Geology On The Rocks

By James Hobbs

What's Geology On The Rocks about?

James the Geologist and Bryan Baggins dive deeper into various geological topics with rock hammers in one hand and a whiskey on the rocks in the other. Grab a drink, take a seat, and enjoy the conversation with our hosts and esteemed guests.

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Hoodoo and the Sh*tpots

11.01.2023

Back in action, the GOTR folks welcome the only one cannoli, the original paisano, Ken Lazara aka kentonics. We talk field oopsies and dive in a bit into Arizona geology and learn about a very aptly named volcano...you'll just have ...

Geology On The Rocks episodes:

11.01.2023 Hoodoo and the Sh*tpots Back in action, the GOTR folks welcome the only one cannoli, the original paisano, Ken Lazara aka kentonics. We talk field oopsies and dive in a bit into Arizona geology and learn about a very aptly named volcano...you'll just have ...
10.01.2023 Hoodoos & Shitpots It is what it is and that is all that it is! With special guest, Kentonics! Be Cool, Stay Tuned, & Keep It On the Rocks! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/geology-on-the-rocks/support
04.04.2023 Nikki Glaciers Episode 47 We dare you to say ‘Ice Aged Ice Sheets’ five times fast. But first, in this episode, the GotR Gang dive into all things Glaciers, brrrr. Glaciers and Glaciation, generally speaking, covers the formation, features, effects, and causes ...
03.16.2023 Lake Ballz Episode 46! Welcome to Season 5 of Geology on the Rocks! We have special guest Geoarcheologis Dr. David Rachal in this episode to discuss all things balls. Through his research, Dave uses his balls of choice, Ruppia cirrhosa (Ruppia) seeds, ...
06.05.2022 Answers You Wanted Questioned! Episode 45 A season finale! This episode closes out season 4 with a dang bang! We finally get around to answering some of the questions we have received, such as jobs and career paths in the geosciences, what our favorite ...
05.18.2022 DANG! Environmental Ethics Episode 44! DANG! What better start to an episode could you ask for as we begin our discussion discussing tornadoes and drunk pigs? Our main topic discusses some of the most common environmental problems we face today. What makes it ...
04.24.2022 Sherock Holmes Episode 43 In this episode, GOTR takes the skeletons out of their closets and goes on a deep into all things forensic geologies, the mysterious interface between geology and forensics. While there was no exact date when scientific methods were ...
02.20.2022 Desserts & Wine Episode 42 This delicious episode explores the amazing world of desserts and wine! We sculpt the the auditory landscape by discussing such musings as climatic conditions that create desserts, geographic distribution of the Earth’s desserts, weathering, dunes, and surface morphologies. ...
02.04.2022 It's Morphin' Time Episode 41 It’s snowing down here in the Lone Star State, and geomorphology is the name of this episode’s game, which is fitting as there is a shift in the landscape here at Geology on the Rocks! Geomorphology, simply put, ...
02.01.2022 The Life & Times of the Spiffy BIFs Episode 40 This episode is dedicated to all those who ever thought that banded iron formations were boring and basic as we here at GotR do a deep dive into these really Spiffy BIFs. We discuss such things as what ...
01.12.2022 No, Basalts! Episode 39 Hold on to your seats because if you love rocks, QAPF diagrams, or simply nerding out, this episode is for you as we take a deep dive into the magnificent world of basalts. Basalts are simply aphanitic extrusive ...
01.04.2022 AMD - Dilution is the Solution Episode 38 It has been a crazy year, to say the least. To start 2022 off with a bang, we present to you a brand spanking new episode that was previously recorded covering the important topic of Acid Mine Drainage. ...
10.16.2021 The Blowing Cave Episode 37 After a crazy September, we are finally back back! This episode is a follow-up to the Speleology Special, and we dive a bit deeper into the fascinating world of caves. We begin our discussion with the controls of ...
09.06.2021 The One About Natural Disasters Episode 36 We’re back with another exciting season of Geology on the Rocks! To start off the new season, we present to you all things doom and destruction in this natural disaster episode. There is no doubt that natural disasters ...
08.06.2021 Geology of Texas Episode 35 To close out another wonderful season, Season 3, we here at Geology on the Rocks decided to dive deep into all things about the geology of our home state, Texas. While we planned on talking about the specifics ...
