Episodes

  • Ep. 57: Paleotempestology

    Ep. 57: Paleotempestology
    May 29 2024
    Our second ‘Odd Couplet’ looks arc continues with an examination of the records storms can leave behind in lake sediments.
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    50 mins
  • Ep. 56: Paleopaleoarchaeology

    Ep. 56: Paleopaleoarchaeology
    Mar 11 2024
    We begin a new arc on unconventional applications/connections/linkages in paleolimnology, called "Odd Couplets." In the first episode we explore the connections between paleolimnology and archaeology.
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    41 mins
  • Ep. 55: Contenuous Funding

    Ep. 55: Contenuous Funding
    Jan 28 2024
    The ‘Money, Money, Money’ arc wraps up with a look at the research funding invaluable to paleolimnology, but not funded by the university-industrial complex. Or is it?
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    49 mins
  • Ep. 54: Elite Institutions

    Ep. 54: Elite Institutions
    Dec 12 2023
    Our ‘Money, Money, Money’ arc continues with another examination of research finances, this time from the university’s point of view.
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    46 mins
  • Ep. 53: Fat Cat Professors

    Ep. 53: Fat Cat Professors
    Sep 27 2023
    Our ‘Money, Money, Money’ arc continues with an examination of research finances from the professor’s perspective. Where do the funds necessary to buy all the cool stuff used to conduct research actually come from?
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    56 mins
  • Ep. 52: Starving Students

    Ep. 52: Starving Students
    Aug 17 2023
    Our ‘Money, Money, Money’ arc begins in earnest with a look at research finances (and the lack thereof) from the graduate student perspective.
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    51 mins
  • Ep. 51: Money Money Money - An Introduction

    Ep. 51: Money Money Money - An Introduction
    Jun 7 2023
    We begin a new arc that is a little bit different, exploring the somewhat hidden world of the money behind science (paleolimnology included). In episode 51 we preview the arc's major topics related to graduate student funding, research funding for faculty / lab groups, and several bigger picture topics.
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    29 mins
  • Ep. 50: Northern PEARLeo

    Ep. 50: Northern PEARLeo
    Apr 26 2023
    We wrap up the core reading lists arc with a few papers that set John Smol (and colleagues and students) on his way to being awarded a lifetime achievement award by the International Paleolimnology Symposium at their meeting last year.
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    41 mins