Our guest for episode 34 of State of Water is botanist and musician, Susan Fawcett. Susan sat down with longtime friend and collaborator, State of Water host Seth Bernard, for a wonderful conversation fresh off of their annual ritual of creativity, collaboration, songwriting and recording that is the band, Hy-Lo. Susan and Seth dive into all sorts of topics including Susan’s unique perspective as a botanist, the desperate need for septic system regulation in Michigan, changes she’s noticed in Michigan over her lifetime, her passion for the app iNaturalist, some epic scuba diving stories, and a walk through some water-inspired songs in the 20 year Hy-Lo catalogue, some of which are shared here publicly for the first time. Enjoy!!
/// State of Water is a program of the Michigan-based non-profit organization Title Track, and is powered by the Clean Water Campaign for Michigan. The podcast is made possible through a generous contribution from the Esperance Foundation.
/// EPISODE 34
/ Susan Fawcett interviewed by Seth Bernard
/ Produced, edited and mixed by Dan Rickabus and Chris Good
/ Narrators - Alex Smith, Ben Darcie, Dan Rickabus, Jenny Jones, Angela Gallegos, Rachel Marco-Havens
/ Graphic by Chris Good
/ Theme Music - Mike Savina, Seth Bernard & Dan Rickabus
/ Featured Music by Hy-Lo:
“Catch & Release”
“Chair Lift”
“Swimming in the Autrain River”
“Zebra Mussels (Slime & Snails)”
“Arabella Waltz (The Pueblo & The Oil Men)”
“Trash Beard”
Links mentioned in episode:
https://titletrackmichigan.org/support/
https://www.michiganflora.net/
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/09/us/inaturalist-nature-app.html
http://www.brianbuma.com/edges-of-all-life
Follow Susan at:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Susan-Fawcett
https://twitter.com/fawcett_susan
https://www.inaturalist.org/users/34079
