Paleo Nerds

Ep #79 Teen Rex and the Triumph of Turtles with Tyler Lyson

Ray and Dave come out of there shells to talk Turtles and the latest T-Rex discovery with Vertebrate Paleontologist Tyler Lyson.

Ep #78 The Business End of T-Rex with Pete Larson

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.

Ep #77 A Deep Dive Into the Paleostream with Artist Joschua Knüppe

Ray interviews the amazingly prolific German artist Joschua Knüppe who can quick draw an accurate dinosaur while the whole world watches online!

Ep 76 The Perfect Piscatorial Fossils of Paris with Dr. Alan Pradel

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!

Ep #75 The Fighting Finbacks of Seymour Texas with Chris Flis

Ray travels to the Permian and trolls the halls of the Texas Whiteside Museum of Natural History with museum director Chris Flis.

Ep #74 Resurrecting Dinosaurs One Chip at Time with MOR's Cassi Knight

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.

Ep #73 Talking Headgear and Spike Tooths with Ed "Dr. Pronghorn" Davis

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.

Ep #72 The Incredible Cretaceous Ceratopsians of Laramidia with Scott Sampson

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

Ep #71 From Fins to Fingers and the Triumph of Our Fishapod Ancestors with Ted Daeschler

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.

Episode #70 45 Million Years of Camel-Sheep-Pigs with Meaghan Wetherell

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.