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The Common Descent Podcast

The Common Descent Podcast

164 episodes

Join David and Will as they explore the paleontologists’ perspective on various topics in life and earth history. Each episode features a main discussion on a topic requested by the listeners, presented as a lighthearted and educational conversation about fossils, evolution, deep time, and more. Before the main discussion, each episode also includes a news segment, covering recent research related to paleontology and evolution. Each episode ends with the answer to a question submitted by subscribers on Patreon. New episodes with new topics every fortnight!

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Episode 182 - Camouflage

Published: Jan. 7, 2024, 1 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 21 minutes 49 seconds

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End of the Year Q&A 2023

Published: Dec. 31, 2023, 5 p.m.
Duration: 4 hours 23 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 181 - Dragonflies

Published: Dec. 24, 2023, midnight
Duration: 2 hours 9 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode 180 - Filter Feeding

Published: Dec. 10, 2023, midnight
Duration: 2 hours 12 minutes 16 seconds

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Patron Mini-Episode Compilation #4

Published: Dec. 4, 2023, 12:33 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 8 minutes 39 seconds

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Episode 179 - Thermoregulation

Published: Nov. 26, 2023, midnight
Duration: 2 hours 9 minutes 26 seconds

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Episode 178 - Ears

Published: Nov. 12, 2023, midnight
Duration: 2 hours 24 minutes 1 second

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Cute-E - Friendly Dragons

Published: Nov. 4, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 11 seconds

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Episode 177 - Neanderthals

Published: Oct. 29, 2023, midnight
Duration: 2 hours 38 minutes 58 seconds

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Spook-E - Turtle Dragons

Published: Oct. 28, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 23 seconds

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Spook-E - Wyverns

Published: Oct. 21, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 176 - Hadrosaurs

Published: Oct. 15, 2023, midnight
Duration: 2 hours 33 minutes 33 seconds

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Spook-E - East Asian Dragons

Published: Oct. 14, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 37 seconds

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Spook-E - European Dragons

Published: Oct. 7, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 175 - Plant Defenses

Published: Oct. 1, 2023, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 55 minutes 56 seconds

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Episode 174 - The Mesozoic Marine Revolution

Published: Sept. 17, 2023, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 59 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode 173 - Herbivores (Plant-Eaters)

Published: Sept. 3, 2023, midnight
Duration: 2 hours 11 minutes 54 seconds

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Silver Screen Science - 65 (2023)

Published: Aug. 27, 2023, 6 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 59 seconds

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Episode 172 - Toothed Whales

Published: Aug. 20, 2023, midnight
Duration: 2 hours 33 minutes 58 seconds

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Episode 171 - The Tethys Sea

Published: Aug. 6, 2023, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 170 - Milk

Published: July 23, 2023, midnight
Duration: 2 hours 12 minutes 11 seconds

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Snake Stuff with David

Published: July 16, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 169 - Sea Snakes

Published: July 9, 2023, midnight
Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes 55 seconds

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Episode 168 Marine Crocs

Published: June 25, 2023, midnight
Duration: 2 hours 5 minutes 46 seconds

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Croc Chat with Will

Published: June 17, 2023, 4 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 167 Geologic Dating

Published: June 11, 2023, midnight
Duration: 2 hours 28 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 166 - Monotremes

Published: May 28, 2023, midnight
Duration: 2 hours 7 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 165 - Fruit

Published: May 14, 2023, midnight
Duration: 2 hours 22 minutes 21 seconds

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Episode 164 - The Boring Billion

Published: April 30, 2023, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes 31 seconds

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Patron Mini-Episode Compilation #3

Published: April 25, 2023, 5:23 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 59 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 163 - Claws

Published: April 16, 2023, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 54 minutes 44 seconds

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Episode 162 Caecilians

Published: April 2, 2023, midnight
Duration: 2 hours 12 minutes 43 seconds

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Episode 161 - Sleep

Published: March 18, 2023, 11:58 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 23 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 160 - The Messel Pit

Published: March 5, 2023, 4 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 58 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 159 - Giraffes

Published: Feb. 19, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 10 minutes 28 seconds

