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Seismic Soundoff — 309 episodes
301: Why IMAGE ’26 Is Built Around Connection
300: The Hardest Part of DAS Isn’t the Technology
Why SEG Is Building a Home for Mining Geophysics
The Human Side of Volcano Monitoring
How Geophysics Connects Curiosity, Science, and Career Opportunity
What Geophysicists Gain by Attending URTeC
Why Geophysicists Are Paying More Attention to Groundwater
The Hidden Opportunity in Critical Minerals That Geophysicists Can’t Ignore
OTC 2026 Emerging Leaders on the Future of Offshore Energy Collaboration
Why Seismic Acquisition Is Making a Quiet Comeback
From Hype to Reality: What Machine Learning Can Actually Do
DAS and Seismic Innovation: What Geophysicists Need to Know
From Oil and Gas to Offshore Wind: Why Everyone Meets at OTC
Applying Near-Surface Geophysics to Agricultural Challenges
Inside the Workflow - Unsupervised Machine Learning for Seismic Interpretation
Why High-Performance Computing Is No Longer Optional in Geophysics
From Classroom to Community: A GWB Project Tackles Groundwater Contamination
What It Takes to Trust AI in Real-World Seismic Applications
Two Trillion-Dollar Ideas Leon Thomsen Tried to Give Away
How Latin America Is Shaping the Next Era of Geophysics
The Tools, People, and Moments That Built a Geophysics Career
The Awards That Shape Geophysics and Why They Need You
Data, Insight, and Risk in Modern Geoscience
Fiber Optics, DAS, and the Future of Geophysical Monitoring
The Role of Drones in Modern Geophysical Exploration
Adapt or Be Left Behind: Lessons for the Next Generation of Geophysicists
Digital Twins and Generative AI in Subsurface Geophysics
Building Geophysical Capacity in Latin America
The Next Decade of AI in Seismic Imaging
How Distributed Chemical Sensing Could Rewrite the Rules of Risk Management
The Low-Cost Seismic Revolution Already Buried in Your City
The Missing Tool Every Geoscientist Needs for the Next Decade
Searching for Water in Kakuma: A GWB Story (Re-Release)
Karelia La Marca - Geophysicist at bp (Inside IMAGE)
Bill Langin - Exploration and Development Leader (Inside IMAGE)
Adriana Citlali Ramírez - SEG Second Vice President (Inside IMAGE)
Lars Koehn - SEG EVOLVE, Young Professional (Inside IMAGE)
Molly Turko - AAPG Technical Program Co-Chair (Inside IMAGE)
Alison Malcolm - Vice President, SEG Publications (Inside IMAGE)
Bunmi Elebiju - SEG Technical Program Vice Chair (Inside IMAGE)
The transformative role of LLMs in geophysics education
What decades in the field teach about success
Sound Decisions: How Science Builds Business Resilience
From Differences to Inversion: A New Era for 4D Seismic
Fieldwork That Changes Lives: Inside the Matagorda Bay Field Trip
Inside IMAGE 2025 - Innovation, Collaboration, and the Future of Energy
262: More Than Membership - Turning SEG Engagement into Career Growth
261: Innovations in Land Seismic Acquisition with Andrea Crook
260: Small Faults, Big Impact - Improving CCUS with Seismic Attributes
259: Inside the Editor’s Desk - Alison Malcolm on Leading SEG’s Flagship Journal
258: Drilling, DAS, and Disagreements - A Real Look at EGS Geophysics
257: How Industry Collaboration Drives Subsurface Innovation with SEAM
256: Creating Value with 4D - Lessons from a Global Forum
255: Generative, Physics-Informed and Agentic AI in Geophysics
254: Why Companies and Individuals Should Invest in Humanitarian Science
253: Sustainability, Prosperity, and Geophysics in Latin America
252: How the Ivishak Formation Could Change Carbon Sequestration
251: From Noise to Knowledge – Lessons in Geophysics and Innovation w/ Joe Dellinger
250: Bridging Science and Society – The Impact of Geoscientists without Borders
249: Machine Learning Methods in Geoscience
248: AI, FWI, and the Future of Subsurface Imaging
247: From Pitfalls to Potential - Making the Most of Seismic Attributes
246: Combining Tradition and Innovation in Seismic Problem Solving
245: Fiber Optics in Action - The Future of Geophysical Sensing
244: From Vision to Action - The Future of SEG Under John Eastwood
243: Saving Lives Before Disaster Strikes - Ron Harris on Proactive Risk Reduction
242: Shaping Policy with Geoscience - AGI's Critical Needs Document
241: How Geophysics is Revolutionizing Archaeological Exploration
240: Navigating Geoethics - Balancing Science and Responsibility in Geosciences
