Paleo Nerds

Episode #54 A Dinosaur’s Leg and a Pterosaur Egg! Now it can be told. Robert DePalma Part Two

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.

Episode #53 The Very Day the Asteroid (almost) Killed Our Planet with Robert DePalma Part One

The nerds travel to the final day of the dinosaurs reign with paleontologist Robert DePalma and the legendary Tanis Site.

Episode #52: Your Mother Was a Vetulicolian and Your Father Smelt of Elderberries with Henry Gee

The Paleo Nerds cover the history of life on Earth with Nature Senior Editor Henry Gee

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

The nerds reconstruct ancient ecosystems with Paleobotanist Dr. Ellen Currano

Episode #50: The Past is All We Ever Have with Ken Lacovara

The nerds hit the prehistoric Jersey Shore with Ken Lacovara

Episode #49 Raptors red in tooth and claw with James Kirkland

The nerds talk Utahraptors with Utah State Paleontologist Jim Kirkland.

Episode #48 The Ends of the World with Peter Brannen

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

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

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

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.