Ologies with Alie Ward

Farmed versus wild. Basement shrimp hustles. Mangrove drama. Anthropology. Animal welfare and plant-based diets. Climb aboard to meet UCSB’s super cool dude, researcher and Aquaculture Ecologist, Dr. Ben Halpern. You’ll hear about sustainable food sources, land vs. sea farming, bycatch, shellfish guilt, salmon who wear makeup, global marine populations, ditching iceberg for seaweed, and a gentle nudge toward vegetables. Progress over perfection; every little step counts. Visit the Halpern Lab [https://halpernlab.bren.ucsb.edu/] and browse Dr. Halpern’s publications on ResearchGate [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Benjamin-Halpern-3] A donation went to the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) [https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/] More episode sources and links [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/aquacultureecology] Smologies (short, classroom-safe) episodes [https://pod.link/1746567248] Other episodes you may enjoy: Macrophycology (SEAWEED) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/macrophycology], Oceanology (OCEANS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/oceanology], Pectinidology (SCALLOPS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/pectinidology], Ichthyology (FISHES) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/ichthyology], Carcinology (CRABS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/carcinology], Entomophagy Anthropology (EATING BUGS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/entomophagy-anthropology], Echinology (SEA URCHINS & SAND DOLLARS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/echinology], Ursinology (BEARS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/ursinology], Chickenology (HENS & ROOSTERS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/chickenology], Road Ecology (ROAD KILL) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/roadecology], Agnotology (WILLFUL IGNORANCE) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/agnotologyencore], Castorology (BEAVERS), [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/castorology] Indigenous Cuisinology (NATIVE COOKING) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/indigenouscuisinology], Black American Magirology (FOOD, RACE & CULTURE) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/blackamericanmagirology] Sponsors of Ologies [https://alieward.com/ologies-sponsors] Transcripts and bleeped episodes [https://alieward.com/ologies-extras] Become a patron of Ologies [https://www.patreon.com/ologies] for as little as a buck a month OlogiesMerch.com [https://www.ologiesmerch.com/] has hats, shirts, hoodies, totes! Follow Ologies on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/ologies] and Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/ologies.bsky.social] Follow Alie Ward on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/alieward] and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@alie_ologies] Editing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions [http://maitlandaudio.com/] and Jake Chaffee [https://www.jecmusic.com/] Managing Director: Susan Hale Scheduling Producer: Noel Dilworth Transcripts by Aveline Malek  Website by Kelly R. Dwyer [https://www.kellyrdwyer.com/photo] Theme song by Nick Thorburn

Have you ever read every word of The U.S. Constitution? You don't have to, because I read it with my mouth into your brain in this weird but vital episode on civil liberties. And of course, there are little sidenotes to make sure we both understand it. There has never been a better time to know what your legal protections are.  This episode is a follow up to Nomology (CONSTITUTIONAL LAW) with the legendary law scholar Franita Tolson, the Dean and Carl Mason Franklin Chair in Law USC’s Gould School of Law. Start there for the basics and learn why knowing your rights and using your voice can change the future. Be safe. Stick up for yourself, and each other. Listen to our 2019 episode: Nomology (THE CONSTITUTION) with Franita Tolson [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/nomology] A donation went to the American Civil Liberties Union [https://www.aclu.org/] More episode sources and links [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/macrophycology] Smologies (short, classroom-safe) episodes [https://pod.link/1746567248] Other episodes you may enjoy: Political Sociology (VOTER TURNOUT & SUPPRESSION) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/politicalsociology], Museology (MUSEUMS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/museology], Agnotology (WILLFUL IGNORANCE) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/agnotologyencore], Genocidology (CRIMES OF ATROCITY) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/genocidology], Genealogy (FAMILY TREES) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/genealogy] Sponsors of Ologies [https://alieward.com/ologies-sponsors] Transcripts and bleeped episodes [https://alieward.com/ologies-extras] Become a patron of Ologies [https://www.patreon.com/ologies] for as little as a buck a month OlogiesMerch.com [https://www.ologiesmerch.com/] has hats, shirts, hoodies, totes! Follow Ologies on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/ologies] and Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/ologies.bsky.social] Follow Alie Ward on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/alieward] and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@alie_ologies] Editing by Jarrett Sleeper [http://instagram.com/Jarrett_Sleeper] of MindJam Media [http://www.mindjammedia.com/], Steven Ray Morris [https://twitter.com/stevenRayMorris], and Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions [http://maitlandaudio.com/] Managing Director: Susan Hale Scheduling Producer: Noel Dilworth Transcripts by Aveline Malek  Website by Kelly R. Dwyer [https://www.kellyrdwyer.com/photo] Theme song by Nick Thorburn

