Welcome to The Zac Perna Podcast, hosted by multi 7-figure entrepreneur, fitness model, content creator, brand owner and published author Zac Perna. This podcast is your go-to for learning how to grow and scale your online coaching business, make more money, create more freedom, and make a bigger impact. I’ll share lessons from building a brand, 8+ years as a fitness coach and content creator, and the wins and failures that got me here. If you’re ready to level up your business, mindset, and ...
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Rising Tides: Adapting to Coastal Maine’s Future captures the voices of people living and working along Maine’s changing coast. Through long-form conversations with oyster farmers and other aquaculturalists, fishermen, scientists, and community leaders, the series explores how environmental, economic, and cultural forces are reshaping the working waterfront. Maine’s coast sits on the frontlines of global change. Warming waters, shifting fisheries, new industries, and increasing pressure on a ...
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Where Games and God Collide
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Rising Tides: Change on the Working Waterfront - with Jeff Auger
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36:36Maine’s coastal future is being shaped by people adapting in real time. In this opening episode of Rising Tides, Bill Perna speaks with oyster farmer Jeff Auger about the forces reshaping the working waterfront. Jeff reflects on his path into aquaculture and the realities of building a livelihood on the water today. Together, they discuss cooperati…
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5 Ways To Get More Leads as a Fitness Coach
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19:49Get 150 Content Ideas + Free Training for Online Coaches: https://thesocialblueprint.com/utility/links?utmsource=youtube 👉Wanna Start or Grow Your Online Coaching Business? Click Here: https://thesocialblueprint.com/fitcheckcall If you’re struggling to get clients as an online fitness coach or you’re trying to scale your coaching business, this epi…
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How I Made $10,000/ Month From Working Out
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30:50Join my FREE LIVE workshop this weekend (29th November) on how to start online coaching: https://thesocialblueprint.com/events/start How I made $10K/month online fitness coaching — and how YOU can make money from going to the gym. Today I’m breaking down the exact steps I used to turn my love for training into a full-time income, without thousands …
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How To Grow Your Social Media as a Fitness Creator in 2025 (If I Had To Start Over)
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12:43👉HOW TO START ONLINE COACHING LIVE WORKSHOP THIS WEEKEND (9TH NOVEMBER) Register for free: https://thesocialblueprint.com/events/nov-2025-opt-in-page. Get My Personal Brand Course for Fitness Creators: https://www.skool.com/fitnesscoachacademy. Want to grow your fitness coaching business on social media in 2025 — even if you have a small following?…
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Gym Fights, Business Updates and Filming in the Gym
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31:32This month was wild. From my students hitting 30K months to real talk about what’s actually working in online coaching. If you’re an online coach or PT trying to grow, this one’s for you. I break down content, mindset, sales, all the stuff that moves the needle. Tune in to the full recap in all podcast platforms Connect with Zac Perna: Instagram: h…
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How to Price Your Fitness Coaching to Make More & Work Less
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18:07👇 JOIN THE BLUEPRINT (for fitness coaches ready to scale): https://thesocialblueprint.com/info_schedule Stop undercharging for your coaching. You’re not just selling workouts and check-ins. You’re selling transformation, confidence, and freedom — results that last way beyond the 8-week plan. So here’s the reframe! 🎧 Listen to the full episode in al…
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Want to know how to start and grow a successful career in fitness? In this video, I break down exactly what it takes to stand out, build an audience, and make real money as a fitness coach or creator. Here’s what you’ll learn: ✅ How to get more followers on Instagram & TikTok as a fitness coach ✅ The exact way to film and edit Reels that grow your …
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Turn $100 into a Successful Fitness Business in 30 Days
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9:06Struggling to launch your fitness coaching business because you think it costs a fortune? Think again. I’ll break down exactly how he’d launch a coaching business with just $100, from the essential tools to smart ad strategies that actually bring in leads. 👇 JOIN THE BLUEPRINT (for fitness coaches ready to scale): https://thesocialblueprint.com/inf…
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Scale Your Fitness Coaching Business in 13 Minutes
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13:48If you’re a fitness coach stuck at the same income, listen up: 6-7 figure success is 100% possible — but only if you stop following everyone else and start executing a system that works. Stop guessing and start GROWING, this one’s for you. Tune in now 🔥 👇 JOIN THE BLUEPRINT (for fitness coaches ready to scale): https://thesocialblueprint.com/info_s…
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10 Steps to Make $10k/Month as an Online Personal Trainer
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14:17Join My FREE Skool Group for Online Coaches : https://www.skool.com/fitnesscoachacademy In this episode, I'll break down 10 essential steps every online fitness coach needs to scale from $2K/month to $10K/month — without burning out or overcomplicating the process. If you're a coach who's great at getting results but struggling to grow your income,…
