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Volcanoes. Trees. Drunk butterflies. Mars missions. Slug sex. Death. Beauty standards. Anxiety busters. Beer science. Bee drama. Take away a pocket full of science knowledge and charming, bizarre stories about what fuels these professional -ologists' obsessions. Humorist and science correspondent Alie Ward asks smart people stupid questions and the answers might change your life.
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https://thecultofteaanddice.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Cult545_edit.mp3 The Space Battle over the Inquisitors descend into paranoia as they try and work out if anyone on the cruiser is a traitor, and how the rebels knew the route… other than the route hadn’t been changed in months obviously. Cult 545 – FAE – Star Wars – Redblades – Crystals Wil…
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Yes, there is an -ology for that. And yes, we’re airing this episode -– with a ton of 2025 updates -– because it’s never felt more relevant. Dr. Robert Proctor is a Stanford professor of the History of Science and co-edited the book “Agnotology: The Making & Unmaking of Ignorance,” having coined the word 30 years ago. We chat about everything from …
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https://thecultofteaanddice.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Cult542_edit.mp3 Fresh from gathering the Kyber Crystal the Inquisitors have loaded everything onto a cruiser to try and deliver it. The Liklihood of a rebel attack is high, and they also have a Sith artefact to think on. Will they make it to the anchorage without issue… No. Of course they …
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Do they sweat blood? Will one kill you? What are cocaine hippos? Is Moo Deng… okay? Actual real life Hippopotomologist Dr. Rebecca Lewison explains how hippos have some of the best – and worst – PR. We chat about pet hippos, subspecies, daily diets, the current state of hippo conservation, the absolute chaotic affection we have for pygmy hippos, th…
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https://thecultofteaanddice.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Cult559_edit.mp3 Cave People dealing with consequences @OspreyGames Paleomythic (available Here) Having taking out five Warbreakers at the Sun Worshipper ruins, they MArked have a few minutes to prepare before the other half of the force return. Can they be ready? Or if not ready then at le…
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Sad? Cold? Hot? Wired? Blame the thyroid. Maybe. In your throat there is a butterfly-shaped gland under a shield-shaped Adam’s Apple and it controls your whole life, kind of. We asked Thyroidologist and surgeon Dr. Kepal Petal of NYU's Langone Hospital about libido factors, radioactive cats, stress and thyroids, how diet can affect them, decipherin…
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Join us in Tampa Bay, Florida on May 4th for the 2 Bears 5K! Register at https://2Bears5k.com Get tickets for Tom’s Come Together Tour at https://tomsegura.com/tour SPONSORS: Go to https://zbiotics.com/BEARS and use BEARS at checkout for 15% off any first time orders of ZBiotics probiotics. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online …
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https://thecultofteaanddice.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Cult557_edit.mp3 Cave People dealing with consequences @OspreyGames Paleomythic (available Here) The meeting stones secured the Marked settled down for a well earned night of sleep. The group they finished off seem to have been extremely well supplied, but for what reason, and why weren’t t…
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Dogs doing science. With their faces. As a follow-up to last week’s Ethnocynology episode about humans domesticating wolves, we chat with conservation biologist and Eco-odorologist Kayla Fratt (and her working dog Barley) about how trained animals help scientists. Sit – and stay – to learn how rescue dogs can get their dog-torate degrees, which rew…
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Hey Now! Don't call it a comebackkkkk.... we did miss you, though!! We're back and talking about the content we can't get enough of, which of us is too good for the other, and the perfect Jersey Mike's order! Leave us a comment with your favorite sandwich order! 😉 🎧We're on Spotify, iTunes, and everywhere else you get your podcasts! 🥳https://open.s…
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https://thecultofteaanddice.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Cult555_edit.mp3 Cave People dealing with consequences @OspreyGames Paleomythic (available Here) Having started their assault on the Meeting Stones the Marked now have the rest of the troops to deal with. Luckily they seem to be asleep for the most part so they are hopeful of starting their…
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Ancient dogs! Domestic wolves! Anthropology! Archaeology! It’s all Ethnocynology: when humans and dogs started living and working together. The wonderful and iconic David Ian Howe is an educator and professional archaeologist whose focus is canines and people. So let’s curl up and be cute – like dogs – as we listen about breed histories, what evide…
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https://thecultofteaanddice.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Cult553_edit.mp3 Cave People dealing with consequences @OspreyGames Paleomythic (available Here) The Marked’s previous actions come back to haunt them as they find a War Breaker who has seen their tactics before. Can they deal with him and maybe lure some of the others away from the Meeting…
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As wildfires burn across L.A. — and my neighborhood evacuates — we thought it would be a good time to encore these Fire Ecology episodes so I can literally catch my breath. First Dr. Gavin Jones brings the heat talking about what fire is, how hot it burns, fire trends, tinderboxes, lots and lots of forest fire flim-flam, tolerant wombats, Angelina …
