PlanetGeo: The Geology Podcast

By Chris and Jesse

Natural Sciences Education

What's PlanetGeo: The Geology Podcast about?

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!

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09.28.2023

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09.28.2023 Chris and Jesse Finally Agree This week, we are asking you to do us a favor. We are really exited because we just launched our brand new campGeo mobile app. So, we would really appreciate if you clicked on This Link, downloaded the campGeo mobile ...
09.21.2023 Are You Karsty? Sinkholes and Karst Today, Jesse and Chris discuss the distinction between sinkholes and karst topography. There is a surprisingly large portion of the U.S. that has potential to be affected by karst. It is also extremely important as a source of drinking water. ...
09.14.2023 Geoscience is EVEN MORE Important We get a bit reflective today and discuss the importance of Geoscience to society - and how it has changed in the last three years. Jesse recently went to a conference on economic mining and came away newly excited. If ...
09.07.2023 Going, Going, Gone - Disappearing Streams Today, we each give our take on disappearing streams. When the idea was first pitched, we were thinking about 2 different things. The result - we talked about each. Join us as we continue our series on water. We now ...
08.31.2023 Geoscience Careers #1 - Renewable Consulting with Andrew DeWitt Today we have the great pleasure to interview a close friend of the podcast - Andrew Dewitt. Andrew has had a long career in the environmental consulting industry and provides insights into what it take to be a geoscientist working ...
08.24.2023 Petrification Today, we are talking about the process of making petrified wood. Basically, wood has to be quickly buried in a wet setting where the water is also saturated in certain minerals - usually silica. Also, there must be little oxygen ...
08.17.2023 Creepy Soil Today, we talk about all things soil creep. Have you ever been on a steep slope and seen bent or curved trees, slanted fence posts, slanted headstones or signs? Look closely and you can often see the surface has a ...
08.10.2023 Stream Drainage Patterns Just as in so many aspects of the way the world works, geology determines the drainage patterns (or watershed) of rivers. Today, we discuss the major types of drainage patterns - they're not random and we also get into how ...
08.03.2023 Earth's Geological MRI Scan Today, we cover something very interesting - a new initiative by the United States Geological Survey to map Earth's resources at a new level. Geology is newly relevant to society and. some people argue we are entering a new 'golden ...
07.27.2023 Rockhounding 101 Today, we cover one of our favorite past times - RockHounding! It's a totally fun, engaging activity that gets you outside and learning about nature. And, who knows, you might find something spectacular along the way! We now have a ...
07.20.2023 How To Identify Rocks In this episode we start a looong conversation about how to identify rocks. We begin by outlining a few simple rules to go by, and how to start to think about identifying rocks when you find them out in the ...
07.13.2023 Yellowstone's "Rock" Music Listen to Yellowstone's rock music here! Today we talk about the fun exercise of turning seismic activity recorded live from Yellowstone National Park, turning it into musical notes, and playing it for a live audience! As usual, we get into ...
07.06.2023 The Geology of Uranium Today, we talk about Uranium! Uranium is a really interesting element and today we talk about how it's used, a bit about nuclear reactors, then dive into the geology. Uranium has two major oxidation states, 4+ and 6+ and the ...
06.29.2023 Yellowstone's Other Volcanoes In PlanetGeo today, we discuss one aspect of Yellowstone National Park Geology that goes under-appreciated - the Absaroka Volcanics. They are a geological curiosity, but a massive one at that - the volume of volcanic rocks produced by the Absaroka ...
06.22.2023 A Geologist in National Defense - Dr. Stefanie Tompkins - Director of DARPA Today we are extremely honored to get the opportunity to discuss all things geoscience and National Defense with Dr. Stefanie Tompkins, the Director of DARPA! Dr. Tompkins is the first Presidential Appointee we have ever had on our podcast and ...
06.15.2023 Drove the Chevy to the Levee - The Geology of Levees Today we talk all about Levees! They are a very important and under-appreciated aspect of our society, infrastructure, and river systems! Here is a link to the excellent article that we mention in the podcast. Please let us know if ...
06.08.2023 New York City is Sinking! Today, Jesse and Chris discuss a headline that's been making a splash lately. There was a paper recently published that looked into why some areas of New York City appear to be sinking. We took this as an opportunity to ...
06.01.2023 Office Hours - Back-to-School and Mass Spectrometers Today, Jesse and Chris take on a couple of listener questions. One is regarding a passion for geoscience and would like to know our opinion on returning to school for a trajectory change. The other question is more for Jesse. ...