239: Unlocking Subsurface Success - Integrating Data and Strategy in Geophysics
238: Unveiling the Earth's Secrets - The Completion of the U.S. Magnetotelluric Array
237: TGS's Path to Net-Zero: Sustainability Insights from Sandy Spørck
236: Unlocking the Eastern Mediterranean's Seismic Secrets
235: Advancing Sustainability through Applied Geophysics
234: How AI is Being Applied to Seismic Interpretation
233: Unveiling the Earth's Critical Zone through a Geophysics Lens
232: Shaping the Future of Humanitarian Geoscience
231: Previewing IMAGE '24 - The Largest Technical Program Yet
230: Celebrating Sven - A Legacy of Innovation and Mentorship in Geophysics
229: From Barriers to Belonging - Building Strong Companies & Teams in Geophysics
228: Key Trends That Will Shape the Oil and Gas Industry w/ Sophie Zurquiyah
227: How Experts Use Data and Technology to Navigate Subsurface Uncertainty
226: Rock Physics in Focus - Historical Impact & Future Challenges
225: How to Keep Geophysics Relevant w/ Tim Dean
224: The Physics Behind Land Seismic Noise (Christof Stork)
223: Innovating for a Sustainable Future with Geophysics
222: The Seismic Approach to Mining Geophysics (Heather Schijns)
221: The Untapped Potential of Non-Seismic Methods (Irina Filina)
220: Revealing Lost Legacies with Geophysics (Rob Stewart & Jim White)
219: The Secret to Succeeding as a Teacher (Roel Snieder)
218: Innovations in Fault and Fracture Imaging (Molly Turko)
217: Advancing Subsurface Knowledge Through Microseismic Insights (Joël Le Calvez)
216: Rethinking Data - Geophysics in the Era of Change (Lindsey Heagy)
215: Strengthening Diversity in the Geosciences w/ Dr. Isaac Crumbly
214: The Untapped Potential of the Earth's Hidden Commons w/ Iain Stewart
213: Hidden Hazards – The Orphaned Well Dilemma
212: Examining 5 Unconventional Borehole Seismic Techniques
211: Connecting the Energy Transition to Societal Engagement
210: Unveiling Seismic Secrets - Inside Machine Learning's Black Box
209: Thinking like an algorithm - utilizing machine learning in seismic data
208: Pioneering Seismic Imaging for Energy and Sustainability
207: Advancing Geosciences - How the SEG Foundation Makes a Difference
206: Arthur Cheng on His SEG Journey from Student to President
205: Managing carbon - a new frontier
204: Successfully navigating the energy transition
203: Solving future challenges for deep exploration
202: The next revolution in seismic interpretation
201: Carbon storage data management done right
200: Highlights from the Top 10 Episodes and Behind-the-Scenes
199: How geophysics keeps people safe
198: How to chart a successful career in 2023 w/ Kurt Marfurt
197: Building confidence in CO2 storage with forecasting and monitoring
196: The sound of seismic
195: Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals with food
194: Improving integration in machine learning workflows
193: The potency of rock-physics-guided deep neural networks
192: Maximizing the value of IMAGE
191: How to unlock the power of networking
190: The unique power of combining GPR and FWI
189: How to apply machine learning to real-world problems
188: A reality check on full-wave inversion w/ Öz Yilmaz
187: 11 lessons to succeed as a geoscientist
186: The role of critical minerals in future-proofing
185: The current and future outlook for SEG and geophysics
184: Water is Life - GWB Ghana Water Project
183: The importance of SEG regional offices to advance geophysics
182: Uncovering the hidden history of Ghana
181: Seismic's role in geological carbon capture and storage
180: The power and need for SEG Scholarships
179: New takes on energy independence and policies
178: Why you should consider drone-based geophysics
177: Searching for the perfect x-ray image of the Earth
176: The secret shortcut to power up your career
175: Searching for the perfect digital twin of the seismic reservoir
174: From the beach to the reservoir - the power of microseismicity
173: Why you need the Gravity & Magnetic Encyclopedic Dictionary
172: Building the next generation of geoscientists
171: The global water crisis and how to stop it
170: Improving lives with geophysics - A GWB Story
169: The complexities of people and geohazards
168: The necessity and benefits of mentorship
167: Exploring other planets with geophysics
166: Integrating digital transformation into your business
