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The Early Years Learning Hub PodcastPractice sharing- What makes a great Early Childhood Teacher or EducatorIn thie episode we speak with Catherine Lee about what she thinks makes a great early childhood teacher or educator. Catherine shares her reflections and practices that focus on kindness, viewing children as capable and competent and supporting children's agency.Related Early Years Learning Hub professional learning courses:Beginning teachers and educators How to teach
2026-02-0333 min
Fearless Careerist with Catherine RobertEp. 8: Foundations - Early Career DecisionsIn the first in our Foundations series, Catherine Robert discusses research that explains how and why we make our early career decisions. See the resources below for more information about the following topics:Career Identity - See Sharon Belden Castonguay’s TedX talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e6KSaCxcHsSocial Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) and Self-Efficacy - See Amanda DeDiego’s summary at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg34IDe93Nw and Robert Lent and Steven Brown’s (2019) 25-year review of SCCT at: https://www.sci...
2026-01-2613 min
The Diabetic Mammy PodcastFrom Decision Fatigue to Burnout — Spotting the Signs EarlyThis week, The Diabetic Mammy explores the quiet exhaustion that comes from making hundreds of diabetes decisions every single day. From carb counting to correction doses, diabetes never clocks off - and neither do we. But that mental overload can slowly wear us down, turning everyday decision fatigue into full-blown burnout.In this episode, Catherine unpacks what decision fatigue feels like, how it leads to burnout and most importantly how to soften the load. Expect honesty, grace and gentle reminders that “good enough” is often exactly what we need.💙 Takeaway: You’re not lazy, you...
2025-11-1110 min
The Diabetic Mammy PodcastWorld Diabetes Day 2025-Plan It Early, Make It Joyful (#26)In this episode, The Diabetic Mammy invites parents of children with type 1 diabetes to start thinking ahead to World Diabetes Day on 14 November - and to do it with calm, kindness, and a touch of joy. 💙Catherine shares how small, simple gestures can make a big difference: a five-minute classroom chat, a “blue day” at school, a family walk, or even lighting a blue lamp at home. With ready-to-use ideas, a sample mini-talk for schools, and a gentle reminder that “tiny is plenty,” this episode helps parents mark the day in a way that feels doable and meaning...
2025-10-2112 min
Beauty and the BizWhy the Next 12 Months Will be Harder for Cosmetic Lead Gen — with Catherine Maley, MBA📅 Schedule Your Practice Growth Strategy Review ⚙️ Restart your practice in 7 days ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Next week, I'll show how these strategies fit into a bigger retention and referral system. Then, it runs quietly in the background for you. So, get private early access: [Last Chance to Join the VIP Waitlist + Get the 5 Fixes Checklist] Why the Next 12 Months Will be Harder for Cosmetic Lead Gen — with Catherine Maley, MBA Indeed, welcome to "Beauty and the Biz," where we'll discuss the business and marketing side of plastic surgery. As always, I'm your host, Catherine Maley, author of "Your Aesth...
2025-08-2326 min
Catherine ToonEP #280 - Revisiting Evangelicalism: Faith, Trinity & Union with Christ | Dr. Catherine Toon & Baxter Kruger - AudioIn this transformative conversation, Dr. Catherine Toon sits down with Dr. C. Baxter Kruger to revisit and reframe evangelicalism through the expansive lens of church history, the early church fathers, and the eternal love of the Trinity. Together, they lovingly challenge traditional evangelical views that prioritize sin and judgment, instead offering a broader, more relational theology rooted in union with Christ, Trinitarian personhood, and the radical love of God.
Discover how our faith journey is not about striving to be accepted but awakening to the truth that we are already fully embraced, adopted, and included in the divine dance of...
2025-05-281h 04
Catherine ToonEP #280 - Revisiting Evangelicalism: Faith, Trinity & Union with Christ | Dr. Catherine Toon & Baxter Kruger - AudioIn this transformative conversation, Dr. Catherine Toon sits down with Dr. C. Baxter Kruger to revisit and reframe evangelicalism through the expansive lens of church history, the early church fathers, and the eternal love of the Trinity. Together, they lovingly challenge traditional evangelical views that prioritize sin and judgment, instead offering a broader, more relational theology rooted in union with Christ, Trinitarian personhood, and the radical love of God.
Discover how our faith journey is not about striving to be accepted but awakening to the truth that we are already fully embraced, adopted, and included in the divine dance of...
2025-05-281h 04
IVF BFFCatherine's BFPTW: This episode contains discussion of a positive pregnancy test after a successful frozen embryo transfer. In this episode, Sian and Catherine discuss Catherine's BFP after her recent embryo transfer. We discuss the various feelings involved in early pregnancy after IVF and the future of the podcast (don't worry, it will NOT become a pregnancy pod!)To anyone struggling and still waiting for their good news, we are sending you so much love.Follow us on Instagram @ivfbffpodEmail us at ivfbffpod@gmail.com
2025-05-2336 min
Off the EaselEpisode 167: Brutalist Architecture with Jessica HessSend us a textJoin Catherine Moore and Skye Becker-Yamakawa for an engaging interview with the talented Jessica Hess from Oakland, California. Known for her hyperrealistic paintings of dilapidated buildings, Jessica incorporates elements of pixelation, graffiti, and urban decay in her work. She shares her artistic journey, from early painting lessons to studying at the Rhode Island School of Design, and discusses her diverse skills in creating 3D models, miniature interiors, and spooky-themed installations. Tune in this week for an inspiring conversation with the incredibly creative Jessica Hess!...
2025-03-1949 min
The Feeding HourNavigating Early Breastfeeding | Episode 2In this episode, Abby and Catherine discuss the importance of cue-based feeding, seeking help when needed, and the benefits of breastfeeding for newborns. The first few days after birth are crucial for establishing milk supply through frequent feedings. Feeding should be cue-based, with the baby latched on effectively every 1-2 hours. Babies' cues for feeding include alertness, stirring, and moving hands or lips. It is important to wake up sleepy babies for feedings in the first two weeks. Breastfeeding promotes social cues, and babies start practicing swallowing amniotic fluid in the womb. Tongue ties or other...
