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, 299 episodes
Kind: Episodic
Language: English
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Episodes
279: Brachiosaurus w/ Charles Nye!
01:13:05 | Episode: 279 | March 14th, 2025
In a continuation of our dinosaur double-feature, Ellen is joined by a paleoartist and marine biologist for a review of the ancient giants that towered over the late Jurassic world: Brachiosaurus.
278: Tyrannosaurus Rex (and Modern Dinosaurs) w/ Christian Flores!
00:59:57 | Episode: 278 | March 6th, 2025
Ellen & special guest, paleontology educator Christian Flores, review the towering icons of the dinosaur world: Tyrannosaurus rex. We discuss what we can learn about T. rex from the fossils they left behind and the similarities we can see in their modern dinosaur cousins, as well as bringing T. rex to life through art and narrative, Project Paleozoo, and so much more.
277: Kākāpō & Flying Fish
00:55:55 | Episode: 277 | February 26th, 2025
Christian gives a hoot about the owl-faced kākāpō & Ellen draws a line in the ocean over flying fish. We discuss ghosts of selection past, jug band beats, Pliny the Elder, pyramid eyeballs, Rihanna’s nod to an international maritime dispute, and so much more.
276: Jules Léon's Top 3 Pinnipeds!
01:13:34 | Episode: 276 | February 21st, 2025
Join Ellen & marine biologist Jules Léon for a review of his top 3 favorite pinnipeds. We discuss galumphing, Prada eels, a species made up entirely of geminis, walkout songs, beachmasters, super weaners (don’t worry, it makes SO much more sense in context) and so much more.
275: Albatrosses
01:06:59 | Episode: 275 | February 12th, 2025
Love is literally in the air as Ellen locks in with albatrosses. We discuss aspect ratios, snot gutters, dynamic soaring, romance, divorce, 18th century poetry, Taylor Swift, and so much more.
274: Dr. Alyson Brokaw's Top 3 Bats!
01:07:27 | Episode: 274 | February 6th, 2025
Join Ellen & special guest, bat biologist Dr. Alyson Brokaw, for an up-close look at some of the furry friends fluttering through our night skies. We discuss tortilla chip aroma, anatomically accurate Edward Cullen, screaming into the void, butt blankies, and so much more.
273: Flying Snakes
00:52:08 | Episode: 273 | January 29th, 2025
Christian takes to the skies with flying snakes. We discuss the beginning of the Year of the Snake, collapsible teeth, the physics of flight, Dragonology, and so much more.
272: Dr. Chelsea L. Wood's Top 3 Parasites!
00:46:45 | Episode: 272 | January 23rd, 2025
Join Ellen & parasite ecologist Dr. Chelsea L. Wood for a review of some bizarre and fascinating creatures that, despite their tiny size, impact our world and even our very selves in more surprising ways than you might expect. We discuss Osmosis Jones, frogs with too many legs, disco-eyed snails, mind control, an existential crisis, a ghost from Cretaceous oceans, fossil poop, and so much more.
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Created by: Christian & Ellen Weatherford
Started:
May 14th, 2019
Status: Active, 299 episodes
Kind: Episodic
Language: English
