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Bonus Episode: Optical Technology (HISTORY OF EYEGLASSES + MODERN DAY VISION)
Aug 01, 2025When 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 ...
Literary Olfactology (THE POLITICS OF SMELL) with Ally Louks
Jul 30, 2025Smell 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...
Bonus Episode: The OCD Experience with Neurobiologist Uma Chatterjee
Jul 29, 2025This 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...
Obsessive-Compulsive Neurobiology (OCD) with Wayne Goodman
Jul 23, 2025Ruminations and reassurances. Checking and counting. Suffering and stigmas. It’s OCD, babes! OCD is now considered one of the most common psychiatric conditions, afflicting 2% to 3% of the general pop...
Fromology (CHEESE) Part 2 with Kyra James
Jul 16, 2025We’re back with molten hot cheese trivia in Part 2 with Fromologist Kyra James of OwnYourFunk.com. Part 1 covered the foundations and this week we address your listener questions about cows on boats, ...
Fromology (CHEESE) Part 1 with Kyra James
Jul 09, 2025Soft. Hard. Fresh. Aged. Stinky. Illegal. Let’s talk cheese with Certified Cheese Professional (CCP) and Fromologist, Kyra James. We chat about proprietary bacterial slurries, basement caves, cheese k...
Lampyridology (FIREFLIES) aka Sparklebuttology Updated Encore with Sara Lewis
Jul 02, 2025Let’s light up your life and butt. World-renowned firefly expert Dr. Sara Lewis of Tufts University gives us some updates to her 2021 episode, sharing her love of a bug that many think is merely mytho...
Crotalology (RATTLESNAKES) with Emily Taylor
Jun 25, 2025Fangs. Rattles. Misconceptions. Crawl out from under your rock for the angelic rattle of one of the world’s most maligned, misunderstood, gorgeous, mysterious, efficient creatures. Herpetology profess...
Aquaculture Ecology (SUSTAINABLE OCEAN FOODS) with Ben Halpern
Jun 18, 2025Farmed versus wild. Basement shrimp hustles. Mangrove drama. Anthropology. Animal welfare and plant-based diets. Climb aboard to meet UCSB’s super cool dude, researcher and Aquaculture Ecologist, Dr. ...
Bonus Episode: THE U.S. CONSTITUTION. Let's read it together.
Jun 14, 2025Have you ever read every word of The U.S. Constitution? You don't have to, because I read it with my mouth into your brain in this weird but vital episode on civil liberties. And of course, there are ...