Episodes

  • Agoraphobia 5

    Agoraphobia 5
    Oct 31 2021
    Happy Halloween everyone!! And welcome to the Tiny Vampires Agoraphobia special. Every year I put together a story written from an insect’s perspective. This year is a horror story from the deadliest war in history and even though it is obviously a work of fiction, the facts are true. So even though we’re just having a little festive fun, you’ll still get your dose of insect science you come to count on from Tiny Vampires.

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    20 mins
  • Episode 45: Our shared history with leeches

    Episode 45: Our shared history with leeches
    Oct 1 2021
    For thousands of years Egypt, India, China, the Middle East, Europe, and the US, one after another all saw leeches as the answer to their problems. They were exercisers of demons, relievers of pain, bringers of balance, and a source of income.

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    19 mins
  • Episode 44: Poison of the Past

    Episode 44: Poison of the Past
    Aug 25 2021
    Anyone growing up in the United States during the 1950s or 60s has memories of chasing trucks down the road as they doused the neighborhood in a mosquito-killing fog. The story of that fog is part of the broader epic of the insecticide DDT. With a cast ranging from Dr. Suess, the entire population of Naples, peregrine falcons, to a trendy shade of green.

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    25 mins
  • Episode 43: Unexpected Vampires

    Episode 43: Unexpected Vampires
    Mar 27 2021
    Blood is vital, transporting hormones, nutrients, and oxygen, and removing waste products but for all its complexity some animals see it simply as food. While we grow up learning to protect our precious fluid from blood-suckers like vampire bats, leeches, and bed bugs they don’t have a monopoly on their gory craving. Unexpected animals from snails to birds to moths have come to join the feast.

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    23 mins
  • Invitation: Intelligent Speech Conference -online-

    Invitation: Intelligent Speech Conference -online-
    Mar 10 2021
    Join me and more than 40 of your other favorite independent podcasters at the Intelligent Speech Conference. Get 10% off your ticket price when you use the offer code

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    1 min
  • Episode 42: Malaria Islands

    Episode 42: Malaria Islands
    Jan 2 2021
    When we call mosquitoes “the deadliest animals on earth” we aren’t just talking about human deaths. Mosquitoes have played a major role in Hawaii’s infamous designation as the endangered species capital of the world.

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    35 mins
  • Halloween Special: Gutted

    Halloween Special: Gutted
    Oct 31 2020
    We all believe that we have the capacity to completely change ourselves, but at what cost?

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    22 mins
  • Halloween Special: Yersinia pestis

    Halloween Special: Yersinia pestis
    Oct 15 2020
    An entirely new perspective on the infamous black death.

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    24 mins