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 20 - "It was like 1.5 Cores plus a Twister" San Andreas Movie
This week we talk more about your field photos, the movie San Andreas, mining country in Colorado, and chocolate blooming!
Your Photos!
- Last week we talked about the Manefay Slide instead of the J…
Episode 19 - "The whole office is batteries"
- TOPCON GPS Instruments
- Listener Mark sent in field photos from the Bingham Canyon Mine
- Checkout Mark’s Images
- Jordan Slide
- Some general RADAR information
- Greenwood Furnace State Park
- Blast Furnace B…
Episode 18 - "I remember having to buy a sweatshirt" Canon City, CO
This week Shannon talks about the cold weather at field camp, we discuss the Jacob’s staff, and methane rain. You’ll want to listen to this fun summer short!
Episode 17 - "What's your summer manifesto?"
Summer is an ideal time to learn new things and explore new ideas. This week we discuss what we want to learn over the summer and how we are going to accomplish these goals. What’s your summer manife…
Episode 16 - "We are scared" Nature Calls
This week John and Shannon discuss going outside and how important it is to our learning processes. Are we suffering from “nature deficit disorder”? We follow up the discussion with a #FunPaperFriday…
Episode 15 - "If it didn't, that seismometer probably wasn't working" The Nepal Earthquake
This week we are joined by a guest co-host in Shannon’s absence. Matt Herman talks to us about the recent earthquake in Nepal. We had to record in an empty classroom, so sorry about the audio quality…
Episode 14 - "I basically need a holodeck"
Taking notes is an essential part of your job, no matter what you do. This week we discuss note taking strategies, supplies, and how we work. Also don’t miss out on a sticky #FunPaperFriday!
Episode 13 - "One of my best friends is a poet" Phoebe Cohen
This week we are joined by paleontologist Dr. Phoebe Cohen (@PhoebeFossil) from Williams. She studies microscopic single-cell fossils from before there were animals.
- Undergrad at Cornell, wanting t…
Episode 12 - "You want to filter out the ducks" Tides
Tides pull and deform the surface of the ocean and the surface of the Earth. This week we’ll take a quick tour of tidal forces, address some show feedback, and then talk about a revision on a classic…
Episode 11 - "It was windy"
This week we talk about another branch of earth science, meteorology. We discuss the upcoming severe weather season and Shannon’s close call with a tornadic storm. Also updates on past stories, feedb…
Episode 10 - "I've been everywhere man"
We’ve both been on the road recently and decided to cut together a show to share our travels with you. This week Shannon will take us into the field in NM with her students, and John will take us to …
Episode 9 - "There's an app for that"
This week we thought it would be a good idea to recap some of the apps that we use on a daily basis to get our work done. We want to explicitly state that we are fully unsponsored and that these are …
Episode 8 - "Canal Side Geologist" Making Maps
What is a geologic map?
- Conveys many sorts of geologic information
- The whole basis of field geology
- Can be a surface,bedrock, subsurface, resource, soil, etc. map
Making the Map
- Start off with …
Episode 7 - "We don't have ancient Greeks on other planets"
This week we talk about how sciences can weight a planet, discuss gravity, and the explosion of a military weather satellite while in orbit.
Ways to Measure Planetary Mas…
Episode 6 - "What if you calibrated your candles differently?"
Time is a very complex subject that you can devote your entire life to. Today we’ll cover a few of the basics and enough to get your interest up! We’ll see that it’s difficult to know what a second i…
Episode 5 - "We actually don't call it the Tertiary anymore"
This week we discuss the geologic time scale, meteorites, and fitness trackers!
Pittsburgh Fireball Feb. 17, 2015
Episode 4 - "Is that cumulonimbus cloud storage?" Data Backups
- Technicians at the KGRK weather radar encountered a rattlesnake during an upgrade this week. The official NWS statement says “DUE TO COMPLICATIONS INVOLVING A RATTLESNAKE DURING TODAYS UPGRADE…THE K…
Episode 3 - “Computers don’t like -20 degree temperatures” with Nick Holschuh
Feedback
- We received an article from listener Hannah about using tech in education. Thanks Hannah!
Interview with Nick Holschuh
Nick is a graduate student at Penn State. He tells us about his fi…
Episode 2 - If you’re doing geology in pen, you’re just not doing geology right
This week we discuss field tools - everything from clothing to pens and notebooks! Shannon panics due to Earth’s close encounter with an asteroid and John talks about the smell after rainstorms. We w…
Episode 1 - Clippy is Gone Now, Clippy Was Not a Help
Episode 1 - Clippy is Gone Now, Clippy Was Not a Help
We discuss paper writing, figure making, debate the merits of our favorite software, and discuss a possible explanation of last week’s mysteriou…