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Welcome to The Waterpeople Podcast, a gathering for our global ocean community to dive into the critical conversations of our culture -- through storytelling. Listen with Lauren L. Hill and...

When was the last time you had an epiphany? Artist/activist Howie Cooke shares the sudden realisation that steered the course of his life&ap...

There's no straight lines in the ocean - nor in a surfing life. We sit with professional surfer and Bundjalung waterman Soli Bailey to...

What are you unwilling to ignore? Through her experience in pro surfing, journalism and law, Patti Paniccia is a formidable advocate for equ...

Ever felt the ocean fix what land couldn’t? This episode, we turn the mics on one another and answer your questions about grief, love, paren...

What's a river to you ? After cyclone Alfred crossed Australia's East Coast earlier this year, tens of thousands of fish died in o...

At age 8, Sterling Spencer was signed to surf sponsorship and then had a successful amateur career before chasing the Pro Tour. He was an ea...

Not long ago, Lady Elliot Island was basically unrecognisable. In the late 1800s, it was mined for guano used as agricultural fertiliser. Th...

Grief, love, and lineage shape a rite of passage as our guests recall learnings from storms, stars, mentors, and manta rays at midnight. Ke&...

A captain wakes in the night certain he’s wrecked in mangroves—only he’s on his own porch. That jarring reentry from a month under sail beco...

What does it mean to live a life of service? Pipeline pioneer John Peck was devout to many things over this 81 years, and exploring this que...

Two friends chart a path from pain to agency: Layne Beachley examines the drive behind seven world titles and finds a search for self-worth,...

Every mid-aged Aussie bloke's favourite surfer? That's Margo. Widely recognised as the first paid freesurfer - Brenden 'Margo...

How does change happen when we, and the world, seem stuck in our ways? We’re curious about how change happens – and what people are doing on...

Is there a particular fear that's still holding you back? Holistic surf therapist and coach Holly Beck talks us through the way she see...

Who's your youngest friend? We just met one of ours: 11-year-old surfer, shaper and filmmaker Hunter Williams . This year, Hunter won t...

Rites of passage , once central to marking life’s transitions, have faded in modernity. As we navigate rising anxiety, social fragmentation,...

How much has your homebreak shaped you - your life, livelihood, the person you've become? The quirkiness of Dylan Graves ' Puerto...

What moves you through the world? In the most literal sense, it's the same answer for all of us: muscle. In On Muscle , Bonnie Tsui bri...

Besides being a professor of chemistry, Dr. Sarah Gerhardt was the first woman to ride one of the world’s most feared waves, Mavericks in ic...

When was the last time you followed a spark of curiosity all the way to some distant shoreline? Kiana Weltzien 's ocean adventures bega...

What's lost when we hand over skills or experiences to technology ? We sat down with localisation pioneer Helena Norberg-Hodge to learn...

How do we make magic boards last longer? Gary McNeill and Dave have been experimenting with alternative, non-petrochemical materials for the...

How do you better a culture? How do we better surf culture? Dr. Krista Comer is a scholar of American literature and cultural politics. She...

Many professional athletes struggle to transition from their sport-as-career. The highs are often out of reach for pedestrian life - especia...

Called the "most underrated sports person in Australia" and the "greatest Bells surfer of all time” Gail Couper has been both: at the centre...

How many kids from Tennessee end up devoting their life to the world's heaviest waves? At least one. That's Lane Davey: Pipe Disci...

We’re getting tangential. This episode is part of a three episode slip slide behind the scenes of a project that Dave’s been working on for...

Who modelled kindness for you? Who showed you how to be kind and curious in the face of difference? Before he was a Fulbright Scholar, Jamie...

Longevity in any career begs for reinvention. With more than a decade at the pro surfing game, Josie Prendergast has been navigating new wat...

Did sailing have more to do with early human locomotion than the wheel? Hanneke Boon , head of James Wharram Designs , suggests that may be...

Over the last half century, Bob McTavish has shaped thousands of custom surfboards. Always an innovator in surfboard design and technology,...

Did you feel safe in your childhood home? If not, were you able to leave, or did you have to stay? Ruby Southwell hit the road, travelling s...

What's the most challenging experience you've faced? Did it ultimately hinder or heighten your self-clarity? Brett Burcher is a he...

As a follow up to our episode with heavy water specialist Brett Burcher we wanted to share a couple of breathwork practices that Brett found...

In this bonus episode slab hunter Brett Burcher takes us through an energising breath practice that he’s found useful when you need a little...

“Whether or not you think you belong to the Earth is irrelevant, for you simply do. By virtue of breathing in you receive a gift of oxygen g...

Why are some octogenarians still surfing, while others struggle to walk up the stairs? It isn’t luck. Harvard and Stanford trained Orthopaed...

How to fund a pro surfing career in the 1980s? Sell stickers, Levi’s jeans, bicycles, whatever. Sleep in your board bag. Live on a diet of m...

When is surfing about more than just selfish wave hoggery? Mozambique’s first professional surfer, Sung Min Cho , or ‘Mini’ for short, is wr...

Ever want to pack up normalcy and set sail over the horizon? What’s it really like to live at sea for a year and rarely be further than 35 f...

The loudest human-made sounds: Nuclear Bomb (224 dB), Rocket launch (204 dB). And clocking in at 260 underwater decibels is the seismic blas...

Are you investing in yourself and your curiosities? At 63, Sally Parkin sold her home to spend the better part of 2023 surfing in Australia...

Injuries are mostly out of our control. But recovery offers many choices. Will we allow the scar tissue to stiffen or soften us? Stu Nettle...

Raised on a diet of deep ecology and the DIY spirit of her single mom, Pacha Light earned her first surfboard busking as a tween. She then f...

Have you ever felt like something was wrong, but you weren't quite sure how to name it? Tyler Wilde is a teacher and bodysurfer from so...

A little fire can keep you warm; a big fire can burn your house down. Two time ASP World Surfing Champion Tom Carroll speaks candidly about...

Many of us dream of laying roots in some balmy, wave-rich location far from where we sprouted - to grow food and let the ocean dictate the d...

Around 500,000 people were displaced by the 2018 earthquake that rocked the island of Lombok in Indonesia. It was estimated that 80% of all...

Can a single wave really change your life? For Hawaiian waterwoman Moana Jones Wong , one wave changed everything. She shares about the fate...

What do neoprene wetsuits have to do with Cancer Alley ? The global wetsuit industry is valued at around $2.8 Billion USD. "The vast majorit...