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How to Set Up Your Fitness Coaching Systems
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17:30Join My FREE Skool Group for Online Coaches : https://www.skool.com/fitnesscoachacademy If you're stuck charging $200/month when you should be making $1,000–$3,000 per client... it’s probably because your offer sucks. Let’s fix that! 👇 JOIN THE BLUEPRINT (for fitness coaches ready to scale): https://thesocialblueprint.com/info_schedule Connect with…
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Why Most Online PTs Will Fail in 2025 (And How to Win Instead)
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15:35Join My FREE Skool Group for Online Coaches : https://www.skool.com/fitnesscoachacademy Let’s be real… a LOT of coaches are making the same mistakes over and over. In this episode, I’m breaking down the exact shifts you need to make to stop overthinking, do more of the right things, and finally build the online business you dream of. 🎧 Listen now a…
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How to Get UNSTUCK in Your Business When You Feel Overwhelmed
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11:13Join My FREE Skool Group for Online Coaches : https://www.skool.com/fitnesscoachacademy Most online coaches are stuck not because they’re lazy — But because they’re distracted by all the shiny shit that doesn’t move the needle. You don’t need the best app. You don’t need a perfect system. What you do need is this! Strip it back. Find your bottlenec…
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Today marks a special day for this podcast, our ministry, and myself personally. 14 years ago TODAY (July 22nd), The Oliphant in the Room hit the airways and introduced us as a voice in the space of where God and gaming culture collide. This year also marks 10 years since InnRoads Ministries first received our 501c3 status. We celebrated this doubl…
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Join My FREE Skool Group for Online Coaches : https://www.skool.com/fitnesscoachacademy Let’s be real — if you’re trying to make money in 2025, there are two skills you can’t afford to ignore: 1️⃣ Content Creation 2️⃣ Sales Mastery In this episode, I break down EXACTLY how getting good at content changed my life (and my income), why most people suc…
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How to Sign Your First 5 High-Ticket Clients
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23:25Join My FREE Skool Group for Online Coaches : https://www.skool.com/fitnesscoachacademy If you're a fitness coach and you're not signing high-ticket clients yet — you're leaving serious money on the table. Today, I’m walking you through my 5-step process to land your first clients, even if you're starting from scratch. These are the exact strategie…
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From Imposter Syndrome to a 7-Figure Entrepreneur
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7:38Join My FREE Skool Group for Online Coaches : https://www.skool.com/fitnesscoachacademy Ever felt like you're just getting by on luck? Same. In this episode, I open up about my experience with imposter syndrome — from the early days of posting gym selfies with zero followers to earning over 6 figures a month… and still feeling like I didn’t deserve…
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Join My FREE Skool Group for Online Coaches : https://www.skool.com/fitnesscoachacademy Used to be the chubby, funny kid. No confidence. Overthought everything. For years, that mindset kept me small. I didn’t set goals—because I didn’t think I could hit them. What changed everything? Stacking small wins. Focusing on what is working. Backing myself …
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How to Start Online Fitness Coaching in 2025 (Everything You Need to Know)
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16:33Join My FREE Skool Group for Online Coaches : https://www.skool.com/fitnesscoachacademy 🎯 Want to Start Online Coaching in 2025? WATCH THIS. I’ve made $3M+ coaching online and helped hundreds of others do the same. If you're a personal trainer (or just obsessed with fitness) and you want to go online but don’t know where to start—this video breaks …
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7 Mistakes Fitness Coaches Make (And How to Fix Them)
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12:18Join My FREE Skool Group for Online Coaches : https://www.skool.com/fitnesscoachacademy If you're an online fitness coach still undercharging, posting just to post, or hiding your real personality — you're leaving serious money on the table. In this episode, I’m breaking down what the top coaches are doing differently to attract high-quality leads,…
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Join My FREE Skool Group for Online Coaches : https://www.skool.com/fitnesscoachacademy On today's video, I want to talk about how most people use the generic Chat GPT HORRIBLY. Instead, I'll share what you can do differently or how you can get first access to my own brand new custom GPT if you just comment the word "GPT" below! Hope you enjoy! Con…
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The Perfect Morning Routine for Entrepreneurs (That Actually Works)
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12:48Join My FREE Skool Group for Online Coaches : https://www.skool.com/fitnesscoachacademy This is the actual morning routine that helps me build three multi-seven-figure businesses. Inside, I’m breaking down exactly what I do each morning to stay focused, productive, and in control—so you can build serious momentum in your day and your coaching busin…
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The #1 Business Killer That’s Keeping You Broke
