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Paleo Nerds

A Paleo Nerd is a grown-up who still has the child-like wonder and love for dinosaurs, fossils, science, and paleontology. Paleo Nerds follows Alaskan artist, Ray Troll, and his friend ventriloquist David Strassman, as they host exciting interviews with paleontologists, scientists and fellow paleo nerds from around the world. They take what would’ve been a boring science class and turn it into an exciting and extremely informative party. Copyright 2020 All rights reserved.

Ep #91 The Incredible Paleo Impressionist Art of Doug Henderson
Ray and Dave explore the mind of paleo artist Doug Henderson exploring his techniques, inspirations, and the breathtaking body of work that re-imagines ancient worlds.
29th Oct 2025
1h 1m
Ep #90 Fossil Fish, Antarctic Adventures and Teaching Anatomy with Kerin Claeson
Ray Troll shares morning coffee in his Ketchikan lounge room with Dr. Karin Claeson, exploring fish evolution, anatomy, development, and variability across deep time.
24th Sep 2025
1h 13m
Ep #89 Brachiopods Deserve Your Love with Dr. Susan Butts
Ray and Dave learn all about Brachiopods, one of the hardy survivors of the Big Five extinctions, with Susan Butts, Director of Collections and Research at the famous Yale Peabody Museum.
27th Aug 2025
1h 3m
Ep #89 Brachiopods Deserve Your Love
Ray and Dave learn all about Brachiopods, one of the hardy survivors of the Big Five extinctions, with Susan Butts, Director of Collections and Research at the famous Yale Peabody Museum.
27th Aug 2025
1h 3m
Ep #88 Unearthing Egg Mountain’s Dinosaur Nursery: Field Insights from Montana with John Scannella
Dave goes out on a dig at the famous Egg Mountain site in western Montana with Dr. John Scannella, curator of paleontology at the Museum of the Rockies.
30th Jul 2025
1h 5m
Ep #87 Anvil Sharks, Lampreys & Ratfish with Head-Sprouting Teeth featuring Vertebrate Paleontologist Michael Coates
Ray and Dave explore jaws, fins and fossil fish while tracing the deep origins of vertebrate life with Dr. Michael Coates, Vertebrate Paleontologist and Chair of Organismal Biology and Anatomy
27th Jun 2025
1h 19m
Ep #86 Painting Prehistoric Worlds and Dinosaur Dreams with Mark Hallett
Ray and Dave talk Sauropods, Smilodons, and Spielberg with artist and paleo visionary Mark Hallett, whose decades of work bring ancient worlds to life.
30th May 2025
1h 4m
Ep #85 Mammoth Tusks, Gomphothere Shovels and Elephant Trunks with Advait Jukar
Ray and Dave explore the history of all things Elephantidae, including Mammoths, Mastodons, and Gomphotheres, with Advait Jukar, delving into their shovels, tusks, and trunks.
30th Apr 2025
1h 9m
Ep #84 Turning to Stone: Earthlings on a Dynamic Granite Planet with Marcia Bjornerud
Ray and Dave go rock hunting through billions of years of Earth's history with Marcia Bjornerud, a structural geologist, inspirational author, and Professor of Geosciences at Lawrence University in
26th Mar 2025
1h 17m
Ep #83 Diggin' the Beasts of the Badlands
Ray and Dave talk about the amazing fossils and strata found in Badlands National Park, South Dakota, where park ranger Mattison Shreero explains how it all got there and why she absolutely loves her
19th Feb 2025
1h 3m
Ep #82 The Ultimate Paleo Vlogger, That We Know Of
Ray and Dave discuss the wide-reaching influence of one of YouTube's paleo stars, Lindsay Nikole, who has millions of followers and incredible outreach with her remarkable video series, The History
29th Jan 2025
1h 6m
Ep #81 Paleo Nerds at Nebraska's Prairie Pompeii
Ray takes a road trip with fellow Paleo Nerds to visit the great death assemblage, the "Rhino Pompeii", at the Nebraska Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park
18th Dec 2024
1h 15m
Ep #80 Walking Egyptian Whales from the Sahara with Dr. Hesham Sallam
Dave travels to Cairo, Egypt, for a fascinating interview with Dr. Hesham Sallam, Egypt's leading paleontologist and founder of the country's first Vertebrate Paleontology Center. As a fellow Paleo
27th Nov 2024
1h
Ep #79 Teen Rex and the Triumph of Turtles with Tyler Lyson
Ray and Dave come out of there shells to talk Turtles and the latest T-Rex discovery with Vertebrate Paleontologist Tyler Lyson.
