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, 321 episodes
Kind: Episodic
Language: English
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Episodes
298: Katie Goldin's 3 Weirdest Shark Facts!
00:58:45 | Episode: 298 | August 7th, 2025
Join Ellen & returning guest, science communicator and comedy writer Katie Goldin, for a roundup of her 3 weirdest facts about sharks. We discuss cage-free uranium, possible mermaid configurations, why sometimes people poop themselves when they’re scared, how fomo can conquer phobia, eye teeth, and so much more.
158: Pallas's Cat & Kiwi (REPLAY)
01:02:50 | July 30th, 2025
In this week’s re-broadcast of an episode from September of 2022, Ellen lets Pallas’s cat out of the bag & Christian probes into the world of the sensitive kiwi. We discuss grumpy cats, spawncamping, chilly beans, buff legs and giant eggs.
297: Red Fox
01:03:33 | Episode: 297 | July 24th, 2025
Ellen explains what the red fox REALLY says. We discuss a chicken shakedown, the Siberian fox domestication experiment, aim assist, quantum entanglement, genetic surprises, and so much more.
296: Leach's Storm Petrel w/ Melina Watson!
01:14:17 | Episode: 296 | July 17th, 2025
Join Ellen & special guest, marine biologist and seabird wrangler Melina Watson, for a review of the ocean’s bravest little walkerwalkers: Leach’s storm petrel. We swap whalewatching stories, discuss snot gutters and lost feet and baby chicks that look like soot sprites, and get firsthand insight into life among the seabirds, from falling asleep to a lullaby of screams to a surprising assessment of the smell situation.
295: Giant Anteater
00:57:01 | Episode: 295 | July 11th, 2025
Ellen pokes her nose into the giant anteater’s business. We discuss Fun Dip, sleeper builds, optical illusions, blankies, the shirshu, and so much more.
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.
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Created by: Christian & Ellen Weatherford
Started:
May 14th, 2019
Status: Active, 321 episodes
Kind: Episodic
Language: English
