Ologies with Alie Ward
ologies.bsky.social
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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August 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
My dream came true. At a cafe & my FAVORITE bug is harassing 2 people swatting it w/ their purses. YES I leapt up & YES I tried to catch it & YES I told them it was gorgeous, harmless, loves fruit, & is like a flying bumbling puppy.

NO they didn't care but the beetle & I bonded

#cotinismutabilis
August 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
2025 in a nutshell:
July 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Here is my dog Gremmie, small and tiny but shorn like a llama. Plus the inspo photo, plus a before.

It’s giving barnyard. Obsessed.
April 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Hey we won Best Science pod at the iHeart Awards among some fierce competition. Thanks to everyone who listens & thank you to our small but mighty team.

If you want to convert someone to an Ologite, but don’t know where to start, ologies.com is like a menu of topics.

Science matters. Like, A LOT.
March 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
For more on her, follow @djlindee.bsky.social! You may recall her class material going viral:
March 5, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The Washington Post is toilet paper, and Bezo's decision to have opinion pieces *only* in support of capitalism & dismantling of equity is zero surprise.

Look for shit like this in media: notice who WaPo hand-picked to represent government workers? Someone w/ dyed hair, young, leftist.
February 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
February 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
me asking my family to stop supporting n*zis
February 1, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I’ll drop the full text in case you need inspo or to copy/paste lolol. Text is in the ALT description.
February 1, 2025 at 1:23 AM
You’ll never guess what the major news headlines ARE NOT covering today.

But at least we have info about Melania’s hat.
January 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
BONKERS to me that Elon's double nazi salute isn't the leading news story today. What in the fuck kind of world
January 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Ethnocynology (HUMANS & DOGS THRU TIME) w/ @davidianhowe.bsky.social is up & it explains why you have a wolf in your bed.

Anthropology, archaeology, & fluffy babies all in one.

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/1PPL...

(Or wherever you get podcasts.)
January 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Love these billionaire conservatives saying the fires are a conspiracy lolol. I mean yes, but the call's coming from inside.
January 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I got some covered because of a surgery and my friend was like “scooore!” and then was reading this below. I didn’t know I had a bottle of DIAMONDS, essentially. (if you’re not insured…)
December 16, 2024 at 3:17 AM
me & my spouse rn
December 13, 2024 at 5:03 AM
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.
November 10, 2024 at 10:51 PM
Genocidology (CRIMES OF ATROCITY) with expert Dr. Dirk Moses.

www.alieward.com/ologies/geno...

Pass it on.
May 13, 2024 at 11:11 PM
A discussion on this is a top thread on Reddit & I’m looking for opinions only from *medical doctors* & *fat folks* on terms.

(I’m told that fat is the preferred descriptor, but if you identify as such feel free to correct me.)

Working on a metabolism ep & no one seems to agree on terms
January 27, 2024 at 9:49 PM
CRABS. 🦀 Visit the @NHMLA's crab bunker w/ #Carcinologist @AdamWall626 for: which crabs are NOT crabs, romantic crabs, Old Bay, Amelia Earhart, Sea Monkeys, invasive crabs, giant land crabs that can crack skulls, delicacies, Hollywood crabs + more:

www.alieward.com/ologies/carc...
January 16, 2024 at 9:55 PM

LEMURS WE GOT LEMURS. Dr. Lydia Greene of
Duke Lemur Center talks GIANT eyes, tree-hopping, Madagascar, ring tails, sashays, aye-ayes, etymology, conservation + a BONKERS origin story. Instant classic. Pass it on.

www.alieward.com/ologies/lemu...
December 21, 2023 at 1:28 AM
New episode! Syndesiology (CONNECTIONS) w/sci-comm legend James Burke. We chat history, his career, shipworms, dog pee, French syphilis of yore, and THAT rocket shot. Also his new season + (surprise!) my spin-off Connections show:

www.alieward.com/ologies/synd...
December 6, 2023 at 4:48 AM
WELP I DID IT. Enjoy this fresh as hell interview with the sci-comm legend that is James Burke:

www.alieward.com/ologies/synd...
December 6, 2023 at 4:36 AM
A WHOLE EPISODE ON SQUIRRELS. I freaked out and asked #Sciuridologist Dr. Karen Munroe a thousand questions, from birdfeeders to acorns to memories to mating and more.

Please enjoy this absolutely brutal deluge of squirrel info. She is the best:

https://www.alieward.com/ologies/sciuridology
July 26, 2023 at 5:58 AM
did someone say thirst trap 🤤
April 30, 2023 at 5:40 AM