Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBisonology (BUFFALO) Encore with various bisonologists
Episode 479
Bison bison! Not just something to holler into the sky, but also the scientific name for North America's majestic wild bovines. In this encore, we explore a beast that once roamed the plains in the t…
Published on 2 hours ago
Strigiformology (OWLS) Part 2 with R. J. Gutiérrez
Episode 478
We’re back with Dr. R.J. “Rocky” Gutiérrez to answer listeners’ questions on owls. How much wisdom lies behind those big, immovable eyes? Are owls good or bad omens? What’s their proclivity for snatc…
Published on 6 days, 7 hours ago
Strigiformology (OWLS) Part 1 with R.J. Gutiérrez
Episode 477
OWLS. FINALLY. In no particular order: what’s up with their eyes, legs, hoots, feathers, silent flight, nests, folklore, necks, barfs, conservation status, and omens? Go take a walk or sit on a porch…
Published on 2 weeks ago
Historical Toxicology (OLD TIMEY POISONS) with Deborah Blum
Episode 476
Metal poisons. Odorless ones. Toxic plants. Iocane powder, arsenic, old lace, poisons as self-defense, black mirrors, Aqua Tofanas, movie myths, and the start of testing for that which ails or kills …
Published on 3 weeks ago
Critical Ponerology (WHAT IS “EVIL”?) with Kenneth MacKendrick
Episode 475
What is evil? Who is evil? Does evil exist? Who decides? Can we scream over turkey at grandma’s house? Let’s chat Critical Ponerology with scholar, professor, author of Evil: A Critical Primer, and a…
Published on 4 weeks ago
Bonus Episode: COCKROACH MILK with Joshua Benoit and Sinead English
Episode 474
Cockroach milk for Spooktober. STAY HERE. Don’t tell me you like haunted houses and slasher films but can’t listen to a lovely conversation about how cockroaches make milk to feed their young. It’s o…
Published on 4 weeks, 2 days ago
Blattodeology (YES, COCKROACHES) with Dominic Evangelista
Episode 473
Dazzling colors. Remote habitats. Gentle parenting. Fantastic genitalia. And yeah, swimming through sewers to surprise you. It’s cockroaches and I promise you will find something to love about them i…
Published on 1 month ago
Haunted Hydrology (SPOOKY LAKES) with Geo Rutherford
Episode 472
Mudbank bones. River wrecks. Salty seas. Pink ponds. Poison dust devils. Steamy streams.. It’s Haunted Hydrology with your favorite Spooky Lakes ambassador, the artist and author Geo Rutherford who i…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Serpopsychology (WHAT’S CREEPY?) with Frank McAndrew
Episode 471
Are you creepy? How would you know? What’s “creepy” as opposed to scary or eerie? We talk to the pioneer of this research, Serpopsychologist, Dr. Frank McAndrew, a professor emeritus at Knox College.…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Revolutionology (REBELLIONS & SOCIAL CHANGE) with Jack Goldstone
Episode 470
Storming the Bastille. Facing off with tanks. Canceling a streaming subscription.
We’re talking protests, boycotts, insurrections, and demonstrations. Scholar, professor, and actual real life Revolut…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago