A Road Trip To Fossil City With PBS’s Emily Graslie

By Greta Johnsen
YouTube star Emily Graslie is the host of a new PBS series about the millions of years of geologic history here in the United States, ‘Prehistoric Road Trip.’
YouTube star Emily Graslie is the host of a new PBS series about the millions of years of geologic history here in the United States, ‘Prehistoric Road Trip.’ PBS / Screen grab from YouTube
YouTube star Emily Graslie is the host of a new PBS series about the millions of years of geologic history here in the United States, ‘Prehistoric Road Trip.’
YouTube star Emily Graslie is the host of a new PBS series about the millions of years of geologic history here in the United States, ‘Prehistoric Road Trip.’ PBS / Screen grab from YouTube

A Road Trip To Fossil City With PBS’s Emily Graslie

By Greta Johnsen
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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 new 3-part 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 her new show, how loving art and science does not have to be mutually exclusive and then she drops more clam facts on us than we thought were possible.