Ologies with Alie Ward

Train tracks. Split decisions. And a philosophy humdinger worth debating. Dr. Joshua Greene is a Harvard Psychology professor, neuroscientist, and *actual* Trolleyologist. The moral humdinger that has been used in everything from Supreme Court decisions to board games looks at: What makes you a good person? How do you reason with people who make you scream into a jar like Yosemite Sam? How far would you go to save others? Which charities should get your money? What is active versus passive harm? And what would a monk do? Also: how neurodivergence influences moral decisions, religion used as a moral compass, and your new favorite skeleton on the planet.  Visit Dr. Greene’s website [https://www.joshua-greene.net/], his charity platform Giving Multiplier [https://givingmultiplier.org/invite/OLOGIES], and his online quiz game Tango [https://letstango.org/] Buy his book, Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them [https://www.joshua-greene.net/moral-tribes], on Bookshop.org [https://bookshop.org/p/books/moral-tribes-emotion-reason-and-the-gap-between-us-and-them-joshua-greene/15284628] or Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/Moral-Tribes-Emotion-Reason-Between/dp/0143126059/] A donation went to Giving Multiplier [https://givingmultiplier.org/invite/OLOGIES] More episode sources and links [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/trolleyology] Other episodes you may enjoy: Eudemonology (HAPPINESS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/eudemonology], Genocidology (CRIMES OF ATROCITY) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/genocidology], Obsessive-Compulsive Neurobiology (OCD) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/ocdneurobiology], Bonus Episode: The OCD Experience [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/ocdbonus], Artificial Intelligence Ethicology (WILL A.I. CRASH OUT?) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/artificialintelligenceethicology], Attention-Deficit Neuropsychology (ADHD) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/adhd], Suicidology (SUICIDE PREVENTION & AWARENESS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/suicidology], Dolorology (PAIN) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/dolorology], Molecular Neurobiology (BRAIN CHEMICALS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/molecularneurobiology], Personality Psychology (PERSONALITIES) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/personalitypsychology], Ferroequinology (TRAINS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/ferroequinology] 400+ Ologies episodes sorted by topic [https://www.alieward.com/ologies-by-topic] Smologies (short, classroom-safe) episodes [https://pod.link/1746567248] 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

The info storm continues! Part 1 covered the anatomy of a cyclonic storm, the bizarre histories behind the category system, and where hurricanes come from, but this week’s conclusion with Matt Lanza and Dr. Kim Wood gets you covered on emergency preparation for any disaster occasion, climate change trends and despair, the latest on the government funding drama, if you should trust a waffle house more than a weather person, and literally what is on the horizon in the future. Also: Sharpiegate.  Read Matt Lanza’s tropical weather forecasts at The Eyewall [https://theeyewall.com/] and Houston-based forecasts at Space City Weather [https://spacecityweather.com/] Follow Matt Lanza on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/mattlanzawx/?hl=en] and Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/mattlanza.bsky.social] Visit Dr. Wood’s website [https://kouya.has.arizona.edu/] and follow them on Google Scholar [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=16yNCisAAAAJ&hl=en] and Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/drkimwood.bsky.social] Donations went to the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country's Kerr County Flood Relief Fund [https://cftexashillcountry.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create/fund?funit_id=4201] and The Trevor Project [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/] More episode sources and links [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/tempestology] Other episodes you may enjoy: Meteorology (WEATHER & CLIMATE) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/meteorology], Oceanology (OCEANS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/oceanology], Nephology (CLOUDS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/nephology], Disasterology (DISASTERS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/disasterology], Fulminology (LIGHTNING) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/fulminology] 400+ Ologies episodes sorted by topic [https://www.alieward.com/ologies-by-topic] Smologies (short, classroom-safe) episodes [https://pod.link/1746567248] 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