30th Oct 2024
1h 7m
Ep #78 The Business End of T-Rex with Pete Larson
Ray and Dave unearth the past with paleontologist Pete Larson, discussing Pete's paleo-nerd journey, his early discoveries, his commercial fossil enterprise, and his insights into controversial
27th Sep 2024
1h 17m
Ep #77 A Deep Dive Into the Paleostream with Artist Joschua Knüppe
Ray interviews the amazingly prolific German artist Joschua Knüppe who can quick draw an accurate dinosaur while the whole world watches online!
28th Aug 2024
1h 7m
Ep 76 The Perfect Piscatorial Fossils of Paris with Dr. Alan Pradel
Dave flies across the pond and visits Dr. Alan Pradel, curator of fossil fishes at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France. Dr Pradel is an expert on early fishes and sharks. Très
31st Jul 2024
1h 2m
Ep #75 The Fighting Finbacks of Seymour Texas with Chris Flis
Ray travels to the Permian and trolls the halls of the Texas Whiteside Museum of Natural History with museum director Chris Flis.
26th Jun 2024
1h 7m
Ep #75 The Permian Red Beds of Texas with Chriss Fliss
Ray travels to the Permian and trolls the halls of the Texas Whiteside Museum of Natural History with museum director Chris Flis.
26th Jun 2024
1h 7m
Ep #74 Resurrecting Dinosaurs One Chip at Time with MOR's Cassi Knight
Dave expands his paleo knowledge with a visit to the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana, during their exciting Dino's and MOR conference, however, Dave finds a professional Paleo Nerd, Cassi
24th May 2024
1h 3m
Ep #73 Talking Headgear and Spike Tooths with Ed "Dr. Pronghorn" Davis
Ray and Dave learn about the amazing antlers and strange headgear of early hoofed mammals including today's Pronghorn Antelope along with more about the giant Spike Toothed Salmon.
24th Apr 2024
1h 15m
Ep #72 The Incredible Cretaceous Ceratopsians of Laramidia with Scott Sampson
Ray and Dave double down with celebrated paleontologist, science communicator, and author, Scott Sampson. He’s the Executive Director of the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco,
20th Mar 2024
1h 4m
Ep #71 From Fins to Fingers and the Triumph of Our Fishapod Ancestors with Ted Daeschler
Ray and Dave discuss the evolution of tetrapods and finding their 'fishapod' ancestor's fossils in the high Arctic and Antarctica with paleontologist Ted Daeschler.
21st Feb 2024
1h 10m
Episode #70 45 Million Years of Camel-Sheep-Pigs with Meaghan Wetherell
Ray and Dave have a fun and very lively interview with Paleontologist and Science Writer, Meaghan Wetherell, an expert on the camel/sheep/pig like Oreodonts and more recently new discoveries from the
24th Jan 2024
1h 5m
Episode #69 Murderous Monster Mosasaurs ’n More with Mike Everhart
Ray and Dave talk to Mosasaur expert and "Oceans of Kansas" author Mike Everhart about the marine reptiles that once swam in the ancient ocean where Kansas is today.
29th Dec 2023
1h 10m
Episode #68 Are we not fish?
The Paleo Nerd podcasts hosts, Ray Troll and Dave Strassman, have an engaging and fun conversation about life, paleontology, and the argument that we are truly fishes, physically and metaphorically.
22nd Nov 2023
48m
Episode #67 Dinosaurs Outnumber Us with Steve Brusatte
Ray and Dave have the most exciting discussion and eye-opening interview with the New York Times bestselling author and prolific paleontologist, Steve Brusatte.