2025-02-0734 min
Trust the Universe with Missy and Catherine02: Catherine's spiritual origins storyTrust the Universe with Missy & Catherine is a podcast for sensitive, spiritually curious and high-achieving women who are ready to release control, and step into surrender and trust the flow of life – but do it in a relatable, practical way. Today, we listen to Catherine's story. From being a sensitive little kid who started reading super early, to her time in corporate, and what role alcohol and cigarettes played in her unfolding (!) you'll learn how Catherine made the moves from a corporate climber to a Tarot reader, feng shui consultant and spiritual life coach.Join the Tru...
2025-01-2343 min
Early Excellence PodcastExploring Early Speech and Language Research with Catherine Laing | Re-Release2024 Summer Break Re-Release - Episode 112Catherine Laing, Senior Lecturer in Developmental Linguistics, rejoins us this week for a close look at speech and language research. Book your Place on our Let’s Get Talking Training CourseListen to our Earlier Episode with Catherine Laing "Exploring Early Speech and Language Development"Explore our Free Continuous Provision Guides and Audits
2024-08-1657 minOff the EaselEpisode 133: Crochet Community with Caitlin McCormackSend us a textToday, we are privileged to delve into the world of Caitlin McCormack and her unique fine art approach to crochet.Caitlin McCormack shares her artistic journey, from early influences to her decision to focus on crochet and sculpture. She discusses her background in fine arts and how she found her niche in creating surreal and evocative sculptures that challenge perception.Listeners are introduced to Caitlin's distinctive style, characterized by organic forms and intricate details. She explains her fascination with exploring themes of nature, grief, and honoring your elders through...
2024-07-2452 minEarly Excellence PodcastExploring Early Speech and Language Research with Catherine LaingCatherine Laing, Senior Lecturer in Developmental Linguistics, rejoins us this week for a close look at speech and language research. Book your Place on our Let’s Get Talking Training CourseListen to our Earlier Episode with Catherine Laing "Exploring Early Speech and Language Development"Explore our Free Continuous Provision Guides and Audits
2024-05-0356 min
Grow Yourself UpEp 91: Perimenopause, Early Postpartum and Growing Up in Motherhood with Kate CodringtonCath was joined by Kate Codrington in this episode. Cath and Kate talked about Kate’s path to motherhood, perimenopause in early postpartum, how Kate cares for and supports herself in her life and more. We also talked about breaking free from what the patriarchy says we are allowed and how we can empower ourselves with play, creativity and joy.Kate is a mentor, author, speaker, facilitator, artist and podcaster. The author of 'Second Spring: The Self-Care Guide to Menopause', which is part of the 'menopause cannon' according to the New York Times. Kate mentors people in...
2024-03-1243 min
The Catherine B. Roy ShowThe Catherine B. Roy Show ft Barbara Vercruysse - The Path of Powerful KindnessWelcome to The Catherine B. Roy Show! In this episode, we have a truly inspiring guest, Barbara Vercruysse. Barbara is a Global Kindness Advocate, Mentor, Personal Coach, Business Consultant, Thought Leader, and Public Speaker. She's the founder of the 'BV Empowerment and Kindness Institute,' dedicated to spreading kindness and compassion to individuals and organizations worldwide.With over 25 years of entrepreneurial experience and a remarkable journey of surviving stage four cancer 20 years ago, Barbara is committed to leaving a positive legacy by emphasizing the need for more kindness and compassion in all layers of society. She's known...
2023-11-0936 min
Walk Boldly With JesusWitness Wednesday #79 Catherine (Answered Prayers)Click Here for Retreat Info (just 3 more days to register!)We have all seen God working in our lives. However, we might not all be aware it is God who is working in our lives. This is why it is so important we start talking about it more. The more we share our experiences, the more people understand how God works and how much He truly loves us. If you would be willing to share any experience you have had of how God has worked or is working your life, please email me at catherine@findingtruenorthcoaching.com or...
2023-09-2709 minThe Catherine B. Roy ShowThe Catherine B. Roy Show ft Peter Faleskini - How to Navigate AI RisksJoin us for an enlightening conversation with Peter Faleskini, AI enthusiast and visionary leader. Gain exclusive insights into AI's potential impact on industries, its significance, and how to navigate AI risks.This episode is a must-listen for those aiming to amplify their digital strategies!About Peter:Peter Faleskini, is an AI enthusiast and visionary leader who has transformed the business landscape through his early understanding and adoption of AI. With an interesting career in multiple sectors spanning decades, Peter's influence in the AI risk mitigation industry is unparalleled.No-nonsense...
2023-09-1430 minThe Catherine B. Roy ShowThe Catherine B. Roy Show - Unlocking Business Fulfillment: Harnessing AI for SuccessJoin me in this episode of The Catherine B. Roy Show as we explore the world of AI and how it can revolutionize your online business. Discover practical steps to achieve profound fulfillment and success, effortlessly crafting captivating content, creating courses in record time, and transforming your marketing strategies. Don't miss our "AI for Business Simplified" workshop on September 21st for a deeper dive into this transformative journey. See more, sign up HERE, and enjoy early bird prices!Tune in now and unlock the limitless potential of your business with AI!
2023-08-1704 minThe Catherine B. Roy ShowThe Catherine B. Roy Show - 10 Effective Ways to Network on LinkedIn and Grow Your Business10 Effective Ways to Network on LinkedIn and Grow Your BusinessLinkedIn is one of the most powerful platforms for networking and growing your business. With over 700 million users worldwide, it's an incredible resource for building relationships with other professionals and expanding your reach. Here are 10 effective ways to network on LinkedIn and grow your business:1. Optimize your profile: Make sure your LinkedIn profile is complete and up-to-date, with a professional profile photo and a clear description of your skills and experience.2. Connect with relevant people: Look for people in your industry or niche...
2023-04-1305 minThe Catherine B. Roy ShowThe Catherine B. Roy Show - 7 Best Practices for Content Creation on LinkedIn7 Best Practices for Content Creation on LinkedIn to Become a Thought Leader and Grow Your BusinessAs a business owner or professional, you know the importance of building a personal brand and establishing yourself as a thought leader in your industry. One of the best ways to do this is by creating and sharing valuable content on LinkedIn. But what makes a great LinkedIn post? Here are 7 best practices for content creation on LinkedIn that can help you become a thought leader and grow your business:1. Know your audience: Before creating any content, it's important...
