We cover everything from forest management to 2x4s, wood grain, burls, bog logs, sawdust, tree disease, asparagus tips, salvaged lumber, kiln drying, Westward expansion, Indigenous forest management, cedar whiff, and how working with wood changes your relationship to death.ĭonations went to The Mother Tree Project via this link What’s the customary 5th Anniversary gift? Apparently… WOOD! So we wrangled our favorite sawmill owner/operator of LA’s Angel City Lumber, Jeff Perry – who rescues downed street trees from the chipper and turns them into beautiful planks, boards, stumps and chonks. Other episodes you may enjoy: Field Trip: Natural History Museum, Minisode: Travel Tips, Foraging Ecology (EATING WILD PLANTS), Indigenous Culinology (NATIVE COOKING), Bovine Neuropathology (HEADBUTTING), Join me for some weird stuff I googled on the road, from pastry wars to royal cosplay, wax death masks, angry mobs, filming locations, things you can’t collect in a park and eat, how to get along with French waiters, what to do if a loved one starts sobbing in public, one of the best ways to see Paris, cider that tastes like flowers, a theme park with a hidden agenda, and the fall fashion trends that were confusingly ubiquitous. But Jarrett’s family was headed to France so we cashed in some points and tagged along. I travel a lot for my other job (as a science correspondent on Innovation Nation for CBS) so I am out of practice on jet-setting for the sake of pure fun. Listen Listen again Continue Playing.Ĭonsider this an audio postcard from my first vacation in 13 years.Transcripts by Emily White of The Wordary Sound editing by Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media Smologies (short, classroom-safe) episodesīecome a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month Sarah McAnulty on Twitter & Instagram Atlas Obscura classes, science trivia, book + moreĪ donation was made this week to įollow Skype A Scientist on Twitter & Instagram The squid facts hotline can be reached at 1-833-SCI-TEXT aka 1-83įollow Dr. And why I am putting out an encore episode from a parking garage. Also addressed: Philly accents and the Kraken. The world's most impassioned squid nerd, Sarah McAnulty, gets locked in a basement with Alie to talk about cephalopods, alien DNA, camouflage, invisibility cloaks, why cute things make us bonkers, terrible mating strategies, cute and clever ones and why she is so charmed by squid. Yes, she drives a vehicle with squid all over it and encourages people to text her, and we have this encore episode to prove it.

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