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 309 - "Assume a Spherical Chicken"

    November 19th, 2021  |  50 mins 30 secs

    This week we talk about a new paper by Schultz et al. determining if folded glasses in the Atacama Desert are extraterrestrial in origin. Then we talk about the ballistics of chickens.

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    Episode 308 - "Clay is kind of a trash can" Cements

    November 12th, 2021  |  44 mins 33 secs

    What holds it all together? Cements! This week we learn what kinds of cements nature uses to make sandstones and other sedimentary rocks. Also we learn about duck swimming patterns.

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    Episode 307 - "Up, Up, and Away"

    November 5th, 2021  |  37 mins 16 secs

    This week John and Shannon talk about launching a large balloon borne instrument and what weather balloons can tell us.

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    Episode 306 - "8 Degrees is a lot!" PETM

    October 22nd, 2021  |  46 mins 40 secs

    This week we talk about the PETM and what may have caused it.

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    Episode 305 - "Trovant down by the river"

    October 15th, 2021  |  47 mins 2 secs

    Trovants are a mysterious spherical rock found in Romania - this week we try to understand why they form.

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    Episode 304 - "Bog Clothes" with Dr. Andy Elwood-Madden

    October 8th, 2021  |  1 hr 7 mins

    Dr. Andy Elwood-Madden joins us to talk about X-Rays, Microscopes, and more!

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    Episode 303 - "But do you need it?"

    September 24th, 2021  |  56 mins 54 secs

    We finish up talking about getting data from the field and protecting your expensive instruments from the harsh outdoors!

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    Episode 302 - "Geophysics is Batteries"

    September 17th, 2021  |  50 mins 12 secs

    Taking measurements in the field is hard - and this week we talk about a few ways power can fail in the field.

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    Episode 301 - "Lodestone"

    September 10th, 2021  |  50 mins 45 secs

    This week John and Shannon tackle the history of magnetism and how whale songs can be used as seismic sources.

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    Episode 300 - "Rock can also act as a fluid"

    September 3rd, 2021  |  1 hr 58 secs

    It's episode 300 and we're here to celebrate with you!

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    Episode 299 - "Counterfeit Consciousness"

    August 20th, 2021  |  1 hr 18 mins

    This week we summarize what happened at the workshop and what happens when authors use AI to plagiarize papers.

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    Episode 298 - "Little Nerd Arms"

    August 13th, 2021  |  58 mins 56 secs

    This week we talk about the wet bulb temperature and what it means for you this summer!

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    Episode 297 - "Acid Gel" Shell Formation

    July 23rd, 2021  |  34 mins 2 secs

    Shannon is back from the beach and wondering how shells form, so we dig into some biological literature to learn how living animals form rock.

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    Episode 296 - "Explosive Erosion"

    July 9th, 2021  |  44 mins 17 secs

    Does the earth change rapidly or slowly? We discuss the competing philosophies and the evolution of.... well, the end of the road for your food!

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    Episode 295 - "Touch the rocks"

    July 2nd, 2021  |  1 hr 12 mins

    Shannon and John talk about what digital skills students have and what they need as well as what happens to a block of wood when you squeeze it.

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    Episode 294 - "enormous catastrophe"

    June 18th, 2021  |  52 mins 6 secs

    How bad was that earthquake? This week we look at the confusing world of earthquake intensity scales and the future of flat pack pasta.