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Paleo Nerds

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 D... Read more

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

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

Dave is Down Under in Alice Springs, the red centre of Australia where he interviews Dr. Adam Yates to discuss the Geolo... Read more

14 Jun 2023

1hr 9mins

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Episode #63 Cool Crap that Died with JP Cavigelli & Russell Hawley

Episode #63 Cool Crap that Died with JP Cavigelli & Russell Hawley

Ray and Dave have a fun foursome conversation with the Casper Wyoming's Tate Geological Museum's master paleontologists,... Read more

24 May 2023

1hr 4mins

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

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

Ray and Dave chomp down on all things T-Rex, the King of dinosaurs with the king of paleontologists who studies them, th... Read more

22 Feb 2023

1hr 10mins

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

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

Dave and Ray talk to one of Ray's art heroes, the master muralist and anatomist Jay Matternes, the artist responsible fo... Read more

25 Jan 2023

1hr 5mins

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Episode #60 Sonic Signals Bouncing Off the Biggest Migration on Earth with Kelly Benoit-Bird

Episode #60 Sonic Signals Bouncing Off the Biggest Migration on Earth with Kelly Benoit-Bird

Dave and Ray dive deep with Kelly Benoit-Bird to discuss the denizens of the not so deep, the Mesopelagics; the largest ... Read more

28 Dec 2022

1hr 16mins

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Episode #59 Jasmina Wiemann: Better Paleo Through Modern Chemistry

Episode #59 Jasmina Wiemann: Better Paleo Through Modern Chemistry

Dave and Ray's minds are blown by talking to molecular Paleobiologist, Jasmina Wiemann, who can now "see" into fossils m... Read more

30 Nov 2022

1hr 15mins

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Episode #58 Hell Creek, Hell Yeah! Dave Digs Dinosaurs in Montana

Episode #58 Hell Creek, Hell Yeah! Dave Digs Dinosaurs in Montana

Dave interviews field and lab manager from the Museum of the Rockies, paleontologist, Lee Hall. Dave and his son, Carson... Read more

28 Sep 2022

1hr 14mins

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Episode #57 Two Paleo Podcasters walk into a den of Eurypterids

Episode #57 Two Paleo Podcasters walk into a den of Eurypterids

Dave and Ray interview Dave Marshall, the host and founder of the first Paleontological Podcast, "Palaeocast Podcast", n... Read more

24 Aug 2022

1hr 15mins

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Episode #56 Saving Ourselves From Ourselves with Kirk Johnson

Episode #56 Saving Ourselves From Ourselves with Kirk Johnson

Dave and Ray talk again with their very first Paleo Nerds guest, Dr. Kirk Johnson, Sant Director of the Smithsonian Nati... Read more

20 Jul 2022

1hr 19mins

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Episode #55 Dave and Ray didn’t go away

Episode #55 Dave and Ray didn’t go away

Ray and Dave talk about their latest adventures, Paleo News, and upcoming ideas for future guests.

1 Jun 2022

20mins

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