1st Nov 2023
56m
Episode #66 The 32 Mysterious Symbols of Ice Age Art with Genevieve von Petzinger
Ray and Dave interview Genevieve von Petzinger, a paleo-anthropologist, speaker, author, and explorer who's been striving to unlock the mysteries of the world's oldest symbols.
27th Sep 2023
1h 14m
Episode #65 Shaping Humanity and the Paleo Art of John Gurche
Ray and Dave talk to John Gurche, one of the world’s leading paleoartists, especially of early hominins. John is a world-class sculptor, painter, draughtsman extraordinairre, and author. He's an
30th Aug 2023
1h 4m
Episode #64 Australian Megafauna Fossils and Outback Geology Down Under with Dr. Adam Yates
Dave is Down Under in Alice Springs, the red centre of Australia where he interviews Dr. Adam Yates to discuss the Geology of the Outback and the amazing Australian Megafauna! Dr. Yates is the senior
14th Jun 2023
1h 9m
Episode #63 Cool Crap that Died with JP Cavigelli & Russell Hawley
Ray and Dave have a fun foursome conversation with the Casper Wyoming's Tate Geological Museum's master paleontologists, JP Cavigelli and Illustrator Russell J. Hawley
24th May 2023
1h 4m
Episode #62 The T-Rexpert Expert of the Tyrant King Dinosaur with Tom Holtz
Ray and Dave chomp down on all things T-Rex, the King of dinosaurs with the king of paleontologists who studies them, the prolific and extremely interesting Thomas R. Holtz Jr.!
22nd Feb 2023
1h 10m
Episode #62 The T-Rexpert T-Rex Expert Thomas Holtz
Ray and Dave chomp down on all things T-Rex, the King of dinosaurs with the king of paleontologists who studies them, the prolific and extremely interesting Thomas R. Holtz Jr.!
22nd Feb 2023
1h 10m
Ep # 61 Bringing The Prehistoric Back to Life with Master Muralist Jay Matternes
Dave and Ray talk to one of Ray's art heroes, the master muralist and anatomist Jay Matternes, the artist responsible for many of the iconic artworks seen in the Time-Life Books and National
25th Jan 2023
1h 5m
Episode #60 Sonic Signals Bouncing Off the Biggest Migration on Earth with Kelly Benoit-Bird
Dave and Ray dive deep with Kelly Benoit-Bird to discuss the denizens of the not so deep, the Mesopelagics; the largest migration of vertebrates on planet Earth.
28th Dec 2022
1h 16m
Episode #59 Jasmina Wiemann: Better Paleo Through Modern Chemistry
Dave and Ray's minds are blown by talking to molecular Paleobiologist, Jasmina Wiemann, who can now "see" into fossils more organic detail then ever before imagined.
30th Nov 2022
1h 15m
Episode #58 Hell Creek, Hell Yeah! Dave Digs Dinosaurs in Montana
Dave interviews field and lab manager from the Museum of the Rockies, paleontologist, Lee Hall. Dave and his son, Carson, spent an amazing 6 days in the Hell Creek formation digging up tons of dirt
28th Sep 2022
1h 14m
Episode #57 Two Paleo Podcasters walk into a den of Eurypterids
Dave and Ray interview Dave Marshall, the host and founder of the first Paleontological Podcast, "Palaeocast Podcast", now in it's 10th successful year.
24th Aug 2022
1h 15m
Episode #56 Saving Ourselves From Ourselves with Kirk Johnson
Dave and Ray talk again with their very first Paleo Nerds guest, Dr. Kirk Johnson, Sant Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, about the state of our planet today. Not to be
20th Jul 2022
1h 19m
Episode #55 Dave and Ray didn’t go away
Ray and Dave talk about their latest adventures, Paleo News, and upcoming ideas for future guests.
1st Jun 2022
20m
Episode #54 A Dinosaur’s Leg and a Pterosaur Egg! Now it can be told. Robert DePalma Part Two
The Nerds coerce Robert DePalma to reveal the Tanis site discoveries he couldn't talk about in Part One. DePalma's Tanis site documents the actual day the Asteroid hit and ended the reign of
27th Apr 2022
55m
Episode #53 The Very Day the Asteroid (almost) Killed Our Planet with Robert DePalma Part One
The nerds travel to the final day of the dinosaurs reign with paleontologist Robert DePalma and the legendary Tanis Site.
