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Ologies with Alie Ward
Ologies with Alie Ward
Alie Ward

Volcanoes. Trees. Drunk butterflies. Mars missions. Slug sex. Death. Beauty standards. Anxiety busters. Beer science. Bee drama. Take away a pocket full... more

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Agnotology (WILLFUL IGNORANCE) Updated Encore with Dr. Robert Proctor

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

12 Feb 2025 · 1 hour, 20 minutes
Hippopotomology (HIPPOS) with Rebecca Lewison

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

05 Feb 2025 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Thyroidology (THYROID GLAND) with Kepal Patel

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

29 Jan 2025 · 1 hour, 17 minutes
Eco-Odorology (SCIENCE-SNIFFING DOGS) with Kayla Fratt

Dogs doing science. With their faces. As a follow-up to last week’s Ethnocynology episode about humans domesticating wolves, we chat... more

22 Jan 2025 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
Ethnocynology (HUMANS & DOGS THROUGH TIME) with David Ian Howe

Ancient dogs! Domestic wolves! Anthropology! Archaeology! It’s all Ethnocynology: when humans and dogs started living and working together. The wonderful... more

15 Jan 2025 · 1 hour, 13 minutes
Fire Ecology (WILDFIRES & INDIGENOUS FIRE MANAGEMENT) Mega Encore with Gavin Jones & Amy Christianson

As wildfires burn across L.A. — and my neighborhood evacuates — we thought it would be a good time to... more

10 Jan 2025 · 2 hours, 36 minutes
Eudemonology (HAPPINESS) Encore with Laurie Santos

HAPPINESS RESEARCH, straight up. What is happiness? How do our circumstances affect happiness? Why is the word “gratitude” kinda cringey?... more

31 Dec 2024 · 1 hour, 13 minutes
Cabinology (CABINS) Encore with Dale Mulfinger

The time is right to revisit cabins: Log cabins, woodsy getaways, A-frame cuties, cottages, tiny homes, lake houses. WE GET... more

24 Dec 2024 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
Castorology (BEAVERS) with Rob Rich

Orange teeth! Vanilla butts! Architecture with twigs! Olde-timey joke books? Field naturalist, conservationist, wildlife tracker and “beaver believer” Rob Rich... more

18 Dec 2024 · 1 hour, 25 minutes
Mnemonology (MEMORY) Part 2 with Michael Yassa

Remembering names! Preventing dementia! Photographic memories! Weed! Goldfish! It’s the thrilling conclusion of Mnemonology with Dr. Michael Yassa, the Director... more

11 Dec 2024 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
Mnemonology (MEMORY) Part 1 with Michael Yassa

How are memories made? Where are they stored? Where do they go? What was I just talking about? Neurobiologist, professor,... more

04 Dec 2024 · 1 hour, 15 minutes
Surgical Angiology (VEINS & ARTERIES) with Sheila Blumberg

Vaping and vein health! Covid and clots! Easy bruising! Movie blood! Spider veins! Free socks! The heroic vascular surgeon Dr.... more

27 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 18 minutes
Field Trip: A Hawaiian Breadfruit Rev‘ULUtion

What even IS a breadfruit? How do you cook it? Why have Pacific Islanders grown it for so long? Can... more

25 Nov 2024 · 37 minutes
Canistrumology (BASKET WEAVING. YES, BASKET WEAVING) with James C. Bamba

Thorny leaves! Embarrassing imports! Basket gossip! Making cool stuff from invasive vines! Renowned weaver and teacher, James C. Bamba, connected... more

20 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Ergopathology (BURNOUT) with Kandi Wiens

Exhaustion! Numbness! Anger! You’re stressed out. I get it. Let’s fix it. I cornered one of the world’s experts on... more

13 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
Odonatology (DRAGONFLIES) with Jessica Ware

They’re acrobatic fliers with long bodies and veined wings and their babies breathe through their butts: dragonflies. Let’s get into... more

06 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 14 minutes
Field Trip: I Take You to the Making of a Mural

Folks, come with me. We’re hanging out under some train tracks late at night in Philadelphia doing street art. As... more

30 Oct 2024 · 33 minutes
Confectionology (CANDY) with Susan Benjamin

Licorice opinions! War chocolate! Candy corn origins, circus peanut secrets, the sourest sourballs, and your great aunt’s purse. Stay until... more

23 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 46 minutes
Momiology (MUMMIFICATION) Part 2 with Salima Ikram & Kara Cooney

Coffin engravings! Archaeology ethics! Linen wrappings! Repatriation! Sexy hippos! We’re back with more mummies in this Part 2 with the wonderful... more

17 Oct 2024 · 1 hour,
Momiology (MUMMIFICATION) Part 1 with Kara Cooney & Salima Ikram

Linen wrapping. Expensive resins. Sarcophagi. Preserving for eternity – or until someone raids their tomb. It’s a brand-new Spooktober episode... more

