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Ologies with Alie Ward

Island Ecology (ISLANDS) with Andy Kraemer

Ologies with Alie Ward

Alie Ward

Comedy, Science, Society & Culture

4.923.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

What IS an island? How do birds and plants and mammals GET there? Why do we like going to islands? Dr. Andy Kraemer studies how life populates and survives on hunks of remote rock and chats all about the Galapagos Islands -- where he does his research. We address the smallest island in the world, the largest, some bananas biological adaptations, Darwin's finchy mistakes, some nude people and a Baroness who got caught up in a homicide scandal, and shrinking skeletons. Also: pirates and prison islands. Follow Dr. Andy Kraemer at www.twitter.com/andykraemer Donations went to: islandconservation.org and ecologyproject.org Sponsor links: Podcast "YOU" by Okta, TakeCareOf.com (code OLOGIES), Trueandco.com/ologies (code: OLOGIES), Progressive.com More links at alieward.com/ologies/islandecology You Are That podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/00WJ2qzCeIeetwRy23ABEZ Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month: www.Patreon.com/ologies OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, pins, totes! Follow twitter.com/ologies or instagram.com/ologies Follow twitter.com/AlieWard or instagram.com/AlieWard Sound editing by Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media & Steven Ray Morris Theme song by Nick Thorburn Support the show: http://Patreon.com/ologies

Transcript

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0:00.0

Oh hey, it's your sister's friend who ate string cheese by just biting it, and you

0:05.5

think of her with disdain every time you eat a string cheese.

0:08.8

Alli Ward, back with another episode of Ola Gies.

0:12.1

So it's June, and here in the Northern Hemisphere, things are getting ball-me.

0:17.2

Short shorts are getting dusted off.

0:19.7

Mineral-based coral-safe sunscreens are being applied, and days are getting longer, partly

0:25.1

because we may be stuck at a desk, counting down until we can be in a barbecue.

0:29.6

We're on an island, so let's do an episode on islands.

0:32.7

Okay, great.

0:34.4

We're already doing it.

0:35.5

Now, before we sail into the horizon, let's think of you folks, namely all the patrons

0:40.6

on patreon.com, who contribute a dollar a month or more to submit questions, and thank you

0:46.2

to all the folks who boost up the show by rating and subscribing and telling friends.

0:50.9

And of course, by reviewing which we all know, I gingerly creep and choose a fresh one

0:55.0

to read, such as this one.

0:56.8

By Charlie C.C. for, who apparently describes me as if Leslie Noep and Dr. Johnson homeschooled

1:03.2

and of green gables until yesterday, and then released her totally feral on an unsuspecting

1:09.3

faculty lounge, oh, and she was goth.

1:12.1

And all of that was a compliment.

1:13.6

Those are facts that I appreciate them so much.

1:16.0

Oh, and thank you, Brian, 19577 for calling me the frosting on the Pop Tart of Science,

1:21.6

which I'm going to tattoo on my back, like a book blurb.

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