Ologies with Alie Ward

Landfills! Treasures in the trash! Corporate conspiracies! Composting! An instantly classic conversation with the incredibly knowledgeable, frank and wonderful Dr. Robin Nagle of New York University’s Liberal Studies! She is a clinical professor, author, TED speaker and former New York City sanitation worker and truly the best person on Earth to trash talk with. We cover what you can and can’t actually recycle, sticky mustard bottles, drugs in the trash, Swedish Death Cleaning, mobsters and landfills, Bitcoin in the dump, the future of garbage and exactly how screwed we are. Enjoy.  Visit Robin Nagle’s website [https://robinnagle.com/] Follow Robin on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/rznagle/] and Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/rznagle.bsky.social] Read Robin’s book Picking Up [https://bookshop.org/books/picking-up-on-the-streets-and-behind-the-trucks-with-the-sanitation-workers-of-new-york-city/9780374534271], an ethnography of New York City's Department of Sanitation A donation was made to the Sanitation Foundation [https://www.sanitationfoundation.org/] More episode sources and links [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/discardanthropology] Smologies (short, classroom-safe) episodes [https://pod.link/1746567248] Other episodes you may enjoy: Oceanology (OCEANS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/oceanology2], Urban Rodentology (SEWER RATS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/urbanrodentology], Space Archaeology (SPACE JUNK) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/spacearchaeology], Critical Ecology (SOCIAL SYSTEMS + ENVIRONMENT) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/criticalecology], Futurology (THE FUTURE) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/futurology], Disasterology (DISASTERS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/disasterology], Ursinology (BEARS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/ursinology], Eschatology (THE APOCALYPSE) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/eschatology], Conservation Technology (EARTH SAVING) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/conservation-technology], Scatology (POOP) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/scatology], Agnotology (IGNORANCE) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/agnotology], Xylology (LUMBER) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/xylology] 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 Jarrett Sleeper [https://www.jarrettsleeper.com/] of MindJam Media [https://www.mindjammedia.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

Medieval art memes! Human-faced animals! Drunk monks! And a preponderance of snails. Middle Ages manuscript expert, art history communicator, and Medieval Codicologist Evan Pridmore covers: what those golden illuminated Middle Ages manuscripts were made of, who drew them, why were people sometimes naked in them, what art trends came and went – and what does it say about our history and future, immigration politics, antisemitism, what exactly is a Salisbury steak, and so much more. Also: the perfect tree for your home orchard.  Follow Evan on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/evan.pridmore/?hl=en], TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@evan.hart], and Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/evanpridmore.bsky.social] Donations went to the World Central Kitchen [https://wck.org/] and the American Civil Liberties Union [https://www.aclu.org/] More episode sources and links [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/medievalcodicology] Smologies (short, classroom-safe) episodes [https://pod.link/1746567248] Other episodes you may enjoy: Anthropodermic Biocodicology (HUMAN LEATHER BOOKS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/anthropodermicbiocodicology], Malacology (SNAILS & SLUGS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/malacology], Classical Archeology (ANCIENT ROME) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/classical-archeology], Metropolitan Tombology (PARIS CATACOMBS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/catacombs], Museology (MUSEUMS) Encore in Memory of Ronnie Cline [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/museologyencore], Modern Toichographology (MURALS & STREET ART) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/moderntoichographology], Proptology (THEATER & FILM PROPS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/proptology], Pectinidology (SCALLOPS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/pectinidology], Anagnosology (READING) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/anagnosology], FIELD TRIP: I Go France and Learn Weird France Stuff [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/france] 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

Fungus gnats. Overloved cacti. Fiddle fig failures. $20,000 specimens. It’s house plants — and it’s wild, folks. Widely beloved author, artist, house plant expert and Domestic Phytologist Tyler Thrasher joins to talk about root rot, what to grow in a dark basement, the rarest plants in the world, the punishments for poaching them, grow lights for people and plants, houseplant ethics, how to keep your cats from taking whizzes in them, if you should name your plants, how often to repot them, how to keep an orchid out of your trash can, pet-safe, plants, if one should use their own surplus blood to feed them, and what botany crimes I have committed against my own plants. Visit Tyler Thrasher’s website [https://tylerthrasher.com/] and follow him on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/TylerThrasherArt], Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/tylerthrasherart.bsky.social] and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@tyler_thrasher] Buy his book, The Universe in 100 Colors [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/727433/the-universe-in-100-colors-by-tyler-thrasher-and-terry-mudge/], at Bookshop.org [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-universe-in-100-colors-weird-and-wonderful-colors-from-science-and-nature-tyler-thrasher/21045445] or Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/Universe-100-Colors-Wondrous-Science/dp/1632174928], and his journal, Grow a Damn Plant Journal [https://tylerthrasher.com/published] See Tyler at San Diego’s Oddities Flea Market [https://theodditiesfleamarket.com/events/ofm-sd2025] March 29 & 30, 2025 A donation went to The Loveland Foundation [https://thelovelandfoundation.org/] More episode sources and links [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/domesticphytology] Smologies (short, classroom-safe) episodes [https://pod.link/1746567248] Other episodes you may enjoy: Cycadology (RARE PLANT DRAMA) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/cycadology], Dendrology (TREES) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/dendrology2], Indigenous Pedology (SOIL SCIENCE) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/indigenouspedology], Mycology (MUSHROOMS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/mycology], Pomology (APPLES) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/pomology], Attention-Deficit Neuropsychology (ADHD) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/adhd], Genocidology (CRIMES OF ATROCITY) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/genocidology], Zymology (BEER) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/zymology], FIELD TRIP: I Go France and Learn Weird France Stuff [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/france], Carnivorous Phytobiology (MEAT-EATING PLANTS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/carnivorousphytobiology], Suicidology (SUICIDE PREVENTION & AWARENESS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/suicidology], Carobology (NOT-CHOCOLATE TREES) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/carobology], Cicadology (CICADAS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/cicadology], Chronobiology (CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/chronobiology], Tiktokology (THE TIKTOK APP) with Hank Green [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/tiktokology], Erethizonology (PORCUPINES) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/erethizonology], Coffeeology (YEP, COFFEE) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/coffeeology], Foraging Ecology (EATING WILD PLANTS) with @BlackForager, Alexis Nikole Nelson [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/foragingecology] 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

