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Astrobromatology (SPACE FOOD) with Maggie Coblentz
Dec 10, 2025Dehydrated eggs. Airborne tortillas. Pouches of chicken. Tang. Work up an appetite for space food with artist, designer and Astrobromatologist, Maggie Coblentz. She shares how the intersection of desi...
Pteridology (FERNS) with Fay-Wei Li
Dec 03, 2025Fronds. Forest dwellers. Spores. Houseplants. Queer icons. We’ve got ferns. The charming and hilarious professor and author of “Ferns: Lessons in Survival from Earth’s Most Adaptable Plants,” Dr. Fay-...
NEW 2025 Interview: Genocidology (CRIMES OF ATROCITY) Part 2 with Dirk Moses
Nov 27, 2025Note: if you haven’t already heard it, please start with our original, May 2024 episode with Dr. Moses: Genocidology (CRIMES OF ATROCITY) Part 1 A lot has happened since then, and author, scholar and...
Bisonology (BUFFALO) Encore with various bisonologists
Nov 19, 2025Bison 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 te...
Strigiformology (OWLS) Part 2 with R. J. Gutiérrez
Nov 13, 2025We’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 snatch...
Strigiformology (OWLS) Part 1 with R.J. Gutiérrez
Nov 05, 2025OWLS. 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 ...
Historical Toxicology (OLD TIMEY POISONS) with Deborah Blum
Oct 29, 2025Metal 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 y...
Critical Ponerology (WHAT IS “EVIL”?) with Kenneth MacKendrick
Oct 22, 2025What 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 ...
Bonus Episode: COCKROACH MILK with Joshua Benoit and Sinead English
Oct 20, 2025Cockroach 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 on...
Blattodeology (YES, COCKROACHES) with Dominic Evangelista
Oct 15, 2025Dazzling 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 in...