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, 318 episodes
Kind: Episodic
Language: English
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Episodes
133: Slow Loris & Cassowary
01:00:25 | Episode: 133 | February 23rd, 2022
Join the Weatherfords for a weekly animal review! In this week’s episode, Ellen hangs out with the slow loris & Christian observes leg day with the southern cassowary. We discuss armpit alchemy, the pitfalls of cute animal videos, rumbles in the jungle, and real life dinosaurs.
132: Blanding's Turtle w/ Tharusha Wijewardena!
00:43:01 | Episode: 132 | February 16th, 2022
Join Ellen & special guest Tharusha Wijewardena for a review of the charming and endangered Blanding’s turtle. We discuss what to do if you see a turtle crossing the road, what cartoons get right and wrong about turtles, the perils of longevity and cute fluffy predators, and the conservation work that’s going into helping our tough-shelled friends.
131: Green Iguana & Blue Marlin
00:54:45 | Episode: 131 | February 9th, 2022
Join the Weatherfords for a weekly animal review! In this week’s episode, Christian drops in on green iguanas and Ellen reels in the blue marlin. Topics include pendulous dewlaps, frozen lizards falling from trees, the powerhouse of the cell, and flailing knives.
130: Turacos w/ Aeralyn Rudnick!
00:54:46 | Episode: 130 | February 2nd, 2022
Join Ellen & special guest, animal trainer Aeralyn Rudnick, for a review of the relentlessly charming turacos! They are here to tell us all about what it’s like to work with these spectacular little goofballs, how to win their hearts over with the power of berries, baby bird glow-ups and the science behind their rainbow of brilliantly pigmented colors that really do make them actual living paintings.
129: Icefish & Wombat
00:48:51 | Episode: 129 | January 26th, 2022
Join the Weatherfords for a weekly animal review! In this week’s episode, Ellen chills out with icefish & Christian tells us why the wombat really shines. Topics include Crystal Pepsi, secret fish cities, poop cubes and blacklights.
128: Ground Squirrels w/ Stephanie Martinez!
00:59:27 | Episode: 128 | January 20th, 2022
Join Ellen & conservation biologist Stephanie Martinez for a review of the little deceptively adorable critters tunneling through the grasslands: ground squirrels! We talk about the hazards of field work, sleeping your problems away, the science of splooting, jiu jitsu matches, squirrel romance, tippy taps and furry little neighborhood watch programs.
127: Bull Shark & Green Heron
00:57:41 | Episode: 127 | January 12th, 2022
Join the Weatherfords for a weekly animal review! In this week’s episode, Christian tells us how the bull shark gets fresh by staying salty & Ellen takes a stab at the knife-faced green heron. We discuss Jaws, the atlatl, and zoooOOOP!
126: Carnation Corals w/ Rosie Steinberg!
00:53:06 | Episode: 126 | January 5th, 2022
Join Ellen & marine biologist Rosie Steinberg for a review of some beautiful animals that you might not have even known were animals: carnation corals! We talk about the living Ship of Theseus, what a coral smells like, intense turf wars being fought in super slow motion, and life as a hivemind of squishy clones.
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Created by: Christian & Ellen Weatherford
Started:
May 14th, 2019
Status: Active, 318 episodes
Kind: Episodic
Language: English