2023-04-0605 minEarly Excellence PodcastExploring Early Speech and Language Development: Interview with Catherine LaingThis week, we talk to Catherine Laing, Lecturer in Developmental Linguistics at York University. As part of the discussion, we explore early speech and also the impact of the Covid19 lockdowns on children’s speaking skillsRead our blog on Navigating the Sea of TalkBook onto our Let’s Get Talking Course
2023-03-3140 minThe Catherine B. Roy ShowThe Catherine B. Roy Show - 7 Proven Strategies for Lead Generation on LinkedIn7 Proven Strategies for Lead Generation on LinkedInAs a business owner, you know how important lead generation is for your success. While there are many ways to generate leads, LinkedIn is a powerful platform that should not be ignored. With over 740 million users, LinkedIn provides an excellent opportunity to connect with potential clients and grow your business. Here are 7 proven strategies for lead generation on LinkedIn:1. Optimize your profile: A complete and professional LinkedIn profile is essential for generating leads. Make sure your profile is up-to-date, highlights your skills, and includes a clear call-to-action.
2023-03-3005 minThe Catherine B. Roy ShowThe Catherine B. Roy Show - Unleashing the Power of Personal Branding on LinkedInUnleashing the Power of Personal Branding on LinkedIn: 5 Strategies for Business GrowthAs we all know, LinkedIn is a powerful platform for building a personal brand and establishing yourself as an authority in your industry. In today's competitive business world, having a strong personal brand is essential to stand out from the crowd and attract new business opportunities. Here are the top 5 ways to build a powerful personal brand on LinkedIn:1. Optimize your profile: Your LinkedIn profile is your digital first impression. Make sure it's complete, up-to-date, and showcases your skills, experience, and achievements. Use...
2023-03-2306 min
Women Over 70: Aging ReimaginedCatherine Johns: You’ve Been Fired…Now What?Catherine Johns found her way to an early career in broadcasting. She thought she went to college to become a nurse. There was this guy in her dormitory……how many stories started out that way in the ‘60s? “You have an amazing voice. You should be on the radio”. So she auditioned for the campus radio station and was hired. She started in smaller markets and ended up in Chicago, anchoring the news at WLS. Catherine learned from some of the best in the business: Larry Lujack and Fred Winston. By the time the station chan...
2023-01-1126 min
Story time With Oma CarrEarly Christians Gather to Make Plans to Start the ChurchThe believers in the early church gather together after Pentecost.
2022-09-0504 minThe Catherine B. Roy ShowThe Catherine B. Roy Show - Q&A - LinkedIn Decoded - Part 18Answering YOUR questions about LinkedIn as a gold mine for a business growthCatherine, I don’t use LinkedIn much because growing audience and getting people to engage in my posts is hard. Can you help with this?What are the best ways of growing your business, engage with others and collaborate with other businesses?Join me Live every Wednesday at 10AM PST, 1PM EST, 7PM CEST on all my social media (LinkedIn, Facebook profile, 2 Facebook groups, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter) when I will dive in deeper and do my best to help you as much as I can. ...
2022-07-2811 min
In Your 20swaking up early + giving back to your parents + abortionwow let's catch up guys!! it's been a long time since i made a bonus episode. for the past few days, i feel like i'm losing myself and it's hard for me to see my balance. but now that school's over, i'm able to focus on myself again!! i'm going to talk about waking up early and why it's important and i'm also going to talk about giving back to our parents and my take on abortion. i love you, guys!! and thank you for sticking around!!
2022-07-0150 min
Early Childhood Ireland's PodcastEnsuring wellbeing with Catherine MaguireSend us a textIn this episode we discuss how to support the development of secure mental health for children and also the importance of relationships with families. Our guest is Catherine Maguire, clinical psychologist and infant mental health specialist.
2022-06-2830 min
The New Sensitive138: A personal life + biz update from Catherine: COVID, tragedy, the unexpectedness of life, and moreHi Soothers! I'm back from my podcast break and I'm returning with a life update. It's been a lot: in the past six weeks my partner AJ lost his father; we both got COVID; we figured out plans to move into together; we stayed in Indiana for six weeks unexpectedly through the holidays; and I kept up with my business. So I'm sharing all of that today to just catch you up on how I've been. Remember, the messiness and pain of life is life, it's not just the part of life you try to get to to get...
2022-01-3031 min
Tender RevolutionMother Pain and Desire Medicine - A Conversation With Catherine Gray (Unsilenced Woman)In this conversation episode, Catherine speaks with Catherine Gray, creator of the acclaimed Unsilenced Woman blog, where she writes about modern motherhood, sexuality, and healing after trauma. As the two mothers share intimate and powerful stories of their own personal initiations into motherhood, a portal to a new way of being is opened for mothers and all those on the healing path. Where desire, the voice of our undivided heart, beckons us to wholeness amidst the deepest of struggles.You can find Catherine Gray's writings on Facebook under Unsilenced Woman, and Catherine Liggett's poetic chronicling of her...
2021-12-141h 04
The Money MinisterHave Fun While Saving Toward Financial Independence and Early Retirement (FIRE)Send us a textSend us a textIt's okay to have fun while you're working toward an early retirement and financial independence. It's easy to let one of your priorities to take over. Saving money should NOT mean you stop having fun. Keep having fun! Live a life you'll look back on and be proud of.This podcast episode is about balancing health, wealth, fun, family, work, and spirituality.My name is Catherine Van Der Laan. I'm a financial and career coach at saverstreet.com, specializing in helping y...
2021-10-0515 minThe Money MinisterWhat is FIRE? (Financial Independence, Retire Early)Send us a textSend us a textIn this episode, I discuss the different levels of FIRE, what it means to retire early, what financial independence means, and how to get there. My name is Catherine Van Der Laan. I'm a financial and career coach at saverstreet.com, specializing in helping you earn more and save more, so you can get to financial independence and early retirement. I retired at age 32 and couldn't be happier. Take the fear out of finances through financial coaching.Earn what you deserve th...
