Palaeontology in the spotlight with podcast

Get involved in telling the story of Naracoorte Caves

Award winning science communicator Michael Mills is bringing the palaeontology podcast Palaeo Jam to Naracoorte to record some episodes with a live audience, and you’re invited.

During the event, you’ll hear stories from the Caves from past and present staff, and about some of the latest research being conducted by the University of Adelaide. And you, the audience, have an opportunity to be part of the podcast. If you have a cool story about an experience in the Caves, or an amazing idea for engaging the local community with the Caves, let podcast host Michael Mills know in under 50 words, at podcast@ heapsgood.com.au and he’ll pick his favourite few to record on the night, and share with the world! If you’re selected, we’ve got some cool giveaways thanks to the Naracoorte Caves, the Naracoorte Lucindale Council, and renowned singing palaeontologist Professor Flint.

Each Palaeo Jam episode is recorded in full, without editing, and is strictly 30 minutes long. You can also find Palaeo Jam on most podcast platforms. In season 1, Naracoorte Caves recorded an episode in Victoria Cave with Prof Rod Wells, one of the team who found the fossil bed, in the very spot Rod had sat, more than 50 years previously, on August 3, 1969. An episode has also been recorded with Dr Liz Reed in Blanche Cave, on caves as not just places where fossils are found, but as living ecosystems.

Check out the podcast website via the following link https:// palaeojam.podbean.com/ for all past and future podcasts.