

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.
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Mar 23, 2018 • 59min
Episode 161 - "I'm obsessed with Esperanto"
This week we explore the shows you listen to and share our favorites! The List (in random order) Embedded.fm Business of Machining Car Talk Free Agents Mac Power Users Spacepod The Orbital Mechanics Back to Work Undersampled Radio We Martians Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me 99% Invisible Podcast.__init__ Python Bytes The Productivity Show Radio Lab Reply All Spark Gap Still Untitled Weather Brains Crimetown GTD Podcast Heavyweight Nerds on Draft Startup Podcast Surprisingly Awesome Technical Difficulties Work in Progress Ask me another Note to Self The Minimalists Welcome to Night Vale She Explores Nocturne Freakonomics Snap Judgment The Dirtbag Diaries Hidden Brain Dear Sugars The Moth Outside Podcast This American Life Lore Lexicon Valley Ear Hustle Pardon the Interruption Stuff You Should Know Faculty of Horror Undiscovered Cracked TED Podcasts Pen Addict Women on the Road The Allusionist Science AAAS BBC Inside Science In Our Time More or Less: Behind the Stats Science Talk The History of Ancient Greece The Scientific Odyssey More Perfect Physics World The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry Science Vs Rachel Maddow Show Podcast Exposing PseudoAstronomy The Reality Check Flannelcast Common Sense Stuff You Missed in History Class My History Can Beat Up Your Politics The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe The History of Rome The Infinite Monkey Cage This Week in Google The Now Show The News Quiz The Documentary Seriously Revolutions Radio in Four You’re the Expert Flash Forward Futility Closet Ologies Podcast Every Little Thing Revisionist History Star Talk Radio Alice Isn’t Dead Beef and Dairy Network Comedy Bang Bang Dead Pilots Society Doug Loves Movies How Did This Get Made? I Was There Too ID10T James Bonding Making It Mountain Bike Radio Thrilling Adventure Hour The Orbiting Human Circus Pistol Shrimps Radio Smartest Man in the World Spontaneanation Superego 36 Questions AirSpace Atlanta Monster Big Picture Science Blue Dot Casefile Cosmic Vertigo Criminal Explore a Story Fieldwork Diaries Foodstuff Gastropod Gravity Assist Hackable? Horizon Line Houston we have a podcast Ice Coffee Limetown MtnMeister Orbital Path Origin Stories Outside In Sawbones Science Solved It Science Sort Of Science Friday Sidedoor Podcast Slow Burn Stay Tuned with Preet The Antarctic Sun The Sharp End Third Pod from the Sun Undiscovered Twenty Thousand Hertz Two Scientists Walk into a Bar Warm Regards Unexplained Mysteries Paleocast Forecast Fun Paper Friday Live Science Article Newman, Janet, et al. “Structural characterization of a novel monotreme-specific protein with antimicrobial activity from the milk of the platypus.” Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology Communications 74.1 (2018): 39–45. Contact us: Show - Support us on Patreon! - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin

Mar 16, 2018 • 55min
Episode 160 - "Giant bolide burning in the background" - Extinctions Part 1
This week we conclude our extinction summary and talk about how robots will take over the world. Amazing robot video from Steve Extinctions Part 2 Triassic-Jurassic Extinction Central Atlantic Magmatic Provine Conodont Alternation Index Cretaceous–Paleogene Extinction Chicxulub crater Episode 92 – “I fell into your trap” Ben Crosby “Earth Is Not in the Midst of a Sixth Mass Extinction” Fun Paper Friday Will the machines take over? We don’t know. How can we at least secure our private data used for machine learning? Blockchain might be the answer. AI researchers embrace Bitcoin technology to share medical data. Nature News Contact us: Show - Support us on Patreon! - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin

Mar 9, 2018 • 53min
Episode 159 - "Dunkleosteus Art" Extinctions Part 1
Extinctions are pretty common in the rock record, but there are 5 times in Earth’s past where more than 50% of the life on Earth died, these are known as mass extinctions. This week we talk about causes of mass extinctions and some of the strange life that existed. Mass Extinctions Ordovician Silurian Extinction Devonian Extinction Permian Triassic Extinction The Dunkleosteus Fun Paper Friday How can microbes melt glaciers? Find out on this week’s Fun Paper Friday! Ganey, Gerard Q., et al. “The role of microbes in snowmelt and radiative forcing on an Alaskan icefield.” Nature Geoscience 10.10 (2017): 754. Paper From EarthArXiv Contact us: Show - Support us on Patreon! - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin

