A podcast about things that used to be alive. With Gavin, Mike, and Fia.
Today we're looking at a weird regional food from where Gavin, Mike, and Fia grew up; the Salt Potato! What's a Salt Potato? How salty is it? What does that have to do with geology? Let's find out!Fia just published a new paper! Check it out here: https://peerj.com/articles/19346/Paper about job prospects in paleontology: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/paleobiology/article/employment-in-paleontology-status-and-trends-in-the-united-states/0DB62FC9BFAFC73D2D36E8BAA31B7769?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=socialnetwork&fbclid=IwY2xjawKRo_VleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFrdVJVV1dXU3RMTzZmVXI2AR531uqZCr_D7YHknrhk_t5zxalxw8bOWHKeugXzmNMRaOdCQMI6WKmKdGQsqA_aem_4GTCKjlHgl4ElfH2YoF-ggDonate to Archive.org if you can: https://archive.org/donatePalaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new some paleontology D&D stuff: https://youtu.be/0n7FfTmcaRU?si=CqeuBjO5x1ElXIXJTopic form: https://forms.gle/cpu8ETF4P6ABZADe7Guest Form: https://forms.gle/YjuoGC8yUuAnfGNx9Leave us an audio message: https://anchor.fm/dead-podcast/messageYouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbKAuMrj_7PUI0GqU9QQnhg
Mike takes the wheel this episode to teach us about a potentially cursed seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Don't fly on small aircraft, please.Fia just published a new paper! Check it out here: https://peerj.com/articles/19346/Paper about job prospects in paleontology: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/paleobiology/article/employment-in-paleontology-status-and-trends-in-the-united-states/0DB62FC9BFAFC73D2D36E8BAA31B7769?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=socialnetwork&fbclid=IwY2xjawKRo_VleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFrdVJVV1dXU3RMTzZmVXI2AR531uqZCr_D7YHknrhk_t5zxalxw8bOWHKeugXzmNMRaOdCQMI6WKmKdGQsqA_aem_4GTCKjlHgl4ElfH2YoF-ggDonate to Archive.org if you can: https://archive.org/donatePalaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new some paleontology D&D stuff: https://youtu.be/0n7FfTmcaRU?si=CqeuBjO5x1ElXIXJTopic form: https://forms.gle/cpu8ETF4P6ABZADe7Guest Form: https://forms.gle/YjuoGC8yUuAnfGNx9Leave us an audio message: https://anchor.fm/dead-podcast/messageYouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbKAuMrj_7PUI0GqU9QQnhg
How does something go from being a dead thing on the ground to a fossil in the ground? Let's find out through the secret magic of taphonomy!Fia just published a new paper! Check it out here: https://peerj.com/articles/19346/Administration Science News 1: https://eos.org/research-and-developments/trump-blocks-funding-for-epa-science-divisionAdministration Science News 2: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07052025/trump-administration-cuts-sea-ice-data-center/Donate to Archive.org if you can: https://archive.org/donatePalaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new some paleontology D&D stuff: https://youtu.be/0n7FfTmcaRU?si=CqeuBjO5x1ElXIXJTopic form: https://forms.gle/cpu8ETF4P6ABZADe7Guest Form: https://forms.gle/YjuoGC8yUuAnfGNx9Leave us an audio message: https://anchor.fm/dead-podcast/messageYouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbKAuMrj_7PUI0GqU9QQnhg
Mike is away so Gavin and Fia take some time to appreciate some marine invertebrates! Isopods (or pill bugs, or roly polies, or potato bugs) are a neat group of arthropods that do a lot of important (and also creepy) things, so let's talk about them!Donate to Archive.org if you can: https://archive.org/donatePalaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new some paleontology D&D stuff: https://youtu.be/0n7FfTmcaRU?si=CqeuBjO5x1ElXIXJTopic form: https://forms.gle/cpu8ETF4P6ABZADe7Guest Form: https://forms.gle/YjuoGC8yUuAnfGNx9Leave us an audio message: https://anchor.fm/dead-podcast/messageYouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbKAuMrj_7PUI0GqU9QQnhg
This episode was supposed to be about isopods, but capitalism got in the way with dire wolf news from the company Colossal Biosciences. So are dire wolves "de-extincted"? What's the deal with these wolves? Let's talk about it!Hank Green's video about the "dire wolves": https://youtu.be/Ar0zgedLyTw?si=5ApMQYefufD03AidDonate to Archive.org if you can: https://archive.org/donatePalaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new some paleontology D&D stuff: https://youtu.be/0n7FfTmcaRU?si=CqeuBjO5x1ElXIXJTopic form: https://forms.gle/cpu8ETF4P6ABZADe7Guest Form: https://forms.gle/YjuoGC8yUuAnfGNx9Leave us an audio message: https://anchor.fm/dead-podcast/messageYouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbKAuMrj_7PUI0GqU9QQnhg