05.25.2023 Plants and Meanders - How to Read a Geoscience Paper Here is a link to the paper we discuss in this episode: In this episode, we talk about meandering streams. Why don't rivers flow in straight paths? As soon as a river flattens out, it begins to meander. It’s these ...
05.18.2023 Not All Who Meander Are Lost - Meandering Streams In this episode, we talk about meandering streams. Why don't rivers flow in straight paths? As soon as a river flattens out, it begins to meander. It’s these meanders that manage the energy of the water. How? They really do ...
05.11.2023 The Geology of Oakland - Andrew Alden author of Deep Oakland In this episode, we interview author Andrew Alden. He wrote Deep Oakland: How Geology Shaped a City. This book is a wonderful read and it offers a unique lens in which to view a city. Jesse and Chris both think ...
05.04.2023 Office Hours - Pollution and Slab Pull Today, we answer some listener questions in what we call "office hours". We each chose a question for the other to answer. We did not know what questions we would be asked so our answers were on the fly. Jesse ...
04.27.2023 Banded Iron Formations - BIFs Join us today as we discuss one of the more important ancient rock formations - Banded Iron Formations or otherwise known as BIF's in the geologic community. Wherever found, they provide us with Iron ore - some of the best ...
04.20.2023 Barrier Islands In this episode, we take on the topic of Barrier Islands. This is a very relevant topic because recent storms have devastated some of these Islands. The intersection between geology and humans is always an interesting topic. Barrier Islands need ...
04.13.2023 Observing Yellowstone National Park - Scientist-in-Charge Yellowstone Volcano Observatory Dr. Mike Poland In this episode, Chris and Jesse give a live talk at Grand Valley State University. We were invited to speak by the student chapter of the AAPG - American Association of Petroleum Geologists. They were interested in hearing our "story" ...
04.06.2023 The Shape of Yellowstone - Dr. Mike Poland, Scientist-in-Charge, Yellowstone Volcano Observatory Learn all the basics of geology in our new conversational textbook - campGEO! Available here: geo.campcourses.com We hope you enjoy, and as usual please send us any questions you have! Like, Subscribe, and leave us a Rating! We now have ...
03.30.2023 PlanetGeo LIVE at Grand Valley State University Learn all the basics of geology in our new conversational textbook - campGEO! Available here: geo.campcourses.com In this episode, Chris and Jesse give a live talk at Grand Valley State University. We were invited to speak by the student chapter ...
03.23.2023 So You Think You Know Plate Tectonics? Part 7 - Rocks and Climate Learn all the basics of geology in our new conversational textbook - campGEO! Available here: geo.campcourses.com Today, we talk about Rocks and climate. Specifically, we discuss the ways that ancient rocks would have interacted with our ancient atmosphere. We begin ...
03.16.2023 So You Think You Know Plate Tectonics? Part 6 - Interior of the Earth Learn all the basics of geology in our new conversational textbook - campGEO! Available here: geo.campcourses.com Today, Jesse has a bone to pick with Chris. After he gets some issues off his chest, we tackle the topics of Internal Dynamics ...
03.09.2023 What's Inside That Rock? Rock Man Ethan Penner Learn all the basics of geology in our new conversational textbook - campGEO! Available here: geo.campcourses.com Rock Man Ethan is a geoscience communicator and producer of the What's Inside That Rock video series - you can find Ethan on all ...
03.02.2023 Mass Confusion - How to Name a Mineral Learn all the basics of geology in our new conversational textbook - campGEO! Available here: geo.campcourses.com New minerals are being 'discovered' every year, and there are press articles about them all the time! In this episode we go behind the ...
02.23.2023 So You Think You Know Plate Tectonics? Part 5 - Magnetism Learn all the basics of geology in our new conversational textbook - campGEO! Available here: geo.campcourses.com We hope you enjoy! Like, Subscribe, and leave us a Rating! We now have a live Mobile App for iOS and Android. There you ...
02.16.2023 When Did Plate Tectonics Begin? Plate Tectonics Part 4 Learn all the basics of geology in our new conversational textbook - campGEO! Available here: geo.campcourses.com In this episode, we tackle the issue of when plate tectonics started on Earth and why this is an important question. This is a ...
02.09.2023 Terroir - The Geology of Wine with Brenna Quigley Learn all the basics of geology in our new conversational textbook - campGEO! Available here: geo.campcourses.com Do you like wine? Do you know what Terroir is? Our guest, Brenna Quigley, is a leader in the geology of wine and how ...
