The GeoTrip

Come with us as we travel to Tanzania! George Rwegoshora Kato is a Geologist and Executive Director at Afrikagera Geological Center in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. He works in

Welcome back! To kick off the fourth (!) year of our podcast, we thought we'd reintroduce ourselves and talk about what the future holds. If you'd like to suggest a topic for us to cover or would like to be a guest, tweet us at @geotrippodcast on X or email us at [email protected]

Turns out we've been thinking about the diversity problem in the geosciences all wrong. Our guest Akilah Alwan joins us to set the record straight.

We're joined by the effervescent Yesenia Arroyo, science communicator extraordinaire, planetary volcanologist and Program Manager for GeoSPACE to bond over our shared love of plantains and deep dislike of a certain billionaire.

We're joined by Tramond Baisden, President of the National Association of Black Geoscientists (NABG) to talk about the upcoming Technical Conference, the past and future of the organization and his love of football (the other one).

PhD student and circus artist Mel Zhang chats with us about her unconventional path to the geosciences in an episode filled with good vibrations

Join us as we talk to Dr. Raquel Bryant, an Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Wesleyan University, about her favorite microfossils, community and being your authentic self.

What does the future of fieldwork in the geosciences look like? In this episode we talk about our own experiences, favorite tips/hacks and our hopes for the future.

In this episode we're joined by Dr. Mark Little, the 2022-2023 President of the Geological Society of America, a past GSA-USGS Congressional Science Fellow, the executive director of NCGrowth, a national center, based at UNC Chapel Hill, that is helping businesses, governments, and other organizations create a more equitable economy through good jobs and new wealth in distressed communities!  

We talk with Dr. Byron Winston (Senior Environmental Scientist) about threats to surface and groundwater quality and how climate change is making these problems worse.