Mar 2, 2018 • 60min
Episode 158 - "Yelling anticline into my phone" Corey Scheip
iPads in the field. We’ve talked about it before, but it’s been awhile. This week Corey Scheip joins us to talk about his experiences with tech and large teams. Corey Scheip Notability App Dropbox Business Collector App Dioptra App Theodolite App Corey on LinkedIn Fun Paper Friday Running on the water - this is a contender for the most absurd experimental setup we’ve seen this year. Minetti, Alberto E., et al. “Humans running in place on water at simulated reduced gravity.” PLoS One 7.7 (2012): e37300. Contact us: Show - Support us on Patreon! - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin

Feb 23, 2018 • 52min
Episode 157 - "Gave me a helmet and put me in the hail car"
What’s the difference between a weather advisory, statement, watch, and warning? Join us this week to find out! Watches, Warnings, and more Current watches, warnings, etc NWS Definitions Norman Spotter Resources Definitions CPC Outlooks AMS Glossary Fun Paper Friday Most of us love chocolate, but could it be deadly? Ainsworth, Claire. “Death by chocolate–is it possible?.” New Scientist 196.2635–2636 (2007): 40–41. Contact us: Support us on Patreon! Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin

Feb 16, 2018 • 59min
Episode 156 - "Palinspastic Refactoring"
This week John and Shannon dive into the world of cross-sections, the olympics, and more! Creating a cross section Cross-section example Strike and dip Brunton Axis Section restoration Fun Paper Friday Ever wonder if these catchy fun paper titles are effective and how common they are? This week’s author did! Goodman, Neville W. “From Shakespeare to Star Trek and beyond: a Medline search for literary and other allusions in biomedical titles.” Bmj 331.7531 (2005): 1540–1542. Contact us: Support us on Patreon! Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin

Feb 9, 2018 • 49min
Episode 155 - "This is going to look amazing on the TA" Kasey Aderhold
Join our chat with Dr. Kasey Aderhold of IRIS this week as we talk about Alaskan earthquakes, the transportable array, and more! We also feature the shortest seismological abstract on record! Falcon Heavy Test Flight Kasey Aderhold Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology M7.9 Event Page DART Buoy Network Strike Slip Faults IRIS Ground Motion Visualization @kaseyaderhold Kasey’s Website Fun Paper Friday What’s the shortest abstract possible you ask? This week we look at a paper by @SeismoSue that wins the title and discusses the possible connection between earthquakes and tides! Hough, Susan E. “Do Large (Magnitude≥ 8) Global Earthquakes Occur on Preferred Days of the Calendar Year or Lunar Cycle?.” Seismological Research Letters (2018). Contact us: Support us on Patreon! Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin

Jan 26, 2018 • 52min
Episode 154 - "It's raining Zircon"
John and Shannon tackle a listener question about Zircon and then discuss the possibility of flying a drone on Titan. Shannon also ponders how long to wait for late students on field trips. Silicate Minerals Nesosilicates Brilliance, Luster, and Fire Mohs Scale Zircon Zonation Uranium-Lead Dating Laser Ablation Detrital zircon geochronology Tishomingo Granite Jack Hills Zircon Fun Paper Friday Drones on Titan from one of our favorite authors! Thanks to listener Jonathan for sending this our way. Lorenz, R.D. et al., Dragonfly: A Rotorcraft Lander Concept for Scientific Exploration at Tital. Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest. 2017. Contact us: Support us on Patreon! Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin

Jan 19, 2018 • 48min
Episode 153 - "Grad Student Instinct"
John has been off at the American Meteorlogical Society Meeting and Shannon was in the field, so we discuss what we’ve been up to, some exciting announcements, and how fast the grim reaper walks. Don’t miss this week’s show! Spacepod 116 AMS Meeting AMS 98th Annual Meeting Anemoment FT Technologies Field Work Lake Mohave Magnetostratigraphy Geomagnetic Polarity Time Scale Safe use of HF Fun Paper Friday Contact us: Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin

Jan 12, 2018 • 57min
Episode 152 - "I came back from that trip and changed my major"
This week Dan Zietlow and Ryan Vachon join us to talk about outreach, scientific video making, and Dan Rather’s chat at AGU. Outreach Email: breaknsci@gmail.com YouTube Breaking Science Facebook Breaking Science @breaknsci Ryan’s Book - Science Videos Fun Paper Friday In a time of difficult communication and news, Dan Rather offered words of inspiration and vision at the AGU Annual Meeting. Dan Rather’s Vision for Scientists in an Era of “Fake News” Contact us: Show - www.dontpanicgeocast.com - SWUNG Slack - @dontpanicgeo - show@dontpanicgeocast.com - Patreon John Leeman - www.johnrleeman.com - @geo_leeman Shannon Dulin - @ShannonDulin