02.02.2023 So, You Think You Know Plate Tectonics?!? Part 3 Learn all the basics of geology in our new conversational textbook - campGEO! Available here: geo.campcourses.com In today's episode, we continue with our series on 'So... You think you know plate tectonics?' - Part 3. We tackle these questions regarding ...
01.26.2023 Making Magnets - The Geology of Neodymium Learn all the basics of geology in our new conversational textbook - campGEO! Available here: geo.campcourses.com You can also check out Jesse's Etsy shop here - JRRStonework and use promo code PLANETGEO10 for a 10% discount on all items. Rare ...
01.19.2023 Elemental Geology 4 - Lithium, Making Batteries (ReRelease) Learn all the basics of geology in our new conversational textbook - campGEO! Available here: geo.campcourses.com You can also check out Jesse's Etsy shop here - JRRStonework and use promo code PLANETGEO10 for a 10% discount on all items. We ...
01.12.2023 Elemental Geology 3 - Critical Minerals with Dr. Nedal Nassar (ReRelease) Learn all the basics of geology in our new conversational textbook - campGEO! Available here: geo.campcourses.com You can also check out Jesse's Etsy shop here - JRRStonework and use promo code PLANETGEO10 for a 10% discount on all items. We ...
01.05.2023 Elemental Geology 2: Iridium, the Meteorite Tracer (ReRelease) Learn all the basics of geology in our new conversational textbook - campGEO! Available here: geo.campcourses.com You can also check out Jesse's Etsy shop here - JRRStonework and use promo code PLANETGEO10 for a 10% discount on all items. We ...
12.29.2022 Elemental Geology 1 - Radon, the Unwelcome Houseguest (ReRelease) Learn all the basics of geology in our new conversational textbook - campGEO! Available here: geo.campcourses.com You can also check out Jesse's Etsy shop here - JRRStonework and use promo code PLANETGEO10 for a 10% discount on all items. We ...
12.22.2022 Volcanoes Revisited: Part 4 - Volcanology Director Tina Neal Learn all the basics of geology in our new conversational textbook - campGEO! Available here: geo.campcourses.com We are on a break! But, we have so much great volcanology content from past episodes and interviews, we decided to release them all ...
12.15.2022 Volcanoes Revisited: Part 3 - Volcano Basics Learn all the basics of geology in our new conversational textbook - campGEO! Available here: geo.campcourses.com We are on a break! But, we have so much great volcanology content from past episodes and interviews, we decided to release them all ...
12.08.2022 Volcanoes Revisited: Part 2 - Dr. Andrew Calvert ReRelease Learn all the basics of geology in our new conversational textbook - campGEO! Available here: geo.campcourses.com We are on a break! But, we have so much great volcanology content from past episodes and interviews, we decided to release them all ...
12.01.2022 Volcanoes Revisited: Part 1 - Volcanologist Dr. Diana Roman Learn all the basics of geology in our new conversational textbook - campGEO! Available here: geo.campcourses.com We are on a break! But, we have so much great volcanology content from past episodes and interviews, we decided to release them all ...
11.25.2022 Office Hours: Plate Tectonics Questions/Thoughts Learn all the basics of geology in our new conversational textbook - campGEO! Available here: geo.campcourses.com Remember you can Support Us Here, and share PlanetGeo with your friends and family! —————————————————— Instagram: @planetgeocast Twitter: @planetgeocast Facebook: @planetgeocast Support us: https://planetgeocast.com/support-us ...
11.17.2022 So You Think You Know Plate Tectonics? Part 2 Learn all the basics of geology in our new conversational textbook - campGEO! Available here: geo.campcourses.com In today's episode, we continue with our series on 'So... You think you know plate tectonics?' - Part 2. Can you answer the following ...
11.10.2022 A Groovy Geologist - Cate Larsen Learn all the basics of geology in our new conversational textbook - campGEO! Available here: geo.campcourses.com You can find out more about Cate Larsen and all her social media links here at groovygeologist.com! Remember you can Support Us Here, and ...
11.03.2022 So... You Think You Know Plate Tectonics? Part 1 Learn all the basics of geology in our new conversational textbook - campGEO! Available here: geo.campcourses.com One day, I (Chris) walked into class and announced that we were beginning plate tectonics. I was so excited to begin teaching this content. ...
10.27.2022 Discovering Diamonds: The Story of Canada's Diamond Rush with Kevin Krajick Learn all the basics of geology in our new conversational textbook - campGEO! Available here: geo.campcourses.com Link to: Barrenlands: The Epic Search for Diamonds in Canada's Today, we get to interview author Kevin Krajick. Below is a small sample of ...
10.20.2022 Communicating the Earth Observatory: Author Kevin Krajick Link to: Barrenlands: The Epic Search for Diamonds in Canada's Today, we get to interview author Kevin Krajick. Below is a small sample of his credentials and accolades.Senior Editor Science News Communications, Columbia Climate SchoolAuthor at State of the PlanetWork ...

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