Geologists from Planet Earth
af Julie Hollis
Marit Brommer: Connecting to natural landscapes through clean…
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Ever wondered what kind of people dedicate their lives to rocks? ‘Geologists from Planet Earth’ might challenge your ideas. In this podcast, geologists tell their stories, a geologist who dodged lions during fieldwork, another who turned ancient rock data into music, and one who found love (and radioactive rocks) working for the Pentagon in Afghanistan. There's a geologist who found working on Greenlandic cliffs more terrifying than the north face of the Eiger and another who navigated a career through mining and motherhood, while proving her father gloriously wrong. ‘Geologists from Planet Earth’ reveals the surprising and inspiring journeys of geologists who - every one of them - are passionate about the planet that we live on.
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- Marit Brommer: Connecting to natural landscapes through clean, geothermal energy · 22 min.Send a text In this episode, Marit Brommer – once a Dutch teenager enchanted by landscapes charts her career journey from oil and gas super-majors to geothermal diplomacy to her…
- Dennis Bird: Getting paid to go camping — for 43 year · 25 min. · Sæson 1 Episode 11Send a text A California kid who just wanted to go climbing and dodge the draft ends up in a life spent between the lecture hall and the high Arctic. From Yosemite’s granite…
- Adrian Finch: Geology as a journey through generations · 27 min.Send a text Adrian Finch hailed from South London and - in his own words - started out utterly hopeless at fieldwork. His lifelong love of crystal structures led him to research…
- Helen Degeling: It's okay to change: a geological career · 27 min.Send a text Ever wondered what happens when a young geologist, told she'd only ever be the "token female," decides to prove everyone gloriously wrong? Here's Helen Degeling…
- Kristopher Szilas: Geological fieldwork: the ultimate adventure · 11 min.Send a text Kristopher Szilas's geological journey began by abseiling down a 500-meter cliff face. In this episode, we hear how his rock-climbing prowess landed him a dream job…
- Richard White: Solo geological fieldwork: a path to independence · 18 min.Send a text Richard White is a man whose PhD involved spending weeks utterly alone in Australia's central desert. In this episode, he recounts tales of encountering herds of…
- Alina Khalida: The power of a geology education · 15 min. · Sæson 1 Episode 1Send a text Alina Khalida, with stunning grace and grit, transformed herself from a village girl tending cattle to an indomitable spirit, working for her nation's water security…
- Chris Carson: The Omega man: alone in the Antarctic · 13 min.Send a text Chris Carson is a geologist whose passion for the planet was ignited by a trekking trip to K2. Prepare for an absorbing tale of Antarctic fieldwork, traveling by…
- Emily King: Geology and self-reliance: figuring stuff out in Afghanistan · 22 min.Send a text This episode introduces Emily King, who quite literally found love (and some really interesting rocks) while running a Pentagon-backed mineral exploration program in…
- Tim Ivanic: Communicating geology as art · 21 min.Send a text Meet Tim Ivanic, a British-Australian geologist who started life as an artist. Tim fused his passions for rocks and art in the 'Aeon Sounds Project', turning…
- David Schofield: Geological fieldwork as a window to the world · 17 min. · Sæson 1 Episode 2Send a text David Schofield never really planned on being a geologist. But sometimes, life (and an outbreak of foot and mouth disease) throws you a curveball. David recounts his…
- Gillian Becky: We belong here too: women in field geology · 10 min.Send a text Gillian Becky is a Nairobi-based geologist who didn't exactly stumble into the field, but rather, geology found her, from a phone call that led her on a new path to…