8th Apr 2022
1h 25m
Episode #52: Your Mother Was a Vetulicolian and Your Father Smelt of Elderberries with Henry Gee
The Paleo Nerds cover the history of life on Earth with Nature Senior Editor Henry Gee
30th Mar 2022
1h 15m
Episode #51 Botany, Bugs, and Beards with Dr. Ellen Currano
The nerds reconstruct ancient ecosystems with Paleobotanist Dr. Ellen Currano
16th Mar 2022
1h 7m
Episode #50: The Past is All We Ever Have with Ken Lacovara
The nerds hit the prehistoric Jersey Shore with Ken Lacovara
2nd Mar 2022
1h 18m
Episode #49 Raptors red in tooth and claw with James Kirkland
The nerds talk Utahraptors with Utah State Paleontologist Jim Kirkland.
22nd Feb 2022
1h 14m
Episode #48 The Ends of the World with Peter Brannen
Author Peter Brannen just happened to be driving through Kansas so Ray flagged him down to ask him about The Ends of the World, his recent book on mass extinctions, a fitting end to Season 3 of Paleo
13th Oct 2021
1h 21m
Episode #47 Locked in Time with Dean Lomax
Dr. Dean Lomax sold his Star Wars collection to fund his paleontology dreams. While some may gasp, his investment certainly paid off - his book Locked in Time has already come up a few times on the
6th Oct 2021
1h 36m
Episode #46 The Colossal Wyoming Death Cave with Julie Meachen
The Natural Trap Cave is a sinkhole death trap that contains a pile of fallen mammals that spans over 100,000 years and Julie Meachen has been studying this pile of bones since 2014.
29th Sep 2021
1h 3m
Episode #45 The Coastal Fossil Finder with Kent Gibson
While installing his Cruisin' the Fossil Coastline exhibit at the Oregon Coast Aquarium, Ray had a chance to sit down with Kent Gibson who lent a very small fraction of his massive collection of
22nd Sep 2021
1h 5m
Episode #44 Polar Dinos and Super Crocs! with Greg Erickson
Greg Erickson is a very well-rounded paleontologist: he's studied Super Crocs, arctic duckbills and even "dated" (well, aged...) the prehistoric celebrity Sue.
15th Sep 2021
1h 4m
Episode #43 Interplanetary Paleontology with Kenneth Williford
This episode of Paleo Nerds is truly out of this world! The Nerds talk to Kenneth Williford, Deputy Project Scientist for the Mars 2020 Perseverance mission. Blast off to the martian past!
8th Sep 2021
1h 23m
Episode #42 The Scariest Moments with Brian Skerry
Brian Skerry has logged over 10,000 hours underwater, capturing powerful images for National Geographic and has recently teamed up with James Cameron to continue bringing the captivating stories of
1st Sep 2021
1h 19m
Episode #41 A Gentleman’s Geology of Georgia with Cameron Muskelly
Youtube star Cameron Muskelly joins the Nerds to talk about the geologic treasures of Georgia and the southern United States. Cam is a paleo encyclopedia, so you're sure to learn something new!
25th Aug 2021
1h 4m
Episode #41 A Gentleman's Geology of Georgia with Cameron Muskelly
Youtube star Cameron Muskelly joins the Nerds to talk about the geologic treasures of Georgia and the southern United States. Cam is a paleo encyclopedia, so you're sure to learn something new!
