Paleo Nerds

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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.

Latest Episodes:

Episode #51 Botany, Bugs, and Beards with Dr. Ellen Currano Mar 15, 2022

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The nerds reconstruct ancient ecosystems with Paleobotanist Dr. Ellen Currano

Episode #50: The Past is All We Ever Have with Ken Lacovara Mar 01, 2022

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The nerds hit the prehistoric Jersey Shore with Ken Lacovara

Episode #49 Raptors red in tooth and claw with James Kirkland Feb 22, 2022

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The nerds talk Utahraptors with Utah State Paleontologist Jim Kirkland.

Episode #48 The Ends of the World with Peter Brannen Oct 12, 2021

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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 Nerds!

Episode #47 Locked in Time with Dean Lomax Oct 05, 2021

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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 show already!

Episode #46 The Colossal Wyoming Death Cave with Julie Meachen Sep 28, 2021

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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.

Episode #45 The Coastal Fossil Finder with Kent Gibson Sep 21, 2021

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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 coastal fossils to Ray's exhibit.

Episode #44 Polar Dinos and Super Crocs! with Greg Erickson Sep 14, 2021

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Greg Erickson is a very well-rounded paleontologist: he's studied Super Crocs, arctic duckbills and even "dated" (well, aged...) the prehistoric celebrity Sue.

Episode #43 Interplanetary Paleontology with Kenneth Williford Sep 07, 2021

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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!

Episode #42 The Scariest Moments with Brian Skerry Aug 31, 2021

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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 the world's oceans to those of us stuck on land.

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