Ologies

I already mentioned this right that we have our niche topic presentation evenings where oh yeah we're gonna be a group of seven people we all have to bring a niche topic every two months to the group and we do like a round of presentations and I still don't know what my niche topic is going to be There's naturally also a lot of material out there on YouTube and podcasts.

I know that I love the podcast Ologies.

I've spoken about this before, I think, where she, I'm trying to remember what her name is.

She's a great podcast host.

Stephen Ray Morris here, host of See Jurassic Right.

This podcast, you may remember me from The Purrcast, All Gs with Allie Ward, and of course, My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark.

Stephen! Now, this podcast is not just about the Jurassic Park franchise and most recently the Alien franchise, but also about dinosaurs, movies, museums and anything else that keeps you curious as an adult.

It's about celebrating our pop culture connections, celebrating science, having a conversation with nostalgia and just chatting with lots of creative and talented people about what fascinates them and you.

So yeah, I've become a bug early for sure.

Yeah.

I know when I heard moth party, I was like, this is the most Allie Ward shit I've ever heard of.

I love that.

Hey, did you know that these are Smologies? These are shorter G-rated episodes for everyone.

We made them out of our Ologies classics because we wanted everyone to be able to listen to them, even teachers in a classroom, so here we go.

Ferns.

But ferns, they look feathery, so people who study them are officially on record as pteridologists.

And so let's illuminate the shadowy world of ferns to hear about their long evolution, what ferns not to have in your house, haploid, diploid, spore packets, climbing ferns, do they have roots, and why your fern is dead, with the absolutely charming, enthusiastic scholar, professor, researcher, fern advocate, and pteridologist, Dr. Fei-Wei Li.

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West Virginia, I knocked you off the list.

We're done, but, uh, obviously not done with interviews or ologies.

So right now I'm in Athens, Georgia.

A few hours ago, I had a very great pleasure of being the first guest speaker on the University of Georgia's new lecture series.

Frankly, I was lucky to weasel my way onto his schedule.

So we hopped on our respective mics, and I asked him all kinds of questions that were way below his pay grade.

But before we get there, just a quick thanks to everyone who supports the show at patreon.com/ologies.

A dollar or more a month gets you in the club, and you could submit questions ahead of time.

Alie Ward.

And we're gonna get to it in just a minute first, but thank you to patrons of the show at patreon.com/ologies.

Oh, hey, it's that little tiny pumpkin on your coworker's desk.

Thanks to listeners who leave reviews, which helps the show so much.

We have shorter kid friendly episodes.

They're in their own feed wherever you get podcasts.

Thank you as always to supporters at patreon.com/ologies for supporting this show from the very beginning.

We'll be back of course on Tuesday with regular episodes.

Stephen Ray Morris here, host of See Jurassic Right.

This podcast, you may remember me from The Purrcast, All Gs with Allie Ward, and of course, My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark.

Stephen! Now, this podcast is not just about the Jurassic Park franchise and most recently the Alien franchise, but also about dinosaurs, movies, museums and anything else that keeps you curious as an adult.

It's about celebrating our pop culture connections, celebrating science, having a conversation with nostalgia and just chatting with lots of creative and talented people about what fascinates them and you.

The best thing ever keeps getting better.

Oh, hey, it's the lady at the donut store who knows that you like bear claws, Ally Ward.

Oh, you're at Smologies.

Here we are.

Oh, this is a great episode.

They also have a voice that was made for radio, and tales from the deep that goosebumped me.

So we're gonna get into it, but first, if you need kid-friendly versions of Ologies, we have them for you in their own separate feed called Smologies.

Just look for those on your favorite podcast app, S-M-O-L-O-G-I-E-S.

Thank you to patrons of the show at patreon.com/ologies for supporting for a dollar or more a month.

Thank you to everyone out there in items from ologiesmerch.com, and thanks to everyone who rates the show and reviews.

It helps so much, and yes, I read them all.

And this one was just left by Lord Epe, who wrote, "Wonderful.

Learning new things, going in depth into such a variety of topics is always a joy.

Stephen Ray Morris here, host of See Jurassic Right.

This podcast, you may remember me from The Purrcast, All Gs with Allie Ward, and of course, My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark.

Stephen! Now, this podcast is not just about the Jurassic Park franchise and most recently the Alien franchise, but also about dinosaurs, movies, museums and anything else that keeps you curious as an adult.

It's about celebrating our pop culture connections, celebrating science, having a conversation with nostalgia and just chatting with lots of creative and talented people about what fascinates them and you.