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 95 - "At least there were functions" Greg Wilson
November 18th, 2016 | 1 hr 10 mins
John and Shannon are back to doing science instead of troubleshooting and take a break to talk with Dr. Greg Wilson about Software Carpentry, how to teach effectively, and a smattering of related topics about the academic world. Greg Wilson ...
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Episode 94 - "It sounds better than piece of string"
November 14th, 2016 | 54 mins 6 secs
Shannon has been in the field sampling the great unconformity and John has been traveling to prepare for an exciting change. Join us this week to learn about discontinuities of all kinds! Unconformities Fun Paper Friday Contact us: Show - ...
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Episode 93 - "It has a capital letter" Air Pressure
November 4th, 2016 | 50 mins 9 secs
This week we address a listener question about air pressure. What is it? Is the Earth’s atmosphere different thicknesses at different places? Find out, along with the answer to the age old question: “Where are all the teaspoons?” Air Pressure ...
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Episode 92 - "I fell into your trap" Ben Crosby
October 28th, 2016 | 1 hr 6 mins
John and Shannon are still fighting lab equipment, but take a break to talk to a guest suggested by listener Angie about how climate change is forming our landscape. Ben Crosby Fun Paper Friday Contact us: Show - - - -...
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Episode 91 – “I've seen buoys before” Hurricanes Part 2
October 21st, 2016 | 53 mins 16 secs
John and Shannon are fighting lab equipment, but they take a break to continue their discussion of hurricanes. This week we talk about how we measure hurricanes - from airplanes to buoys. Hurricane Hunters Instruments Fun Paper...
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Episode 90 - "It's like a big straw" Hurricanes Part 1
October 14th, 2016 | 53 mins 55 secs
We’ve had a fairly active hurricane season, so we thought that maybe now would be a good time to discuss what exactly a hurricane is, especially for those of us non-coastal dwellers who maybe don’t think about them as much as say…tornadoes! ...
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Episode 89 - "I had lunch with some ghostbusters" Maker Faire
October 7th, 2016 | 47 mins 4 secs
John visits Maker Faire and Shannon found another paper about video games to answer questions we raised last week. Maker Faire Fun Paper Friday Contact us: Show - - - - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - - Shannon...
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Episode 88 - "Helene is made of mayo" GSA 2016
September 30th, 2016 | 37 mins 24 secs
Shannon has been at the Geological Society of America meeting in Denver and John is about to head off to Maker Faire. Join us to hear about the latest in geology and a fun paper we almost chickened out on. Fun Paper Friday Who knew there was so...
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Episode 87 - "Dr. Lagomorph" Happy Birthday NPS
September 23rd, 2016 | 49 mins 32 secs
Feedback John was on this week! Big year for NPS Lots of press about Shannon’s top picks John’s top picks Fun Paper Friday All of your selfies can help the national parks understand visitor patterns and determine what...
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Episode 86 - "There's all kinds of terror" Laura Wallace
September 16th, 2016 | 1 hr 3 mins
This week we take it slow. Laura Wallace joins us to talk plate tectonics and slow slip in New Zealand. Also a project that gets the best acronym of the year award. Laura Wallace Fun Paper Friday The David is one of the most famous sculptures...
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Episode 85 - "Please buy tickets to Oklahoma today"
September 10th, 2016 | 39 mins 25 secs
Earthquake! Last week Oklahoma was rocked by the largest recorded earthquake recorded in the state’s history. We talk with Dr. Katie Keranen who is in the field deploying seismic instruments to study the event. Sorry for the audio quality this week...
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Episode 84 - "It might be too soon" (The Limerock Challenge)
September 2nd, 2016 | 27 mins 59 secs
A few weeks ago we finished collecting all of your limericks in our contest to win some sweet geo-swag from Chris at . This week we are joined by special guest Katie Shearer to announce the winners and read more of our favorites! If you didn’t win,...
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Episode 83 - "Out of the country" (Brad Jolliff Rebroadcast)
August 26th, 2016 | 52 mins 47 secs
We are teaching and traveling with the start of the semester. Since John has no solid cell phone signal at a conference in New Hampshire and Shannon is swimming in lecturing, we wanted to share one of our favorite interviews from this year! This week...
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Episode 82 - "What Summer?"
August 19th, 2016 | 52 mins 16 secs
Classes start next week - it’s time to evaluate what we did over the summer. How did our summer manifestos work out and what are we going to accomplish this fall? John’s Fall Goals Figure out my future job Finish up a couple of...
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Episode 81 - "Landscape Bulldozers" The Driftless
August 12th, 2016 | 39 mins
This week we address a listener show request from Mike about the Driftless region and address the phenomena of Pokemon Go. Can it improve our spatial reasoning? Driftless Region Fun Paper Friday What are the effects of Pokemon Go on...
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Episode 80 - "Dam Nation"
August 5th, 2016 | 42 mins 40 secs
Having just got back from vacationing near a river, Shannon’s mind is wondering (and wandering!) about dams and their impacts, both good and bad. People use dams for electricity, recreation, flood control, and a myriad of other things. Let’s take...