Rockosophy Podcast

Rockhounds Matt & Melissa sit down to walk us through the Black Hills and grasslands of South Dakota discussing Fairburn agates, fossils, and minerals to be found with friends.

Rockosopher mosyed in to the School of Mines in Rapid City to have some nifty fossils identified and spoke with Samantha Schmidt, who works at the museum. Join us for a cursory tour of the Black Hills in this fun new episode!

Rockosopher sits down with an old friend, Dr. Evan Kutta, to shop talk weather, forest species composition, and naturally...rocks! This is one tantalizing braingasm, folks, and your cup with positively runneth over with knowledge and warm fuzzies. With love & not much else, Rock Rat

Appropriately interviewed in the Rocket Bakery, in downtown Spokane, the Marvelous Megan Schindler (author of Poetically Frustrated) sits down to jive about the potential psychology behind rockhounding. Please, listen with love and nothing else.  Also check out: http://poeticallyfrustrated.wordpress.com to read more of Megan's brilliance!

Rockthumpers Dan and Kent jive with Dungeon Master Mike to discuss the theory of rockhounding's popularity. Also, stay tuned to learn about Dan's favorite rock: sandstone! Thanks for listening! With love & nothing else.

One day, last week, I worked through lunch. What I found in the Food Room (break room, but why not just it by what it's valued for?) stirred me to this latest episode of Rockcast Podosophy. Enjoy this short interview about the Dungeons & Dragons DMing experience with Mike, Dan, and myself around an apple and a sandwich in that glorious government building.  With love and nothing else. 

Rockosopher and friends discuss ways to see music and their up-coming Dungeons & Dragons playtime.

Pocket Rock talk with Renee and Gillian in the Sukkot! Happy Hounding,  Rockosopher

Listen closely and you just might hear some opinions on this year's Olympics!

Megnificent and the Rockosopher chew on greater world politics, ghost stories, frigid dates, and the Wabasha Street Caves. Grab your mug and settle in to start your morning right. 

Rockosopher and Megnificent reveal their rivetingly recent dive into their freshwater aquarium! Listen and be amazed by this uniqiue and beautiful discussion on pet shrimp.

Rockosopher and Megnificent recount their rockhounding and visit back to Washington State. Tune in for where to find the prettiest petrified wood in the world, and for a report of the fattest Idaho garnet we've ever found at our honey hole. 

The Rockosopher and Megan learned about pipestone history things! And brought them to share. 

Megan schools us on the mystery of Poe's death and why he is considered a heart throb for sad young adults. Tune in and join the funsies!

Cousin Lily Brutger, artist and gallery coordinator for Art in Motion, Holdingford, MN, jives with Megan about spectacularly fascinating art things. Meanwhile, Rock Rat found some rocks during the visit. Tune in for belly laughs!

Dustin Brewer and Lekeah Durden do some fancy science talk about marsh bird ecology! King rails?! I think so! Tune in to find out what's happening in a Michigan marsh near you.

Cults?! Jonestown?! What is? Megan tells.

This half-episode comes to you hot off the audio press! Be good, you.

Exciting news, everyone! Tune in for our rockhound podcast offspring announcement and other fun digressions. 

Rock Rat pick axes at Megan's therapist brain about serial killers and what she saw as a crisis counselor. Riveting stuff in this latest and greatest episode.

Megan and Rock Rat jive about a few mental health myths over coffee and sugar. Tune in and please comment!

Snow is falling in Minnesota! Megan and Rock Rat learn about the different Nordic words for snow, look up yooperlites and their blacklight glowiness, plus some other fun stuff. 

Rock Rat and Megan recount their trip to Gooseberry Falls! And there are sandwiches!

Megan and Rock Rat relive their adventure to Devil's Kettle waterfall in Northern Minnesota and how it relates to the crockery of Hollywood flicks. Sort of. You'll just hafta listen and find out.

Megan learns us good about them royal queens and princesses when Diana pops up in her feed. Join us and be charmed.

A grand dream is realized when rockosophers step into a Wisconsin candy shop. Snickers fudge.

Alex Jensen regales us with Chinook salmon talk and finally unveals the hows and whys of ZOMBIE FISH! In this 50th Episode Extravaganzagistanism!

Megan and Rock Rat learn about pasta after watching David Attenborough talk about amber.

