Paleo Nerds

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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.

76 Episodes

Ep #73 Talking Headgear and Spike Tooths with Ed "Dr. Pronghorn" Davis
5 ore fa
1:15:27
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.
Ep #72 The Incredible Cretaceous Ceratopsians of Laramidia with Scott Sampson
3/20/2024
1:04:50
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 Train
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Ep #71 From Fins to Fingers and the Triumph of Our Fishapod Ancestors with Ted Daeschler
2/21/2024
1:10:26
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.
Episode #70 45 Million Years of Camel-Sheep-Pigs with Meaghan Wetherell
1/24/2024
1:05:20
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.
Episode #69 Murderous Monster Mosasaurs ’n More with Mike Everhart
12/29/2023
1:10:14
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.
Episode #68 Are we not fish?
11/22/2023
48:25
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.
Episode #67 Dinosaurs Outnumber Us with Steve Brusatte
11/1/2023
56:29
Ray and Dave have the most exciting discussion and eye-opening interview with the New York Times bestselling author and prolific paleontologist, Steve Brusatte.
Episode #66 The 32 Mysterious Symbols of Ice Age Art with Genevieve von Petzinger
9/27/2023
1:14:50
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.
Episode #65 Shaping Humanity and the Paleo Art of John Gurche
8/30/2023
1:04:45
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.
Episode #64 Australian Megafauna Fossils and Outback Geology Down Under with Dr. Adam Yates
6/14/2023
1:09:52
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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Paleo Nerds

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76 Episodes

Ep #73 Talking Headgear and Spike Tooths with Ed "Dr. Pronghorn" Davis

Ep #72 The Incredible Cretaceous Ceratopsians of Laramidia with Scott Sampson

Ep #71 From Fins to Fingers and the Triumph of Our Fishapod Ancestors with Ted Daeschler

Episode #70 45 Million Years of Camel-Sheep-Pigs with Meaghan Wetherell

Episode #69 Murderous Monster Mosasaurs ’n More with Mike Everhart

Episode #68 Are we not fish?

Episode #67 Dinosaurs Outnumber Us with Steve Brusatte

Episode #66 The 32 Mysterious Symbols of Ice Age Art with Genevieve von Petzinger

Episode #65 Shaping Humanity and the Paleo Art of John Gurche

Episode #64 Australian Megafauna Fossils and Outback Geology Down Under with Dr. Adam Yates