career Path to Planning, Challenges of Long-Term Planning, and Personal Growth and Balance with Katherine Amidon

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Katherine Amidon, Senior Water Resources Planner at Bolton & Menk about Career Path to Planning, Challenges of Long-Term Planning, and Personal Growth and Balance. Read her full bio below. Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to...

09-19
42:37

Courts Reshaping Agency Power, Uncertainty Over NEPA Rules, and Sticking to Core Environmental Values with Fred Wagner

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Fred Wagner, principal environmental advisor at Jacobs about the courts reshaping policy, NEPA uncertainty, and sticking to core environmental Values. Read his full bio below. Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future ...

09-12
53:05

Spark Birds, Lifer Pie, and Becoming the Mirror for Yourself with Alex Troutman

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Alex Troutman, Wildlife Biologist about Spark Birds, Lifer Pie, and Becoming the Mirror for Yourself. Read his full bio below. Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episode hit the support podcast button or visit ...

09-08
47:42

Going Viral, Consistency and Rejection to Redirection with Kristy Drutman

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Kristy Drutman, Founder and Co-CEO of Green Jobs Board about Going Viral, Consistency and Rejection to Redirection to get to Your Career. Read her full bio below. Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episode hit ...

08-29
43:06

EPR Minisode 14: Behind the Mic with Nic and Laura

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode Nic and Laura talk behind the scenes at EPR! Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episode hit the support podcast button or visit www.environmentalprofessionalsradio.com/sponsor-form Please be sure to ✔️subscribe, ⭐rate and ✍revie...

08-22
38:00

Climate Science, Journalism, and Working Backwards to get to Your Career with Kendra Pierre-Louis

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Kendra Pierre-Louis, climate journalist about Climate Science, Journalism, and Working Backwards to get to Your Career. Read her full bio below. Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future episode hit the support podcas...

08-15
43:31

Coaching, Creative Integration, and Making it as a Solopreneur with Radhika Bhatt

Share your Field Stories! Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today’s episode, we talk with Radhika Bhatt, climate career coach, recruiter, and Founder of Saathe Studio about Coaching, Creative Integration, and Making it as a Solopreneur. Read her full bio below. Help us continue to create great content! If you’d like to sponsor a future epis...

08-08
42:40

Christine Rook

Love the discussion. Yes NEPA is like someone threw confetti in the air right now, great way to put it!

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