25th Aug 2021
1h 4m
Episode #40 Who Dung It? with Karen Chin
Coprolites (or fossil poop to the layman) have come up repeatedly on the show so we are thrilled to finally have the Queen of Coprolites herself on the show! Karen Chin can interpret entire
18th Aug 2021
1h 11m
Episode #39 Hell Pigs: T. rex of the Tertiary with Scott Foss
What had giant cheeks, protruding canines, dainty hooves and a giant, ridged back? The Hell Pig is almost like Frankenstein's monster, and Scott Foss tells us all about how these creatures utilized
11th Aug 2021
1h 33m
Paleo Nerds on Vacation
Dave and Ray both took advantage of their early vaccination status (the perks of being living fossils!) and got out for some traveling. Dave visited Montana and Ray drove across the country, both
4th Aug 2021
9m
Episode #38 A Dog’s Day at the Tar Pits with Mairin Balisi
The Nerds return to the La Brea tar pits, this time to talk carnivores with Mairin Balisi! She studies what the dogs of the tar pits ate throughout their life and discusses dog evolution.
28th Jul 2021
1h 8m
Episode #38 A Dog's Day at the Tar Pits with Mairin Balisi
The Nerds return to the La Brea tar pits, this time to talk carnivores with Mairin Balisi! She studies what the dogs of the tar pits ate throughout their life and discusses dog evolution.
28th Jul 2021
1h 8m
Episode #37 Turning Trout into Salmon with Gerald Smith
Anyone familiar with Ray's art knows that fish are a focal point and salmon are central, so it's shocking that it's taken so long to have a salmon expert on the show! We're talking spike tooth salmon
21st Jul 2021
1h 20m
Episode #37 Turning Trout into Salmon with Gerald "Jerry" Smith
Anyone familiar with Ray's art knows that fish are a focal point and salmon are central, so it's shocking that it's taken so long to have a salmon expert on the show! We're talking spike tooth salmon
21st Jul 2021
1h 20m
Episode #37 Turning Trout into Salmon with Gerald "Jerry" Smith
Anyone familiar with Ray's art knows that fish are a focal point and salmon are central, so it's shocking that it's taken so long to have a salmon expert on the show! We're talking spike tooth salmon
21st Jul 2021
1h 20m
Episode #36 The Call of the Parasaurolophus with Ashley Hall
Ashley Hall has been obsessed with dinosaurs since she was a kid and now she spends her days educating the public at the Museum of the Rockies. She makes fossils fun!
14th Jul 2021
1h 11m
Episode #35 Painting the Living Science of Paleontology with William Stout
Seeing dinosaurs on the silver screen made Bill Stout a Paleo Nerd, so it's only fitting that he started his art career illustrating movie posters. His work spans from comic books to murals and has
7th Jul 2021
1h 16m
Episode #34 One for the Bird Nerds with John Marzluff
Ravens and crows have their own form of complex communication amongst themselves, and John Marzluff has studied how these birds pass information on an individual and even generational level.
30th Jun 2021
1h 30m
Episode #33 The Sistine Chapel of Dinosaurs with ReBecca Hunt-Foster
ReBecca Hunt-Foster is the Park Paleontologist at the Dinosaur National Monument. Yes, she has the iconic park ranger hat, but she spends her time tracing the footsteps of the dinos that walked Utah
23rd Jun 2021
1h 19m
Season 3 is Coming Soon!!!
This season brings a lineup that won't disappoint! There's something for everyone as Ray and Dave discuss ancient salmon, corvids, and "hell pigs" with Paleo Nerds in the sciences, the arts, and even
16th Jun 2021
19m
Episode #32 The Hot Blooded Dinosaur Revolutionary with Bob Bakker
Dr. Bob Bakker is widely known as the "Dinosaur Heretic". Over his long career, he has revolutionized our understanding of dinosaur behavior and overturned many outdated concepts. Get an
21st Apr 2021
1h 28m
Episode # 31 The Tantalizing Truth about Trilobites with Sam Gon III
Sam Ohu Gon III, trilobite expert and Senior Scientist & Cultural Advisor for the Nature Conservancy of Hawaiʻi. Sam looks to traditional Hawaiian cultural history as an example for a sustainable
14th Apr 2021
1h 26m
Episode #30 Diving into Hell’s Aquarium with Laura Wilson
Imagine time traveling back to the Western Interior Seaway AKA "Hell's Aquarium." It's a fitting nickname for the shallow marine environment, full of fish with teeth so big they ate differently
7th Apr 2021
1h 18m
Episode #30 Diving into Hell's Aquarium with Laura Wilson
Imagine time traveling back to the Western Interior Seaway AKA "Hell's Aquarium." It's a fitting nickname for the shallow marine environment, full of fish with teeth so big they ate differently
7th Apr 2021
1h 18m
Episode #29 Fighting Anti-Science with Facts and Fossils with Don Prothero
Don Prothero has written 48 books and counting! And he has repeatedly gone to bat for science, using the facts of the fossil record to disprove creationist beliefs.
