The Big Blue Rock Pod
by Kentucky Geological Survey
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Ep. 59: GeoHalloween Back from the Crypt (revisiting Ep. 47)
Ep. 59: GeoHalloween Back from the Crypt (revisiting Ep. 47)
About this podcast
Welcome to the Big Blue Rock Pod, produced by the Kentucky Geological Survey, at the University of Kentucky. This podcast is a fun, conversational approach to discussing all things geology and earth processes. We primarily focus on Kentucky. We talk emerging ideas in research, along with classic topics in earth science for all levels of interest.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 59 episodes
- Ep. 59: GeoHalloween Back from the Crypt (revisiting Ep. 47) · 21 min · Episode 59This month The Big Blue Rock Pod digs up a previous episode where Matt, Sarah, and Doug discuss haunted pump jacks, suffering cows, the dark history of the Nada Tunnel, and a…
- Ep. 58: From the Archive – Remembering Dr. Bill Haneberg, Kentucky State Geologist and KGS Director · 57 min · Episode 58It is with heavy hearts that we share the sad news of the sudden passing of Dr. William (Bill) Haneberg, former Kentucky state geologist and director of the 13th Kentucky…
- Ep. 57: Museum of Natural History and Artificial Curiosities · 53 min · Episode 57Matt, Sarah, and Doug talk with UK Art Museum Curator Rachel Hooper and KGS Public Resources Coordinator Cheyenne Hohman. They discuss a brand-new exhibit at the UK Art Museum…
- Ep. 56: Digging the Lake Core Life · 44 min · Episode 56Matt, Sarah, and Doug talk with KGS geologist Bailee Hodlka. They discuss Quaternary limnology, lakes in the Sierra Nevada, aquatic ecology, ostrocodes, environmental geology…
- Ep. 55: Water, water everywhere, And every problem unique · 49 min · Episode 55Matt, Sarah, and Doug talk with KGS geologist Chuck Tayor. They discuss karst hydrogeology, karst vs. other aquifer types, tools for groundwater monitoring, the KGS groundwater…
- Ep. 54: The Enviropod Pod: Teaching Earth Science in a Changing World · 43 min · Episode 54Matt, Sarah, and Doug talk with Earth and Environmental Sciences Department Senior Lecturer Summer Brown. They discuss earth science education, teaching, how scientists connect…
- Ep. 53: From Seam to Ash: A Career in Coal · 50 min · Episode 53Matt, Sarah, and Doug talk with world-renowned applied energy researcher Jim Hower. They discuss the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research, coal petrology…
- Ep. 52: New Harmonizing with Dr. Cobb · 44 min · Episode 52Matt, Sarah, and Doug speak with former KGS Director and State Geologist Jim Cobb. They talk about James Hutton, New Harmony, Indiana, the job of a State Geologist, the 12th…
- Ep. 51: Friction and Fjords: Curling Stones and The Wave · 53 min · Episode 51Jam packed show! Fresh of the Winter Olympics, Matt, Sarah, and Doug discuss the geology of curling stones. Next, back by popular demand (not really), they break down another…
- Ep. 50: Lakes, Diatoms, and DNA: Will You Be My Valentine? · 42 min · Episode 5050th Episode! Matt, Doug, and Sarah talk to UK Earth & Environmental Sciences Professor Trisha Spanbauer. The discuss lakes, paleolimnology, lake sediment as proxies for global…
- Ep. 49: Seeing what you can't see with geophysics · 59 min · Episode 49Matt, Doug, and Sarah talk with UK Earth & Environmental Sciences Professor Ed Woolery. The discuss near surface geophysics, shear wave propagation, imaging technique…
- Ep. 48: Dig Doug: KGS Digital Mapping and a Unique Career Arc · 47 min · Episode 48Matt and Sarah talk with KGS geologist and BBRP co-host Doug Curl. They talk about Doug’s unique and fascinating career arc as a geologist, geoinformatics, GIS, geologic maps…
- Ep. 47: News and Boos · 34 min · Episode 47Matt, Sarah, and Doug recap their participation in conferences but most importantly lean into Halloween! They discuss haunted pump jacks, suffering cows, the dark history of the…
- Ep. 46: The Coal Whisperer · 45 min · Episode 46Matt, Sarah, and Doug talk with KGS geologist Cortland Eble. They discuss all things coal geology with a world-renowned palynologist, one of few people in the world who grinds up…
- Ep. 45: Building resilience from the ground up with the Kentucky State Geologist · 32 min · Episode 45Matt, Doug, and Sarah talk with KGS Director and Ky State Geologist Mike McGlue. They discuss what geologists do, trends in earth science, converging disciplines, exciting…
- Ep. 44: Out of Office Messages · 46 min · Episode 44Matt, Doug, and Sarah talk about conferences they attended this summer, along with a little travel in between. They discuss the National Speleological Society Convention, Niagara…
- Ep. 43: Same Geologic Time, New Listen · 53 min · Episode 43Geologic time is a fundamental concept at the core of all geology and earth sciences. Since it's the foundation for everything else, we thought it was worth listening to twice…
- Ep. 42: Shale, yeah! · 42 min · Episode 42Matt, Doug, and Sarah talk with KGS Geologist Alex Washburn to discuss shales, rare-earth element, critical minerals, calcite, geochronology, petroleum geology, and environmental…
- Ep. 41: Someone to Organize Our Schist · 56 min · Episode 41Sarah, Matt, and Doug talk with KGS Public Resources Curator Cheyenne Hohman about KGS archiving, data dissemination over time, weird publications, maps, science and political…
- Ep. 40: Geology in the Gallery (view description for images!) · 1 h 1 min · Episode 40Matt, Sarah, and Doug talk to UK Art Museum Curator, Rachel Hooper. In this special episode, they go on-site to the museum and discuss with Rachel the materials and subjects that…
