Don't Panic Geocast
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.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 51 minutes
- Episodes
- 421
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Episode 60 - "Open Source is Magical" Martin Pratt
This week we are joined by guest Dr. Martin Pratt to discuss new ways to visualize your data and express the frustrations we still deal with on a daily basis.
Martin Pratt
Episode 59 - "You get a lot of bloat-ware, but you don't get a compiler"
This week we talk about mounds of feedback, learning new skills, and where to tackle the problem of computer programming. It’s for everyone and it’s really not scary!
Episode 58 - "The background on my phone is a thin section" Hannah Rabinowitz
Episode 57 - "You go to a cave and do math problems"
This week we’re going underground…to caves that is. We review the basics of how caves form, some unique features, and a lot of fun vocabulary. We also talk about the latest and greatest scientific di…
Episode 56 - "A lot people would like to think they've got a lunar meteorite" Brad Jolliff
This week a special guest takes us to the moon by talking about lunar rocks and meteorites! The moon turns out to be a fascinating place, but probably won’t break up like in Seveneves.
Episode 55 - "Every time you clip your fingernails" Plate Tectonics
Why do mountains form, earthquakes happen, and volcanoes form where they do? The answer is plate tectonics. This week we explore the history of being wrong about how the Earth works.
Episode 54 - "We use statistics"
We’ve already talked a little bit about the Earth’s magnetic field, but where does that fall in terms of geoscience? Lots of physicists look at the magnetic field, but so do geologists. Not just our …
Episode 53 - "They call it the snowtron"
With the first winter storm of 2016 over with, we figured we would jump on the bandwagon and talk about some different types of winter precipitation.
Feedback
Episode 52 - "You pay for significant digits"
Last week we talked about glaciers, a basic staple of any geology education. That means it’s only fair to talk about a geophysics staple this week. We can measure gravity at different locations and u…
Episode 51 - "Regelation. I think I had that for lunch the other day" Glaciers
Episode 50 - "Some serious geometric voodoo" Projections Part 2
Last week we told you about many different map projections and talked about why they are all wrong. This week we’ll discuss a few of our favorites, why we like them, and when they fail us. We also ha…
Episode 49 - "Would it blow your mind if I told you Africa is 14x larger than Greenland?"
Maps are useful things, but it turns out that projecting a 3D object on a 2D map can cause a lot of unexpected problems. They even inspired an XKCD comic. This week we explore maps and map projection…
Episode 48 - "You know you're going to be inspired" AGU
We want to wish you happy holidays and invite you to join us while John was at AGU. This show should have been released a week ago, but John got very ill at AGU and took several days to recover. Than…
Episode 47 - "That's nerd points" Holiday Gift Guide
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!
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Episode 46 - "The sweet sounds of square wheels rolling" Posters Continued
This week we continue our discussion of posters, presentation, and talk about splashing around with our fun paper Friday!
Graphing Software
Poster To…
Episode 45 - Revisit "What if you calibrated your candles differently?"
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 magnitud…
Episode 44 - "It's not Richter magnitude!"
This week we talk about Bill Nye, earthquake magnitudes, and coffee.
Bill Nye
- John got to see Bill Nye (@BillNye) talk at Penn State!
- News article with photos!
Earthquake Magnitudes
Episode 43 - “Life should be more than turning off drop shadow defaults”
This week Shannon is grading, John is modeling (numerically), and they both are mad about some graphs they have seen.
Data Visualization
Episode 42 - "Life, the Universe, and Everything"
- Shannon was at the GSA 2015 meeting in Baltimore Maryland. She also won a raffle there for a Rite in the Rain notebook and holder.
- The meeting app worked well, but we’re both nervous after the AGU a…
Episode 41 - "The Nino (Pumpkin Spice Latte Season)"
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!