This whole show made me miss school. Yes, I loved school. It allows me to go back into learning with out breaking my bank account again in tuition. Thank you for supporting and fueling my hyper fixations.

The best thing about this podcast (beside going over really interesting topics, good pacing, and fun questions), Ali always looks up things that I would say “ah ya I’ll look that up later.” She puts it all in one episode. You have a side thought… no worries…she thought of it, looked it up, and added it right into the podcast at the right time. That’s my fav. A lot of times I listen without service, so she does the googling for me and I love it.

I can’t believe I waited so many years to listen to this. This podcast fills a void I didn’t know I had. I will now proceed to listen to it five times in a row and make it my entire identity.

I love this show. The host is genuine and hilarious. I now entertain my mom and coworkers with fun animal facts and other knowledge I’ve been gifted with by this show. Alie says things like “sad inner goblins” and has other witty and dorky asides and wordplay that make me laugh. Keep dropping those f-bombs and being you bc I’m one of the many who are here for it.

It seems that every time I get drunk and goto a bar I walk around and ask/tell people about your podcast. I’m a park ranger and everyone of our rangers religiously listen to you! Thanks for being curious!

I’ve been listening since Volcanos came out, even my kids listen (whether they want to or not) so going through life now - to the zoo, the park, to school and I keep hearing myself saying “there’s an ology for that!” Feel free to use that Alie, I would buy a shirt with that on it. There has never been an episode I haven’t been fully invested in and look forward to every new episode.

Hi Alie! I’m a 14 year old homeschooler who is always looking for ways to learn, and when I found your podcast a few months ago, it opened me up to so many new things, engaging me in ways I hadn’t before. I really appreciate your view on such a wide range of topics, and your guests always grasp my attention. Thanks for creating an outlet for learning and curiosity! P.S: I would love to see an episode on Cosmology or Enzymology. 😁

During a recent shift working the cash register in my role as a Death Doula of JoAnn Fabrics, I was ringing up a person who was buying a snail mug. I shared that I had just been listening to an Ologies podcast about mediaeval snails and she lit up! “Oh, with Ali Ward?! I haven’t heard that one yet!”When I mentioned that you have ties to Montana she actually squealed. We both hope to happen upon you in the wilds of our Big Sky country some day. Your show has armed my shy self with the confidence to pepper strangers with odd bits of information and now I have much more interesting conversations. Thanks for that and I give Ologies allllll the stars in the Big Sky. RIP JoAnn’s, the world is a lesser place without you.

Have you ever been sad that you can’t live a million years so that you could dedicate a lifetime to researching and learning all of the things? This is the podcast for you! You can live vicariously through all of the people you are wildly jealous of on account of their super cool jobs and brains.

This podcast is a breath of fresh air in a climate filled with misinformation. Science for the win!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Alie, thank you for doing an episode on long COVID when so many people are ignoring it and our government is actively declaring it doesn’t exist. This made me feel seen and cared for as a part of your audience.

I just started listening to Ologies last year and I’m addicted. It’s exactly what I need when I can’t listen to anymore current events and just want to laugh while learning fun facts. The hippo episode saved this Sunday afternoon for me. Thanks, Allie, you’re my favorite!

If you’re looking for a podcast that might change your life, this one is it! I use to LOVE science when I was younger but eventually found myself in marketing as an adult bc I thought I wouldn’t be able to pursue science. But after listening to this podcast, I fell back in love with science and have since worked with animals from dogs and bunnies to penguins and stingrays! Alie Ward is an energetic host and brings great guests on the show no matter what your jam is! Love it!

Listening to Alie talk each week about an intelligent topic by an informed smart person is enough for 5 stars. What makes this podcast so perfect is Alie. Listening to her talk and be witty is like listening to the audio version of warm tea with a little honey. Just cozy and perfect, calming and reassuring. Thanks Alie, this is what perfect content is.

I’m a vet tech — the animal and medical episodes speak to my soul!! I love listening before bed. Alie has such a lovely personality

Talked to my math teacher about ethiopian blends of coffee today. All of my teachers and friends recognise me as the girl who knows all these random tid bits of info now. Makes nyt connections better.

Ologies is an absolute gem of a podcast—an exuberant, hilarious, and heartfelt journey into the wild and wonderful world of science. Host Alie Ward brings an infectious enthusiasm and razor-sharp wit to every episode, making even the most obscure disciplines feel immediately fascinating and accessible.