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Episode 158 Charles R. Knight

Published: Feb. 5, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 53 minutes 36 seconds

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Episode 157 - Bioluminescence and Biofluorescence

Published: Jan. 22, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 17 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 156 - Eurypterids (Sea Scorpions)

Published: Jan. 8, 2023, 1 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 57 minutes 45 seconds

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End of the Year Q&A 2022

Published: Dec. 31, 2022, 6:13 p.m.
Duration: 4 hours 13 minutes 19 seconds

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Episode 155 - Gymnosperms

Published: Dec. 25, 2022, 1 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 43 minutes 34 seconds

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Episode 154 - Live Birth

Published: Dec. 11, 2022, 1 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 54 minutes 54 seconds

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Episode 153 - Armadillos

Published: Nov. 27, 2022, 1:10 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode 152 - The Jehol Biota

Published: Nov. 13, 2022, 1 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 25 seconds

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Episode 151 - Tails

Published: Oct. 30, 2022, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 35 seconds

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Spook-E - Mimics

Published: Oct. 29, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 33 seconds

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Spook-E - Beholders

Published: Oct. 22, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 150 - Stegosaurs

Published: Oct. 16, 2022, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 17 seconds

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Spook-E - Displacer Beasts

Published: Oct. 15, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 44 seconds

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Spook-E - Owlbears

Published: Oct. 8, 2022, 4 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 55 seconds

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Episode 149 - Ants

Published: Oct. 2, 2022, 12:38 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 2 minutes 11 seconds

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Episode 148 - Gliding

Published: Sept. 18, 2022, 12:16 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode 147 - Genetics

Published: Sept. 4, 2022, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes 34 seconds

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Episode 146 - The Jurassic-Cretaceous Transition

Published: Aug. 21, 2022, 12:25 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes 31 seconds

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Episode 145 - Photosynthesis

Published: Aug. 7, 2022, 12:51 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 41 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode 144 - Evolutionary Gigantism and Dwarfism

Published: July 24, 2022, midnight
Duration: 2 hours 21 minutes 37 seconds

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Saving Snakes with Hiral Naik

Published: July 16, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 32 seconds

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Episode 143 - Monitor Lizards

Published: July 10, 2022, midnight
Duration: 2 hours 8 minutes 16 seconds

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Episode 142 - Phytosaurs

Published: June 26, 2022, 12:33 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 57 minutes 11 seconds

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Silver Screen Science - Jurassic World: Dominion

Published: June 20, 2022, 2 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 42 seconds

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Conserving Crocs with Dr. Marisa Tellez

Published: June 17, 2022, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 141 - Supercontinents

Published: June 12, 2022, 12:39 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 14 minutes 11 seconds

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Silver Screen Science Prehistoric Planet

Published: June 5, 2022, 2:23 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 18 seconds

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Episode 140 - Horns and Antlers

Published: May 29, 2022, 12:59 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 24 minutes 3 seconds

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Episode 139 - Vultures

Published: May 15, 2022, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes 18 seconds

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Episode 138 - The Moon

Published: May 1, 2022, 12:15 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 5 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 137 - Fossilization

Published: April 17, 2022, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 59 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 136 - Seahorses

Published: April 3, 2022, 12:15 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes 50 seconds

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Patron Mini-Episode Compilation #2

Published: March 28, 2022, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 135 - Seeds

Published: March 20, 2022, 1:30 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes 19 seconds

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The Art of Common Descent with Rob Soto

Published: March 14, 2022, 7:21 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes 44 seconds

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Episode 134 Sanguivores (Blood-Eaters)

Published: March 6, 2022, 1 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes 3 seconds

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Episode 133 - Symbiosis

Published: Feb. 20, 2022, 1 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 14 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode 132 - Mary and Louis Leakey

Published: Feb. 6, 2022, 1 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 17 minutes 36 seconds

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Episode 131 - Volcanoes

Published: Jan. 23, 2022, 1:30 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 55 minutes 32 seconds

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Episode 130 - Sense of Smell

Published: Jan. 9, 2022, 2:08 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 16 minutes 56 seconds