Moonlit seaweeds. Dreamy underwater forests. Mounds of beach debris. Not plants. Let’s talk about where seaweed grows and whether or not it will save us all. Macrophycology means “big-ass algae” so let’s join five dazzling seaweed enthusiasts: guest-in-chief Dr. Patrick Martone of the University of British Columbia, UConn Professor Emeritus and “grandfather of seaweed farming” Dr. Charlie Yarish, seagrass scientist Becky Swerida, and marine science PhD students Danielle McHaskell and Angela Jones. We’ll chat about what’s hidden in its cells, the best ones to eat, how fast it grows, how deep it gets, cold vs. tropical seaweeds, what to do if your vacation pictures feature mounds of sargassum, and whether or not kelp can kill a chicken.  In next week’s episode, you’ll hear all about the aquaculture of cultivating and eating things from the seaweed to shellfish to shrimp farmed in a basement doughboy. Not really a two parter but two episodes that are friends and hang out in the same circles.  Visit the Martone Lab [https://www3.botany.ubc.ca/martone/] and follow Dr. Martone on Google Scholar [https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=HK_WXdkAAAAJ&hl=en] Get the Seaweed Sorter [https://seaweedsorter.com/] app developed by Dr. Martone Follow Dr. Charles Yarish on Google Scholar [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=tlr2fqkAAAAJ&hl=en] Follow Danielle McHaskell on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/seaweedsista/?hl=en] Visit Angela Jones’ website [https://www.angelajjones.com/] Follow Becky Swerida on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/biobiteswithbecky/] Donations went to Raincoast Education Society [https://raincoasteducation.org/], GreenWave [https://www.greenwave.org/], and Black in Marine Science [https://www.blackinmarinescience.org/] More episode sources and links [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/macrophycology] Smologies (short, classroom-safe) episodes [https://pod.link/1746567248] Other episodes you may enjoy: Oceanology (OCEANS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/oceanology2], Island Ecology (ISLANDS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/islandecology], Cnidariology (CORAL) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/cnidariology], Tardigradology (TINY SEMI-INDESTRUCTIBLE WATER BEAR MOSS PIGLET CREATURES CALLED TARDIGRADES) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/tardigradology], Bryology (MOSS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/bryology], Echinology (SEA URCHINS & SAND DOLLARS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/echinology], Lutrinology (OTTERS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/lutrinology], Ethnoecology (ETHNOBOTANY/NATIVE PLANTS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/ethnoecology], Dendrology (TREES) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/2018/5/7/wdppyiv1wrcs8gchoslvhhuuboanau], Forensic Ecology (NATURE DETECTIVE) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/forensicecology] Sponsors of Ologies [https://alieward.com/ologies-sponsors] Transcripts and bleeped episodes [https://alieward.com/ologies-extras] Become a patron of Ologies [https://www.patreon.com/ologies] for as little as a buck a month OlogiesMerch.com [https://www.ologiesmerch.com/] has hats, shirts, hoodies, totes! Follow Ologies on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/ologies] and Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/ologies.bsky.social] Follow Alie Ward on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/alieward] and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@alie_ologies] Editing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions [http://maitlandaudio.com/] and Jake Chaffee [https://www.jecmusic.com/] Managing Director: Susan Hale Scheduling Producer: Noel Dilworth Transcripts by Aveline Malek  Website by Kelly R. Dwyer [https://www.kellyrdwyer.com/photo] Theme song by Nick Thorburn

