Podcast Episodes

The Geoscientific Method: Study Design and Mass Spectrometers

Season 1 Episode 28

Join us for a free-ranging conversation on how Geoscience Research happens (in one lab group at least)! 

Today we talk about a mass spectrometer desi…

5 years, 2 months ago

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Are Continents Growing? (Geoshort)

Season 1

This is a GeoShort followup discussion based on our previous Episode on the origins of continents and Bowen's reaction series!  While Bowen's reactio…

5 years, 2 months ago

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Why Continents Exist: Bowen's Reaction Series

Season 1 Episode 27

In this episode, we discuss a fundamental principle in geology: Bowen's Reaction Series.  This concept is taught in every introductory geology class …

5 years, 2 months ago

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The Great Salt Lake: Historically Low Water Levels

Season 1

For some background listen to our previous episode on hard water and why oceans are salty!

Join us on this GeoShort as we discuss the Great Salt Lake,…

5 years, 3 months ago

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Geysers and Hot Springs: Why They Matter with Examples From Yellowstone National Park

Season 1 Episode 26

Today we talk about Geysers!  And Hot Springs, Mudpots, and Fumaroles! These are extraordinary features that give any landscape a pretty dramatic loo…

5 years, 3 months ago

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Rock Circles: Geologically Curious Phenomena (GeoShort)

Season 1

Our GeoShort today focuses on Spherical Weathering, where normal rocks are turned into round shapes by chemical erosion.

Many rocks have cracks in th…

5 years, 3 months ago

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Dammed Up Again: Streams and Dams Part Two

Season 1 Episode 25

We liked talking about dams so much we did it again!  Join our discussion on streams, how the normally operate, and how dams disrupt the way that str…

5 years, 3 months ago

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Big Valuable Crystals: Pegmatites (GeoShort)

Season 1

What type of rock has really big minerals and lots of uncommon elements?  It's a pegmatite!  Pegmatites contain lots of important elements and minera…

5 years, 3 months ago

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The Spartans Last Stand: Geology of the Hot Gates

Season 1 Episode 24

Have you ever watched the movie 300 or heard of the Spartans making a stand against the Persian Empire?  It's an amazing story right...but it has som…

5 years, 4 months ago

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Shasta Tourism (Geoshort)

Season 1

We had such a great conversation with Dr. Andrew Calvert, Scientist-in-Charge of the California Volcano Observatory, that we decided to run it back o…

5 years, 4 months ago

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