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Beth Shapiro

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1835 total appearances

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The Joe Rogan Experience
#2338 - Beth Shapiro

And I was convinced that this is what I wanted to do with my career.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2338 - Beth Shapiro

I went to the University of Georgia.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2338 - Beth Shapiro

They have a fantastic broadcast journalism school.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2338 - Beth Shapiro

I started off as the news director at one of the local radio stations.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2338 - Beth Shapiro

Let's just say wasn't particularly compatible with being a freshman in college.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2338 - Beth Shapiro

There was there were mornings when I was locked out of the bathroom, but I had only been asleep for one and a half hours after being out for too late at night doing things that I shouldn't have been doing because I was underage.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2338 - Beth Shapiro

And had to go to work to write the news and then be on this broadcast radio station.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2338 - Beth Shapiro

Anyway, how did I move from there to science?

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2338 - Beth Shapiro

I took this amazing class.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2338 - Beth Shapiro

It's similar to a class that I ended up teaching at UC Santa Cruz recently where it was a field geology and archaeology program.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2338 - Beth Shapiro

And we started off on the East Coast.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2338 - Beth Shapiro

We learned about rocks and how to identify minerals.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2338 - Beth Shapiro

And then we drove across the country and slept outside in national parks and learned about the history of North America, the geological history, the human history, everything, while being there in person.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2338 - Beth Shapiro

Drove up the West Coast, drove back around the country.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2338 - Beth Shapiro

And I thought to myself while I was there, this is the story that I want to tell.