Paleo Nerds

Episode #64 Australian Megafauna Fossils and Outback Geology Down Under with Dr. Adam Yates

Dave is Down Under in Alice Springs, the red centre of Australia where he interviews Dr. Adam Yates to discuss the Geology of the Outback and the amazing Australian Megafauna! Dr. Yates is the senior curator of Earth Sciences at the Museum of Central Australia in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.

Episode #63 Cool Crap that Died with JP Cavigelli & Russell Hawley

Ray and Dave have a fun foursome conversation with the Casper Wyoming's Tate Geological Museum's master paleontologists, JP Cavigelli and Illustrator Russell J. Hawley

Episode #62 The T-Rexpert Expert of the Tyrant King Dinosaur with Tom Holtz

Ray and Dave chomp down on all things T-Rex, the King of dinosaurs with the king of paleontologists who studies them, the prolific and extremely interesting Thomas R. Holtz Jr.!

Ep # 61 Bringing The Prehistoric Back to Life with Master Muralist Jay Matternes

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.

Episode #60 Sonic Signals Bouncing Off the Biggest Migration on Earth with Kelly Benoit-Bird

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.

Episode #59 Jasmina Wiemann: Better Paleo Through Modern Chemistry

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.

Episode #58 Hell Creek, Hell Yeah! Dave Digs Dinosaurs in Montana

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.

Episode #57 Two Paleo Podcasters walk into a den of Eurypterids

Dave and Ray interview Dave Marshall, the host and founder of the first Paleontological Podcast, "Palaeocast Podcast", now in it's 10th successful year.

Episode #56 Saving Ourselves From Ourselves with Kirk Johnson

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!

Episode #55 Dave and Ray didn’t go away

Ray and Dave talk about their latest adventures, Paleo News, and upcoming ideas for future guests.