66 episodes

The comedy nature podcast for more than just nature nerds. A really wild show for grown ups, each episode looks at stories and science from across the natural world and also pits a host against a listener suggested species of animal to decide how many they could take in a fight.

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How many geese‪?‬ Jack Baddams & Roddy Shaw

    • Science
    • 5.0 • 8 Ratings

The comedy nature podcast for more than just nature nerds. A really wild show for grown ups, each episode looks at stories and science from across the natural world and also pits a host against a listener suggested species of animal to decide how many they could take in a fight.

Insta @howmanygeese

Support the show at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/howmanygeese

    Let's talk nipples

    Let's talk nipples

    It's calcium o'clock at Goose HQ as we talk all things milk in How many geese's very first PREQUEL episode, diving deep into dairy and marvelling at just what makes mammals so....mammal-y. We're not skimming on this episode either, as we go from milk's origin right up to a recent evolutionary step in (none other than our very own) human kind that makes us completely unique among our mammalian family in how we deal with milk. 
    We then welcome new sponsors Birdfy to the show, fix all of Britain's public transport infrastructure via the animal kingdom, and of course unpack how many village weaver birds...are too many village weaver birds. 
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    This episode was sponsored by birdfy, check them out at https://www.birdfy.com/ 

    • 57 min
    Your ocean needs you!

    Your ocean needs you!

    Today we're diving into one of the most badass ways of fighting back against the overexploitation of the seas as technology teams up with nature with some pretty awesome outcomes. Meet the Ocean Sentinels tracking down illegal fishing vessels down in the Southern Oceans in one of the coolest bits of research we've ever covered.
    There's a slight change to the genre in today's fight as Roddy has to do battle with a BILLION insects before we head back to the ocean to recast the Pirates of the Caribbean characters as animals...
     
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    • 51 min
    What could possibly go wrong...

    What could possibly go wrong...

    With the Academy Awards behind us, the world may be moving on from awards season... but Team Goose is here to deliver one more trophy as we take a look and present the award for one of the most insane movies you've probably never heard of - 1981's "Roar"! It's lions, lions and more lions as we look at one couple's passion project that got A LITTLE out of hand.... just ask the seventy members of cast and crew who got injured on set by their clawed co-stars!
    It's not just the chaos of collaborating with cats though, as we also answer the question what five animals would we choose to kickstart life on an island and Roddy faces one of his ....roundest challengers yet - with the American Woodcock. 
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    • 1 hr 4 min
    Monochrome murderers

    Monochrome murderers

    It's time to man the harpoons as we hop in the Goose Time Machine and set the dial back to the early 1900s to meet a very special Orca with a fascinating relationship with the local whalers. 
    Our Birda chums shine the spotlight on one of the biggest birds in the world as we soar with the Andean Condor, before a child forces Roddy to do battle with Leopards. We round out the show with the question on everyone's minds as we work out what our chosen animal would be to use as the vehicle on Mario Kart's infamous Rainbow Road...
     
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    • 58 min
    Hot bear summer

    Hot bear summer

    Grab your nearest Gregorian and summon up a sharpie - we've got some key dates for your calendar this week as we ask the question: why do some days have names?
    Not just Christmas, Halloween or Valentine's, we're talking World Marmot Day, World Pangolin Day and ... International Talk Like a Pirate Day? We dive deep into the calendar of the bizarre to go on a journey of all the strange days that are out there, looking at the many environmental days you've never heard of and end up trying to redeem a group of animals we've maybe been a bit harsh too. We're here for the hooved this week as we analyse antelopes, all thanks to that well known international holiday - World Hirola Day.
    It's not just a crusade through the calendar of course as we set out to identify the best animal gym buddy (animal knowledge high, gym knowledge low) and Roddy takes up arms against the Arabian sand boa.....or does he? 
    Incidentally, taking up arms is THE most mocking way you could describe fighting a snake..
    And our show sponsors Birda take us back to Australia aka Nature's Thunderdome as we take a trip to the Barking Owl.
     
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    • 57 min
    The Extended Nuclear Animals Universe

    The Extended Nuclear Animals Universe

    As the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to falter, your pals at "How Many Geese?" are here to offer you an alternative. Suit up to meet our radioactive team of superheroes as we introduce Wales' nuclear sheep, Bavarian boar and Mutant Turtles as we turn off the lights to see which animals are glowing in the dark.
     
    Continuing our superhero theme, our pals Birda introduce us to their very own Hawkeye as we get acquainted with the Arrow-marked Babbler before Roddy tackles the sea's sharp-toothed master of camouflage, the Tasselled Wobbegong. And finally, every superhero needs their supervillain, and we get asked what invasive species we would introduce to our arch-enemy's desert island to make their life a misery...
     
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    • 51 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
8 Ratings

8 Ratings

lana tuck ,

Like Reply All, but for Nature

I loved listening to these ramblings. Can’t wait for Season 4.

Page430 ,

Really funny podcast with nature humor

I really love this podcast. I came across it via Twitter and wish there were more episodes! It’s great and has funny nature humor— the best kind. Love the jokes about weird nature facts and it’s just the end of work podcast I look for. Thanks!

rach532 ,

So good.

I stumbled on this podcast by accident but I honestly love it so much. It’s interesting, funny, random, with some educational thrown in there.

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