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A Grown-Up Guide to Planet Earth

By: Prof. Christopher Jackson
Narrated by: Prof. Christopher Jackson
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  • Audible takes you on a journey through the Earth, to experience our planet in a way you’ve never encountered before.

    A Grown-Up Guide to Planet Earth is a tour of our world from the inside, out. Geologist Professor Chris Jackson plunges into the molten world beneath our feet, to reveal what drives the explosive power of volcanoes and destructive energy of earthquakes.

    Starting at the super-heated core, Chris will guides you through the layers of the Earth reaching up to the edge of space. And you’ll discover how all these layers combine to make Planet Earth the perfect, and (as far as we know) the only, place in the Universe that’s home to complex life.  

    Producer: Listen Entertainment

    This original podcast is 6 episodes in total, please begin with “Ep. 1: Journey From the Centre of the Earth”.
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  • Ep. 1: Journey From the Centre of the Earth

    Ep. 1: Journey From the Centre of the Earth
    Sep 29 2021

    We start by looking up. Aurorae are seen at the outer edge of the atmosphere, born from hidden processes happening deep inside the Earth’s core.
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    27 mins
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  • Ep. 2: The Earth Erupts

    Ep. 2: The Earth Erupts
    Sep 29 2021

    Volcanic eruptions can be beautiful and mesmerising, or explosive and disastrous. Either way, they reveal what’s happening deep within the vast churning mantle. Chris uncovers the secrets of this misunderstood part of the Earth. 
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    32 mins
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  • Ep. 3: The Earth Moves

    Ep. 3: The Earth Moves
    Sep 29 2021

    Earthquakes rock the Earth’s crust, the thin layer of rock on which all of human existence has played out. Yet the crust is just one per cent of the mass of the Earth. It’s reliable, solid, still...at least, most of the time. 
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    25 mins
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From Core to Above

Fascinating and beautifully presented. Made listening enjoyable and captivating. This made me give other Grown-Up Guides on other subjects a listen!

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Fascinating Overview. Thoroughly enjoyed

Prof Jackson gives a good overview with supplements from various other experts. He does a good job of making it understandable for a non-scientist but gives enough information to make it useful. He ties it together well. Narration is really well done. I liked the Guides to Dinosaurs and Oceans as well. Guide to Earth was my favorite. I will definitely seek out the books he references in interviews to explore topics further. Best Audible podcast so far.

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fun, informative

I enjoyed how casually things were explained. I learned a lot and retained it too which isn't always normal for me.

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Good summary, a few steps above basic

Fun series to listen to, should trigger some unknown memories of science class, and maybe add a little bit of detail onto some good topics everyone should know.

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Quick Refresher

I enjoyed primarily as a refresher of previously learned material. So it’s nice to learn that some new things have been discovered and named. The interviews of experts was useful. It was a dialogue between many. Great work Audible!

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Entertaining yet educational

Could quibble with some provided "facts" (e.g. plastic "never" degrading - a rather loose and inaccurate use of the word across the timespans of an ice core or other typical geologic core samples) but overall an easy listen providing a useful, high level overview of the history of our earth through lenses of a range of disciplines (geology, anthropology and climate science, primarily).

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Great account and well told

I think this series certainly achieves its objective and was not only informative but great food for thought. Definitely recommend.

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Really good.

This series is excellent. half hour episodes of information in a way it is easy to comprehend so you don't get overwhelmed but still still invokes awe, inspiration and amazement. After dinosaurs and the earth, I am keen to find the episodes on the ocean he mentioned. 👍

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Thought providing

Very educational and very helpful good to know science and very factual and very informative

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Interesting and informative

3 stars - I liked it

This is a six episode podcast about Earth. It starts at the center of the Earth and covers everything to space. This was a very interesting series and covered everything from plate tectonics to global warming. It does get a bit technical at times but I think they did a good job at explaining everything.

Also I liked that interviews with various professionals were included and it wasn’t just the author providing all the information. The audio quality for those does fluctuate though.

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