Mike and Fia are away this week, so Gavin in joined by his wife Liz to discuss flowers!Timestamp to bypass the sadness: 10:37John Green's video reading the first chapter of his tuberculosis book: https://youtu.be/CCbDdk8Wz-8?si=iSFgfvaywj6FVyyhDonate to Archive.org if you can: https://archive.org/donatePalaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXcFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DeadPodcast_Topic form: https://forms.gle/cpu8ETF4P6ABZADe7Guest Form: https://forms.gle/YjuoGC8yUuAnfGNx9Leave us an audio message: https://anchor.fm/dead-podcast/messageYouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbKAuMrj_7PUI0GqU9QQnhg
Fia talks to us today about seagrass and all the wonderful stuff that it does for us!Timestamp to bypass the sadness: 19:44John Green's video reading the first chapter of his tuberculosis book: https://youtu.be/CCbDdk8Wz-8?si=iSFgfvaywj6FVyyhDonate to Archive.org if you can: https://archive.org/donatePalaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXcFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DeadPodcast_Topic form: https://forms.gle/cpu8ETF4P6ABZADe7Guest Form: https://forms.gle/YjuoGC8yUuAnfGNx9Leave us an audio message: https://anchor.fm/dead-podcast/messageYouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbKAuMrj_7PUI0GqU9QQnhg
The Miocene Epoch was a world a lot like our current one... just a little bit stranger. How much stranger? Let's find out!Timestamp to bypass the sadness: 17:25John Green's video reading the first chapter of his tuberculosis book: https://youtu.be/CCbDdk8Wz-8?si=iSFgfvaywj6FVyyhDonate to Archive.org if you can: https://archive.org/donatePalaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXcFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DeadPodcast_Topic form: https://forms.gle/cpu8ETF4P6ABZADe7Guest Form: https://forms.gle/YjuoGC8yUuAnfGNx9Leave us an audio message: https://anchor.fm/dead-podcast/messageYouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbKAuMrj_7PUI0GqU9QQnhg
We've all been busy with travel and company coming to visit, so we're taking a short hiatus until 3/5.Also, a few of Gavin's friends are recently unemployed thanks to the federal government, and National Parks are going to be smelly this summer.Donate to Archive.org if you can: https://archive.org/donatePalaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXcFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DeadPodcast_Topic form: https://forms.gle/cpu8ETF4P6ABZADe7Guest Form: https://forms.gle/YjuoGC8yUuAnfGNx9Leave us an audio message: https://anchor.fm/dead-podcast/messageYouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbKAuMrj_7PUI0GqU9QQnhg
Given recent events, namely the inauguration of Donald Trump, let's discuss a court trial from 100 years ago! What does that have to do with paleontology? Let's find out! Timestamp for bypassing the current events discussion: 23:01 Donate to Archive.org if you can: https://archive.org/donate Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DeadPodcast_ Topic form: https://forms.gle/cpu8ETF4P6ABZADe7 Guest Form: https://forms.gle/YjuoGC8yUuAnfGNx9 Leave us an audio message: https://anchor.fm/dead-podcast/message YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbKAuMrj_7PUI0GqU9QQnhg
Given recent events, namely the inauguration of Donald Trump, let's discuss a court trial from 100 years ago! What does that have to do with paleontology? Let's find out! Links to support relief efforts for the fires around LA: - LA Regional Food Banks: https://www.lafoodbank.org/ - LA Fire Department Foundation: https://supportlafd.org/ - Worth Rises, a criminal justice advocacy organization: https://worthrises.org/ Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel
Pigs. Hogs. Swine. Pigs are a ubiquitous part of human culture. We eat millions of them every year. But where do they come from? Let's talk about their evolutionary history! Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel
Happy holidays from Gavin, Mike , and Fia! Today, Mike takes the wheel and tells us about Phineas Gage, a long-time case study in how brain injuries can effect life after the accident. Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel
Due to some unforeseen family things, this episode is going to be delayed for a little while. The next few Wednesdays are holidays so we're not really sure when it will be uploaded, but it will be. Happy holidays from Gavin, Mike , and Fia! Today, Mike takes the wheel and tells us about Phineas Gage, a long-time case study in how brain injuries can effect life after the accident. Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel
