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Geologists from Planet Earth

Geologists from Planet Earth

Written by: Julie Hollis
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Ever wondered what kind of people dedicate their lives to rocks? ‘Geologists from Planet Earth’ might challenge your ideas. In this podcast, geologists tell their stories, a geologist who dodged lions during fieldwork, another who turned ancient rock data into music, and one who found love (and radioactive rocks) working for the Pentagon in Afghanistan. There's a geologist who found working on Greenlandic cliffs more terrifying than the north face of the Eiger and another who navigated a career through mining and motherhood, while proving her father gloriously wrong. ‘Geologists from Planet Earth’ reveals the surprising and inspiring journeys of geologists who - every one of them - are passionate about the planet that we live on.


For a teaching resource (question prompts) for 12-16 year olds, find a free download here: https://lnkd.in/e9_ChNPk

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Episodes
  • Marit Brommer: Connecting to natural landscapes through clean, geothermal energy

    Marit Brommer: Connecting to natural landscapes through clean, geothermal energy
    Nov 19 2025

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    In this episode, Marit Brommer – once a Dutch teenager enchanted by landscapes charts her career journey from oil and gas super-majors to geothermal diplomacy to her newest venture: transforming geothermal wells into places of wellness, ritual, and regeneration. Marit explains why geology is the beating heart of our clean-energy future. Her is a wonderful reminder that sometimes our journeys bring us right back to where we started.
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    22 mins
  • Dennis Bird: Getting paid to go camping — for 43 year

    Dennis Bird: Getting paid to go camping — for 43 year
    Nov 5 2025

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    A California kid who just wanted to go climbing and dodge the draft ends up in a life spent between the lecture hall and the high Arctic. From Yosemite’s granite walls to magma chambers under the ice, Dennis Bird’s story is one of chance and curiosity — one in which a teacher, a mountain lion, and a storm helped forge a lifetime of discovery and humility.
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    25 mins
  • Adrian Finch: Geology as a journey through generations

    Adrian Finch: Geology as a journey through generations
    Oct 22 2025

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    Adrian Finch hailed from South London and - in his own words - started out utterly hopeless at fieldwork. His lifelong love of crystal structures led him to research into car catalysts and superconductors, before settling on the Arctic for a love affair with geology that, despite hurricane-force winds on a remote Greenlandic nunatak, proved irresistible. It's a testament to stubbornness, mentorship, and an unyielding passion for understanding the Earth.

    Teaching resources (questions prompts) for 12-16 year olds can be found here: https://www.tes.com/resource-detail/resource-13276404
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    27 mins
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