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Quite likely Alie's favorite subject ever: INSECTS, just straight up buuuugs. In this Smologized classic, Alie sits down with an ologist who quite likely also dramatically shifted her life. That would be Lila Higgins, with passion more powerful than a Goliath Beetle's "especially large slicey mandibles." We cover a lot of ground, from dinosaur bugs to why wasps are so problematic, and even why it's totally fine to kiss a cockroach.
Lila Higgins' Book Wild LA: Explore the Amazing Nature in and Around Los Angeles
A donation went to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Community Science Program
Full-length (*not* G-rated) Entomology episode + tons of science links
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Sound editing by Steven Ray Morris and Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions
Made possible by work from Noel Dilworth, Susan Hale, Jacob Chaffee, Kelly R. Dwyer, Aveline Malek and Erin Talbert
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