Two tipsy scientists talk about science and nature
In part 2 of this episode, Ellie tells Katie all about mountain goats (which are not actually goats). For some reason, Katie and Ellie get into a fight about Fahrenheit and Celsius. Ellie gets very c…
This week, Ellie and Katie kick off the episode with some light-hearted talk about dog death. Katie then tells Ellie all about blue whales and their weird wannabe-teeth made out of fingernail stuff. …
We're BACK, and we're sorry for the hiatus; we'll never leave you again, we promise. In this episode, Ellie tells Katie all about the polar bear before Katie discusses the giant tube worm. For some r…
This week, for the first time ever, Katie and Ellie struggle with their introductory ramblings. Katie then tells Ellie all about narwhals and their toothy horns, before Ellie talks about rats and how…
This week, Ellie and Katie welcome a very special guest, Ellen Weatherford (Just the Zoo of Us), to Intoxecology. Ellen gives us a rundown of an animal close to her heart – the pangolin – before tell…
This week, Katie and Ellie welcome friend and fellow podcaster, Sean Milnes (Fowl Mouths Podcast), to Intoxecology. Sean is a keen birder from Connecticut who's hopped on this week's episode to tell …
In this long-awaited episode (sorry!), Katie tells Ellie all about sea otters with their purple bones and built-in pockets. Very cute, but not if you're an abalone. Beans does a lot of barking, and E…
Episode 13 has been split into 2 parts because Katie and Ellie do not understand the concept of time. The hosts kick off the episode by, unsurprisingly, talking about things they have no business tal…
This week, Katie and Ellie kick off the episode by getting political (surprise, surprise) before Ellie shares some exciting news – she's going to be an auntie! Katie shares all there is to know about…
We welcome a very special guest and Intoxecology's own resident virologist, Tim Passchier (made famous by Episode 8: Tim's Three Critiques). Tim tells us about his work looking at how viral genomes a…
Ellie kicks off this weeks episode by telling Katie about how bad her day was after eye-butting the kitchen table. Ellie then dips her toe into freshwater and talks about the wood frog (Lithobates sy…
In this episode, Ellie and Katie welcome Inez Hein as the first ever guest on Intoxecology! Inez currently works in the environmental sector, helping with forest restoration in the UK. Inez tells the…
Ellie and Katie kick off the episode by discussing Tim's Three Critiques, before talking about the Portuguese man o war and the Tasmanian devil. Katie reveals that she is, in fact, a blanket octopus …
Ellie and Katie discuss Katie's engagement to her now-fiancé, Simon (!!) before talking at length about the 2020 election results. Ellie dishes out some ostrich facts, and Katie talks about the chonk…
Ellie and Katie start the episode by talking about the impact that fireworks have on wildlife, and Ellie discusses her backup plan of moving to America to sell luxury real estate. Katie tells Ellie a…
In this episode, Ellie talks about the ecology and behaviour of the arctic fox, and accidentally finds herself on a furry costume website. Katie further dissuades Ellie from entering the ocean by tal…
Katie and Ellie kick off the episode by discussing Netflix’s new documentary ‘The Social Dilemma’ and their looming feelings of existential dread. Katie brings the podcast back to science by talking …
This week Ellie talks about her spirit animal, the naked mole rat, and their eusocial behaviour. Katie talks about sea urchins and their role as keystone species. Parallels are drawn between urchin g…
Katie and Ellie channel their middle-aged white man and talk about things they have no business talking about. Katie talks about nudibranchs going arse-over-tits, and Ellie talks about clitoromegaly …
Ellie and Katie introduce themselves. Ellie talks about her fieldwork in the Seychelles and her favourite bird, Greg. Katie talks about her masters research into the impact of zooxanthellae on anemon…