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Volcanoes. Trees. Drunk butterflies. Mars missions. Slug sex. Death. Beauty standards. Anxiety busters. Beer science. Bee drama. Take away a pocket full of science knowledge and charming, bizarre stories about what fuels these professional -ologists' obsessions. Humorist and science correspondent Alie Ward asks smart people stupid questions and the answers might change your life.
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This Day’s Trivia

Bison Podcast Studios

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From geography to history, plants and animals, science, and so much more... Welcome to This Day’s Trivia from Bison Podcast Studios. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, we choose five unique trivia topics, all tied to the day’s date, and our trusty randomizer wheel will pick one of those topics for the episode.
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A show that highlights people with ideas, to help solve the biggest and the smallest of problems. Hosts Jonathan Goodwin and Oliver Happy discuss the business of making the world a better place with guests from far and wide.
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Bullshit job

Buster Cheung

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What is a Bullshit job? Thanks for asking!Back in 2013, social science faculty member David Graeber confined AN essay in radical magazine Strike, criticising the proliferation of what he known as Bullshit jobs.
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From the shadows of the unexplained to the very edges of reality, welcome to a journey that transcends the ordinary. Dive into Bob Bain's Mysterious Matters—the ultimate gateway to the paranormal, the mysterious, and the downright unexplainable. Mentored by the legendary Art Bell and Ian Punnett, Bob Bain embodies a legacy of prestige unmatched in the realm of mystery broadcasting. No other podcaster or interviewer brings such depth, experience, and authenticity to the table. With a voice th ...
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The Arizona Wildlife Federation Podcast, with its host Michael Cravens, brings you the stories of wildlife, wild places, and those people who value them the most. From hunting and angling to birding and gardening, we‘ll keep you informed of issues, events, and activities from around the beautiful and diverse state of Arizona. Since 1923, Arizona Wildlife Federation has united Arizonans and decision makers around science-based solutions to conserve our state’s wildlife, wildlife habitat, and ...
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Places to go, things to do and food to eat in St. Louis! MOST episodes will be family friendly. However, one episode a month will be the "After Dark" episode, featuring bars, late night activities and other adults-only attractions! Feel free to interact with and follow us on social media, rate us on your favorite podcast player, and email us with any episode ideas! We love our listeners and want to get to know you!
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#LonelinessBusters is a podcast where I talk to founders, researchers, policymakers, investors, community builders and more, on how to build a more connected world. It all began with a click. I posted my personal blog "Let's rethink social" and woke up to a million views. When I got thousands of personal messages from those who wanted to help, I realized 2 things: 1. People care deeply about the issue of loneliness and social disconnection. 2. People want to help but don't know how. So began ...
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Subscribe to our podcast! CollectionDX is proud to host Destroy All Podcasts DX with Jeremy, Dylan, Mike, Star, Betty, and Zuey, a podcast updated every Monday about animation and cult film with an emphasis on the Japanese and the deeply weird. It may contain foul language and filthy, dirty lies. It should not be listened to by human beings or taken orally. Please stick our ad in your podcast. Write us angry letters at feedback at destroyallpodcastsdx dot com! Our super awesome spokesrobot b ...
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Animals and Aquatics is the podcast for occupational therapy providers who are passionate about a career outside the box. It's where we go behind the scenes and take a deep dive into the world of incorporating animals and aquatics into authentic occupational therapy sessions.We are obsessed with helping you elevate your interventions and get one step closer to starting your dream career.We are a husband and wife, mama and dad to three littles, COTA and OT, and business partners. Each episode ...