And I just wanted to let you know how much I’m enjoying it (a lot!). I’ve been listening to Ologies for years and it introduced me to so many cool facts and inspired a number of poems I wrote for my university’s zoology newsletter. Thanks Dadward!

I’m 11 years old and love this podcast. No, I’m not kidding. No I do not listen to smologies. No, I do not listen to the bleeped ones. Yes, I actually understand it. This podcast is awesome and amazing and funny and helps me be smarter than my friends. My teacher does trivia every Friday and my team always wins because of this podcast. It would be really awesome to hear my review on the podcast but it’s totally 100% fine if u can’t/ won’t. Byeeeeeeee.

I love this podcast so much, because I just love learning about stuff. But boy does it grind my gears to think of how many niche careers my high school guidance counselor never told me about. The first episode I listened to was about lightning. I thought, “you can be an expert in lightning??” Dude said he got his degree in “fire science.” Like, I’m sorry, do you mean you’re a WIZARD? 1000/10, this podcast will both entertain you and peak your curiosity about subjects you never thought you’d be interested in.

This is the best of the best as a retired indoor landscape caregiver I love so much of this one it validates my life long experience with indoor gardens Thanks for every episode but this right now is my joyous moment

Just when I thought I couldn’t possibly love Ologies more, Alie did the houseplants episode. I’ve slowly developed more of a green thumb over the past decade, but this episode validated my incredible difficulty with succulents, while discussing one of my favorite topics:”.

I’ve been listening to ologies for a couple of years and promised myself I would write a review once I finally caught up. Instead, last night at bar trivia, I helped my team get a winning answer (what is the study of eggs? Oology, obviously) all thanks to ologies and ol’ dad Ward. Hopefully I’ll get caught up soon and maybe hear my review!

I really don’t know how this could be any better, week after week after week. 1000 thank yous.

I was waiting till I was caught up on episodes before I left a review, but then Alie made an episode about House Plants and I did a VERY perceptible butt dance. The content is top notch and the way Alie breaks concepts down to be relatable and memorable is beyond amazing. The best podcast to learn factoids that will forever leave your coworkers thinking you are a lunatic with an extremely adhd interest in science and the world. Thank you for all that you do Alie!

I finally have an answer to the evergreen question, who would you invite to dinner? I’ll invite Alie Ward. Standing invitation to dinner at my house, Alie! Let’s talk native plants. Or butterflies, or birds, or video games, or photography, or ….

Truly, the best science podcast out there. I have a commute of an hour or more and Alie never misses. Even when I find myself not interested in a topic, she makes it palatable. The worst thing about it is the show notes: you thought you were done, well here’s five more episodes you might like. Seriously, give it a listen. I proudly display my ologies merc everywhere I go and awkwardly find myself interjecting in conversations “oh there is an episode of ologies about that…”

Great podcast!! The most recent 3 (LC x2, trash TV) were well done, and highlighted ologies that I thought were pretty niche to me. I’m excited to see more people get introduced to these fascinating (if sometimes scary) subjects.

Never knew why people were into podcasts until I had to listen to an Ologies episode for a class. Now I can’t stop! Somehow Ologies blends together the perfect amount of entertainment with education. Only been a listener for 2 weeks now but I am a hungry caterpillar who can’t stop eating these up. I listen constantly from driving to work to doctors appointments (seriously suggest learning about super ant colonies while getting blood drawn to distract yourself 10/10). Alie Ward has gotten me, and countless others, to get that dream drive going again to continue on to get my next degree in ecology after I thought I had lost it forever. *I am updating this now in March 2025 and have since achieved my dream of being a park ranger. Do I use this as a source of knowledge to use during educational programs? Absolutely. No shame. But do I cite this as a primary or secondary source? That’s the real question.

Alie has been a great companion on commutes, errands and long drives for so many years. She has enlightened me and my family and my friends. I have quoted the show so often that my family cheered when opened a sweatshirt at Christmas

Fascinating and fun, you'll leave this show feeling happier and full of fun facts

This podcast is amazing, covering all the bases that I wanted. It talks about a large variety of topics, providing a layman's comprehension of a variety of topics in a witty manner with a healthy amount of humor sprinkled in to keep you engaged and heard. I love how down to earth the host is, and how aware she is of her viewer base, which makes it just that much better. 10/10.

A friend recommended this podcast and I’m so glad he did - it is engrossing, enlightening, engaging - and - entertaining! The topics are fascinating and Alie is an awesome host.