*Content Warning for squeamish listeners.* We talk about brain injuries and significant bodily injury in this episode. Today, Mike takes the wheel and tells us about Phineas Gage, a long-time case study in how brain injuries can effect life after the accident. Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel
Animals and plants that are poisonous or venomous have always fascinated us because of their danger. But what if I were to tell you that YOU were poisonous all along? Let's talk about the weirdness of poisons and venoms. Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel
Beetles are by far the most diverse group of animals, and it's really not even close. Let's take a look at what makes them so cool and how they got to be so diverse! Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel
With the recent hurricanes in the US, I thought it would be a good time to talk about how these storms work and how they have worked throughout Earth's history. Hurricane relief information: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/us/hurricane-helene-victims-aid.html Helpful links for the topic today! - https://geo.libretexts.org/Courses/University_of_California_Davis/GEL_109%3A_Sediments_and_Strata_(Sumner)/09%3A_Draft_Textbook/9.12%3A_Marine_Deposition/9.12.3%3A_Storms - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025322718300768 - https://youtu.be/nZiwsu7_Oy8?si=zJ_ep0m9daChIqRS - https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2000801117 Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel
Election Season is upon us here in the United States. While Fia is traveling and preparing for Hurricane Milton, Gavin and Mike talk about how politics effects science, and the bad things that happen when politics interferes with science. Hurricane relief information: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/us/hurricane-helene-victims-aid.html Check your voter registration here: https://votesaveamerica.com/be-a-voter/ Links mentioned in the pod: - Chips & Science Act of 2022: https://new.nsf.gov/chips - Inflation Reduction Act: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5376/text - Poll data from 1974-2010: https://www.asanet.org/wp-content/uploads/savvy/images/journals/docs/pdf/asr/Apr12ASRFeature.pdf - Pew Research poll: https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2023/11/14/americans-trust-in-scientists-positive-views-of-science-continue-to-decline/ Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel
We're postponing this episode to give Fia some time to get life in order after Hurricane Helene (she's okay). In the meantime, check out some ways to contribute to relief efforts if you're able: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/us/hurricane-helene-victims-aid.html Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel
Normally this would be a "Fia Takes The Wheel" episode,but she's busy doing science. In honor of that though, Gavin teaches us about swamps and their role in the ecosystems of today and Earth's history! Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel
Who was the greatest paleontologist ever? We may just get our answer today with our discussion of Mary Anning. The famous fossil collector and early paleontologist lived a tough life that has been often misrepresented over the last 200+ years, so let's talk about her in some detail! Thanks again to the Common Descent Podcast for giving us a chance to share our platform and direct some new listeners out way! Check out the episode of their Spotlight 2024 series that we joined them for here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4kPrntQEbG8GPKnjjP872x?si=VBCbfv6GRzeaX8xFqhBCgA Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel
Continuing our march through Earth's history, today we're talking about the Oligocene Epoch! A time when Earth sure looked a heck of a lot like today, but with some very noticeable differences, like the grass! What do I mean by that? Let's find out! YouTube Playlist link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAt3VarqxmjVLGbTUnk8ednFMcIGORtli Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel
Gavin and Fia talk about the best (according to Fia) invertebrates out there; clams and their relatives! Do they live up to the hype? Let's find out! Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel
In this particularly gross episode, Gavin talks to Fia about parasites and the various disgusting, albeit very interesting, lifestyles that they live. Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel
On this episode of Mike Takes The Wheel, Mike tells us about Ray Chapman, the only player to die as the result of a professional baseball game. Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel
