Ep #101 PaleoNerds: A New Epoch
Dave and Ray have no guest today, just a short check in before they embark on their next 99 episodes!
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Paleo Nerds
A Paleo Nerd is a grown-up who still has the child-like wonder and love for dinosaurs, fossils, science, and paleontology. Paleo Nerds follows Alaskan artist, Ray Troll, and his friend ventr...
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Ray gets schooled on the Cretaceous geology around the shores of Kansas Lake Kanopolis by paleontologist Kate Andrzejewski.
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