PlanetGeo: The Geology Podcast
A Geology and Earth Science Podcast. Join Chris, an award-winning geology teacher, and Jesse, a geoscience professor, in discussing the amazing features of our planet and their impact on your everyday life. No prior knowledge required. New episodes coming at you every week. Listen, subscribe, share with someone you know!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 259
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
A Geology Bullseye: The Black Hills of South Dakota
The Black Hills happens to be one of our favorite places. We thought it was the right time to talk about them as people are getting the itch for summer to arrive so we can play in the mountains. Th…
Eruption, The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens: Author Steve Olson
Join us as we interview science writer Steve Olson about his book Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens. For his outstanding work on this book, he won the Washington State Book Award and wa…
Modern Mount St. Helens: Author Steve Olson (GeoShort)
Join us in a preview to our full interview with science writer Steve Olson!
In this GeoShort, we cover the modern science of Mount St. Helens, a bit about Steve's writing career, and discuss the impor…
Volcanoes Around the World: Tina Neal - Director of the United States Volcano Science Center
Join Jesse and Chris as we interview Christina (Tina) Neal. Tina has 38 years of experience as a volcanologist for the USGS. She is the Volcano Science Center Director and is in charge of all 5 of …
The Geology of Iridium, The Meteorite Tracker
In this episode, Jesse and Chris follow up on the K-T Extinction episode from last week. Why is Iridium so important in this story? Our show notes summary is below.
Why is Iridium identified in thes…
Meteors+Dinosaurs+Geology = Extinction!
Join Jesse and Chris as we explore the hypothesis that an asteroid ended the Cretaceous AND the age of the reptiles. It's a very compelling scientific story of discovery.
This has been hotly debated …
Water Issues Part 4: The Geology of Hard Water (Re-Release)
Chris and Jesse are recording this intro face to face in Michigan! We had a lot of fun actually recording together rather than from 600 miles apart. Join us in our final Re-release series on water.
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The Volcano Heard Around the World: Literally!
Join us as we interrupt our water series re-release to talk about a major current event - the eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano in Tonga.
It was a huge eruption in the South Pacific from a…
Water Issues Part 3: Dams Revisited (A Geology Re-Release)
Jesse and Chris are recording face to face in Michigan. Join us as we follow the water issues theme in our re-release series.
Show notes below:
We liked talking about dams so much we did it again! Jo…
Water Issues Part 2: Dammed if We Do, Dammed if We Don't (Geology Re-Release)
This is a re-release of a much earlier episode on Dams. In our newly recorded intro, Jesse and I are in person and sitting across from each other as we give a little prelude to the episode. We also…
Water Issues Part 1: Where is the World's Water? (A Geology Re-Release)
A geology re-release of our talk about the worlds water and the issues we face. Jesse and Chris are face to face recording this time which presented some challenges as you'll soon hear. We had fun …
Energy and Climate Part 4: Geothermal Energy (Re-Release).
This is Part 4 of our re-released Climate and Energy series! We are on a break right now, but there is always great geoscience information to learn about!
Today we get to talk about something really…
Energy and Climate Part 3: Ancient Nuclear Reactors (Re-Release).
This is Part III of our re-released Climate and Energy series! We are on a break right now, but there is always great geoscience information to learn about!
Did you know that nuclear fission reactio…
Energy and Climate Part 2: Professor Michael Mann (Re-Release).
Join us as we re-release of our favorite interviews that we have done, with one of the truly great climate scientists and communicators, Professor Michael Mann!
Michael Mann, Distinguished Professor a…
Energy and Climate Part 1: The Greenhouse Effect (Re-Release).
Join us as we discuss the science behind the greenhouse effect and how it all works.
This is a re-release of a much earlier episode. As we take a SHORT break, we decided to release a theme of episode…
Where to see Yosemite Geoscience (GeoShort)
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Yosemite National Park
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Today, we talk about the geology of Yosemite National Park. Specifically, we dive into…
Can Aliens See Us? Dr. Jackie Faherty
Astronomers can detect other planets orbiting around stars in the sky. But, can those planets see us? That's the question, and Dr. Jackie Faherty has answers! This conversation is based on a paper…
Manhatten-henge - Dr. Jackie Faherty (GeoShort)
Have you heard of Manhattan-Henge? It's a totally cool phenomenon that occurs in The Big Apple every spring and summer.
We interviewed Dr. Jackie Faherty about it! You can follow Dr. Faherty on Twi…
What's in a Name? Volcano Edition
In this episode, we discuss the categories - or different types of volcanoes in the world. We begin by discussing how the traditional categories, as found in most textbooks, are not adequate. There…