Attributes, Anomalies & Unicorns....wait, what?

We will call this season 1.5 or pre-season 2?? Heather and April head out for a walk on a beautiful Thursday. We start with suggestions on how to write emails to potential grad advisors, sidetrack into a discussion of investments and how your brain should be trained, and end by wondering what you call a herder of unicorns?? Connect with us: Insta: ⁠heather.april.unicorn⁠ YouTube: ⁠@AttributesAnoma...

There may have been rats and roaches, but we survived the walk....or did we? Connect with us: Insta: heather.april.unicorn YouTube: @AttributesAnomaliesandUnicorns Merch!! (00:00) Intro (00:35) STUDENTS!!! Aniq and Akif (02:36) Hilmi...so many projects (05:33) Finally, the intro??? (06:20) Orgs that support students and geoscience-- thank you! (07:25) random tips...for walking in the dark (08:08)...

We survived the first full day of IMAGE 2026! And we had thoughts, while sitting in our socks... let's see if any make sense... Connect with us: Insta: ⁠heather.april.unicorn⁠ YouTube: ⁠@AttributesAnomaliesandUnicorns⁠ ⁠Merch!! ⁠

Season finale. Reflective but fun. Heather and I lookback, we look forward, and we figure out if any of this was a good idea. Who knows, but it was fun!!!! Connect with us: Insta: ⁠heather.april.unicorn⁠ YouTube: ⁠@AttributesAnomaliesandUnicorns⁠ ⁠Merch!! ⁠ (00:00) Intro (01:12) Dream colab (03:12) Heather's superpower wish (03:55) Where are April's family and friends??? (I promise I have...

An impromptu session to see what Gen Z thinks about us oldies saying rocks are cool! Warning: terrible song included at the end Connect with us: Insta: ⁠heather.april.unicorn⁠ YouTube: ⁠@AttributesAnomaliesandUnicorns⁠ ⁠Merch!! ⁠ (00:00) Intro (00:43) Biggest Mystery of the universe (01:59) What do you tell people your mom does? (03:50) You don't think rocks are awesome???? (05:30) Lure, Looor...

Heather and April talk about where geoscience is going, where they are going, and what they are most excited about. Can you guess the answers to any of these?? Connect with us: Insta: ⁠heather.april.unicorn⁠ YouTube: ⁠@AttributesAnomaliesandUnicorns⁠ ⁠Merch!! ⁠ (00:00) Intro (00:25) Biggest unanswered question? (03:15) Where is geoscience going? (06:10) Can geoscience play a role in a cyclical eco...

Heather and April discuss some of the challenges within geoscience and ponder how we can find ways to give back... Connect with us: Insta: ⁠heather.april.unicorn⁠ YouTube: ⁠@AttributesAnomaliesandUnicorns⁠ ⁠Merch!! ⁠ (00:00) Intro (01:23) Most dramatic thing in nature... (04:06) Field poker...you don't need the kitchen sink?? (08:50) Too many acronyms; I meant AGI. the STATS (10:40) Why we hes...

The things we probably shouldn't say out loud. We're saying them anyway. Connect with us: Insta: ⁠heather.april.unicorn⁠ YouTube: ⁠@AttributesAnomaliesandUnicorns⁠ ⁠Merch!! ⁠ (00:00) Introduction (03:58) Everyone should have a geologist? (06:48) Rainbow colormaps... (15:47) Can software replace your interpreter? (18:50) Do you know what your data was trained on? (22:07) What should change...

After we discussed survival as part of a group with Chris (5.5 Questions with a sociologist), Heather and I tried to decide if we would survive a post-apocalyptic world! ....we might not survive! Connect with us: Insta: ⁠heather.april.unicorn⁠ YouTube: ⁠@AttributesAnomaliesandUnicorns⁠ ⁠Merch!! ⁠

Join us for a random discussion with our resident sociologist and tip-toe into the realm of conspiracy theories and how other scientists view the geos..... Connect with us: Insta: ⁠heather.april.unicorn⁠ YouTube: ⁠@AttributesAnomaliesandUnicorns⁠ ⁠Merch!! ⁠ (00:00) Introduction (03:05) Conspiracy theories or just k (05:23) Why do we like steak? (06:30) homophily! (08:10) Graduated with 4 other peo...

How do you find the signal when everything feels like noise — in your data, in your career, in your life? ....Wait, and what is a SCIENTIFIC dance??? Connect with us: Insta: ⁠heather.april.unicorn⁠ YouTube: ⁠@AttributesAnomaliesandUnicorns⁠ ⁠Merch!! ⁠ (00:00) Intro (04:00) Kangaroos love coherence (09:46) Let's try to slow our thinking down (12:20) Different types of bias (18:15) Y'all alm...

We invite Heather's dad to give us some insight on what chemical engineers think about what we do.... Connect with us: Insta: ⁠heather.april.unicorn⁠ YouTube: ⁠@AttributesAnomaliesandUnicorns⁠ ⁠Merch!! ⁠ (00:00) Introduction (00:57) What did you think when Heather decided to be a geo? (02:32) She chose a school with no engineering degree! (03:31) Tell us which degree is more made up, LOL! (05:...

Heather and April wonder what happens to our brains when we have to perform under pressure....Also, fun ideas for Heather's next conference name badge! Connect with us: Insta: ⁠heather.april.unicorn⁠ YouTube: ⁠@AttributesAnomaliesandUnicorns⁠ ⁠Merch!! ⁠ (00:00) Intro (04:00) Heather's take on whether we are all performing (11:20) Introverts: fitness instructor and award-winning introvert (...

Find out what our favorite rock and/or mineral is, why wemention rats, and that I was NOT too short to hold a koala... Wait, what does any of this have to do with science communication… Maybe listen to find out!!!

Heather and April explore the world of machine learning in geoscience. Runaway robot vacuums, golden retrievers using calculators.... We do talk about critical thinking skills in there somewhere, too. Listen and find out.

Channels, channels, and more channels; as far as the eye can see! April finally gets a full episode to talk about the thing she loves most, and Heather has no choice but to come along for the ride. From ancient civilizations to which state has the best-tasting dirt, and then disaster movies .... wait, what?

Seismic attributes have personalities. We're not taking it back. Dr. Heather Bedle and Dr. April Moreno-Ward break down the attributes they actually use, why some of them are quietly running the whole show, and why spectral decomposition shows up in full color and rainbows whether you asked for it or not. Amplitude is the colleague who says nothing for a year and then changes everything. Cosin...

We start the way all good science should start — with a personality quiz. From there, Dr. Heather Bedle and Dr. April Moreno-Ward introduce themselves the way they'd actually want to be introduced (no CVs, no titles, just the real version), trace the surprisingly winding roads that led two curious humans to geophysics, and somehow end up talking about why seismic data can be genuinely, unexpectedl...