Podcast Episodes

Back to Search
Feeling crabby
Feeling crabby

Have the crabs been lying to us? There are true crabs, false crabs, and even shame-faced crabs which implies that some of them, at least, are guilty.…

2 years, 6 months ago

Short Long
View Episode
Who's your Daddy?
Who's your Daddy?

You probably have a daddy-long-legs in your house right now.

But when is having a weird housemate in the corner ACTUALLY a good thing? Dr Ann Jones in…

2 years, 6 months ago

Short Long
View Episode
POD EXTRA: Johnny Cash and the Condor fire
POD EXTRA: Johnny Cash and the Condor fire

An extra special, podcast only, five-minute story for you!

A bird that stands over a metre tall hardly seems like it'd bow down to a rock star, but Jo…

2 years, 7 months ago

Short Long
View Episode
Silence of the vultures
Silence of the vultures

An ornithologist, a veterinarian and a religious devotee must find the serial killer before every last vulture in India is dead.

Featuring:

Dr Campbell…

2 years, 7 months ago

Short Long
View Episode
Do worms dream?
Do worms dream?

We get a bit philosophical and try to find out that if animals do dream, will we ever be able to know what they’re dreaming about?

Featuring:

Cassie, C…

2 years, 8 months ago

Short Long
View Episode
Sleep like a log
Sleep like a log

Birds can fly while half their brain is sleeping and some spiders sleep dangling on a silk thread, but what about worms. Do worms sleep?

Featuring:

Ass…

2 years, 8 months ago

Short Long
View Episode
Why don't you act like a girl?
Why don't you act like a girl?

Boob-shaping hiccups are very sexy in the sage grouse world, but whose chesticles are in charge?

Featuring:

Lucy Cooke, Zoologist and author of Bitch A…

2 years, 8 months ago

Short Long
View Episode
Bitch! Who is really in charge?
Bitch! Who is really in charge?

Female lab mice have been bred to be passive and breed with ease. But, in the wild they're feisty and even pugnacious. How much of our biological und…

2 years, 8 months ago

Short Long
View Episode
Birds, bees and a wang wang with a problem.
Birds, bees and a wang wang with a problem.

A tiny penis, a 12-hour annual fertilisation window, picky females and strawberry bubble bath – these are just a few of the issues that pop up when m…

3 years ago

Short Long
View Episode
Shells with stories to tell
Shells with stories to tell

Forget ancestry searches online. Shells can tell you the history of the world.

Featuring:

Amy Prendergast, University of Melbourne.

Jann Vendetti, Natur…

3 years ago

Short Long
View Episode

Love PodBriefly?

If you like Podbriefly.com, please consider donating to support the ongoing development.

Support Us