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Real Life Zombies: How Parasites and Fungi Control Animal Minds
May 5, 2026
53m 15s
Why Are They Called Crows and Ravens?
Apr 21, 2026
10m 59s
Why Is It Called a Chickadee? The Surprising Story Behind Bird Names
Apr 14, 2026
9m 26s
Cassowary vs Emu: The Surprising Origins of Their Bird Names
Mar 31, 2026
7m 34s
Why Is It Called an Albatross? The Surprising History of Bird Names
Mar 17, 2026
10m 02s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/5/26 | Real Life Zombies: How Parasites and Fungi Control Animal Minds✨ | parasitesfungi+3 | — | Wildly CuriousSeason 14 | — | zombiesparasites+4 | — | 53m 15s | |
| 4/21/26 | Why Are They Called Crows and Ravens?✨ | crowsravens+4 | — | Wildly CuriousBird Name Game | — | crowsravens+5 | — | 10m 59s | |
| 4/14/26 | Why Is It Called a Chickadee? The Surprising Story Behind Bird Names✨ | bird nameschickadees+4 | — | Bird Name Game | North America | chickadeetitmouse+4 | — | 9m 26s | |
| 3/31/26 | Cassowary vs Emu: The Surprising Origins of Their Bird Names✨ | bird namescassowaries+3 | — | Bird Name Game | tropical forestsAustralia | cassowaryemu+3 | — | 7m 34s | |
| 3/17/26 | Why Is It Called an Albatross? The Surprising History of Bird Names✨ | bird namesnatural history+4 | — | Bird Name Gamealbatross+1 | — | bird namesalbatross+3 | — | 10m 02s | |
| 2/10/26 | Can Cats Talk? The Science Behind Meows, Purrs, and Human Manipulation✨ | cat communicationphonetics+4 | Dr. Susanne Schötz | Lund University | — | catscommunication+5 | — | 14m 48s | |
| 2/3/26 | Echinoderms Explained: Sea Stars, Sea Urchins, and the Ocean’s Weirdest Hydraulics✨ | echinodermssea stars+3 | — | Wildly Curious | ocean | echinodermssea stars+3 | — | 49m 37s | |
| 1/13/26 | Snail Racing Science: Why Studying Slime Is a Big Deal✨ | snail racinganimal locomotion+4 | — | — | — | snail racinganimal locomotion+4 | — | 12m 53s | |
| 1/6/26 | Natural Navigation: How Humans Find Direction Without GPS✨ | natural navigationhuman skills+3 | — | — | — | natural navigationGPS+6 | — | 42m 38s | |
| 12/30/25 | The Scientists Who Studied Pee, Poop, and Won Prizes✨ | fluid dynamicsanimal behavior+4 | Dr. David HuDr. Patricia Yang | — | — | peepoop+5 | — | 16m 42s | |
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| 12/23/25 | DNA Explained: How Genetics Shape Who You Are (and Why It Matters) | Send us Fan Mail Subscribe and unleash your inner science goblin. We see you. We respect it. DNA isn’t magic—but it is one of the most powerful instruction systems in the universe. In this deep-dive episode of Wildly Curious, Katy Reiss and Laura Fawks Lapole break down genetics, DNA, and inheritance in a way that actually makes sense—no lab coat required. From the tiny molecular code inside your cells to the ethical questions surrounding modern gene editing, this episode connects the science... | 46m 56s | ||||||
| 12/16/25 | Whale Earwax Holds a Hidden History of the Ocean | Send us Fan Mail Subscribe and prepare to learn something you absolutely did not know existed. In this Niche Scientists minisode of Wildly Curious, Katy Reiss dives into one of the strangest—and most important—jobs in science: whale earwax archivist. Yes. That’s a real thing. Certain whales build massive earwax plugs over their lifetime, adding a new layer every six months. And scientists have learned how to read those layers like tree rings—revealing a whale’s age, stress levels, exposure to... | 15m 53s | ||||||
