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
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Created by: Christian & Ellen Weatherford
Started: May 14th, 2019
Status: Active, 287 episodes
Kind: Episodic
Language: English
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Episodes
173: Rats w/ Let's Learn Everything!
01:11:25 | Episode: 173 | December 14th, 2022
Ellen is joined by the hosts of fellow Maximum Fun podcast Let’s Learn Everything for a review of the little furry guys leaving tiny pawprints all over human history: rats! We discuss their role in the black plague, the intricacies of rat intelligence and emotions, and how they’ve been represented in folklore and pop culture. We’ll set historical records straight, display our best teamwork behavior, and take a trip down to your favorite family entertainment center and pizza restaurant chain.
172: American Beaver & Christmas Tree Worm
01:01:18 | Episode: 172 | December 8th, 2022
Christian chews on some facts about the American beaver & Ellen celebrates the festive Christmas tree worm. We discuss giant rodents, ecological engineering, coral reef symbiosis, and the prettiest worm.
171: Chimney Swifts w/ Ralph Crewe!
00:56:14 | Episode: 171 | November 30th, 2022
Join Ellen & science communicator, birder and professional nerd Ralph Crewe for a review of a little bird with the loftiest ambitions: chimney swifts. We talk about competitive birding, planetariums, and what it’s like to eat, sleep, and bathe entirely midair.
170: Wild Turkeys
00:55:15 | Episode: 170 | November 23rd, 2022
Ellen goes on an odyssey through history with the wild turkey. We discuss their path alongside humans for thousands of years, from prehistoric America to praise from Benjamin Franklin, the brink of extinction and nets fired out of cannons.
169: Tiger Sharks w/ Melissa Márquez!
00:52:01 | Episode: 169 | November 16th, 2022
Join Ellen & shark scientist Melissa Márquez for a review of the giant garbage disposals of the ocean: tiger sharks. We discuss sharks as links to our world’s past, what it’s like to work with the ocean as your office and wild sharks as your colleagues, teeth and slime and jelly-filled pores.
168: Velvet Worms & Binturong
00:54:50 | Episode: 168 | November 9th, 2022
Christian sticks to velvet worms & Ellen hangs out with binturongs. We discuss sticky situations, some unconventional means of reproduction, prehensile tails, and popcorn-scented pee.
167: Huntsman Spiders w/ Caitlin Henderson!
00:52:10 | Episode: 167 | November 2nd, 2022
Join Ellen & special guest, invertebrate photographer, zookeeper and science communicator behind “She’s Got Legs” Caitlin Henderson, for a review about the best huggers of the arachnid world: huntsman spiders. We’ll discuss why your yard glitters at night, fake webs for real spiders, cartwheels, backflips, spider unions, spider spaghetti, and why the most dangerous thing about these little guys is how much we fear them.
166: Iberian Ribbed Newt & Australian Ghostshark
00:49:38 | Episode: 166 | October 27th, 2022
Ellen has a bone to pick with the Iberian ribbed newt & Christian channels the spirit of the Australian ghostshark. We discuss insides becoming outsides, amphibian space flight, living fossils, and reset the “episodes since last Naruto reference” counter to zero.
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Created by: Christian & Ellen Weatherford
Started:
May 14th, 2019
Status: Active, 287 episodes
Kind: Episodic
Language: English
