This podcast really makes you wonder about the world around you. I want to keep learning and I hope this podcast never ends (It is my goal to re-listen to every episode until I can remember all the fun facts I’ve learned.) Alie is a mastermind and truly gives these topics a spark that makes you want to keep coming back for more. The asides are everything.

I absolutely adore this podcast, and the nerd in me absolutely loves the educational experience I get from every episode. Alie has such a way of engaging you while making you feel completely emersed. My most favorite part is when she breaks in like a “fun fact” to explain things that come up which listeners may need more context to understand. I’ve never wanted to be in the room for a podcast more than when I listen to Alie and her guests. Love love love.

Love the show, have been listening for a few months now. One of my go to podcasts for when I’m working on my taxidermy projects (a fairly unusual endeavor) but I feel like this show fits the vibe! Nothing like odd humor and sometimes existential dread while working on a dead critter 🖤 Keep it up!

This is such a great concept for a show with great topics. I listed to two episodes. So clearly political biased and her guests are too. She said “F all large Corporations” while her show is only exists because of a large corporations. I wouldn’t be listening to any more episodes

One of the best podcasts!

Alies voice soothes me and it always feels like i’m in my favorite middle schools teachers room just learning about random stuff ❤️

Oh hey, it’s that scientist from the past that figured out all that cool stuff but unfortunately also had some badly biased ideas from their own time and culture — even some that were “proven”— and that has tainted their reputation for future generations. It looks like you’re following in these well worn footsteps regarding the concept of genocide, Israel and Gaza. Qatar, a notable funder of terrorism, has given hundreds of millions of dollars to American universities (more than any other country), and has successfully placed several university professors that promote Qatar’s particular extremist-version of Islam. Your continued unscientific and ahistorical misunderstanding of the very complex Middle East will be your own embarrassing shortcoming in the eyes of future listeners. Your genocide episode was terribly one-sided and failed to address actual genocides in our current world, and especially failed to address Hamas’s clearly declared interest in destroying Israel and driving out all its citizens. If you want to ever give another go at it, perhaps try including the voices of Arabs and Iranians who have denounced the anti-Israeli intent of their countries’ leaders, like the son of the leader of Hamas. Ask why both the PLO and Hamas leadership have billions of dollars (no hyperbole) when their people go without. Ask what kind of genocide is it would come to an immediate end if the Israeli citizens who have been kidnapped, raped, abused, and starved were returned home, even if it was only their corpse. I’m no fan of Netanyahu, but Israel has a right to defend itself. Your failure to engage more honestly with falsified reports from Hamas has left a bitter taste in my mouth. For the sake of your reputation in future generations, do not give in to manipulative TikTok geopolitics. You haven’t finished your work on this.

I have been listening and learning for a few years now and decided to download the apple podcast app to show my spurt and appreciation as I start Smologies with my sons! Ologies is a lovely way to learn something new! Thank you Allie!

Love Alie’s random commentary. I literally laugh out loud at least once per episode.

Love this show so much, and the merch is an absolute nerd magnet. I wore my Ologies shirt when I was at the hospital all day and got more compliments from medical staff than I have on anything I’ve worn.

I don’t really care about political leanings like a lot of the reviews, but man does the language grate on me. And I don’t mean cussing, though that gets a little over the top at times too. I mean just speaking to intelligent people like they are your 20 year old coworker at a Starbucks. We can talk like adults and still be entertaining… can’t we?

Just discovered Ologies and apparently I’ve been living under a rock the size of a small planet. Now I have a backlog of a hundred episodes, which is basically the best kind of homework ever. It single-handedly cured me of doom scrolling—because who needs bad news when you can learn about volcanoes, bees, and mucus in the same week? I can’t get enough. It’s smart, hilarious, and makes me feel like the coolest nerd at the party (even if the party is just me and my headphones).