For this follow-up episode, Gavin is joined by Sierra and Rudy from the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, as well as Lora Bird, owner of Nest Art Collective tattoo shop in Denver, Colorado. YouTube lecture that Lora, Sierra and Rudy gave about the tattooing: https://youtu.be/dGg73w5wwOM?feature=shared Denver Museum of Nature & Science socials: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DMNSorg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denvermuseumns/?hl=en Twitter: https://x.com/DenverMuseumNS Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@denvermns?lang=en Nest Art Collective tattoo shop: http://instagram.com/nest.art.co Special shout out to Lora's assistant Sydney, without whom Lora would never get anything done. Socials for the artists involved in the project: instagram.com/honestbird instagram.com/satchel.ink instagram.com/ragtime_russ instagram.com/isabump instagram.com/mikriles instagram.com/hailstormtattoos instagram.com/call.me_d.addie instagram.com/farriercreative Madagascar Ankizy Fund website: www.ankizy.org Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel
Gavin, Fia, and Mike have had a busy few weeks! Early June is always a busy time for us, because we all volunteer for the same youth leadership organization called HOBY. We've all been volunteering for this organization for over 10 years and in this episode we talk about why we do it, and why you should volunteer in your local communities as well. HOBY's website: www.hoby.org Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dead-podcast/message
Gavin is joined by a pair of great scientists from the Denver Museum of Nature & Science to talk about helicopter science, and how to do international science ethically. Madagascar Ankizy Fund website: www.ankizy.org Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dead-podcast/message
Our usual episode is postponed until next week due to some scheduling hang ups with the guests for the episode. But! My best-good-friend Tug reached out with a great question about presidents and dinosaurs. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dead-podcast/message
Hawks, eagles and their other predatory bird relatives are some of the most iconic and charismatic birds in the world. Let's take a look at what makes them cool, and what we know about how they got that way! Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dead-podcast/message
Gavin takes Mike and Fia through the very American history of the largest natural history museum in the world; the National Museum of Natural History, aka The Smithsonian. Lookup whether your favorite museum has Native American remains that it needs to return home: https://projects.propublica.org/repatriation-nagpra-database/ Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dead-podcast/message
Audio issues aside, Fia tells us about a great preservation area that she's been working in to collect data for her Ph.D! NCAP (or the Nature Coast Aquatic Preserve to its friends) is an area on the Gulf side of Florida with lots of unique biology and even some cool geology! News link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/04/240410112736.htm Links from Fia: - https://publicfiles.dep.state.fl.us/CAMA/plans/Nature-Coast-AP-Management-Plan.pdf - https://www.aquaticpreservesociety.com/ - https://floridadep.gov/NatureCoastAP - https://dev.seacar.waterinstitute.usf.edu/datadiscovery/programs/matrix?MA=Nature%20Coast Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dead-podcast/message
With Mike and Fia away for the week, Gavin talks with Dr. Nathan Smith from Bucknell University about the coolest little creatures on the planet; ants. Nate's page on Bucknell's website: https://www.bucknell.edu/fac-staff/nathan-smith Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dead-podcast/message
Gavin takes a field trip to the dentist, so let's talk about those bones* in your mouth! Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dead-podcast/message
The largest animals to ever exist live among us right now! Let's learn about them! Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Gavin's Blog Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dead-podcast/message
Gavin takes us through the next slice of Earth's history on our list: the Eocene Epoch! Fia also teaches us about Batman. Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Gavin's Blog Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dead-podcast/message
*CONTENT WARNING* This episode discusses a public suicide of an elected official in the 1980's. Mike really takes us on a ride for this episode. Meanwhile Gavin complains about home ownership. Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Gavin's Blog Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dead-podcast/message
