Attributes, Anomalies & Unicorns....wait, what?

We will call this season 1.5 or pre-season 2??

Heather and April head out for a walk on a beautiful Thursday. We start with suggestions on how to write emails to potential grad advisors, sidetrack into a discussion of investments and how your brain should be trained, and end by wondering what you call a herder of unicorns??

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(00:00) Intro

(01:00) Dog and pony show

(02:18) She remembers what…

(04:50) General email courtesy

(07:35) Flattery is nice and Dr. Bedle, your group sucks

(09:40) We said a word – and what can you do for me

(13:13) It’s a 2-way contract, and you must fulfill yoursidetoo

(15:40) We are part of a group; recognize the group andknowwe grow together

(17:30) The captain sets the dynamic, or the herdi-corny?Whoherds unicorns?

(18:50) How your brain should be trained if you are doingitright

(21:10) Being a research assistant is actually a job…

(24:32) Is it i-centric, me-centric, usie-centric?

There may have been rats and roaches, but we survived the walk....or did we?

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(00:00) Intro

(00:35) STUDENTS!!! Aniq and Akif

(02:36) Hilmi...so many projects

(05:33) Finally, the intro???

(06:20) Orgs that support students and geoscience-- thank you!

(07:25) random tips...for walking in the dark

(08:08) things a stalker would probably say

(09:28) Can you guess what happened to the knee?

(10:00) My highlight for today

(11:15) I'll never be rich, but...

(13:30) walking hazards and driving bucket loaders

We survived the first full day of IMAGE 2026! And we had thoughts, while sitting in our socks... let's see if any make sense...

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Season finale. Reflective but fun. Heather and I lookback, we look forward, and we figure out if any of this was a good idea. Who knows, but it was fun!!!!

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(00:00) Intro

(01:12) Dream colab

(03:12) Heather's superpower wish

(03:55) Where are April's family and friends??? (I promise I have some, LOL)

(05:25) What has surprised us the most...

(08:00) Insta & YouTube are not the full episodes...

(09:25) What we like about the podcast

(11:40) Even more similar???

(14:04) Most proud of...

(17:15) An actual question, Attribute Quiz!!!

(20:00) Brain muscle memory -- giant bicep of a brain

(22:40) What would you do different

(26:35) A good quest

(28:00) NEXT question

(30:20) What's coming in season 2 (winter....)

An impromptu session to see what Gen Z thinks about us oldies saying rocks are cool! Warning: terrible song included at the end

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(00:00) Intro

(00:43) Biggest Mystery of the universe

(01:59) What do you tell people your mom does?

(03:50) You don't think rocks are awesome????

(05:30) Lure, Looore....fish getter...

(06:25) BS

(06:50) Name that rock or no dinner

(07:29) One more good question

(09:24) Unicorn Trottin' song....warning, it's not great

Heather and April talk about where geoscience is going, where they are going, and what they are most excited about. Can you guess the answers to any of these??

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(00:00) Intro

(00:25) Biggest unanswered question?

(03:15) Where is geoscience going?

(06:10) Can geoscience play a role in a cyclical economy?

(07:45) Please do not make me do this one...

(12:20) Snap and know what???

(15:45) What are you excited about...

(18:21) Let's get, geophysical...

(21:40) April, you won't like my answer

Heather and April discuss some of the challenges within geoscience and ponder how we can find ways to give back...

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(00:00) Intro

(01:23) Most dramatic thing in nature...

(04:06) Field poker...you don't need the kitchen sink??

(08:50) Too many acronyms; I meant AGI. the STATS

(10:40) Why we hesitate to ask. Womens' perspectives

(16:10) Are we just completely unaware?

(21:45) What the next generation may be doing right...

The things we probably shouldn't say out loud. We're saying them anyway.

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(00:00) Introduction

(03:58) Everyone should have a geologist?

(06:48) Rainbow colormaps...

(15:47) Can software replace your interpreter?

(18:50) Do you know what your data was trained on?

(22:07) What should change about how geoscience is taugt

(27:45) The knowing something is gonna be hard...

(31:41) Hot-takes!

