Don't Panic Geocast
It's not an exact science.
About the show
John Leeman and Shannon Dulin discuss geoscience and technology weekly for your enjoyment! Features include guests, fun paper Friday selections, product reviews, and banter about recent developments. Shannon is a field geologist who tolerates technology and John is a self-proclaimed nerd that tolerates geologists.
Episodes
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Episode 250 - "Pretty Radioactive Down There"
May 3rd, 2020 | 59 mins 8 secs
This week we delve into the hot world of radiometric methods in geophysics. Find out how gamma rays help us find natural resources and why radioactive materials are concentrated in certain formations. Fun Paper Friday Pressure is on to find a new way...
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Episode 249 - "Herzprung-Russell"
April 25th, 2020 | 42 mins 12 secs
This week up look upward to the stars! Learn about stellar classification and how it is important to a geologist! Fun Paper Friday You look older - were you an elected official? Contact us: Show show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman ...
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Episode 248 - "Palinspastic"
April 19th, 2020 | 57 mins 49 secs
This week we get palinspastic! Find out how geologists can "unfold" time and reconstruct what past landscapes looked like from a geologic cross-section! Fun Paper Friday Which type of doctor speeds the most? (Well, medical doctors that is.) Find out...
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Episode 247 - "Mind Blown"
April 11th, 2020 | 1 hr 9 mins
What's it like to be told you need to teach field geology online? This week we talk about distance learning in higher-ed. Fun Paper Friday What's special about 33? Contact us: Show show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman Shannon Dulin
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Episode 246 - "Zone of suspended water" ABCs Part 2
April 3rd, 2020 | 54 mins 51 secs
It's time to finish our ABC's! Also we discuss things of a fecal culinary nature on Fun Paper Friday! N - Neap tide O - Ophiolite P - Placer Deposit Q - Quadrangle R - Rating Curve S - Seamount T - Tidewater Glacier U - Unconformity V - Varve W -...
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Episode 255 - "Floppy Clay-stone" ABCs Part 1
March 27th, 2020 | 1 hr 2 mins
This week we learn the ABC's again! It's time for another geology ABC's series with some great new words to learn. Join us for part one of this two part series. Fun Paper Friday Contact us: Show show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman ...
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Episode 244 - "Stress, Strain, What's the Difference?"
March 20th, 2020 | 1 hr 4 mins
This week we talk about stress, strain, and how they are different! Fun Paper Friday See how to get data from natural drones and download it via USBee in this week's Fun Paper! Contact us: Show show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman ...
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Episode 243 - "I want four awesome seasons"
March 1st, 2020 | 1 hr 19 mins
This week we interview Dr. Eric Kelsey about winter precipitation and his ventures into open-source hardware! Fun Paper Friday Contact us: Show show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman Shannon Dulin
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Episode 242 - "I'm a taxi driver for my students" Dr. Alison Nugent
February 14th, 2020 | 1 hr 28 mins
This week Dr.Alison Nugent joins us to talk about giant cloud condensation nuclei and life as an assistant professor of atmospheric science in Hawaii. Facebook: @Dr.AlisonNugent Instagram: cloudyday24 Fun Paper Friday Contact us: Show ...
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Episode 241 - "This circle is full of paleomagnetists"
February 7th, 2020 | 39 mins 33 secs
This week we talk about rain, freezing rain, sleet, and snow in the follow up to the winter storm that hit the plains this week. Why do these occur? Find out! Fun Paper Friday Contact us: Show show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman Shannon...
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Episode 240 - "Half a Unicorn"
February 1st, 2020 | 48 mins 33 secs
This week it's all about aquifers and how they work! Water does not sit in lakes underground, but truth is stranger than fiction. Fun Paper Friday Contact us: Show show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman Shannon Dulin
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Episode 239 - "I went to Cheers" and other AMS stories
January 24th, 2020 | 57 mins 14 secs
This week John recaps his trip to AMS and Shannon teases a show on her field work! Fun Paper Friday This week it's a meaty subject! Contact us: Show show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman Shannon Dulin
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Episode 238 - "Big Long Honkies"
January 11th, 2020 | 57 mins 52 secs
What's that in the sky? A bird? A plane? No, it's a scary looking cloud! Find out what it was this week! Fun Paper Friday Contact us: Show show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman Shannon Dulin
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Episode 237 - "Just archive it" New Years!
January 3rd, 2020 | 1 hr 16 mins
This week we go over the last year and discuss our plans for 2020 before diving into a discussion on pupil shapes in various animals. Don't miss it! Fun Paper Friday Contact us: Show show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman Shannon Dulin
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Episode 236 - "Crop circles of geology"
December 20th, 2019 | 56 mins 42 secs
This week we finish up talking about deserts with some of our favorite features - dunes, ventifacts, and more! Fun Paper Friday How can math and physics "improve" hunting a lion? Contact us: Show show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman ...
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Episode 235 - "That's how the arches formed"
December 13th, 2019 | 59 mins 17 secs
This week we stick to a dry subject - deserts! Learn about how rocks weather in a place where there isn't much. Fun Paper Friday What if the Earth were replaced with blueberries? Contact us: Show show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman ...