Best Angela Nagle Podcasts (2025)

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Literary Olfactology (THE POLITICS OF SMELL) with Ally Louks 1:19:03

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Smell and culture. Scent descriptions in novels. Fragrances and class. Stink and stigmas. We cover it all. Scholar, author, and Literary Olfactologist Dr. Ally Louks burst into the zeitgeist in 2024 with her PhD thesis “Olfactory Ethics, The Politics Of Smell In Modern And Contemporary Prose” and we finally got to sit down and talk about the inters…

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Bonus Episode: The OCD Experience with Neurobiologist Uma Chatterjee 48:38

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This one’s all about lived experience: What's it like to have OCD? What’s the therapy all about? How do you support people with it? And how to accept the darkest thoughts that might haunt you. As a bonus to last week’s OCD Neurobiology episode with Dr. Wayne Goodman, the wonderful neuroscientist, board-certified mental health peer specialist, and s…

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Ep 21 - Et tu, Satoshi? w/ Peter Ryan 1:21:56

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While Sean is abroad continuing his study of socialism with Chinese characteristics, Angela is joined by Peter Ryan to discuss “Money by Vile Means”, his piece in Compact published today (07/25/2025). Read Money by Vile Means here: https://www.compactmag.com/article/money-by-vile-means/ --- To hear every episode of Rocinante, subscribe to the Patre…

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Obsessive-Compulsive Neurobiology (OCD) with Wayne Goodman 1:19:49

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Ruminations and reassurances. Checking and counting. Suffering and stigmas. It’s OCD, babes! OCD is now considered one of the most common psychiatric conditions, afflicting 2% to 3% of the general population, and this episode is among our top-requested topics. So we snagged a top-shelf ologist: psychiatrist, researcher, advocate and OCD Neurobiolog…

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Ep 20 - Marco Polo Summer PREVIEW 17:01

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Ep 20 - Marco Polo Summer Before Sean heads to God’s Country to study the Immortal Science for a week, we answer two late breaking questions from the monthly Q&A solicitation, discuss the still unfolding Epstein heel turn, and talk early Angela Nagle Thought. --- To hear the rest of this episode and every Patreon exclusive episode we release, subsc…

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Fromology (CHEESE) Part 2 with Kyra James 1:12:09

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We’re back with molten hot cheese trivia in Part 2 with Fromologist Kyra James of OwnYourFunk.com. Part 1 covered the foundations and this week we address your listener questions about cows on boats, plant-based cheese options, how to properly store cheese, how cheese changes your brain chemistry, the Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake, the grea…

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Ep 19 - Questions and Answers 3 PREVIEW 11:53

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Good morning, Sunday morning, you have asked and Sean and Angela have answered. If you would like to submit questions of your own, become a paid subscriber and join the conversation! --- To hear the rest of this episode and every Patreon exclusive episode we release, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all our li…

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Fromology (CHEESE) Part 1 with Kyra James 1:10:40

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Soft. Hard. Fresh. Aged. Stinky. Illegal. Let’s talk cheese with Certified Cheese Professional (CCP) and Fromologist, Kyra James. We chat about proprietary bacterial slurries, basement caves, cheese knife etiquette, rind eating, vegetarian versus vegan cheeses, cheese history, different warm-blooded animals whose milk is used for cheese, American c…

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Ep 18 - Lucha Mexicana w/ Juan David Rojas 1:05:52

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This week Juan David Rojas joins Angela and Sean to discuss Mexico's National Regeneration Movement (Morena). https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/what-democrats-can-learn-from-morena juandarojasro.substack.com https://x.com/rojasrjuand --- To hear every episode of Rocinante, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod You can find all o…

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Lampyridology (FIREFLIES) aka Sparklebuttology Updated Encore with Sara Lewis 1:07:49

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Let’s light up your life and butt. World-renowned firefly expert Dr. Sara Lewis of Tufts University gives us some updates to her 2021 episode, sharing her love of a bug that many think is merely mythological. Learn how these tiny animals illuminate the night, the dos and don’ts of firefly observation, how to take good firefly photos, femme fatales,…

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Ep 17 - Iran War Season Finale/Trust The Plan NYC EXTENDED PREVIEW 17:45

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After the "12 Day War" concludes with a series of frantic tweets and the first round victory of mild social democracy over the forces of corporate Clintonism in the New York City mayoral primary, Angela and Sean survey the wreckage. --- To hear the rest of this episode and every Patreon exclusive episode we release, subscribe to the Patreon: https:…

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Crotalology (RATTLESNAKES) with Emily Taylor 1:21:11

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Fangs. Rattles. Misconceptions. Crawl out from under your rock for the angelic rattle of one of the world’s most maligned, misunderstood, gorgeous, mysterious, efficient creatures. Herpetology professor, rattlesnake scientist and thus, Crotalologist Dr. Emily Taylor discusses why rattlesnakes deserve our love, the parenthood strategies of rattlers,…

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Ep 16 - The Coming War with Iran 1:10:59

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Sean and Angela are joined by returning guest Malcom Kyeyune to discuss the Israeli-American war of aggression against Iran. Can the Trump administration walk away from this or the off ramp in the rearview mirror? Can America survive another million soul human sacrifice in the Middle East? What will the 'Donald the Dove' voters do with all of these…

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Aquaculture Ecology (SUSTAINABLE OCEAN FOODS) with Ben Halpern 1:25:05

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Farmed versus wild. Basement shrimp hustles. Mangrove drama. Anthropology. Animal welfare and plant-based diets. Climb aboard to meet UCSB’s super cool dude, researcher and Aquaculture Ecologist, Dr. Ben Halpern. You’ll hear about sustainable food sources, land vs. sea farming, bycatch, shellfish guilt, salmon who wear makeup, global marine populat…

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Ep 15 - The Anatomy of Power Extended Preview 22:47

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This week, Angela and Sean read The Anatomy of Power By John Kenneth Galbraith. Are we moving backwards into a more brutal age of pure coercion? Does Galbraith's framework make sense three decades after the end of Cold War? Should we find and post the names and home addresses of twitter users who have the incorrect interpretation of Errico Malatest…

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Bonus Episode: THE U.S. CONSTITUTION. Let's read it together. 1:25:02

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Have you ever read every word of The U.S. Constitution? You don't have to, because I read it with my mouth into your brain in this weird but vital episode on civil liberties. And of course, there are little sidenotes to make sure we both understand it. There has never been a better time to know what your legal protections are. This episode is a fol…

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Macrophycology (SEAWEED) with Patrick Martone, Charles Yarish, Danielle McHaskell, Angela Jones, and Becky Swerida 1:30:20

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Moonlit seaweeds. Dreamy underwater forests. Mounds of beach debris. Not plants. Let’s talk about where seaweed grows and whether or not it will save us all. Macrophycology means “big-ass algae” so let’s join five dazzling seaweed enthusiasts: guest-in-chief Dr. Patrick Martone of the University of British Columbia, UConn Professor Emeritus and “gr…

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Cryptology (SECRET CODES) with Simon Singh 1:15:17

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Secret ciphers. Hidden treasure. Enigma breakers. Mysterious manuscripts. And … hog Latin. Cryptology expert and author of “The Code Book,” Simon Singh finally lets me ask him about the small mistakes that lost huge battles, the prison plots of Mary Queen of Scots, a cryptology reality show that I wish existed, the legacy of Alan Turing, Indigenous…

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Ep 14 - Questions and Answers 2 PREVIEW 3:15

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Sean and Angela answer questions asked by our beloved Patreon and Substack subscribers. If you would like to submit questions of your own, become a paid subscriber and join the conversation! --- To hear the rest of this episode and recieve an additional episode of Rocinante every week, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod Ange…

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Ep 13 - Roger Casement w/ Donal Fallon 1:08:45

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Fellas, is it gay to expose the monstrous crimes of the Belgians? Sean and Angela are joined by Donal Fallon to discuss the life of Roger Casement: the Casement Report, cruising diaries, his participation in the republican struggle for a free Ireland, and more. Donal Fallon: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-castles-burning/id1488547315 -…

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Urocyonology (LITTLE GRAY FOXES) with Bill Leikam 1:13:01

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Bushy tails! Stinky butts! Faces so cute you weep! Let’s talk foxes – specifically the little gray ones you never knew you loved. Fox behavioral expert, researcher, conservationist, author of “The Road to Fox Hollow” and Urocyonologist Bill Leikam chats about fuzzy foxes, baby names, parental strategies, where they live, what they eat, advice for p…

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Ep 12 - Fast Fashion and its Consequences w/ Louis Elton 1:07:25

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This week, Angela is joined by Louis (/ˈluː.i/) Elton to discuss fashion slop, the decline of craft in modern aesthetics, the effects of machine generated content on the human spirit, and a retvrn to artisanal tradition. Louis Elton: https://nationofartisans.substack.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hands_(TV_series) https://www.thomasdenny.co.uk/…

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Maritime Archaeology (SHIPWRECKS) Encore with Chanelle Zaphiropoulos 1:39:08

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Shipwrecks. Treasure. Sunken planes. Scuttled submarines. New life forming around old machinery. There’s an -ology for that -- just ask Maritime Archaeologist and wreck nerd Chanelle Zaphiropoulos. This absolutely charming and passionate scuba diver, history buff and antiquities scholar dishes about pirates, warships, admirals worth admiring, and s…

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Ep 11 - Investigation of a Bag Above Suspicion PREVIEW 1:24

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Sean and Angela continue the conversation: Free Speech on the continent, slop mongers imagine EU heads of state hitting the afters on rails, Sir Keir on the shoulders of Irish-American giants, and the hope that the US/Israel relationship can be reshaped by a 747 (with fewer dancing Israelis this time). --- To hear the rest of this episode and recei…

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Ep 10 - Freedom of Speech 1:03:20

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This week Angela and Sean ponder freedom of speech: is it an inalienable human right, a bourgeois mental illness, a relic of Pax Americana, thin veneer over the color revolution machine, or is a measured approach required for the present age of near-peer competition? --- To hear an additional episode of Rocinante every week, subscribe to the Patreo…

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Araneology (SPIDERS) with Marshal Hedin 1:33:05

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Why would a spider have a frog best friend? Why do they love your shower? Does lemon repel them? Should you rehome them outside? Why so hairy? How do you identify the harmless ones? Which ones get kinky? Hey. This will be fun. If you’re afraid of spiders, this is the best first step to conquering that fear forever. If you love spiders, you’re in go…

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Ep 9 - How China Escaped Shock Therapy Pt. 2 PREVIEW 2:32

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Sean and Angela continue the discussion of Isabella M. Weber’s “How China Escaped Shock Therapy”, CCP's responsiveness to public pressure, the virtues of a little bit of corruption, and an American Revolution of the Carnations. How China Escaped Shock Therapy: https://www.powells.com/book/how-china-escaped-shock-therapy-the-market-reform-debate-978…

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Artificial Intelligence Ethicology (WILL A.I. CRASH OUT?) with Abeba Birhane 1:15:32

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Who’s babysitting AI? Will it steal your job? What happens when you’re rude to a chatbot? Cognitive scientist, Trinity College professor and Artificial Intelligence Ethicologist Dr. Abeba Birhane lets me ask her not-smart questions about legislation around AI, auditing datasets, environmental impacts, booby traps, doorbell narcs, commonly used fall…

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Ep 8 - How China Escaped Shock Therapy Pt. 1 58:40

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Sean and Angela discuss Isabella M. Weber’s “How China Escaped Shock Therapy”, Dengist Reforms, the importance of heavy industry, price controls, and more in a two part episode. 你介意白人男孩说一点中文吗？ How China Escaped Shock Therapy: https://www.powells.com/book/how-china-escaped-shock-therapy-the-market-reform-debate-9781032008493 Godfather of the Kremlin…

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Ep 7 - Questions and Answers 1 PREVIEW 4:25

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Sean and Angela answer questions submitted by our treasured Patreon and Substack subscribers. If you would like to submit questions of your own, become a paid subscriber and join the conversation! --- To hear the rest of this episode and recieve an additional episode of Rocinante every week, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePo…

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Salugenology (WHY HUMANS REQUIRE HOBBIES) Part 2 with Julia Hotz 53:44

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It’s Part 2 of how to fix your life with hobbies! Pretty much. Journalist/author of “The Connection Cure” Julia Hotz explains the science behind forest bathing, how privilege affects accessibility to hobbies and what to do about it, how to figure out what lights you up, how to schedule time for hobbies if you have no time to do hobbies, why I used …

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Ep 6 - Behind Frienemy Lines PREVIEW 1:44

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Angela and Sean consider the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis, Tucker’s induction into Grand Lodge of Ireland, audience capture, the parasocial impulse to milk the lolcow dry, and the rise of center right globe emoji drillers. --- To hear the rest of this episode and recieve an additional episode of Rocinante every week, subscribe to the Patreo…

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Salugenology (WHY HUMANS REQUIRE HOBBIES) Part 1 with Julia Hotz 1:06:35

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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 behind going outside, rediscovering what makes you happy, scheduling time for hobbies if you have no time for hob…

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Ep 5 - Caravaggio in the Big City 1:02:27

