Feral by Design
Episodes
Dopa Drop #12 — Quokkas
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A pre-Christmas Dopa Drop — one of twelve tiny, under-60-second December dopamine hits from Feral by Design.A short, deliberate experiment playing w...
Dopa Drop #11 - Wave
21 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A pre-Christmas Dopa Drop — one of twelve tiny, under-60-second December dopamine hits from Feral by Design.A short, deliberate experiment playing w...
Dopa Drop #10 — Magical creature
20 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A pre-Christmas Dopa Drop — one of twelve tiny, under-60-second December dopamine hits from Feral by Design.A short, deliberate experiment playing w...
Dopa Drop #9 — Cuttlefish
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A pre-Christmas Dopa Drop — one of twelve tiny, under-60-second December dopamine hits from Feral by Design.A short, deliberate experiment playing w...
Dopa Drop #8 — Manta Ray
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A pre-Christmas Dopa Drop — one of twelve tiny, under-60-second December dopamine hits from Feral by Design.A short, deliberate experiment playing w...
Dopa Drop #7 — Regifting
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A pre-Christmas Dopa Drop — one of twelve tiny, under-60-second December dopamine hits from Feral by Design.A short, deliberate experiment playing w...
Dopa Drop #6 — Octopus
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A pre-Christmas Dopa Drop — one of twelve tiny, under-60-second December dopamine hits from Feral by Design.A short, deliberate experiment playing w...
Dopa Drop #5 — Crab
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A pre-Christmas Dopa Drop — one of twelve tiny, under-60-second December dopamine hits from Feral by Design.A short, deliberate experiment playing w...
Ep10 - Snowflake Melting Moments (Christmas Special)
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The second episode in the Feral Festive Special drifts into unexpected territory: snowflakes. This episode isn’t biomimicry — snowflakes don’t ...
Dopa Drop #4 — Lyrebird
14 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A pre-Christmas Dopa Drop — one of twelve tiny, under-60-second December dopamine hits from Feral by Design.A short, deliberate experiment playing w...
Dopa Drop #3 — Peacock
13 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A pre-Christmas Dopa Drop — one of twelve tiny, under-60-second December dopamine hits from Feral by Design.A short, deliberate experiment playing w...
Dopa Drop #2 — Blue-Tongued Lizard
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A pre-Christmas Dopa Drop — one of twelve tiny, under-60-second December dopamine hits from Feral by Design.A short, deliberate experiment playing w...
Dopa Drop #1 — Hermit Crab
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A pre-Christmas Dopa Drop — one of twelve tiny, under-60-second December dopamine hits from Feral by Design.A short, deliberate experiment playing w...
Ep09 - The Raw Prawn (Christmas Special)
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Part 1 of the Feral Festive Special: the prawn. Yes, really.This festive run goes rogue - nature-inspired, not biomimicry - a deliberately Feral detou...
Ep08 - Reality Bites: How Meerkats Make Learning Stick
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever taken a course, nailed the theory… and then fallen apart the moment it gets real? Same. And it turns out the fix lives in the Kalahari.In this ...
Ep07 - The Mussel Cup: Here for a Good Time, Not a Long Time
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever felt that tiny stab of guilt when you toss a takeaway coffee cup into the bin, even when you’re trying to do the right thing?In this episode, P...
Ep06 - Swooped: What Magpies Know About Handling Conflict
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever been swooped by a magpie? Turns out, you weren’t being attacked — you were being communicated with. And you probably missed the whole convers...
Ep05 - Hooked: How Burrs Inspired Velcro
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hooked: How Burrs Inspired Velcro — and Why Curiosity Is The Real Innovation.Ever spent an hour on your kitchen floor pulling burrs out of your dog’...
Ep04 - The Octopus Method: What Octopuses Know About Sharing the Load
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever felt like you’re the bottleneck — the one brain trying to juggle every moving piece until the whole thing collapses?In this episode, Pia shar...
Ep03 - What Mosquitoes Know About Painless Design: The Sting Operation
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When you were a kid, did you ever get jabbed with a needle so big it felt like a medieval weapon? I did — the kind that left welts and trauma in equ...
Ep02 - How Beavers Master Boundaries - Tips for 'Dam' Good Boundaries
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tips for Dam Good BoundariesYou know you’ve hit rock bottom when you’re jealous of a rodent’s boundary skills.This week on Feral by Design, Pia ...
Ep01 - Introducing Feral by Design: Welcome to the Wild
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Not another true-crime podcast… unless you count Grand Theft Bio! In this 6-minute intro, Pia shares why she’s obsessed with stealing nature’s...
Trailer - Feral by Design
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Feral by Design is a podcast stealing nature’s smartest strategies for everyday chaos. Short, playful episodes grounded in science, storytelling, an...