))
Volcanoes. Trees. Drunk butterflies. Mars missions. Slug sex. Death. Beauty standards. Anxiety busters. Beer science. Bee drama. Take away a pocket full of science knowledge and charming, bizarre stories about what fuels these professional -ologists' obsessions. Humorist and science correspondent Alie Ward asks smart people stupid questions and the answers might change your life.
O
Ologies with Alie Ward
1
Cheloniology (SEA TURTLES) Encore with Camryn Allen
1:24:00
1:24:00
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:24:00
Hope you dug tortoises because we’re back, shellin’ out the good stuff, with this week’s encore of sea turtles, so get ready to become wildly obsessed with them. Cheloniologist Dr. Camryn Allen met up with Alie on a tropical island (ok, in a hotel room on a tropical island) to chat about flipper slappings, turtle rodeos, nesting BBs, current surfin…
O
Ologies with Alie Ward
1
Testudinology (TORTOISES) Encore with Amanda Hipps
1:13:44
1:13:44
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:13:44
We're bringing back one shell of an episode with today's encore. What's a tortoise? What's a turtle? Why do they live so dang long? What's up with their junk? Wildlife biologist and testudinologist Amanda Hipps studies gopher tortoises and dishes about turtle nomenclature, cliques, dicks, behavior, burrows, evolution, habitats and more. If you don'…
O
Ologies with Alie Ward
1
Zymology (BEER) Encore with Quinton Sturgeon
55:01
55:01
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
55:01
Nothin' like crackin' open a cold one with the Ologites, amirite? If you like booze, you'll love... fungus! Alie goes Rogue and takes a field trip to a brewery in Newport, OR where she smells vats of bubbling beer slop and learns about the microorganisms that are the workhorses of the brewing industry. Learn about yeasts, how beer is made, the hard…
O
Ologies with Alie Ward
1
Personality Psychology (PERSONALITIES) Encore with Simine Vazire
1:21:16
1:21:16
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:21:16
A few personal updates from your internet dad and then … WHO ARE WE? This one is a banger, folks. Personality researcher & psychology professor Dr. Simine Vazire dishes about introverts, extroverts, self-esteem, sociopaths, neuroticism, conscientiousness, Buzzfeed quizzes, yearbook inscriptions, trusting people, screwing up your kids, acting like y…
O
Ologies with Alie Ward
1
Smologies #14: ALIENS with Kevin Peter Hand
22:12
22:12
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
22:12
A Smologies kid-friendly version of… ALIENS! EXTRATERRESTRIALS! MARTIANS! The phenomenal Dr. Kevin Peter Hand of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory dishes on the oceans of distant moons, methane rivers, ice crusts, the James Webb Space Telescope findings, what might be out there, aliens, what elements a planet needs to sustain life, and how finding e…
O
Ologies with Alie Ward
1
Lutrinology (OTTERS) with Chris J. Law
1:01:22
1:01:22
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:01:22
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, shares tales about coastal vs. inland otters, otter terrorism, magical teeth, lustrous fur, rock pockets, kelp naps, otter terrorism, cautionary mot…
O
Ologies with Alie Ward
1
SUMMERSODE: Balmy Vibes & Seasonal Factoids with various Ologists
1:45:27
1:45:27
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:45:27
I NEEDED TO MAKE THIS, OKAY? I needed to get excited about summer wonders. So we toiled over the ultimate Summersode. Kick back for a compliation of snorkling tips, shark statistics, firefly safaris, constitutional law questions, the science of makeouts, appreciation for hornets, horniness for foraging, cabins, campfires, crevice checking, jellyfis…
O
Ologies with Alie Ward
1
Smologies #13: CORALS with Shayle Matsuda
22:04
22:04
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
22:04
Another kid-safe, short episode of Smologies! What IS a coral? Where do they grow and what do they eat and why are they so pretty? What kind of tools do coral scientists use? Why are they so many colors? And what is bleaching? Will changing your sunscreen save coral reefs? The wonderful and charming Cnidariologist Dr. Shayle Matsuda took time out o…
O
Ologies with Alie Ward
1
Dipterology (FLIES) with Bryan Lessard
1:12:44
1:12:44
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:12:44