2021-09-2817 min
Worship with Bethel-Maidstone United ChurchThe Early Church after Easter: Praising GodActs 2:47 describes the Early Church as constantly “praising God and having the goodwill of all the people.” In this week's podcast, Rev. Catherine looks back and praises God for all the wonderful memories of her time at BMUC.
MV 30, VU 245 Performed by Bethany Russell.
Resources for this series have been adapted from those prepared by Andrew Hyde and Lisa Leffler.
2021-07-0415 min
Worship with Bethel-Maidstone United ChurchThe Early Church after Easter: Gladly Breaking BreadThe Early Church gathered in each other’s homes to break bread and eat food “with glad and generous hearts.” What does it mean to share what we can with glad and generous hearts? Members of our church offer inspiring examples of glad giving!
VU 684, VU 400 Performed by Bethany Russell.
2021-06-2716 min
Worship with Bethel-Maidstone United ChurchThe Early Church after Easter: Enough for AllThe Early Church had a profound sense of community, a togetherness whereby they combined their resources and made sure there was enough for all. But the Spirit also pushes them to expand their sense of who is included-- who the "all" is that they should focus on-- and breaks down the barriers between different communities. The recent confirmation in Kamloops and the attack in London ON have been devastating reminders that widening the scope of love and justice is as urgent as ever.
MV 79, VU 606. Performed by Bethany Russell.
2021-06-2020 min
Worship with Bethel-Maidstone United ChurchThe Early Church After Easter: Together in CommunityThis episode, the second in a series on lessons from the Early Church based on Acts 2, explores the importance of coming together as a community of faith.
Music VU 395, 603 Performed by Bethany Russell.
This series has been adapted from resources prepared by Andrew Hyde and Lisa Leffler.
2021-06-0616 min
Worship with Bethel-Maidstone United ChurchThe Early Church: Awe & WonderFocusing on some of the stories from the Early Church, this series will explore what they have to teach us about what it means to be a community of faith. We'll look at the Book of Acts to remind us of who we are as Christians and what lies at the core of our communities of faith—things like awe and wonder, togetherness and community, enough for all, the glad breaking of bread, and praising God.
Whether the church is big or small, young or old, urban or rural or digital, or some mixture in between, we ar...
2021-05-3015 min
The Forbidden TriangleLate Period? Catherine's FIRST time peeing on a stick!SOLO. On today's episode... "Wild Things" you are in for a doozy. Catherine is your big sister telling you a tale of the 17-days late period. YES. You did read that correctly. She was hesitant on speaking of her story so early in our podcasting journey but she felt the need to share because she's never heard anyone else EVER talk about it. It is about damn time don't you think. It's a roller coaster worth hopping on and educating yourself a little bit more on sex education. It's important "Wild Things" especially... if you are a womb owner...
2021-05-0231 min
Early Childhood Ireland's PodcastSelf regulation - it starts with us, with Catherine McHughSend us a textCatherine McHugh discusses concepts of self-regulation with Máire Corbett. Catherine uses the concepts of mindfulness and self-regulation in her daily life and in her work with children and with adults who care for children.
2021-02-2417 min
Never Too Old To Be A WizardEarly Game ExperienceWelcome to a new Wizard101 podcast hosted by siblings Sam, Catherine, and Kyle. In our first episode we discuss the early game experience as well as monetization within the game,
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2020-09-2453 min
Red White & True NewsHow to Spot Fraud in the 2020 Election w/ Catherine | RW&T | Ep. 13 Americans know our electoral process is a sacred privilege. Yet, so many loopholes exist in our election laws which leave plenty of room for abuses of our voting system come election day. That's why we're seeing election fraud across the country play out in real time – mass mail failures, bogus voter registrations which lead to bogus votes, process subversion, disallowing citizen participation, outside intervention... It's outright chaos. We are taking the most sacred franchise offered to an American – the right to a free and fair vote of their voice, their will, for their government – and throwi...
2020-08-1530 min
Past TimeEpisode 34 – March of the TrilobitesOf Collective Behavior and Trilobites Reading scientific papers can be a daunting prospect. Even the titles can contain layers of jargon. On Past Time, we work diligently to break down the barriers of science to make the discoveries of science for audiences of all ages. In this episode, we experiment with a new method: breaking […]
2020-02-1018 min
Past TimeEpisode 33 – The Story of the SlothPAST TIME RETURNS! After three and a half months of discovering how insanely busy a museum curator can be, I (Adam) am back to past times with a brand new episode of Past Time! Join me on a journey back to the Smithsonian Institution to learn about the whole history of sloths. We’ll also meet RYAN […]
2019-11-2637 minPast TimeEpisode 32 – The Changing Face of CrocodilesEpisode 32 – The Changing Face of Crocodiles INTRODUCTION TO GROWING UP – Every living thing grows up, and this episode of “Past Time” explores the evolution of the growing process. Specifically, we explore the evolution of growth in crocodiles, and how changes to the growing process at the earliest stages of crocodile development help […]
2019-07-2124 minPast TimeEpisode 31 – The First Frogs of the Age of Dinosaurs!THE FIRST FROGS OF NORTH AMERICA Every discovery we make in natural history happens thanks to specimens. Fossil bones, shells, footprints, coprolites, tissue samples—even field notes and photograms—are the building blocks scientists use to tell the story of life on our planet. On Past Time, we talk a LOT about the contributions of museums and […]
2019-05-1711 min
Rotary Wellness Wednesday's PodcastRWW March 13, 2019 Guests Eileen Short & Catherine Early - "Physical Therapists & Wellness Practioners" Sound BathGuest Physical Therapist and Manager Eileen Short of the Healing Tree Physical Therapy Center on St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, along with Catherine Early, shared their insights on the process of healing through gradual relaxation methods and physical therapy.The conversation was structured around these questions and thoughts;What does wellness mean to you?What do you do to support wellness in your life, especially given your training and expertise?Let's start with a basic definition of physical therapy?With so many wellness therapies there are different orientations and types, is there a particular type of p...