31st Mar 2021
1h 22m
Episode #28 Mammoths, Mummies and Wolves (Oh My!) with Grant Zazula
Grant Zazula is a Paleo Nerd! His interest in archaeology is what attracted him to the Pleistocene and now he studies in the mighty Yukon, managing thousands of fossils that are byproducts of the
24th Mar 2021
1h 28m
Episode #27 A Crash Course on the Great Alaskan Terrane-Wreck with Connie Soja
Connie Soja has extensively studied the paleontology of the Alexander terrane, a gigantic crustal fragment that underlies Ray's backyard of Southeast Alaska. In fact, she's reconstructed ancient
17th Mar 2021
1h 19m
Episode #26 Hunting for Sharks in a Dark National Park with JP Hodnett
JP Hodnett is a Paleo Nerd. But that's a given! He's a shark (and sauropod and cat) expert, so the Nerds get to go off the deep end, diving into incredible finds at Mammoth Cave and JP's day job at
10th Mar 2021
1h 24m
Episode #25 Slothful Titans of the Tar Pits with Emily Lindsey
Emily Lindsey is a paleoecologist who's been fascinated with giant ground sloths since the beginning of her career. She is now a curator and excavation director at the La Brea Tar Pits in LA!
3rd Mar 2021
1h 21m
Episode #24: Hunting Dinosaurs with a Camera with Louie Psihoyos
Louie is a photographer and documentary filmmaker, so what's he doing on a podcast about paleontology? Well, you can thank Jurrasic Park for that.
24th Feb 2021
1h 21m
Episode #23 In the Valley of the Tiny Titanosaurs with Luis Chiappe
Luis Chiappe is as famous for his barbecues as he his for his knowledge of prehistoric birds. Luis' discoveries include an incredible Sauropod nesting site and is currently the Vice President of the
17th Feb 2021
1h 7m
Episode #22 How to See a Forest in a Handful of Dirt with Regan Dunn
Regan Dunn is a paleobotanist who's work has taken her all over the world and has landed her in the hottest paleontology site in Hollywood - the La Brea Tar Pits. Learn how she uses the microscopic
10th Feb 2021
1h 21m
Episode #21 Out of the Ooze, Evolved to Cruise with Neil Shubin
The Nerds get to talk Tiktaalik with esteemed evolutionary biologist and author Neil Shubin. Neil uses molecular biology and gene expression to fill in the gaps left in the fossil record.
3rd Feb 2021
1h 9m
Episode #20 How to Kill a Dinosaur with Holly Woodward
Paleontologist Holly Woodward reads the microscopic stories left behind in dinosaur bones to tell characteristics like their age, sex, and general health. She's even used histology to "kill" a
27th Jan 2021
1h 14m
Episode #19 My Favorite Fossil is the Next One with Chuck Bonner
Ray joins his old friend Chuck Bonner in Kansas where Chuck's family has collected exquisite fossils now on display around the world.
20th Jan 2021
1h 13m
Episode #18 Eons of Epic Epochs with Fossil Librarian Kallie Moore
The Nerds sit down with Kallie Moore, cohost of the PBS youtube show Eons and fossil librarian at the University of Montana.
13th Jan 2021
1h 12m
Episode #17 I'll Have the Dinosaur, Please! with Jack Horner, the REAL Dr. Alan Grant
World renowned paleontologist Jack Horner discusses bringing paleontology to the masses as the scientific advisor on the Jurassic Park franchise and how dyslexia may have helped him make discoveries.