07.18.2021 A Deep Dive Into The Devonian Episode 34 Well, we did it. We went full throttle and geeked out discussing all things Devonian. Have you ever found yourself saying the Devonian was SOOO boring? Nothing was going on besides something about fish and that is about ...
06.26.2021 Biology, Geologically Speaking; pt. 2 Episode 33 This is Part 2 of 2 in our two-part series with Dr. Greta Bowling. In this episode, the biologist and geologists square off and stand up to fight for the one true meaning and definition of a mineral. ...
06.26.2021 Geology, Biologically Speaking; pt. 1 Episode 32 This is Part 1 of 2 in our two-part series with Dr. Greta Bowling. In this episode, we dive deep into the timeline of Human Evolution. We first talk about how Darwin’s Morphological Species Concept helped scientists answer ...
06.12.2021 The Speleology Special Episode 31 In this week’s episode, we talk about all things caves. The study of caves, or speleology, is the science that brings to light the physical and biological aspects of their environments. Humans and their ancestors have long used ...
06.05.2021 Geology In The Movies & Middle Earth Episode 30 What is better than sitting back and enjoying a great movie? Watching a comically bad movie with geology as its backdrop, that is what! In this episode, we dive deep into two such movies: The Core and Airplane ...
05.28.2021 Hot Big Bangs Episode 29 This week we discuss space with one of our long time listeners, Kevin. We boldly brave the final frontier and try to wrap our brainballs around how big the cosmos actually is - 93,000,000,000 light years across, one ...
05.21.2021 The Great Granite Controversy Episode 28 Don't take things for granted, or granite, as we do our episode in reverse. We kick things off with a new & improved That Freaking Rocks. transforming the segment into a platform for bands to share with everyone ...
05.16.2021 Geology & War Episode 27 The journey continues as the boys at Geology on the Rocks team up with Mario, from and the Fall In 360 Podcast, to discuss all things Geology and War. Our discussion begins with what defines a continent. Seriously, ...
05.09.2021 Ka' ara - Turning The Tide On AMD Season 3 - Episode 26 This was probably the most fantastic episode to date! Ugh.. Plastic. Is. Everywhere. AMD, or Anthropogenic Marine Debris, outnumbered plankton by a ratio of 6:1 a decade ago; imagine what that number looks like today?! ...
04.12.2021 Curious Question, A Season Finale (Part Two) We turn a quarter-century! Episode Twenty, the season two finale, is all from you, the inquisitive listener with your curious questions. We talk a little Advection Fog in our Triple Junction segment. Question: What do bee larvae, Mars’ Ionosphere, Phosphorus, ...
03.30.2021 The Shelf-Conscious Reef Where to even begin? Dr. Greta Bowling joins the podcast for Episode 24, which is action-packed from start to finish. It is our longest episode to date that you won't want to miss a second of. It is chalk full ...
03.25.2021 Sum of a Beach Episode 23 (S2E8) - This episode segues nicely from last episode's discussion about estuaries and the interface between freshwater and the open seas. Our main topics dive deep into MarMars and all things Beaches, Lagoons, and Barrier Islands. There is ...
03.23.2021 Mary, Larry, & the Estuary Episode 22 (S2E7) Better late than never! Dr. Angela Osen joins us again to conclude our conversation we started last week. It may have ended a bit abruptly but we decided it would be good to break up the discussion ...
03.10.2021 Seas The Day Episode 21: Season 2 - Episode 6 This begins our two part series with Dr. Angela Osen to discuss Coastal Processes and Estuaries. Seas the Day starts off with the Texas Snow Shut Down followed by NewNews. The meat and ...
03.02.2021 Fanclastic! Pt. 2 Episode 20 is the second part to us closing out the siliclastics. Our discussion here talks about that fancy word - Diagenesis. While we have talked about the deposition of sediments and the corresponding sedimentary rocks, this discussions dives deep ...
02.24.2021 Fanclastic! Pt. 1 Episode 19 is the first part of our final discussion concerning the siliciclastics. We dive deep into conglomerates and shale closing out this chapter in our Sedimentary Basin Journey. We continue with our time honored traditions of Intros and Hellos, ...
02.03.2021 Wackes On, Wackes Off Episode 18 begins with the Intros and Hellos and we test out our new segment called 'the Triple Junction.' This is where we get a chance to talk about Fanfare, Feedback and Follow-Ups. New News never disappoints and includes Venomous ...
