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Ornithorhynchology (PLATYPUSES) with Tahneal Hawke

12/18/2025 • 69 min

Duck bills. Beaver tails. Underground lairs. Eggs. Milk. Venom? A platypus has it all. Scholar, conservationist, and Ornithorhynchologist Dr. Tahneal Hawke is here to run through the baffling anatomy and answer all of our WHAT’S THE DEAL, WHAT EVEN *ARE* THEY questions, and chat about field work, evolution, how to spot a platypus, why you can’t have one in your … Play episode

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Astrobromatology (SPACE FOOD) with Maggie Coblentz
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NEW 2025 Interview: Genocidology (CRIMES OF ATROCITY) Part 2 with Dirk Mos…
Bisonology (BUFFALO) Encore with various bisonologists
Strigiformology (OWLS) Part 2 with R. J. Gutiérrez
Strigiformology (OWLS) Part 1 with R.J. Gutiérrez
Historical Toxicology (OLD TIMEY POISONS) with Deborah Blum
Critical Ponerology (WHAT IS “EVIL”?) with Kenneth MacKendrick
Bonus Episode: COCKROACH MILK with Joshua Benoit and Sinead English
Blattodeology (YES, COCKROACHES) with Dominic Evangelista
Haunted Hydrology (SPOOKY LAKES) with Geo Rutherford
Serpopsychology (WHAT’S CREEPY?) with Frank McAndrew
Revolutionology (REBELLIONS & SOCIAL CHANGE) with Jack Goldstone
Human Technomorphology (SWAPPING OUT BODY PARTS) with Mary Roach
Ceramology (POTTERY) with Potted History’s Graham Taylor & Sarah Lord Tayl…
Neuropathoimmunology (MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS) with Aaron Boster
Lutrinology (OTTERS) Encore with Chris J. Law
Trolleyology (MORAL DILEMMAS + THE TROLLEY PROBLEM) with Joshua Greene
Tempestology (HURRICANES) Part 2 with Dr. Kim Wood & Matt Lanza
Tempestology (HURRICANES) Part 1 with Matt Lanza & Dr. Kim Wood
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Obsessive-Compulsive Neurobiology (OCD) with Wayne Goodman
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Fromology (CHEESE) Part 1 with Kyra James
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Cryptology (SECRET CODES) with Simon Singh
Urocyonology (LITTLE GRAY FOXES) with Bill Leikam
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Post-Viral Epidemiology (LONG COVID) Part 2 with Wes Ely
Post-Viral Epidemiology (LONG COVID) Part 1 with Wes Ely
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Field Trip: Activism Art Panel Recorded at WonderCon
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