Ologies with Alie Ward
@ologies.bsky.social
A comedyish science podcast hosted by @alieward. Asking smart ologists not-smart questions about their professional obsessions. Every Tuesday. May be NSFW. https://linktr.ee/alieward
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Ohaay, it’s the lady who hosts that Ologies podcast and finally got back into her Bsky account.
Alie Ward here, excited to see so many science friends in one place. Add me/say hi so I can gently creep on your work.
I wear this yellow sweater too much.
Alie Ward here, excited to see so many science friends in one place. Add me/say hi so I can gently creep on your work.
I wear this yellow sweater too much.
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If you're not familiar, then start with this episode of @ologies.bsky.social and then listen to her books
Bryology (MOSS) with Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer — Ologies with Alie Ward
An instant classic. You’ll listen on repeat as world-renowned author, botanist, Indigenous ecology professor and bryologist Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer talks about her passion for moss. Cozy up for the mo...
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November 6, 2025 at 1:18 AM
If you're not familiar, then start with this episode of @ologies.bsky.social and then listen to her books
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You’ve all been very good this week, please have a crab.
November 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
You’ve all been very good this week, please have a crab.
OWLS. 🦉 #Strigiformologist R.J. "Rocky" Gutiérrez is your new favorite person. Let's talk:
field work adventures
owl eyes
beak clacks
face feathers
hoots, roosts, nests
silent flight
froggy legs
folklore
owl crime
nesting boxes
+ much more
AND: it's a 2-parter.
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field work adventures
owl eyes
beak clacks
face feathers
hoots, roosts, nests
silent flight
froggy legs
folklore
owl crime
nesting boxes
+ much more
AND: it's a 2-parter.
www.alieward.com/ologies/stri...
Strigiformology (OWLS) Part 1 with Dr. R.J. Gutiérrez — alie ward
OWLS. FINALLY. In no particular order: what’s up with their eyes, legs, hoots, feathers, silent flight, nests, folklore, necks, barfs, conservation status, and omens? Go take a walk or sit on a porch ...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
OWLS. 🦉 #Strigiformologist R.J. "Rocky" Gutiérrez is your new favorite person. Let's talk:
field work adventures
owl eyes
beak clacks
face feathers
hoots, roosts, nests
silent flight
froggy legs
folklore
owl crime
nesting boxes
+ much more
AND: it's a 2-parter.
www.alieward.com/ologies/stri...
field work adventures
owl eyes
beak clacks
face feathers
hoots, roosts, nests
silent flight
froggy legs
folklore
owl crime
nesting boxes
+ much more
AND: it's a 2-parter.
www.alieward.com/ologies/stri...
Hi! Get fucked Cuomo!
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Hi! Get fucked Cuomo!
Niche ask but does anyone personally or professionally know Marion Rankine, the author of Brolliology? I JUST WANNA TALK.
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October 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Niche ask but does anyone personally or professionally know Marion Rankine, the author of Brolliology? I JUST WANNA TALK.
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OLD TIMEY POISONS! ☠️🤢
Enjoy some Aqua Tofana, cyanide peach pits, sketchy groundwater, arsenic, old lace, movie myths, tragic mix-ups, and the birth of forensic toxicology with Pulitzer Prize winning Deborah Blum.
It’s been quite a Spooktober, y’all! ☠️
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Enjoy some Aqua Tofana, cyanide peach pits, sketchy groundwater, arsenic, old lace, movie myths, tragic mix-ups, and the birth of forensic toxicology with Pulitzer Prize winning Deborah Blum.
It’s been quite a Spooktober, y’all! ☠️
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Historical Toxicology (OLD TIMEY POISONS) with Deborah Blum — alie ward
Metal poisons. Odorless ones. Toxic plants. Iocane powder, arsenic, old lace, poisons as self-defense, black mirrors, Aqua Tofanas, movie myths, and the start of testing for that which ails or kills y...
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October 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
OLD TIMEY POISONS! ☠️🤢
Enjoy some Aqua Tofana, cyanide peach pits, sketchy groundwater, arsenic, old lace, movie myths, tragic mix-ups, and the birth of forensic toxicology with Pulitzer Prize winning Deborah Blum.
It’s been quite a Spooktober, y’all! ☠️
www.alieward.com/ologies/hist...
Enjoy some Aqua Tofana, cyanide peach pits, sketchy groundwater, arsenic, old lace, movie myths, tragic mix-ups, and the birth of forensic toxicology with Pulitzer Prize winning Deborah Blum.
