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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 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...
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
The Nerds sit down with one of life's great thinkers, Peter Ward. He currently studies Mass Extinctions but nautiloids and ammonites are an ongoing passion.
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
"You're a fish!"
Turns out that's not an insult, it's the truth! Professor John Long will explain why this is true AND discusses the origins of sex! And then he'll ride off on his motorcycle...
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Tuesday Sep 15, 2020
Gabriel Santos is a nerd. But, hey, if you're listening to this podcast so are you! He's studied the paleoparadoxical Desmostylians, but now he uses cosplay to demonstrate that science is everywhere, especially in pop culture!
Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
Tuesday Sep 08, 2020
Paleontologista Jingmai O'Connor teaches the Nerds how to fly! Well, at least how dinosaurs evolved flight and eventually became the birds we live with today.
Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
The nerds try and impress Dr. Pat Druckenmiller with their knowledge of marine reptiles. The key word being try.
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Tom Kaye uses lasers to see microscopic changes recorded in the rock surrounding fossils that reveal soft tissues, literally shaping what dinosaurs looked like when they walked the Earth.
Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
Dr. Dominique Didier has touched and fondled more ratfish than anyone one, so what better person to discuss the evolutionary perfection and sex life of this living fossil.