2019-03-1359 minPast TimeEpisode 30 – SVP Recap, guest-starring I KNOW DINOMeeting of the Minds There is no bigger paleontology conference for fans of dinosaurs, prehistoric mammals, birds, fishes, and reptiles than the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting. The 78th annual meeting just took place this October in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA and Matt, Adam, and Catherine were in attendance. They learned about a lot […]
2018-12-1426 min
Free Wi-FiEpisode 1 – Early StepsCatherine and Esteban avoid talking about games for as long as possible, and then share their first progress! Catherine made a locomotion system, and Esteban made a broken UI mockup. Wait, didn’t he say he was going to make something functional but ugly? Well, maybe next time Esteban will stick to the plan! Images available […]
2018-11-0957 min
Past TimeEpisode 29 – First of the Four-Footed Giant Dinosaurs!Ledumahadi and the first dinosaur giants The sauropod dinosaurs—the classic long-necks—included the largest land animal species that have ever lived. Throughout the Jurassic and Cretaceous, multiple families of sauropods achieved body masses over 50 tons: greater than any modern elephant and even exceeding the colossal indricothere rhinoceroses. Despite their incredible sizes, the sauropod dinosaurs have […]
2018-10-0512 min
Past TimeEpisode 28 – PAST TIME reviews Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom!First Iteration I (Adam) am both proud and nervous to say that this is an atypical Past Time episode, as we’re not talking about a new discovery nor a real scientific topic; it is a recap/review of Jurassic World 2. However, I think it is worth addressing whether or not particular elements of new movies, […]
2018-08-2250 min
Past TimeEpisode 27 – Machairoceratops: An Extinct Horned Dinosaur Under Threat!Eighty million years ago, a wildly ornamented species of horned dinosaur roamed the southern half of North America’s western landmass, Laramidia. In 2016, paleontologist Eric Lund and his colleagues named it Machairoceratops cronusi, and we fell in love with this ceratopsian from Utah with hooks over its frill. In 2017, the site where Machairoceratops was […]
2018-07-2731 min
Past TimeEpisode 26 – Colobops: the tiny reptile with a big bite!Big bites come in small skulls This episode tells a story of one of Adam Pritchard’s favorite projects from Yale University, describing the skull of a teeny reptile from the early days of the Age of Reptiles. Hailing from the eastern coast of North America (present-day Connecticut), Colobops noviportensis had a skull only an inch […]
2018-07-1315 min
Past TimeEpisode 25 – Ceratosaurs: Story of a Predatory Dinosaur Dynasty!Masters of horns and teeth Throughout the Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods, dinosaurs were top dogs on every continent and in every sort of environment. The ceratosaurs were some of the classic predators that ruled the tops of the food chains for much of that time. Including classic predators such as Ceratosaurus, Carnotaurus, and Majungasaurus—as well as oddballs […]
2018-06-2904 min
Past TimeEpisode 24 – Dinosaurs and crocodiles in the Land Before Egypt!Egyptian paleontology has a long and storied history, although much of it is focused on discoveries from the Cenozoic Era. Incredible fossils of early whales, primates, and other mammals have been discovered in Egypt since the beginning of the twentieth century, work that continues to this day. However, fossils from the Age of Reptiles are […]
2018-05-0409 min
Past TimeEpisode 23: Meet the Echinoderms! Adventures with Ancient Sea Stars!This episode was a blast to produce for a vertebrate scientist. I learned a ton about the echinoderms, the group of invertebrate animals to which sea stars, brittle stars, sea cucumbers, sea urchins, and crinoids belong. Be prepared for more adventures with invertebrate animals in the future. Engineering Echinoderms with Elizabeth Clark! This episode would […]
2018-03-2314 min
Past TimeEpisode 22: Matheronodon, a new dinosaur with a different kind of bite!Matheronodon is certainly a dinosaur worthy of a bigger bite. With proportionally giant teeth strikingly different from the standard-issue ornithopod dinosaur, it is certainly one of the most important dino discoveries out of Europe this year. Better yet, the original scientific paper by Pascal Godefroit and colleagues is free to read in the journal Scientific […]
2017-12-0813 min
Past TimeEpisode 21: New History of Ancient DNAThe quest to recover ancient genetic material from extinct animals had its blockbuster moment when Jurassic Park came out. But where did the idea come from and who is trying to figure out if the science fiction of Jurassic Park can be science reality? We talk to Dr. Elizabeth Jones, a science historian at University […]
2017-10-1326 min
Past TimeEpisode 20: Digging the Dawn of Dinosaurs – Paleontology at Ghost RanchHi all. Adam Pritchard here. I’ve been thinking about telling the story of my field experience in the Triassic-aged Chinle Formation of northern New Mexico for many years. The Hayden Quarry fossil site at Ghost Ranch has produced the best-preserved and most diverse record of American dinosaurs from the Triassic of North America, plus some […]
2017-09-2533 minPast TimeEpisode 19: Masrasector—Egypt’s Ancient Slicer!A few weeks ago Past Time co-host Matt Borths published a study that identified a new species of now-extinct carnivorous mammal from Egypt. The animal was near the top of the African food chain when Africa was cut off from the other continents. It lived in the same swampy ecosystem that was home to our earliest […]
2017-07-1012 min
2017-06-2426 min
Past TimeEpisode 17: Kingdom of the Monkey Lizard!Past Time is BACK! Matt and Adam have been traveling the world independently for some time, delving deeply into the history of life on the planet, but now they’re back to tell you all about what they’ve discovered! In this episode, Matt interviews Adam about his research into the early days of the Age of […]
2017-02-0316 min
Past TimeA Food Chain in a Fossil: A snake skeleton with its prey still inside!The relationship between predator and prey is a primal one, and one that fires the curiosity of many fossil fans. We love paintings of Tyrannosaurus battling Triceratops or saber-toothed cats leaping onto the backs of ground sloths. And we can be pretty sure that those interactions happened based on TRACE FOSSILS, like tooth marks in […]
2016-08-3106 min
Past TimeGrandma Sharkie: The Greenland Shark is the World’s Oldest Vertebrate Animal!Growth is a universal facet of all organisms that have ever lived, but figuring out how old they grow isn’t always easy. A new study examined the growth in one of the biggest predatory fish in all the ocean, the Greenland Shark (Somniosus microcephalus), revealing it to be the vertebrate species with the longest lifespan: nearly […]
2016-08-1506 minPast TimeA Tale of Two Crocs: Predators of Cretaceous SpainI tried to google “crocodiles are living fossils,” to see just how commonly that expression was used in popular articles. There were indeed a few articles that referenced this idea, suggesting that croc fossils from 80 million years ago would look identical the skeletons they have today. However, most were news stories reporting various discoveries […]
2016-05-2008 min
Past TimeEpisode 16: Hunting Antarctic DinosaursErik Gorscak and Pat O'Connor, two paleontologists from Ohio University, are about to set out on an expedition to Antarctica to hunt for fossils from the end of the Age of Dinosaurs. They are part of a larger team called the Antarctic Peninsula Paleontology Project (AP3), an international collaboration of fossil hunters and geologists who are about to spend almost two months at the bottom of the planet. Past Time talks to them about how you look for fossils in Antarctic conditions, how you plan an expedition, and what they hope to find. When they get back, we'll check in...
