Best Aliya Siddiqi Podcasts (2025)

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10) Beyond face value: fisher-focused conservation with Kristin Hoel 1:32:00

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Send us a text This week I feel extremely grateful to sit down with Kristin Hoel, a project manager in the East Coast Whale Entanglement Mitigation Program for Ocean Watch Australia AND one of my closest friends. Kristin works to balance both fishers livelihoods and humpback whale conservation outcomes, describing the constant jigsaw puzzle of huma…

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the microdOcean: Manta ray magic with Dr. Asia Haines 31:12

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Send us a text Dr. Asia Haines fondly calls manta rays "the gateway drug to marine conservation." Have you ever wanted to know why manta rays aggregate in large numbers in places like the Maldives? Why they are so big? What they feed on? And did you know there’s a pink manta ray?! This week's dive into the marine world interviews Dr. Asia Haines fo…

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9) Changing the narrative on coral bleaching communication with Dr. Yolana Lee Waters 1:23:46

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Send us a text If there’s any scientific focus right now that feels like a constant uphill battle, it's climate change. But for dive instructor and social scientist Dr. Yolanda Lee Waters, she saw an opportunity to investigate how we can inspire climate action with the deep connection that people already have with the Great Barrier Reef. Since comp…

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8) Renegade routes with creative director and business-owner Arisa Yoon 1:13:21

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Send us a text How do you find the intersection between storytelling and beautiful imagery while supporting yourself ($$) and the Earth? Arisa Yoon sits down to share with us her path from her environmental science degree to brand photographer and creative director. With an ethos of “empowering others to care about the planet and themselves,” Arisa…

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7) Developing a critical lens: capitalism and conservation with Dr. Simon Foale 1:13:23

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Send us a text On this episode we share the knowledge and work of Dr. Simon Foale, a marine scientist and anthropology professor at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia. Growing up in the Solomon Islands, he always had a love of the ocean, but it was only when he recognized the importance of traditional ecological knowledge that he starte…

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the microdOcean: Microplastics in the ocean with Dr. Marina Santana 31:52

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Send us a text It’s our final week of a month of refusing single-use plastic and decreasing our reliance on plastics ! Thank you all so much for participating, and I hope you all come back to these episodes whenever you want to take on a challenge to reduce your reliance on plastic. This week we try to Strengthen our Voice: that means educating our…

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the microdOcean: Plastic chemicals impact on turtle health with Caitlin Smith 23:24

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Send us a text We are halfway through Plastic Free July and I'm so proud of all of you!! I'm so excited you've been keeping up with these episodes, and I hope you've learned a few things and are eager to expand your plastic awareness beyond yourself this week, because it's all about caring for our community. Additionally we speak to Caitlin Smith, …

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the microdOcean: Greenwashing with Krystina Jarvis 31:06

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Send us a text Welcome back to Week 2 of Plastic Free July and our new episode series! We hope you're joining us to keep going on your Plastic Free July Journey. In this episode we reflect on last week's tasks, and how it feels to start becoming aware of how much plastic is in our lives. Our topic for this week is about greenwashing, how to break u…

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the microdOcean: What the heck is plastic? 19:32

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Send us a text Welcome to the first episode of our new shorter format episode series! The microdOcean aims to communicate information on marine science, species, and sustainability topics. And what better way to start it out than with a month-long challenge, and new microdOcean episodes every week?! Plastic Free July was founded by what is now the …

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6) Focus and follow-through: starting a non-profit with Dylan Brown 1:12:23

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Send us a text We love friends supporting friends! Dylan shares his experience on working towards his passion of starting his own non-profit based on diving and citizen science where local community members can contribute to reef resilience in Oahu, Hawaii through monitoring and restoration efforts. We also take the time to discuss how the context …

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5) Resilience in the creative world with Harriet Spark 54:35

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Send us a text These days with social media showing us pictures and videos of wilderness adventures and unbelievable animal interactions, everyone wants to be a content creator. I mean, the perks have to be great right? When you work in media, there's a lot of competition, which means there's a lot of rejection, but when you find your niche - thats…

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4) Presence is underrated 38:48

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Send us a text This episode is a bit of a switch up! Instead of having a conversation with someone else, Aliya takes the opportunity to share and dive into her current state of mind after taking a little trip away to restore and reflect on everything going on in life. We start the episode with a poem on change and how to find meaning in our lives, …

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3.2) Purpose, grace, and having a little faith with Dr. Brock Bergseth 50:28

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Send us a text We continue our conversation with interdisciplinary scientist Dr. Brock Bergseth to discuss avoiding burnout, making authentic connections, framing our perceptions and how to empower ourselves with the magic of life. Listen to hear about philosophy, a little bit of science, and a whole lot of goodness! _______________________________…

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3.1) Conservation science, academia, and finding your purpose with Dr. Brock Bergseth 46:42

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Send us a text Aliya chats with supervisor and mentor Dr. Brock Bergseth, a DECRA research fellow at James Cook University and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies. An interdisciplinary conservation scientist, Brock bridges the domains of marine biology and human behavior to help bolster conservation outcomes. He’s also a man driven …

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2) A Drop in the Ocean: Creating your own wave of change with Krystina Jarvis 1:16:57

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Send us a text Aliya chats with Krystina Jarvis, an inspiring friend that she met during her time in undergrad. After completing a zoology degree at The Ohio State University, Krystina pursued a Master’s in conservation biology where she discovered the world of zero-waste. Join to learn how and why her focus of conservation shifted from large-scale…

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1) Navigating the transition: the world is your oyster with Matt Howarth 50:40

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Send us a text Aliya connects with her dear friend and fellow recent marine biology graduate Matt who sheds light on how lockdown helped illuminate an idea that he hopes to now manifest into reality. Marrying the lessons from his aquaculture course and his passion for food and the connections it brings, he envisions creating a farm to table homeste…

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Introducing the Big Fight Blue Soul Podcast 6:04

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Send us a text How do we move forward in a globalized world that seems to rejects genuine connections, embraces broken systems, and is on the brink of ecological destruction? If you’re like me, you may not have a clear vision of what our lives or the future holds…but you do have an intuitive belief and hope in what it could be. This is the moment t…