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End of the Year Q&A 2021

Published: Dec. 31, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 4 hours 4 minutes 45 seconds

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Episode 129 - Rhinos

Published: Dec. 26, 2021, 1 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 22 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode 128 - The Deep Sea

Published: Dec. 12, 2021, 2:12 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 11 minutes 4 seconds

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Silver Screen Science Prologue, Jurassic World: Dominion

Published: Dec. 4, 2021, 5:30 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 127 - The Hell Creek Formation

Published: Nov. 28, 2021, 1:38 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes 55 seconds

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Episode 126 - Mimicry

Published: Nov. 14, 2021, 2:18 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 5 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 125 - Orchids

Published: Oct. 31, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes 4 seconds

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Spook-E - Triffids

Published: Oct. 30, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 48 seconds

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Spook-E - Mandrakes

Published: Oct. 23, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 1 second

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Episode 124 - Snowball Earth

Published: Oct. 17, 2021, 1 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 59 minutes 49 seconds

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Spook-E - Animated Trees

Published: Oct. 16, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 24 seconds

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Spook-E - People-Eating Plants

Published: Oct. 9, 2021, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 30 seconds

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Episode 123 - Spiders

Published: Oct. 3, 2021, 1:18 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 37 seconds

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Episode 122 - Plate Tectonics

Published: Sept. 19, 2021, 12:53 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 121 - Brains

Published: Sept. 5, 2021, 1:28 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 10 minutes 23 seconds

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Episode 120 Tyrannosaurs

Published: Aug. 22, 2021, 1:08 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 51 minutes 19 seconds

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Episode 119 - India

Published: Aug. 8, 2021, 1:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 44 minutes 2 seconds

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Episode 118 - Trace Fossils

Published: July 25, 2021, 12:33 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 4 minutes 19 seconds

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Episode 117 - Crabs and Carcinization

Published: July 11, 2021, 12:15 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 116 - Ichthyosaurs

Published: June 27, 2021, 12:56 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 10 minutes 46 seconds

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Silver Screen Science - Anaconda (1997)

Published: June 24, 2021, 10 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 44 seconds

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Silver Screen Science - Lake Placid (1999)

Published: June 17, 2021, 10 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 20 seconds

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Episode 115 - Biomes

Published: June 13, 2021, 12:10 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 53 minutes 23 seconds

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Episode 114 - Polar Life

Published: May 30, 2021, 12:20 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 59 minutes

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Episode 113 - Paleoclimate

Published: May 16, 2021, 12:51 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 18 minutes 22 seconds

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Episode 112 - Caves

Published: May 2, 2021, 12:17 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 1 minute 53 seconds

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Episode 111 - Eusociality

Published: April 18, 2021, 12:09 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 10 minutes 29 seconds

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Silver Screen Science Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

Published: April 12, 2021, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 44 seconds

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Episode 110 - Mazon Creek Fossil Beds

Published: April 4, 2021, 12:04 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 109 - Hyenas

Published: March 21, 2021, 2:26 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 58 minutes 34 seconds

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Episode 108 - Penguins

Published: March 7, 2021, 2:18 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 59 minutes 22 seconds

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Episode 107 Tusks

Published: Feb. 21, 2021, 1:31 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 4 minutes 10 seconds

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Episode 106 - Franz Nopcsa

Published: Feb. 7, 2021, 1:37 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 55 minutes 34 seconds

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Episode 105 - Carnivorous Plants

Published: Jan. 24, 2021, 1:30 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 11 minutes 45 seconds

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Episode 104 - Pinnipeds

Published: Jan. 10, 2021, 1:28 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes 24 seconds

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End of the Year Q&A 2020

Published: Dec. 31, 2020, 4:22 a.m.
Duration: 3 hours 47 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 103 The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

Published: Dec. 27, 2020, 1:48 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 44 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 102 - Parasites

Published: Dec. 13, 2020, 3:58 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 3 minutes 18 seconds

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Episode 101 - Sauropods

Published: Nov. 29, 2020, 1:38 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes 59 seconds

