x

75% of people globally want unbiased news (Pew Research) but are concerned they're not getting that.

Get balanced coverage with Symby. See how stories are covered across diverse outlets and spot when one side covers a story the other skips.

PODCAST

Don"t Panic Geocast

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. Shannon is a field geologist who tolerates technology and John is a self-proclaimed nerd that tolerates geologists.

science natural sciences

All Episodes

1:01:53

Episode 123 - "Large crushing amounts of Snow" Dr....

Don"t Panic Geocast ·

2017/06/09

This week, we mix things up a bit. This joint show between Embedded.fm and the geocast explores what happens when electrical engineering meets geoscience in cold places. We’re joined by guest Dr. Sridhar Anandakrishnan of Penn State to talk about geopebbles, ice, climate, and more! Asimov Robot Series Anthropornis (giant penguins) Ice crystal structure Ice streams GeoPebble Propeller Programming (Book) Fun Paper Friday The Boring Company Contact us: Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack

en

1:01:07

Episode 122 - "The speed of sound in spaghetti" Open...

Don"t Panic Geocast ·

2017/06/02

This week Shannon pops a surprise interview on John, asking all about open source. We talk about what it is, why people do it, and what it means for your cat videos. We round out the show talking about a physics problem that has stumped some of the greatest minds. EP 114 - “Chasrismatic Megafauna” (Flyover App) EP 177 - “Everything is a few weeks away” Open Drone Map Using Open Source Tools to Refactor Geoscience Education | SciPy 2016 | Lindsey Heagy John’s Geotech Class Open Source Hardware

en

59:14

Episode 121 - "I don't see much difference between...

Don"t Panic Geocast ·

2017/05/26

This week Dr. Uri ten Brink joins us to talk about his field experiences as an observational geophysicst and some thoughts about being a scientist. (Sorry, no fun paper this week - we were not able to record it before Shannon’s leave of absense!) Uri’s Homepage Walter Pitman Skua Cuddly Dudley South Pole Traverse Contact us: Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin

en

42:59

Episode 120 - A Stork Visits: Rebroadcast "Dam Nation"

Don"t Panic Geocast ·

2017/05/19

Shannon just had a baby! We take the week off and celebrate with this classic episode of the geocast... Don't Panic, we'll be back next week! Having just got back from vacationing near a river, Shannon’s mind is wondering (and wandering!) about dams and their impacts, both good and bad. People use dams for electricity, recreation, flood control, and a myriad of other things. Let’s take a look at some huge dams and what they do to both communities and rivers. Oroville (1968) is the tallest in the

en

43:27

Episode 119 - "When Nerds Have Research Instruments"...

Don"t Panic Geocast ·

2017/05/12

John is installing his weather station and Shannon is still pushing through finals week. On this week’s show we talk about a listener question regarding fulgurites. Can you petrify lightning and study it? Thanks to listener Steve for the show topic and fun paper suggestion! Fulgarites Fulgurite (Wikipedia) Lechatelierite Planar deformation features Lightning induced remanent magnetizations Verrier, V., and P. Rochette. “Estimating peak currents at ground lightning impacts using remanent

en

46:03

Episode 118 - "One of those lies we tell in intro"

Don"t Panic Geocast ·

2017/05/05

John’s Hackaday Prize Entry New Prince Rupert’s Drop Video We Martians - Esker Questions Episode 92 - Martian Esker Fun Paper Earth Structure Structure of the Earth Pitch Drop Experiment Summary Pitch Drop Webcams Inge Lehmann Episode 4 - we talk about plate tectonics on the core “The Core” Movie Clip Episode 56 – “A lot people would like to think they’ve got a lunar meteorite” Brad Jolliff Fun Paper Friday Mysterious caves and giant animals - this week’s fun paper has all the makings of a good

en

54:11

Episode 117 - "Everything is a few weeks away" Open...

