Ologies with Alie Ward

Attention-Deficit Neuropsychology (ADHD) Part 1 Encore with Russell Barkley

Focus. Productivity. Relationships. Distraction. Neurodiversity. How do you know if you have ADHD? How can you get others to understand your ADHD brain? What are your treatment options and how can they help? In this encore of our wildly popular Part 1 episode, we talk racing thoughts, brilliant brains and the causes and effects of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder with the world’s leading expert, Dr. Russell Barkley who is A BIG DEAL. Psychologist, retired professor of clinical psychiatry, author and speaker, Dr. Barkley has a personal connection to ADHD and has studied it for nearly 40 years. Is it all cute quirks? Nope. It’s serious business. But next week, we’ll hear about tips and tricks and self-love from 3 more experts — Jessica McCabe of How to ADHD, René Brooks of Black Girl Lost Keys and ADHD researcher Dr. Jahla Osborne. I’M TRYING NOT TO USE A BUNCH OF EXCLAMATION POINTS. It’s exciting.  Dr. Russell Barkley’s website [https://www.russellbarkley.org/] dedicated to education and research on ADHD Dr. Barkley’s book: Taking Charge of Adult ADHD [https://bookshop.org/books/taking-charge-of-adult-adhd-second-edition-proven-strategies-to-succeed-at-work-at-home-and-in-relationships-9781462547524/9781462546855] Additional books [https://russellbarkley.org/books.html] and papers [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov?cauthor_id=22323122&term=Barkley%20RA] by Dr. Barkley Dr. Barkley’s seminar: 30 Essential Ideas you should know about ADHD [https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLzBixSjmbc8eFl6UX5_wWGP8i0mAs-cvY&v=BzhbAK1pdPM] Donations were made to CHADD [https://chadd.org/] and Partners in Health [https://www.pih.org/] More episode sources and links [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/adhdencore] Other episodes you might enjoy: Obsessive-Compulsive Neurobiology (OCD) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/ocdneurobiology], Bonus Episode: The OCD Experience [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/ocdbonus], Somnology (SLEEP) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/somnology], Chronobiology (CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/chronobiology], Volitional Psychology (PROCRASTINATION) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/procrastination], Sports & Performance Psychology (ANXIETY & CONFIDENCE) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/sports-performance-psychology], Personality Psychology (PERSONALITIES) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/personalitypsychology], Molecular Neurobiology (BRAIN CHEMICALS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/molecularneurobiology], Mnemonology (MEMORY) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/mnemonology], Traumatology (PTSD) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/traumatology] 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 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ornithorhynchology (PLATYPUSES) with Tahneal Hawke

Duck bills. Beaver tails. Underground lairs. Eggs. Milk. Venom? A platypus has it all. Scholar, conservationist, and Ornithorhynchologist Dr. Tahneal Hawke is here to run through the baffling anatomy and answer all of our WHAT’S THE DEAL, WHAT EVEN *ARE* THEY questions, and chat about field work, evolution, how to spot a platypus, why you can’t have one in your bathtub, and myths about platypus espionage. Also, a platypus might be sexier than you.  Follow Dr. Hawke on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/platypus_ci/] and Google Scholar [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jl0PjM0AAAAJ&hl=en] A donation went to the Platypus Conservation Initiative [https://unsw-platypus-conservation.raiselysite.com/donate] Pods Fight Poverty [https://www.givedirectly.org/podsfightpoverty/?ref=ologies] is raising money for Rwandan families via GiveDirectly.org/ologies [http://givedirectly.org/ologies] More episode sources and links [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/Ornithorhynchology] Other episodes you may enjoy: Mammalogy (MAMMALS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/mammalogy], Oology (EGGS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/oology2], Dasyurology (TASMANIAN DEVILS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/dasyurology], Lutrinology (OTTERS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/lutrinology], Castorology (BEAVERS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/castorology], Evolutionary Biology (DARWINISM) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/evolutionary-biology], Chickenology (HENS & ROOSTERS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/chickenology] 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 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Bonus Episode: Nutritional Microbiology (GUT HEALTH & DIET) with Miguel Freitas and Elaine Hsiao