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100 Episodes: A Look Back

Published: Nov. 22, 2020, 8:51 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode 100 - the Origin of Life

Published: Nov. 15, 2020, 2:12 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 39 minutes 40 seconds

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Episode 99 - Evolution of Insects

Published: Nov. 1, 2020, 3:10 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 3 minutes 37 seconds

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Spook-E - the Sirens

Published: Oct. 31, 2020, 4:55 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 6 seconds

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Spook-E - the Leviathan

Published: Oct. 24, 2020, 3:58 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 27 seconds

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Episode 98 - Species and Speciation

Published: Oct. 18, 2020, 2:20 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 3 minutes 14 seconds

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Spook-E - Sea Serpents

Published: Oct. 17, 2020, 6:06 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 1 second

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Spook-E - the Kraken

Published: Oct. 10, 2020, 7:09 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 57 seconds

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Episode 97 - Venom and Poison

Published: Oct. 4, 2020, 1 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 55 minutes 14 seconds

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Episode 96 - Marsupials

Published: Sept. 20, 2020, 12:20 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 8 minutes

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Episode 95 The Carboniferous Rainforest Collapse

Published: Sept. 6, 2020, 1:47 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 4 minutes 21 seconds

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Episode 94 - Dogs

Published: Aug. 23, 2020, 1:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 93 - Cats

Published: Aug. 9, 2020, 1:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 55 minutes 18 seconds

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Episode 92 - Eggs

Published: July 26, 2020, 1 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 91 - Frogs

Published: July 12, 2020, 12:34 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes 1 second

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Episode 90 - "Living Fossils"

Published: June 27, 2020, 11:58 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 1 minute 45 seconds

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Episode 89 - The Burgess Shale

Published: June 14, 2020, 12:20 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes 47 seconds

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Live Chat - Conservation Paleontology

Published: June 5, 2020, 1:35 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 20 seconds

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Live Chat - Paleopathology

Published: June 3, 2020, 1:54 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 88 - Evolution of Teeth

Published: May 31, 2020, 12:59 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 3 minutes 42 seconds

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Live Chat - Turtles

Published: May 20, 2020, 4:46 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 20 seconds

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Episode 87 - Ceratopsians, the Horned Dinosaurs

Published: May 17, 2020, 2:20 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 56 seconds

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Live Chat - Ancient DNA

Published: May 12, 2020, 2:55 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 53 seconds

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Episode 86 - New Zealand

Published: May 3, 2020, 1:10 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes 21 seconds

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Episode 85 The Ordovician Mass Extinction

Published: April 19, 2020, 1:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes 55 seconds

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Silver Screen Science - Animals of the James Bond Franchise

Published: April 16, 2020, 1:54 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 33 seconds

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Silver Screen Science - Godzilla (1998)

Published: April 8, 2020, 2 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 14 seconds

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Episode 84 - Paleopathology

Published: April 5, 2020, 2 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 12 minutes 3 seconds

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Silver Screen Science - Evolution (2001)

Published: April 1, 2020, 4:18 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 11 seconds

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Patron Mini-Episode Compilation

Published: March 29, 2020, 6:51 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes 9 seconds

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Silver Screen Science - Tremors

Published: March 25, 2020, 1:13 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 11 seconds

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Episode 83 - Coelacanths

Published: March 22, 2020, 1 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 82 - Trilobites

Published: March 8, 2020, 3:36 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 57 minutes 38 seconds

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Episode 81 - Metamorphosis

Published: Feb. 23, 2020, 2:20 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes 40 seconds

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Episode 80 - Mary Anning

Published: Feb. 9, 2020, 2:56 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 79 - Pterosaurs

Published: Jan. 26, 2020, 3:51 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes 4 seconds

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DragonCon 2019 Paleontology Hour Panel

Published: Jan. 19, 2020, 6:04 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes 32 seconds

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Episode 78 - Exaptation

Published: Jan. 12, 2020, 2:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 49 minutes 3 seconds

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End of the Year Q&A 2019

Published: Jan. 1, 2020, 4:53 a.m.
Duration: 3 hours 26 minutes 3 seconds

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Episode 77 - Fins to Feet: The Fish-Tetrapod Transition

