Don't Panic Geocast

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?”

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This week Dr. Eric Bruning (@deeplycloudy) joins us to talk about locating lightning, the lightning process, and space based lightning instruments. Don’t miss this week’s electrifying show!

• Dr. Brun…

This week John sums up his time at the AMS meeting and we discuss the highland haggis.

• AMS 2019

• McNOLEG, O. L. E. G. “The integration of GIS, remote sensing, expert systems and ad…

This week we are joined by Dr. Nick Heavens to talk about the past and present climate, and the climate of Mars!

• @weatheronmars

• Legos and children - the ingredients for a hilariou…

This week Dr. Walter Smith joins us to talk about GMT, satellite altimetry, gravity, racing cars, and more!

• Walter’s Webpage

• This week we examine parachutes… again. Do they work? …

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!

• Chickens - the do…

This week John and Shannon continue talking about Earth’s past climate and snowball Earth, then delve into the physics of cactus.

• Geologic Timescale

• Which cactus is the worst to g…

This week we talk about the InSight landing and seismology on Mars.

• InSight Mission
• The Onion Article

• Could minerals be the keys to solving the dark matter puzzle?
• Drukier, Andrz…

This week it’s all about snowball Earth, how we got there, how we got back.

• Snowball Earth
• Albedo

• Small dinosaurs making tools in the lab!
• Gizmodo Article
• Auersperg, A. M. I., e…

This week we talk about the GSA meetings, stream tables, and bug dorms.

• GSA 2018
• EM River

• What’s that buzzing sound? Find out on this week’s fun paper.
• Chung, H. N., et al. “T…

This week John talks about an instrumentation meeting he was at and what the future looks like for seismologists.

• Blueseis Sensor
• John's Company

• Can a fly ruin a glass of wine? Fi…

This week The Amoeba People join us to talk about creating science music and geology dance moves.

• The Band Website
• Band Facebook
• Band Twitter
• Band YouTube
• Band Patreon

• Dear Colle…

This week John and Shannon talk about their transitions to Windows and Mac, and what to do when things just stop working.

• Back to Work #393

• What’s the half-life of a chocolate box…

Shannon goes to a software carpentry workshop and we do a post workshop discussion on using the tools she learned.

• Embedded.fm #250
• Software Carpentry

• Lizards and hurrica…

This week Dr. David Jewitt joins us to talk about interstellar objects, jovian moons, and the Kuiper belt!

• Kuiper Belt
• ‘Oumuamua
• David’s Website

• Should insurance be paying for you…

This week Jason Hofgartner of JPL joins us to talk about Pluto and New Horizons!

• New Horizons
• Jason Hofgartner

• Is it possible to publish a paper every five days? Do they mea…

This week Dr. Amy Simon joins us to talk about Uranus and Neptune as we continue our march through the solar system!

• Uranus
• Neptune
• Amy’s website

• What would you…

This week Dr. Mike Malaska joins us to talk about the wild world of Titan - its methane rivers, organic clouds, and disappearing islands!

• Titan
• UnmannedSpaceflight.com
• Image Processing Tutor…

This week Dr. Amanda Hendrix joins us to talk about Saturn, it’s moons, and exploring Titan.

• Saturn
• Cassini Mission
• Beyond Earth: Our Path to a New Home in the Planets

• Why do old …

This week, it’s all about the most volcanically active place in the solar system - Io! Join Dr. Rosaly Lopes of JPL for a tour of this strange world.

• Io
• Galileo Mission
• Cassini Mission