The See Jurassic Right Podcast‘s Back To School series returns for a new season Friday September 12th, featuring exciting new conversations with scientists, paleontologists, educators and more! You can listen to the trailer for the series here and read more from host Steven Ray Morris below.
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From Steven Ray Morris and the See Jurassic Right Podcast:
Hey everyone, Steven Ray Morris here, I am so thrilled to tell you about the return of the Back to School series on See Jurassic Right. Now besides sharing my love of the Jurassic Park (and Alien) franchises here on the podcast, I have a deep love, admiration, and respect for hardworking scientists and science educators of the world.
As the former editor of Ologies with Alie Ward, and filled with childlike wonder and curiosity instilled in me from an early age by visiting museums and watching shows like Bill Nye the Science Guy, Magic School Bus, and Eyewitness, the Back To School series is your chance to learn about a bunch of cool scientists doing cool shit, today!
Every Friday, starting September 12th, I will be sharing conversations with: paleontologists, science communicators, disease ecologists, science activists, biologists of numerous disciplines, and more. This is your chance to not only get a window into their work, but how you can help science right here, right now.
The return of the Back to School series is a long time coming (the first season was named New & Noteworthy by Apple Podcasts in 2020), and I am really excited to take all of you on a journey of discovery with me and all my amazing guests. So be sure to subscribe, like, follow, all the good stuff before the series launches this Friday, September 12th on See Jurassic Right. Hold onto your butts, see you soon!
Welcome to SDCC 2025! San Diego Comic-Con will commence at the San Diego Convention Center July 24 – 27, 2025. There will be tons of Jurassic at the con with Jurassic World Rebirth, Mattel, and Jurassic World: Chaos Theory at the forefront of the franchise at the moment. Plenty of Jurassic creators and merchandise will be present as well, not to mention the numerous Jurassic-adjacent dinosaur, paleontology, and film-related opportunities. Jurassic Outpostwill be on-site and have you covered on all things Jurassic and dinosaur!
From paleodioxin to paleontology, read on for everything Jurassic happening at San Diego Comic-Con 2025:
If you’re heading to SDCC this year be sure to download the Comic-Con app. Click here to download the SDCC 2025 Exhibit Hall map.
Award-winning composers Ryan Lott (Thunderbolts*), Laura Karpman (Captain America: Brave New World), Brandon Roberts (Andor season 2), and Mick Giacchino (The Penguin) discuss their scores with clips. Moderated by Oscar Award–winning composer Michael Giacchino (The Fantastic Four: First Steps,Jurassic World trilogy). Intros by Ray Costa (Costa Comm. producer/consultant).
6:00PM PDT, Grand 12 & 13 – Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
Law finds a way… for amusement parks with dinosaurs to be liable for employee safety, injuring guests, and invasive species. Can dinosaur DNA be patented? Could Jurassic Park be insured? Would parents sue for children left at a youth camp to fend for themselves against dinosaurs? Could injured guests sue as a class action? Featuring Magistrate Judge Stacie Beckerman, Magistrate Judge Stan Boone, Kathy Steinman, Christine Peek, Stephen Tollafield, and Micheal Dennis for their analysis of Jurassic Park, Jurassic World, and Camp Cretaceous. Moderated by Joshua Gilliland, Esq. Organized by The Legal Geeks.
For more on Jurassic law, check out our very own blood-sucking lawyer Corey‘s expertise here.
6:00PM PDT, Seaport Ballroom – Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego
Hosted by founder Ashley Eckstein, The Her Universe Fashion Show 2025 Presented by Universal will showcase emerging designers from across the country dazzling San Diego Comic-Con from a new location within the Manchester Grand Hyatt. In celebration of this year’s theme: “Defying Fashion: Fashion That Defies Expectations,” the selected finalists will debut their designs inspired across Universal Pictures franchises including Wicked, Jurassic World and Universal Monsters as well as DreamWorks Animation franchises such as How To Train Your Dragon and Trolls. Each designer has been carefully selected for their talent to blend fandom with fashion. They will unveil their one-of-a-kind creations to the show’s largest audience to date from the Seaport Ballroom at the Manchester Grand Hyatt.
William Stout has had the amazing good fortune to work with Kurtzman, Elder, Eisner, Kirby, Moebius, Harlan Ellison, and Russ Manning. He co-founded the Comic Art Professional Society (and was its 10th resident), shared a studio with Dave Stevens and Paul Chadwick, and has attended every single San Diego Comic-Con. Bill has 14 murals at the San Diego Natural History Museum and the San Diego Zoo. His newest publication will be a three-volume Flesk Publications box set of all his comics-related work, due this October. Come see a preview of this momentous work!
Film adaptation writer/director Luke Sparke (Occupation Rainfall) will be joined by cast members Ryan Kwanten (True Blood), Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica), Nick Wechsler (The Boys), and Jeremy Piven (Entourage) to premiere exclusive footage from Primitive War, a Vietnam War thriller where the Vulture Squad realizes they are fighting both men and dinosaurs.
Celebrating the Eras: A Crash Course In JurassicWorld Toy Design
The MattelJurassicWorld Design Team will take fans behind the curtain of creating the toys based on dinosaurs from Jurassic WorldRebirth and more. Designers Rafael Bencosme, Greg Murphy, Chandra Hicks and others will be on hand for product reveals, trivia, and giveaways.
Cosplay for Science will have a pop-up museum focusing on the science of Jurassic Park franchise with emphasis on the most recent Jurassic World Rebirth and real-world connections to the recent “de-extinction” announcement from Colossal. Fossil casts from the Alf Museum will also be on-hand as part of the pop-up museum.
From traveling museum exhibitions, to multiple educational books written by some of world’s leading scientists, and even donating nearly a million dollars of paleontological research through The Jurassic Foundation, Universal Pictures and Amblin have found many unique and inventive ways to utilize the Jurassic franchise to promote education through STEAM (an acronym for science, technology, engineering, art, and math.) Universal Destinations and Experiences now continues this trend with their latest student programing at Universal Orlando!
Jurassic World VelociCoaster: Breaking Down the DNA is an all new educational youth program that allows student attendees to discover the the collaborative and innovative world of ride design! Developed in partnership with Universal Pictures, students will explore how a diverse Universal team with varied backgrounds and skills aligned to collectively transform an idea into a multi-award winning ride. They’ll discover how ride design is a complex collaborative process the combines creativity and problem-solving to create an innovative, story-driven attraction.
Program Objectives include:
Exploring academic and professional interests connected to themed entertainment.
Examining how diverse perspectives drive innovative thinking.
Identifying how teamwork is fundamental in achieving a common goal.
How to describe storytelling elements and how they drive immersive experiences.
Explaining the importance of how research influences decision making.
The program is the latest in a series of STEAM centered events hosted at the parks that seek to engage students into exploring engineering, creativity, science, and teamwork. It’s also the latest way Universal has used the Jurassic franchise to promote education. Previously, in 2023, Universal Orlando hosted a STEAM Symposium themed around Jurassic Park’s 30th Anniversary, and Universal Orlando also offers a “Jurassic Paleobotany” program associated with their STEAM App Series, where students work together to describe the importance of understanding plants and environments of the past and present to create authentic, immersive, and themed environments.
Programs at Universal are intended for groups of twenty or more students, and reservations must be made ahead of time. Tours will be scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis. Programs are subject to availability. More details and resources for educators interested can be found on Universal Orlando’s Youth Programing website.
