RECORDED JUNE 7, 2024 Originally released JULY 17, 2024
Guest: Dr. Shepherd & the Creators of Weather Geeks
As long as there has been weather, we have had weather geeks. Before we had the radar to see storms from different layers and the satellites to see hurricanes from space, the fascination of weather has always been there. But only for the past 10 years has there been a Weather Geeks show; first starting as a half-hour geek out on The Weather Channel and now a podcast that you’re listening to wherever you are! And since the beginning, Dr. Marshall Shepherd from the University of Georgia has been your host and he’s sitting down with us to reminisce and regale about the past 10 years of Weather Geeks…
Chapters
- 00:00 The Fascination of Weather Geeks
- 02:14 Bitten by the Weather Bug
- 04:28 Creating a Meet the Press for Weather
- 05:07 The Reluctant Host
- 10:39 The Evolution of Hosting
- 16:17 Fascinating Guests
- 21:39 Geeking Out with Ginger Zee and Janice Hough
- 22:05 A Place to Geek Out
- 22:42 The Value of Weather Geeks in the Weathergeek Community
- 24:21 Challenges and Surprises of Hosting a TV Show
- 26:33 Influencing Teaching Strategies through Weather Geeks
- 29:03 The Future of Weather Geeks: AI, Social Sciences, and Immersive Mixed Reality
- 31:27 Exploring the Fascination of Weather with Weather Geeks
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