It’s been quite a Spooktober, y’all! ☠️
www.alieward.com/ologies/hist...
i wasn't watching the game but I can tell we won because of the explosions in LA right now
October 28, 2025 at 6:56 AM
i wasn't watching the game but I can tell we won because of the explosions in LA right now
Los Angeles! This Saturday, I'll be interviewing THE Krystle Hickman @beesip.bsky.social (Indigenous Melittology: NATIVE BEES) about her stunning new book.
Come join us for free!
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Come join us for free!
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Vroman’s & Arlington Garden Present: Krystle Hickman, in conversation with Alie Ward, discussing & signing The ABCs of California's Native Bees
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October 23, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Los Angeles! This Saturday, I'll be interviewing THE Krystle Hickman @beesip.bsky.social (Indigenous Melittology: NATIVE BEES) about her stunning new book.
Come join us for free!
vromansbookstore.com/event/2025-1...
Come join us for free!
vromansbookstore.com/event/2025-1...
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SNAP benefits expire in one week.
Leavitt: At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.
October 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
SNAP benefits expire in one week.
Any Ologists in Lisbon Portugal I should interview? LEMME KNOW
October 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Any Ologists in Lisbon Portugal I should interview? LEMME KNOW
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🎧 See the impact of the $675,000 directed to charity by @ologies.bsky.social listeners in just two months
🐔 Learn how @thehumaneleagueus.bsky.social improves millions of farmed animals' lives
📖 Read our director's new article in @behscientist.bsky.social
👇 Link below
October 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🍂 Our Fall newsletter is here!
🎧 See the impact of the $675,000 directed to charity by @ologies.bsky.social listeners in just two months
🐔 Learn how @thehumaneleagueus.bsky.social improves millions of farmed animals' lives
📖 Read our director's new article in @behscientist.bsky.social
👇 Link below
🎧 See the impact of the $675,000 directed to charity by @ologies.bsky.social listeners in just two months
🐔 Learn how @thehumaneleagueus.bsky.social improves millions of farmed animals' lives
📖 Read our director's new article in @behscientist.bsky.social
👇 Link below
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October 23, 2025 at 2:44 AM
What's EVIL? Who decides? #CriticalPonerology w/ Dr. Ken MacKendrick dives into:
religion
vampires
angry mobs seeking vigilante justice
billionaires
homicidal news anchors
subjects vs. objects &
if your toddler is evil
why you should be nicer to your coffee table.
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religion
vampires
angry mobs seeking vigilante justice
billionaires
homicidal news anchors
subjects vs. objects &
if your toddler is evil
why you should be nicer to your coffee table.
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Critical Ponerology (WHAT IS “EVIL”?) with Dr. Kenneth MacKendrick — alie ward
What is evil? Who is evil? Does evil exist? Who decides? Can we scream over turkey at grandma’s house? Let’s chat Critical Ponerology with scholar, professor, author of Evil: A Critical Primer, and ...
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October 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
What's EVIL? Who decides? #CriticalPonerology w/ Dr. Ken MacKendrick dives into:
religion
vampires
angry mobs seeking vigilante justice
billionaires
homicidal news anchors
subjects vs. objects &
if your toddler is evil
why you should be nicer to your coffee table.
www.alieward.com/ologies/crit...
religion
vampires
angry mobs seeking vigilante justice
billionaires
homicidal news anchors
subjects vs. objects &
if your toddler is evil
why you should be nicer to your coffee table.
www.alieward.com/ologies/crit...
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Loving that the @ologies.bsky.social podcast is making social commentary & enacting a form of protest & social resistance through the themes that are being published over the last 11 months. 10/10 💅🏽🔥✊🏽
Evil, cockroaches (IYKYK), rebellions, 'creepy', moral dilemmas, US Constitution, cryptology, etc.
Evil, cockroaches (IYKYK), rebellions, 'creepy', moral dilemmas, US Constitution, cryptology, etc.
October 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Loving that the @ologies.bsky.social podcast is making social commentary & enacting a form of protest & social resistance through the themes that are being published over the last 11 months. 10/10 💅🏽🔥✊🏽
Evil, cockroaches (IYKYK), rebellions, 'creepy', moral dilemmas, US Constitution, cryptology, etc.
Evil, cockroaches (IYKYK), rebellions, 'creepy', moral dilemmas, US Constitution, cryptology, etc.
