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Do you enjoy learning new things in all fields of geosciences? Do you have a soft spot for shenanigans? Then this podcast is just for you! In this podcast, Dr B. interviews interesting geologists with interesting stories.

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    Geoscience Communication with Lucía Pérez-Díaz

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2022 47:53


    Do you enjoy learning new things in all fields of geosciences? Do you have a soft spot for shenanigans? Then this podcast is just for you! In this podcast, Dr B. interviews interesting geoscientist with interesting stories. To skip the game jump to minute 5:00 Resources mentioned in this episode: Go back and listen to […]

    Pompeii with Claudio Scarpati, Part II

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2022 39:58


    Show notes Do you enjoy learning new things in all fields of geosciences? Do you have a soft spot for shenanigans? Then this podcast is just for you! In this podcast, Dr B. interviews interesting geoscientist with interesting stories. Resources mentioned in this episode: Go back and listen to the previous GC episodes: https://www.travelinggeologist.com/geology-podcast-network/ Claudio's […]

    Pompeii with Claudio Scarpati, Part I

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2022 29:08


    Show notes Do you enjoy learning new things in all fields of geosciences? Do you have a soft spot for shenanigans? Then this podcast is just for you! In this podcast, Dr B. interviews interesting geoscientist with interesting stories. Resources mentioned in this episode: Go back and listen to the previous GC episodes: https://www.travelinggeologist.com/geology-podcast-network/ Claudio's […]

    Geological Timescale [BONUS]

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2022 20:28


    Do you remember the episodes where we interviewed researchers from the LLUNE? If you haven't listened to them yet, go back to episodes Ophiolites, Rocks under pressure, and Biostratigraphy with Dr. Luke Milan, Dr. Tim Chapman, and Dr. Maritta Betts from LLUNE. In this Bonus episode, Marissa talks with DrB about the Geological Timescales and […]

    Volcanoes with Heather Handley

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2022 52:27


    Do you enjoy learning new things in all fields of geosciences? Do you have a soft spot for shenanigans? Then this podcast is just for you! In this podcast, Dr B. interviews interesting geoscientist with interesting stories. Skip the game [09:00] minutes. Resources mentioned in this episode: Go back and listen to the previous GC […]

    Geological Mapping with Daniel Brennan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2022 44:23


    Do you enjoy learning new things in all fields of geosciences? Do you have a soft spot for shenanigans? Then this podcast is just for you! In this podcast, Dr B. interviews interesting geoscientist with interesting stories. Resources mentioned in this episode: Go back and listen to the previous GC episodes: https://www.travelinggeologist.com/geology-podcast-network/ Dan's email: daniel.brennan1@postgrad.curtin.edu.au […]

    Rare Earth Elements with Dr. Kathryn Goodenough

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2022 37:58


    Do you enjoy learning new things in all fields of geosciences? Do you have a soft spot for shenanigans? Then this podcast is just for you! In this podcast, Dr B. interviews interesting geoscientist with interesting stories. Resources mentioned in this episode: Go back and listen to the previous GC episodes: https://www.travelinggeologist.com/geology-podcast-network/ Dr Kathryn Goodenough […]

    The Gneiss Chats Christmas Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2021 17:57


    Dr. B was visited by the three spirits of Christmas to be reminded of all we’ve learned in this podcast so far about the past, present and future of our planet. Sing along with the Geo-themed carol (for Full lyrics visit http://www.travelinggeologist.com/podcast/gneiss-chats-christmas/) 12 Days of GeoXmas On the (First trhough Twelfth) day of ChristmasMy geo friends […]

    The power is in Petrochronology with Eleanore Blereau

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2021 49:34


    Are you a gamer? Do you know the lingo? Marie Curie Fellow Dr Eleanore Blereau from the University of Leeds is not only a gaming expert, but she is also a petrochronology one. Eleanore explains to Dr. B and Dr. Silvia that petrochronology is a way to describe a field of science where petrologists utilize […]

    Biostratigraphy with Marissa Betts from LLUNE

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2021 55:53


    This is the third and last of three special episodes in partnership with the Litho Lab University of New England or LLUNE for short. Which one is your favorite Gneiss Chats game? For this Special episode with Dr. Marissa Betts from LLUNE, Dr. B brings back the highly requested Dating Game. Which one is Marissa's […]

    Hunting for meteorites with Luke Daly

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2021 55:42


    In this episode Dr. B had an interesting chat with brilliant actor and researcher Dr. Luke Daly from the University of Glasgow. Luke explains the difference between meteorites, fireballs, meteoroids, and UFOs and how the fireball network monitors the ‘sky activity' across the world to know when a meteorite hits the ground. They talk also […]

    Rocks under pressure with Tim Chapman from LLUNE

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2021 50:20


    This is the second of three special episodes in partnership with the Litho Lab University of New England or LLUNE for short. Have you ever felt under a lot of pressure? Well, Dr. Timothy Chapman from LLUNE chats with Dr. B about rocks that formed at very high pressures (HP), way higher than the one […]

    Landscapes with Chiara Zuffetti

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2021 44:00


    A landscape is a palimpsest because it is the result of different geological processes that build and shape the planet where we live on. In this episode Dr. B chats about how beautiful landscapes develop and form breathtaking natural shapes, by interviewing an expert on this topic, Dr. Chiara Zuffetti from the University of Milan, […]