I’ve been listening for a while and have shared so many episodes with family and friends. The Trolleyology episode, however, moved me! I barely made it through the cause of the Ologists choosing and did a deep dive on their GivingMultiplier site and had tingles all over. The science, research, and tool moved me to check it out. It will be one of my top tools for 2025 to use and share over and over again. Thanks for the education and moving me!

One of the best podcasts I’ve heard! Everything science with class and irreverent charm. It’s so much fun nerding out and learning facts I didn’t realize I absolutely needed to know. But the best part? The asides! Alie, where do you get all your asides? It’s like you have a Wikipedic knowledge of never ending movie quotes that punctuate each episode with humor, drama, and unexpected lore.

In the future, I think folks will look back on Ologies as breakthrough science communication. Alie balances her technical and relatable, scary and funny, personal and professional information and anecdotes with aplomb. I’d say it’s effortless, but there’s no way that’s true. I spend my days cross talking between engineers and owners about building science in an effort to not cook the planet, so I get the pursuit of understandable without being “dumbed down”. (Can we just cut that phrase?) Plus, I stay for the secret so I get a sense how much effort it takes!

This is the best podcast I have ever listened to! I am not a podcast person. Usually, when I do hear the occasional episode, I have to be so focused and take notes. Not with Ologies! As a budding ologist, this podcast has taught me so much in so little time! It’s so engaging but not so fact-heavy that I have to take notes (although I still do). In the past month and a half, I have listened to 21 episodes (so far) while working on my chiropterology morphology project. Alie, you are the best! P.S. That hurricane episode taught me new stuff despite being a Florida native!

Ologies, smologies Learning from all of these Experts and fatherly Host of the pod we Love most 💜 This podcast brings me back to having my mind blown in middle school science class—it’s a lovely reminder that our world is made of unfathomably intricate, interwoven pieces which interesting people dedicate themselves to identifying, understanding, and sharing. It makes me feel small in the best way—just one human bean in this big pot of chili we call the universe.

This podcast has everything I need. It teaches me, entertains me; it humbles me and makes me laugh. This one scared me then gave me hope. How could you not get political with this one? If you had not covered the political side, it wouldn’t have been complete. Thank you for making this amazing podcast.

You know a podcast is good when the only negative reviews are about the host’s progressive political views. Keep spreading information and keep spreading love!

I just broke up with my partner and I am reveling in the time I now have to catch up on Ologies. Dad Ward, thank you for helping us all look at life a little differently.

It was recommended by a listener of Beautiful/Anonymous, and I can understand why. I love learning about science and social issues, especially when the information is delivered in such a casual, conversational and entertaining way. Alie finds experts in every field to interview and engages listeners by asking their questions and giving us credit for being curious. My only negative feedback is that it is not easy to find a way to post a review. Please explain how to do it when you ask listeners to rate and review your podcast. Or put a link right in the show notes. That would make it much more likely that people like me would actually do it.

Alie’s thoughtful, curious, funny questions and the ologists’ passion and commitment to their various specialties - great role models on both sides of the mic. Come for the science and fun facts, but you’ll leave with one remarkable example after another of human beings who care deeply about the world.

Dear Alie, Like many, I love picking up fun words and phrases from my friends and my various media obsessions, and can usually trace them back to where I first heard them. Recently, my favorite one is ‘ding dang’ eg. “it’s too ding dang cold in here” but for the life of me I could not place where I got that from. Until I listened to the Economic Sociology episode where you say “what a ding dang breakthrough” and indeed it was! I picked that episode because I’m starting the junior year of my Sociology B.S. so hopefully one day I will be both an ologite and an ologist. Thank you for all you ding dang do!

My love for the ologies podcast is front and center on my hinge dating profile—if he can’t handle 90 minutes of bat-facts or rattlesnake trivia, he’s not the man for me. Thank you Alie for feeding my brain, and for helping weed out the Hinge duds 😚🦇🐍

I LOVE that you got political - you go girl

I am currently listening to the candy-ology episode and the bit where the guest talks about how Milton Hershey was able to be a success despite all of his struggles legit made me cry on my way to work. Amazing podcast! Amazing episode! Amazing guest!