Every field of study has an origin story. Today we share the story of one of the founders of modern geology; James Hutton. Last episode I challenged myself to find an important figure in the history of geology who *wasn't* a horrible racist, and I did! Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Gavin's Blog Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dead-podcast/message
Growing up is an awkward experience for everyone. Luckily, we didn't have to grow any extra legs or have the entire left side of our body become our mouth! Today we learn about how growing up works across the animal kingdom, and how we tell if a fossil animal is fully grown or not. Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Gavin's Blog Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dead-podcast/message
Herbivores are often seen as less interesting than carnivores. However, they have to go through a wide array of challenges just to get nutrition from their food without it killing them. Let's learn about how they do it! Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Gavin's Blog Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dead-podcast/message
We all know the story of how the dinosaurs became extinct. But what happened afterward? Mike, Gavin, and Fia take a closer look at the post-extinction world of the Paleocene! Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Gavin's Blog Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dead-podcast/message
Fia talks us through starting a PhD program and how it differs from her experience with her Master's degree! Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Gavin's Blog Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dead-podcast/message
Have a great Thanksgiving (in the US anyway)! We'll be back next week. Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Gavin's Blog Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dead-podcast/message
Everyone loves geckos! From large insurance companies, to tropical residents all over the world, geckos are a really well-liked group of lizards. But boy, are they weird. Let's learn about them! Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Gavin's Blog Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dead-podcast/message
This past weekend Gavin presented his Master's thesis at the annual meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology! In this episode we talk about what it's like to present at an academic conference, and some of the cool research shown at SVP this year. Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Gavin's Blog Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dead-podcast/message
What does it mean to be human? Well from a taxonomic standpoint, it means that you're in the genus Homo. But what really makes us, us? Let's talk about the history of our genus. Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Gavin's Blog Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dead-podcast/message
Human evolution is a marvelous collection of data. We understand human evolution better than basically anything else in paleontology. How did we get such bad backs? Why do we see faces on pieces of toast? It's all in our evolution, so let's take a closer look! Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Gavin's Blog Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dead-podcast/message
JFK was famously assassinated in November 1963. But did you know that other people were shot along with him? Let's hear from Mike a bit of their stories. Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Gavin's Blog Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dead-podcast/message
Tails, the famous side-kick of Sonic The Hedgehog. Also a body part ubiquitous to vertebrate animals. What are they even used for anyway? Let's find out! Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Gavin's Blog Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dead-podcast/message
Science costs money. In many cases, entirely too much money. In a surprise twist of episode topics, Gavin, Mike and Fia talk about their student loan situations, how the American higher education system is going to decrease the quality of science done in the U.S., and how college tuition will soon be over $100,000 per year. Episode of The Weeds mentioned in the episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2SvnOvfCfDSouj8UiAuEm6?si=60b98ab7db944d61 Palaeocast Gaming Network video Gavin made about the new Pokemon Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgFW91jPXc Follow us on Twitter Topic form Guest Form Gavin's Blog Leave us an audio message Youtube Channel --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dead-podcast/message
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