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HAPPINESS RESEARCH, straight up. What is happiness? How do our circumstances affect happiness? Why is the word “gratitude” kinda cringey? What can we do to feel better? Should we feel guilty for feeling happy? When is positivity “toxic?” In this encore of an episode favorite, Yale cognitive scientist, Eudemonologist, and host of The Happiness Lab p…
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https://thecultofteaanddice.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Cult552_edit.mp3 Tin Tack, Wiggy, and Rack get ready to pull off the greatest heist every told. The Goblin Queen, who looks like David Bowie in a much longer wig but shorter and greener, declares that the Goblins need to get their own presents because Goblins are not exactly on the Nice lis…
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The time is right to revisit cabins: Log cabins, woodsy getaways, A-frame cuties, cottages, tiny homes, lake houses. WE GET INTO IT, including 2024 updates. World famous Minnesota architect, author, professional cabinologist and human delight Dale Mulfinger sits down to discuss everything from what makes a cabin a cabin, to why we bond better surro…
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https://thecultofteaanddice.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cult551_edit.mp3 Cave People dealing with consequences @OspreyGames Paleomythic (available Here) The fight at the Water Tribe continues. It started well for the marked but now more of the enemy are coming to bear and they are now beginning to get outnumbered. Hopefully they remember the tra…
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Orange teeth! Vanilla butts! Architecture with twigs! Olde-timey joke books? Field naturalist, conservationist, wildlife tracker and “beaver believer” Rob Rich works with the National Wildlife Federation’s coordination of the Montana Beaver Working Group and answers all of our Castorological questions about: baby beavers, tooth tools, lodges, dams,…
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https://thecultofteaanddice.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cult550_edit.mp3 Cave People dealing with consequences @OspreyGames Paleomythic (available Here) With the runner taken out the Marked can now begin planning their assault on the War Breakers hanging out on the old Water Tribe home. Some traps are constructed but then the attack begins in ea…
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Remembering names! Preventing dementia! Photographic memories! Weed! Goldfish! It’s the thrilling conclusion of Mnemonology with Dr. Michael Yassa, the Director of UC Irvine’s Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. We talk long vs. short term memories, how smells can pack a wallop of emotions, prosopagnosia (“facial blindness”), the fo…
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Get tickets for Tom’s Come Together Tour at https://tomsegura.com/tour Sam Morril joins Tom Segura for this week’s episode of 2 Bears, 1 Cave! They discuss the benefits of night flights, mile high bullies, the New York City experience, the JonBenét Ramsey case, the disappointing Aaron Rodgers-Jets run, LeBron James' longevity, admiring bodies, the …
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https://thecultofteaanddice.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cult546_edit.mp3 Cave People dealing with consequences @OspreyGames Paleomythic (available Here) We took a long break between these episodes due to reasons! However for you no time has passed. The Marked have decided what they are going to do next. In this case go into the newly taken area …
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How are memories made? Where are they stored? Where do they go? What was I just talking about? Neurobiologist, professor, researcher, and Director of UC Irvine’s Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Dr. Michael Yassa, joins us for a two-parter deep diving into our memories. Get to know the cells that run your life while he also busts…
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https://thecultofteaanddice.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cult535_edit.mp3 Cave People dealing with consequences @OspreyGames Paleomythic (available Here) Having returned to their lands the Marked start looking for materials and considering whether to start Effigy making. There was a lot of Crafting! Unfortunately then they receive very bad news a…
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Vaping and vein health! Covid and clots! Easy bruising! Movie blood! Spider veins! Free socks! The heroic vascular surgeon Dr. Sheila Blumberg of NYU Langone Health let me ask her one million questions about how blood gets from point A to B all day. She explains the difference between arteries, veins, capillaries, and vessels and we cover everythin…
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What even IS a breadfruit? How do you cook it? Why have Pacific Islanders grown it for so long? Can it solve world hunger? And what does it have to do with an infamous 18th century mutiny on the high seas? Pack your bags and hop aboard for not one but two island excursions to learn all about this rev-'ulu-tionary tropical staple. We start on a bree…
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https://thecultofteaanddice.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Cult530_edit.mp3 Cave People dealing with consequences @OspreyGames Paleomythic (available Here) With the Water tribe saved the MArked and the Tribes Warriors head into Sun Worshipper lands to see why there is a huge plume of smoke coming from over there. That done, they begin trying to wor…
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