Don"t Panic Geocast ·

2017/04/28

Drones are everywhere, but did you know you can recreate 3D point clouds with images taken from your drone? Episode 73 – “A gigapan from 1906” Open Drone Map Web ODM Example Data Hackaday Web ODM Open SFM Mapillary Missing Maps Pixhawk Flight Controller Cannon S110 Cannon S120 Cannon Hack Development Kit (CHDK) Zanzibar Mapping Initiative Fun Paper Friday Can Batman fly like in Batman Begins? John hasn’t seen the film, but physics comes to the rescue. Marshall, David, et al. “A2_9 Trajectory of

en

43:22

Episode 116 - "The closest thing to alchemy"

Don"t Panic Geocast ·

2017/04/21

Shannon takes one more field trip and John is ready to hit the road again, but we slow down to talk about metamorphic rocks - and probably get in trouble with the geochemists again. Fried Pies Metamorphic Rocks Metamorphic rock Pictures of metamorphic rocks Griggs apparatus Pole figures Example LPO paper Metamorphic facies Fun Paper Friday Listener Darryl send in this fun paper with a glowing review. Science Magazine Article Belkin, Shimshon, et al. “Remote detection of buried landmines using

en

46:55

Episode 115 - "The three horsemen of the academic...

Don"t Panic Geocast ·

2017/04/14

John is off teaching a workshop and Shannon is working towards the end of the semester. We take a little time off to talk about academic service - what is it and why do we do it? Being an academic isn’t all fun and games! Feedback SEM time is expensive! BMJ’s Goofy Christmas Papers Academic Service Three horsemen: teaching, research, and service Manuscript Reviewers How Professors Spend Their Time Fun Paper Friday Walk like a chicken? A dinosaur? Find out how chickens doing the dino dance are

en

44:28

Episode 114 - "Charismatic megafauna" with Shane...

Don"t Panic Geocast ·

2017/03/31

What is “flyover country”? Is it the states in the middle of the US? A band name? A geoscience education app? One of these is true and the creator joins us to chat about it. A big thank you to listener Gary for pointing us to this topic! Feedback Automatic bullseye moving dartboard Boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion Shane Loeffler Flyover Country App Macrostrat LacCore Lab Neotoma paleoecology database System for earth sample registration (SESAR) Earthcube EAGER grants Glacial erratics

en

41:50

Episode 113 - "Enjoy your symbol of eternal love"...

Don"t Panic Geocast ·

2017/03/24

Pi-Hole MagicMirror Embedded.fm Making Embedded Systems Bullet vs. Prince Rupert’s Drop Bowen’s Reaction Series Wikipedia article Norman Bowen Geoman Article on Bowen’s Series Goldich dissolution series Gibb’s Free Energy Fun Paper Friday Can open table reservations be used to help determine how bad the flu is? Nsoesie, Elaine O., David L. Buckeridge, and John S. Brownstein. “Guess who’s not coming to dinner? Evaluating online restaurant reservations for disease surveillance.” Journal of

en

45:25

Episode 112 - "Enchantment Under the Troposphere Dance"

Don"t Panic Geocast ·

2017/03/17

Bombogenesis Stella’s Bombogenesis Explosive cyclogenesis Rossby Waves Smarter Every Day : Prince Rupert’s Drop GEMPAK Bergen School of Meteorology Norwegian Cyclone Model Trough Sanders, Frederick, and John R. Gyakum. “Synoptic-dynamic climatology of the “bomb”.” Monthly Weather Review 108.10 (1980): 1589–1606. Fun Paper Friday Freezing water can explode? Yep! Find out how in this week’s fun paper friday! Live Science Summary w/ Video Wildeman, Sander, et al. “Fast Dynamics of Water Droplets

en

55:02

Episode 111 - "Adiabatman"

Don"t Panic Geocast ·

2017/03/10

John and Shannon both had windstorms this week and decided it was a great chance to talk about strange thermodynamics. Also halloween costumes and popcorn. Don’t miss this week’s mountain winds show! Mountain Winds Chinook Wind Adiabatic Process Lapse Rate Mountain waves Bora winds John’s UPS “Balloon Service" Chinook and Walla Walla brothers Fun Paper Friday Virot, Emmanuel, and Alexandre Ponomarenko. “Popcorn: critical temperature, jump and sound.” Journal of The Royal Society Interface

en

1:10:12

Episode 110 - "An instrument at every Starbucks"...

