Join Brian Compton and Shawn Haugrud as they take a closer look at the people, stories and events of the Gray Fossil Site, as seen through their eyes. If you are looking for some light humor with a touch of science, this is the podcast for you.

This podcast is not currently producing new episodes, but all previous episodes are available for listening!

A Touch of Gray Hosts:

Shawn Haugrud is a Gray Fossil Site & Museum preparator and oversees field and laboratory operations for the Gray Fossil Site.
Brian Compton manages the modern specimen collections and laboratory for the Gray Fossil Site & Museum..

A Touch of Gray - Episode 33 - Gilmore Girl

This week we have another special episode, we are joined by Laura Gilmore who will be sharing her experiences and history here at the Gray Fossil Site!

Music Credit to Kevin Mcleod.


A Touch of Gray - Episode 32 - The Bird is the Word

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! We are discussing birds this week! We will talk about some of the species of birds we have here at the fossil site, as well as some of the difficulties that come with finding these more fragile fossils.

Music Credited to Kevin Mcleod!


A Touch of Gray - Episode 31 - Oh Canada

For Episode 31, we will talk a little bit about our recent SVP conference and we will be talking about our first time out of the country for a conference, in Canada! 

Music Credit to Kevin Mcleod


A Touch of Gray - Episode 30 - Election 2018

The people have spoken, so this week we will be giving all the info on the Mastodon! Thank you to everyone who voted!

Music Credit to Kevin Mcleod


A Touch of Gray - Episode 29 - Haunted Tours

This week we will talk about how the Fossil Site was turned into a Haunted house! Thanks to Shawn and Brian and the help of others, this spooky tour of the museum was a big success! 

Music Credit to Kevin Mcleod.


A Touch of Gray - Episode 28 - I Think I Took a Wrong Turn in Albuquerque

A Touch of Gray is on the road this week to Albuquerque, New Mexico for the SVP Conference! We are taking you with us for some special group interviews and stories we'll share about the Conference and the long trip it took to get here!

Music Credit to Kevin Mcleod!


A Touch of Gray - Episode 27 - The Thing Game Home Edition

This week we will be sharing the rules to our scary Halloween game that we like to play out here at Gray! Inspired by the movie, The Thing, you may catch a glimps of us playing this game at the Fossil Site on Saterdays before Halloween. Also, we have more information for you about our Trivia Tuesdays as well as special episodes coming up!

Music Credit to Kevin Mcleod!


A Touch of Gray - Episode 26- Halloween in the Miocene

Its finally October! Which means its time for Halloween, and this week we will be talking about how we celebrate Halloween here at the Gray Fossil Site, as well as our Trivia Tuesdays that will be this month! 

Music Credited to Kevin Mcleod


A Touch of Gray - Episode 25 - Master of All I Survey

In Episode 25, we will talk about the process of surveying the land and the fossils here at the Gray Fossil Site. It is the most important process of keeping up with each of the fossils we find here at Gray, and there are a lot of them!

Music Credit to Kevin Mcleod!


A Touch of Gray - Episode 24- A T-Rex Named Sue

This weeks episode is about the time when a dinosaur came to visit the Gray Fossil site! We will be talking about how we managed to get this giant display of T-Rex into the building and hopefully Sue will be visiting us again!

Music Credit to Kevin Mcleod.