The Actual Rock Show: Recent Episodes
Hero Bain
Back episodes of The Actual Rock Show, originally broadcast on CamFM. A show dedicated solely to geological fun, fails, and flights of fancy. Join me, Hero Bain, a part III student in the department of Earth sciences at the University of Cambridge, as each week I interview a different fellow master's student about their life in and love for geology! The images accompanying each episode are available on our Facebook page (Actual Rock Show). Music referenced in the original show has been removed for copyright purposes, but feel free to check out the songs for yourself.
A bonus episode produced as part of Cam FM's 24-hour Charity Broadcast "Mind Map" to raise money for Student Minds. Join some old (and new) voices for a chat about our experiences with mental health and Earth sciences, and some chill evening music.
Originally broadcast at midnight on 20/3/21
The tables are turned, and Peter Methley comes back on the show to interview me, Hero Bain! This week I talk about using rocks as thermometers to look at heat transfer in the crust, some of the earliest fossil plants, and the muppets of the mineral world. Expect tales of a mix-up with a map, the time when the Mediterranean Sea started to evaporate and, of course, a whole bucket-load of geology.
Originally broadcast 6/3/21
This week I talk to Natalie Forrest about earthquakes and why Japan is like a big squishy cheese, a very scientifically inaccurate movie, and climbing up a waterfall. Expect tales of even more bogs, some probably not fluffy fossils and, of course, a whole bucket-load of geology.
Originally broadcast 27/2/21
This week I talk to Friso deGraaf about why he has been X-raying mud, the time he walked through a knee-deep bog, and one really really big storm. Expect tales of mistaken identities, musings on rocks you can and can't see and, of course, a whole bucket-load of geology.
Originally broadcast 20/2/21
This week I talk to Cian McAuley about what an unusual oxygen isotope can tell us about Antarctic ice, sea creatures of surprising shapes, and the mysteries of the surface of Mars. Expect tales of steep cliffs and hills, both good and bad, even more shiny stones and, of course, a whole bucket-load of geology. Go on, give it a listen, "it sounds pretty cool at least".
Originally broadcast 13/2/21
This week I talk to Laura Spencer about using isotopes to understand the very start of the continents, scrambling up scree slopes, and the beauty of rocks under the microscope. Expect tales of fieldwork in France, musings on "the poster-child of fossils" and, of course, a whole bucket-load of geology.
Originally broadcast 6/2/21
This week I talk to Dylan Caminada-James about the conundrum of the warm, wet early Earth, fossilised lightning, and the footprints of baby dinosaurs. Expect tales of being a geological "Sher-Rock Holmes", extra-terrestrial fun and, of course, a whole bucket-load of geology.
Originally broadcast 30/1/21
This week I talk to Peter Methley about shiny shells and fools gold, the mysteries of the mantle, and a certain planet where "apparently it rains diamonds". Expect tales of fieldwork fun and failure, plenty of very pretty things and, of course, a whole bucket-load of geology.
Originally broadcast 23/1/21