Episode 11: Soil Petrology - Dishing the Dirt on Soil
After an unexpected hiatus, hosts Jane and Ellen return with a down and dirty episode about soil. Jane reveals her childhood experiences with a DIY mud spa before digging into the agricultural and geo...
27 Maj 20211h 40min
Episode 10: Glaciers - Do you want to build a really big snowman?
Hosts Jane and Ellen finish each other’s… sandwiches in this “Frozen” episode about glaciers. Glaciers are a body of moving ice that has been formed on land by the compaction and recrystallization of ...
4 Feb 20211h 12min
Episode 9: Baby, It’s Coal Outside
We’re devoting this episode to the season’s most dreaded stocking stuffer, coal. Travel back in time to the Paleozoic era, where coal starts as rotten plants. Add heat, pressure, and time, and quick a...
24 Dec 20201h 1min
Episode 8: Tsunamis
What’s big and deadly, and travels faster than a jet plane? It’s a tsunami. Hosts Jane and Ellen explain how ocean waves become tsunamis. They talk about the basic properties of waves, and the differe...
10 Dec 20201h 6min
Episode 7: Missouri Geology Field Trip - Beer, Blues, and Elephant Rocks
Jane interrupts our scheduled discussion of tsunamis to take us on a Magic Schoolbus-like field trip to Missouri’s Elephant Rocks State Park. Along the way we learn a bit about Missouri’s history, and...
26 Nov 20201h 3min
Episode 6: Earthquakes — Shimmy Shaken, Not Stirred
So you think you’ve got problems… imagine what happens when the earth’s crust is under stress and strain. Learn about the forces that cause earthquakes, and how structural geologists measure them. Thi...
12 Nov 20201h 47min
Episode 5: Rocks That Kill – a Halloween Spooktackular
In this episode, we learn that some rocks have more than a killer attitude — they’re actually deadly. Lock all the doors and turn down the lights as hosts Jane and Ellen tell spooktacular tales about ...
29 Okt 20201h 6min