Secret ciphers. Hidden treasure. Enigma breakers. Mysterious manuscripts. And … hog Latin. Cryptology expert and author of “The Code Book,” Simon Singh finally lets me ask him about the small mistakes that lost huge battles, the prison plots of Mary Queen of Scots, a cryptology reality show that I wish existed, the legacy of Alan Turing, Indigenous code-talking war heroes, hiding messages in your skin and guts, the role of A.I. in future deciphering and the possibility of a quantum computing apocalypse. Also: one whole ball of wax that you do not want to get into.  Visit Dr. Singh’s website [https://simonsingh.net/] and follow him on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/simonsinghnerd.bsky.social] and X [https://x.com/SLSingh] Browse Dr. Singh’s books [https://simonsingh.net/books/] including The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography, available on Bookshop.org [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-code-book-the-science-of-secrecy-from-ancient-egypt-to-quantum-cryptography-simon-singh/8657127] and Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/Code-Book-Science-Secrecy-Cryptography/dp/0385495323] A donation went to GiveWell [https://www.givewell.org/] More episode sources and links [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/cryptology] Smologies (short, classroom-safe) episodes [https://pod.link/1746567248] Other episodes you may enjoy: Egyptology (ANCIENT EGYPT) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/egyptology], Momiology (MUMMIFICATION) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/momiology], Curiology (EMOJI) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/curiology], Graphology (HANDWRITING/FORGERY) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/graphology], Anagnosology (READING) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/anagnosology], Oneirology (DREAMS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/oneirology], Salugenology (WHY HUMANS REQUIRE HOBBIES) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/salugenology], Architectural Technology (COMPUTER PROGRAMMING) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/architecturaltechnology], Neurotechnology (AI + BRAIN TECH) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/neurotechnology], Artificial Intelligence Ethicology (WILL A.I. CRASH OUT?) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/artificialintelligenceethicology], Abstract Mathematology (UH, IS MATH REAL?) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/abstractmathematology] Sponsors of Ologies [https://alieward.com/ologies-sponsors] Transcripts and bleeped episodes [https://alieward.com/ologies-extras] Become a patron of Ologies [https://www.patreon.com/ologies] for as little as a buck a month OlogiesMerch.com [https://www.ologiesmerch.com/] has hats, shirts, hoodies, totes! Follow Ologies on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/ologies] and Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/ologies.bsky.social] Follow Alie Ward on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/alieward] and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@alie_ologies] Editing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions [http://maitlandaudio.com/] and Jake Chaffee [https://www.jecmusic.com/] Managing Director: Susan Hale Scheduling Producer: Noel Dilworth Transcripts by Aveline Malek  Website by Kelly R. Dwyer [https://www.kellyrdwyer.com/photo] Theme song by Nick Thorburn

Bushy tails! Stinky butts! Faces so cute you weep! Let’s talk foxes – specifically the little gray ones you never knew you loved. Fox behavioral expert, researcher, conservationist, author of “The Road to Fox Hollow” and Urocyonologist Bill Leikam chats about fuzzy foxes, baby names, parental strategies, where they live, what they eat, advice for potential pet owners, how to observe foxes, how tiny foxes wound up on islands, which foxes need conservation, Silicon Valley foxes, and why a fox on the couch is worth 1000 in the bush. Also: what do they smell like? And what do they say?  Buy Bill’s book: The Road to Fox Hollow [https://www.diangelopublications.com/shop/p/the-road-to-fox-hollow] A donation went to the Urban Wildlife Research Project [https://urbanwildliferesearchproject.org/].  Watch the documentary: The Foxes, my Professors: Bill Leikam and the Gray Foxes of Silicon Valley [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9uSMppb5jY&ab_channel=SylerP.R.] More episode sources and links [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/urocynology] Smologies (short, classroom-safe) episodes [https://pod.link/1746567248] Other episodes you may enjoy: Ethnocynology (HUMANS & DOGS THROUGH TIME) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/ethnocynology], Lupinology (WOLVES) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/lupinology], Felinology (CATS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/felinology], Procyonology (RACCOONS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/procyonology], Lutrinology (OTTERS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/lutrinology], Sciuridology (SQUIRRELS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/sciuridology], Castorology (BEAVERS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/castorology], Chickenology (HENS & ROOSTERS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/chickenology], Indigenous Fire Ecology (GOOD FIRE) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/goodfire], Nassology (TAXIDERMY) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/nassology], Cynology (DOGS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/cynology] Sponsors of Ologies [https://alieward.com/ologies-sponsors] Transcripts and bleeped episodes [https://alieward.com/ologies-extras] Become a patron of Ologies [https://www.patreon.com/ologies] for as little as a buck a month OlogiesMerch.com [https://www.ologiesmerch.com/] has hats, shirts, hoodies, totes! Follow Ologies on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/ologies] and Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/ologies.bsky.social] Follow Alie Ward on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/alieward] and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@alie_ologies] Editing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions [http://maitlandaudio.com/] and Jake Chaffee [https://www.jecmusic.com/] Managing Director: Susan Hale Scheduling Producer: Noel Dilworth Transcripts by Aveline Malek  Website by Kelly R. Dwyer [https://www.kellyrdwyer.com/photo] Theme song by Nick Thorburn