Ever seen a fossilized cypress stump? How about the classic flick, Fargo? Fret not! Megan and Rock Rat are at your service in this golden half-hour exploring the accent of Minnesota and the delicious silicafied trees of Yakima Canyon.  ~Rock Rat

Rock Rat and Megan jive over classic cinema and their recent haul of Oregon sunstones. Tune in for some pleasant conversation and comment with your feedback! Rock Rat

Bristol Underwood swoops in for this fantastical episode exploring Hansen Creek, Yakima Canyon, and even more Idaho garnets!  With love & not much else,  Rock Rat

Bristol Underwood and Ed Cope guest host this dope half hour breakdown of ecology and what you can do to learn more about the biologic adventures waiting just outside your door! No, but really, it's a goodie, ya'll! Rock Rat

Rock Rat and Megan discuss One Flew Over the Cuckoos's Nest and the implications of how many beds the health system used to have versus now. 

Why bother with a recipe? This and other deeply meaningful questions are answered in this 20 min Rockosophy episode featuring Megan and Rockosopher 

Megan and Rockosopher learn new things and want you to contribute to the Black Lives Matter movement using the link below! https://anchor.fm/rock-rat/episodes/Ep-41-Carving-Out-Time-ef41re

Rockosopher and Megan jive about the ups and downs of having a gold fixation. Plus a bunch of other stuff about precious metal and social justice.

Hansen Creek digs are discussed while Megan and Rockosopher learn how much weight of pyrite is worth its weight in gold. Checkout Bonita Rose Jewelry on Etsy.com

Rockosopher and Megan go over their recent excursion into the wilds of Colville NF and the blue beryl they found there! Plus some other stuff about the economy.

Megan and Rockosopher dive into the gruesome tale of New Orleans serial monster Madame LaLaurie -also, there's that tidbit about Megan having studied the BDSM subculture and Rock Rat has opinions on the medical profession.

Megan & Rockosopher learn about the uses and styles of eyebrows.

Megan and Rockosopher tweeze apart the significance of the landscape stone in the Oscar winning Korean film, Parasite.

Rockosopher and Megan explore the world of spuds! So pull up a plate of your baked/mashed/creamed/stewed favorites and jive out with this latest and greatest addition to Rockosophy! With love and nothing else,  ~Rock Rat

Hilary Hart met Rockosoopher for coffee and shared that gold nugget of sagely insight on her experience or surviving the state that is funemployment. A software developer for two decades, she had a lot to say on the subject and even more than perhaps she intended to impart concerning the ways folks come together to support each other through these things. A shortie but a goodie, for sure! Rock Rat

Rockosopher reads a piece from Rockosophy.com, outlining some points on why we should be optimistic for the Earth's ecologically situation. 

Meet Matt Wood, editor, podcaster, father extraordinaire! We jammed out for about 50 minutes in this critical conversation about Steve Universe and it's relevant themes all the way to real life supervillians like Musselini! He's brilliant, the most dapper dresser you ever did see, and even shares memories of his childhood rock collection. Tune in & get cozy for some warm fuzzies with this latest and greatest addition to the Rockosophy Podcast. 

Megan & Rockosopher learn all about the bergamot in Earl Grey that makes it so yummy and then delve into the world of cure-all essential oils. WARNING: Excessive consumption of this episode may lead to stomach cramping.

Dr. Paul Lindholdt of Eastern Washington University talks about his works in environmental humanities, books written, books to read, that one time when he saw the cooper's hawks, and all assortment of other Good Stuff. Enjoy! And be sure to check out Paul's work on Amazon or in your Spokane Costco! 

Spokane has a group of ~100 women who came together to learn about one another's cultures and share the milk of human kindness! It's something we should all strive for. Tune in to hear from Naghmana Sherazi and Hilary Hart on their rad women's group, some dope arrow heads, and the madness of geomorphology in Pakistan! 

Dr. Evan Kutta returns to Rockosophy podcast to tell us about his exploits out east! From maple syrup conventions, and all the weirdly wonderful things to be done with trees and their sap, to the Kerkmire diamond digs in Vermont. It's an hour packed with fun stuffs, so tune in and pack your shovel with pancakes! Happy Hounding!

Sara Hansen, deer expert extraordinaire, jams out over her deer specialty, grad school, and working for the WDFW! Who could ask for more than the heartfelt hilarity contained herein? Tune in to learn some stuff and chill out with Rockosopher and Sara as we jive over our typical episode time. What can I say, it was a grand ole time.