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 271 - "Guess Again Dummy" Ryan May
October 30th, 2020 | 1 hr 32 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! Fun Paper Friday Vampires - a classic predator prey problem? Contact us: Show ...
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Episode 270 - "Why God made the evening shift" Steve Piltz
October 25th, 2020 | 1 hr 11 mins
This week National Weather Service Tulsa WFO Meteorologist In Charge Steve Piltz joins us to talk about a career in the weather service and finding unique ways to solve forecast problems! Fun Paper Friday Do ants count their steps to get home? ...
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Episode 269 - "I thought about something totally different" Playas
October 16th, 2020 | 44 mins 5 secs
This week John and Shannon agree to talk about playas, only to discover that they think about very different things. Fun Paper Friday Man eating deer? Looks like it! Contact us: Show show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman Shannon Dulin
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Episode 268 - "A Horta?" Machine Learning
October 10th, 2020 | 54 mins 56 secs
This week we talk about machine learning - what is it exactly and how can we leverage it as geologists? Will it be as useful as the horta? Fun Paper Friday How do we know about Earth's past climate? Well, here are a few unusual ideas! Contact us:...
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Episode 267 - "It's digital, you turn it with your hands" Analog Experiments
September 27th, 2020 | 55 mins 38 secs
This week we talk about analog experiments, what they are, and how you can do them! Fun Paper Friday This week we do the worm! Find out how worms dance on speakers in this week's Fun Paper! Contact us: Show show@dontpanicgeocast.com John...
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Episode 266 - "That's why they repaint runways" Earth's Magnetic Field
September 18th, 2020 | 52 mins 15 secs
How did the Earth get its magnetic field? Why do we still have it? Find out that and more this week! Fun Paper Friday Can animals sense earthquakes? Can we sense animals sensing earthquakes? Contact us: Show - - - - - John Leeman - -...
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Episode 265 - "Cold Air Bulldozer"
September 12th, 2020 | 42 mins 42 secs
This week we talk about fronts and the warm air conveyor belt! Fun Paper Friday Do you think you have a good sense of direction? Maybe it's the magnetite in your brain! Researchers put brains in a magnetometer to find out! Contact us: Show ...
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Episode 264 - "Travel Brochure for Antarctica"
August 28th, 2020 | 1 hr 1 min
This week we talk about why we go to Antarctica and what kinds of work happens there each year! Fun Paper Friday What happens if you hold a cat in your dating profile photo? This important question answered by this week's fun paper! Contact us:...
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Episode 263 - "Hurricanitic" Iowa Derecho
August 23rd, 2020 | 49 mins 10 secs
This week we talk about derechos - what are they and why did one sweep across the upper midwest bringing wide spread distruction? Find out that and how sword swallowers do what they do in this week's show! Fun Paper Friday How to sword swallowers...
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Episode 262 - "My Teddy Bear and Rosary"
August 14th, 2020 | 1 hr 9 mins
This week we interview Shannon about her career path to becoming a dual degree student and professor in geology! Fun Paper Friday Contact us: Show show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman Shannon Dulin
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Episode 261 - "Pele Searches for a Home"
August 7th, 2020 | 52 mins 44 secs
Hot spots - what are they? We don't know either! Explore with us on this week's show. Fun Paper Friday Contact us: Show show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman Shannon Dulin
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Episode 260 - "Highly elliptic" Comet NEOWISE
July 25th, 2020 | 46 mins 57 secs
Comet NEOWISE is in the sky - learn all about it and comets in general! Fun Paper Friday The Earth hums with normal modes - learn how scientists are picking them up with seismometers on the bottom of the ocean. Contact us: Show ...
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Episode 259 - "Discoveries from the massive funding of the department of defense"
July 17th, 2020 | 51 mins 3 secs
This week we learn how searching for a downed aircraft may have helped us better understand how plate tectonics work... we think... maybe. It's not an exact science. Fun Paper Friday Fans - hot or not? Find out by sticking undergrads in a thermal...
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Episode 258 - "You need a trained geologist"
July 10th, 2020 | 51 mins 53 secs
This week we talk about why we don't believe that a rock ID app is a possibility now or potentially ever. Fun Paper Friday How do you convert human years to dog years? Turns out it is a bit more complicated than we thought. Contact us: Show ...
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Episode 257 - "And, you know"
July 3rd, 2020 | 34 mins 49 secs
This week it's all about rainbows, light, reflection, refraction, and how it's just like an earthquake! Fun Paper Friday Have you seen products marketed as "chemical free"? This weeks paper looks at those claims with an analytical eye. Contact us:...
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Episode 256 - "We Don't Know What We're Doing" Episode 0 MST3000
June 28th, 2020 | 52 mins 53 secs
This week we Mystery Science Theater 3000 our own Episode 0 to celebrate the 8-bit rollover of our show!