Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFEAR with Mary Poffenroth
Every day, your brain tries to save your life by being terrified. Thanks, brain! Also, calm the heck down, brain. Alie hunted down Dr. Mary Poffenrot…
12 hours ago
DANCING SPIDERS with Sebastian Echeverri
They dance. They make songs. They will steal your heart. They are spiders. Jumping spiders, specifically, and impassioned spider scientist Dr. Sebast…
1 week, 2 days ago
APPLES with Susan K. Brown
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2 weeks ago
OWLS with R.J. Gutiérrez
OWLS. FINALLY. In no particular order: what’s up with their eyes, legs, hoots, nests, necks, barfs? Is it ok to hoot back at them? What do you mean o…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
BRAIN CHEMICALS with Crystal Dilworth
Serotonin! Dopamine! Norepinephrine! Neurotransmitters: what's their deal? Dr. Crystal Dilworth, aka Dr. Brain, stops by to have a spirited discussio…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
SPACE FOOD with Maggie Coblentz
Dehydrated eggs. Airborne tortillas. Pouches of chicken. Tang. Work up an appetite for space food with artist, designer and Astrobromatologist, Maggi…
1 month ago
FERNS with Fay-Wei Li
Fronds. Forest dwellers. Spores. Houseplants. Gametophytes? We’ve got ferns. The charming and hilarious professor, pteridologist and author of “Ferns…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
BEAVERS with Rob Rich
Orange teeth! Multi-purpose tails! Architecture with twigs! Field naturalist, conservationist, wildlife tracker and “beaver believer” Rob Rich works …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
GOOD FIRE with Amy Christianson
Cultural burns. Prescribed blazes. A healthy forest. What exactly is “good fire?” Let’s ask Indigenous fire scientist Dr. Amy Christianson, who is a …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
WILDFIRES with Gavin Jones
As Smashmouth said, “My world’s on fire, how ‘bout yours?” Why yes, Mr. Mouth, it is, indeed, on fire. As so many of us around the globe are sharing …
2 months, 1 week ago