Alie Ward and Ologies have been a part of so many family road trips and yes, my daughter gets to listen to the uncensored full episodes. This show is a go-to for info on important topics, a source for endless giggles and ridiculous puns, and has brought so much joy into our lives. Thank you to everyone involved in making it.

I enjoy the guests and variety of subjects that expand my exposure to different fields of study. I do take a punch in the gut every time I hear the disgust and loathing in Alies’s voice when referring to past white male scientists that contributed to the body of knowledge we build upon today. As if their gender and skin tone establishes the content of their character.

This podcast has helped me realize that it is possible to follow my dreams in wildlife ecology and I can’t wait to get started on that path! Sometimes when I’m listening to the podcasts I imagine how I would answer questions when I inevitably become a famous ologist and Alie feels I MUST be interviewed for my contribution to how we interact with animals and the natural world. Thank you Alie and all the ologists out there for showing that I can achieve my goals in life.

Not only do I learn so much but it is so entertaining. Allie is the perfect podcast host, both serious and funny.

For a podcast I just want to zone out and be entertained. I liked the content but unfortunately her and the guest just couldn’t help interjecting some political comments which ruins it for me.

This has quickly become my favorite podcast and, as someone who’s been obsessed with weather since age 3, the hurricane episode pushed me to join on Patreon because I’m upset that I missed out on the call for questions. Never again! Also, I found out that I have a family of skunks burrowed next to my house and a recent call to Animal Control has me newly aware of how helpful they are as nature’s pest control and she convinced me to keep them. Naturally, my next move after hanging up the phone was looking to see if there was a podcast episode on skunks. I didn’t see it, so please consider this my formal request!

As I wait for my boarding to be called I figured now would be as good a time as any to finally write a review. There was a shark sighting at my local surf beach and EVERYONE was telling me with looks of horror and fear that there was a shark. But haha! I knew better after just listening to your shark episode! I happily replied about the likelihood of death being higher by cork, vending machine or coconut! One shark can’t scare me! Thank you pod Dad- I have literally been starting most conversations with “so I just learned about….from this amazing podcast called Ologies …” and I am a HUGE fan. Thank you just isn’t enough. I follow, I have now left a review and will now also support through Patreon. Always thirsty for more, unlike a shark, lol!

Sorry. I can’t take a doctor seriously who introduces himself with pronouns.

I have loved this podcast for years and after sharing with my boyfriend he loved it and started sending Kiwi Crates to his nephews. The 11 year old middle nephew who loves money came home from day camp today with an extra $31 in his pocket and when asked where it came from he said it was the Kiwi Crate where his older brother learned to make a balloon pump and balloon animals. Bryce took the pump, the animal instructions, and a bag of balloons and sold balloon animals at camp for $1 a piece. Thanks for helping make the next generation of entrepreneurs and curious adults. 🤣

I’ve been an Ologies fan for years now and have always loved the way Alie shares science. You cannot help but adore her enthusiasm, passion, and energy for everything from space junk and trash to pigeons and bugs of all kinds. But a year ago I got long COVID and then a host of comorbid hideous ailments. I couldn’t function. Could no longer really walk or stand, couldn’t read, and couldn’t watch much tv or listen to music. But I could listen to Alie. Somehow Ologies was one of the few things that didn’t give me headaches or make me sicker. I could lay in a dark room and learn about scorpions (my new favorite guys) without feeling worse and that’s what kept me going. My health has slowly started to improve and I’m just so grateful to Alie, all the Ologists, and the Ologies team for making this podcast. Love you Dad (Ward)!

I love this podcast! We share the same humor and wonderful energy, which might be creepy. Maybe you’re stalking me and created this podcast just for me! Or maybe I’m a narcissist, but this podcast will never not be fun!

Thanks for constantly getting me through night shift and giving me topics to talk about with patients

I work in scientific publishing and lovelovelove learning about new topics. I’m the type of person who wants to live a million lives so I can learn everything possible, and this podcast scratches that itch. I appreciate the breadth of topics covered and the expert guest speakers.

