Allie Ward

I'm urging you to be strong.

Let's learn about cockroaches.

First of all, it's spooktober.

All right.

Secondly, there's so much to love.

Is there?

Sort of.

Find out with me, a person who, until this interview, knew of very few redeeming qualities of a roach, but now I would have a chat with one if its mouth worked that way.

Now, this expert was recommended to me by another ologist who I adore, and when I told her I needed a cockroach person, she instantly named them.

They are an entomology assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

They run a cockroach lab.

This guest studied biology for undergrad and ecology and evolution for their PhD, and we'll talk to them about what is a cockroach and why they are not quite what you think they are.

But first, just a quick thanks to patrons of the show who submit questions for Theologist ahead of time.

Thanks to everyone wearing Ologies merch from ologiesmerch.com, and thanks to everyone who leaves reviews, which help the show so much, such as this crisp new one from NotAbby who wrote,

a poem review.

I know nothing, but then I listened to ologies.

Now I know a little something.

Ain't that great?

Not Abby.

That's me snapping my fingers in an appreciative way.