Soil Stories with Nic and Leanna
By Nic Jelinski
Soil Stories with Nic and LeannaMar 25, 2020
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Soil and Soul
Our interview with Dr. Irène Mathieu, pediatrician, poet, and author of the unbelievable poem "soil"!
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Saving The Soil With No-Till and Conservation Tillage
In this episode, Leanna talks tillage with with extension educator Jodi DeJong-Hughes, and her dad, Jim Leverich!
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Balancing the Scale with Nutrient Management w/ Dr. John Jones, Dr. Melissa Wilson, and John Breker
Season 1 - Episode 7 - How to Make a Soil Map w/ Patty Burns and Dr. Dylan Beaudette
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, what they show, and why they are so important.
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Gelisols and Permafrost-Affected Soils w/ Dr. Alexander (Sasha) Kholodov and Mark Clark
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 Gelisol is derived from the Latin word for freeze. But Gelisols are far from static. They are dynamic soils that respond to physical, chemical and biological processes that take place in cold environments and are at the forefront of global change. Our guests Dr. Alexander (Sasha) Kholodov (University of Alaska-Fairbanks) and Mark Clark (retired state soil scientist for Alaska) bring us some perspective on what makes these soils so dynamic and unique.
Season 1 - Episode 5 - The Alphabet of Soils and Soil Judging
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 (Drea Williams, Devon Brodie) and current (Gabe Benitez, and Morgan Fabian) University of Minnesota Soil Judgers.
Season 1 - Episode 4 - How Glaciers Shaped Our Landscape with Dr. Carrie Jennings
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 Minnesota.
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Redox and Microbes That Change Soil Color, with Dr. Karen Vaughan
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 tuned for another podcast interview in the coming weeks with Karen as we talk about her research, teaching, and outreach projects.
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Darwin and Earthworms w/ Dr. Kyungsoo Yoo and Adrian Wackett
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 Mould Through the Action of Worms, With Observations on Their Habits, sold more cop[ied before he died than his now much more famous book "On the Origin of Species".
So I set out to find some folks who are still researching earthworms and try to better understand the motivations behind Darwin's research, why the topic was so interesting to him, and what we are still learning about earthworms today.