End of the Year Q&A 2020
Happy New Year! A huge thanks to everyone who sent in questions for this year’s Q&A – we got more than we could even answer! – and to everyone who has supported the podcast this year by listening, sha...
31 Dec 20203h 47min
Episode 103 – The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
The PETM has been called the largest natural climate change event of the Cenozoic Era. It marks the transition from the ecosystems of the Paleocene to the more familiar world of the Eocene and is thus...
27 Dec 20201h 44min
Episode 102 - Parasites
The word parasite doesn’t typically invoke a lot of happy thoughts for us humans, but as far as life on Earth is concerned, parasitism is a path to success. As we discuss in this episode, an incredibl...
13 Dec 20202h 3min
Episode 101 - Sauropods
Is there a group of dinosaurs more iconic than sauropods? Famous for their ridiculously long necks, their global success, their astounding diversity, and of course for their unparalleled size, sauropo...
29 Nov 20201h 52min
100 Episodes: A Look Back
We’ve released 100 episodes of the podcast! Plus, more than 50 side episodes, a handful of YouTube videos, some live shows … it’s been quite a journey. In this episode, we take some time to look back ...
22 Nov 20201h 7min
Episode 100 - The Origin of Life
One hundred episodes is kind of a big deal, so we figured we’d pick a big deal kind of topic, and it doesn’t get much bigger than this. As far as we can tell, all life on Earth is descended from a com...
15 Nov 20202h 39min
Episode 99 - Evolution of Insects
Insects must be among the most impressive animals in Earth history. For hundreds of millions of years, they have been some of the most significant animals on land in terms of their abundance, diversit...
1 Nov 20202h 3min
Spook-E - The Sirens
Welcome ... to Spookulative Evolution. It’s October once again and time for Spook-E! Each episode throughout this month, we’re choosing a monster and discussing how it – or something like – might evol...
31 Okt 202051min
