Ologies with Alie Ward

Ologies with Alie Ward

@ologies.bsky.social

A comedyish science podcast hosted by @alieward. Asking smart ologists not-smart questions about their professional obsessions. Every Tuesday. May be NSFW. https://linktr.ee/alieward

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Oh, good. I'm always happy to defend my guests when people think a topic should be limited to just one gender!

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Delphinology (DOLPHINS) with Dr. Justin Gregg — alie ward Giant brains! Communication mysteries! Infamous sensuality! Dolphins are here to blow your relatively tiny mind with their squeaks, clicks, cliques, history, lore, zany evolutionary path, psychedelic ...

Yupp. Just ask Delphinologist @justingregg.com www.alieward.com/ologies/delp...

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But yes, also included dozens of quilters of all genders + their advice in the Pt. 2. A beautiful thing about quilting is that it is inclusive, and I loved hearing from multiple genders on how much reverence there is for the history. Women should not be the only ones praising women.

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Hi! Olivia does identify as they/she & I was thrilled to have her museum-centric knowledge of intersectional history. I was surprised she didn't quilt, but wanted to include people of various levels of quilt experience. I'm actually surprised that featuring 2 men seems to erase Olivia's inclusion.

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Anyone bring a show to the @edfringe.bsky.social? All I want for 2026 is to make your podmother Jarrett perform his new show at the Edinburgh Fringe Fest.*

www.instagram.com/p/DVe6awcgRUJ/

(*also world peace and the reversal of climate change and a revolution)

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Awwww… was there a specific part? Remember to hydrate!

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Every time I wash my hands in a public restroom I hear @alieward.bsky.social reminding me to milk my thumbs, one of my few fond memories from the lockdown. Thanks Allie and @ologies.bsky.social for keeping It real, and the lasting good habits.

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If you're looking for the perfect thing to listen to while decorating your patch then Ologies has you covered. Textile art is community-building, radical praxis - always has been.

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Melania Trump urges protecting children’s education at UN after Iran school strike The first lady’s UN security council speech came days after Iranian media reported an airstrike killed 165 people and injured 96 others at girls’ school * Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Melania Trump became the first spouse of a sitting world leader to preside over the UN security council on Monday, calling on member states to protect children’s access to education days after Iranian state media reported that an airstrike killed at least 165 people at a girls’ school in southern Iran. The meeting, titled Children, Technology and Education in Conflict, had been scheduled before the US and Israel launched strikes against Iran on Saturday. Continue reading...

Melania Trump urges protecting children’s education at UN after Iran school strike

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Question: is it still ok if the war *authorized?* Morally? With our tax dollars when Americans don't want this?

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"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school

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It’s 3am in LA. Both coasts are asleep and unaware they’ll wake up to a fresh war

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Great episode. Did you know last weekend was QuiltCon in Raleigh? A quilting friend attended & sent photos. She loved the pro resistance progressive vibe.
Next year it’s in Atlanta

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Sadly, this was shorter than my #migraine, but so glad its drop perfectly corresponded with the onset of it. It’s my favorite episode ever.

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Culcitology (QUILTS) with Luke Haynes, Olivia Joseph, and Joe Cunningham — alie ward Scrap quilts. Sewing bees. Secret codes. Political activism. Controversies. Three of your new favorite Culcitologists – Olivia Joseph, Luke Haynes, and Joe Cunningham – are stitched together for one m...

You need 2 hours about quilts? We gotcha, pal.

Scrap quilts.
Sewing bees.
Fine art.
Secret codes.
Political activism.
Controversies.

Plus: advice on caring + repairing, with 3 of your new favorite #Culcitologists – Olivia Joseph, Luke Haynes & Joe Cunningham:

www.alieward.com/ologies/culc...

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Let's see what @ologies.bsky.social is covering this week... 1:46 minutes on quilts... rock on!

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is he a time traveler

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For Podcast Movement and the iHeart Awards!

