Alie Ward

What's the worst thing about studying this?

You've only been sprayed once.

You haven't had a face full of spines and quills.

What's the worst thing?

It's hard to find a worst thing about it.

You've never gotten an email from the Department of Defense being like, hey.

It's so interesting because the Department of Defense and the Department of War are so different from an evolutionary perspective.

So ask knowledgeable people, not knowledgeable questions and make some pals in the process.

Also leave the animals alone if you can.

They don't want trouble.

Neither do you.

We're going to link to Ted's info in the show notes and you can follow him on Instagram at dr.tedstankovic.

We are at Ologies on Blue Sky and Instagram.

I'm at Allie Ward, just one L in Allie on both.

Ologies Merch, including the new design is at ologiesmerch.com.

We do have shorter kid-friendly episodes.

Thank you so much for having me.

Feats of Strength each week as managing director and defending our edits every episode, our editor Jake Chafee and lead editor Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio.

Nick Thorburn emitted the theme music, and if you stick around until the very end, you know I may tell you a secret.

And this week, a barometer for how well I'm doing or how much I have my shit together has always been my desktop on my laptop.