Episodes
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Come with us as we travel to Tanzania! George Rwegoshora Kato is a Geologist and Executive Director at Afrikagera Geological Center in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. He works in between mines, geo fields, classrooms and media rooms.
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Welcome back! To kick off the fourth (!) year of our podcast, we thought we'd reintroduce ourselves and talk about what the future holds. If you'd like to suggest a topic for us to cover or would like to be a guest, tweet us at @geotrippodcast on X or email us at [email protected]
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Turns out we've been thinking about the diversity problem in the geosciences all wrong. Our guest Akilah Alwan joins us to set the record straight.
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We're joined by the effervescent Yesenia Arroyo, science communicator extraordinaire, planetary volcanologist and Program Manager for GeoSPACE to bond over our shared love of plantains and deep dislike of a certain billionaire.
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We're joined by Tramond Baisden, President of the National Association of Black Geoscientists (NABG) to talk about the upcoming Technical Conference, the past and future of the organization and his love of football (the other one).
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PhD student and circus artist Mel Zhang chats with us about her unconventional path to the geosciences in an episode filled with good vibrations
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Join us as we talk to Dr. Raquel Bryant, an Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Wesleyan University, about her favorite microfossils, community and being your authentic self.
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What does the future of fieldwork in the geosciences look like? In this episode we talk about our own experiences, favorite tips/hacks and our hopes for the future.
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In this episode we're joined by Dr. Mark Little, the 2022-2023 President of the Geological Society of America, a past GSA-USGS Congressional Science Fellow, the executive director of NCGrowth, a national center, based at UNC Chapel Hill, that is helping businesses, governments, and other organizations create a more equitable economy through good jobs and new wealth in distressed communities!
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We talk with Dr. Byron Winston (Senior Environmental Scientist) about threats to surface and groundwater quality and how climate change is making these problems worse.
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Our guest Kashauna Mason was born and raised in Dominica where she nurtured a love for geoscience. Her current research takes her to Iceland which it turns out is a good place to simulate the terrain of the Red Planet, Mars!
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It's 8/8/2022 and we're celebrating our 8th episode and one year of our podcasting adventure! Thank you to our guests and you, our listeners for making this journey with us. Here's to another year!
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Rifting can be complicated but thankfully Dr. Folarin Kolawole is here to break it down for us. Listen as we talk about his research, what inspired him to choose industry over academia, and who has the best jollof.
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In this episode we are joined by Marjahn Finlayson, a climate scientist and self proclaimed Planeteer. Join us as we explore the connections between global warming, sea surface temperatures and hurricane intensity
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What makes a hazard... well hazardous? Turns out it's people! We talk with Dr. Jazmin Scarlett all about volcanic hazards and so much more.
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We're joined by Safiya Alpheus (@safiya_alpheus), a Geology master's student at Pennsylvania State University who studies river systems and how they respond to and record changes in climate, sea level and tectonics. We talk about making the transition to studying in a new country, resilience and which Trinbagonian foods we miss the most.
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We're joined by Brianna Green, a Geology master's student at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, who is currently studying what happens to microbial activity as permafrost thaws (Twitter: @Geo_BRIology and Instagram: @greenbrianna7). We talk about applying to grad school, research and whether DC's wings beats Tennessee's BBQ!
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We talk with Davitia James, a volcanologist from the nature island of Dominica, about the Caribbeans' volcanic past and the current eruption taking place at the La Soufrière volcano in St. Vincent.
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Meet Kieron and Leiaka as they begin their podcasting journey
