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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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Ep #77 A Deep Dive Into the Paleostream with Artist Joschua Knüppe
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Ray interviews the amazingly prolific German artist Joschua Knüppe who can quick draw an accurate dinosaur while the whole world watches online!By paleonerds
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Ep 76 The Perfect Piscatorial Fossils of Paris with Dr. Alan Pradel
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Dave flies across the pond and visits Dr. Alan Pradel, curator of fossil fishes at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France. Dr Pradel is an expert on early fishes and sharks. Très bon!By paleonerds
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Ep #75 The Fighting Finbacks of Seymour Texas with Chris Flis
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Ray travels to the Permian and trolls the halls of the Texas Whiteside Museum of Natural History with museum director Chris Flis.By paleonerds
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Ep #74 Resurrecting Dinosaurs One Chip at Time with MOR's Cassi Knight
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Dave expands his paleo knowledge with a visit to the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana, during their exciting Dino's and MOR conference, however, Dave finds a professional Paleo Nerd, Cassi Knight, who's gem of a job is rarely publicized in the museum world.By paleonerds
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Ep #73 Talking Headgear and Spike Tooths with Ed "Dr. Pronghorn" Davis
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Ray and Dave learn about the amazing antlers and strange headgear of early hoofed mammals including today's Pronghorn Antelope along with more about the giant Spike Toothed Salmon.By paleonerds
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Ep #72 The Incredible Cretaceous Ceratopsians of Laramidia with Scott Sampson
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Ray and Dave double down with celebrated paleontologist, science communicator, and author, Scott Sampson. He’s the Executive Director of the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California and is widely known as "Dr. Scott the paleontologist" on the PBS television series, Dinosaur TrainBy paleonerds
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Ep #71 From Fins to Fingers and the Triumph of Our Fishapod Ancestors with Ted Daeschler
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Ray and Dave discuss the evolution of tetrapods and finding their 'fishapod' ancestor's fossils in the high Arctic and Antarctica with paleontologist Ted Daeschler.By paleonerds
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Episode #70 45 Million Years of Camel-Sheep-Pigs with Meaghan Wetherell
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Ray and Dave have a fun and very lively interview with Paleontologist and Science Writer, Meaghan Wetherell, an expert on the camel/sheep/pig like Oreodonts and more recently new discoveries from the Holocene/Pleistocene Epochs.By paleonerds
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Episode #69 Murderous Monster Mosasaurs ’n More with Mike Everhart
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Ray and Dave talk to Mosasaur expert and "Oceans of Kansas" author Mike Everhart about the marine reptiles that once swam in the ancient ocean where Kansas is today.By PaleoNerds
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The Paleo Nerd podcasts hosts, Ray Troll and Dave Strassman, have an engaging and fun conversation about life, paleontology, and the argument that we are truly fishes, physically and metaphorically.By paleonerds
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Episode #67 Dinosaurs Outnumber Us with Steve Brusatte
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Ray and Dave have the most exciting discussion and eye-opening interview with the New York Times bestselling author and prolific paleontologist, Steve Brusatte.By paleonerds
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Episode #66 The 32 Mysterious Symbols of Ice Age Art with Genevieve von Petzinger
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Ray and Dave interview Genevieve von Petzinger, a paleo-anthropologist, speaker, author, and explorer who's been striving to unlock the mysteries of the world's oldest symbols.By paleonerds
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Episode #65 Shaping Humanity and the Paleo Art of John Gurche
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Ray and Dave talk to John Gurche, one of the world’s leading paleoartists, especially of early hominins. John is a world-class sculptor, painter, draughtsman extraordinairre, and author. He's an artist/scientist who doesn't blur the line between science and art.By paleonerds
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Episode #64 Australian Megafauna Fossils and Outback Geology Down Under with Dr. Adam Yates
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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.…
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Episode #63 Cool Crap that Died with JP Cavigelli & Russell Hawley
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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. HawleyBy paleonerds
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Episode #62 The T-Rexpert Expert of the Tyrant King Dinosaur with Tom Holtz
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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.!By paleonerds
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Ep # 61 Bringing The Prehistoric Back to Life with Master Muralist Jay Matternes
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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.…
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Episode #60 Sonic Signals Bouncing Off the Biggest Migration on Earth with Kelly Benoit-Bird
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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.By paleonerds
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Episode #59 Jasmina Wiemann: Better Paleo Through Modern Chemistry
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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.By paleonerds
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Episode #58 Hell Creek, Hell Yeah! Dave Digs Dinosaurs in Montana
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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.By paleonerds
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Episode #57 Two Paleo Podcasters walk into a den of Eurypterids
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Dave and Ray interview Dave Marshall, the host and founder of the first Paleontological Podcast, "Palaeocast Podcast", now in it's 10th successful year.By paleonerds
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Episode #56 Saving Ourselves From Ourselves with Kirk Johnson
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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!By paleonerds
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Ray and Dave talk about their latest adventures, Paleo News, and upcoming ideas for future guests.By paleonerds
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Episode #54 A Dinosaur’s Leg and a Pterosaur Egg! Now it can be told. Robert DePalma Part Two
