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 207 - "Baby little crystal faces"
April 12th, 2019 | 42 mins 25 secs
This week it’s all about microscopic indications of impacts and some fun mineral names. We wrap up with a fun paper on making project acronyms! Fun Paper Friday Contact us: Show show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - - Shannon Dulin...
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Episode 206 - "The saddest of the breccias"
March 29th, 2019 | 59 mins 17 secs
This week we continue to chat about impact events and the macroscopic evidence of them. We wrap up with a chat about primate sleep patterns. Fun Paper Friday Did our sleep patterns help us grow our cognitive ability? Find out on this week's Fun...
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Episode 205 - "Mellon Baller to the Surface"
March 24th, 2019 | 54 mins
This week we start a series on impact crates and how to tell if you have one - turns out it’s a lot more complicated than you’d think! We’ll wrap up the show with an analysis of pocket sizes on men’s and women’s clothing. Fun Paper...
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Episode 204 - "Take the blue pill"
March 15th, 2019 | 49 mins 38 secs
This week we’re petrified.. petrified wood that is. Learn what it is and how it’s made - then we tie it all up with a fun paper about mathematical ways to tie neckties. Fun Paper Friday How many ways are there to tie a necktie? Find out in...
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Episode 203 - "Evian of Light"
March 8th, 2019 | 1 hr 57 secs
This week we wrap up talking about magnetometers with the alkali vapor magnetometer - a strange optical instrument that is incredibly precise! Fun Paper Friday Why do grapes turn into balls of plasma in a microwave. New research tells us and hints...
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Episode 202 - "Little Tiny Bar Magnets"
March 1st, 2019 | 47 mins 36 secs
This week it is all about the proton procession magnetometer and the Earth's underground mountain range. Don't miss it! Fun Paper Friday Contact us: Show show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman Shannon Dulin
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Episode 201 - "Homogeneous Background" Fluxgate Magnetometers
February 22nd, 2019 | 46 mins 17 secs
This week it's all about the fluxgate magnetometer - funny name, awesome instruments. Fun Paper Friday Have you ever crashed your bike on the tracks? This paper might tell you why! Contact us: Show show@dontpanicgeocast.com ...
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Episode 200 - "Greenland is conjoined" climate part 3
February 15th, 2019 | 58 mins 58 secs
This week we finally finish up the climate series! In the mean time don't forget to take the and help us make the show better! Fun Paper Friday Where do you go to find mythical creatures? There's a paper for that! Contact us: Show ...
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Episode 199 - "Pour one out"
February 1st, 2019 | 55 mins 43 secs
It’s our 200th show! This week we reflect on why we do this and ask for your feedback in a listener survey. We wrap it all up with a fun paper to help us answer the question “are we cool?” Fun Paper Friday This week we decide if we’re...
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Episode 198 - (Rebroadcast) “Launching balloons out of a UHaul” Eric Bruning
January 25th, 2019 | 1 hr 4 mins
This week Dr. Eric Bruning () joins us to talk about locating lightning, the lightning process, and space based lightning instruments. Don’t miss this week’s electrifying show! Fun Paper Friday Contact us:...
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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 -