Geological Kinship Across the Pacific with Nick Zentner

About this episode

Holly and Anthony interview Nick Zentner about the geological connections between Australia and North America and their impact on human wellbeing.

On todays episode of WONDER, Holly & Anthony cross live to Washington State for a chat with Nick Zentner! Nick is a professor at Central Washington University and he chats to us live from Ellensberg (not Seattle; close but no cigar for Holly, can't tell you why that brain fade happened!!)... Here we cover the ancient kinship between Australian and North American geology, and also, we explore the sense that human wellbeing deeply links to those conversations about Earth that bring joy and closeness to our lives. https://www.nickzentner.com/ Thanks to our sponsors at the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Geological Society of Australia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Find us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.thegeoco.com.au⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thegeoco⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Got questions? Get in touch- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hello@thegeoco.com.au⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ GeoCo connects to you from the traditional country of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains, South Australia. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present, and emerging.

People in this episode

Hosts: Holly, Anthony

Guest: Nick Zentner

Topics covered

• geology
• human wellbeing
• ancient kinship
• Earth conversations
• geological connections

Keywords

• geology
• Nick Zentner
• human wellbeing
• Australia
• North America
• Earth
• Geological Society

Sponsors

Geological Society of Australia

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: GeoCo

Places: Washington State, Ellensberg, Adelaide Plains, Australia, North America

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