Christian & Ellen Weatherford
Just the Zoo of Us
Join us, Ellen and Christian Weatherford, while we review your favorite species of animals and rate them out of ten in the categories of effectiveness, ingenuity and aesthetics.
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Episode One: 1: American Alligator & Florida Manatee
This is an Episodic show. You can listen to it in any order, but episode one is always a great place to start.
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Created by: Christian & Ellen Weatherford
Started: May 14th, 2019
Status: Active, 324 episodes
Kind: Episodic
Language: English
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Episodes
309: Hairy Frog
00:54:21 | Episode: 309 | October 24th, 2025
Ellen gets her claws out for the hairy frog. We discuss what the tooth fairy dispatch system is doing with all those teeth, frog gigging, Wolverine lore, the scariest horror of all: Chytridiomycosis, and so much more.
308: Cara Giaimo's Top 3 Surprises from the Animal Kingdom!
00:51:03 | Episode: 308 | October 16th, 2025
Join Ellen & special guest, writer and science journalist Cara Giaimo, for a highlight reel of some of the animal kingdom’s biggest surprises. We discuss Lego trebuchets, the scifi potential of a projectile-based language, endangered relationships, biofluorescence, the great pacific garbage patch’s number 1 fan, and so much more.
307: Jack Jumper Ants
00:51:07 | Episode: 307 | October 9th, 2025
Ellen jumps to conclusions about jack jumper ants. We discuss Metazooa, is it cake, a menace to public health, lime in the Coke, gamergate, casual abductions, learning walks, and so much more.
306: A Review of Disgust w/ Nature Disturbed!
00:53:08 | Episode: 306 | October 2nd, 2025
Join Ellen & special guest artist and science communicator behind Nature Disturbed for an appropriate kickoff to the month of all things wretched with a review of disgust. We talk about phobias and ways that we can relate and empathize with even our most feared animals, why we might want to move in to a termite colony, anatomical surprises, the uncanny valley, how to make a slime meringue, and so much more.
305: Galápagos Tortoise
01:13:52 | Episode: 305 | September 25th, 2025
Ellen comes along for the ride with Galápagos tortoises. We discuss how giant tortoises crossed 600 miles of ocean, the superpowers built into their DNA that let them live for over a century, extinction and restoration, Charles Darwin’s boat snacks, Kung Fu Panda lore, and so much more.
304: Dr. Keriann McGoogan's Top 3 Primatology Stories!
00:58:31 | Episode: 304 | September 18th, 2025
Join Ellen & special guest, primatologist and author Dr. Keriann McGoogan, for primatology storytime! Our guest shares experiences from her time working with lemurs in Madagascar and howler monkeys in Belize, like kind gestures from people helping out their local monkeys after a hurricane. She also brings us some truly juicy tales from the study of primates, like a true crime thriller involving missing monkeys, a power struggle, and even a double life, an airplane full of macaques, setting the record straight on baboon social heirarchies, and the instrumental role of women in shaping primatology and our understanding of nature.
303: American Dipper w/ Jason Hall!
00:56:23 | Episode: 303 | September 11th, 2025
Join Ellen & birder and science communicator Jason Hall for a review of a little bird full of big surprises: the American dipper. We discuss birding pre-smartphone, Philadelphia’s role in ornithological history, the wild physiological adaptations that let this tiny songbird brave mountain rapids, smooth dance moves, aura farming, and so much more.
302: Bigfin Squid
00:59:05 | Episode: 302 | September 4th, 2025
Ellen demystifies the deep sea-dwelling bigfin squid. We discuss hunting for shipwrecks, life in the trenches, spaghetti noodle fingers, unintentional cinematography, and so much more.
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Created by: Christian & Ellen Weatherford
Started:
May 14th, 2019
Status: Active, 324 episodes
Kind: Episodic
Language: English