Long Covid Part 2: Treatments. Studies. Histamines. Hormones. POTS. Clots. Hearts. Hope. Highly-respected Long Covid expert, Dr. Wes Ely, is back for all of your listener questions. We also check in with Physics Girl Diana Cowern on her years-long struggle with the disease. So start with Part 1, and then finish up with this episode addressing all your straggling questions, and great advice for patients and caregivers.  Follow Dr. Ely on GoogleScholar [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AKi6tNIAAAAJ&hl=en] Buy Dr. Ely’s book, Every Deep-Drawn Breath, on Bookshop.org [https://bookshop.org/p/books/every-deep-drawn-breath-a-critical-care-doctor-on-healing-recovery-and-transforming-medicine-in-the-icu-wes-ely/16544529] or Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/Every-Deep-Drawn-Breath-Critical-Transforming/dp/1982171146] Donations went to: Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, And Survivorship (CIBS) Center [http://icudelirium.org], Cohen Center for Recovery from Complex Chronic Illness [https://icahn.mssm.edu/research/cohen], and Open Medicine Foundation [https://www.omf.ngo/ways-to-donate/] – Diana Cowern’s favorite cause to support clinical trials More episode sources and links [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/postviralepidemiology] Smologies (short, classroom-safe) episodes [https://pod.link/1746567248] Other episodes you may enjoy: Surgical Angiology (VEINS & ARTERIES) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/surgicalangiology], Cardiology (THE HEART) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/cardiology], Disability Sociology (DISABILITY PRIDE) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/disabilitysociology], Molecular Biology (PROTEINS + SCIENCE COMMUNICATION) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/molecularbiology], Nephrology (KIDNEYS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/nephrology], Diabetology (BLOOD SUGAR) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/diabetology] 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

What is Long Covid? Is it real? What does it feel like? Do you have it? And how do you cure it? With fatigue and brain fog, you don’t want to spend hours scrolling through conflicting opinions. So we’ve got you covered with the wonderful and highly-respected pulmonologist and intensive care physician and Long Covid expert, Dr. Wes Ely.  So tuck in, breathe deep and let’s load you up with true facts about what Long Covid is, how it differs from other post-viral illnesses, variants and Long Covid risk, why people say it’s not real, advice for caregivers, changing opinions in medicine, similarities to HIV, treatment options, auto-immune issues, POTS, post-exertional malaise, the best way to prevent it. Next week: Part 2 with even more info.  Follow Dr. Ely on GoogleScholar [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AKi6tNIAAAAJ&hl=en] and Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/weselymd.bsky.social] Buy Dr. Ely’s book [https://www.icudelirium.org/every-deep-drawn-breath], Every Deep-Drawn Breath, on Bookshop.org [https://bookshop.org/p/books/every-deep-drawn-breath-a-critical-care-doctor-on-healing-recovery-and-transforming-medicine-in-the-icu-wes-ely/16544529] or Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/Every-Deep-Drawn-Breath-Critical-Transforming/dp/1982171146] A donation went to the Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, And Survivorship (CIBS) Center [http://icudelirium.org] More episode sources and links [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/postviralepidemiology] Smologies (short, classroom-safe) episodes [https://pod.link/1746567248] Other episodes you may enjoy: Surgical Angiology (VEINS & ARTERIES) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/surgicalangiology], Cardiology (THE HEART) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/cardiology], Disability Sociology (DISABILITY PRIDE) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/disabilitysociology], Molecular Biology (PROTEINS + SCIENCE COMMUNICATION) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/molecularbiology], Nephrology (KIDNEYS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/nephrology], Diabetology (BLOOD SUGAR) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/diabetology] 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