| 12/2/25 | The Science of Swearing: Can Cursing Actually Help You? | Send us Fan Mail Subscribe and let your curiosity swear a little. We won’t tell. 😉 In this Wildly Curious minisode, Katy Reiss and Laura Fawks Lapole kick off their new Niche Scientists series with a deep dive into Dr. Richard Stephens—a psychologist who studies something we all do (sometimes loudly): swearing. From pain tolerance to powerlifting, Dr. Stephens’ research shows that strategic cursing can actually make you stronger, tougher, and maybe even a little bit smarter about when to drop... | 11m 22s | ||||||
| 11/25/25 | The Science (and Chaos) Behind Turkeys, Pumpkins, and Thanksgiving | Send us Fan Mail Subscribe and stuff your brain before you stuff your turkey. 🦃🥧 In this Wildly Curious Thanksgiving special, Katy Reiss and Laura Fawks Lapole serve up the surprisingly scientific and hilariously human history of America’s favorite feast. From how pumpkins nearly went extinct after the Ice Age to why turkeys were almost wiped out (and then made a comeback), this episode is a buffet of weird facts, origin stories, and seasonal science. 🍂 How mastodons helped evolve pumpkins &n... | 36m 03s | ||||||
| 11/11/25 | Could You Fight That? Round 2 – Science, Strategy & Total Chaos | Send us Fan Mail Season 13 is here… and it’s fight night. (Hypothetically, of course.) 🥊 Katy Reiss and Laura Fawks Lapole are back with Could You Fight That? Part 2, the follow-up to one of Wildly Curious’ most beloved (and ridiculous) episodes. This time, the matchups get even wilder—from kangaroos and cassowaries to anteaters and octopuses—as the duo debates whether they could theoretically survive these encounters. It’s all fun, all hypothetical, and all rooted in animal science and pure... | 1h 11m 06s | ||||||
| 10/28/25 | The Taos Hum: The Sound Science Can’t Explain | Send us Fan Mail Subscribe and listen closely… if you can. 👂 In this Nature Mysteries Minisode, Katy Reiss and Laura Fawks Lapole tune into one of the strangest modern mysteries: the Taos Hum. Since the 1990s, people in Taos, New Mexico have reported a low, constant humming sound that only a small percentage of the population can hear. The rest? Silence. 🎧 What is the Taos Hum—and why can only some people hear it? 🌍 Is it microseismic vibrations from the Earth itself? ⚡ Could it c... | 11m 17s | ||||||
| 10/14/25 | The Hessdalen Lights: Science’s Strangest Unexplained Glow | Send us Fan Mail Subscribe and embrace the glow of curiosity. 🔦 In this Nature Mysteries Minisode, Katy Reiss and Laura Fawks Lapole investigate one of the most baffling natural light shows on Earth—the Hessdalen Lights of Norway. For over a century, glowing orbs have danced through a remote valley, pulsing, hovering, and splitting apart with no clear cause. Scientists have studied them for decades… and still, no one really knows what they are. ✨ What are the Hessdalen Lights, and how long ha... | 18m 34s | ||||||
| 10/8/25 | The Truth About the Bermuda Triangle: Science vs. Mystery | Send us Fan Mail Subscribe and let your curiosity get lost at sea (but like, safely). 🌊 In this Nature Mysteries Minisode, Katy Reiss and Laura Fawks Lapole dive into one of Earth’s most famous unsolved legends: the Bermuda Triangle—also known as the Devil’s Triangle. For over a century, this stretch of ocean between Miami, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico has been blamed for the mysterious disappearances of ships, planes, and the people aboard them. But is it really cursed—or just misunderstood? 🛩️ ... | 16m 19s | ||||||
| 10/1/25 | How the Moon Was Formed: A Science Cosmic Mystery | Send us Fan Mail Subscribe and unleash your inner science goblin. We see you. We respect it. In this Nature Mysteries Minisode, Katy Reiss and Laura Fawks Lapole tackle one of the biggest unanswered questions in planetary science: how was the Moon formed? We look at what we do know—like why lunar rocks look almost identical to Earth’s, why one side of the Moon is thicker than the other, and why it’s slowly drifting away at 1.5 inches per year. Then we dig into the wild theories scientists are... | 13m 14s | ||||||