The microbiome is back! In 2018, we chatted with Dr. Elaine Hsiao - a UCLA microbiome researcher– and learned all about the hot cauldron of your guts. In this 2025 update bonus, we chat again with Dr. Hsiao to get updates on the last 7 years of her research. We also stop by White Plains, New York to hang out with Dr. Miguel Freitas, lead nutritional microbiologist and director of the non-profit Danone Institute North America, and ask a million questions about good vs bad microbiota, how they simulate a human gut in a lab, what exactly is a pre-biotic vs. probiotic, why are they such good friends, how diet can impact not only your gut health but also your heart and your brain — and if friendly yogurt critters are robust enough to make the journey from your mouth to your toilet.   Browse Dr. Freitas’s publications on ResearchGate [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Miguel-Freitas-12] Visit the Hsiao Lab at UCLA [https://hsiao.science/] and follow Dr. Hsiao on Google Scholar [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=I9cyQTQAAAAJ] Donations went to GiveDirectly.org/ologies [http://givedirectly.org/ologies] and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank [https://www.lafoodbank.org/] More episode sources and links [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/nutritionalmicrobiology] Other episodes you may enjoy: Microbiology (GUT BIOME) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/microbiology-gut-biome], Molecular Neurobiology (BRAIN CHEMICALS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/molecularneurobiology], Fromology (CHEESE) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/fromology], Scatology (POOP) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/scatology], Gustology (TASTE) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/gustology], Cardiology (THE HEART) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/cardiology] 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/], Jake Chaffee [https://www.jecmusic.com/], and Jarrett Sleeper 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 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Astrobromatology (SPACE FOOD) with Maggie Coblentz

Dehydrated eggs. Airborne tortillas. Pouches of chicken. Tang. Work up an appetite for space food with artist, designer and Astrobromatologist, Maggie Coblentz. She shares how the intersection of design and science led her skyward, doing experiments on zero G flights, and shipping miso into space. We also talk Martian gardening, stinky roommates, booze bans, contraband corned beef, velcro fatigue, the ethics of space tourism, how to make barbecued wings in orbit, and addressing the conspiracy of astronaut ice cream.  Visit Maggie’s website [https://maggiecoblentz.com/] and follow her on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/maggiecoblentz] A donation went to AstroAccess [https://astroaccess.org/] Pods Fight Poverty [https://www.givedirectly.org/podsfightpoverty/?ref=ologies] is raising money for Rwandan families via GiveDirectly.org/ologies [http://givedirectly.org/ologies] More episode sources and links [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/astrobromatology] Other episodes you may enjoy: Cosmology (THE UNIVERSE) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/cosmology], Areology (MARS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/areology], Selenology (THE MOON) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/selenology], Entomophagy Anthropology (EATING BUGS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/entomophagy-anthropology], Futurology (THE FUTURE) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/futurology], Gustology (TASTE) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/gustology], Gastroegyptology (BREAD BAKING) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/gastroegyptology], Microbiology (GUT BIOME) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/microbiology-gut-biome] 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 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Pteridology (FERNS) with Fay-Wei Li

Fronds. Forest dwellers. Spores. Houseplants. Queer icons. We’ve got ferns. The charming and hilarious professor and author of “Ferns: Lessons in Survival from Earth’s Most Adaptable Plants,” Dr. Fay-Wei Li, tells me all about fern evolution, what ferns not to have in your house, the most expensive ferns, the tastiest ferns, mathematical mysteries, and a genome that makes no sense, to me or a lot of Pteridologists. Also, can Between Two Ferns save science? This episode is, in Fay-Wei’s words, “ferntastic.” Visit Dr. Li’s lab website [https://www.fernway.net/] and follow him on Google Scholar [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7rl7ZLwAAAAJ&hl=en] Buy his book, Ferns: Lessons in Survival from Earth’s Most Adaptable Plants, on Bookshop.org [https://bookshop.org/p/books/ferns-lessons-in-survival-from-earth-s-most-adaptable-plants-fay-wei-li/2d12b92c946ca872?ean=9781958417850&next=t&] or Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/Ferns-Lessons-Survival-Earths-Adaptable/dp/1958417858] A donation went to the ASPT Herbarium Emergency Fund [https://members.aspt.net/civicrm/contribute/transact?id=2&reset=1] More episode sources and links [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/pteridology] Other episodes you may enjoy: Bryology (MOSS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/bryology], Domestic Phytology (HOUSEPLANTS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/domesticphytology], Neuroendocrinology (SEX & GENDER) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/neuroendocrinologyencore], Paleontology (DINOSAURS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/paleontology], Foraging Ecology (EATING WILD PLANTS [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/foragingecology], Ethnoecology (ETHNOBOTANY/NATIVE PLANTS) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/ethnoecology], Dendrology (TREES) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/2018/5/7/wdppyiv1wrcs8gchoslvhhuuboanau], Myrmecology (ANTS), [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/myrmecology] Forest Entomology (CREEPY CRAWLIES) [https://www.alieward.com/ologies/forestentomology] 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 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com [https://pcm.adswizz.com] for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.