165: The business value for data
164: Understanding the near-surface scattering problem
163: The next step in the evolution of time-lapse electrical imaging
162: How rocks heal
161: The Benefits of ML & AI Hinge on a Common Denominator
160: Honors and Awards 2022 w/ Öz Yilmaz & Xianhuai Zhu
159: Optimizing the benefits of machine learning for scientific problems
158: What geophysicists and engineers need to know about DAS
157: The value and business case for energy efficiency
156: Staying safe during earthquakes
155: Removing the starting model for FWI
154: How to sustainably develop on reclaimed lands
153: Why integration is the future of oil and gas
152: How and why DAS succeeds
151: The transformation of SEG
150: Consequences of contemporary stress in the earth’s crust
149: How to get the most from any seismic investment
148: Unlocking the next generation of geophysicists
147: Living with uncertainty - using near-surface in urban settings
146: Safety is not a priority (and other rules for the field)
145: How to successfully interrogate the ground in noisy environments
144: Highlighting the IMAGE 2022 Technical Program
143: Building a Volcano Early Warning System - A GWB Story
142: How to technologically scale CCUS
141: Breaking down the life cycle of a well
140: Applying seismic to CCUS applications
139: Persuading the decision-makers
138: The power and pitfalls of modern geostatistical models
137: How near-surface geophysics protects the world
136: The hidden stories data tell with Joe Dellinger
135: The new paradigms in seismic inversion
134: How to lower risk and operate more efficiently
133: The major opportunities and challenges for SEG with Anna Shaughnessy
132: The essential role of industry for long-term CO2 storage
131: How to mine old theories for new insights
130: Why theory and perfect data are necessary for seismic analysis
129: Improving and reducing biases with a novel theory
128: Why geophysics matters for CO2 enhanced oil recovery
127: Breakthroughs for surface-wave tomography for the near-surface
126: The value and benefits of simplicity with Jack Dvorkin
125: Memorable moments from 5 years of Seismic Soundoff
124: IMAGE '21 Preview with Jim White
123: Land Seismic Case Studies with Oz Yilmaz
122: The role of seismic interpreters in 2021
121: Solving the seismic wave attenuation problem
120: Creating a trillion-dollar business
119: Why the energy transition from coal to oil matters today
118: The secret to maximizing your professional career
117: The next 20 years for geophysics and the industry
116: Addressing grand challenges with geophysics
115: How full-waveform inversion counteracts complex overburdens
114: The future of learning and nonseismic
113: Solutions to decarbonize the future (April 2021 TLE)
112: International partnership for volcano early warning – A GWB story
111: SEG's position on climate change
110: Leveraging real-world learning for students and companies
109: The truth and value of simultaneous source technology
108: Seismic processing - Begin with the end in mind
107: The low-cost/high-reward for using multi-component imaging
106: How geophysics can help provide freshwater to the world
105: Why now is the right time for mining geophysics
104: Maximizing the value of mature fields
103: One plan to jumpstart the geophysics field
102: Geophysics at the Ends of the Earth
101: Why geophysics matters for geothermal
100: Top 10 tips for a successful career
99: Unlock your interpretations with diverse datasets
98: Finding hidden geology using new techniques
97: How to start 2021 successfully
96: Developing a successful career in geophysics today with Anna Shaughnessy
95: Cutting edge methods to utilize distributed acoustic sensing
94: The case to adjust quicker to machine learning for geophysics
93: Practical and useful applications for microseismics with Vladimir Grechka
92: SEG20 Keynote Address and Opening Session
91: Previewing SEG20
90: SEG Celebrates its 90th Birthday
89: Geophysics tools and techniques in high-noise environments
88: The historical development and future for Southeast Asia
87: Exploring a seismic alternative and its role for a renewable future
86: Applying machine learning and AI to the geosciences
85: The next Copernican Revolution and the future of reservoir monitoring
84: An Insider's Look at the SEG Research Committee
