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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 party.
Episodes

Tuesday Jan 24, 2023
Ep # 61 Bringing The Prehistoric Back to Life with Master Muralist Jay Matternes
Tuesday Jan 24, 2023
Tuesday Jan 24, 2023
Dave and Ray talk to one of Ray's art heroes, the master muralist and anatomist Jay Matternes, the artist responsible for many of the iconic artworks seen in the Time-Life Books and National Geographic Magazine. He painted six HUGE murals over the course of 15 years that adorned the walls of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Tuesday Dec 27, 2022
Tuesday Dec 27, 2022
Dave and Ray dive deep with Kelly Benoit-Bird to discuss the denizens of the not so deep, the Mesopelagics; the largest migration of vertebrates on planet Earth.

Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
Episode #59 Jasmina Wiemann: Better Paleo Through Modern Chemistry
Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
Dave and Ray's minds are blown by talking to molecular Paleobiologist, Jasmina Wiemann, who can now "see" into fossils more organic detail then ever before imagined.

Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
Episode #58 Hell Creek, Hell Yeah! Dave Digs Dinosaurs in Montana
Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
Dave interviews field and lab manager from the Museum of the Rockies, paleontologist, Lee Hall. Dave and his son, Carson, spent an amazing 6 days in the Hell Creek formation digging up tons of dirt with a cadre of the most hard working volunteers and students of all things paleo.

Tuesday Aug 23, 2022
Episode #57 Two Paleo Podcasters walk into a den of Eurypterids
Tuesday Aug 23, 2022
Tuesday Aug 23, 2022
Dave and Ray interview Dave Marshall, the host and founder of the first Paleontological Podcast, "Palaeocast Podcast", now in it's 10th successful year.

Tuesday Jul 19, 2022
Episode #56 Saving Ourselves From Ourselves with Kirk Johnson
Tuesday Jul 19, 2022
Tuesday Jul 19, 2022
Dave and Ray talk again with their very first Paleo Nerds guest, Dr. Kirk Johnson, Sant Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, about the state of our planet today.
Not to be missed!

Tuesday May 31, 2022
Episode #55 Dave and Ray didn’t go away
Tuesday May 31, 2022
Tuesday May 31, 2022
Ray and Dave talk about their latest adventures, Paleo News, and upcoming ideas for future guests.

Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
The Nerds coerce Robert DePalma to reveal the Tanis site discoveries he couldn't talk about in Part One. DePalma's Tanis site documents the actual day the Asteroid hit and ended the reign of the Dinosaurs.

Thursday Apr 07, 2022
Thursday Apr 07, 2022
The nerds travel to the final day of the dinosaurs reign with paleontologist Robert DePalma and the legendary Tanis Site.

Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
The Paleo Nerds cover the history of life on Earth with Nature Senior Editor Henry Gee