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They’re acrobatic fliers with long bodies and veined wings and their babies breathe through their butts: dragonflies. Let’s get into the difference between a damselfly and dragonfly, how fast they dart around, how big they were in the age of the dinosaurs, sci-fi aviation inspiration, mating choreography, attracting them to your yard (maybe to eat …
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Listen in as your host, Trica, chats with wildlife biologist, Cheryl Mollohan, to learn all about Bobcats in Tucson. Be amazed with the results from this study of bobcats living along the urban/wildlands interface! Learn more about Bobcats in Tucson here: https://bobcatsintucson.net/ Reach out to Cheryl or submit bobcats photos and sightings at bob…
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Folks, come with me. We’re hanging out under some train tracks late at night in Philadelphia doing street art. As the promised companion piece to our wonderful Modern Toichographology episode on murals and street art, this Field Trip takes us to where the action happens, chatting with several muralists as they work on their 17-foot paintings lining…
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Send us a text Welcome back for an all new episode of Show Me the Lou, an outsider's inside look at places to visit, things to do and food to enjoy in the St. Louis area! Today, we head out to Maryland Heights for a stop in at Dave & Buster's, in search of good food and a good time! Socials: Show Me the Lou Podcast (@showmetheloupodcast) | TikTok S…
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Licorice opinions! War chocolate! Candy corn origins, circus peanut secrets, the sourest sourballs, and your great aunt’s purse. Stay until the very end for the biggest shocked laugh I have ever had on this show. The incredibly charming author, journalist, candy historian, and Confectiologist Susan Benjamin chats about everything from apothecary or…
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Topics today: 1. Mole Day 2. Birthday of Pelé 3. Signing of Paris Peace Agreements 4. Hungarian National Day 5. National TV Talk Show Host Day From geography to history, plants and animals, science, and so much more... Welcome to This Day's Trivia. Three times per week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) we introduce 5 topics, all tied to the day's date…
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Send us a text Welcome back! Today, we talk about ScareFest, one of St. Louis's most revered Halloween activities! Encompassing a haunted house, a screampark, and a trip through caves and caverns under a real haunted brewery, ScareFest is a great time! We also talk about two pop up bars and a dining experience that can't be missed! Socials: Show Me…
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Today’s topic is a request from Kira. Today is the deathday of the great artist and mystic Hilma af Klint. Thank you, Kira, for introducing me to this amazing person. We will go through 16 trivia questions about the life of af Klint, a biography of sorts, and don’t worry if you don’t know much about this artist… there will be clues to help guide yo…
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We’re breaking format today and introducing a series we’re calling Interviews with the Experts. In acknowledgement of National Crime Prevention Month we have a special guest on the show. Criminologist and author Judith A Yates. I interview her to ask her about her life and career, and also to get some great tips on crime safety and prevention. Then…
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Coffin engravings! Archaeology ethics! Linen wrappings! Repatriation! Sexy hippos! We’re back with more mummies in this Part 2 with the wonderful Drs. Salima Ikram & Kara Cooneywho chat about animal mummies, eating mummified remains, plant resins, the debate over human sacrifice, coffin reuse, Egyptian tourism, the worst temple gift shop in history…
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Topics today: 1. National Fossil Day 2. National Dictionary Day 3. Anniversary of raid at Harpers Ferry 4. Birthday of Flea 5. Anniversary of Million Man March From geography to history, plants and animals, science, and so much more... Welcome to This Day's Trivia. Three times per week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) we introduce 5 topics, all tied …
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Step into the twilight zone with Bob Bain, the curator of mysteries, as "Mysterious Matters" celebrates its landmark 10th season! Broadcasting live from the heart of Nashville, TN, this electrifying episode features a profound dialogue with the illustrious Mark Anthony, the Psychic Lawyer. Together, they delve deep into the enigmatic realm of the A…
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Send us a text Surprise! We're back! After an unexpected hiatus, we have returned to the studio, just in time to get ready for Halloween! With fall and spooky season upon us, we break tradition slightly by focusing not on activity and food, but simply activity, as we discuss trunk or treat events in the area! These events are scheduled between Octo…
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Topics today: 1. Be Bald and Be Free Day 2. Mother's Day in Belarus 3. Deathdate of composer Leonard Bernstein 4. Deathdate of Tanzania leader Julius Nyerere 5. Birthday of silent film actor Lillian Gish From geography to history, plants and animals, science, and so much more... Welcome to This Day's Trivia. Three times per week (Monday, Wednesday …
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Topics today: 1. Birthday of jazz legend Art Blakey 2. TV premiere of Saturday Night Live 3. National Coming Out Day 4. 1138 earthquake in Aleppo 5. Deathdate of Alexei Leonov From geography to history, plants and animals, science, and so much more... Welcome to This Day's Trivia. Three times per week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) we introduce 5 t…
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Linen wrapping. Expensive resins. Sarcophagi. Preserving for eternity – or until someone raids their tomb. It’s a brand-new Spooktober episode with not one but two guests: Dr. Salima Ikram is a professor of Egyptology and expert on mummification of both people and animals, and is joined by veteran guest from the Egyptology episode, professor and au…
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Topics today: 1. Leif Erikson Day 2. Independence Day in Uganda 3. Hangeul Proclamation Day 4. Deathdate of Che Guevara 5. Hoover Dam From geography to history, plants and animals, science, and so much more... Welcome to This Day's Trivia. Three times per week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) we introduce 5 topics, all tied to the day's date, then ou…
