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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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#Science #Natural Sciences #paleonerds #Geology #Dave And Ray #Podcasting Education

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Ep #88 Unearthing Egg Mountain’s Dinosaur Nursery: Field Insights from Montana with John Scannella 1:05:07

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Dave goes out on a dig at the famous Egg Mountain site in western Montana with Dr. John Scannella, curator of paleontology at the Museum of the Rockies.

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Ep #87 Anvil Sharks, Lampreys & Ratfish with Head-Sprouting Teeth featuring Vertebrate Paleontologist Michael Coates 1:19:04

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Ray and Dave explore jaws, fins and fossil fish while tracing the deep origins of vertebrate life with Dr. Michael Coates, Vertebrate Paleontologist and Chair of Organismal Biology and Anatomy Professor at the University of Chicago.

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Ep #86 Painting Prehistoric Worlds and Dinosaur Dreams with Mark Hallett 1:04:29

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Ray and Dave talk Sauropods, Smilodons, and Spielberg with artist and paleo visionary Mark Hallett, whose decades of work bring ancient worlds to life.

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Ep #85 Mammoth Tusks, Gomphothere Shovels and Elephant Trunks with Advait Jukar 1:09:31

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Ray and Dave explore the history of all things Elephantidae, including Mammoths, Mastodons, and Gomphotheres, with Advait Jukar, delving into their shovels, tusks, and trunks.

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Ep #84 Turning to Stone: Earthlings on a Dynamic Granite Planet with Marcia Bjornerud 1:17:46

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Ray and Dave go rock hunting through billions of years of Earth's history with Marcia Bjornerud, a structural geologist, inspirational author, and Professor of Geosciences at Lawrence University in Wisconsin.

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Ep #83 Diggin' the Beasts of the Badlands 1:03:07

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Ray and Dave talk about the amazing fossils and strata found in Badlands National Park, South Dakota, where park ranger Mattison Shreero explains how it all got there and why she absolutely loves her job.

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Ep #82 The Ultimate Paleo Vlogger, That We Know Of 1:06:09

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Ray and Dave discuss the wide-reaching influence of one of YouTube's paleo stars, Lindsay Nikole, who has millions of followers and incredible outreach with her remarkable video series, The History of Life on Earth, as we know it.

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Ep #81 Paleo Nerds at Nebraska's Prairie Pompeii 1:15:15

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Ray takes a road trip with fellow Paleo Nerds to visit the great death assemblage, the "Rhino Pompeii", at the Nebraska Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park

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Ep #80 Walking Egyptian Whales from the Sahara with Dr. Hesham Sallam 1:00:01

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Dave travels to Cairo, Egypt, for a fascinating interview with Dr. Hesham Sallam, Egypt's leading paleontologist and founder of the country's first Vertebrate Paleontology Center. As a fellow Paleo Nerd, Dr. Sallam shares insights into his groundbreaking work, his efforts to bring more women into the field, and the thrilling discoveries shaping Egypt's prehistoric story.…

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Ep #79 Teen Rex and the Triumph of Turtles with Tyler Lyson 1:07:07

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Ray and Dave come out of there shells to talk Turtles and the latest T-Rex discovery with Vertebrate Paleontologist Tyler Lyson.

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Ep #78 The Business End of T-Rex with Pete Larson 1:17:53

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Ray and Dave unearth the past with paleontologist Pete Larson, discussing Pete's paleo-nerd journey, his early discoveries, his commercial fossil enterprise, and his insights into controversial dinosaur debates.

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Ep #77 A Deep Dive Into the Paleostream with Artist Joschua Knüppe 1:07:26

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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!

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Ep 76 The Perfect Piscatorial Fossils of Paris with Dr. Alan Pradel 1:02:49

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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!

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Ep #75 The Fighting Finbacks of Seymour Texas with Chris Flis 1:07:14

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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.

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Ep #74 Resurrecting Dinosaurs One Chip at Time with MOR's Cassi Knight 1:03:35

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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.

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Ep #73 Talking Headgear and Spike Tooths with Ed "Dr. Pronghorn" Davis 1:15:27

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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.

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Ep #72 The Incredible Cretaceous Ceratopsians of Laramidia with Scott Sampson 1:04:50

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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 Train

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Ep #71 From Fins to Fingers and the Triumph of Our Fishapod Ancestors with Ted Daeschler 1:10:26

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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.

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Episode #70 45 Million Years of Camel-Sheep-Pigs with Meaghan Wetherell 1:05:20

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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.

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Episode #69 Murderous Monster Mosasaurs ’n More with Mike Everhart 1:10:14

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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.

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Episode #68 Are we not fish? 48:25

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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.

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Episode #67 Dinosaurs Outnumber Us with Steve Brusatte 56:29

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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.

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Episode #66 The 32 Mysterious Symbols of Ice Age Art with Genevieve von Petzinger 1:14:50

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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.

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Episode #65 Shaping Humanity and the Paleo Art of John Gurche 1:04:45

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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.

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Episode #64 Australian Megafauna Fossils and Outback Geology Down Under with Dr. Adam Yates 1:09:52

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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 1:04:35

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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. Hawley

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Episode #62 The T-Rexpert Expert of the Tyrant King Dinosaur with Tom Holtz 1:10:22

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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.!

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Ep # 61 Bringing The Prehistoric Back to Life with Master Muralist Jay Matternes 1:05:05

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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 1:16:53

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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.

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Episode #59 Jasmina Wiemann: Better Paleo Through Modern Chemistry 1:15:14

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