DO NOT YOU SKIP THIS ONE. Listen. Give flies a chance. Everyone loves a bee, but meanwhile flies are out here with all kinds of bodies and adaptations, inhabiting the least inhabitable lands, pollinating your future lunch, shimmering in rainbows, having lifelong love affairs, and burrowing in your back to eat your flesh. It’s a wild world and Austr…
O
Ologies with Alie Ward
1
Gorillaology (GORILLAS) with Tara Stoinski
1:04:05
1:04:05
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:04:05
Gorillas. These chest-beating, salad-munching, communal living, thick-furred beauties have so many surprises for you. Gorillaologist (IT’S A WORD) Dr. Tara Stoinski has been a gorilla scientist for nearly 3 decades and dishes on everything from fieldwork in cloudy mountains to dick facts, forest farts, banana flim-flam, the intersection of animal c…
O
Ologies with Alie Ward
1
Somnology (SLEEP) Part Two Encore with Dr. W. Chris Winter
1:10:44
1:10:44
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:10:44
Have you listened to Part 1 yet? No? Go on, git. Here's a link to it! Go do that. Now if you have, this Part 2 is a bonanza of problem solving from neurologist and somnologist Dr. W. Chris Winter. He'll cover: if you should be taking sleep supplements or pills, sleep talking, apnea, why sleepiness makes us hungry, narcolepsy, the difference between…
O
Ologies with Alie Ward
1
Smologies #12: EATING BUGS with Julie Lesnik
22:42
22:42
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
22:42
Bugs are cool! But are they lunch? Entomophagy Anthropologist Dr. Julie Lesnik is an expert on bug eating and enthusiastically explains how much more sustainable – and tasty? -- it is than other types of animal proteins. We talk about the human past, present and future of ingesting insects, from grasshopper tacos to ant omelettes, cricket wedding c…
O
Ologies with Alie Ward
1
Somnology (SLEEP) Part One Encore with Dr. W. Chris Winter
1:15:57
1:15:57
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:15:57
Birds do it. Bees do it. Why the hell can't we do it? Called "The Sleep Whisperer," neurologist and sleep specialist Dr. W. Chris Winter joins for an updated encore of the thrilling 2-parter about why we need sleep, the ideal amount of it, what sleep does to the brain, insomnia, sleep stages, ideal bedtime conditions, and even the historical lore a…
O
Ologies with Alie Ward
1
Conotoxinology (CONE SNAIL VENOM) with Joshua Torres & Sabah Ul-Hasan
1:02:54
1:02:54
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:02:54
Predatory. Sneaky. Deadly. Lifesavers? You think you don’t care about cone snails. But that’s about to change. Conotoxinologists Dr. Sabah Ul-Hasan and Dr. Joshua Torres study these spiral-shelled hunters of the sea. Why all the fuss? Because their venom -– and the microbes that live in it — may hold medical magic that can help us solve problems re…
O
Ologies with Alie Ward
1
Urology (CROTCH PARTS) with Fenwa Milhouse
1:18:05
1:18:05
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:18:05
We’ve done Nephrology, Gynecology, and Phallology — but nothing prepared us for this. Penis implants. Road trip pees. Kegels. Bidets. Squirting. UTIs. Clitoral flim-flam. Elephant bladders. Everyone’s favorite Urologist, Dr. Fenwa Milhouse, makes chatting about the uh, juicy stuff effortless and easy. Like peeing should be. She humbly describes her…
O
Ologies with Alie Ward
1
Acoustic Ecology (NATURE RECORDINGS) with Eddie Game
1:01:38
1:01:38
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:01:38
Insects humming. Birds squawking. Chainsaws buzzing? What does the rainforest sound like? Or the oceans outside of port cities? Is the world getting louder? And what can recording devices detect that our ears – especially mine, Alie’s – can’t? Acoustic Ecologist Dr. Eddie Game of the Nature Conservancy has asked conservation questions over decades …
O
Ologies with Alie Ward
1
Classical Archaeology (ANCIENT ROME) Encore with Darius Arya
1:13:03
1:13:03
Later Afspelen
Later Afspelen
Lijsten
Vind ik leuk
Leuk
1:13:03
If you LIVE for drama, you will LOVE dead Romans. Wars, backstabbing, opulence and uprisings: a little something for everyone. Classical Archeologist and TV host Dr. Darius Arya is back for an encore of this 2018 classic to dish about priceless garbage piles, lead poisoning, ancient political scandals, pottery graveyards, unearthing sculptures, tom…
