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Ologies with Alie Ward

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

Episodes

Total: 463

Economic Sociology Pt. 2 (MONEY/FREAKONOMICS) with Steven Levitt and Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman
2021/2/2

Part 2 is here! Gamestop, #stonks, Universal Basic Income, how to incentivize things that are good f

Economic Sociology Pt. 1 (MONEY/FREAKONOMICS) with Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman and Steven Levitt
2021/1/26

Choices! Trade-offs! Money! How much should you save? And how much should stimulus checks be? Don’t

Bilharziology (BLOOD FLUKES) with Anouk N. Gouvras
2021/1/19

A LOST EPISODE! Three years in the making, this interview features vials of vile creatures, worm dra

Urban Rodentology (SEWER RATS) with Bobby Corrigan
2021/1/12

RATS: They love pizza. They invade taquerias at midnight. They scurry. They cuddle. They outsmart. T

Vaccine Infodemiology (COVID-19 IMMUNITY) with Jessica Malaty Rivera
2021/1/5

The Coronasode we’ve been waiting for! Vaccines. Finally. But what does this mean? As a Vaccine Info

Part 2: Dendrology (TREES) with Casey Clapp -- UPDATES + NEW INTERVIEW
2020/12/29

Part 2 of a very special duo! The fresh catch-up interview to learn what the world’s most charming a

Part 1: Dendrology (TREES) with Casey Clapp -- Encore
2020/12/29

Part 1 of a very special duo: Do trees have feelings? How do they talk? How old can they get? Are th

Scorpiology (SCORPIONS) with Lauren Esposito: Encore Presentation
2020/12/22

This specific episode was cited in The New Yorker this week, so we’re giving it an encore refresh wi

Garology (LONG CUTE ANCIENT PATIENT BOOPABLE NIGHTMARE FISH) with Solomon David
2020/12/15

A long snout. Hundreds of teeth. Scales that could slice you. What is a gar and should we fear it? S

Space Archaeology (SPACE JUNK) with Alice Gorman
2020/12/8

Gaze into the cosmos and wonder at broken satellites, retired rockets and shattered contraptions. Ar

Alligator Ecotoxicology (GATOR POISONS) with Laura Kojima
2020/12/1

Alligators, crocodiles and … a shut-down nuclear weapons plant? The excitement never ends when you’r

Awesomeology (GRATITUDE) with Neil Pasricha
2020/11/24

Gratitude: what’s the deal? Does it really make us happier? Even when the world seems terrible? Or i

Biological Anthropology (APE SEX) with Lara Durgavich
2020/11/17

Sexy apes: you’re one of them. And Biological Anthropologist Dr. Lara Durgavich joins to chat about

Indigenous Fashionology (NATIVE CLOTHING) with Riley Kucheran
2020/11/11

Fashion! Trends! Not really! This lively chat with Riley Kucheran, an Assistant Professor of Design

Pedagogology (SCIENCE COMMUNICATION) with Bill Nye
2020/11/3

BILL NYE. That’s right. Bill Freakin’ Nye sits down to get grilled by your Dadward (that’s me, Alie)

Cucurbitology (PUMPKINS) Encore with Anne Copeland
2020/10/28

HERE IS SOME SAFE, COZY COMFORT: a platter of pumpkins. We have a new episode up this week: Desairol

Desairology (MORTUARY MAKE-UP) with Monica Torres
2020/10/27

What happens when you die? Cosmically, no one knows. But cosmetically, Desairologist Monica Torress

Anthropodermic Biocodicology (HUMAN LEATHER BOOKS) with Megan Rosenbloom & Daniel Kirby
2020/10/21

Anthropodermic bibliopegy is a long, fancy way of saying “HUMAN SKIN BOOKS” and the study of confirm

Forest Entomology (CREEPY CRAWLIES) with Kristen Wickert
2020/10/13

Spooktober continues with … CrEePy cRawLies. And dark woods and solo hiking and Forest Entomologist

Condorology (CONDORS & VULTURES) with Jonathan C. Hall
2020/10/7

To kick off SpooOoktober, we’re looking at huge birds that DEVOUR DEATH: the giant, majestic and cri