Published: Dec. 29, 2019, 1:44 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 76 - Horse Evolution

Published: Dec. 15, 2019, 3:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 54 minutes 54 seconds

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...But We Digress - Pokemon Paleontology

Published: Dec. 8, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 29 seconds

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Episode 75 - The Great Oxidation Event

Published: Dec. 1, 2019, 1:36 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 74 - South America

Published: Nov. 17, 2019, 2:34 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 73 - Trees

Published: Nov. 3, 2019, 12:18 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 27 seconds

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Spook-E - Chimeras

Published: Oct. 26, 2019, 3:27 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 17 seconds

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Episode 72 - Plesiosaurs

Published: Oct. 20, 2019, 1:18 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes 30 seconds

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Spook-E - Hydras

Published: Oct. 19, 2019, 5 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 7 seconds

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Spook-E - Gorgons

Published: Oct. 12, 2019, 8:16 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 71 - The Western Interior Seaway

Published: Oct. 6, 2019, 12:38 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes 3 seconds

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Spook-E - Harpies

Published: Oct. 5, 2019, 2:47 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 70 - Convergent Evolution

Published: Sept. 22, 2019, 1 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes 46 seconds

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Episode 69 - Ankylosaurs

Published: Sept. 8, 2019, 3:45 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes 40 seconds

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Episode 68 - Evolution of Eyes

Published: Aug. 25, 2019, 1:19 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes 8 seconds

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Voices of La Brea - Bonus Episode

Published: Aug. 11, 2019, 3:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 40 seconds

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Episode 67 - The La Brea Tar Pits

Published: Aug. 11, 2019, 1:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 23 seconds

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Episode 66 - Elephants

Published: July 28, 2019, 1:33 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 5 minutes 3 seconds

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Episode 65 - The Late Devonian Extinction(s)

Published: July 14, 2019, 12:57 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes 32 seconds

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Episode 64 - Paleoart

Published: June 30, 2019, 1:57 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 52 seconds

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Silver Screen Science Godzilla (2014) and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)

Published: June 29, 2019, 1:21 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 8 seconds

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Silver Screen Science King Kong (2005) and Kong: Skull Island (2017)

Published: June 22, 2019, 2 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 26 seconds

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Episode 63 - Sexual Selection

Published: June 16, 2019, 2:15 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 54 minutes 28 seconds

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Silver Screen Science Kaiju Concepts

Published: June 15, 2019, 1:12 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 50 seconds

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Silver Screen Science - Gojira (1954)

Published: June 8, 2019, 12:36 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 62 Amber

Published: June 2, 2019, 12:29 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 27 seconds

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Silver Screen Science - King Kong (1933)

Published: June 1, 2019, 12:42 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 10 seconds

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Episode 61 - Behavior in the Fossil Record

Published: May 19, 2019, 1:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 60 - Turtles

Published: May 5, 2019, 12:15 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 44 minutes 36 seconds

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Episode 59 - Bats

Published: April 21, 2019, 1:26 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 58 minutes 43 seconds

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Episode 58 - The Bone Wars

Published: April 7, 2019, 2:06 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 57 minutes 20 seconds

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Episode 57 - Evolution of Flowering Plants (Angiosperms)

Published: March 24, 2019, 12:34 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 54 minutes 53 seconds

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Sloth Chat Livestream 2018

Published: March 20, 2019, 2:09 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 27 seconds

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Episode 56 The Evolution of Evolutionary Theory

Published: March 10, 2019, 1:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 55 - The "Sixth Extinction" (Modern Biodiversity Crisis)

Published: Feb. 24, 2019, 1:01 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 21 minutes 3 seconds

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Episode 54 - Alfred Russell Wallace

Published: Feb. 10, 2019, 1:05 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 2 minutes 24 seconds

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Episode 53 - The Baculum (Penis Bone)

Published: Jan. 27, 2019, 2:12 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 49 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 52 Sounds of the Past (Fossil Bioacoustics)

Published: Jan. 13, 2019, 4:52 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 51 minutes 36 seconds