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ooooh, a journaling expert!!!!

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Culcitology (QUILTS) with Luke Haynes, Olivia Joseph, and Joe Cunningham Scrap quilts. Sewing bees. Secret codes. Political activism. Controversies. Three of your new favorite Culcitologists – Olivia Joseph, Luke Haynes, and Joe Cunnignham – are stitched together for one…

#Quiltsky! It’s the podcast crossover we’ve been waiting for! @ologies.bsky.social just dropped an amazing episode on quilting. Which I listened to while quilting, because that’s when I listen to podcasts (and Ologies is one of my top three favourites.)

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Anyone in Austin I should interview? I'll be there March 13-16!

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Real question: what happens if you just keep lying and lying and people believe it? Like, do other countries know he's lying all the time? Does anyone watching Fox know he's lying? Aren't there laws against this?

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Read NPR's annotated fact check of President Trump's State of the Union As President Trump delivers his State of the Union address, reporters from across NPR's newsroom will fact check his speech and offer context.

A shovel for all that bullshit:

www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

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Trump Invites Victims Of Jeffrey Epstein Investigation As SOTU Guests

Trump Invites Victims Of Jeffrey Epstein Investigation As SOTU Guests

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Thank you for everything you do all day every day <3

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Animal defenses with Dr. @tedstankowich.bsky.social.

Get into it:

alieward.com/ologies/zooh...

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Revolutionology (REBELLIONS & SOCIAL CHANGE) with Dr. Jack Goldstone — alie ward Storming the Bastille. Facing off with tanks. Canceling a streaming subscription.&nbsp; We’re talking protests, boycotts, insurrections, and demonstrations. Scholar, professor, and actual real life R...

"One day with a million people in the streets, that's a holiday; that's not a campaign. What you need is to have people in the streets every weekend for months on end. Despite rain, despite snow. That's how they showed their resolve to stand against the government.”

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Design by Andrea Diaz. Whistles, markers, megaphones, cameras documenting ICE raids and other human rights abuses, first aid kits, and masking up against crowd dispersal have become vital tools during protest work. These icons of resistance surround a passage from our Revolutionology episode with scholar Dr. Jack Goldstone in a speech bubble. The quote reads: “One day with a million people in the streets, that's a holiday, that's not a campaign. What you need is to have people in the streets every weekend for months on end. Despite rain, despite snow. That's how they showed their resolve to stand against the government.”

NEW MERCH ALERT:

#Revolutionology quote + protest supplies to keep your spirits strong, your signs high & heads up.

Designed by the wonderful Andrea Diaz, with ALL PROCEEDS going the National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org

ologiesmerch.com/collections/...

Spread the word. Stay loud.

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Zoohoplology (ANIMAL DEFENSES) with Dr. Ted Stankowich — alie ward Barbs. Spurs. Stinks. Scutes. Shrieks. Fashion. Drama. Animal behaviorist, evolutionary biologist, Cal State Long Beach professor, and your new favorite Zoohoplologist, Dr. Ted Stankowich, divulges ab...

Barbs. Spurs. Stinks. Scutes. Shrieks. Fashion. Drama.

Zoohoplology (ANIMAL DEFENSES) w/ *the* Dr. @tedstankowich.bsky.social has armadillos, skunks, pangolins, horned lizards, wombats, coyotes, kit foxes, poodles, porcupines, tigers, deer & the will to survive.

www.alieward.com/ologies/zooh...

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Delphinology (DOLPHINS) with Dr. Justin Gregg — alie ward Giant brains! Communication mysteries! Infamous sensuality! Dolphins are here to blow your relatively tiny mind with their squeaks, clicks, cliques, history, lore, zany evolutionary path, psychedelic ...

I wouldn't consider dolphins being one of my interests, but @ologies.bsky.social's "Delphinology" episode was really interesting. 🐬

www.alieward.com/ologies/delp...

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