How do you find the signal when everything feels like noise — in your data, in your career, in your life? ....Wait, and what is a SCIENTIFIC dance???

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(00:00) Intro

(04:00) Kangaroos love coherence

(09:46) Let's try to slow our thinking down

(12:20) Different types of bias

(18:15) Y'all almost broke me, LOL!

We invite Heather's dad to give us some insight on what chemical engineers think about what we do....

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(00:00) Introduction

(00:57) What did you think when Heather decided to be a geo?

(02:32) She chose a school with no engineering degree!

(03:31) Tell us which degree is more made up, LOL!

(05:50) Are ML good at anything?

(09:45) Did you miss out by not being a geo?

(13:25) He hasn't even heard the podcast yet!

Heather and April wonder what happens to our brains when we have to perform under pressure....Also, fun ideas for Heather's next conference name badge!

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(00:00) Intro

(04:00) Heather's take on whether we are all performing

(11:20) Introverts: fitness instructor and award-winning introvert

(20:42) Talking to a camera

Find out what our favorite rock and/or mineral is, why we mention rats, and that I was NOT too short to hold a koala...

Wait, what does any of this have to do with science communication…

Maybe listen to find out!!!

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(00:00) Intro

(03:35) How did we end up in Australia?

(06:05) Seeing the animals...NYC rats?

(07:40) I am tall enough!!! LOL

(11:54) Why do the silly video shorts do better...

(13:15) isn't there a video?

(14:24) floating down the lazy river

(17:02) NOOR, part 1

(18:40) Plain language summaries...Infographics!!!

(20:25) Is being silly our best work?!?

(25:40) Rock quiz part 2

Heather and April explore the world of machine learning in geoscience. Runaway robot vacuums, golden retrievers using calculators....

We do talk about critical thinking skills in there somewhere, too.

Listen and find out.

(00:00) Intro

(01:41) What ML actually does

(07:00) When has ML spectacularly failed?

(20:19) Vacuum on the run

Channels, channels, and more channels; as far as the eye can see!

April finally gets a full episode to talk about the thing she loves most, and Heather has no choice but to come along for the ride.

From ancient civilizations to which state has the best-tasting dirt, and then disaster movies .... wait, what?

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(00:00) Intro

(02:59) What even is a channel?

(05:55) Channels and Disaster Movies!

(13:09) She has 3 things to say...

Seismic attributes have personalities. We're not taking it back.

Dr. Heather Bedle and Dr. April Moreno-Ward break down the attributes they actually use, why some of them are quietly running the whole show, and why spectral decomposition shows up in full color and rainbows whether you asked for it or not. Amplitude is the colleague who says nothing for a year and then changes everything. Cosine instantaneous phase gives you perfect directions and forgets to mention the road is closed. And spectral decomposition? Drama queen. Confirmed.

Plus the quiz is back. April is a split answer and owns it entirely.

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We start the way all good science should start — with a personality quiz. From there, Dr. Heather Bedle and Dr. April Moreno-Ward introduce themselves the way they'd actually want to be introduced (no CVs, no titles, just the real version), trace the surprisingly winding roads that led two curious humans to geophysics, and somehow end up talking about why seismic data can be genuinely, unexpectedly beautiful.

Also covered: what geophysics actually IS — explained in under a minute at a dinner party.

Fair warning: there's a quiz, there's a detour, and there may be a channel in here somewhere.

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