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End of the Year Q&A 2018

Published: Dec. 31, 2018, 6 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 21 minutes 16 seconds

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End of the Year Q&A 2018

Published: Dec. 31, 2018, 6 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 21 minutes 16 seconds

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Episode 51 - Mosasaurs

Published: Dec. 30, 2018, 5:01 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 57 seconds

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Episode 50 - Australia

Published: Dec. 16, 2018, 5:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 44 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 49 - Fake Fossils

Published: Dec. 2, 2018, 5:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 51 minutes 26 seconds

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Episode 48 - Sharks

Published: Nov. 18, 2018, 5:08 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 44 seconds

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Episode 47 - Early Synapsids ("Proto-Mammals")

Published: Nov. 4, 2018, 7:20 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 48 seconds

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Spook-E - Zombies

Published: Oct. 27, 2018, 12:23 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 16 seconds

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Episode 46 - Cryptozoology

Published: Oct. 21, 2018, 5:45 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes 59 seconds

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Spook-E - Fish-People

Published: Oct. 20, 2018, 7:14 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 43 seconds

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Spook-E - Werewolves

Published: Oct. 13, 2018, 2:50 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 32 seconds

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Episode 45 The Permian Extinction (The Great Dying)

Published: Oct. 7, 2018, 8:16 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 9 seconds

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Spook-E - Vampires

Published: Oct. 6, 2018, 1:45 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 24 seconds

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SciFest in St. Louis

Published: Sept. 30, 2018, 4:13 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 47 seconds

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Spotlight - Ranjeev Epa (5/5)

Published: Sept. 29, 2018, 2:33 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 16 seconds

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Silver Screen Science - The Meg

Published: Sept. 28, 2018, 1:15 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 44 - Hybridization

Published: Sept. 23, 2018, 5:03 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 13 seconds

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Spotlight - Chris Mah (4/5)

Published: Sept. 22, 2018, 3 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 47 seconds

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Spotlight - Alycia Stigall (3/5)

Published: Sept. 15, 2018, 3 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 43 - The Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI)

Published: Sept. 9, 2018, 5:04 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes 32 seconds

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Spotlight - Adriane Lam (2/5)

Published: Sept. 8, 2018, 3:16 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 37 seconds

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Spotlight - Dave Marshall (1/5)

Published: Sept. 1, 2018, 2:47 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 20 seconds

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Episode 42 - Spinosaurs

Published: Aug. 26, 2018, 5:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 57 minutes 14 seconds

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Episode 41 - Evolution of Whales

Published: Aug. 12, 2018, 5:23 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes 31 seconds

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Episode 40 - Madagascar

Published: July 29, 2018, 5:02 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes 27 seconds

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...But We Digress - Mermaids

Published: July 22, 2018, 2:16 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 39 - Speculative Evolution

Published: July 15, 2018, 5:04 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 38 - Grass

Published: July 1, 2018, 5:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes 13 seconds

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Silver Screen Science - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (5/5)

Published: June 30, 2018, 5:01 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode 37.5 - More Birds

Published: June 24, 2018, 5:28 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 19 seconds

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Silver Screen Science - Jurassic World (4/5)

Published: June 23, 2018, 5:01 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 46 seconds

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Episode 37 - Evolution of Birds

Published: June 17, 2018, 7:34 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes 35 seconds

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Silver Screen Science - Jurassic Park III (3/5)

Published: June 16, 2018, 1:45 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 44 seconds

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Silver Screen Science - The Lost World: Jurassic Park (2/5)

Published: June 9, 2018, 5:01 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 40 seconds

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Episode 36 - Reefs

Published: June 3, 2018, 5:02 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 53 minutes 31 seconds

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Silver Screen Science - Jurassic Park (1/5)

Published: June 2, 2018, 4:30 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 35 - De-extinction

Published: May 20, 2018, 5:18 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 43 seconds

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Episode 34 - Ancient DNA

Published: May 6, 2018, 5:04 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 43 seconds

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Crocs vs Snakes - The Poll Returns

Published: May 1, 2018, 10:23 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 12 seconds

