So just a heads up, as with part one, we're discussing dairy, and we also make acknowledgements

of animal rights concerns. And this week, we discuss a bunch of vegan options in more depth, too.

And this wonderful cheese expert's focus isn't dairy farming as an industry, but rather the process

of cheese making. And also in the future, we have a plant-based diet episode coming up. So enjoy.

Oh, hey, it's once again the monster who returns emails at 4 p.m. on a Friday.

Sorry, everyone still.

Allie Ward, this is cheese.

This is part two.

So if you have come here first, you skip part one.

I just simply cannot abide because you will get to know our esteemed guest

and you will know cheese from a foundational level. So start there. Start at part one. That's the beginning. That's how things go. Now in a moment, we're going to get to part two, which is just wall-to-wall listener questions and weirder and creepier, tastier, gorgeous facts about things like cows on boats and vegan options for

cheese, the most violent way to enjoy cheese, the Great Grilled Cheese sandwich debate,

how to craft some curds at home. We talk about cheese pricing, squeaky curds, the moon's

composition, the ultimate chakouterie board. We also talk holes, crystals, maggots, oh my.

But first, thank you to patrons via patreon.com slash ologies, who for a dollar a month can submit

questions ahead of time for the ologists. And thanks to everyone who's out there wearing

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For no dollars, thank you for leaving us

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responsible for their new obsession with rattlesnakes. Because like, what do you mean there's a live stream of a rattlesnake den 10 out of 10. ECW 004. Thanks for that from me and from the rattlesnakes. Enjoy the rattlesnakes episode if you haven't already. It's so good. Okay, if you're new around here also and you need any kids safe versions of ologies we have them for free they're in their

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