Podcast Episodes

Episode 30 - Prehistoric Poop

Season 1 Episode 32

Everybody poops! Throughout the history of life on Earth, animals of all lifestyles have been littering the planet with little presents, and those fe…

8 years, 2 months ago

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Episode 29 - Placoderms, The Armored Fish

Season 1 Episode 31

In the earliest millennia of vertebrate life on Earth, the seas were home to the placoderms, a diverse group of extinct armored fish whose evolutiona…

8 years, 3 months ago

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Episode 28 - Charles Darwin

Season 1 Episode 30

Happy Darwin Day!
In honor of Chuck's birthday (Feb 12), we are joined this episode by Dr. Sarah Bray of the Discovering Darwin podcast, to chat abou…

8 years, 3 months ago

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Episode 27 - Domestication

Season 1 Episode 29

This episode, we explore the evolutionary innovation that brought us a diversity of animal companions, from corgis to cattle to cauliflower, and jump…

8 years, 4 months ago

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Episode 26 - Astrobiology

Season 1 Episode 28

This episode, we look to the stars! Our discussion takes a tour across the field of astrobiology, the broad and thought-provoking science that seeks …

8 years, 4 months ago

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Episode 25 - The Pleistocene Megafaunal Extinction

Season 1 Episode 27

In this episode, we firmly establish a tradition of extinction-talk! This time, by request, it’s the latest major prehistoric extinction in Earth his…

8 years, 5 months ago

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Episode 24 - Sloths

Season 1 Episode 26

This episode, by listener request, is all about sloths! We explore their bizarre family tree, their adorable and internet-favorite living representat…

8 years, 5 months ago

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Episode 23 - Jurassic Park

Season 1 Episode 25

Hold onto your butts … in this episode, we celebrate the intersection of science and popular culture with a discussion about the biggest dinosaur mov…

8 years, 6 months ago

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Episode 22 - Micropaleontology

Season 1 Episode 24

This episode, we take a super up-close look at the tiniest components of the fossil record, the microscopic remains that are so essential to our unde…

8 years, 6 months ago

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Episode 21 - Dinosaurs, An Introduction

Season 1 Episode 23

There is no group of prehistoric creatures more iconic, more widely-studied, or more requested by our listeners, than the subject of this episode! Th…

8 years, 7 months ago

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