Oh, hey, it's the stranger's dog who just licked your mouth, Allie Ward, and let's turn our gaze and ears to the sky, currently at the moment 159 million miles away to the planet of Venus.

Taking us on that journey is one of the most charming and informatively enthusiastic ologists in planetary history, a global geologist who studies both

Earth and the other orbs in our solar system with a focus on what Venus can tell us about

our own home. And they graduated from Carlton College, got a master's from the University of

Montana and a PhD from UCLA before becoming a professor at Southern Methodist University and then heading to the University of Montana and a PhD from UCLA before becoming a professor

at Southern Methodist University and then heading to the University of Minnesota, Duluth,

as a McKnight Presidential Endowed Professor of Earth and Planetary Scientists. They have worked

for the U.S. Geological Survey and done field work from Antarctica to the Arctic UCon territory.

And just a little quick warning, you will fall in love with them in rocks and Venus.

But before we cast that spell, let's thank the folks who sent in great questions for them via patreon.com slash ologies,

where you two can support the show for as little as a dollar a month and send your burning

900 degree questions. Thank you also to everyone out there in Ologiesmerch from Ologiesmerch.com.

And of course, for $0 a month, you can support the show just by reviewing it. And I read all

the reviews. I prove it with a recent one like this one from listener and nurse, Sarah 916,

who wrote that the show takes

listeners on a magic school bus like auditory journey spanning from the smallest molecules to the

largest existential topics. And Sarah 916, thank you for that. And thank you, Lee E, who tells

their group therapy clients to listen. Hey, everyone who leaves reviews, it truly means the world,

keeps me going. I appreciate them.

And it helps boost the show so much, which means we're able to donate to a cause of the

ologist choosing each week. Thank you to sponsors of the show. Okay, from the smallest molecules

to the planets themselves, let's blast off into this instant classic, an episode that had me

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