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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 and extremely informative party.
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Tuesday Feb 02, 2021
Tuesday Feb 02, 2021
The Nerds get to talk Tiktaalik with esteemed evolutionary biologist and author Neil Shubin. Neil uses molecular biology and gene expression to fill in the gaps left in the fossil record.
Tuesday Jan 26, 2021
Tuesday Jan 26, 2021
Paleontologist Holly Woodward reads the microscopic stories left behind in dinosaur bones to tell characteristics like their age, sex, and general health. She's even used histology to "kill" a dinosaur!
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Ray joins his old friend Chuck Bonner in Kansas where Chuck's family has collected exquisite fossils now on display around the world.
Tuesday Jan 12, 2021
Tuesday Jan 12, 2021
The Nerds sit down with Kallie Moore, cohost of the PBS youtube show Eons and fossil librarian at the University of Montana.
Tuesday Jan 05, 2021
Tuesday Jan 05, 2021
World renowned paleontologist Jack Horner discusses bringing paleontology to the masses as the scientific advisor on the Jurassic Park franchise and how dyslexia may have helped him make discoveries.
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Get ready for a second season of Paleo Nerds: A Prehistoric Podcast with David Strassman and Ray Troll. Interviews with Paleontologists, Scientists and Artists who love dinosaurs just as much as they did when they were kids.
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
The Nerds have a whale of a time with Bobby Boessenecker.
Modern whales actually evolved from walking mammals! But how exactly does a huuuuuuge blue whale go from walking on land to swimming in the ocean? Find out!
Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
Dr. Christian Sidor tells the Nerds all about the ancestry of mammals, including a little creature that hibernated through the Permian-Triassic extinction, allowing reptiles to branch off and evolve into mammals.
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Did you know we're in the middle of a Cephalopod Renaissance? Esteemed author Danna Staaf is ready to introduce you to our Squid Overlords!
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
What's the difference between humans and animals? Who decided there was a difference? Maybe there's less of a difference than we thought...