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The Common Descent Podcast

Join David and Will as they explore the paleontologists’ perspective on various topics in life and earth history. Each episode features a main discussion on a topic requested by the listeners, presented as a lighthearted and educational conversation about fossils, evolution, deep time, and more. Before the main discussion, each episode also includes a news segment, covering recent research related to paleontology and evolution. Each episode ends with the answer to a question submitted by subscribers on Patreon. New episodes with new topics every fortnight!

Episode 110 - Mazon Creek Fossil Beds

89 hours 9 mins; April 03, 2021

Episode 109 - Hyenas

118 hours 34 mins; March 20, 2021

Episode 108 - Penguins

119 hours 22 mins; March 06, 2021

Episode 107 – Tusks

124 hours 10 mins; February 20, 2021

Episode 106 - Franz Nopcsa

115 hours 34 mins; February 06, 2021

Episode 105 - Carnivorous Plants

131 hours 45 mins; January 23, 2021

Episode 104 - Pinnipeds

102 hours 24 mins; January 09, 2021

End of the Year Q&A 2020

227 hours 7 mins; December 30, 2020

Episode 103 – The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum

104 hours 37 mins; December 26, 2020

Episode 102 - Parasites

123 hours 18 mins; December 12, 2020

Episode 101 - Sauropods

112 hours 59 mins; November 28, 2020

100 Episodes: A Look Back

67 hours 51 mins; November 22, 2020

Episode 100 - The Origin of Life

159 hours 40 mins; November 14, 2020

Episode 99 - Evolution of Insects

123 hours 37 mins; October 31, 2020

Spook-E - The Sirens

51 mins; October 31, 2020

Spook-E - The Leviathan

55 mins; October 24, 2020

Episode 98 - Species and Speciation

123 hours 14 mins; October 17, 2020

Spook-E - Sea Serpents

58 mins; October 17, 2020

Spook-E - The Kraken

61 hours 57 mins; October 10, 2020

Episode 97 - Venom and Poison

115 hours 14 mins; October 03, 2020

Episode 96 - Marsupials

128 hours 0 mins; September 19, 2020

Episode 95 – The Carboniferous Rainforest Collapse

124 hours 21 mins; September 05, 2020

Episode 94 - Dogs

116 hours 13 mins; August 22, 2020

Episode 93 - Cats

115 hours 18 mins; August 08, 2020

Episode 92 - Eggs

126 hours 33 mins; July 25, 2020

Episode 91 - Frogs

110 hours 1 min; July 11, 2020

Episode 90 - "Living Fossils"

121 hours 45 mins; June 27, 2020

Episode 89 - The Burgess Shale

108 hours 47 mins; June 13, 2020

Live Chat - Conservation Paleontology

65 hours 20 mins; June 04, 2020

Live Chat - Paleopathology

59 mins; June 02, 2020

Episode 88 - Evolution of Teeth

123 hours 42 mins; May 30, 2020

Live Chat - Turtles

59 mins; May 19, 2020

Episode 87 - Ceratopsians, the Horned Dinosaurs

116 hours 56 mins; May 16, 2020

Live Chat - Ancient DNA

61 hours 53 mins; May 12, 2020

Episode 86 - New Zealand

108 hours 21 mins; May 02, 2020

Episode 85 – The Ordovician Mass Extinction

112 hours 55 mins; April 18, 2020

Silver Screen Science - Animals of the James Bond Franchise

71 hours 33 mins; April 15, 2020

Silver Screen Science - Godzilla (1998)

53 mins; April 07, 2020

Episode 84 - Paleopathology

132 hours 3 mins; April 04, 2020

Silver Screen Science - Evolution (2001)

