6 episodes
Weird: The Podcast Katie Weeman and Amy Randall
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Amy and Katie explore all things weird.
Credit Attributions for intro:
Music by Bensound.com/free-music-for-videos, License code: TTR6CSAT2M1LMR59https://www.free-scores.com/download-sheet-music.php?pdf=1631#play Pexels videoZapsplat effectsBen Weeman Art
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Moth Vacations and Deep Sea Peril
Katie tells us why moths need a summer vacation, and Amy talks about people dying in the ocean.
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Lemming Lies and the Blindness-Schizophrenia Connection
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.
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Celebrity Monkeys and Frozen Frogs
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
Katie tells us how to make an ant think it's dead, and Amy talks about shrimp with similarities to firearms.
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Egg Teeth, Fairy Fingers, and Sexual Suicide
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.
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Sexy Birds and Sea Unicorns
Amy presents a study about coloring barn swallows with a marker, and Katie discusses everything weird about narwhals.