    Ophiolites with Luke Milan from LLUNE

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2021 50:48


    This is the first of three special episodes in partnership with the Litho Lab University of England or LLUNE for short. In this episode Dr. B plays the game ‘Time for Questions' with the three researchers of the LLUNE Special Series: Dr Luke Milan, Dr Tim Chapman, and Dr. Marissa Betts. Who is going to […]

    Fake Rocks with Stefano Poli

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2021 45:11


    Frankenstein was a young scientist who enjoyed doing scientific experiments to create a sapient creature. In this episode our guest is a great Senior Experimental Petrologist who talks about geo-scientists who create rocks and experiments to study Earth processes. Professor Stefano Poli from the University of Milan tells Dr. B everything about the Petrological Cuisine […]

    Thermochronology with Rebecca Flowers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2021 42:50


    For this final chapter, Part III, of the Rebecca Trilogy, Dr. B plays a geology-version of the famous game show Family Feud that we renamed the Geology-Field Game. Our guest, Professor Rebecca Flowers from the University of Colorado Boulder, tries to find out which one was the most popular answers from our geological survey, play […]

    Earth Tremors with Rebecca Harrington

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2021 40:13


    Have you ever felt the earth shaking under your feet? For Part II of the Rebecca Trilogy, Professor Rebecca Harrington from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum joined Dr. B for a Gneiss Chat about Earth Tremors. In this episode Rebecca tell us about her research group's interest in understanding natural and induced earthquakes in different places around […]

    Mining a green future with Rebecca Paisley

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 47:57


    Over the next three episodes Dr. B is coincidently interviewing three Rebeccas, about fields in geosciences that are completely different from each other. This is the first episode of the Rebecca Trilogy, and for this first piece Dr. B has a Gneiss Chat with Dr Rebecca Paisley, an exploration geochemist from Cornish Lithium in the […]

    Hot Rocks (UHT) with Mahyra Tedeschi

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2021 44:15


    Hot, hot, hot, rocks! This episode is going to be a real burn, because we are going to talk about metamorphic rocks that have experienced very high temperature metamorphism, deep in the crust, the so called Ultra High Temperature or UHT conditions. Professor Mahyra Tedeschi from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) explains what […]

    Paleomag[ic]netism with Uwe Kirscher and Ross Mitchell

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2021 42:53


    In this episode Dr B will have a double interview with Dr Uwe Kirscher and Prof Ross Mitchell. Well, actually, to be more precise, Ross started the interview as an Associate Professor and finished it as a Full Professor, that was pretty dope! In the first part of the episode, the fun game of Geopardy […]

    IsoTOPes II (Stables) with Mikaela Moore

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2021 43:31


    This episode can be treated as a sequel to the previous episode with Dr Bryant Ware on radiogenic isotopes. This time Dr B has a Gneiss Chat with Mikaela Moore, who tells us about the use of Stable IsoTOPes in geoscience. Mikaela just obtained a bachelor degree from Queens University in geology and she is […]

    IsoTOPes with Bryant Ware

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 39:08


    In this episode we have a bit of a freaky Friday thing going. Gneiss Chats producer and occasional co-host Dr Silvia Volante is the host of the game Newly Grad (formerly known as Twinning). She interviews Dr B and his co-author, producer of the Gneiss Chats podcast and also BEST FRIEND…or just FRIEND? No, BEST […]

    Melt Inclusions with Bruna Carvalho

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2021 38:25


    For the first time Dr. B is going back to the motherland. In this episode he interviews his countrywoman and also ECR celebrity Dr Bruna Carvalho, who is a postdoc at the University of Padova in ‘Italia'. This episodes' central theme is Melt Inclusions. But before starting to dig into the good bits, Dr. B […]

    Controversial Theories with Angus Rogers

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2021 40:17


    Episode summary introduction:​ ​   In this episode Dr B. decided to investigate and discuss about contested theories in geoscience and the reasons for their creation with current PhD candidate Angus Rogers at Monash University. As we all know, Dr B enjoys to break the ice with a funny game and for this episode our guest Angus will find out his favorite geochronometer. […]

    Exoplanets with Francesca Miozzi

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2021 49:49


    Episode summary introduction:​ ​ Space? Exoplanets? In this episode our guest is Dr Francesca Miozzi aka ‘La Giovi' who will take us outside of our home ‘the Earth' by talking about to the study of exoplanets. La Giovi will tell us about how, through experimental petrology, she tries to understand C-rich exoplanets versus O-rich planets […]

    Fieldwork with Chris Spencer

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2021 44:38


    Episode summary introduction:​ ​ In this episode Dr B. interviews, the original traveling geologist himself, Assistant Prof. Chris Spencer. Chris shares how the initiative of traveling geologist started during his PhD studies in St. Andrews, and also, his love for one of the most fascinating parts of our job: fieldwork. During this Gneiss chats episode, […]

    Supercontinents with Erin Martin

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2021 50:19


    Episode summary introduction:​ ​ The guest of this episode of Gneiss chats is Dr. Erin Martin a research fellow from Monash University in Melbourne. Dr. B. interviews Erin about supercontinents: what they are, how they form, and what are the plate-scale mechanism and processes related to the movement of the landmasses forming supercontinents. Erin loves […]

    Earth evolution with Peter Cawood

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2021 40:10


    Episode summary introduction: This episode of Gneiss chats has Laureate Professor Peter Cawood from Monash University in Melbourne as a guest. Dr B. interviews Peter about fundamental geological questions that Peter and his research group, the Pulse of the Earth, are trying to answer. In this episode Dr B. and his guest will discuss about […]

    Gneiss Chats Trailer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2021 0:59


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