| 9/18/25 | Crabs on the Move: The World’s Strangest Mass Migration | Send us Fan Mail Subscribe and unleash your inner science goblin. We see you. We respect it. In this final Swarms Minisode of the season, Katy Reiss and Laura Fawks Lapole lose their minds (in the best way) over the most chaotic, moon-synced crab love party on Earth: the migration of Christmas Island red crabs. We’re talking: 🦀 50 to 100 million land crabs 🌧 Timed to what we're convinced is a witches curse.... 🚧 Roads shut down 🌊 Pina colada breaks (probably) 💥 And babies launc... | 19m 22s | ||||||
| 9/11/25 | Nature’s Self-Destruct Button: When Death Means Survival | Send us Fan Mail Subscribe and unleash your inner science goblin. We see you. We respect it. In this explosive episode of Wildly Curious, Katy Reiss and Laura Fawks Lapole reveal the surprising truth: sometimes, nature chooses to self-destruct—and it's all part of the plan. From exploding ants to salmon that spawn and die, and fungi that launch spores like botanical cannons, this episode dives into how death in nature isn't always failure—it's strategy. 💥 Why some creatures explode on purpose... | 52m 10s | ||||||
| 8/26/25 | Swarms: Why Army Ants Are the Forest’s Most Ruthless Hunters | Send us Fan Mail Subscribe and prepare yourself—because this time, the swarm doesn’t just chase... it devours. In this Swarms Minisode, Katy Reiss and Laura Fawks Lapole dive into the world of army ants, some of the most strategic, aggressive, and terrifyingly coordinated hunters on Earth. From building living bridges to raiding the forest floor with military precision, these ants don't forage… they sweep, and anything that can’t move fast enough is gone. 🐜 Why army ants don’t build nests—but... | 14m 11s | ||||||
| 8/19/25 | Seeds on the Move: How Plants Travel the World Without Legs | Send us Fan Mail Subscribe and unleash your inner science goblin. We see you. We respect it. In this seed-sational episode of Wildly Curious, Katy Reiss and Laura Fawks Lapole dig into the unexpectedly wild world of seed dispersal. From coconuts floating across oceans to violets launching their seeds like botanical cannons, this episode explores the many weird and wonderful ways plants get around without walking. 🌊 How coconuts evolved to sail thousands of miles 🌬️ The physics behind pa... | 45m 24s | ||||||
| 8/5/25 | Swarms: Why Killer Bees Are So Scary (and So Misunderstood) | Send us Fan Mail Subscribe if you love science, chaos, and being mildly afraid of your backyard. 🐝 In this Swarms Minisode, Katy Reiss and Laura Fawks Lapole uncover facts around the infamous “killer bees”—a.k.a. Africanized honeybees. Spoiler: they don’t look scary, but they’ll chase you, sting in overwhelming numbers, and sometimes even wait above water for you to come up for air. But is the fear justified? 🐝 What makes Africanized honeybees so aggressive? 🌎 How did a 1950s experiment... | 15m 57s | ||||||
| 7/30/25 | How Animals Navigate Without GPS (Magnetic Fields, Instinct & More) | Send us Fan Mail Ever wonder how birds, eels, whales, or even bugs find their way without a GPS? In this episode of Wildly Curious, Katy Reiss and Laura Fawks Lapole uncover the jaw-dropping science behind animal navigation. From locusts using sky maps and magnetic fields, to eels migrating thousands of miles to a secret oceanic birthplace no one’s ever seen (seriously), and birds that may be using quantum mechanics to see the Earth’s magnetic field—it’s a global tour of natural way-finding. ... | 58m 07s | ||||||
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