Hurricanes. Typhoons. Cyclones. Tropical storms. Tropical depressions. What does it all MEAAAN? Let’s dive in. Career meteorologists Dr. Kim Wood of the University of Arizona and Space City Weather’s Matt Lanza join for a two-guest two-parter to address the “deadlier” female-named hurricanes, why hurricane season happens, the category system, where hurricanes come from, why they have eyes, and how we track cyclones’ paths so we can stay out of them.  Next week we’ll be back with Kim and Matt to chat about climate change, emergency preparation – for any disaster occasion –, the latest on the government funding drama, if you should trust a waffle house more than a weather person, and literally what is on the horizon in the future. Also: cows.  Read Matt Lanza’s tropical weather forecasts at The Eyewall [https://theeyewall.com/] and Houston-based forecasts at Space City Weather [https://spacecityweather.com/] Follow Matt Lanza on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/mattlanzawx/?hl=en] and Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/mattlanza.bsky.social] Visit Dr. Wood’s website [https://kouya.has.arizona.edu/] and follow them on Google Scholar [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=16yNCisAAAAJ&hl=en] and Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/drkimwood.bsky.social] Donations went to the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country's Kerr County Flood Relief Fund [https://cftexashillcountry.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create/fund?funit_id=4201] and The Trevor Project [https://www.thetrevorproject.org/] More episode sources and links [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/tempestology] Other episodes you may enjoy: Meteorology (WEATHER & CLIMATE) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/meteorology], Oceanology (OCEANS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/oceanology], Nephology (CLOUDS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/nephology], Disasterology (DISASTERS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/disasterology], Fulminology (LIGHTNING) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/fulminology] 400+ Ologies episodes sorted by topic [https://www.alieward.com/ologies-by-topic] Smologies (short, classroom-safe) episodes [https://pod.link/1746567248] 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

When were glasses invented? What happened back then if your horse stepped on them? How is the digital age changing adults’ and kids’ vision? The first half of this special bonus episode about Optical Technology features the charmingly hilarious director of the Museum of the Eye in San Francisco, Jenny Benjamin. Then we bop over to Houston, Texas for the ultra-knowledgeable real-life optometrist, Dr. Nadia Sledge to chat about the importance of annual exams and where our eyesight is trending in the digital age. Also: dark Roman trivia, Downton Abbey fashion, how online eye tests overlook critical conditions, and how you would have survived in the past without spectacles.  Donations went to Onesight [https://onesight.essilorluxottica.com/give/] and the Museum of the Eye [https://www.aao.org/museum/visit] More episode sources and links [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/opticaltechnology] Other episodes you may enjoy: Ophthalmology (EYES) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/ophthalmology], Medieval Codicology (WEIRD OLD MANUSCRIPT ART & MEMES & SNAILS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/medievalcodicology], Experimental Archeology (OLD TOOLS/ATLATLS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/experimentalarcheology], Literary Olfactology (THE POLITICS OF SMELL) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/literaryolfactology], Proptology (THEATER & FILM PROPS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/proptology], Disability Sociology (DISABILITY PRIDE) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/disabilitysociology], Funology (YES, FUN) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/funology], Salugenology (WHY HUMANS REQUIRE HOBBIES) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/salugenology] 400+ Ologies episodes sorted by topic [https://www.alieward.com/ologies-by-topic] Smologies (short, classroom-safe) episodes [https://pod.link/1746567248] 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

Smell and culture. Scent descriptions in novels. Fragrances and class. Stink and stigmas. We cover it all. Scholar, author, and Literary Olfactologist Dr. Ally Louks burst into the zeitgeist in 2024 with her PhD thesis “Olfactory Ethics: The Politics Of Smell In Modern And Contemporary Prose” and we finally got to sit down and talk about the intersection of art and smell and culture. Breathe in the foul, the fragrant, the peppermint, the tobacco, why motel rooms smell the way they do, the forgotten organ that could control your love life, spices at the root of xenophobia, perfume ads that cruised a movement, obscenity trials, explosions, following your first love and getting the last laugh. Follow Dr. Louks on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/allylouks/?hl=en] and Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/allylouks.bsky.social] A donation went to UN Crisis Relief’s Occupied Palestinian Territory Humanitarian Fund [https://crisisrelief.un.org/en/t/opt] More episode sources and links [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/literaryolfactology] Other episodes you may enjoy: Rhinology (NOSES) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/rhinology], Gustology (TASTE) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/gustology], Misophonology (DISTRACTING SOUND & NOISE RAGE) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/misophonology], Disgustology (REPULSION TO GROSS STUFF) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/disgustology], Coffeeology (YEP, COFFEE) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/coffeeology], Black American Magirology (FOOD, RACE & CULTURE) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/blackamericanmagirology], Indigenous Cuisinology (NATIVE COOKING) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/indigenouscuisinology], Cosmetology (GLAM/GROOMING) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/cosmetology], Genocidology (CRIMES OF ATROCITY) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/genocidology] 400+ episodes sorted by topic [https://www.alieward.com/ologies-by-topic] Smologies (short, classroom-safe) episodes [https://pod.link/1746567248] 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