Ologies with Alie Ward
Volcanoes. Trees. Drunk butterflies. Mars missions. Slug sex. Death. Beauty standards. Anxiety busters. Beer science. Bee drama. Take away a pocket full of science knowledge and charming, bizarre stories about what fuels these professional -ologists' obsessions. Humorist and science correspondent Alie Ward asks smart people stupid questions and the answers might change your life.
Latest Episode
Attention-Deficit Neuropsychology (ADHD) Part 1 Encore with Russell Barkley (24.12.2025)
Previous Episodes
- Ornithorhynchology (PLATYPUSES) with Tahneal Hawke
- Bonus Episode: Nutritional Microbiology (GUT HEALTH & DIET) with Miguel Freitas and Elaine Hsiao
- Astrobromatology (SPACE FOOD) with Maggie Coblentz
- Pteridology (FERNS) with Fay-Wei Li
- NEW 2025 Interview: Genocidology (CRIMES OF ATROCITY) Part 2 with Dirk Moses
- Bisonology (BUFFALO) Encore with various bisonologists
- Strigiformology (OWLS) Part 2 with R. J. Gutiérrez
- Strigiformology (OWLS) Part 1 with R.J. Gutiérrez
- Historical Toxicology (OLD TIMEY POISONS) with Deborah Blum
- Critical Ponerology (WHAT IS “EVIL”?) with Kenneth MacKendrick
- Bonus Episode: COCKROACH MILK with Joshua Benoit and Sinead English
- Blattodeology (YES, COCKROACHES) with Dominic Evangelista
- Haunted Hydrology (SPOOKY LAKES) with Geo Rutherford
- Serpopsychology (WHAT’S CREEPY?) with Frank McAndrew
- Revolutionology (REBELLIONS & SOCIAL CHANGE) with Jack Goldstone
- Human Technomorphology (SWAPPING OUT BODY PARTS) with Mary Roach
- Ceramology (POTTERY) with Potted History’s Graham Taylor & Sarah Lord Taylor
- Neuropathoimmunology (MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS) with Aaron Boster
- Lutrinology (OTTERS) Encore with Chris J. Law
- Trolleyology (MORAL DILEMMAS + THE TROLLEY PROBLEM) with Joshua Greene
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