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You know what I love about @ologies.bsky.social is that it’s 6:30 in the morning and I’m sobbing over a mountain lion that I didn’t know had existed but will never, ever, forget. RIP P-22. I can’t wait to visit LA and learn more about him.
October 19, 2025 at 11:33 AM
You know what I love about @ologies.bsky.social is that it’s 6:30 in the morning and I’m sobbing over a mountain lion that I didn’t know had existed but will never, ever, forget. RIP P-22. I can’t wait to visit LA and learn more about him.
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In honour of the excellent Blattodeology episode of @ologies.bsky.social podcast, please enjoy these veeeeerrrry fancy Mardi Gras cockroaches (Polyzosteria mitchelli) from arid WA:
The stripes!
The yellow shorts!
The blue socks!
🌏🪳 #wildOz
(Go listen to the episode www.alieward.com/ologies/blat...)
The stripes!
The yellow shorts!
The blue socks!
🌏🪳 #wildOz
(Go listen to the episode www.alieward.com/ologies/blat...)
October 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
In honour of the excellent Blattodeology episode of @ologies.bsky.social podcast, please enjoy these veeeeerrrry fancy Mardi Gras cockroaches (Polyzosteria mitchelli) from arid WA:
The stripes!
The yellow shorts!
The blue socks!
🌏🪳 #wildOz
(Go listen to the episode www.alieward.com/ologies/blat...)
The stripes!
The yellow shorts!
The blue socks!
🌏🪳 #wildOz
(Go listen to the episode www.alieward.com/ologies/blat...)
WE GOT COCKROACHES.
Learn to love them -- I promise -- with #Blattodeologist Dr. Dominic Evangelista.
STUNNING emerald green ones, glowing roaches, teeny ones that ride flying ants, clean-up helpers, and medical mysteries.
They just want love & garbage. 🖤
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Learn to love them -- I promise -- with #Blattodeologist Dr. Dominic Evangelista.
STUNNING emerald green ones, glowing roaches, teeny ones that ride flying ants, clean-up helpers, and medical mysteries.
They just want love & garbage. 🖤
www.alieward.com/ologies/blat...
Blattodeology (YES, COCKROACHES) with Dr. Dominic Evangelista — alie ward
Dazzling colors. Remote habitats. Gentle parenting. Fantastic genitalia. And yeah, swimming through sewers to surprise you. It’s cockroaches and I promise you will find something to love about them in...
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October 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
WE GOT COCKROACHES.
Learn to love them -- I promise -- with #Blattodeologist Dr. Dominic Evangelista.
STUNNING emerald green ones, glowing roaches, teeny ones that ride flying ants, clean-up helpers, and medical mysteries.
They just want love & garbage. 🖤
www.alieward.com/ologies/blat...
Learn to love them -- I promise -- with #Blattodeologist Dr. Dominic Evangelista.
STUNNING emerald green ones, glowing roaches, teeny ones that ride flying ants, clean-up helpers, and medical mysteries.
They just want love & garbage. 🖤
www.alieward.com/ologies/blat...
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#ICYMI Time magazine called @ologies.bsky.social one of the best podcasts of all time, @alieward.bsky.social and Salma Hayek share their love of bugs on live television, and we chat about asking scientists all the questions on the latest See Jurassic Right!
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October 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
#ICYMI Time magazine called @ologies.bsky.social one of the best podcasts of all time, @alieward.bsky.social and Salma Hayek share their love of bugs on live television, and we chat about asking scientists all the questions on the latest See Jurassic Right!
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It’s out! @ologies.bsky.social’s @alieward.bsky.social is on See Jurassic Right (if you don’t count the time she read my childhood Jurassic Park fan fiction).
🎶 Reunited and it feels good 🎶 TOMORROW! @ologies.bsky.social’ very own @ologies.bsky.social is on See Jurassic Right’s Back To School series. Subscribe, you’re not going to want to miss this one! 🤠🤠🤠
October 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
It’s out! @ologies.bsky.social’s @alieward.bsky.social is on See Jurassic Right (if you don’t count the time she read my childhood Jurassic Park fan fiction).
