Open Access Oceans and Three Million Virtual Dives with Dr. Erika Woolsey

Most of us will never go scuba diving on a healthy coral reef. Dr. Erika Woolsey, National Geographic Explorer, marine scientist, and co-founder of The Hydrous, is trying to fix that. In this episode, we talk about the time she was a dive buddy for for 450 people in headsets in Washington, DC; what healthy coral reefs actually sound like (spoiler: not silent); why she thinks of motherhood and the ocean as parallel invisible worlds; and why "don't convince, connect" might be the single most useful piece of advice for anyone trying to move people to care about anything. Plus whale sharks, butterfly fish, and a baby on a research station in the middle of the Great Barrier Reef.