Podcast Episodes

Bonus Episode: How to Beat Perfectionism and Make a Quilt

Episode 497

Our Culcitology (QUILTS) episode taught you why quilts are agents of rebellion, community, and chill vibes all in one. This bonus episode  will tell …

13 hours ago

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Quantum Ontology (WHAT IS REAL?) Encore with Adam Becker

Episode 496

Is anything real? How many universes are there? Is everything a simulation being run by a quantum computer through a wormhole from a future era? Is t…

1 day, 13 hours ago

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Culcitology (QUILTS) with Luke Haynes, Olivia Joseph, and Joe Cunningham

Episode 495

Scrap quilts. Sewing bees. Secret codes. Political activism. Controversies. Three of your new favorite Culcitologists – Olivia Joseph, Luke Haynes, a…

1 week ago

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Zoohoplology (ANIMAL DEFENSES) with Ted Stankowich

Episode 494

Barbs. Spurs. Stinks. Scutes. Shrieks. Fashion. Drama. Animal behaviorist, evolutionary biologist, Cal State Long Beach professor, and your new favor…

2 weeks ago

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Bonus Episode: ICYMI Moments of 2025 with newly beloved Ologists

Episode 493

In case you missed it, ICYMI stands for In Case Y’all Missed It. And while 2025 was a weird year (not as weird as 2026!) it was filled with some favo…

2 weeks, 2 days ago

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Venereology (SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS) with Ina Park

Episode 492

You’ve got junk, and we have info. The charming and hilarious researcher, professor, sex-positive health advocate, and author of the science book “St…

3 weeks, 1 day ago

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Genealogy (FAMILY TREES) Encore with Stephen Hanks

Episode 491

Histories, mysteries, memories and families: it’s time to clamber up our ancestral trees. Author and genealogist Stephen Hanks -- who teaches genealo…

1 month ago

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Asinology (DONKEYS) with Faith Burden

Episode 490

Tall ears. Huge teeth. Underestimated wit. And vocalizations that would make a songbird envious. Let’s talk donkeys with researcher and Director at T…

1 month ago

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Paleohistology (WHY TEETH EXIST) with Yara Haridy

Episode 489

Excuse me, why do you have teeth? How did they get in your mouth and where did they come from? Let’s ask researcher, tooth enthusiast, and Paleohisto…

1 month, 1 week ago

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Marmotology (GROUNDHOGS) with Daniel Blumstein

Episode 488

Tongue twisters. Frosty holidays. Scandals. Big ol’ rodent butts. Let’s talk groundhogs with UCLA conservationist, field biologist, professor and Mar…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

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