082 - Alie Ward - Moth Goth The Purrrcast

Do you love insects? Do you love talking about insects? The Bzzzcast is a brand new Los Angeles-based podcast from Sara Iyer and Steven Ray Morris where they chat with their friends and other creepy crawly fans about the many-legged little creatures they love. Insects are swarming to be part of it. Aphid Fools! On episode EIGHTY-TWO of The Bzzzcast we welcome the fabulous and amazing Alie Ward to talk all about bugs! Alie coaches Sara through her moth fear, Steven geeks out about wetas, Alie tells us why volunteering at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles was such a pivotal turning point in her life, and she shares memories of her pet praying mantis, Mirabelle. The Bzzzcast, talking to bug people because we can't talk to their bugs. New episodes every Wednesday! Please rate and subscribe in iTunes: thepurrrcast.com Email us! thepurrrcast@gmail.com If you shop on Amazon be sure to click this link and we’ll get a small kickback. Thanks for the support: http://www.amazon.com?_encoding=UTF8&tag=thepurr-20 Follow Alie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/alieward on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alieward/ Watch Alie Ward on CBS’s Innovation Nation: https://www.thehenryford.org/explore/innovation-nation/episodes/ Listen to Slumber Party With Alie & Georgia: http://www.feralaudio.com/show/slumber-party-with-alie-and-georgia/ Links Of Interest: - Crickets slowed down - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFguHRdUlk8&t=115s - Weta bugs - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weta - Natural History Museum Bug Fair (May 20/21) - https://nhm.org/site/activities-programs/bug-fair - Nature’s Deadly Creatures pop-up book - http://amazon.com - Wicked Bugs - http://amazon.com - The Wasp That Brainwashed the Caterpillar - http://amazon.com - Lorquin Entomological Society - http://lorquinentomological.weebly.com/ - What’s That Bug? - http://whatsthatbug.com Follow The Purrrcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThePurrrcast on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thepurrrcast/ on Tumblr: http://thepurrrcast.tumblr.com/ Please like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePurrrcast Follow Sara Iyer’s cat Samba on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kittysamba Follow Sara Iyer on Instagram: https://instagram.com/saraiyer/ Check out Sara Iyer on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/saraiyer Follow Steven Ray Morris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StevenRayMorris Buy Steven’s book on the Jurassic Park Franchise over at Thought Catalog: http://thoughtcatalog.com/book/molding-a-jurassic-universe/ Theme song by Anabot (Analise Nelson) and Dax Schaffer: http://www.anabotmusic.com/ https://daxschaffer.bandcamp.com/ Artwork by Jillian Yoffe: flatratstudio.com Part of the #HelloLionFace podcast network