This week Scott Dubowsky joins us to talk about plasma and ball lightning. We then dive into the economic theory of intersteller trad with another listener fun paper friday! <ul> <li><a href="http://bjm.scs.illinois.edu/people/dubowsk2">Scott’s Webpage</a></li> <li><a href="http://bjm.scs.illinois.edu/index.php">McCall Research Group</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_lightning">Ball Lightning</a></li> <li><a href= "http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/pplate.html">Physics of parallel plate capacitors</a></li> </ul> Fun Paper Friday <ul> <li>Thanks to listener Andrew for this week’s Fun Paper Friday!</li> <li><a href= "http://www.standupeconomist.com/pdf/misc/interstellar.pdf">Krugman, Paul. “The theory of interstellar trade.” Economic Inquiry 48.4 (2010): 1119–1123.</a></li> <li><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Fleece_Award">Golden Fleece Award</a></li> </ul> Contact us: Show - <a href= "http://www.dontpanicgeocast.com">www.dontpanicgeocast.com</a> - <a href="https://softwareunderground.org">SWUNG Slack</a> - <a href="https://twitter.com/dontpanicgeo">@dontpanicgeo</a> - show@dontpanicgeocast.com John Leeman - <a href= "http://www.johnrleeman.com">www.johnrleeman.com</a> - <a href= "https://twitter.com/geo_leeman">@geo_leeman</a> Shannon Dulin - <a href= "https://twitter.com/ShannonDulin">@ShannonDulin</a>

Episode 133 - "Giant orbiting magnifying glass"

John Leeman and Shannon Dulin discuss geoscience and technology weekly for your enjoyment! Features include guests, fun paper Friday selections, product reviews, and banter about recent developments. Shannon is a field geologist who tolerates technology and John is a self-proclaimed nerd that tolerates geologists.