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Created by: Christian & Ellen Weatherford

USA 6-1011+

Started: May 14th, 2019

Status: Active, 308 episodes

Kind: Episodic

Language: English

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294: Speculative Evolution w/ Roxy Valdez!
01:30:32 | Episode: 294 | July 2nd, 2025

Join Ellen & special guest, digital artist and character designer Roxy Valdez, for a multimedia exploration of the intersection where real-world biology and ecology meets the imagination: speculative evolution! We discuss the world of the Amphiterra Project, the academic research and creative process that goes into designing creatures for science fiction and fantasy, and even team up to roll dice and make our very own creatures. Our guest provides illustrations and an interactive spec evo prompt generator that will be posted on our socials to accompany this episode!

293: Rhinoceros & Bird-eating Tarantula
01:09:36 | Episode: 293 | June 25th, 2025

Christian takes charge of rhinoceroses & Ellen gives bird-eating tarantulas a hair-raising review. We discuss unicorns, mmwonk, dragon calls, Ace Ventura, becoming the Thumbtacks Guy, recipes for a bag of spiders, and more. 

292: Ivan Phillipsen's 3 Weirdest Birds!
00:57:24 | Episode: 292 | June 18th, 2025

Join Ellen and acclaimed naturalist Ivan Phillipsen to round up his top 3 weirdest birds. We discuss what makes a bird truly “weird,” the distinct silhouette of a style icon, never letting a perfectly good placenta go to waste, birds getting tipsy on fermented berries, and so much more.

291: Kid Questions with Isaac!
01:17:23 | Episode: 291 | June 11th, 2025

Ellen & special guest Isaac answer questions from young listeners! We discuss albinism, whales and dinosaurs, what makes an organism an animal, raccoon stripes, the puppification of foxes, and so much more.

290: Rabbits w/ Zoe Feigen!
01:16:02 | Episode: 290 | June 6th, 2025

Join Ellen & special guest, veterinarian and rabbit parent Zoe Feigen, for an exposé on rabbits and the secret horrors they’re hiding underneath all that adorable fluff. We discuss biological warfare on an ecological menace, self-sharpening glass crunchers, eating poop, outie butts, flirting with pee, tearaway hair, haunting screams, and so much more. This truly eye-opening episode will forever change how you see those sweet little faces and cotton ball tails.

289: Parrotfish
00:58:25 | Episode: 289 | May 28th, 2025

Ellen bites off more than she can chew with parrotfish. We discuss the Mohs scale, Korn corn, throat teeth, crystal chainmail, sleeping bags made of snot, being terminally male, and so much more. 

288: Corals w/ Jessie Palmer!
01:03:01 | Episode: 288 | May 22nd, 2025

Join Ellen & special guest, champion of the reef Jessie Palmer, as we try to save the world one polyp at a time. We discuss coral wars and neural nets, aliens from a different version of our own planet, literally re-inventing the wheel with coral-inspired biomimicry, what’s up with coral bleaching and how can we help, and even surprisingly philosophical questions, like “what is an individual?” “what is the self?” and “at what point do you have a new body?” This episode will change the way you look at a reef – and maybe even yourself. Hope you’re ready.

Extremely Accurate Bird Songs: Mourning Dove
00:55:52 | Episode: 288 | May 14th, 2025

Get your seeds and suet ready because it’s time for a feed drop: Ellen joins birding musicians Tommy Siegel and Billy Libby for the debut episode of Extremely Accurate Bird Songs (The Podcast) on the mourning dove.




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Created by: Christian & Ellen Weatherford
Started: May 14th, 2019
Status: Active, 308 episodes
Kind: Episodic
Language: English

USA6-1011+
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