Beschikbare afleveringen

• Salugenology (WHY HUMANS REQUIRE HOBBIES) Part 1 with Julia Hotz

  Crafting. Motorcycle repair. Banjo lessons. Hobbies aren’t a reward, but tools to save your mental and physical health. Journalist/author of “The Connection Cure,” — and professional Salugenology expert — Julia Hotz explains the science...

  23 apr 2025 3995 sec.

• Climate Fervorology (ECO-ADVOCACY WITHOUT IT BEING A BUMMER) with AJR’s Adam Met

  Cleaner energy! Reasoning with climate deniers! Using fandom to pass policy! And not burning out. Adam Met, of the colossal indie pop band AJR is also a career climate activist, an International Human Rights Law PhD, adjunct professor...

  16 apr 2025 4798 sec.

• Discard Anthropology (GARBAGE) Encore with Robin Nagle

  Landfills! Treasures in the trash! Corporate conspiracies! Composting! An instantly classic conversation with the incredibly knowledgeable, frank and wonderful Dr. Robin Nagle of New York University’s Liberal Studies! She is a clinical...

  9 apr 2025 5427 sec.

• Medieval Codicology (WEIRD MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT ART & MEMES & SNAILS) with Evan Pridmore

  Medieval art memes! Human-faced animals! Drunk monks! And a preponderance of snails. Middle Ages manuscript expert, art history communicator, and Medieval Codicologist Evan Pridmore covers: what those golden illuminated Middle Ages...

  2 apr 2025 4512 sec.

• Domestic Phytology (HOUSEPLANTS) with Tyler Thrasher

  Fungus gnats. Overloved cacti. Fiddle fig failures. $20,000 specimens. It’s house plants — and it’s wild, folks. Widely beloved author, artist, house plant expert and Domestic Phytologist Tyler Thrasher joins to talk about root rot,...

  26 mrt 2025 5637 sec.

• Post-Viral Epidemiology (LONG COVID) Part 2 with Wes Ely

  Long Covid Part 2: Treatments. Studies. Histamines. Hormones. POTS. Clots. Hearts. Hope. Highly-respected Long Covid expert, Dr. Wes Ely, is back for all of your listener questions. We also check in with Physics Girl Diana Cowern on her...

  19 mrt 2025 3608 sec.

• Post-Viral Epidemiology (LONG COVID) Part 1 with Wes Ely

  What is Long Covid? Is it real? What does it feel like? Do you have it? And how do you cure it? With fatigue and brain fog, you don’t want to spend hours scrolling through conflicting opinions. So we’ve got you covered with the...

  12 mrt 2025 3330 sec.

• Reality TV Sociology (‘TRASH’ TV) with Danielle Lindemann

  Nude strangers. Icy roads. Brain rot. True love. Class warfare. Queer visibility. Scripted ad libs. Sociologist, professor, author of the book “True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us,” and straight up Reality TV Sociologist, Dr....

  5 mrt 2025 4464 sec.

• Field Trip: Activism Art Panel Recorded at WonderCon

  Exactly the inspiration you need. Exactly the perfect time. Pass it on to anyone who loves art and/or speaking up. I went to Comic-Con’s little sister, WonderCon, to moderate a panel on protest art with expert Carol Wells, the founder...

  1 mrt 2025 2106 sec.

• Cardiology (THE HEART) with Herman Taylor

  It beats. It throws blood. It breaks – but not if Dr. Herman Taylor can help it. He is a physician, professor and director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, and an absolute legend....

  26 feb 2025 4884 sec.

• Erethizonology (PORCUPINES) with Tim Bean

  Barbs. Grunts. Bone caves. Dogs who got too close. We got porcupines, folks. Dr. Tim Bean of Cal Poly is as charming an ologist you can get, fielding questions about porcupine squeaks, stanks, cartoonish noses, and some romantic...

  19 feb 2025 4376 sec.

• Agnotology (WILLFUL IGNORANCE) Updated Encore with Dr. Robert Proctor

  Yes, there is an -ology for that. And yes, we’re airing this episode -– with a ton of 2025 updates -– because it’s never felt more relevant. Dr. Robert Proctor is a Stanford professor of the History of Science and co-edited the book...

  12 feb 2025 4803 sec.