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It’s here! @ologies.bsky.social host and creator, @alieward.bsky.social, is on the See Jurassic Right Back To School Series today and we chat about the evolution of the pod, the dumbest questions she’s ever asked scientists, & more! The one you’ve been waiting for: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
October 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
It’s here! @ologies.bsky.social host and creator, @alieward.bsky.social, is on the See Jurassic Right Back To School Series today and we chat about the evolution of the pod, the dumbest questions she’s ever asked scientists, & more! The one you’ve been waiting for: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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🎶 Reunited and it feels good 🎶 TOMORROW! @ologies.bsky.social’ very own @ologies.bsky.social is on See Jurassic Right’s Back To School series. Subscribe, you’re not going to want to miss this one! 🤠🤠🤠
October 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🎶 Reunited and it feels good 🎶 TOMORROW! @ologies.bsky.social’ very own @ologies.bsky.social is on See Jurassic Right’s Back To School series. Subscribe, you’re not going to want to miss this one! 🤠🤠🤠
#HauntedHydrology aka SPOOKY LAKES is up w/ *the* Geo @geodesaurus.bsky.social.
Mudbank bones, river wrecks, salty seas, pink ponds, poison dust devils, steamy streams, a stump that controls the weather, goo lagoons, and droughts shivering your spine.
IT'S HERE:
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Mudbank bones, river wrecks, salty seas, pink ponds, poison dust devils, steamy streams, a stump that controls the weather, goo lagoons, and droughts shivering your spine.
IT'S HERE:
www.alieward.com/ologies/haun...
Haunted Hydrology (SPOOKY LAKES) with Geo Rutherford — alie ward
Mudbank bones. River wrecks. Salty seas. Pink ponds. Poison dust devils. Steamy streams.. It’s Haunted Hydrology with your favorite Spooky Lakes ambassador, the artist and author Geo Rutherford who is...
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October 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
#HauntedHydrology aka SPOOKY LAKES is up w/ *the* Geo @geodesaurus.bsky.social.
Mudbank bones, river wrecks, salty seas, pink ponds, poison dust devils, steamy streams, a stump that controls the weather, goo lagoons, and droughts shivering your spine.
IT'S HERE:
www.alieward.com/ologies/haun...
Mudbank bones, river wrecks, salty seas, pink ponds, poison dust devils, steamy streams, a stump that controls the weather, goo lagoons, and droughts shivering your spine.
IT'S HERE:
www.alieward.com/ologies/haun...
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The @ologies.bsky.social episode with @maryroach.bsky.social is everything I could have dreamed of, intimate, eye-opening, hilarious, and SQUELCHY! I first read Spook because of @alieward.bsky.social’s rec over ten years ago so hearing them both chop it up together was fucking delightful. 🥲
October 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The @ologies.bsky.social episode with @maryroach.bsky.social is everything I could have dreamed of, intimate, eye-opening, hilarious, and SQUELCHY! I first read Spook because of @alieward.bsky.social’s rec over ten years ago so hearing them both chop it up together was fucking delightful. 🥲
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Shhhh my moms are talking.
Thank you @ologies.bsky.social and @geodesaurus.bsky.social for the best crossover episode of my life.
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Thank you @ologies.bsky.social and @geodesaurus.bsky.social for the best crossover episode of my life.
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Haunted Hydrology (SPOOKY LAKES) with Geo Rutherford
Podcast Episode · Ologies with Alie Ward · 10/08/2025 · 1h 13m
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October 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Shhhh my moms are talking.
Thank you @ologies.bsky.social and @geodesaurus.bsky.social for the best crossover episode of my life.
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Thank you @ologies.bsky.social and @geodesaurus.bsky.social for the best crossover episode of my life.
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The show is 30% sold out in 1 day JUST by Patrons! If you're a Patron and want tickets, the passcode is in your inbox. General sales start on Thursday.
Excited to see you, New York 😬
Excited to see you, New York 😬
OLOGIES LIVE TIX NOW ON SALE!
I'm piloting a live show format on Mon, Nov 17 @ the Bell House in NYC.
Pre-sale for Patrons started today and the passcode is in your inbox, Patrons!
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If you're not a Patron, you can sign up for $1:
www.patreon.com/ologies 🎉
I'm piloting a live show format on Mon, Nov 17 @ the Bell House in NYC.
Pre-sale for Patrons started today and the passcode is in your inbox, Patrons!
www.ticketmaster.com/event/300063...
If you're not a Patron, you can sign up for $1:
www.patreon.com/ologies 🎉
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October 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The show is 30% sold out in 1 day JUST by Patrons! If you're a Patron and want tickets, the passcode is in your inbox. General sales start on Thursday.
Excited to see you, New York 😬
Excited to see you, New York 😬