Termite
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Search complete. 32 mentions across 8 episodes found for "Termite".
Sep 10, 2026
Jessica WareGUEST
Favorite title, Death of an Order by inward2007.
Jessica WareGUEST
That was where they sunk termites into cockroaches, and it was a very dramatic title 'cause Isoptera no longer existed.
Jessica WareGUEST
It was just gonna be within Blattodea.
Jessica WareGUEST
Death of an Order.
Pia WilliamsHOST
Because there's a building in Harare in Zimbabwe that's been a quiet legend in biomimicry worlds for decades.
Pia WilliamsHOST
The famous story is that it was inspired by termite mounds.
Pia WilliamsHOST
You may never care about this particular building again after the next 10 minutes or so, but there is one idea sitting inside it that I think is worth stealing.
Pia WilliamsHOST
What if some of the conditions you're trying to overcome in your world are actually things you could use?
JaneCORRESPONDENT
People coming and going from one entrance here and one entrance over there.
JaneCORRESPONDENT
So there's this beautiful cross breeze, feels more like a thoroughfare.
Pia WilliamsHOST
Later, I asked Jane, what did it feel like to explore it? And had she actually been thinking about termites as she did?
JaneCORRESPONDENT
The only things that I was thinking were, you know, the different floors and you could see people walking from floor to floor.
Jason WeiserHOST
They would die if they remained much longer, so they were calling out to anyone to help.
Jason WeiserHOST
White Ant and his kids were walking by, and knowing nothing of what transpired with the antelope, they listened to the promises of Leopard and Wolf, who said they would provide a great feast for their rescuers.
Jason WeiserHOST
White Ant and his kids went to work.
Jason WeiserHOST
They gnawed through the tree itself, and when the predators hit the ground, their ropes loosened.
Jason WeiserHOST
Rising, shaking, and weak, they thanked White Ant and his family and said, as they promised- They would throw a feast for the insects at noon, in three days' time.
Jason WeiserHOST
Anansi began to laugh.
Jason WeiserHOST
Oh, oh, this was too good.
Jason WeiserHOST
"Thank you." Three days later, at 11:00 AM, Anansi's wife looked around their empty house.
Josh RevensHOST
I was gonna ask you, would you like to play? We're just a little unsure 'cause it's a very small studio [laughs] and I'm worried.
Josh RevensHOST
You said it could do some damage to the mics.
Gordon MyersGUEST
It could do, unless we do it outside.
Josh RevensHOST
So what we might, we might play outside, and I will film it and put it on our social media if I have your, uh-
Chris DittmarHOST
This is thanks to B Frank Insurance.
Chris DittmarHOST
The Termite's given us his two tickets to the MTX Club at Adelaide Oval tomorrow night.
Chris DittmarHOST
This is really special.
Mark RicciutoHOST
Yeah, it is.
Mel PineHOST
Welcome to an episode of the From the Pure Land podcast, written by Mel Pine and narrated by a clone of his voice.
Mel PineHOST
Today's title is No Termite is in Charge.
Mel PineHOST
What AI swarms, slime molds, and the Buddha are all trying to tell us about who we actually are.
Mel PineHOST
A professor at MIT has been posting items on social media that keep swimming, swarming in my thoughts.
Mel PineHOST
A termite mound can stand several yards tall with arched corridors and chambers, ventilation shafts tuned to keep the temperature steady, and gardens of fungus the colony cultivates for food.
Mel PineHOST
It is an engineered structure, and not one termite is in charge.
Mel PineHOST
No termite carries the blueprint.
Mel PineHOST
No termite tells any other termite what to do.
Bill FedererGUEST
They'll be above and you'll be beneath.
Bill FedererGUEST
So how did God judge ancient Israel when they sinned? He let the stranger come in, the Amalekite, Moabite, Edomite, Hittite, Termite, Parasite, Millerite, all the ites, right? And they got oppressed.
Bill FedererGUEST
And in some places, as God said, I will send the enemy against you.
Bill FedererGUEST
And then they would repent and God would raise up some courageous leaders and drive the enemy out.
Kathleen MadiganHOST
You grab yourself a drink, pull up a bar stool, and let's talk about what's been going on.
Kathleen MadiganHOST
[upbeat music] Termites, welcome.
Kathleen MadiganHOST
Welcome to episode 286.
Kathleen MadiganHOST
Stevie, who was on Jimmy Kimmel, I've recorded it, but I didn't have time to watch it.
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Kathleen MadiganHOST
Okay?
PaddlesHOST
Exactly.
Kathleen MadiganHOST
We're, we're, we're not staying dumb, Termites.
PaddlesHOST
Don't do it.