Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchStrigiformology (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 s…
4 months 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 …
4 months 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, p…
4 months, 1 week 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…
4 months, 1 week 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 pr…
4 months, 2 weeks 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 amba…
4 months, 3 weeks 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. Fra…
5 months 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…
5 months, 1 week ago
Human Technomorphology (SWAPPING OUT BODY PARTS) with Mary Roach
Episode 469
Pigs with human kidneys. Iron lungs. Bionic prostheses. And bendable genitals. Mary Roach is here, and Alie is freaking out. Over the last two decade…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Ceramology (POTTERY) with Potted History’s Graham Taylor & Sarah Lord Taylor
Episode 468
Porcelain. Earthenware. China. Archaeology. Stoneware. Anthropology. Amphora. Throwing wheels. We got it all. Master potters, history aficionados and…
5 months, 3 weeks ago