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8:26Join My FREE Skool Group for Online Coaches : https://www.skool.com/fitnesscoachacademy I’ve built multiple seven-figure businesses, but let me tell you—none of them started perfectly. In this episode, I’m unpacking one of the most underrated but game-changing mindsets that helped me win before I had it all figured out. Real talk: perfectionism is …
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How to Make Over $100,000 per Month as an Online Fitness Coach with Andrew Chau
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1:15:25Join My FREE Skool Group for Online Coaches : https://www.skool.com/fitnesscoachacademy What does it really take to build a 7-figure online coaching business? In this episode, I sit down with Andrew, AKA @theasiancoach, who went from a corporate job in FinTech to pulling $9K in his first week as a fitness coach! If you're starting from scratch or w…
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Why Your Fitness Content Sucks (And How to Fix It)
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16:26Join My FREE Skool Group for Online Coaches : https://www.skool.com/fitnesscoachacademy If you're a fitness creator (or any type of creator) who’s been struggling with low views, feeling stuck with the algorithm, or wondering why people just aren't engaging — this one’s for you. 🎧 Make sure to like, subscribe, rate 5 stars, and let’s keep making co…
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Join My FREE Skool Group for Online Coaches : https://www.skool.com/fitnesscoachacademy The truth is, most people don’t make it in content — not because they’re not talented, but because they can’t stay in the game long enough to see results. In this episode, I break down exactly why that happens… and what separates the average creator from the one…
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2 Methods to Create a 7 Figure Online Fitness Coaching Business
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9:43Join My FREE Skool Group for Online Coaches : https://www.skool.com/fitnesscoachacademy The difference between struggling coaches and seven-figure earners? A bulletproof strategy. If you're tired of spinning your wheels and want to scale your business the right way, this episode is your ultimate blueprint. I’m breaking down the two core models of a…
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Join My FREE Skool Group for Online Coaches : https://www.skool.com/fitnesscoachacademy Most people struggle to get things done because they waste their best energy on the wrong tasks. If you’re tired of feeling stuck, distracted, and unproductive, this episode is your wake-up call. I’m revealing five game-changing productivity secrets that will sk…
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How to Stop Caring What People Think When You Post Content
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6:05Join My FREE Skool Group for Online Coaches : https://www.skool.com/fitnesscoachacademy In this episode, we’re diving into three game-changing strategies to build unshakable confidence, silence self-doubt, and take bold action. Episode Highlights: • Welcome to Zac Perna Show Podcast [00:00] • Crush the Fear of Judgment & Own Your Voice [1:08] • Not…
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The Skills You Need to Make 1 Million Dollars
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17:37Join My FREE Skool Group for Online Coaches : https://www.skool.com/fitnesscoachacademy Let’s be real—if your content was actually good, you wouldn’t be struggling to sign clients. You’re posting non-stop, trying every trend, and still hearing crickets. Why? Because your content is missing the ONE thing that turns views into cash: conversion power.…
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Join My FREE Skool Group for Online Coaches : https://www.skool.com/fitnesscoachacademy Welcome to Zac Perna Podcast The Podcast I Wish I Had When I Started! It took me 8 years to get here. 8 years of overthinking, doubting myself, and chasing perfection. And after all that time, I’ve realized one thing, perfection is the enemy of progress. So I’m …
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Episode 223 – My Father’s Footsteps
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1:08:58Both of your hosts have had moments playing a certain game with our kids recently. The game in question is My Little Scythe — the kids version of the well loved and respected strategy epic. In this episode, we break down what makes a good “kids version” of a game, the value of sharing games like this with our kids, and how playing My Little Scythe …
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Episode 222 – Trying to Get Closer to God
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1:14:43Did you miss us? We’re back! Daniel and Mike sit down to talk about the conventions we got to while we weren’t on here making content for you all. We talk about what it’s like give up ourselves for other folks at the gaming table, about how much value can be seen and felt in even the smallest acts of encouragement, and how when we truly trust the i…
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A cairn is pile of stones placed at a location sometimes as a way to mark a trail being traveled, or most often to identify a particular landmark or memorial. So what happens when we start tying the games on our shelves to specific moments or specific people? In their own way, they become cairns themselves — a collection of bits and pieces that ser…
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A family emergency delayed this one getting out at the right time, but we didn’t want to lose this gold. Sometimes it really is about the question. It’s about the freedom and space to ask questions about how things happened, why it works that way, or whether or not the way we see things are valid. In this episode we talk about Ierusalem: Anno Domin…
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Episode 219 — Seventy Times Seven, Curation, and Empathy
