Paleo Nerds

Episode #35 Painting the Living Science of Paleontology with William Stout

Seeing dinosaurs on the silver screen made Bill Stout a Paleo Nerd, so it's only fitting that he started his art career illustrating movie posters. His work spans from comic books to murals and has brought him all the way to Antarctica.

Episode #34 One for the Bird Nerds with John Marzluff

Ravens and crows have their own form of complex communication amongst themselves, and John Marzluff has studied how these birds pass information on an individual and even generational level.  Ray gets to ask questions about his own raven experiment!

Episode #33 The Sistine Chapel of Dinosaurs with ReBecca Hunt-Foster

ReBecca Hunt-Foster is the Park Paleontologist at the Dinosaur National Monument. Yes, she has the iconic park ranger hat, but she spends her time tracing the footsteps of the dinos that walked Utah in the Late Jurassic.

Season 3 is Coming Soon!!!

This season brings a lineup that won't disappoint! There's something for everyone as Ray and Dave discuss ancient salmon, corvids, and "hell pigs" with Paleo Nerds in the sciences, the arts, and even on other planets...

Episode #32 The Hot Blooded Dinosaur Revolutionary with Bob Bakker

Dr. Bob Bakker is widely known as the "Dinosaur Heretic". Over his long career, he has revolutionized our understanding of dinosaur behavior and overturned many outdated concepts.  Get an insight into the mind of this bold maverick and expansive thinker in our season two finale.

Episode # 31 The Tantalizing Truth about Trilobites with Sam Gon III

Sam Ohu Gon III, trilobite expert and Senior Scientist & Cultural Advisor for the Nature Conservancy of Hawaiʻi. Sam looks to traditional Hawaiian cultural history as an example for a sustainable future.

Episode #30 Diving into Hell’s Aquarium with Laura Wilson

Imagine time traveling back to the Western Interior Seaway AKA "Hell's Aquarium."  It's a fitting nickname for the shallow marine environment, full of fish with teeth so big they ate differently than modern fish.

Episode #29 Fighting Anti-Science with Facts and Fossils with Don Prothero

Don Prothero has written 48 books and counting! And he has repeatedly gone to bat for science, using the facts of the fossil record to disprove creationist beliefs.

Episode #28 Mammoths, Mummies and Wolves (Oh My!) with Grant Zazula

Grant Zazula is a Paleo Nerd! His interest in archaeology is what attracted him to the Pleistocene and now he studies in the mighty Yukon, managing thousands of fossils that are byproducts of the mining industry.

Episode #27 A Crash Course on the Great Alaskan Terrane-Wreck with Connie Soja

Connie Soja has extensively studied the paleontology of the Alexander terrane, a gigantic crustal fragment that underlies Ray's backyard of Southeast Alaska. In fact, she's reconstructed ancient environments around the globe!