Oh, hey, it's the guy who didn't even look at your receipt before dragging a highlighter over it.

Allie Ward, here it is. Here it is, the Fox episode. Waited years for this, and it was absolutely

totally different than I expected. Join me. So we're going to address the etymology of the ology in a bit,

but I do want you to know that in researching this, Google helpfully

redirected me to the search results for urology and then proctology. And then once again,

Eurogynecology. And I scoffed. But honestly, eurocinology, it kind of involves a bit of each of

those. Stick around. But this

expert is just one of my favorite kinds. His study species is just woven into his everyday life

and his dreams and his identity. I love all of it. And he's a retired English teacher, this fox

guy, who's known as the fox guy, and is very gifted with narrative abilities, like your favorite fireside storyteller.

He's even written a book, 2022's The Road to Fox Hollow, which is beautifully written.

And he's contributed to Canons of the world, published by Princeton University Press.

He's been an associate director of the North Santa Clara Resource Conservation District, and he co-founded

the Urban Wildlife Research Project, which has accomplished rigorous field research, has this

archive of data. Beth Pratt of our P-22 episode has called him the Jane Goodall of the gray fox.

And by the end of the episode, you're never going to look at foxes the same.

This is like showing you a new color you never knew existed or a flavor of cake.

They've been hiding in the back.

And we're going to get to it.

But first, quick, thank you to all the patrons who submitted questions for this episode. Thank you to everyone wearing ologies merch

from ologiesmerch.com. Also, side note, we have Smollogies, which are G-rated, shorter, kid-friendly

episodes, and those you can find anywhere you get your podcast. It's called Smologies. We linked them in the show notes, too.

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