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68 episodes
Updated Dec 31, 2024

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Dec 31, 2024 · 28 min
Bonus Episode: Chameleons
Thanks for an excellent first year! Here’s a bonus episode where Amy demonstrates she’s learned more about Chameleons since we started (kinda). Images are on weirdanddead.com CW: Cursing
Dec 24, 2024 · 26 min
Bonus Episode: Rugose Corals
Meaghan loses her mind about how gross rugose corals are. Try evolving something that doesn’t involve genetically manipulating your babies, you lonely jellyfish-emulating losers. CW: cursing. Gagging noises.
Oct 23, 2024 · 56 min
Dino Sex
It may not have happened in lakes but it certainly did happen – so how? Let’s dive into fossilized cloacas, theoretical genitals, and the impracticalities of sexing a dinosaur. CW: sexual content, genitalia, brief discussions of nonconsensual sex b
Oct 9, 2024 · 54 min
Fossil Frenemies
From friends to enemies to roommates (to lovers??), we discuss classic examples of animals found fossilized together, how that happens, and how some of the interpretations are… a stretch. CW: Animal death, dead babies, lubed holes, incest, cursing
Sep 25, 2024 · 49 min
The Burgess Shale
500 some million years ago the world was full of ‘abnormal shrimp’ and ‘blunt feet’ and other animals that defy comprehensible definitions. In this episode we talk all about the mind-boggling biology and bizarre geology of the Cambrian. CW: Drug referenc
Sep 11, 2024 · 56 min
Fossil Forensics
Bones are sick – and this time, we mean it literally. From infected bite marks to the ever-prevalent markings of tuberculosis, we’re talking about the signs of illnesses and injuries in fossils and what they tell us about the lives (and death
Aug 28, 2024 · 1 hr 4 min
Trunks, Snoods, and Other Floppy Face Flesh
Did Diplodocus have a trunk? Did T. rex have a wobbly turkey neck? This week’s episode is all about fleshy face flaps and their uses, and how to detect them in the fossil record. CW: Animal death, cursing, making fun of dinosaurs, urine
Aug 14, 2024 · 52 min
Polar Dinosaurs
There were dinosaurs in Antarctica and Alaska – but what did it look like when they lived there? Was it cold? Was it dark? Did they stay there year round? Also, Meaghan learns how magnets work (finally). CW: cursing, death of people and animals
Jul 31, 2024 · 53 min
The Baculum and the Baubellum
Sometimes boners have actual bones! This episode is all about the evolution, use, and occasional loss of/damage to genital bones in both male and female animals. CW: Cursing, genitalia, brief mention of non-consensual sexual behavior in animals
Jul 17, 2024 · 44 min
Fossil Brainz
How much do we really know about the brains of ancient animals? In this episode we dive into the fantastic world of endocasts, aka, brain impressions! CW: soft tissue, cursing, Nanotyrannus, brief mention of the Nazis in regards to Tilly Edinger
Jul 3, 2024 · 56 min
Lingering Fingerlings and Dexterous Dingalings (Vestigial Structures)
Today we’re answering the big questions, like why do whales have hips when they don’t have legs? And why did Tyrannosaurus rex have such tiny tiny arms? CW: Genitalia, cursing, discussion of unwanted sexual contact in whales
Jun 19, 2024 · 46 min
Things You Didn’t Think a Butthole Could Do
From the anal chimneys of crinoids to the tushy lungs of turtles, this episode covers all the weird things that buttholes can do… but shouldnt. CW: Buttholes, cursing, poop, tobacco use, alien abduction
Jun 4, 2024 · 1 min
Weird & Dead Trailer
On this podcast we dish the details on the wildest stories that 500 million years of evolution have to offer. The grosser, the better! That said, this podcast is not intended for kids and is rated E for strong language and crude senses of humor. Season 2
Mar 27, 2024 · 46 min
Becoming Paleontologists
For our final episode of season 1 we go into detail on how the two of us met, how we got into paleontology, and the various twists and turns that have made up our two careers. CW: Cursing. Yep, that’s all this time – we were surprised too!
Mar 20, 2024 · 48 min
Thick Thighs and Body Size
From dinosaurs to rhinos to bugs, things used to get a whole lot bigger than they seem to today. In this episode we talk all about evolutionary constraints, the narrow set of bumper bars enforced on us by biology. CW: Body fluids. Using the term bug inco
Mar 13, 2024 · 46 min
Everything You Wanted To Know About Eggs
…and then some. From the eggs of the platypus to the eggs of dinosaurs, we’ll talk about how eggs are formed, why humans don’t lay them, and of course, why the egg definitely came before the chicken. CW: Placentas and afterbirth, body fluids, cursing
Mar 6, 2024 · 50 min
Everything That Ate Our Ancestors
It’s time to be more afraid of seals, everyone. And hyenas. And tigers. And… birds? And big crocodiles. Really, the deeper you go into human history, the longer that list of fears gets – and on this episode, we go real, real deep. CW: death, dead
Feb 29, 2024 · 48 min
The Science of Fossil Poop and Puke
Trace fossils are an incredible resource to understand behavior… even behavior those animals wish maybe there wasn’t a record of. From the results of terrible food poisoning to the fossil equivalent of a xeroxed buttocks, trace fossils record some
Feb 21, 2024 · 49 min
The Secret Shame of Dinosaurs (Fossil Names)
Did you know that technically, the name ‘dinosaur’ is a rebrand? The original name was a lot more… wrinkly. In this episode we discuss how to name fossils and bring up the funniest fossil names we could find. CW: Cursing. Discussion of Europ
Feb 14, 2024 · 47 min
Homicidal Earth Burps and Murderous Sky Rocks (All About Extinctions)
Asteroids, volcanoes, and sex lakes – in this episode we discuss the varied and sometimes hilarious hypotheses of why animals have gone extinct. CW: Extinctions/animal death, toxic shock syndrome, menstruation, serial killers, suicide in reference

Geology Podcast Network

Bonus Episode: Chameleons

Bonus Episode: Rugose Corals

Dino Sex

Fossil Frenemies

The Burgess Shale

Fossil Forensics

Trunks, Snoods, and Other Floppy Face Flesh

Polar Dinosaurs

The Baculum and the Baubellum

Fossil Brainz

Lingering Fingerlings and Dexterous Dingalings (Vestigial Structures)

Things You Didn’t Think a Butthole Could Do

Weird & Dead Trailer

Becoming Paleontologists

Thick Thighs and Body Size

Everything You Wanted To Know About Eggs

Everything That Ate Our Ancestors

The Science of Fossil Poop and Puke

The Secret Shame of Dinosaurs (Fossil Names)

Homicidal Earth Burps and Murderous Sky Rocks (All About Extinctions)