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Survey Response and Q&A

Published: April 30, 2018, 4:45 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 44 minutes 21 seconds

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Survey Response and Q&A

Published: April 30, 2018, 4:45 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 44 minutes 21 seconds

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Episode 33 - Ontogeny

Published: April 22, 2018, 5:07 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 32 - Naracoorte Caves, Australia

Published: April 8, 2018, 4:37 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 24 seconds

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Episode 31 - The Ediacaran Biota

Published: March 25, 2018, 5:09 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 59 seconds

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Episode 30 - Prehistoric Poop

Published: March 11, 2018, 7:28 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 45 seconds

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Episode 29 - Placoderms, The Armored Fish

Published: Feb. 25, 2018, 5:34 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes 52 seconds

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Episode 28 - Charles Darwin

Published: Feb. 11, 2018, 5:44 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 22 seconds

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Episode 27 - Domestication

Published: Jan. 28, 2018, 7:13 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 11 seconds

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Episode 26 - Astrobiology

Published: Jan. 14, 2018, 5:51 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 44 minutes 27 seconds

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Episode 25 - The Pleistocene Megafaunal Extinction

Published: Dec. 31, 2017, 6:12 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 24 - Sloths

Published: Dec. 17, 2017, 5:15 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 23 - Jurassic Park

Published: Dec. 3, 2017, 5:50 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 46 seconds

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Episode 22 - Micropaleontology

Published: Nov. 19, 2017, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode 21 - Dinosaurs, An Introduction

Published: Nov. 5, 2017, 4:18 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 56 seconds

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Episode 20 - The Scientific Method

Published: Oct. 22, 2017, 4:14 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 58 seconds

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Diversity in Paleontology - Special Episode

Published: Oct. 8, 2017, 3:32 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 56 seconds

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Episode 19 - Women in Paleontology

Published: Oct. 8, 2017, 5:16 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes 50 seconds

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Episode 18B - Human Evolution Part 2

Published: Sept. 24, 2017, 4:15 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 18A - Human Evolution Part 1

Published: Sept. 24, 2017, 4:13 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 46 seconds

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Episode 17 - The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP)

Published: Sept. 10, 2017, 5:02 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 39 seconds

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Episode 16 - Cephalopods

Published: Aug. 27, 2017, 7:58 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 56 seconds

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Episode 15 - The End-Triassic Extinction

Published: Aug. 13, 2017, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 38 seconds

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Episode 14 - The Gray Fossil Site

Published: July 30, 2017, 4:51 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 14 seconds

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...But We Digress - The History of Earth

Published: July 19, 2017, 4:10 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 53 seconds

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Episode 13 - The Fossil Preparation Lab

Published: July 16, 2017, 5:50 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 12 - The Geologic Time Scale

Published: July 2, 2017, 4:46 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 11 - Antarctica

Published: June 18, 2017, 4:07 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 39 seconds

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...But We Digress - Tyrannosaur Skin (and Feathers?)

Published: June 10, 2017, 12:11 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 30 seconds

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Episode 10 - The Tree of Life

Published: June 4, 2017, 4:33 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 9 - The Cambrian Explosion

Published: May 21, 2017, 5:12 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 27 seconds

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Episode 8 - Conservation Paleontology

Published: May 7, 2017, 5:34 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode 7 - Primates

Published: April 23, 2017, 5:47 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 2 seconds

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Episode 6 Evolution of Flight

Published: April 9, 2017, 6:28 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 7 seconds

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...But We Digress - Ornithoscelida

Published: March 29, 2017, 7:13 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 10 seconds

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Episode 5 - The K-Pg Extinction (the "Dinosaur Extinction")

Published: March 26, 2017, 4:24 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 57 seconds

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Episode 4 - Island Evolution

Published: March 12, 2017, 4:22 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 3 - Snakes

Published: Feb. 26, 2017, 4:04 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 39 minutes 54 seconds

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Episode 2 - Crocodilians

Published: Feb. 12, 2017, 3:40 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 22 seconds

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Episode 1 - Paleontology

Published: Feb. 10, 2017, 12:09 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 2 seconds

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