2016-03-2518 minPast TimeNews Bite: Dodos and the evolution of bird brainsIf you wander into the basement of the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University, and wander into the fossil collections, you will find a vast array of different dinosaurs dating back over 200 million years. However, just a few feet away from the oldest dinosaurs you will find several drawers filled with the […]
2016-03-1107 minPast TimeNews Bite: The evolution of ornithischian dinosaur jaws and bites!With Past Time, Matt and I tend to focus on the new discoveries in paleontology: the new species that show up in the news, or the important specimens discovered in museum collections. These are the raw materials that feed the fires of paleontology as a science. However, observation is only the first step in the […]
2016-02-0305 minPast TimeEpisode 15: Degrees of Doctoral Dissertation DominationOn this episode of Past Time, Drs. Matthew Borths and Adam Pritchard share their dissertation stories, and a bit of advice on the grad school experience!
2015-11-1137 min
Past TimeNews Bite: Kerberos! Giant mammal carnivore from after the Age of Dinosaurs!It weighed twice as much as a modern wolf. It had three pairs of meat-slicing teeth. It was the first carnivorous land animal to reach 200 pounds on the entire continent of Europe after the extinction of the dinosaurs. And a team of European scientists and Past Time co-host Matthew Borths just introduced us to it. Ladies and gentlemen: meet Kerberos, monster mammal carnivore!
2015-10-0806 min
Past TimeNews Bite: Salamanders of the Caribbean!Arrr, ye mateys! Pour out some grog, and I’ll tell ye a tale of mines, beaches, and death in ancient jungles. I of course be talkin’…about salamanders! Okay, not going to do that voice the whole time (though maybe it should be in the episode), but I will briefly present Palaeoplethodon hispaniolae, the first salamander […]
2015-09-1505 min
Past TimeNews Bite: Basilisks in the Old(er) West!The oldest basilisk lizard from North America, described by Jack Conrad from NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine, shows the 48 million year old animal was part of an ancient lush jungle ecosystem...in the middle of Wyoming. The beautifully preserved skull has important stories to tell about the evolution of the lizards most famous for their ability to scamper across the water, but it also reveals what North America was like during a greenhouse world that wasn't all that different from what our planet's future may look like.
2015-07-2305 min
Past TimeNews Bite: Genes and Jurassic ParkAs Jurassic World rolls out, Matt has some thoughts on the scientific impact of Jurassic Park and offers his hopes for the scientific discussions Jurassic World might spark.
2015-06-1308 min
Past TimeNews Bite: Cosmic rays date ancient human ancestorDating fossils might sound like Saturday night for a paleontologist, but it’s serious science! In a new study, a group of physicists and paleontologists teamed up to re-date one of the most complete skeletons of a human relative ever discovered. The skeleton was discovered in a cave in South Africa twenty years ago, but the […]
2015-04-1005 min
Past TimeNews Bite: Brontosaurus revived!Brontosaurus was an extinct name for an extinct animal, but a new study brings the “Thunder Lizard” title roaring back to life! But how does a name get dropped, and how does it get brought back again? Follow us into the winding world of paleontology taxonomy, the study of names. In the 1870s two giant hip […]
2015-04-0807 min
Past TimeNews Bite: Crazy croc diversity in the ancient Amazon!In a study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi and other paleontontologists described the crocodiles from a gigantic wetland that predated the Amazon. Ten million years ago there was the giant Purussarus, the duck-billed Mourasuchus, the tube-snouted gharial-like croc, a coyote-like croc similar to Paleosuchus, and three new crocs with […]
2015-04-0303 min
Past TimeQuick Bite: Clash of the Triassic Titans!Under the canopy of an ancient fern forest near the border of Arizona and New Mexico a colossal crocodile-like reptile took a bite out of an even larger, toothy giant. The attack failed and the victim limped on to fight another day, until its carcass was finally pillaged by another scaly monster and smaller, pickier scavengers. Studying bones collected over a century ago, scientists are now able to reconstruct these scenes from the ancient Wild West using new digital tools familiar to fans of C.S.I. Join Matt and Adam as we explore the crazy Triassic world 215 million years...
2015-03-3010 min
Past TimeNews Bite: Parental care in extinct reptilesA new fossil shows an ancient reptile, Philydrosaurus, surrounded by young. Possible evidence that parental investment is a more ancient trait in land-based vertebrates than paleontologists thought! Reptiles aren’t known for being great parents. When it comes to time and energy spent with the kids, mammals get all the glory. Birds also spend a lot […]
2015-02-2002 min
Past TimeNews Bite: Giant dinosaur brain from Uzbekistan!Researchers lead by Hans-Dieter Sues from the Smithsonian Institution described a wealth of new giant, long-necked dinosaur material from Western Asia (Uzbekistan). They were able to reconstruct what the brain looked like and discvered the dinosaur, part of the lineage called "titanosaurs", is closely related to animals from the far East of Asia, places like China and Laos. They decided there wasn't enough of the giant to give it a name, but they know it and its relatives were able to make a living across the diverse enviroments of Asia 90 million years ago. This is further evidence that tintanosaurs were...
