Ologies with Alie Ward
Alie Ward
Volcanoes. Trees. Drunk butterflies. Mars missions. Slug sex. Death. Beauty standards. Anxiety busters. Beer science. Bee drama. Take away a pocket full of science knowledge and charming, bizarre stories about what fuels these professional -ologists' obsessions. Humorist and science correspondent Alie Ward asks smart people stupid questions and the answers might change your life.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the Ologies with Alie Ward podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Does It Fart?
The Definitive Field Guide to Animal Flatulence
Dani Rabaiotti
Nick Caruso
#2 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Agnotology
The Making and Unmaking of Ignorance
Robert Proctor
Londa Schiebinger
#3 Mentioned in 3 episodes
All We Can Save
Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis
Katharine Wilkinson
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
#4 Mentioned in 2 episodes
100 Poems
None
Jarrett Sleeper
#5 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Science of Logic
G.W.F. Hegel
#6 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Modern British Cider
Gabe Cook
#7 Mentioned in 2 episodes
SuperBetter
Jane McGonigal
#8 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Shock of the Anthropocene
The Earth, History and Us
Jean-Baptiste Fressoz
Christophe Bonneuil
#9 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Science and the Production of Ignorance
When the Quest for Knowledge Is Thwarted
Martin Carrier
Janet A. Kourany
#10 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
Martin Gardner
#11 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Drawdown
The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
Blaffert & Wamhof (Artist group)
#12 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Alien Oceans
Kevin Hand
#13 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Uninhabitable Earth
Life After Warming
David Wallace-Wells
#14 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Silent Sparks
Sara Lewis
#15 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Golden Holocaust
Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe and the Case for Abolition
Robert Proctor
#16 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Merchants of doubt
Naomi Oreskes
#17 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Reality Is Broken
Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World
Jane McGonigal
#18 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Taking Charge of Adult ADHD
Russell A. Barkley
#19 Mentioned in 2 episodes
First Nations Wildfire Evacuations
A Guide for Communities and External Agencies
Amy Cardinal Christianson
Tara K. McGee
#20 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Book of Delights
Ross Gay