01.27.2021 People : Faces :: Rocks : Facies As we come out Covid Protocol, we bring to you another episode of Geology on the Rocks! This episode continues our discussion of Sedimentary Basins and we dive deep into all things Depositional Environments and Sedimentary Facies. When we talk ...
01.13.2021 B as in Basin Episode 16 Kick off the New Year the right way by listening to another Season of Geology on the Rocks! Season 2 will follow Bryan Baggins along with his Provenance Study and will focus on all things Basins. In this ...
12.22.2020 Tis The Season 'Twas a few nights before Xmas and Our Season Finale premieres! Just in time to enjoy to enjoy the show between your Ears! As the holidays approach, your podcast gives to you, one final episode before season two! James the ...
12.18.2020 CoNi Island Baby Salty Brine and Rock Licker are back at it again. Episode Fourteen is a continuation of last week's discussion and examine two other vital resources used in the making of Lithium-Ion Batteries, Cobalt and Nickel. We kick things off with ...
12.10.2020 The Big Lie Another episode for everyone's earballs to enjoy!! This week's topic was brought to us by one of our wonderful listeners, jo.z.mae, and she wanted to know about the impacts of lithium ore mining vs. fossil fuels. While there is no ...
12.01.2020 Ask and You Shale Receive Happy Turkey Day from us here at Geology on the Rocks! Episode 12 was another fun episode with special guest, Jason Young. Jason runs day to day operations at an engineering firm in DFW and has experience in all things ...
11.26.2020 Dating Relatives Bad; Relative Dating Good Bryan Baggins Begins with his adventure to the diamond mines in Arkansas and we try out a new segment, New News. We discuss Calcite Coated Leaf-Cutter Ants, Moon Rock Missions, and did you know there are more trees on planet ...
11.16.2020 Mysteries of the Mesozoic Live and in the flesh - James the Geologist and Bryan Baggins decided to celebrate their 10th episode by doing a live but socially distanced recording. The giggling intensifies. This special episode starts at the Permo-Triassic boundary and begins with ...
11.03.2020 Three, Six, Nine, The Rock Drank Wine - The Moon Got Tangled In A Telephone Line Where to even begin? This week is a very musically inspired episode. From the very start JtG finds old music he wrote as heard in the Intro and is quickly followed up by unnecessary wanking. JtG and BB finally debut ...
10.27.2020 The Rural Schorl While Bryan Baggins and James the Geologist both had busy weeks, that doesn't stop them from talking a little geology. This episode is a journey that begins with the wonderful world of pegmatites. Minerals grow larger than life and while ...
10.16.2020 Curious Questions From The Inquisitive Inquirers What do the rain forests of the amazon, the GDP, urban pressure, agriculture, the great lakes, blood-brain barriers, ozone depletion, carbon sequestration, and the moon all have in common? I guess you will just have to listen to find out. ...
10.06.2020 The Effusive Ash Hole This episode would be described as a magma with low viscosity while maintaining a high silica content because it is explosive compliments to the editing out 21 minutes worth of worth of plosives. James the Geologist stumbles out of the ...
09.24.2020 My Sediments Exactly Dr. Angela Osen, Professor of Geology, helps JtG and BB, the two Geologist on the Rocks, navigate the wondrous world of marine sediments. The journey begins with adventures from the Arlington Archosaur Site and prepping fossils at a museum. In ...
09.16.2020 Dunite Mind If I Do Minerals - This episode winds down the path of gentle musings from JtG and BB who took their geology on the rocks; one more than the other. Can you guess who it is? There is talk about what is a ...
09.05.2020 Tentacle Optics of the Inept Closet Cat - A Concept’s Title - Part 2 We continue our conversation with Dale with stories from FOUND, how he approaches science to answer questions in his research, gives insight on the tools he uses to analyze basalt, and close it out with some THAT FREAKING ROCKS and ...
08.30.2020 Tentacle Optics of the Inept Closet Cat - A Concept’s Title - Part 1 This week we dive deep into the first unifying theory in Geology - Plate Tectonics. It shows how science evolves and improves upon itself by the continued work and dedication by the people doing the research. Our guest, Dr. Dale ...
08.18.2020 It All Begins Eventually This episode includes an introduction to who we are, James the Geologist and Bryan Baggins, what we do, and how we came to talk about geology. We discuss our lives in the age of Covid-19, our favorite minerals, and how ...