NEW 2025 Interview: Genocidology (CRIMES OF ATROCITY) Part 2 with Dirk Moses
Note: if you haven’t already heard it, please start with our original, May 2024 episode with Dr. Moses: Genocidology (CRIMES OF ATROCITY) Part 1A lot has happened since then, and author, scholar and g...
27 Nov 20251h 11min
Bisonology (BUFFALO) Encore with various bisonologists
Bison bison! Not just something to holler into the sky, but also the scientific name for North America's majestic wild bovines. In this encore, we explore a beast that once roamed the plains in the te...
19 Nov 20251h 30min
Strigiformology (OWLS) Part 2 with R. J. Gutiérrez
We’re back with Dr. R.J. “Rocky” Gutiérrez to answer listeners’ questions on owls. How much wisdom lies behind those big, immovable eyes? Are owls good or bad omens? What’s their proclivity for snatch...
13 Nov 20251h 11min
Strigiformology (OWLS) Part 1 with R.J. Gutiérrez
OWLS. FINALLY. In no particular order: what’s up with their eyes, legs, hoots, feathers, silent flight, nests, folklore, necks, barfs, conservation status, and omens? Go take a walk or sit on a porch ...
5 Nov 202555min
Historical Toxicology (OLD TIMEY POISONS) with Deborah Blum
Metal poisons. Odorless ones. Toxic plants. Iocane powder, arsenic, old lace, poisons as self-defense, black mirrors, Aqua Tofanas, movie myths, and the start of testing for that which ails or kills y...
29 Okt 20251h 14min
Critical Ponerology (WHAT IS “EVIL”?) with Kenneth MacKendrick
What is evil? Who is evil? Does evil exist? Who decides? Can we scream over turkey at grandma’s house? Let’s chat Critical Ponerology with scholar, professor, author of Evil: A Critical Primer, and a ...
22 Okt 20251h 3min
Bonus Episode: COCKROACH MILK with Joshua Benoit and Sinead English
Cockroach milk for Spooktober. STAY HERE. Don’t tell me you like haunted houses and slasher films but can’t listen to a lovely conversation about how cockroaches make milk to feed their young. It’s on...
20 Okt 202527min
Blattodeology (YES, COCKROACHES) with Dominic Evangelista
Dazzling colors. Remote habitats. Gentle parenting. Fantastic genitalia. And yeah, swimming through sewers to surprise you. It’s cockroaches and I promise you will find something to love about them in...
15 Okt 20251h 8min