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Topics today: 1. Great Flood of 1993 2. Birthday of Yo-Yo Ma 3. World Day for Decent Work 4. Deathday of Edgar Allan Poe 5. Luca 3 Soviet spacecraft's far side of the moon photos From geography to history, plants and animals, science, and so much more... Welcome to This Day's Trivia. Three times per week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) we introduce …
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Topics today: 1. Birthday of silent film star Buster Keaton 2. Independence Day in Lesotho 3. Deathdate of Janis Joplin 4. National Cinnamon Bun Day in Sweden 5. Deathdate of comedian Graham Chapman From geography to history, plants and animals, science, and so much more... Welcome to This Day's Trivia. Three times per week (Monday, Wednesday and F…
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Let’s kick off Spooktober with… RATS: They love pizza. They invade taquerias at midnight. They scurry. They cuddle. They outsmart. They inspire movies that inspire musicals. Proving that not just woodsy megafauna can be charismatic, rats have lives we would never suspect. Globally-lauded Urban Rodentologist Dr. Robert Corrigan, or Bobby if you like…
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Topics today: 1. Batik Day in Indonesia 2. International Day of Non-Violence 3. Deathday of Samuel Adams 4. Birthday of Sting 5. Birthday of Annie Leibovitz From geography to history, plants and animals, science, and so much more... Welcome to This Day's Trivia. Three times per week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) we introduce 5 topics, all tied to …
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Join Trica for her first episode of the AWF podcast as she and her guests discuss the Desert Fence Busters, a collaborative group of conservation organizations and agencies who share the common mission of removing outdated barbed wire fencing from the landscape to enhance wildlife movement and safety. Sign up for a Desert Fence Busters event: https…
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Topics today: 1. International Blasphemy Rights Day 2. Independence Day in Botswana 3. Birthday of German actor Lil Dagover 4. Official end of Berlin Airlift 5. Orange Shirt Day in Canada From geography to history, plants and animals, science, and so much more... Welcome to This Day's Trivia. Three times per week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) we i…
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Topics today: 1. 1605 Battle of Kircholm 2. National Chocolate Milk Day 3. World Tourism Day 4. Independence Day in Turkmenistan 5. Birthday of Jenna Ortega From geography to history, plants and animals, science, and so much more... Welcome to This Day's Trivia. Three times per week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) we introduce 5 topics, all tied to …
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Murals! Frescos! Graffiti! Street art! Philadelphia is the birthplace of graffiti and the mural capital of the world so we sit down with city historian, journalist, curator, and Toichographologist Conrad Benner to chat about public vs. private art, cultural movements, commissioned vs. um… un-commissioned murals, how mural topics are chosen, how muc…
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Topics today: 1. Sandra Day O'Connor first female US Federal Supreme Court Judge 2. Lou Gehrig plays 1,500th consecutive game 3. 1926 Slavery Convention 4. World Pharmacists Day 5. National One Hit Wonder Day From geography to history, plants and animals, science, and so much more... Welcome to This Day's Trivia. Three times per week (Monday, Wedne…
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Topics today: 1. National Maritime Day in Indonesia 2. Typhoid Mary 3. Mexican Luchador El Santo 4. Celebrate Bisexuality Day 5. Birth of Jazz Legend John Coltrane From geography to history, plants and animals, science, and so much more... Welcome to This Day's Trivia. Three times per week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) we introduce 5 topics, all t…
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Topics today: 1. The Battle of the Sexes: Billy Jean King v. Bobby Riggs 2. Birth of Upton Sinclair 3. UNESCO International Day of University Sport 4. Death of Jim Croce 5. Birth of George R. R. Martin From geography to history, plants and animals, science, and so much more... Welcome to This Day's Trivia. Three times per week (Monday, Wednesday an…
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Topics today: 1. Patty Hearst and the Symbionese Liberation Army 2. Jimi Hendrix's Death 3. National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day 4. World Water Monitoring Day 5. Scotland Independence Referendum From geography to history, plants and animals, science, and so much more... Welcome to This Day's Trivia. Three times per week (Monday, Wednesday and …
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Smaller than you can imagine. Potato-shaped. Mysterious. Romantic. And tough enough to survive the vacuum of space or decades of desiccation. Join professor and confirmed Tardigradologist Dr. Paul Bartels to saunter into a microscopic wonderland of bizarrely long naps, foreign genomes, moon landings, glow-in-the-dark moss piglets, cryptobiosis, kit…
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Arizona is a hotspot for reptile diversity in our nation. Like the iconic western diamond-backed rattlesnake, some species are well known, but others, like the little New Mexico ridged rattlesnake, are much more obscure. Listen in as we explore conservation and recovery efforts underway for one of Arizona’s most seldom encountered rattlesnakes!…
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Topics today: 1. Independence Day in Papua New Guinea 2. International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 3. National Heroes Day 4. 1953 Crash of American Airlines Flight 723 5. Wall Street Bombing of 1920 From geography to history, plants and animals, science, and so much more... Welcome to This Day's Trivia. Three times per week (Monday,…
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Topics today: 1. Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! 2. Positive Thinking Day 3. Roald Dahl 4. Tupac Shakur 5. National Peanut Day From geography to history, plants and animals, science, and so much more... Welcome to This Day's Trivia. Three times per week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) we introduce 5 topics, all tied to the day's date, then our trusty ran…
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Topics today: 1. La Diada in Spain 2. 9-1-1 Emergency Number Day 3. Teacher's Day in Argentina 4. Carol Burnett 5. Mormons in Utah From geography to history, plants and animals, science, and so much more... Welcome to This Day's Trivia. Three times per week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) we introduce 5 topics, all tied to the day's date, then our t…
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