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Grubbing In The Filth: An Invertebrate Podcast
If it lacks a backbone, we're interested. In this podcast, we're exploring the world of invertebrates, discovering the amazing lives they lead, and thinking carefully about our relationhips with these much-maligned creatures. With the help of experts, we are lifting stones, peering into the water and grubbing in the filth.
Episodes
38 episodes
Insect Flight with Abbey Hayes
Today, its time for a lofty subject, as it were: Tom is joined by Abbey Hayes to discuss the original (and best?) form of flight: insect flight. We’ll be delving into millenia-long developments, and considering wild unknowns. We'll specul...
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The Monarch Butterfly with Richard Rachman
Alert! Alert! This is a time sensitive episode! The new year monarch count is nearly upon us, and if you want to get involved, now is the time!www.westernmonarchcount.orgWhether or not you are geographically able to...
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Episode 36
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1:02:20
Spiders of Alvars with Jillian Suh Kurovski-Legris
What on earth's an alvar?In this episode, you can discover precisely what an alvar is, and learn about the spiders that live there. We consider what it means to study a place with reference to animals, and vice versa. Jillian Suh Kurovs...
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Episode 35
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1:07:46
Jellyfish with Bailey Steinworth
Whats going on with these jellyfish then? What are they, and what are they up to? In this episode, Tom is joined by jellyfish scientist Bailey Steinworth to wrestle with the challenge of the jellyfish. How much sense can we make of a gela...
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Episode 34
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51:28
Moss Safari with Andy Chandler-Grevatt
Microscropic laughs are lurking in the green. Come and discover tardigrades, rotifers, nematodes and more with Andy Chandler-Grevatt, educator and man-of-moss. We discover 'the big 5' of the moss world, think about life at a wholly different sc...
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Episode 33
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1:17:52
Learning About Invertebrates with Ellen Weatherford
In this episode, we look at how our attitudes towards invertebrates can change. Tom is joined by podcaster Ellen Weatherford from Just The Zoo Of Us to examine what it means to learn about invertebrate life, and how that process of learning cha...
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Episode 32
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1:05:40
Invertebrate Education with Jack Baker
A fly comes in the classroom, and panic reigns. In discussing invertebrates, many are revolted. In confronting them, many become hysterical. But the invertebrate world is incredible. How then should we communicate this world to young people? Ho...
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Episode 31
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56:41
Maggots with Dr Erica McAlister
For too long have adult insects hogged the spotlight, with their flash wings and ostentatious sexual maturity. At long last, its time for the larval forms to creep into the spotlight. Tom chats with Dr Erica McAlister, entomologist, author and ...
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Episode 30
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47:20
Jumping Spiders with Dr Sebastian Echeverri
If you like pagentry, ferocity and excellent eyesight then I have the spider for you (though personally, my eyesight is very poor). Tom is joined by Dr Sebastian Echeverri, arachnologist, science communicator and host of the BBC Earth podcast, ...
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Episode 28
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1:39:52
Living with Cockroaches with Melinda Alexáné Babits
How many cockroaches are in YOUR house? Tom is joined by cockroach keeper, zoologist and science communicator Melinda Alexáné Babits to discuss cockroaches, and to discover what its like to immerse yourself in the cockroach world. What leads so...
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Episode 27
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58:26
The Queen Bee with Rex Factor
Given that throughout history, writers have sought to make bee society into a reflection of our own, lets see how well that reflection holds up. In the episode, Tom is joined by Graham Duke and Ali Hood from Rex Factor, to see how well the quee...
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Episode 26
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1:15:25
Earthworms with Anna de la Vega
Come and literally grub in the filth, as we discover the earthworms. Tom chats with Anna de la Vega, founder of The Urban Worm, about the crucial work that our wriggling pals, the earthworms, perform within the soil. We discover the etymology o...
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Episode 25
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32:42
Wasps with Seirian Sumner
Are wasps the anti-bee? Malicious, stripey villains who exist to make our lives worse? Unsurprisingly: no. Tom is joined by Seirian Sumner, Professor of Behavioural Ecology at University College London and author of 'Endless Forms', who h...
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Episode 24
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Harvestmen with Meg Skinner
For too long, we've fawned over spiders and scorpions. Now, it's the harvestman's time to shine. Tom chats with arachnologist and BAS Harvestman Recording Scheme organiser Meg Skinner about harvestmen, one of the arachnids lesser-known orders. ...
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Episode 23
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Dragonflies with Neil Phillips
Anal propulsion and rectal throttling. In this episode, we get to both dive into, and soar through, the world of dragonflies. Tom chats with naturalist and dragonfly afficionado Neil Phillips about all things odonata. We discuss the adaptations...
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Episode 22
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1:02:24
Nudibranchs and Dock Fouling with Luan Roberts
Lean over the edge of the dock, and peer beneath. What creatures have made their home here, on the artificial structures of the waters edge? Among the limpets and barnacles, a creature is gliding along, and it is this dazzling animal we've come...
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Episode 21
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1:00:02
Insect Advocacy and Limericks with Richard Jones
How best do we fly the flag for insects? Tom speaks with entomologist and writer Richard Jones about a life rife with insects, and about how best we advocate for them as creatures of value and wonder. We discuss Richard's books, natural history...
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Episode 20
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50:16
Exploring the Beach with Heather Buttivant
How do we explore the beach? How do we make sense of it, and how do we teach children to appreciate and decode this space? In this episode, Tom chats with nature writer and award-winning blogger Heather Buttivant. As well as discussing Heather'...
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Episode 19
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53:10
Mesofauna with Frank Ashwood
What strange lives are unfolding within the soil? It is an obscure world, rich with life that exists on a minute scale. Tom speaks with soil ecologist and macro photographer Frank Ashwood to discover the world of mesofauna: springtails, mites, ...
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Episode 18
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1:06:58
Oysters and Other Shellfish with Priya Shukla
Oysters, mussels, scallops and more. When we pick up shells on the beach, how often do we consider that they represent a life lived, out in the ocean? The dynamic lives of these creatures are easily forgotten, obfuscated by the shell as a decor...
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Episode 17
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1:10:18
Ladybirds with Helen Roy
Red with black spots. The ladybird family, with the seven-spotted ladybird as its ambassador, is beloved. The ladybird is so often figured as a sort of simple, child-appropriate insect; what is there to know about these domed beetle...
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Episode 16
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45:04
The Antarctic Midge and Cold Tolerance with Nick Teets
What does it take it be the Antarctic's only endemic insect? How do insects survive Antarctic winters, and extreme conditions? In this episode, Tom chats with Nick Teets, Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky, to discuss the antarct...
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Episode 15
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38:00
Carrion Beetles with Ash Whiffin
Death and rot! In this episode, we chat with Ash Whiffin, Assistant Curator of Entomology at National Museums Scotland about carrion beetles. Morbid insect or vital and valued decomposer? Both? We talk about the lives of carrion beetles, the an...
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Episode 14
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49:04
Gardening and Invertebrates with Joel Ashton
Tom is joined by wildlife gardener Joel Ashton to think about invertebrates in relation to garden spaces. We talk about invertebrate habitats, the role of invertebrates within ecosystems, and consider what we can do to make our gardens more con...
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Episode 13
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