2015-02-0502 min
Past TimeQuick Bite: Iguanodon, History of a Dinosaur!Iguanodon was discovered before the word "dinosaur" was invented and the story of Iguanodon research is the story of dinosaur research as paleontologists use new fossils to test old ideas about what the animal looked like and how it moved. Was it a lumbering quadruped? A springy kangaroo reptile? A little of both? Join us as we dive into the history of paleontology and the history of Iguanodon, the enthusiastic animal who is always ready to give you two thumbs up!
2014-12-0511 min
Past TimeEpisode 14: The Art of DinosaursTo conjure up extinct environments, museums, books, and documentaries rely on art to show vanished animals revitalized in their ancient surroundings. This type of educational reconstruction is called Paleoart (or Palaeoart for the UK inclined) and you can't help but look at an image of a roaming Tyrannosaurus rex without wondering, "How much of that is real?" How do we know its bulk, its color, its environment, or its behavior? Where does the science start and the art (and hypothesizing) begin? Julius Csotonyi, a Candian paleoartist, sat down with us to discuss how he assembles his images which are on...
2014-09-3021 min
Past TimeEpisode 13: Following in the Footsteps of DinosaursWhen we think of paleontologists, we think of people hunkered down with bones, teeth, and shells studying the preserved body parts of dead organisms. But animals leave behind more than just their skeletons. As they walk they can leave behind footprints, as they eat they can leave behind bite marks, and as they finish eating they leave behind…well…what comes from the behind. The study of the traces of past behavior is called ichnology and Dr. Tony Martin (@Ichnologist) and author of “Dinosaurs without Bones” is with us to reveal all the amazing insights a paleontologist can learn from the foss...
2014-07-1822 min
Past TimeEpisode 12: Growing up DinosaurWhen we think of iconic dinosaurs, like T. rex with its massive head full of teeth, and Parasaurolophus crowned with a gigantic, tube-like horn, we’re thinking of the features of adult dinosaurs. But we know from looking around today that animals change a lot from birth to adulthood. Did T. rex always have a massive maw and Parasaurolophus a huge crest? How quickly did they grow in? What were they used for? To really understand the biology of these titans, paleontologists need to study baby dinosaurs to connect the dots from tiny hatchling to adult dinosaur. Unfortunately, the fossils of...
2014-06-0622 min
Past TimeQuick Bite: Weird Whales and Swimming SlothsMarine mammals are fascinating beasts. Whales, manatees, seals, otters...they've all gone back to the water and in the process evolved all kinds of spectacular adaptations to make a living in a soggy setting. Toothed evolved an ability to “see” the underwater world around them using echolocation - basically sonar - to track prey with high-pitched sounds and echoes. A 23 million years old fossil from South Carolina called Cotylocara shows toothed whales could echolocate early in their evolutionary history. A more surprising adaptation to life in the water was preserved with another new whale fossil from California. Called Semirostrum, the new...
2014-05-0215 min
Past TimeEpisode 11: Trilobites and the Cincinnati SeaOver 400 million years ago the oceans were teeming with life, but it didn’t look much like what you see at the aquarium or in Finding Nemo. Instead of colorful fish flitting through coral reefs, the ancient seas had giant, shelled squids darting past the icons of the early ocean: The Trilobites! Journey back to the Late Ordovician sea with Dr. Brenda Hunda, Curator of Invertebrates at the Cincinnati Museum Center. Dr. Hunda has spent her career carefully documenting the changes in trilobites in the remarkable rocks near Cincinnati, Ohio. Trilobites were spectacularly diverse early arthropods (the group that includes cr...
2014-04-1120 min
Past TimeQuick Bite: From Terror Bird to Gentle Giant50 million-years ago, the heir to Tyrannosaurus stalked the forests of ancient Europe and North America, snapping up the tiny ancestors of horses, cows, and wolves in its colossal meat-cleaving beak. Gastornis was a six-foot-tall, flightless bird and the king of the food chain...or that’s what we thought. For decades paleontologists looked at the huge, parrot-like head and thought the giant bird must be a carnivore, but a recent, exhaustive study drew on molecular evidence, anatomical evidence, and ecological evidence to show Gastornis was a giant herbivore! The former terror bird likely used that massive beak to crack open th...
2014-03-1110 min
Past TimeQuick Bite: The Alien Turtle and Ancient ColorMeet Alienochelys selloumi, a giant, snorkel-nosed turtle with powerful, shell-crushing plates in its massive beak! The distant relative of the largest turtle alive today, the leatherback sea turtle, Alienochelys swam the ancient ocean of North Africa at the very end of the Age of Dinosaurs (the Late Cretaceous). It was found in the same rocks as Ocepechelon, the whale turtle discussed in our first Quick Bite back in July. There were a lot of giant, goofy, snorkel-snouted turtles in Cretaceous Morocco! When Alienochelys' discovery was announced, another paper was published describing fossilized pigment molecules that showed many marine reptiles, including...
2014-02-0106 min
Past TimeEpisode 10: The Hobbit – An Unexpected DiscoveryLittle people! Giant reptiles! Towering elephants! Huge birds! It sounds like the stuff of literary and box-office gold, but this Middle-Earth-like world actually existed 17,000 years ago on Flores, an island near Indonesia. Homo floresiensis, or "The Hobbts", only stood three feet tall but they cast a huge shadow over the story of human evolution. In 2004 fossils of the small, big-footed hominins were discovered and they have challenged paleoanthropologists, like this episode's Dr. William Jungers, to reconsider many hypotheses of human origins including which species left the continent and how we're all related. Once thought to just be small versions of...
2014-01-1921 min
Past TimeQuick Bite: The Giant Before the Tyrant!Last episode we featured Lythronax, the oldest-known North American tyrannosaur and a close relative of Tyrannosaurus rex. But tyrannosaurs weren’t the only big carnivores to tromp through the Mesozoic of North America. Before the tyrant lizards were huge, there was another giant terrorizing the American West: Siats! Named for a Ute mythological giant, Siats was a bus-sized carnivore in the middle Cretaceous of Utah (99 million years ago). The giant had close relatives - the neoventors - on almost all the continents. This is a bit of a mystery because the continents were getting spread out by 99 million years, making it...
