BewilderBeasts! Podcast
1) Bonus: Butt Science and Twitter Bird Bans
First aired February 2023Twitter bans an ornithological society for posting photos of "woodcocks" while Melissa gets banned for "Hairy Man"; The Media takes special care to protect the identity of one...Show More
2) Bonus: Ursa Majors
First aired October 2021Fat Bear Tuesday is the culmination of a week-long bracket-style event inspired by mega-chonk bears and March Madness. What is it? Why is it? Who is going to win? Let's go!****...Show More
3) Bonus: Great Escapes
First Aired: Feb 10, 2022A series of the best and funniest animal escapes, all inspired by a police blotter where a camel chase was afoot on a Kansas golf course.Resources for today's episode:http://c...Show More
4) Bonus: Mail Cats?
First aired: August, 2022The Belgian government once used cats to deliver the mail. It went about as well as you would think. Resources for today's exclusive episode:https://www.mentalfloss.com/articl...Show More
5) Bonus:Dengue Chicks and the Grocery Store Walk of Shame
First Aired: January 20, 2023This month's bonus ep for you is all about the chickens who give back in rather surprising ways - from keeping 100 tons (?) of food out of our landfills to preventing Deng...Show More
6) Bonus: BOTY goes Batty
First Aired: Nov 5, 2021This month, New Zealand's Bird of the Year competition ruffled feathers, as per usual, when a bat took the gold. A look at the complex and controversial BotY awards and mean tw...Show More
7) Bonus: A Monkey Could Work Here
First aired April 19, 2022Let's learn about the time an actual chimpanzee saved the Today Show, and changed morning news-ertainment forever. Resources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Fred_Muggshttps:...Show More
8) Bonus: Monique
First aired: Nov 26, 2023One man dreams of being completely alone, but it turns out, companionship is human nature. An unlikely meal ticket doesn't just save his life - but saves his humanity in 70 d...Show More
9) Bonus: A Troubling of Goldfish
First aired Nov. 2022A man recently caught a goldfish the size of a 5th grader and Melissa is waiting for the goldfish food-delivery uprising. Resources: https://www.livescience.com/man-catches-enormo...Show More
10) Bonus: Methed Snails
First Aired August, 2023: A series of scientific studies to understand the human mind, but using a slimy gastropod in our place. Because using meth on a human is illegal. I got today’s information fro...Show More