76 episodes

Alaskan artist, Ray Troll, and his friend, ventriloquist David Strassman, host exciting interviews with paleontologists, scientists and fellow paleo nerds from around the world.

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    • 4.8 • 136 Ratings

Alaskan artist, Ray Troll, and his friend, ventriloquist David Strassman, host exciting interviews with paleontologists, scientists and fellow paleo nerds from around the world.

    Ep #73 Talking Headgear and Spike Tooths with Ed "Dr. Pronghorn" Davis

    Ep #73 Talking Headgear and Spike Tooths with Ed "Dr. Pronghorn" Davis

    Ray and Dave learn about the amazing antlers and strange headgear of early hoofed mammals including today's Pronghorn Antelope along with more about the giant Spike Toothed Salmon.

    • 1 hr 15 min
    Ep #72 The Incredible Cretaceous Ceratopsians of Laramidia with Scott Sampson

    Ep #72 The Incredible Cretaceous Ceratopsians of Laramidia with Scott Sampson

    Ray and Dave double down with celebrated paleontologist, science communicator, and author, Scott Sampson. He’s the Executive Director of the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California and is widely known as "Dr. Scott the paleontologist" on the PBS television series, Dinosaur Train

    • 1 hr 4 min
    Ep #71 From Fins to Fingers and the Triumph of Our Fishapod Ancestors with Ted Daeschler

    Ep #71 From Fins to Fingers and the Triumph of Our Fishapod Ancestors with Ted Daeschler

    Ray and Dave discuss the evolution of tetrapods and finding their 'fishapod' ancestor's fossils in the high Arctic and Antarctica with paleontologist Ted Daeschler.

    • 1 hr 10 min
    Episode #70 45 Million Years of Camel-Sheep-Pigs with Meaghan Wetherell

    Episode #70 45 Million Years of Camel-Sheep-Pigs with Meaghan Wetherell

    Ray and Dave have a fun and very lively interview with Paleontologist and Science Writer, Meaghan Wetherell, an expert on the camel/sheep/pig like Oreodonts and more recently new discoveries from the Holocene/Pleistocene Epochs.

    • 1 hr 5 min
    Episode #69 Murderous Monster Mosasaurs ’n More with Mike Everhart

    Episode #69 Murderous Monster Mosasaurs ’n More with Mike Everhart

    Ray and Dave talk to Mosasaur expert and "Oceans of Kansas" author Mike Everhart about the marine reptiles that once swam in the ancient ocean where Kansas is today.

    • 1 hr 10 min
    Episode #68 Are we not fish?

    Episode #68 Are we not fish?

    The Paleo Nerd podcasts hosts, Ray Troll and Dave Strassman, have an engaging and fun conversation about life, paleontology, and the argument that we are truly fishes, physically and metaphorically.

    • 48 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
136 Ratings

136 Ratings

Nerd-dom 4 Ever! ,

This Podcast lives up to its Title!

My brother and I are life long PaleoNerds and we LOVE this podcast! Ray and Dave host a variety of great guests and dive into every nook-and-cranny of Deep Time. This is a knowledgeable, funny, and captivating podcast, that everyone—whether a Blossoming Paleontologist or Paleo Nerd— should definitely listen to.

Fj40s rule ,

Really fun podcast

Super fun podcast. The guests are awesome and it makes pretty complex scientific concepts accessible to everyone!

DHOLMQ ,

The BEST Podcast of it’s kind

I found this podcast about a year ago while coincidentally, in process to move to Newport, Oregon & I found the episode, cruising the fossil coastline to be excellent and good information for someone who lives here. All of these episodes are wonderful, detailed, Funny & informative with great guests and topics. R & D: Please keep doing more.

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