{"podcast":{"title":"Shirtloads of Science","slug":"shirtloads-of-science-720391","podcast_index_feed_id":720391,"rss_url":"https://shirtloadsofscience.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://shirtloadsofscience.libsyn.com/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/d/7/9/c/d79c05514b0c95dd/MISC145_BANNER_Square_AW.jpeg","author":"Karl Kruszelnicki","episode_count":469,"summary":"Dr Karl's a curious optimist. Join him as he explores the latest developments in science with leading researchers and communicators. And remember, it's never too late for a happy childhood. Series Producer: Isabelle Benton Technical Producer: Maya Cook Contact: shirtloadspodcast@gmail.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T22:18:44.390464+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/shirtloads-of-science-720391"},"episode":{"title":"The (Not So) Boring Billion with Prof. Dietmar Müller (478)","slug":"the-not-so-boring-billion-with-prof-dietmar-m-ller-478","published_at":"2026-06-13T23:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/shirtloads-of-science-720391/the-not-so-boring-billion-with-prof-dietmar-m-ller-478","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/shirtloads-of-science-720391","url":"https://shirtloadsofscience.libsyn.com/the-boring-billion-with-prof-dietmar-mller-478","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/shirtloadsofscience/SOS_478_DM_The_Boring_Billion_Video_File.mp4?dest-id=436327","summary":"In this episode, we speak with Dietmar Müller about the \"Boring Billion\", a seemingly quiet period in Earth's deep history that may have been crucial for the evolution of complex life. Drawing on his latest research, Müller explains how plate tectonics, passive continental margins, and volcanic outgassing shaped Earth's slow carbon cycle and gradually oxygenated the oceans during the mid-Proterozoic era. Müller also reflects on how young the science of plate tectonics really is, and discusses the open-source EarthByte tools his team at the University of Sydney has developed to model Earth's ancient geological past. www.earthbyte.org/","meta_description":"In this episode, we speak with Dietmar Müller about the \"Boring Billion\", a seemingly quiet period in Earth's deep history that may have been crucial for…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1694,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/shirtloads-of-science-720391/episodes/the-not-so-boring-billion-with-prof-dietmar-m-ller-478/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/shirtloads-of-science-720391/the-not-so-boring-billion-with-prof-dietmar-m-ller-478.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}