09 Oct 2024 · 52 minutes
Urban Rodentology (SEWER RATS) Encore with Bobby Corrigan

Let’s kick off Spooktober with… RATS: They love pizza. They invade taquerias at midnight. They scurry. They cuddle. They outsmart.... more

02 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 19 minutes
Modern Toichographology (MURALS & STREET ART) with Conrad Benner

Murals! Frescos! Graffiti! Street art! Philadelphia is the birthplace of graffiti and the mural capital of the world so we... more

26 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 19 minutes
Tardigradology (TINY SEMI-INDESTRUCTIBLE WATER BEAR MOSS PIGLET CREATURES CALLED TARDIGRADES) with Paul Bartels

Smaller than you can imagine. Potato-shaped. Mysterious. Romantic. And tough enough to survive the vacuum of space or decades of... more

18 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 15 minutes
Suicidology (SUICIDE PREVENTION & AWARENESS) with DeQuincy Meiffren-Lézine

Give yourself a hug and take a deep breath and let’s chat with renowned Suicidologist Dr. DeQuincy Meiffren-Lézine. He is... more

11 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 59 minutes
Coffeeology (COFFEE) with Peter Giuliano

When did coffee get into our mouths? Who’s right when it comes to the best coffee? What’s the most ethical... more

03 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 32 minutes
Museology (MUSEUMS) Encore in Memory of Ronnie Cline

A very special encore in memory of our favorite Museologist, Ronnie Cline. In this 2018 episode, we talked about the... more

28 Aug 2024 · 1 hour,
Speleology (CAVES) with Gina Moseley

Caves! Caverns! Grottos! Crystals! Let's get down and dirty with Speleology with explorer, researcher, professor, and paleoclimatologist Dr. Gina Moseley.... more

21 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 12 minutes
Misophonology (DISTRACTING SOUND & NOISE RAGE) with Jane Gregory

Forks on teeth. Lip smacking. Metal on metal. (Don’t worry, there are no sonic examples of triggers in this episode!)... more

14 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 12 minutes
Funology (YES, FUN) with Catherine Price

What exactly is “fun?” How will you know when you’re having it? Do introverts have special alone fun? Is it... more

07 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 28 minutes
Neuroendocrinology (SEX & GENDER) Mega Encore with Daniel Pfau

It’s an updated mega-encore of one of my favorite episodes — with 2024 research — to learn: How many genders... more

31 Jul 2024 · 2 hours, 2 minutes
Ambystomology (AXOLOTLS… AND LIMB REGROWTH?) with Jessica Whited

Feathery gills! Adorable smiles! Cultural icons! Habitat ecology! And superhuman limb regeneration? It’s an entire episode on axolotls. You either... more

24 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 28 minutes
Psychedeliology (HALLUCINOGENS) Part 2 with Charles Grob

Part 2 is here! It’s wall to wall listener questions about magic mushrooms, LSD, ayahuasca ceremonies, set and setting, how... more

17 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
Psychedeliology (HALLUCINOGENS) Part 1 with Charles Grob

Magic mushrooms, LSD, ayahuasca ceremonies, DMT, ketamine: take a trip into the science and research of hallucinogens. Renowned... more

11 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
Disability Sociology (DISABILITY PRIDE) with Guinevere Chambers

Sexuality and disability! Invisible illnesses! Airline frustrations! How many of us are disabled! July is Disability Pride Month, and professor,... more

03 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 35 minutes
Puffinology (PUFFINS) with Jill Taylor

What exactly IS a puffin? Who are they related to? Are they disco birds? WHY are they so cute? Should... more

27 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
Andragogology (300TH EPISODE SPECIAL) with Alie Ward

Boy howdy hot dang, Ologies has hit its 300th new episode! In celebration of this milestone, we’ve turned the tables... more

19 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 56 minutes
Culicidology (MOSQUITOES) Part 2 with Fhallon Ware-Gilmore

Part 2 of mosquitoes is here! Now that you know WHY they would like to eat you mosquito expert and... more

12 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 5 minutes
Culicidology (MOSQUITOES) Part 1 with Fhallon Ware-Gilmore

They’re gorgeous. They’re picky moms, and tremendous flirts. They are sparkly. And they drink blood. We hopped on the line... more

05 Jun 2024 · 59 minutes
Anagnosology (READING) with Adrian Johns

Clay tablets! Printing presses! Old timey audio books! Speed reading strategies! Attention spans! Dyslexia history! Literacy campaigns! Dr. Adrian Johns... more

29 May 2024 · 1 hour, 15 minutes
Mantodeology (PRAYING MANTISES) with Lohitashwa Garikipati

Pointy heads. Spiked arms. Tragic romance. It’s a whole episode about praying mantises with a real life Mantodeologist, Lohit Garikipati.... more

22 May 2024 · 1 hour, 35 minutes
Minisode: Some Small/Smol Announcements

A short little episode to tell you about a change we're making to Ologies that I am genuinely very pumped... more