2013-12-0107 min
Past TimeEpisode 9: New Relatives of Tyrannosaurus rex!Tyrannosaurus rex is a dinosaur celebrity, a villain in most dinosaur movies and documentaries, but where did the massive beast come from? On November 6, 2013, a team of paleontologists including our expert in this episode, Dr. Randy Irmis from the University of Utah and the Natural History Museum of Utah, published two new skeletons of Tyrannosaurus’s close kin: Teratophoneus and Lythronax. The skeletons reveal Tyrannosauridae (T. rex’s family) was diverse 80 million years ago with different species living in different parts of Western North America. The new genus Lythronax is the oldest member of the Tyrannosauridae even though its anatomy clos...
2013-11-0616 min
Past TimeEpisode 8: Crocodiles are the Chomping ChampionsFossils are the raw materials of paleontology, but if we want to know how an animal moved or ate, paleontologists, like Dr. Paul Gignac, need to study living animals, too. Dr. Gignac studies crocodylians, measuring their bite forces across species and as they grow up to figure out how the strongest bite in nature evolved. Using techniques drawn from mechanical engineering and physiology, Dr. Gignac discovered the relationship between body size and bite force in crocodiles, and developed equations to calculate those forces. Then he used these equations to calculate the bite forces of giant extinct crocodiles like Deinosuchus. He...
2013-10-2919 min
Past TimeEpisode 7: Walking through Whale EvolutionWhales are spectacularly specialized mammals that seem perfectly adapted to their marine habitat. Plenty of other mammals have gone back to the water, but whales take it to a whole new level. No back legs, weird ear bones, noses on top of the head. What could the land-based ancestor of whales possibly looked like? Is there a fossil record of walking whales? In this episode we discover whales belong to the hooved animal group called Artiodactlys and their closest relatives, according to molecular comparisons, are hippos! But hippos and extinct fossil whales don't look very much alike. How did paleontologists...
2013-10-0819 min
Past TimeQuick Bite: New Mammals from the Age of Dinosaurs!Mammals were scrambling around during the Age of Dinosaurs and they're usually seen as small, shrew-like animals waiting for their chance to become diverse. But recent research, including three new fossils discovered in 160 million-year-old rocks from China, show our mammalian cousins were ecologically specialized creatures. Arboroharamiya was climbing through the trees while Megaconus scrambled along the ground, and Rugosodon lead the way for the diverse radiation of mammals called Multituberculates. In this episode, Matt tries to show Adam why these new, tiny mammals are so interesting and where they fit into the mammalian tree of life.
2013-09-0607 min
Past TimeEpisode 6: Tiny Horses, Galloping Crocs, and Fossilized Jungles!The fossil record is pretty patchy. Most discoveries are tooth fragments, chunks of shell, or isolated slivers of bone and paleontologists are trained to eke out as much information from these precious fragments as they can. But some fossil deposits preserve more than just bones and teeth. Called "Lagerstätte" some rare deposites preserve traces of difficult-to-fossilized soft-tissues like feathers and fur. Some even preserve an animal's last meal before it entered the fossil record. In this episode of Past Time, Matt and Adam discuss Messel, a German fossil site that is one of the best examples of the biological a...
2013-08-1719 min
Past TimeEpisode 5: Throwing in Human EvolutionHumans are weird animals. We walk around on two legs, we have big brains...and we like to throw things at each other. Did all this happen in a gradual march to Homo sapiens? In this episode of Past Time, Adam and Matt talk to Dr. Susan Larson, an expert on the anatomy of living and extinct apes. Dr. Larson and Matt will try to convince Adam that mammalian and primate evolution is actually pretty interesting stuff. Dr. Larson's research introduced new wrinkles to the smoth transition from a chimp-like ancestor to us. Her work shows our close bipedal ancestors...
2013-08-0221 min
Past TimeQuick Bite: Ocepechelon the Whale TurtleMeet Ocepechlon, one of the strangest turtles to ever paddle the open ocean in our first Past Time Quick Bite! This new species was announced a few weeks ago based on a lone, beautifully preserved skull from the Late Cretaceous (end of the Age of Dinosaurs) of Morocco. The gigantic animal had a long, tubular snout that the discoverers have interpreted as an adaptation to suction feeding, a specialized feeding method used by lots of aquatic animals including some types of whales. But this would be the first known suction-feeding sea turtle. Ocepechelon also has its nasal opening placed high...
2013-07-2205 min
Past TimeEpisode 4: Giant Dinosaur MysteriesSauropod dinosaurs, the long necked creatures like Apatasaurus and Brachiosaurus, were the biggest animals to ever leave a footprint on the Earth. They were the size of whales, but didn't have the luxury of water to help them support their bulk! The massive size of sauropod dinosaurs intrigued Dr. Michael D'Emic and he has been scrutinizing their bone structure and relationships to figure out how these saurian giants managed to get around and consume enough food to keep growing.
2013-07-1518 min
Past TimeEpisode 3: What is a Reptile?We all know what a reptile is, right? Scaly, sprawling legs, cold blooded. But where did they come from and how are they all related to one another? What makes a lizard different from a crocodile? In this episode Adam teaches Matt about the different lineages of reptiles alive today and some of the mysteries biologists and paleontologists are still wrestling with in the reptile family tree. Spoiler alert: Turtles are the black sheep of the family.
2013-06-3019 min
Past TimeEpisode 2: Birds are Dinosaurs!What is a dinosaur? What is a bird? They're related somehow, but how does a paleontologist figure out how close Velociraptors and penguins are in the dinosaur family tree? In this episode of Past Time, Matt and Adam talk to Dr. Alan Turner, an expert on fossils from the dino-bird transition to figure out which animals are most important in sorting out this incredible evolutionary story.
2013-06-1517 min
Past TimeEpisode 1: Finding fossils in MadagascarAre there really new fossils to find out there? How do paleontologists even figure out where to look? In the first episode of Past Time, Adam and Matt talk to Dr. Dave Krause from Stony Brook University about his incredible discoveries from Madagascar. He went to Madagascar to try to find the ancestors of weird animals like lemurs and chameleons. What he found were the even weirder dinosaurs and crocodiles that called Madagascar home 65 million years ago.
2013-05-2519 min