A Road Trip To Fossil Town

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4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

As you'll soon find out, Emily Graslie has a contagious enthusiasm for science and discovery. She holds the very real title of “Chief Curiosity Correspondent” at the Field Museum here in Chicago. She hosts a YouTube series called The Brain Scoop. And she’s also the host of a series on PBS called Prehistoric Road Trip, where she travels across the western United States to examine the history of our planet.

We talk with Emily about exploration and discovery, how loving art and science does not have to be mutually exclusive, and then she drops more clam facts on us than we thought was possible.

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0:00.0	This fall, W bez invites you to our upcoming live events.
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0:17.0	From W be easy Chicago, this is Nurdett.
0:19.5	I'm Greta Johnson, and today we are going to hang out
0:22.1	with one of your soon to be
0:23.6	favorite people her name is Emily Grassley and she has the amazing title of
0:28.4	Chief Curiosity Correspondent at the Field Museum here in Chicago. She also hosts a YouTube series
0:34.7	called The Brain Scoop. And this summer she is the host of a new three-part
0:40.1	series on PBS called Pre-historic Road Trip.
0:43.5	I know there's more to discover within our own backyards.
0:48.5	So I'm heading back to the area where I grew up in the Northern Great Plains, the heart of America's fossil country.
0:56.7	We'll come face to face with the diverse prehistoric creatures that called this planet
1:01.4	home. Emily goes fossil hunting right here in the US.
1:08.0	And she meets cool scientists and reminds us that there's millions of years of natural history right in our backyards.
1:16.3	We're going to talk to Emily about prehistoric road trip, how loving art and science does not have
1:21.3	to be mutually exclusive, and I promise she is going to show you
1:25.7	how she can make pretty much anything interesting.
1:29.5	Emily, hey!
1:31.8	Yay! Hi, I'm so happy to be here! I just love how your enthusiasm for
1:39.7	science and discovery is absolutely contagious.
1:43.2	Thank you.
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