Don't Panic Geocast
It's not an exact science.
Episodes
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Episode 197 - "I fell in a bog once"
January 11th, 2019 | 40 mins 27 secs
This week John sums up his time at the AMS meeting and we discuss the highland haggis. Fun Paper Friday Contact us: Show show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - - Shannon Dulin -
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Episode 196 - "Run a weather model properly" Dr. Nick Heavens
January 5th, 2019 | 1 hr 7 mins
This week we are joined by Dr. Nick Heavens to talk about the past and present climate, and the climate of Mars! Fun Paper Friday Legos and children - the ingredients for a hilarious study about ingestion of toy parts! Contact us: Show ...
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Episode 195 - "Take the toaster apart" Walter Smith
December 21st, 2018 | 1 hr 7 mins
This week Dr. Walter Smith joins us to talk about GMT, satellite altimetry, gravity, racing cars, and more! Fun Paper Friday This week we examine parachutes… again. Do they work? Find out on this week’s Fun Paper! Contact us: Show ...
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Episode 194 - "Communism for Temperature"
December 14th, 2018 | 44 mins 3 secs
This week it’s more about climate, but at a time when we didn’t have any ice on the Earth and when most of our fossil fuel storage formations were being deposited! Fun Paper Friday Chickens - the dominant life marker in human-era strata? Find out...
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Episode 193 - "Cactus Sausage"
December 8th, 2018 | 46 mins 57 secs
This week John and Shannon continue talking about Earth’s past climate and snowball Earth, then delve into the physics of cactus. Fun Paper Friday Which cactus is the worst to get stuck by? Find out in this week’s fun paper! Contact us: Show...
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Episode 192 - "Closet we keep the mars rover in"
November 30th, 2018 | 1 hr 5 mins
This week we talk about the InSight landing and seismology on Mars. Fun Paper Friday Could minerals be the keys to solving the dark matter puzzle? Contact us: Show - - - - - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - - Shannon Dulin -
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Episode 191 - "You look tasty " Snowball Earth
November 16th, 2018 | 53 mins 53 secs
This week it’s all about snowball Earth, how we got there, how we got back. Fun Paper Friday Small dinosaurs making tools in the lab! Contact us: Show - - - - - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - - Shannon Dulin -
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Episode 190 - "Friends of Hoth"
November 9th, 2018 | 55 mins 44 secs
This week we talk about the GSA meetings, stream tables, and bug dorms. GSA Fun Paper Friday What’s that buzzing sound? Find out on this week’s fun paper. Contact us: Show - - - - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - - Shannon...
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Episode 189 - "Glass and light"
November 2nd, 2018 | 50 mins 45 secs
This week John talks about an instrumentation meeting he was at and what the future looks like for seismologists. Fun Paper Friday Can a fly ruin a glass of wine? Find out in this week's fun paper! Contact us: Show ...
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Episode 188 - "Fossil Record" The Amoeba People
October 26th, 2018 | 1 hr 7 mins
This week The Amoeba People join us to talk about creating science music and geology dance moves. Fun Paper Friday Contact us: Show - - - - - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - - Shannon Dulin -
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Episode 187 - "It's real pretty"
October 12th, 2018 | 1 hr 6 mins
This week John and Shannon talk about their transitions to Windows and Mac, and what to do when things just stop working. Fun Paper Friday What’s the half-life of a chocolate box in a hospital? Find out on this week’s Fun Paper Friday. ...
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Episode 186 - "It's called rewriting history"
October 6th, 2018 | 1 hr 2 mins
Shannon goes to a software carpentry workshop and we do a post workshop discussion on using the tools she learned. Workshop Fun Paper Friday Lizards and hurricanes, this week’s fun paper has it all Contact us: Show - - - - -...
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Episode 185 - "I didn't stop running" David Jewitt
September 28th, 2018 | 1 hr 17 mins
This week Dr. David Jewitt joins us to talk about interstellar objects, jovian moons, and the Kuiper belt! Fun Paper Friday Should insurance be paying for you to ride the roller coaster? Find out on this week’s fun paper friday! Contact us...
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Episode 184 - "Organic BBQ Gunk" Jason Hofgartner
September 14th, 2018 | 1 hr 4 mins
This week Jason Hofgartner of JPL joins us to talk about Pluto and New Horizons! Pluto Fun Paper Friday Is it possible to publish a paper every five days? Do they mean anything? Can you sleep? Join us this week for an analysis of hyper-prolific...
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Episode 183 - "Your compass would be a mess" Dr. Amy Simon
September 7th, 2018 | 43 mins 43 secs
This week Dr. Amy Simon joins us to talk about Uranus and Neptune as we continue our march through the solar system! Uranus and Neptune Fun Paper Friday What would you do if you could make a meteor shower? Contact us: Show - - - - -...
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Episode 182 - "Titan is for the chemists" Dr. Mike Malaska
September 2nd, 2018 | 1 hr 3 mins
This week Dr. Mike Malaska joins us to talk about the wild world of Titan - its methane rivers, organic clouds, and disappearing islands! Titan Fun Paper Friday Can machine learning tell us where aftershocks are most likely to happen? Find out...