Katie Weeman and Amy Randall

Weird: The Podcast

Science EN ↓ 6 episodes

Amy and Katie explore all things weird. Credit Attributions for intro: Music by Bensound.com/free-music-for-videos , License code: TTR6CSAT2M1LMR59 https://www.free-scores.com/download-sheet-music.php?pdf=1631#play Pexels video Zapsplat effects Ben Weeman Art

Author

Katie Weeman and Amy Randall

Episodes

Moth Vacations and Deep Sea Peril 11.06.2024 1:06:51

Katie tells us why moths need a summer vacation, and Amy talks about people dying in the ocean.

Lemming Lies and the Blindness-Schizophrenia Connection 27.05.2024 45:31

Katie breaks the news that we've all been lied to about the habits of lemmings and Amy discusses the connection between blindness and schizophrenia.

Celebrity Monkeys and Frozen Frogs 13.05.2024 58:01

Amy presents a study about monkey viewing preferences and Katie discusses how animals survive extreme cold! References: Deaner RO, Khera AV, Platt ML. Monkeys pay per view: adaptive valuation of social images by rhesus macaques. Curr Biol. 2005 Mar 29;15(6):543-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.01.044. PMID: 15797023.

Zombie Ants and Lethal Shrimps 06.05.2024 45:25

Katie tells us how to make an ant think it's dead, and Amy talks about shrimp with similarities to firearms.

Egg Teeth, Fairy Fingers, and Sexual Suicide 29.04.2024 38:58

Katie reviews the ways that animals escape from their eggs and other weird adaptions for being born. Amy discusses a tiny marsupial that exchanges sleep for sex before dropping dead.

Sexy Birds and Sea Unicorns 22.04.2024 1:00:20

Amy presents a study about coloring barn swallows with a marker, and Katie discusses everything weird about narwhals.