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Created by: Christian & Ellen Weatherford

USA 6-1011+

Started: May 14th, 2019

Status: Active, 280 episodes

Kind: Episodic

Language: English

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225: Freddy Kreuger Frog & Bone-Eating Snot Flower
00:40:28 | Episode: 225 | January 31st, 2024

Christian makes some noise for the Freddy Kreuger frog & Ellen picks a bouquet of bone-eating snot flowers. We discuss life as a mouth with legs, being born into literal Hunger Games, meme lore, whalefalls, and eating the bones.

224: Ethereal Snailfish w/ Dr. Thom Linley!
00:49:38 | Episode: 224 | January 25th, 2024

Join Ellen & special guest, deep sea biologist Dr. Thom Linley, for a literal deep dive into an animal that just might change the way you think about the creatures of the abyss: the ethereal snailfish. We discuss what it’s like to be among the first humans to ever see a species, life in the trenches – like, the actual Mariana trench, freedom from beauty norms and justice for the blobfish, slurping up meat-flavored jellybeans off the ocean floor, and the adorable side of the hadal zone.

223: Tiger Beetles & Giant Siphonophore
00:54:03 | Episode: 223 | January 17th, 2024

Ellen gets the zig-zagging zoomies with tiger beetles & Christian has an existential crisis over the giant siphonophore. We discuss the REAL fastest land animal on Earth, literally blinding speed, reverse Naruto running, world record technicalities, zooids (not Zoids),  and what it means to be an organism.

222: Bobcat w/ Jamison Cole!
00:51:41 | Episode: 222 | January 11th, 2024

Join Ellen & special guest, environmental educator Jamison Cole, for a review of our very own backyard apex predators: bobcats! We discuss topics including but not limited to tail nubs, ear tufts, coyote pee, the bobcat’s Final Smash, relationship tips from nature, tomcat jowls, and the interconnectedness of every member of the ecosystem from the tiniest rodent all the way up to the bald eagle.

221: Field Notes
00:48:12 | Episode: 221 | January 3rd, 2024

Ellen & Christian share stories, observations and inspiration from special guest: you! We discuss what sounds fish make, memory transfer via cannibalism, and what to do when you’re attacked by a zebra. 

220: Belted Kingfisher w/ Alex Troutman!
00:41:23 | Episode: 220 | December 28th, 2023

Join Ellen & returning special guest, wildlife biologist Alex Troutman, for a review of some of our favorite mohawked chatterboxes: belted kingfishers. We discuss topics including but not limited to the vicious mockery of birds who fish better than us, biomimicry in train engineering, the truth behind Hollywood bird calls and lion roars, and stories from the field including spooky sounds in the forests of Borneo.

Bugs Need Heroes: Bug-Type Pokemon & the Bugs that Inspired Them
01:14:36 | December 21st, 2023

We’re out traveling this week! In the meantime, please enjoy this episode of Bugs Need Heroes, in which Ellen joined hosts Amanda Niday and Kelly Zimmerman for a conversation about bug-type Pokemon, the real-world bugs that inspired them, and the ecology we can learn from the world of Pokemon. Originally aired on the Bugs Need Heroes podcast on November 5, 2023.

219: Star-Nosed Mole & Devil's Hole Pupfish
01:05:50 | Episode: 219 | December 14th, 2023

Christian digs into the star-nosed mole & Ellen goes for a deep dive into the Devil’s Hole pupfish. We discuss flowery tentacles, mole lore in Avatar: the Last Airbender, waves in the desert, a Supreme Court ruling, and the future ecological impacts of nuclear testing.




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Created by: Christian & Ellen Weatherford
Started: May 14th, 2019
Status: Active, 280 episodes
Kind: Episodic
Language: English

USA6-1011+
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