Podcasts by Soil Stories with Nic and Leanna
Soil Stories with Nic and Leanna is a podcast developed for SOIL 2125 (Basic Soil Science) at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities starting on 18MAR2020 in response to the move to remote instruction for all classes due to COVID-19 policies recently enacted. These podcasts might have guests, or might be us just chatting about interesting applications of the material or key points. This will be a new adventure.
Further podcasts by Nic Jelinski
Podcast on the topic Naturwissenschaften
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Season 1 - Episode 10 - Soil and Soul from 2020-05-19T16:27:28
Our interview with Dr. Irène Mathieu, pediatrician, poet, and author of the unbelievable poem "soil"!
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Season 1 - Episode 9 - Saving The Soil With No-Till and Conservation Tillage from 2020-05-07T12:42:51
In this episode, Leanna talks tillage with with extension educator Jodi DeJong-Hughes, and her dad, Jim Leverich!
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Season 1 - Episode 8 - Balancing the Scale with Nutrient Management w/ Dr. John Jones, Dr. Melissa Wilson, and John Breker from 2020-04-24T23:11:46
In this episode, Leanna does a deep dive into nutrient management with Dr. John Jones (Foundation for Agronomic Research + Fertilizer Institute), Dr. Melissa Wilson (UMN), and John Breker (Agvise L...
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Season 1 - Episode 7 - How to Make a Soil Map w/ Patty Burns and Dr. Dylan Beaudette from 2020-04-15T23:34:38
In this episode, we talk soil mapping with Patty Burns and Dr. Dylan Beaudette, two USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) experts about all things soil maps - how they are made, wha...
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Season 1 - Episode 6 - Gelisols and Permafrost-Affected Soils w/ Dr. Alexander (Sasha) Kholodov and Mark Clark from 2020-04-08T07:25:38
In this episode, we talk about Gelisols, which are permafrost-affected soils of arctic and subarctic regions and are one of the most interesting, but least understood soil orders. The name Gelis...
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Season 1 - Episode 5 - The Alphabet of Soils and Soil Judging from 2020-04-02T17:53:27
In this episode, Leanna and I discuss the U.S. system of naming soil horizons and the amazing stories that our "Alphabet of Soil" can tell. We discuss intercollegiate Soil Judging with former (D...
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Season 1 - Episode 4 - How Glaciers Shaped Our Landscape with Dr. Carrie Jennings from 2020-03-25T04:38:58
In this episode we talk with renowned glacial geologist Dr. Carrie Jennings about continental glaciation, and the effects it had on the landscapes and soil parent materials in the state of Minne...
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Season 1 - Episode 3 - Redox and Microbes That Change Soil Color, with Dr. Karen Vaughan from 2020-03-21T00:20:35
After some reflections, we talk about redox reactions, microbes, and the importance of soil color and redoximorphic features with redox expert Dr. Karen Vaughan (University of Wyoming). Stay tun...
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Season 1 - Episode 2 - Darwin and Earthworms w/ Dr. Kyungsoo Yoo and Adrian Wackett from 2020-03-18T22:02:37
Most people don't know that Charles Darwin spent more time in his life studying earthworms than he did studying and writing about evolution. In fact his 1881 book The Formation of Vegetable Moul...
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