16 May 2024 · 17 minutes
Genocidology (CRIMES OF ATROCITY) with Dirk Moses

The world is confusing, but there are experts in everything. In our least funny episode ever, we thankfully convinced a... more

08 May 2024 · 2 hours, 11 minutes
Smologies #43: CICADAS with Gene Kritsky

They are numerous. They are patient. They are COMING for the United States in droves this spring: They are cicadas.... more

06 May 2024 · 25 minutes
Foraging Ecology (EATING WILD PLANTS) Encore with @BlackForager, Alexis Nikole Nelson

Mustard gossip. Knotweed recipes. Cow parsnips. Serviceberry appreciation. Hogweed warnings. Dead man’s fingers. The incredibly knowledgeable and entertaining Alexis Nikole... more

01 May 2024 · 1 hour, 24 minutes
Columbidology (PIGEONS? YES) Part 2 with Rosemary Mosco

The thrilling conclusion of PIGEONS, with Columbidologist and author Rosemary Mosco of Bird and Moon comics. It’s wall-to-wall listener questions... more

24 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
Columbidology (PIGEONS? YES) Part 1 with Rosemary Mosco

You love pigeons. You might not know it yet. Espionage! Fancy breeds! Internal GPS! Weird feet! Should you be afraid... more

17 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
Smologies #42: TREES with J. Casey Clapp

Do trees have feelings? How do they talk? Which trees can you use to make syrup? Do bananas really grow... more

13 Apr 2024 · 25 minutes
Field Trip: I Chased the 2024 Eclipse with Umbraphiles

Come along like a frog in my pocket for an adventure to see an eclipse. After last week’s Heliology episode... more

10 Apr 2024 · 53 minutes
Heliology (THE SUN/ECLIPSES) with India Jackson and Michael Kirk

Sunset flimflam! Auroras! Eclipse tips! Let’s get to know the center of our solar system, the Sun, as the... more

03 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 35 minutes
Smologies #41: PELICANS with Juita Martinez

Spine mysteries, face purses, limericks, flim flam, flags, dive bombs, sibling rivalries, and more! The warm and wonderful pelicanologist Juita... more

30 Mar 2024 · 25 minutes
Disgustology (REPULSION TO GROSS STUFF) with Paul Rozin

Taboos. Intolerable foods. Sad songs. Sexy kinks. Candy that looks like poo. Let’s get a little gross, shall we? The... more

27 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 29 minutes
Field Trip: Alie’s Mystery Surgery!

Where have I been? What surgery did I have? Am I going to die? I took you along for the... more

21 Mar 2024 · 47 minutes
Smologies #40: HAIR with Valerie Horsley

Peach fuzz. Chin hairs. Mammalian ponytails. WHY DO THEY HAPPEN. Yale researcher and associate professor Dr. Valerie Horsley stops by... more

18 Mar 2024 · 25 minutes
Oikology (DECLUTTERING) Encore with Jamie & Filip Hord + Joe Ferrari

Why does clutter happen? How can we get rid of it and how will it affect us psychologically if we... more

12 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 32 minutes
Functional Morphology (ANATOMY) Encore with Joy Reidenberg

Ever poked at roadkill? Watched videos of whales exploding? Drooled over a curio cabinet full of claws & bones? Peered... more

05 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 12 minutes
Smologies #39: ANCIENT ROME with Darius Arya

Classical Archaeologist and TV host Dr. Darius Arya is back for a smologized version of this classic episode to... more

02 Mar 2024 · 25 minutes
Black Hole Theory Cosmology (WHAT ARE BLACK HOLES?!) Part 2 with Ronald Gamble, Jr.

Part 2! Black hole suns, black hole movies, wormholes, time travel, matter evaporation, scientists being bitches, risk-taking advice, Italy’s favorite... more

28 Feb 2024 · 1 hour, 9 minutes
Black Hole Theory Cosmology (WHAT ARE BLACK HOLES?!) Part 1 with Ronald Gamble, Jr.

How big are black holes? Is time elastic? What is spacetime foam? Why is there a place called “elsewhere?” Enjoy... more

21 Feb 2024 · 48 minutes
Smologies #38: CARNIVORES with Rae Wynn-Grant

Ah, charismatic megafauna! Teeth, claws, fur, poop, hibernation, hiking, nature preserves, and living your childhood dreams with Alie’s longtime -ologist... more

17 Feb 2024 · 25 minutes
Hydrochoerology (CAPYBARAS) with Elizabeth Congdon

CAPYBARAS! Blocky faces. Chill vibes. Spa days. Finally. Hydrochoerologist, Dr. Elizabeth Congdon, leads us into the muddy pond of Rodents... more

14 Feb 2024 · 1 hour, 17 minutes
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Where have I been? What surgery did I have? Am I going to die? I took you along for the whole wacky,... more