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 47 - "That's nerd points" Holiday Gift Guide

    December 11th, 2015  |  1 hr 53 secs

    The holiday season is approaching and you may be wondering what to get that geoscientist or science nerd in your life. Look no further as we discuss our recommendations on the Don’t Panic gift guide!
    John’s...

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    Episode 46 - "The sweet sounds of square wheels rolling" Posters Continued

    December 4th, 2015  |  48 mins 43 secs

    This week we continue our discussion of posters, presentation, and talk about splashing around with our fun paper Friday!
    Graphing Software

    Poster Tools

    Fun Paper Friday
    This week we talk about urine...

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    Episode 45 - Revisit "What if you calibrated your candles differently?"

    November 27th, 2015  |  1 hr 27 secs

    This week we re-visit one of our favorite shows while everyone is outside or in their turkey food-coma here in the US. We also read some listener mail about last week's episode on earthquake magnitudes!
     
    Time is a very complex subject that you...

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    Episode 44 - "It's not Richter magnitude!"

    November 20th, 2015  |  53 mins 26 secs

    This week we talk about Bill Nye, earthquake magnitudes, and coffee.
    Bill Nye

    John got to see Bill Nye () talk at Penn State!

    Earthquake Magnitudes

    Challenge is that earthquakes span a huge dynamic range. We measure ground displacements...

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    Episode 43 - “Life should be more than turning off drop shadow defaults”

    November 13th, 2015  |  52 mins 7 secs

    This week Shannon is grading, John is modeling (numerically), and they both are mad about some graphs they have seen.
    Data Visualization

    Make everything bigger than you think it needs to be!

    Resources

    Ask people...

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    Episode 42 - "Life, the Universe, and Everything"

    November 6th, 2015  |  43 mins 19 secs

    Shannon was at the meeting in Baltimore Maryland. She also won a raffle there for a notebook and holder.
    The meeting app worked well, but we’re both nervous after the AGU app last year.
    This is episode . A very important number to the...

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    Episode 41 - "The Nino (Pumpkin Spice Latte Season)"

    October 30th, 2015  |  40 mins

    This week we talk about El Nino, what it is, how it works, and what it means for this winter. We also discuss pumpkin carving injuries on this week’s Fun Paper Friday!

    ENSO

    El...

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    Episode 40 - "Pumpkin Sedimentation"

    October 23rd, 2015  |  31 mins 9 secs

    This week Shannon talks about back to back field trips, broken airplanes, and rain. John relates a story about a strange northeast tradition and shares a traffic related fun paper.
    Shannon’s Trip

    Punkin’...

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    Episode 39 - "There are some blow up bubbles" Mars

    October 16th, 2015  |  36 mins 2 secs

    This week we talk about water on Mars and aeroelastic flutter of bird wings.

    John got married with and . Keep an eye on his Twitter feed for more videos soon.
    We have a GSA poster and AGU Talk!

    Mars

    Water on mars

    Recurring...

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    Episode 38 - "I was kind of crafty about it, switching aisles"

    October 9th, 2015  |  56 mins 36 secs

    This week we interview Kina McAllister to talk about her science activity kits for girls and then talk about the optimal office temperature setting in this week’s Fun Paper Friday!

    Fun Paper Friday

    This week we have a...

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    Episode 37 - "We solved all those problems, for all time" Open Hardware Summit

    October 2nd, 2015  |  52 mins 36 secs

    Talks

    president J. Simmons showed new cad/modeling linked tools that they are using to create open thrusters, rockets, etc.

    showed how open hardware in science can save us a bundle think of all the outdated lab equipment sitting around...

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    Episode 36 - "We're looking at something the size of Connecticut" with Prof. Charles Ammon

    September 25th, 2015  |  43 mins 32 secs

    This week special guest Prof. Charles Ammon joins us to discuss the recent magnitude 8.3 Chile earthquake. We then talk about coffee and how it can move your body clock around.
    Show Links

    Fun Paper Friday

    Contact...

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    Episode 35 - "So often we disconnect these things" Why study geology?

    September 18th, 2015  |  51 mins 22 secs

    This week we discuss how geoscience can enrich anyone’s life. Join the discussion and then learn about how much cosmic dust falls on us every day!

    John was on talking about SMAP.

    Why Learn Geology

    Spatial...

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    Episode 34 - "The Earth isn’t a big bar magnet"

    September 11th, 2015  |  53 mins 4 secs

    Join us to talk about the Earth’s magnetic field. It protects us and has complication on more levels than you think. It produces the aurora and helps us date rocks and structures!

    Magnetic Field...

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    Episode 33 - "Where's that little nerdy guy?"

    September 4th, 2015  |  39 mins 53 secs

    This week we thought we would go through our every day carry (EDC) essentials for braving the academic jungle. As most of us go back to the academic year, it’s important to fine tune what we carry to do our job anywhere.
    John
    Nothing...

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    Episode 32 - "I mean, they still make rulers with inches too"

    August 28th, 2015  |  49 mins 37 secs

    Classes are back in session, and we’re back to normal episodes. Join us to talk about Brunton pocket transits, argue about strike and dip, and discuss the zombie apocalypse.

    Windows 10 isn’t supporting external USB microphones right...