Ologies with Alie Ward

Volcanoes. Trees. Drunk butterflies. Mars missions. Slug sex. Death. Beauty standards. Anxiety buste

Episodes

Total: 454

Who’s babysitting AI? Will it steal your job? What happens when you’re rude to a chatbot? Cognitive

It’s Part 2 of how to fix your life with hobbies! Pretty much. Journalist/author of “The Connection

Crafting. Motorcycle repair. Banjo lessons. Hobbies aren’t a reward, but tools to save your mental a

Cleaner energy! Reasoning with climate deniers! Using fandom to pass policy! And not burning out. Ad

Landfills! Treasures in the trash! Corporate conspiracies! Composting! An instantly classic conversa

Medieval art memes! Human-faced animals! Drunk monks! And a preponderance of snails. Middle Ages man

Fungus gnats. Overloved cacti. Fiddle fig failures. $20,000 specimens. It’s house plants — and it’s

Fungus gnats. Overloved cacti. Fiddle fig failures. $20,000 specimens. It’s house plants — and it’s

Long Covid Part 2: Treatments. Studies. Histamines. Hormones. POTS. Clots. Hearts. Hope. Highly-resp

What is Long Covid? Is it real? What does it feel like? Do you have it? And how do you cure it? With

What is Long Covid? Is it real? What does it feel like? Do you have it? And how do you cure it? With

Nude strangers. Icy roads. Brain rot. True love. Class warfare. Queer visibility. Scripted ad libs.

Exactly the inspiration you need. Exactly the perfect time. Pass it on to anyone who loves art and/o

It beats. It throws blood. It breaks – but not if Dr. Herman Taylor can help it. He is a physician,

Barbs. Grunts. Bone caves. Dogs who got too close. We got porcupines, folks. Dr. Tim Bean of Cal Pol

Yes, there is an -ology for that. And yes, we’re airing this episode -– with a ton of 2025 updates -

Yes, there is an -ology for that. And yes, we’re airing this episode -– with a ton of 2025 updates -

Do they sweat blood? Will one kill you? What are cocaine hippos? Is Moo Deng… okay? Actual real life

Sad? Cold? Hot? Wired? Blame the thyroid. In your throat there is a butterfly-shaped gland under a s

Dogs doing science. With their faces. As a follow-up to last week’s Ethnocynology episode about huma