Shannon Dulin
Co-Host of Don't Panic Geocast
Shannon is a newly minted PhD and an assistant professor of geology at a school that shall not be named. She has undergraduate degrees in meteorology and geology from the University of Oklahoma and is deeply in love with all aspects of the earth sciences. Shannon is a field geologist who teaches field methods class and Native Science, which is a class that endeavors to use indigenous people’s knowledge of the Earth to explain western science. Her research is in paleomagnetism—a big word meaning the ancient magnetization that is held in many types of rocks. Pmag can tell us a lot about what happens to rocks throughout their life cycle. She is interested in science education and in helping everyone realize and let loose their inner scientists!
Shannon Dulin has hosted 144 Episodes.
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Episode 345 - "3rd Hoodoo on the Left"
October 7th, 2022 | 34 mins 58 secs
This week its all about the badlands and how they got to be so bad!
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Episode 344 - "Pre-Cognated"
September 30th, 2022 | 1 hr 6 mins
This week we're talking about how we learn new things as we get further in our careers and how we're trying to stay current with our fields.
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Episode 343 - "Div, Grad, and Curl"
September 23rd, 2022 | 53 mins 7 secs
Vector calculus is the basis of many analysis techniques, but it does not need to be complicated!
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Episode 342 - "Kiss Me"
September 9th, 2022 | 51 mins 57 secs
How do we remember all of the sequences, facts, and processes in our fields? Mnemonic devices! This week we chat about a few of our favorites.
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Episode 341 - "Scrambler Outside the Physics Department"
September 2nd, 2022 | 40 mins 35 secs
Fake forces! This week we talk about what they are and why you seem to feel them if they are only apparent.
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Episode 340 - "Coriolis Thing"
August 26th, 2022 | 1 hr 3 mins
This week we talk about why the Coriolis force is a fictitious force and what it does to balance pressure gradients in the atmosphere.
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Episode 339 - "Museum with a crater out back"
August 19th, 2022 | 44 mins 26 secs
This week we talk about meteor crater and about the little blue pill.... or red pill.
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Episode 338 - "GEARS 2022"
August 12th, 2022 | 1 hr 1 min
The GEARS workshop just happened again, hear what we saw, what the students did and more!
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Episode 337 - "Air Guitar"
July 22nd, 2022 | 28 mins 56 secs
The summer shorts musical theme continues with sferics and another paper from the BMJ Christmas edition!
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Episode 336 - "Chopstick Breaking Sound"
July 15th, 2022 | 41 mins 18 secs
This week we talk about sounds from the Aurora and strange atmospheric conditions that create it.
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Episode 335 - "Fish with a Ray Gun"
July 1st, 2022 | 26 mins 19 secs
We stick with our musical theme for summer shorts and talk about singing ice! Also why is it important to be stupid as a scientist?
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Episode 334 - "Rock Concert"
June 24th, 2022 | 30 mins 22 secs
Our musical themed summer shorts continue with the phenomena of ringing rocks! Also, can math get you out of that failure to stop ticket?
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Episode 333 - "Sandphony"
June 10th, 2022 | 25 mins 50 secs
This week we talk about singing sands and how on Earth dunes make noise.
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Episode 332 - "Caliche"
June 3rd, 2022 | 26 mins 52 secs
We kick off summer shorts by talking about caliche and ways it makes new field geologists crazy!
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EPISODE 331 - "GUESS AGAIN DUMMY" RYAN MAY
May 20th, 2022 | 1 hr 33 mins
This week Dr. Ryan May joins us to talk about life as a scientific software developer and his career path from radars to radiosondes and more!
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Episode 330 - "Blamo"
May 13th, 2022 | 1 hr 5 mins
Last week we talked about material hardness, but what about when materials crack and fracture? This week we talk about fracture toughness.