Don"t Panic Geocast ·

2017/03/03

This week we tackle a listener requested show - the transportable array! Join us as Robert Bubsy joins us to talk about managing the project. Transportable Array Robert Busby Wyoming telescope Judah Levine Sea ice data Depoloyment Timeline Tracking Hurricane Matthew with seismic noise Ground motion visualization Fun Paper Friday Mortimer, Nick, et al. “Zealandia: Earth’s Hidden Continent.” GSA Today 27.3 (2017). Nature Summary Article Contact us: Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack

en

1:14:38

Episode 109 - "Really sad Michael Bolton music"...

Don"t Panic Geocast ·

2017/02/24

Lauren and Dave Heerschap Real Science Innovations LLC Rule of V’s Blocks Brunton Axis Video of Axis in Action Real Science Innovations YouTube Channel Fun Paper Friday Did mountains growing make our brains bigger? Explore this tongue in cheek paper on the geo-cranial relation. Get ready for a good chuckle! Molnar, Peter. “The rise of mountain ranges and the evolution of humans: a causal relation?.” Irish journal of earth sciences (1990): 199–207. Contact us: Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com -

en

52:40

Episode 108 - "Physics should work the same everywhere"

Don"t Panic Geocast ·

2017/02/17

John is defending his dissertation, so he prepares by describing it to you! Meseum of Osteology XKCD Thesis Defense Origin of the Thesis NZ Earthquake Lights Hydraulic Press Channel Biaxal deformation press Fun Paper Friday How can we understand the brain? Is a processor the same thing? This study examines the classic 6502. Economist Column Jonas, Eric, and Konrad Paul Kording. “Could a neuroscientist understand a microprocessor?.” PLOS Computational Biology 13.1 (2017): e1005268. Contact us:

en

56:07

Episode 107 - "How many will ever make a map?" Field...

Don"t Panic Geocast ·

2017/02/10

How many students will ever make a professional geologic map? Not many most likely. Is it still essential to learn? You bet! This week we discuss why and how it’s done. Field Methods Episode 32 Pocket Transit Manual Strike and Dip (YouTube) Interactive Grand Canyon Map PDF Grand Canyon Map Little Baldy Fun Paper Friday Slime molds predict best transportation routes? Internet comments misinterpret a paper and use sensational headlines? Find out with this week’s fun paper! Tsompanas,

en

55:43

Episode 106 - "Creepy Rotating Ice Disks"

Don"t Panic Geocast ·

2017/02/03

This week we take some time to discuss YOUR feedback.- and there’s a lot! Also, how can disks of ice start rotating spontaneously? Listen this week to find out! Feedback Capt. Richard Phillips Joe’s Seismometer Earthquake recorded Unknown Event Lee Post’s Books Why The Array Index Should Start From 0 Ice Circles Ice Circles Feb. 1895 Scientific American North Dakota Ice Circle (YouTube) Russian Ice Cricle (YouTube) Study of Ice Circles Fun Paper Friday How do high heels change how people

en

58:45

Episode 105 - "Nuggets of Nature" with Jay Minton

Don"t Panic Geocast ·

2017/01/27

This week Jay Minton stops by to tell us about working at some of the largest boy scout camps around and all of the planning that goes into nature trails. Shannon brings us another fun paper from BMJ and John laments about painting. Jay Minton Philmont Scout Ranch (official site) Philmont Scout Ranch (Wikipedia) Waite Phillips Phillips Petroleum Company Boy Scouts of America Northern Tier (official site) Northern Tier (Wikipedia) Java Press Coffee Maker Scouting YouTube Video Look for Jay around

en

38:53

Episode 104 - "I can't eat mashed potatoes" Devil's...

Don"t Panic Geocast ·

2017/01/20

This week, John is moving and Shannon is getting started with the semester, but we take a break to talk about Devil’s Tower, why Shannon has to play with her food, and if we can swim faster in syrup! Devil’s Tower Devil’s Tower Close Encounters Movie Clip Antiquities Act Devil’s Tower Stories Laccolith Volcanic Plug/Neck Columnar Jointing History of Columnar Jointing Ideas Devils Postpile Giant’s Causeway Devils Tower as a Sacred Site Fun Paper Friday Syrup or water for your morning swim? Nature

en

425 results

Similar Podcasts

Classic Radio Science Fiction

solgoodmedia.com

Mission to Mars

Inception Point Ai

The 365 Days of Astronomy

365DaysOfAstronomy.org

Creek Devil

william Jevning

UFO Chronicles Podcast

Nik Hunter