Don't Panic Geocast

By John Leeman and Shannon Dulin

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. ... more

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April 26, 2024Episode 387 - "Adorable Baby Drilling Rig"
John went to the Geoprobe open house to look at drilling rigs and then we discuss the optimum way to plan a large number of Christmas parties.
Earth Day Google Doodle
Geoprobe
Fun Paper Friday
Grüneberg, Reuben. "Hospital Christmas parties." British Medical Journal 281.6256 (1980): 1667.
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47min
April 20, 2024Episode 386 - "Rock Colloid"
What's tiny, rocky, and alive? Forams! Learn about forams and what diseases James Bond may get while traveling to study them.
Fun Paper Friday
Graumans, Wouter, William JR Stone, and Teun Bousema. "No time to die: An in-depth analysis of James Bond's exposure to infectious agents." Travel medicine and infectious disease 44 (2021): 102175.
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56min
April 12, 2024Episode 385 - "Father Sky Goes Away"
John and Shannon both traveled to see the great eclipse of 2024 and share their experiences this week as well as talk about one of those rare times when ice is not a mineral.
Fun Paper Friday
We always talk about ice being a mineral, but what about when it isn't?
Rosu-Finsen, Alexander, et al. "Medium-density amorphous ice." Science 379.6631 (2023): 474-478.
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52min
April 05, 2024Episode 384 - "Glaciers caused the great lakes, now we have them, the end" Alexis Dahl
This week we interview YouTube science creator, science writer, and communicator Alexis Dahl to learn about the rocks of Michigan's UP and how scientists can do a better job of sharing what they do.
Alexis' YouTube Channel
Alexis' Website
Fun Paper Friday
What should you drink after fondue to prevent "chesse baby" feelings?
Heinrich, Henriette, et al. "Effect on gastric function and symptoms of drinking wine, black tea, or schnapps with a Swiss cheese fondue: randomised controlled crossover trial." BMJ 341 (2010).
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58min
March 29, 2024Episode 383 - "Logarithmically Fades Away"
This week we see how scientists break down the Earth into 7 or more spheres and why that is and isn't a good idea. We also explore a fun paper about graphene that is just full of crap.
Fun Paper Friday
Graphene is an amazing material, but are all of the papers about it full of crap? This one certainly is!
Wang, Lu, Zdenek Sofer, and Martin Pumera. "Will any crap we put into graphene increase its electrocatalytic effect?." ACS nano 14.1 (2020): 21-25.
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47min
March 16, 2024Episode 382 - "A world without attenuation would be unbearably noisy"
What can we get from mining the moon? Should we? Who can do it? Why should we do it? That and more in this week's show!
Fun Paper Friday
Do we live in 3D? Can you prove it?
Morley, Tom. "A simple proof that the world is three-dimensional." SIAM review 27.1 (1985): 69-71.
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46min
March 08, 2024Episode 381 - "Desk Sedimentology"
This week we talk about new national parks, sticky notes, and empirical evidence about fly fishing.
Fun Paper Friday
Britton, B. J., J. Grimley Evans, and J. M. Potter. "Does the fly matter? The CRACKPOT study in evidence based trout fishing." BMJ 317.7174 (1998): 1678-1680.
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March 01, 2024Episode 380 - "Flame out like a bolide"
This week we talk about how rocks get magnetic field imparted to them and if scientists are really discovering anything new these days.
Fun Paper Friday
Park, Michael, Erin Leahey, and Russell J. Funk. "Papers and patents are becoming less disruptive over time." Nature 613.7942 (2023): 138-144.
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February 23, 2024Episode 379 - "How would you like to buy Brunton?"
This week we're rejoined by the Heerschaps to learn about how they came to own and run Brunton and what's next for the company that is a staple of the geological, recreational, and military navigation world.
Go Get a Brunton!
EPISODE 109 - "REALLY SAD MICHAEL BOLTON MUSIC" LAUREN AND DAVE HEERSCHAP
Fun Paper Friday
This week's fun paper may make you think before saying "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot"
Finsterer, Josef. "Earl Grey tea intoxication." The Lancet 359.9316 (2002): 1484.
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1h 13min
February 16, 2024Episode 378 - "I love the font"
We generally don't think of sedimentary rocks when we think of volcanoes, but they are real! Find out why sedimentologists don't have to be bored in volcanic terranes.
Fun Paper Friday
Torres-Company, Victor. "One ring to multiplex them all." Nature 546.7657 (2017): 214-215.
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