6th Jan 2021
1h 16m
Episode #17 I’ll Have the Dinosaur, Please! with Jack Horner, the REAL Dr. Alan Grant
World renowned paleontologist Jack Horner discusses bringing paleontology to the masses as the scientific advisor on the Jurassic Park franchise and how dyslexia may have helped him make discoveries.
6th Jan 2021
1h 16m
Season Two Teaser
Get ready for a second season of Paleo Nerds: A Prehistoric Podcast with David Strassman and Ray Troll. Interviews with Paleontologists, Scientists and Artists who love dinosaurs just as much as they
16th Dec 2020
8m
Episode #16 Walking with Whales with Bobby Boessenecker
The Nerds have a whale of a time with Bobby Boessenecker. Modern whales actually evolved from walking mammals! But how exactly does a huuuuuuge blue whale go from walking on land to swimming in
28th Oct 2020
1h 16m
Episode #15 Sleeping Through Extinction with Christian Sidor
Dr. Christian Sidor tells the Nerds all about the ancestry of mammals, including a little creature that hibernated through the Permian-Triassic extinction, allowing reptiles to branch off and evolve
21st Oct 2020
1h 15m
Episode #14 The Flight of the Cephalopods with Danna Staaf
Did you know we're in the middle of a Cephalopod Renaissance? Esteemed author Danna Staaf is ready to introduce you to our Squid Overlords!
14th Oct 2020
1h 17m
Episode #13 Evolving Toward a Sense of Beauty with Carl Safina
What's the difference between humans and animals? Who decided there was a difference? Maybe there's less of a difference than we thought...
7th Oct 2020
1h 14m
Episode #12 Life Finds a Way... and Then Medea Kills It with Peter Ward
The Nerds sit down with one of life's great thinkers, Peter Ward. He currently studies Mass Extinctions but nautiloids and ammonites are an ongoing passion.
30th Sep 2020
1h 1m
Episode #11 The Origin of Human Anatomy is in Old Dead Fish with John Long
"You're a fish!" Turns out that's not an insult, it's the truth! Professor John Long will explain why this is true AND discusses the origins of sex! And then he'll ride off on his motorcycle...
23rd Sep 2020
1h 15m
Episode #10: Comparative Science Fiction Anatomy with Gabriel Santos
Gabriel Santos is a nerd. But, hey, if you're listening to this podcast so are you! He's studied the paleoparadoxical Desmostylians, but now he uses cosplay to demonstrate that science is
16th Sep 2020
1h 3m
Episope #9: All Birds are Dinosaurs but Not All Dinosaurs are Birds with Paleontologinista Jingmai O'Connor
Paleontologista Jingmai O'Connor teaches the Nerds how to fly! Well, at least how dinosaurs evolved flight and eventually became the birds we live with today.
9th Sep 2020
1h 15m
Episope #9: All Birds are Dinosaurs but Not All Dinosaurs are Birds with Paleontologinista Jingmai O’Connor
Paleontologista Jingmai O'Connor teaches the Nerds how to fly! Well, at least how dinosaurs evolved flight and eventually became the birds we live with today.
9th Sep 2020
1h 15m
Episode #8: Know Your Prehistoric Marine Reptiles with Pat Druckenmiller
The nerds try and impress Dr. Pat Druckenmiller with their knowledge of marine reptiles. The key word being try.
2nd Sep 2020
1h 7m
Episode #7: Using Lasers to Stare Into the Eyes of a Pterosaur with Tom Kaye
Tom Kaye uses lasers to see microscopic changes recorded in the rock surrounding fossils that reveal soft tissues, literally shaping what dinosaurs looked like when they walked the Earth.
26th Aug 2020
1h 5m
Episode #6: What Came First, the Shark or the Ratfish? with Dr. Dominique Didier
Dr. Dominique Didier has touched and fondled more ratfish than anyone one, so what better person to discuss the evolutionary perfection and sex life of this living fossil.
19th Aug 2020
54m
Episode #5: Beating Your Art to the Grave with Paleo Artist Gary Staab
Gary Staab leaps on snakes, wrestles caiman, taxidermies road kill, oh and sculpts massive dinosaurs, realistic sharks and celebrity mummies.
12th Aug 2020
1h 12m

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