75 hours 11 mins; March 31, 2020

Patron Mini-Episode Compilation

105 hours 9 mins; March 29, 2020

Silver Screen Science - Tremors

50 mins; March 24, 2020

Episode 83 - Coelacanths

103 hours 8 mins; March 21, 2020

Episode 82 - Trilobites

117 hours 38 mins; March 07, 2020

Episode 81 - Metamorphosis

107 hours 40 mins; February 22, 2020

Episode 80 - Mary Anning

101 hours 12 mins; February 08, 2020

Episode 79 - Pterosaurs

135 hours 4 mins; January 25, 2020

DragonCon 2019 Paleontology Hour Panel

126 hours 32 mins; January 19, 2020

Episode 78 - Exaptation

109 hours 3 mins; January 11, 2020

End of the Year Q&A 2019

206 hours 3 mins; December 31, 2019

Episode 77 - Fins to Feet: The Fish-Tetrapod Transition

97 hours 49 mins; December 28, 2019

Episode 76 - Horse Evolution

114 hours 54 mins; December 14, 2019

...But We Digress - Pokemon Paleontology

61 hours 29 mins; December 08, 2019

Episode 75 - The Great Oxidation Event

99 hours 47 mins; November 30, 2019

Episode 74 - South America

102 hours 49 mins; November 16, 2019

Episode 73 - Trees

116 hours 27 mins; November 02, 2019

Spook-E - Chimeras

50 mins; October 26, 2019

Episode 72 - Plesiosaurs

102 hours 30 mins; October 19, 2019

Spook-E - Hydras

50 mins; October 19, 2019

Spook-E - Gorgons

53 mins; October 12, 2019

Episode 71 - The Western Interior Seaway

103 hours 3 mins; October 05, 2019

Spook-E - Harpies

40 mins; October 05, 2019

Episode 70 - Convergent Evolution

103 hours 46 mins; September 21, 2019

Episode 69 - Ankylosaurs

108 hours 40 mins; September 07, 2019

Episode 68 - Evolution of Eyes

98 hours 8 mins; August 24, 2019

Voices of La Brea - Bonus Episode

68 hours 40 mins; August 10, 2019

Episode 67 - The La Brea Tar Pits

99 hours 23 mins; August 10, 2019

Episode 66 - Elephants

125 hours 3 mins; July 27, 2019

Episode 65 - The Late Devonian Extinction(s)

105 hours 32 mins; July 13, 2019

Episode 64 - Paleoart

100 hours 52 mins; June 29, 2019

Silver Screen Science – Godzilla (2014) and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)

57 mins; June 29, 2019

Silver Screen Science – King Kong (2005) and Kong: Skull Island (2017)

65 hours 26 mins; June 22, 2019

Episode 63 - Sexual Selection

114 hours 28 mins; June 15, 2019

Silver Screen Science – Kaiju Concepts

68 hours 50 mins; June 15, 2019

Silver Screen Science - Gojira (1954)

54 mins; June 08, 2019

Episode 62 – Amber

94 hours 27 mins; June 01, 2019

Silver Screen Science - King Kong (1933)

45 mins; June 01, 2019

Episode 61 - Behavior in the Fossil Record

110 hours 41 mins; May 18, 2019

Episode 60 - Turtles

104 hours 36 mins; May 04, 2019

Episode 59 - Bats

118 hours 43 mins; April 20, 2019

Episode 58 - The Bone Wars

117 hours 20 mins; April 06, 2019

Episode 57 - Evolution of Flowering Plants (Angiosperms)

114 hours 53 mins; March 23, 2019

Sloth Chat Livestream 2018

83 hours 27 mins; March 19, 2019

Episode 56 – The Evolution of Evolutionary Theory

105 hours 33 mins; March 09, 2019

Episode 55 - The "Sixth Extinction" (Modern Biodiversity Crisis)

141 hours 3 mins; February 23, 2019

Episode 54 - Alfred Russell Wallace

122 hours 24 mins; February 09, 2019

Episode 53 - The Baculum (Penis Bone)

109 hours 13 mins; January 26, 2019

Episode 52 – Sounds of the Past (Fossil Bioacoustics)

111 hours 36 mins; January 12, 2019

End of the Year Q&A 2018

141 hours 16 mins; December 31, 2018

Episode 51 - Mosasaurs

120 hours 57 mins; December 29, 2018

Episode 50 - Australia

104 hours 13 mins; December 15, 2018

Episode 49 - Fake Fossils

111 hours 26 mins; December 01, 2018

Episode 48 - Sharks

91 hours 44 mins; November 17, 2018

Episode 47 - Early Synapsids ("Proto-Mammals")

100 hours 48 mins; November 04, 2018

Spook-E - Zombies

62 hours 16 mins; October 27, 2018

Episode 46 - Cryptozoology

102 hours 59 mins; October 21, 2018

Spook-E - Fish-People

48 mins; October 20, 2018

Spook-E - Werewolves

42 mins; October 13, 2018

Episode 45 – The Permian Extinction (“The Great Dying”)

99 hours 9 mins; October 07, 2018

Spook-E - Vampires

44 mins; October 06, 2018

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