Oh, hey, it's that cuckoo in the nest who just wants to be a good little sister, not Ali Ward.

It's lead editor Mercedes-Maitland here with something a little different for the 300th episode of Ologies.

Or, okay, actually it's the 301st because mosquitoes was a beast and we made it a two-parter but shh

It's fine. It's fine. So if you're joining the party late and this is your first episode, absolutely do not be mistaken.

I am usually hiding away in my little editing hermitage under the stairs while Ali does all of the

talking. But instead, this week, I interviewed Ali

about her career as our favorite science communicator.

But first, let's handle some business.

Thank you to everyone over at Patreon. Patreon.

Ologies for chipping in as little as a buck a month to help pay me and the rest of the team

and for submitting your questions for the ologists.

Seriously, you folks rock.

Thanks also to everyone cruising around in Ologies March which will

link in the show notes. Those can help you meet other Ologites in the wild like

Claire who I met at a Tim Horton's bathroom last year while I was wearing my own Ologies t-shirt and thanks to everyone

who rates and subscribes and leave reviews. Usually Ali reads one for you every week to prove that

you reads them all so here goes. Thanks, hey it's brin who says I'm currently writing this from the desk of my first

internship with my university's museums department and I have to thank Ali for that. If you need any

encouragement to just go out and do the thing and

follow your nerdy passion whatever it may be, this is the podcast you've been

looking for. Because of Ali I've asked more smart people stupid questions in the

past year than ever before and I'm doing my dream internship

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