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 40 - "Pumpkin Sedimentation"
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
Episode 39 - "There are some blow up bubbles" Mars
This week we talk about water on Mars and aeroelastic flutter of bird wings.
- John got married with drones and garter cannons. Keep an eye on his Twitter feed for more videos soon.
- We have a GSA pos…
Episode 38 - "I was kind of crafty about it, switching aisles"
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!
Episode 37 - "We solved all those problems, for all time" Open Hardware Summit
Talks
- AnnMarie Thomas (Univ. St. Thomas) “Making Makers”
- Jason Kessler and Jon Ruston talked about ULTRASCOPE
- Mach 30 president J. Simmons showed new ca…
Episode 36 - "We're looking at something the size of Connecticut" with Prof. Charles Ammon
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
Episode 35 - "So often we disconnect these things" Why study geology?
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 The Orbital Mechanics Episode 24 talki…
Episode 34 - "The Earth isn’t a big bar magnet"
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!
Episode 33 - "Where's that little nerdy guy?"
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…
Episode 32 - "I mean, they still make rulers with inches too"
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.
Episode 31 - "Galveston just gets it" Pt.2
We continue our quest form last week to hit the most interesting mechanisms of catastrophic sedimentation, talk about a new notebook, and learn how to give cosmic CT scans.
Floods
- Oklahoma flooded…
Episode 30 - "YouTube is rife with turbidite videos"
This week we start an accidental two-part show on catastrophic sedimentation, John’s drone experiments, and a revisit of some stories from the past. Don’t miss this not so short summer short!
Episode 29 - "Dear NASA, these are a few of our favorite things”
Intro
The Orbital Mechanics highlighted how little we know about planetary formation, so let’s talk about Pluto and what we’ve learned from the New Horizons Mission.
Pluto Basics
- Officially a dwa…
Episode 28 - "You can tag your abstract with emoji. Wait, what?"
This week we get ready for conference abstract deadlines and talk about how we prepare abstracts. Everyone is finally back in town, but not for long!
- Pluto show next week!
- Abstract deadlines: AGU 8…
Episode 27 - "They are terrifying" a volcanic road trip
Shannon hits the road again, so we talk about volcanics, earthquakes, and other disasters that can occur in the pacific northwest. We even talk about native stories of earthquakes and tsunamis.
Episode 26 - "Can I speak to your online librarian?" Top 10 Google Tips
Top 10 Google Search Tips
- Use the tabs
- Use quotes
- Exclude results with -
- Google Scholar
- Broaden the scope of your search by removing words
- Think like the person writing the article
- Search for a fil…
Episode 25 - "Scientists studying scientists" with Dr. Elizabeth Seiver
Join John and special guest Dr. Elizabeth Seiver of PLOS (Public Library of Science) in Austin, TX at the scientific Python (SciPy) conference to talk open science and geek tools! Sorry for the sligh…
Episode 24 - "Are you staying with Doc Brown?"
John is on the road headed to the SciPy conference and Shannon is done with field camp. Join us to hear the wrap up and talk about how geology was used strategically in the Revolutionary War on this …
Episode 23 - "If there's one glacial feature, everything is named after it"
This week Shannon summarizes her field trip and John talks about rock slides and his coming travel. We also talk about organized patterns of dripping syrup.
- John will be at the SciPy Conference
- Tro…
Episode 22 - "It was like two Volkswagens Battling" National Parks
Join us this week as we talk about our favorite national parks while Shannon is on the road. Then we’ll talk about kinetic energy of empty and full beer bottles as part of Fun Paper Friday!
Episode 21 - "Think of an anticline, that's what you're thinking of"
This week we catch up with Shannon’s field adventure and John’s poster and pitch competition.
- Sheep Mountain Anticline
- Grand Teton National Park
- John participated in a 2 minute pitch contest as par…