83: Petition for a Robust Anti-Racism Plan for the Geosciences with Hendratta Ali
82: The present and future of training and education with Kurt Marfurt
81: Activating the power of dual-career couples with Eve Sprunt
80: The public and scientific value of near-surface geophysics
79: Developing biogeophysics and the search for life with Estella Atekwana
78: Exploring the generalized sampling theorem in space with Johan Robertsson
77: Machine learning and the future of teaching with Siddharth Misra
76: Modern seismic interpretation & what separates humans from machines with Sergey Fomel
75: The future of SEG and geophysics with David Lumley
74: Dave Monk reassesses survey design in light of modern processing techniques
73: Exploring the last 100 years of reservoir characterization
72: The present and future of seismic interpretation
71: New developments with carbon dioxide in the subsurface
70: Celebrating Interpreter Sam with Don Herron
69: Why seismic azimuthal anisotropy matters
68: The Future of Data Acquisition and Seismic Surveys
67: The business and technical value of borehole geophysics
66: The importance and relevancy of AVO inversion in 2019
65: The Evolution of Unconventional Play Analysis + SEG Presidential Address
64: SEG 2019 preview
63: Helping those in harm's way - A GWB story
62: Anisotropy without tears featuring Heloise Lynn
61: How plate tectonics changed the geosciences
60: The power and limitations of machine learning and data
59: Tunnels to drones to 12th century churches - the depth of near-surface geophysics
58: Understanding signals & The Beatles' connection to Fourier Analysis
57: Building canals - how science and friendship changed a town
56: Understanding modern rock physics and the future for scientific experiments
55: Shrinking uncertainties in the geosciences - an exploration of India
#54: A guide to the past and future of geophysics with John Etgen
#53: The pros and cons of full-waveform inversion
52: The digital transformation of the energy sector
51: What is geophysics?
#50: The geophysics value proposition for unconventionals
#49: Highlighting humanitarian geophysics: A conversation with Paul Bauman
#48: Innovative approaches to old challenges - three case studies in Conventionals
#47: SEG Honors and Awards 2018 - Albert Tarantola and Mrinal Sen
#46: How science can protect infrastructure and homes
#45: SEG 2018 Keynote Speaker and Presidential Address
#44: Using geophysics to assess and monitor infrastructure
#43: SEG Annual Meeting 2018 preview
#42: Exploring publishing trends in GEOPHYSICS
#41: The future of the industry with Don Paul
#40: Celebrating humanitarian geoscience
#39: Preventing natural hazards
#38: Spotlight on the Mediterranean
#37: Searching for water in Kakuma
#36: Image processing and machine learning
#35: Integrating geophysics and geomechanics
#34: Geophysics In Focus - Latin America
#33: Mentoring in the geosciences
#32: Permian Basin: pursuing unconventional plays
#31: Induced seismicity: investigations into human-induced earthquakes
#30: SEG Honors and Awards - Samuel Gray & Manika Prasad
#29: Student Leadership Symposium (SLS)
#28: Bridge Over Troubled Waters
#27: Fiber-optic distributed sensing - Jonathan Ajo-Franklin
#26: Student Education Program (SEP)
#25: Dean Clark - Basic Geophysics
#24: Vladimir Grechka and Werner M. Heigl - Microseismic Monitoring
#23: SEG 2017 Opening Session and Presidential Address
#22: 2017 Annual Meeting Preview
#21: SEG President Bill Abriel in Conversation
#20: SEG's Emerging Professionals - Johannes Douma
#19: Gerard Schuster - Seismic Inversion
#18: Jeff Johnson - SEG's Competency Management System
#17: Communicating geosciences with Undersampled Radio
#16: Sven Treitel - Geophysical Signal Processing
#15: The Story of Geoscientists Without Borders®
#14: Data analytics and machine learning - Baishali Roy
#13: Chris Liner - Elements of 3D Seismology
#12: Full-waveform inversion
#11: Geophysical Electromagnetics - 2017 DISC
#10: Remote sensing on Mars
#0: Introduction to Seismic Soundoff (podcast trailer)
#9: Mentoring geoscience leaders
#8: Geophysics for non-technical professionals
#7: John Bradford - State of the Society
#6: Lev Vernik - Seismic Petrophysics
#5: Dallas 2016 Annual Meeting Preview
#4: SEG Advanced Modeling (SEAM)
#3: James Gaiser, 2016 DISC lecturer
#2: Exploring Interpretation - May 2016 with Kurt Marfurt
#1: Women in Geophysics