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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.By paleonerds
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Episode #53 The Very Day the Asteroid (almost) Killed Our Planet with Robert DePalma Part One
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The nerds travel to the final day of the dinosaurs reign with paleontologist Robert DePalma and the legendary Tanis Site.By paleonerds
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Episode #52: Your Mother Was a Vetulicolian and Your Father Smelt of Elderberries with Henry Gee
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The Paleo Nerds cover the history of life on Earth with Nature Senior Editor Henry GeeBy paleonerds
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Episode #51 Botany, Bugs, and Beards with Dr. Ellen Currano
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The nerds reconstruct ancient ecosystems with Paleobotanist Dr. Ellen CurranoBy paleonerds
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Episode #50: The Past is All We Ever Have with Ken Lacovara
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The nerds hit the prehistoric Jersey Shore with Ken LacovaraBy paleonerds
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Episode #49 Raptors red in tooth and claw with James Kirkland
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The nerds talk Utahraptors with Utah State Paleontologist Jim Kirkland.By paleonerds
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Tail Of The Dragon Special Informational Segment
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This is an informational piece for our 2021 tail of the dragon trip
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Episode #48 The Ends of the World with Peter Brannen
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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!By paleonerds
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Episode #47 Locked in Time with Dean Lomax
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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!By paleonerds
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Episode #46 The Colossal Wyoming Death Cave with Julie Meachen
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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.By paleonerds
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Episode #45 The Coastal Fossil Finder with Kent Gibson
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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.By paleonerds
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Episode #44 Polar Dinos and Super Crocs! with Greg Erickson
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Greg Erickson is a very well-rounded paleontologist: he's studied Super Crocs, arctic duckbills and even "dated" (well, aged...) the prehistoric celebrity Sue.By paleonerds
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Episode #43 Interplanetary Paleontology with Kenneth Williford
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This episode of Paleo Nerds is truly out of this world! The Nerds talk to Kenneth Williford, Deputy Project Scientist for the Mars 2020 Perseverance mission. Blast off to the martian past!By paleonerds
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Episode #42 The Scariest Moments with Brian Skerry
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Brian Skerry has logged over 10,000 hours underwater, capturing powerful images for National Geographic and has recently teamed up with James Cameron to continue bringing the captivating stories of the world's oceans to those of us stuck on land.By paleonerds
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Episode #41 A Gentleman’s Geology of Georgia with Cameron Muskelly
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Youtube star Cameron Muskelly joins the Nerds to talk about the geologic treasures of Georgia and the southern United States. Cam is a paleo encyclopedia, so you're sure to learn something new!By paleonerds
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Episode #40 Who Dung It? with Karen Chin
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Coprolites (or fossil poop to the layman) have come up repeatedly on the show so we are thrilled to finally have the Queen of Coprolites herself on the show! Karen Chin can interpret entire lifestyles from a thin slice of paleo dung.By paleonerds
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Episode #39 Hell Pigs: T. rex of the Tertiary with Scott Foss
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What had giant cheeks, protruding canines, dainty hooves and a giant, ridged back? The Hell Pig is almost like Frankenstein's monster, and Scott Foss tells us all about how these creatures utilized this unique combo of features to be the "T. rex of the Tertiary."By paleonerds
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Dave and Ray both took advantage of their early vaccination status (the perks of being living fossils!) and got out for some traveling. Dave visited Montana and Ray drove across the country, both visiting a few Paleo Nerds along the way.By paleonerds
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Episode 38 Part 2: Gingium, S3 Mag, and Shooting Cars!
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Part 2 of our 4 hour podcast!
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Episode 38 Part 1: Gingium, S3 Mag, and Shooting Cars!
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Part 1 of my 4 hour podcast with Caleb (Gingium), Hunter (S3 Magazine), and myself!
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Episode #38 A Dog’s Day at the Tar Pits with Mairin Balisi
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The Nerds return to the La Brea tar pits, this time to talk carnivores with Mairin Balisi! She studies what the dogs of the tar pits ate throughout their life and discusses dog evolution.By paleonerds
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I sit down with Matthew from Icon Garage to talk about his car history, the "B-Is-For-Build" FD Rx-7, and other antics!
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Episode #37 Turning Trout into Salmon with Gerald Smith
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Anyone familiar with Ray's art knows that fish are a focal point and salmon are central, so it's shocking that it's taken so long to have a salmon expert on the show! We're talking spike tooth salmon with Jerry Smith - Dive in!By paleonerds
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Episode #36 The Call of the Parasaurolophus with Ashley Hall
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Ashley Hall has been obsessed with dinosaurs since she was a kid and now she spends her days educating the public at the Museum of the Rockies. She makes fossils fun!By paleonerds
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Episode #35 Painting the Living Science of Paleontology with William Stout
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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.By paleonerds
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Episode #34 One for the Bird Nerds with John Marzluff
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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!By paleonerds
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Episode #33 The Sistine Chapel of Dinosaurs with ReBecca Hunt-Foster
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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.By paleonerds
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