The Caving Podcast

By Matt Pelsor

A podcast about caves and cave exploration, hosted by Matt Pelsor of the Central Indiana Grotto of the NSS.... more

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How many episodes does The Caving Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 128 episodes available.

The Caving Podcast episodes:

December 01, 2021 Episode 68: Kirsten Alvey-Mudd
Kirsten Alvey-Mudd is the executive director of the Missouri Bat Census
https://www.facebook.com/MissouriBatCensus/

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1h 6min
November 01, 2021 Episode 67: Devra Heyer
Devra Heyer is the Education Division Chief of the National Speleological Society.

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1h 12min
October 01, 2021 Episode 66: Matthew Lachniet
Matthew Lachniet is a paleoclimatologist who studies cave formations to get a record of past climate history.

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58min
September 01, 2021 Episode 65: Indiana Cave Capers 2021
This month is a series of impromptu interviews conducted at Indiana Cave Capers, which is an annual event put on by the Central Indiana Grotto.

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1h 2min
August 01, 2021 Episode 64: Crash Kennedy
Jim “Crash” Kennedy has been passionate about caves, caving, and bats for most of his life. He reveals the unfortunate incident that earned him his nickname, discusses gating caves, working with Bat Conservation International, chairing the National Cave and Karst Management Symposium, and the 2025 convention in a delightful hour of conversation.

Find more on the National Cave and Karst Management Symposium at https://symposium2021.nckms.org/

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Find your local grotto!
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1h 9min
July 01, 2021 Episode 63: Ceth Parker
Ceth Parker is a California-based caver who has done impressive research on iron caves in Brazil, which makes this podcast host re-think how most caves are formed. He has also designed experiments intended for the International Space Station and has tested them with parabolic flights aboard the so-called ‘Vomit Comet.” All of which are discussed in this episode.

Learn about the NSS Western Region’s Speleo-Ed event here: http://wr2021.nsswest.org/
Or skip straight to registration here: https://eventsnsswestorg.regfox.com/speleo-ed-2021

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58min
June 01, 2021 Episode 62: George Veni
George Veni is the executive Director of the National Cave and Karst Research Institute (http://nckri.org/), and the president of the International Union of Speleology (UIS), who is responsible for the International Year of Caves and Karst (http://iyck2021.org/).

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1h 18min
May 07, 2021 Episode 61: Remembering Dale Chase
Canadian (former Hoosier) Dale Chase passed away on Monday, 5/3/21. He was a guest of the podcast on February 2018 after he wrote a book on his colorful caving life and shared several excerpts for this episode. You can buy his book here: http://www.blurb.ca/b/8493203-journey-to-the-center-of-the-earth
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57min
May 01, 2021 Episode 60: Martin Hoff
UK caver Martin Hoff has enjoyed lots of significant European caves throughout his storied association with caving.

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Register for the NSS “Virtual Topics in Cave Rescue” at this link:
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MAY 12
-Search Operations in Cave Rescue: You Have to Find Them before You Can Rescue Them by Casey England

-Got Gas? Cognitive and Physical Effects of Bad Air in Caves by Sarah Truebe, Wil Orndorff, and Zenah Orndorff

MAY 26
-Stress Management for Rescuers by Billy Chrimes
-Rescue Pre-Planning: How to Avoid or Minimize the Pain by Gretchen Baker
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1h 14min
April 01, 2021 Episode 59: Carol Vesely
Carol Vesely is a California caver who has been caving all over the world. She enthusiastically shares a small fraction of her caving life in this interview.

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1h 37min

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How many episodes does The Caving Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 128 episodes available.

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