Ologies with Alie Ward
Broomology (BROOMS) with Cate O’Connell-Richards
Whisks and witches. Bristles and Shakers. Potions and prisons. From making brooms to jumping them, teacher, author, broomsquire, and Broomologist Cate...
Orcinology (KILLER WHALES) with Jorge Vélez-Juarbe
Punted seals. Sunken yachts. Beach ambushes. And salmon hats? What’s even happening with killer whales? Are they sadists, or just hungry hungry hippos...
Horror Neurobiology (WATCHING SCARY STUFF) with Austin Lim
Thrills. Chills. Hiding behind your hands. It’s officially SPOOKTOBER month with a huge, fascinating (and I promise, mellow) episode on why humans wat...
Relational Psychology (BONDING VIA LAUGHING) with Sara Algoe and Laura Kurtz
Basement card games. Fireside reminiscing. Being forced to learn a dance. Does acting like a cornball matter? Will bits save your life? Yes. I got mys...
Silicification Geology (OPALS) with Patrice Rey
Gems of lightning and shadows. Rainbow fossils. Underground tunnel homes. Mysterious sedimentary origins. Aboriginal dreamtime stories. Armored snails...
Salixology (WILLOWS & SCULPTURE) with Patrick Dougherty
It’s the Ologies 9th Anniversary episode – and the customary gift is willow. So I reached out to an artist whose work means a lot to me, and convinced...
Extreme Meteorology (EL NIÑO) with Marshall Shepherd
El Niño. La Niña. United Nations Environment Programme doomerism? It’s been a helluva week for Meteorologists and the humans who live on planet Earth,...
Meteorology (WEATHER & CLIMATE) Encore with Marshall Shepherd
Bomb cyclones! Polar vortices! Atmospheric rivers! And rained out barbecues. One of the world’s leading Meteorologists, Dr. Marshall Shepherd – a form...
Party Psychology (WHY WE CELEBRATE) with Danielle Brick & Kelley Gullo-Wight
Rituals. Gatherings. Celebrations. Surprise parties. Weekend getaways. Campfires and birthday candles are in our DNA, and colleagues/social psychologi...
Deep Sea Microbiology (UNSEEN OCEAN CRITTERS) with Peter Girguis
Creatures in inky trenches. Exploring the sea floor. Mud medicine. Tube worms. Harvard professor and Deep Sea Microbiology legend Dr. Peter Girguis te...