{"podcast":{"title":"Seaweed People","slug":"seaweed-people-6800686","podcast_index_feed_id":6800686,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/65a9c4e87c978b0017713b68","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/seaweed-people","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/65a9c4e87c978b0017713b68/1706174566183-4a7f9ca6b5d5803beeef4c05040085e7.jpeg","author":"Jess Hamilton","episode_count":23,"summary":"A podcast about seaweed and people. It's for you if you're interested in what seaweed is, how it works in ecosystems, growing it for food or climate solutions, regenerating coastlines and the intersection of science, art and culture. Seaweed People is independent - support the show at buymeacoffee.com/seaweedpeople . Follow on socials @seaweed.people 🌱🪸 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-08T04:17:09.974763+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seaweed-people-6800686"},"episode":{"title":"Solar-powered seaweed-sucking seaslugs with Nicole Mertens","slug":"solar-powered-seaweed-sucking-seaslugs-with-nicole-mertens","published_at":"2025-04-04T05:00:50+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seaweed-people-6800686/solar-powered-seaweed-sucking-seaslugs-with-nicole-mertens","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seaweed-people-6800686","url":"https://shows.acast.com/seaweed-people/episodes/solar-powered-seaweed-sucking-seaslugs-with-nicole-mertens","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/65a9c4e87c978b0017713b68/e/67ef6783506c6c628caec3d1/media.mp3","summary":"This one’s for you if you’re into nudibranchs, sea grapes, solar power, butterflies, citizen science and tongues with teeth(!?) 🌱 🐛 Nicole Mertens is a marine ecologist with a passion for sacoglossans, a science communicator and the Nature Stewards Coordinator with the Victorian National Parks Association. Nicole is passionate about using citizen science as a platform for evidence-based conservation, and helping people connect with their local environment.  You can find Nicole and the VNPA team here and on socials @vicnationalparks .  You can find and contact me @seaweed.people . Donate to support the making of this show at buymeacoffee.com/seaweedpeople. Links to research, projects and stories touched on in this ep:  Seaslug census Facebook group (Australia) iNaturalist - sacoglossans of Victoria (good pics) Nudibranchs - videos + freaky facts Shaun the Sheep internet famous nudi Keep your head: the self-decapitating sea slugs that regrow their bodies – hearts and all Solar-powered sea slugs  VNPA ReefWatch citizen science programs This episode was recorded and produced on Gadigal/Wangal and Larrakia Country. I acknowledge and pay respects to First Nations people and their elders past and present as the ongoing custodians of Sea, Land and Sky Country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"This one’s for you if you’re into nudibranchs, sea grapes, solar power, butterflies, citizen science and tongues with teeth(!?) 🌱 🐛 Nicole Mertens is a ma…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1986,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/seaweed-people-6800686/episodes/solar-powered-seaweed-sucking-seaslugs-with-nicole-mertens/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seaweed-people-6800686/solar-powered-seaweed-sucking-seaslugs-with-nicole-mertens.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}