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Sean and Angela discuss Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, if art can survive the universal solvent of the internet, the dull managers of hard power guiding the antisocial artisan/conduits of soft power, and the rewards (getting paid by the Knights of Malta) and risks (dying of malaria in Tuscany) of Doing the Race. Caravaggio ~ Robert Hughes Full …

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Climate Fervorology (ECO-ADVOCACY WITHOUT IT BEING A BUMMER) with AJR’s Adam Met 1:19:58

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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 at Columbia University, and the author of the upcoming book “Amplify: How to Use the Power of Connection to Engage,…

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Ep 4 - Celtic Tigers and Flies with Peter Ryan Pt.2 PREVIEW 3:15

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Behind the paywall the conversation with Peter continues: the agony and the ecstasy of controlling the global reserve currency, Chinese economics and Carey thought, state development, economic protectionism, cryptocurrency, Il Duce on the small screen, and more. https://x.com/_PeterRyan https://www.ryanresearch.co/ https://substack.com/@ryanresearc…

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Ep 3 - Celtic Tigers and Flies with Peter Ryan Pt.1 1:05:07

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Sean and Angela are joined by Peter Ryan of Ryan Research to discuss industrialization and manufacturing as a tool of national liberation and colonial domination, anarchocapitalist elite enclosure past and present, the tariff situation (as it existed at time of recording), Matthew and Henry Carey, and walking the shining path of Hibernian Excellenc…

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Ep 2 - The Children of McKinley PREVIEW 2:07

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*PREVIEW* In our first bonus episode Sean and Angela try to make sense of the ever-changing tariff situation, consider reproductive technology as the next frontier in the new Cold War, and review this weeks atrocities from the ongoing genocide in Gaza. --- To hear the rest of this episode and recieve an additional episode of Rocinante every week, s…

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Ep 1 - Inventing a Podcast 1:04:13

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Sean and Angela debut Rocinante with a discussion of Gore Vidal's Inventing a Nation. Inventing a Nation: https://www.powells.com/book/inventing-a-nation-washington-adams-jefferson-9780300101713 --- For an additional episode of Rocinante every week, subscribe to the Patreon: https://patreon.com/RocinantePod We would love to hear your feedback. Send…

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Discard Anthropology (GARBAGE) Encore with Robin Nagle 1:30:27

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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 professor, author, TED speaker and former New York City sanitation worker and truly the best person on Earth to tr…

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Ep 0 - Doge Day Afternoon with Malcom Kyeyune 1:11:17

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This episode was recorded last month before we ironed out all of the details of the show, the first post-christening episodes will release this week. There are several other episodes you can find on Sean and Angela's substacks, linked below. We get Malcom's take on what is really going on with DOGE, discuss his trip to Washington and compare US ver…

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Medieval Codicology (WEIRD MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT ART & MEMES & SNAILS) with Evan Pridmore 1:14:58

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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 manuscripts were made of, who drew them, why were people sometimes naked in them, what art trends came and went – and …

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Domestic Phytology (HOUSEPLANTS) with Tyler Thrasher 1:33:57

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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, what to grow in a dark basement, the rarest plants in the world, the punishments for poaching them, grow lights for p…

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Post-Viral Epidemiology (LONG COVID) Part 2 with Wes Ely 1:00:08

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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 years-long struggle with the disease. So start with Part 1, and then finish up with this episode addressing all y…

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Post-Viral Epidemiology (LONG COVID) Part 1 with Wes Ely 55:30

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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 wonderful and highly-respected pulmonologist and intensive care physician and Long Covid expert, Dr. Wes Ely. So tuck in, …

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Reality TV Sociology (‘TRASH’ TV) with Danielle Lindemann 1:14:24

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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. Danielle Lindemann studies human behavior through the lens of pop culture and reality TV. Dr. Lindemann lays out the h…

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Field Trip: Activism Art Panel Recorded at WonderCon 35:06

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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 of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics and C. Andrew Hall, from the Spesh Ep: Functional Magic's Environ…

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Cardiology (THE HEART) with Herman Taylor 1:21:24

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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. Cardiology is a vast field but Dr. Taylor joined for a 101 on how the heart works, and how to take care of it. Get…

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Erethizonology (PORCUPINES) with Tim Bean 1:12:56

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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 gestures that will leave you wanting to bleach your brain. We also cover counting quills, male models, flim-flam about qu…

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Agnotology (WILLFUL IGNORANCE) Updated Encore with Dr. Robert Proctor 1:20:03

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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 “Agnotology: The Making & Unmaking of Ignorance,” having coined the word 30 years ago. We chat about everything from …