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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.
Episodes
Tuesday Oct 29, 2024
Ep #79 Teen Rex and the Triumph of Turtles with Tyler Lyson
Tuesday Oct 29, 2024
Tuesday Oct 29, 2024
Ray and Dave come out of there shells to talk Turtles and the latest T-Rex discovery with Vertebrate Paleontologist Tyler Lyson.
Thursday Sep 26, 2024
Ep #78 The Business End of T-Rex with Pete Larson
Thursday Sep 26, 2024
Thursday Sep 26, 2024
Ray and Dave unearth the past with paleontologist Pete Larson, discussing Pete's paleo-nerd journey, his early discoveries, his commercial fossil enterprise, and his insights into controversial dinosaur debates.
Tuesday Aug 27, 2024
Ep #77 A Deep Dive Into the Paleostream with Artist Joschua Knüppe
Tuesday Aug 27, 2024
Tuesday Aug 27, 2024
Ray interviews the amazingly prolific German artist Joschua Knüppe who can quick draw an accurate dinosaur while the whole world watches online!
Tuesday Jul 30, 2024
Ep 76 The Perfect Piscatorial Fossils of Paris with Dr. Alan Pradel
Tuesday Jul 30, 2024
Tuesday Jul 30, 2024
Dave flies across the pond and visits Dr. Alan Pradel, curator of fossil fishes at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France. Dr Pradel is an expert on early fishes and sharks. Très bon!
Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
Ep #75 The Fighting Finbacks of Seymour Texas with Chris Flis
Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
Ray travels to the Permian and trolls the halls of the Texas Whiteside Museum of Natural History with museum director Chris Flis.
Thursday May 23, 2024
Ep #74 Resurrecting Dinosaurs One Chip at Time with MOR's Cassi Knight
Thursday May 23, 2024
Thursday May 23, 2024
Dave expands his paleo knowledge with a visit to the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana, during their exciting Dino's and MOR conference, however, Dave finds a professional Paleo Nerd, Cassi Knight, who's gem of a job is rarely publicized in the museum world.
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
Ep #73 Talking Headgear and Spike Tooths with Ed "Dr. Pronghorn" Davis
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
Ray and Dave learn about the amazing antlers and strange headgear of early hoofed mammals including today's Pronghorn Antelope along with more about the giant Spike Toothed Salmon.
Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
Ep #72 The Incredible Cretaceous Ceratopsians of Laramidia with Scott Sampson
Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
Ray and Dave double down with celebrated paleontologist, science communicator, and author, Scott Sampson. He’s the Executive Director of the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California and is widely known as "Dr. Scott the paleontologist" on the PBS television series, Dinosaur Train
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Ray and Dave discuss the evolution of tetrapods and finding their 'fishapod' ancestor's fossils in the high Arctic and Antarctica with paleontologist Ted Daeschler.
Tuesday Jan 23, 2024
Episode #70 45 Million Years of Camel-Sheep-Pigs with Meaghan Wetherell
Tuesday Jan 23, 2024
Tuesday Jan 23, 2024
Ray and Dave have a fun and very lively interview with Paleontologist and Science Writer, Meaghan Wetherell, an expert on the camel/sheep/pig like Oreodonts and more recently new discoveries from the Holocene/Pleistocene Epochs.