As a 28 year old who is still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up, this podcast is an invaluable resource. Thank you for helping open my eyes to careers and resources that I never knew existed 🤯🥰🫶

The episode on Diabetology was so helpful for me and my 13 yr old daughter recently diagnosed with T1D. Dr Natter was real yet cheerful and hopeful and so generous with his life story.

Normally I am nervous to look up a picture of a podcast host because the vision in my head breaks, but Alie is the only podcast host that I knew would be hot when I looked up a pic !

I have been listening to Ologies for three years now, always returning with love in my heart and curiosity in my mind. Alie is the most approachable, silly, delightful, and educational host. I frequently feel like I know her in real life, and that she has guided me through tough questions about my ADHD, my experiences with grief, and even my curiosities about butt stuff. I listen to this show on drives, while I clean my home, while knitting sweaters, and lately while I style my mannequin head in cosmetology school (I’m serious). The show is a soft, safe place for me to land. I always learn something new, and I always feel refreshed after an episode. Thank you Alie for creating my favorite podcast ever, I will always adore Ologies.

I absolutely love this show and all the reviews are true. You might think you have no interest in a topic, but wind up captivated by the guests’ knowledge and the host’s thoughtful questions. I am constantly recommending specific episodes to people. I would like to humbly request that Alie be a guest on the show Hot Ones because you and Sean would make the most incredible interview of all time!!

Ologies was recommended to me by a match on a dating site. I think it’s awesome, so I thought we would get along, but let’s just say that if Alie needs an expert for an episode about ghosts, I’m qualified. My new relationship with Ologies is by far the best thing I’ve gotten from a dating app. Right swipe for sure.

I love listening to Ologies (and Smologies with my little), I think my favorite is the tardigrade episode ♥️ Thanks for being awesome and sharing all the fun science Alie Ward 🧪 🧬

Some episodes are great and packed full of fun science facts and interesting conversations. However, some like the most recent are packed full of neurotic and delusional comments from the host, which discredits the science element of her show. Quite the let down.

I would love a science podcast that’s impartial and unbiased. It’s informative but you have to think twice about everything you hear because it’s just this lady trying to push her ide(ologies) in any way possible. The pronouns at the start of every episode is a little annoying, but I would still listen if that was the extent of the political push. If this was a podcast skewed more right than left the hate would be unimaginable.

I have this thing where if I find a podcast I start at the very beginning and I have to listen to every episode in order so I’m catching up. It’s taking a while, but I had to review now because the guy in the proptology episode is literally like one of the best people you’ve ever had on and I hope that he reads this and knows how special he is. Also, your podcast is the best podcast. You ask the best questions and I’m so grateful that this exists.

Alie and Ologies is a perfect mix of the show dirty jobs meets Ryan Reynolds meets Iliza Schlesinger meets my husband’s cousin Carly (I know none of you know her but this is the highest compliment, trust me)

Ologies is far and away the best podcast in the history of podcasts. These days everyone think they can do this. Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should!! But Alie Ward can and should continue to do this because she crushes it every time! Thank Alie for gracing us with your voice, knowledge, and delightful sense of curiosity and wonder.

The world is overwhelming right now and full of crises! It feels terrible! Being able to turn on Ologies and spend an hour thinking about how cool and weird the world is too keeps me able to move forward and fight all the bad things. Thanks Alie :)

Here’s the thing: I was one of those ~*aRtSy*~ kids who thought I wasn’t “good enough at science” to follow my curiosity into scientific fields. I wiiiiiish I had the Ologies (or Smologies!) podcast growing up. Alie is so inviting and engaging with every topic, while also being an enthusiastic and empathetic host. There’s no gatekeeping! Curiosity is always welcome! What’re you waiting for?? Fire up the Proscrastination-ology episode if you can’t pick one! p.s. I did follow my curiosity!! I’m now a biology graduate student studying interdisciplinary (and artsy!) approaches to climate literacy. Thanks for the encouragement, Dad Ward :)

I love learning new things with this podcast. I was recommended it to others as well. However, some people can’t get past the woke agenda with the “tell me your pronouns” during an introduction. She has smaller episodes that are supposed to be classroom friendly but it is not in my opinion with this pronoun agenda and should be redacted prior to playing in a classroom, too bad because great podcast.

it’s like my favorite science books are hugging me.

I love this show so much 100/10 I would love if you did a episode about moths specifically Luna moths