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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...
Medical Butt Chugging, Ancient Ice Cream Pyramids, "The Thing" but Midwestern
Aug 13, 2025Mary Roach RETURNS to Weirdest Thing to share her new book, Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy! From this phenomenal new read, she discusses a section on breathing through your butt, a thing...
Bette Midler and the Salamander, How Marathon Swimmers Pee, D+D is Good for Your Brain
Jul 30, 2025The wonderful Ryan Mandelbaum is BACK to discuss their latest animalian interest: salamanders in New York City! Laura also explains how peeing while swimming a marathon is shockingly complicated, and ...
The Bone Collector, Threads of God, Cloacal Chamber
Jul 16, 2025Scientific illustrator and Twitch streamer Liz Clayton Fuller (ipaintbirbs) joins the show once more to talk all things cloaca -- and why some birds lack them. Plus, Jess hops behind the mic to talk a...
A New Green, THIS IS MY EVEREST, Chickens Influencing Cats
Jul 02, 2025Actor and creator of the Brat Apple Dance, Kelley Heyer, joins the show! The squad talks about a BRAND NEW green color, cheating at climbing Mt. Everest, and a sneaky trick to make cats less allergeni...