After we discussed survival as part of a group with Chris (5.5 Questions with a sociologist), Heather and I tried to decide if we would survive a post-apocalyptic world!

....we might not survive!

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Join us for a random discussion with our resident sociologist and tip-toe into the realm of conspiracy theories and how other scientists view the geos.....

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(00:00) Introduction

(03:05) Conspiracy theories or just k

(05:23) Why do we like steak?

(06:30) homophily!

(08:10) Graduated with 4 other people

(11:59) What is the biggest misconception.....that child is a god!

(15:10) Conspiracy theory is just our way of simplifying...

(20:05) Why is your tuition so high?

(22:00) What sociology theory should everyone know?

(23:20) C. Wright Mills....Nerd cute?

(29:14) Are all lawyers named Lawrence and all s

How do you find the signal when everything feels like noise — in your data, in your career, in your life? ....Wait, and what is a SCIENTIFIC dance???

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(00:00) Intro

(04:00) Kangaroos love coherence

(09:46) Let's try to slow our thinking down

(12:20) Different types of bias

(18:15) Y'all almost broke me, LOL!

We invite Heather's dad to give us some insight on what chemical engineers think about what we do....

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(00:00) Introduction

(00:57) What did you think when Heather decided to be a geo?

(02:32) She chose a school with no engineering degree!

(03:31) Tell us which degree is more made up, LOL!

(05:50) Are ML good at anything?

(09:45) Did you miss out by not being a geo?

(13:25) He hasn't even heard the podcast yet!

Heather and April wonder what happens to our brains when we have to perform under pressure....Also, fun ideas for Heather's next conference name badge!

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(00:00) Intro

(04:00) Heather's take on whether we are all performing

(11:20) Introverts: fitness instructor and award-winning introvert

(20:42) Talking to a camera

Find out what our favorite rock and/or mineral is, why we mention rats, and that I was NOT too short to hold a koala...

Wait, what does any of this have to do with science communication…

Maybe listen to find out!!!

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(00:00) Intro

(03:35) How did we end up in Australia?

(06:05) Seeing the animals...NYC rats?

(07:40) I am tall enough!!! LOL

(11:54) Why do the silly video shorts do better...

(13:15) isn't there a video?

(14:24) floating down the lazy river

(17:02) NOOR, part 1

(18:40) Plain language summaries...Infographics!!!

(20:25) Is being silly our best work?!?

(25:40) Rock quiz part 2

Heather and April explore the world of machine learning in geoscience. Runaway robot vacuums, golden retrievers using calculators....

We do talk about critical thinking skills in there somewhere, too.

Listen and find out.

(00:00) Intro

(01:41) What ML actually does

(07:00) When has ML spectacularly failed?

(20:19) Vacuum on the run

Channels, channels, and more channels; as far as the eye can see!

April finally gets a full episode to talk about the thing she loves most, and Heather has no choice but to come along for the ride.

From ancient civilizations to which state has the best-tasting dirt, and then disaster movies .... wait, what?

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(00:00) Intro

(02:59) What even is a channel?

(05:55) Channels and Disaster Movies!

(13:09) She has 3 things to say...

Seismic attributes have personalities. We're not taking it back.

Dr. Heather Bedle and Dr. April Moreno-Ward break down the attributes they actually use, why some of them are quietly running the whole show, and why spectral decomposition shows up in full color and rainbows whether you asked for it or not. Amplitude is the colleague who says nothing for a year and then changes everything. Cosine instantaneous phase gives you perfect directions and forgets to mention the road is closed. And spectral decomposition? Drama queen. Confirmed.

Plus the quiz is back. April is a split answer and owns it entirely.

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We start the way all good science should start — with a personality quiz. From there, Dr. Heather Bedle and Dr. April Moreno-Ward introduce themselves the way they'd actually want to be introduced (no CVs, no titles, just the real version), trace the surprisingly winding roads that led two curious humans to geophysics, and somehow end up talking about why seismic data can be genuinely, unexpectedly beautiful.

Also covered: what geophysics actually IS — explained in under a minute at a dinner party.

Fair warning: there's a quiz, there's a detour, and there may be a channel in here somewhere.

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