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Vintage Antivaxxers, Horror Flick Psychology, Robin-Eating Bats
Dec 03, 2025Coltan Scrivner joins the show to talk about the strange empathy of horror movie enjoyers. Plus, Sara Kiley talks about bats dogfighting and devouring birds, and Rachel delves into the bizarre history...
Footless Goose Murder, Sex in Space, Viking Sicko Mode, Sports Bra Tech
Nov 19, 2025Behold: our LIVE show from earlier this year at Caveat in NYC! Rachel, Jess, Moiya McTier and Claire Maldarelli each bring a weird fact to the stage. Topics run the gamut this week. We've got an avian...
Check it out: 'Ask Us Anything' from Popular Science. On this episode, GOOSEBUMPS
Nov 12, 2025Popular Science answers your most outlandish, mind-burning questions—from the everyday things you’ve always wondered to the bizarre things you never thought to ask. On this episode: Goosebumps are a...
What Rats are REALLY Saying, Cosmic Caffeine, Lamarck was RIGHT?!
Nov 05, 2025Tom Lum joins the show to reveal what rats are ACTUALLY saying to each other. Plus, Rachel talks about the color of the Universe, and Lauren explains one evolutionary exception. The Weirdest Thing I ...
Ant Yogurt, Bunny Horns, Deadly Feather Fashion
Oct 22, 2025Liz Clayton Fuller joins the show to talk about the deadly feather trade. Plus, Jess hops in to explain the strange virus causing bunnies to sprout horns, and Rachel gets into the way some folks are u...
Check out: On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti from WBUR!
Oct 15, 2025We're sharing an episode of On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti. On Point is a rare public space where you hear nuanced explorations of complex topics live and in real time. Host Meghna Chakrabarti leads...
Drunk Monkeys, Heroic Rats, Forehead Teeth
Oct 08, 2025Carly York joins the show to talk about the most heroic rats you'll ever meet. Plus, Sara Kiley talks about some drunk monkeys, and Rachel gets into sharks' toothy foreheads. The Weirdest Thing I Le...
Skateboard Archeology, Dire Wolf Bones, The Great Fear
Sep 24, 2025Annalee Newitz joins the show to talk all about how 18th century gossip spread like an actual infectious disease. Plus, Laura delves into how dire wolf bones could help our modern pups, and Rachel ta...
Airborne Butt Cam, Snake Panic, Oops! All Cloacas
Sep 10, 2025Sarah Gailey joins the show to discuss why one scientist put the cutest little monocles on a bunch of chameleons. (And also to talk about their new book, Spread Me, out now wherever you buy books!) Pl...
Thank Your Local Horse, OG Canners, Busting Bird Gender Norms
Aug 27, 2025Nathan H. Lents joins the show to discuss why some birds are extra loud in bed, along with his new book: The Sexual Evolution: How 500 Million Years of Sex, Gender and Mating Shape Modern Relationship...