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.
Field Trip: I Take You to the Making of a Mural
A donation went to Mural Arts Philadelphia
Conrad Brenner / Streets Dept
Instagram | website
Mural Arts Philadelphia
Instagram | website
Donna Grace Kroh
Instagram
Iris Barbee Pendergrass/ These Pink Lips
Instagram | website
Emmanuel Wisdom/ Unapxlxgetiq
Instagram | website
Michele Scott / Mr. Scooot
Instagram | website
Justin Nagatalon / El Toro
Instagram | website
Emily White (wasn’t in the ep but was the 4th muralist of the set)
Instagram
More episode sources and links
Smologies (short, classroom-safe) episodes
Transcripts and bleeped episodes
Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month
OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, hoodies, totes!
Follow @Ologies on Instagram and X
Follow @AlieWard on Instagram and X
Editing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions and Jacob Chaffee
Managing Director: Susan Hale
Scheduling producer: Noel Dilworth
Transcripts by Aveline Malek
Website by Kelly R. Dwyer
Theme song by Nick Thorburn