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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!

SciFest in St. Louis

100 hours 47 mins; September 30, 2018

Spotlight - Ranjeev Epa (5/5)

44 mins; September 29, 2018

Silver Screen Science - The Meg

48 mins; September 27, 2018

Episode 44 - Hybridization

106 hours 13 mins; September 23, 2018

Spotlight - Chris Mah (4/5)

55 mins; September 22, 2018

Spotlight - Alycia Stigall (3/5)

52 mins; September 15, 2018

Episode 43 - The Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI)

101 hours 32 mins; September 09, 2018

Spotlight - Adriane Lam (2/5)

37 mins; September 08, 2018

Spotlight - Dave Marshall (1/5)

53 mins; September 01, 2018

Episode 42 - Spinosaurs

117 hours 14 mins; August 26, 2018

Episode 41 - Evolution of Whales

105 hours 31 mins; August 12, 2018

Episode 40 - Madagascar

107 hours 27 mins; July 29, 2018

...But We Digress - Mermaids

51 mins; July 22, 2018

Episode 39 - Speculative Evolution

110 hours 48 mins; July 15, 2018

Episode 38 - Grass

112 hours 13 mins; July 01, 2018

Silver Screen Science - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (5/5)

46 mins; June 30, 2018

Episode 37.5 - More Birds

72 hours 19 mins; June 24, 2018

Silver Screen Science - Jurassic World (4/5)

47 mins; June 23, 2018

Episode 37 - Evolution of Birds

103 hours 35 mins; June 17, 2018

Silver Screen Science - Jurassic Park III (3/5)

40 mins; June 16, 2018

Silver Screen Science - The Lost World: Jurassic Park (2/5)

37 mins; June 09, 2018

Episode 36 - Reefs

113 hours 31 mins; June 03, 2018

Silver Screen Science - Jurassic Park (1/5)

47 mins; June 01, 2018

Episode 35 - De-extinction

95 hours 43 mins; May 20, 2018

Episode 34 - Ancient DNA

89 hours 43 mins; May 06, 2018

Crocs vs Snakes - The Poll Returns

14 mins; May 01, 2018

Survey Response and Q&A

104 hours 21 mins; April 29, 2018

Episode 33 - Ontogeny

105 hours 12 mins; April 22, 2018

Episode 32 - Naracoorte Caves, Australia

93 hours 24 mins; April 07, 2018

Episode 31 - The Ediacaran Biota

100 hours 59 mins; March 25, 2018

Episode 30 - Prehistoric Poop

96 hours 45 mins; March 11, 2018

Episode 29 - Placoderms, The Armored Fish

101 hours 52 mins; February 24, 2018

Episode 28 - Charles Darwin

95 hours 22 mins; February 10, 2018

Episode 27 - Domestication

90 hours 11 mins; January 28, 2018

Episode 26 - Astrobiology

104 hours 27 mins; January 13, 2018

Episode 25 - The Pleistocene Megafaunal Extinction

100 hours 49 mins; December 31, 2017

Episode 24 - Sloths

95 hours 25 mins; December 16, 2017

Episode 23 - Jurassic Park

92 hours 46 mins; December 02, 2017

Episode 22 - Micropaleontology

94 hours 35 mins; November 18, 2017

Episode 21 - Dinosaurs, An Introduction

93 hours 56 mins; November 04, 2017

Episode 20 - The Scientific Method

100 hours 58 mins; October 21, 2017

Diversity in Paleontology - Special Episode

33 mins; October 08, 2017

Episode 19 - Women in Paleontology

116 hours 50 mins; October 08, 2017

Episode 18B - Human Evolution Part 2

93 hours 33 mins; September 23, 2017

Episode 18A - Human Evolution Part 1

89 hours 46 mins; September 23, 2017

Episode 17 - The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP)

97 hours 39 mins; September 10, 2017

Episode 16 - Cephalopods

95 hours 56 mins; August 27, 2017

Episode 15 - The End-Triassic Extinction

88 hours 38 mins; August 13, 2017

Episode 14 - The Gray Fossil Site

90 hours 14 mins; July 29, 2017

...But We Digress - The History of Earth

82 hours 53 mins; July 19, 2017

Episode 13 - The Fossil Preparation Lab

99 hours 41 mins; July 16, 2017

Episode 12 - The Geologic Time Scale

100 hours 13 mins; July 01, 2017

Episode 11 - Antarctica

91 hours 39 mins; June 17, 2017

...But We Digress - Tyrannosaur Skin (and Feathers?)

24 mins; June 09, 2017

Episode 10 - The Tree of Life

93 hours 48 mins; June 03, 2017

Episode 9 - The Cambrian Explosion

96 hours 27 mins; May 21, 2017

Episode 8 - Conservation Paleontology

86 hours 4 mins; May 07, 2017

Episode 7 - Primates

87 hours 2 mins; April 23, 2017

Episode 6 – Evolution of Flight

94 hours 7 mins; April 09, 2017

...But We Digress - Ornithoscelida

24 mins; March 29, 2017

Episode 5 - The K-Pg Extinction (the "Dinosaur Extinction")

90 hours 57 mins; March 25, 2017

Episode 4 - Island Evolution

91 hours 25 mins; March 11, 2017

Episode 3 - Snakes

99 hours 54 mins; February 25, 2017

Episode 2 - Crocodilians

91 hours 22 mins; February 12, 2017

Episode 1 - Paleontology

97 hours 2 mins; February 09, 2017

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