I absolutely love this podcast. Every day I listen to multiple episodes during work, and I always come home to tell my girlfriend the fun facts I learned! You’re the best dad I’ve ever had!💕

They say babies can hear inside the womb and react to familiar songs and voices once born. Which means Ally is officially apart of our little family and my son, Elliot, first friend. Ologies has always been a staple to listen to in the car and I recommend it to everyone! Ally got me through my maternity leave. I grew and fed a human, which is the biggest achievement of my life. As an early birthday gift I became an Olgitie on Patreon. Science is crazy! Keep nature wild! Go explore!

I’m constantly learning and laughing. The only thing I don’t like about ologies is that I didn’t know about it sooner.

Please do episode about aroma chemicals. Real ingredients are fabulous and not just $200 a bottle. Try Ensar Oud for the real thing, and educate us about how the old houses made the real stuff.

I feel like if Alie Ward and I worked together or lived next-door to each other I would want her for my friend! She brings out incredibly interesting voices in a variety of specialties and sciences, and I appreciate her little asides about life and things. The way she engages with her guests is so honest and natural and I just love it. And now this aging science goth girl knows what exactly to do to keep myself in supply of industrial strength, fishnet stockings. Thank you Alie for making me laugh (and also cry sometimes) and helping me to learn and marvel at the wonders of our sciency nerdy world. And that tip about the fishnets of course (dance tights ya’ll!).

Anything. If you want to know about anything, this is the pod for you. Alie’s questions/interjections are hilarious and thoughtful and help make all topics approachable. When my family or I have a question about something, one of the things we now do is check if there’s an episode of Ologies to answer that question or dig deeper. Do yourself a favor and listen to the weird and wonderful world we inhabit and the people who study it, and enjoy the immensely talented host and side bars as you go along.

I have been a long time here and there listener. Typically listening while on long road trips. While again in the car on a road trip recently, I listened to the OCD podcast and now I’m hooked. This pod will now be in my all the time rotation! I love all the topics, the flow of the podcast and how educational. Please never stop!!

this podcast is so wonderful and charming, I’ve been a fan for years and it helped me to realize that going into environmental stuff was truly what I wanted to do (now I’m in college for it, yay) but more importantly I have such a sincere appreciation and gratitude for the ocd episodes. I’m doing much better now, but there were definitely MISERABLE times in my life, when I couldn’t imagine living a normal life with it, and I swore I would take it all to my grave until (FINALLY) a therapist made the connection that hey, probably ocd! Thank you ologies for making me feel less alone. Thank you for the work you do, it is important and it is helping people every day.

This podcast has been absolutely brilliant in keeping me awake and entertaining while I breastfeed my son. In an attempt to cut out doom scrolling I find myself listening to ologies more and more. And now it’s my go to for late night breastfeeding sessions or commutes with my son in the car. Thanks Internet Dad for keeping this sleep deprived mama awake and engaged. And making my brain feel less mushy. I am so excited for the day when I’ll be listening to the smologies episodes with my son.

Ologies filled a void in my silent commute and my heart. Where so many podcasts have failed to keep my attention, I can’t get enough of this one! Alie is quirky but so relatable and the guests passion is always inspiring. If it weren’t for this show, I wouldn’t know I can basically treat my ADHD with cheese! (Just kidding, this is a total exaggeration but I am going to milk the whole cheese increasing dopamine excuse as much as I can whilst enjoying my Brie and wine). Oh and it also helped with my rattlesnake phobia… I mean I still would rather not stumble across one while gardening but I do feel more at peace with their existence in the world. Thanks Alie!

So I’m obsessed with this podcast. Late for my uni lecture? Cry silently while this is playing. Procrastination? Ologies. Actually doing something? You guessed it. Ologies. I was also wondering if you could get an equuaologist (or whatever it’s called) like a horse specialist? I’d love to listen to an episode about horses. As I’m writing this I’m listening to the castrology episode and I’m completely absorbed!