Episodios

  • Fallout Critters

    Fallout Critters
    Jun 4 2024

    Today we're looking at the mutated creatures of the Fallout franchise and discussing whether they could actually exist in a nuclear wasteland! It's a real optimistic episode and we discuss BIG BUGS! How can we bring back big bugs?!

    Guest: Will Poole

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    1 h y 2 m
  • Creature Classic®: Leg Day

    Creature Classic®: Leg Day
    May 29 2024

    These animals did NOT forget leg day! From leg battles, to deadly runway assassins, to miraculous thighs.

    Guest: Joey Clift

    Footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uMXBcVWbP2SsR00Gh4NUuXFZbPKlRpSFo2GOtjznN7k/edit?usp=sharing

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    40 m
  • Orangutan, Heal Thyself

    Orangutan, Heal Thyself
    May 22 2024

    These animals have figured out how to treat their own ailments with the medicine available to them in their habitats. Plus, what can we learn from animals about human medicine? Discover this and more as we answer the age old question, does swallowing a rough leaf a day keep Doctor Zaius away?

    Guest: Dr. Kaveh Hoda

    Source for last week's mystery animal sound: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/v_rSygXA1lw

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    1 h y 11 m
  • Listener Q's: Eclipse Blues

    Listener Q's: Eclipse Blues
    May 15 2024

    I answer your questions, like why do animals act weird during an eclipse? How do animals know what to eat? What's the deal with dino penises?

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    29 m
  • Animal Stereotypes

    Animal Stereotypes
    May 8 2024

    The Wise owl, the lazy sloth, and the courageous lion, how much do these animals live up to their names, or should we not judge a book by its cover or a sloth by its algae? Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question: is owls stupid?

    Guest: Adam Todd Brown

    Source of last week's mystery animal sound:

    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TDMftMtr5to

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    54 m
  • Creature Classic®: Brood X!

    Creature Classic®: Brood X!
    May 1 2024
    To celebrate cicadageddon 2024, here's one of my favorite past episodes, this one on cicadapocalypse 2021: BROOD X has been waiting 17 years to emerge from the ground. What is Brood X? Should we panic? Discover this and more as we answer the age old question: How is it fair that swarms of baby turtles are considered cute, but swarms of bugs are considered “horrifying?” Guest: Mara Wilson Footnotes: Cicada https://live.staticflickr.com/3067/2607912292_150e08400e_z.jpg Cicada tymbal https://www.cicadamania.com/images/tymbalanism.gif Cicada sounds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNJ6DL_1R9I Holes left by mass cicada emergence (warning for trypophobia) https://plant-pest-advisory.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/A-e1373044330806.jpg Lots of cicadas! https://mk0charlottestopdskr.kinstacdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Cicadas-swarm-north-carolina.jpg Mass sea turtle hatching! https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/olive-ridley-sea-turtle-swarm-filmed-costa-rica Giant river turtle! https://zooinstitutes.com/img/animals/83/831567514683_33.jpg Mass river turtle hatching! https://www.treehugger.com/rare-turtles-hatch-beach-brazil-5092340 Soft coral https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/84bPOAlpoBNPmyhMTsbhJ-iF7UDOo1lCST_18GrEChIqlOg6CL-nO1yx_6AVw8g2FWgRFAndhaD3HAUw_zMrVDbbNGYQS2Uqob1196fcVrNv7bveRZTylg03CdBwB3BCnpQ Stony coral https://www.ecomagazine.com/images/Newsletter/0_2020/Week_1-6-20/underwater-photography-of-coral-reef-3100361.jpgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    1 h y 17 m
  • Backyard Science

    Backyard Science
    Apr 24 2024

    You can be a citizen scientist in your own backyard! Broods! Birds! And mushroom butts! I'm joined by podcaster and voice actress Janet Varney.

    Guest: Janet Varney

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    1 h y 18 m
  • Aeroplankton

    Aeroplankton
    Apr 17 2024

    They're in the air! There's billions of them! And they're tiny! We're talking about aeroplankton, what they're doing up there, and what happens when they get in your nose.

    Guest: Soren Bowie

    Last week's mystery animal sound source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8Phip5U-Wo

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    1 h y 8 m