Ologies with Alie Ward
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.
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Episodes (531)
Tiktokology (THE TIKTOK APP) with Hank Green
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Dolorology (PAIN) with Rachel Zoffness
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Teuthological Ludology (ACTUAL SQUID GAMES, NOT THE TV SHOW) with Sarah McAnulty
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Smologies #5: VETERINARY BIOLOGY with Vernard Hodges & Terrence Ferguson
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Taphology (GRAVESITES) with Robyn S. Lacy
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Kinetic Salticidology (DANCING SPIDERS) with Sebastian Echeverri
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Chiropterology Part 2 (BATS) Encore with Merlin Tuttle
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Chiropterology (BATS) Encore with Merlin Tuttle
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Corvid Thanatology (CROW FUNERALS) Encore with Kaeli Swift
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Pyrotechnology (FIREMAKING) with Ellery Frahm
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Opossumology (O/POSSUMS) with Lisa Walsh
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Ciderology (DELICIOUS APPLE BEVERAGE) with Gabe Cook
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Eudemonology (HAPPINESS) with Laurie Santos
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Spesh Ep: Functional Magic's Environmental Art with C. Andrew Hall
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Is Your Carbon Footprint BS?: How to Save a Planet takes over Ologies
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Smologies #4: BEES with Amanda Shaw
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Indigenous Fire Ecology (GOOD FIRE) with Amy Christianson
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Fire Ecology (WILDFIRES) with Gavin Jones
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Smologies #3: TOADS with Priya Nanjappa
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Systems Biology (MEDICAL MATHEMATICS) with Emily E. Ackerman
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Lampyridology (FIREFLIES) aka Sparklebuttology with Sara Lewis
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Smologies #1: THE MOON with Selenologist Raquel Nuno
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Smologies #2: DINOSAURS with Paleontologist Michael Habib
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Elasmobranchology (MORE NEW SHARK STORIES) with MISS_Elasmo Shark Scientists
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Selachimorphology (SHARKS) Encore with Chris Lowe
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Matrimoniology (MARRIAGE) Encore with Ben Karney
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UFOlogy (UNEXPLAINED AERIAL PHENOMENA) with Sarah Scoles and Kate Dorsch
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Spheksology (WASPS) with Eric Eaton
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Quarantinology (UM, WHAT HAPPENS NOW?) with Various Ologists
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Wildlife Ecology (FIELDWORK) with Corina Newsome
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Phallology (PENISES) with Emily Willingham
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Pinnipedology (SEALS & WALRUSES) with Luis A. Hückstädt
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Bonus Feed Drop: Implicit Bias on the REAL GOOD podcast
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Foraging Ecology (EATING WILD PLANTS) with @BlackForager, Alexis Nikole Nelson
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Biomineralogy (SHELLS) with Robert Ulrich
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Speech Language Pathology (TALKING DOGS... AND PEOPLE) with Christina Hunger
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Maritime Archaeology (SHIPWRECKS) with Chanelle Zaphiropoulos
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Proptology (THEATER & FILM PROPS) with Jay Duckworth
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Ursinology Part 2 (BEARS) with Thea Bechshoft, Lana Ciarniello, Drew Hamilton, W...
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Ursinology (BEARS) with Chris Morgan
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Oology (EGGS) Encore + Bonus Material with John Bates
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Fanthropology Pt. 2 (FANDOM) with Meredith Levine
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Fanthropology (FANDOM) with Meredith Levine
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Nephrology (KIDNEYS) with Samira Farouk
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Cicadology (CICADAS) with Gene Kritsky
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Gluteology (BUTTS) with Natalia Reagan
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Molecular Biology (PROTEINS + SCIENCE COMMUNICATION) with Raven “The Science Mav...
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Carobology (NOT-CHOCOLATE TREES) with Megan Lynch
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Economic Sociology Pt. 2 (MONEY/FREAKONOMICS) with Steven Levitt and Anna Gifty...
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Economic Sociology Pt. 1 (MONEY/FREAKONOMICS) with Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman and...
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