Ologies with Alie Ward

Ologies with Alie Ward

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Human Technomorphology (SWAPPING OUT BODY PARTS) with Mary Roach

Human Technomorphology (SWAPPING OUT BODY PARTS) with Mary Roach

Sep 17, 2025

Pigs with human kidneys. Iron lungs. Bionic prostheses. And bendable g******s. Mary Roach is here, and Alie is freaking out. Over the last two decades, this science icon has written seven New York Tim...

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Ceramology (POTTERY) with Potted History’s Graham Taylor & Sarah Lord Taylor

Ceramology (POTTERY) with Potted History’s Graham Taylor & Sarah Lord Taylor

Sep 10, 2025

Porcelain. Earthenware. China. Archaeology. Stoneware. Anthropology. Amphora. Throwing wheels. We got it all. Master potters, history aficionados and Potted History’s icons Sarah Lord Taylor and Graha...

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Neuropathoimmunology (MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS) with Aaron Boster

Neuropathoimmunology (MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS) with Aaron Boster

Sep 03, 2025

Neurons. Immune systems. MRIs. Weed gummies? One of the greats in neurology, Dr. Aaron Boster, takes time to chat all about Multiple Sclerosis, a neurological autoimmune disease close to our hearts. A...

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Lutrinology (OTTERS) Encore with Chris J. Law

Lutrinology (OTTERS) Encore with Chris J. Law

Aug 27, 2025

YOU’RE NOT READY. But it’s time. Otters. Sea otters. River otters. Big beefy otters. Tiny otters. Giant river otters. Otters chasing you down the street. Dr. Chris J. Law, a professional Lutrinologist...

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Trolleyology (MORAL DILEMMAS + THE TROLLEY PROBLEM) with Joshua Greene

Trolleyology (MORAL DILEMMAS + THE TROLLEY PROBLEM) with Joshua Greene

Aug 20, 2025

Train tracks. Split decisions. And a philosophy humdinger worth debating. Dr. Joshua Greene is a Harvard Psychology professor, neuroscientist, and *actual* Trolleyologist. The moral humdinger that has...

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Tempestology (HURRICANES) Part 2 with Dr. Kim Wood & Matt Lanza

Tempestology (HURRICANES) Part 2 with Dr. Kim Wood & Matt Lanza

Aug 13, 2025

The info storm continues! Part 1 covered the anatomy of a cyclonic storm, the bizarre histories behind the category system, and where hurricanes come from, but this week’s conclusion with Matt Lanza a...

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Tempestology (HURRICANES) Part 1 with Matt Lanza & Dr. Kim Wood

Tempestology (HURRICANES) Part 1 with Matt Lanza & Dr. Kim Wood

Aug 06, 2025

Hurricanes. Typhoons. Cyclones. Tropical storms. Tropical depressions. What does it all MEAAAN? Let’s dive in. Career meteorologists Dr. Kim Wood of the University of Arizona and Space City Weather’s ...

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Bonus Episode: Optical Technology (HISTORY OF EYEGLASSES + MODERN DAY VISION)

Bonus Episode: Optical Technology (HISTORY OF EYEGLASSES + MODERN DAY VISION)

Aug 01, 2025

When were glasses invented? What happened back then if your horse stepped on them? How is the digital age changing adults’ and kids’ vision? The first half of this special bonus episode about Optical ...

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Literary Olfactology (THE POLITICS OF SMELL) with Ally Louks

Literary Olfactology (THE POLITICS OF SMELL) with Ally Louks

Jul 30, 2025

Smell and culture. Scent descriptions in novels. Fragrances and class. Stink and stigmas. We cover it all. Scholar, author, and Literary Olfactologist Dr. Ally Louks burst into the zeitgeist in 2024 w...

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Bonus Episode: The OCD Experience with Neurobiologist Uma Chatterjee

Bonus Episode: The OCD Experience with Neurobiologist Uma Chatterjee

Jul 29, 2025

This one’s all about lived experience: What's it like to have OCD? What’s the therapy all about? How do you support people with it? And how to accept the darkest thoughts that might haunt you. As a bo...

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