Oh, hey, it's your younger step, brother, who somehow is old enough to have a sleeve tattoo.

And you don't even know when that happened.

Alli Ward, back with Oligis, another Oligis you never knew about?

Probably with a charming person you wish you knew earlier.

Trust me. So, shells. Hard stuff.

Living chemistry. This episode was almost called concolegy, but it's about so much more as it turns out than just some swirly seashells.

And this guest's Instagram handle is biominorologists.

So, when that happens, you go with biominorology.

So, concolegy or shell collecting, that's going to wait for another time, another person.

Also, biominorology, technically, an allergy.

And I'm not accepting any emails about it. It is what it is.

So, thisologist got his bachelor's in chemistry from Virginia Tech, and is now completing his PhD at UCLA,

studying geochemistry. And we met one fateful summer, the one before COVID, at a backyard barbecue, at none other than Raquel Nuno, your favorite moon expert in cell-inologist house.

And this guest told me just off hand that he studied shells. And I was like, mark my words.

I'm going to drag you on allergies, my new friend.

So, being at a barbecue and finding out that the person eating a veggie burger next to you, studies the microscopic properties of shell structure

to figure out what's going on with the appending apocalypse is what this show is all about.

But before we dive into this episode, thank you patrons for supporting the show.

I am doing my first ever live show for everyone, not just patrons, on May 18th.

Next week, and tickets are on sale. They're at the link in the show notes. They're 12 bucks, general or $9 for patrons who can submit questions for returning a volcanologist just Phoenix.

She's back, and we'll hear her reaction to her episode.

Again, link in the show notes. Also, thank you for leaving reviews. And to prove I've read yours.

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