Paleo Nerds

Sep 26 2024 81 ep. 70 mins 507

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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 #78 The Business End of T-Rex with Pete Larson

Sep 26 2024 77 mins

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.

Ep #77 A Deep Dive Into the Paleostream with Artist Joschua Knüppe

Aug 27 2024 67 mins

Ray interviews the amazingly prolific German artist Joschua Knüppe who can quick draw an accurate dinosaur while the whole world watches online!

Ep 76 The Perfect Piscatorial Fossils of Paris with Dr. Alan Pradel

Jul 30 2024 62 mins

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!

Ep #75 The Fighting Finbacks of Seymour Texas with Chris Flis

Jun 25 2024 67 mins

Ray travels to the Permian and trolls the halls of the Texas Whiteside Museum of Natural History with museum director Chris Flis.

Ep #74 Resurrecting Dinosaurs One Chip at Time with MOR's Cassi Knight

May 23 2024 63 mins

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.

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

Apr 23 2024 75 mins

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

Mar 19 2024 64 mins

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

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

Feb 20 2024 70 mins

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

Jan 23 2024 65 mins

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

Dec 28 2023 70 mins

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.