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1:01:11A lot of decisions and practices by the parent companies behind Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons and Dragons are causing some of us who have been around since the earliest of days to question whether they have taken a step too far for us to keep backing their products. But whether or not we move forward with those games in our collection or not is…
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We’re back from Easter celebrations with a Gary Con XV after action report. Daniel and the team had a great trip out to Lake Geneva, where they got to embody the core of what we do at InnRoads — play games, connect with people, and share in their stories. We also double back to a topic inspired by our Warhammer focused episode to talk about the val…
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While Daniel has been away at Gary Con XV leading our team at the board game library, we called up our friend Ryan from City on a Hill Gaming to talk about world building for a decidedly Christian gaming experience that goes beyond just saying that the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is the only true God or that throwing in an order of paladins wh…
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Perhaps it was inevitable that we’d get here. After all — in the grim dark future there is only war. So let’s talk about Warhammer 40k. In this episode the guys talk about how we can find God in everything — even in the grim dark future of the 40k universe. They discuss the way Ork magic works as a picture of faith — and how that picture is often e…
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We love our games. Part of what we love about our games is the tactile nature of them. Moving miniatures around the board. The feel of good, quality materials in our hands. The way everything looks when it comes together on the table. Naturally we want to take care of them for a number of reasons — but what happens when we become so concerned about…
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Three years ago, the COVID pandemic was the proverbial nail in the coffin of our recording ability. While we were unable to jump over all the hurtles that came down the path, we always knew that we’d be back eventually to once again take up the mantle of a podcast known for talking games, God, and how the relationships that build us are forged ther…
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Maine Oyster Aquaculture: Maine Ocean Farms - with Eric Oransky
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23:09Eric Oransky grew up in Freeport, Maine. He spent a lot of time on Casco Bay. When he was 21, he apprenticed with the Scottish master cabinet maker James Bowie for furniture making in northern California. In 2007, at 23, Eric moved back to Maine and started his first business, all the while spending time on the water any chance he got. He focused o…
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Maine Oyster Aquaculture: Maine Coast Fishermen's Association - with Ben Martens
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16:31This episode is part of a series of long-form conversations exploring Maine aquaculture and the people working on and alongside the water. Through firsthand experience and lived perspective, the podcast looks at how environmental, economic, and community forces shape Maine’s working waterfront. Perna Content's Rising Tides explores how coastal Main…
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Maine Oyster Aquaculture: Pernaquid Oyster - with Smokey McKeen
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13:36This episode is part of a series of long-form conversations exploring Maine aquaculture and the people working on and alongside the water. Through firsthand experience and lived perspective, the podcast looks at how environmental, economic, and community forces shape Maine’s working waterfront. Perna Content's Rising Tides explores how coastal Main…
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Maine Oyster Aquaculture: Upstream Trucking - with George Parr
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13:46George Parr has been in the seafood business for four decades. He has been instrumental in creating the reputation of Maine oysters. George takes a firm stand when buyers “From Away” come to Maine and try to drive down oyster prices rather than pay a fair price for what many consider to be among the world’s best oysters. His sense of fairness has b…
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Maine Oyster Aquaculture: Nonesuch Oysters - with Abigail Carroll
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8:38In 2010, Abigail Carroll started NONESUCH oysters. It began as a small oyster farm in a nature conservancy in Scarborough, Maine, which just south of Portland. Today Nonesuch Oyster is an award-winning company whose oysters are in found top restaurants across the country. NONESUCH also offers a range of healthy Maine seafood and handmade skincare p…
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Maine Oyster Aquaculture: Mook Sea Farms - with Bill Mook
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22:27Today we are with Bill Mook, an industry pioneer who is the founder of Mook Sea Farm, an oyster farm on the Damariscotta River. Bill has been recognized by the Gulf of Maine Council's Sustainable Industry Awards for his efforts to improve the Gulf of Maine ecosystem and the coastal communities. He was a member of the Maine Ocean Acidification Commi…
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Maine Oyster Aquaculture: Love Point Oyster - with Ben Hamilton
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Maine Oyster Aquaculture: Community Shellfish - with Boe Marsh
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Recording got delayed on this one due to a guest appearance, a holiday here in America, and some incredibly bad sinus pressure – but we’re here now, and we have an interesting show for you. In this episode, we continue to talk about trying to figure out how to get games played in the midst of lockdown – but actually don’t get to our usual coffee an…
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