Ologies

This is blowing our minds. Thank you @Time Magazine for not only including us in the Top 100 Podcasts of All Time (!) but for this surreal accompanying art that I earnestly thought was a joke from my agent @travlap . Doing this show for the last 8 years has been a dream for me, but the Ologists make it exceptional and I’m so grateful to have wormed my way into their orbits. Thanks to everyone who works so hard to put out ~90 minute episodes every week: Susan Hale, @mercedesdigsit @jakechaffee @noellydil @jarrett_sleeper @erintalbert @siriusxmpodcasts and the folks along the way @stevenraymorris @bonidutch @kungfoofeltus @thecalebpatton @jayscards . Wow. Holy shit.

You made it through another week! You deserve some #ologiesart to start off your weekend. Tonight’s round up includes a first time quilt!! Give these creators some love because we need them in this world. Art by: @ginkgozee @windheld @kristingibby_art @akkaren @_kness @flora.and.fauna.embroidery @jpopstudios @wombatwisdoms @cjsearles

hey so I didn’t finish this week’s episode on time so instead I give you a wall to wall secrets episode with lots of pauses and ums and confessions and zero edits. Sorry/thanks!

🦃 QUICK TURKEY ANATOMY LESSON Around the head area, you have a lot of wobbly business: 🔸CARUNCLES: The bumps on the head and neck that look like the skin of a gourd made of blood clots. 🔸WATTLE: The fleshy skin sail that hangs from the turkey’s neck. Also known as a dewlap. 🔸SNOOD: The fleshy protuberance on the forehead that dingle dangles over the beak. These are all capable of changing different shades of red, white and blue based on the turkey’s emotion. Each feature is typically smaller and less colorful on female turkeys (hens) than male turkeys (toms). Moving down the body we also have: 🔸BEARD: The tassel of thick, hair-like feathers that stick out of the turkey’s chest. 🔸SPURS: The little daggers on most male turkey legs primarily used for defense. The characteristics of these features vary by sex and age. Most hens lack beards and very rarely grow prominent spurs. Beards and spurs both grow with age on toms. 1 - A tom with prominent snood, wattle, and caruncles. Major caruncles are often located at the bottom of the neck. 📸 @honeysucklehillpoultry 2 - A tom on full display with beard and spur visible. 📸 @jimmyb_intothewild 3 - This tom’s long, deep red snood makes him a desirable mate. 📸 @pagamecomm 4 - This tom’s shrunken, pale red snood indicates he is likely calm. 📸 @widar_wildlife 5 - Another calm tom with pale head and shrunken snood plus visible beard and spur. 📸 @hanksgamecallsjr 6 - A young tom with short beard. 📸 @littleredfarmstead 7 - Hen with small snood and caruncles. 📸 @outdoors.rc 8 - Sexual dimorphism in turkeys. The tom (right) is larger with a longer snood and more prominent wattle and caruncles. 📸 @smallfarmcharm 9 - Another example of sexual dimorphism. 📸 @rayfetherman 10 - A bright red head on a tom. 📸 @thekeetlifefarm 11 - A blue head on a tom. 📸 @scottallen19 12 - A multicolored tom head likely indicates confidence. 📸 @mattaddington Listen to our episode on Meleagrology (TURKEYS) at the link in bio or wherever you get your podcasts.

FACT OR FLIMFLAM: Benjamin Franklin wanted a turkey on the Great Seal of the United States instead of a bald eagle. ❌ FLIMFLAM. Although Benjamin Franklin was appointed to the nation’s first seal design committee in 1776 with John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, none of their proposals included turkeys OR eagles. Elements from three different committees were incorporated into the final design which was approved in 1782. There is no record of Benjamin Franklin criticizing the Great Seal. Franklin did, however, draft a letter in 1784 about the insignia for patriotic hereditary organization The Society of the Cincinnati. He thought the eagle on its emblem looked more like a turkey. Franklin wrote, “I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country. He is a bird of bad moral character… by no means a proper emblem for the brave and honest Cincinnati of America.” He joked, “In truth, the turkey is in comparison a much more respectable bird” and “a bird of courage.” This letter remained private and unpublished until 27 years after Franklin’s death. The misconception Benjamin Franklin advocated for the turkey on the Great Seal of the United States was seemingly popularized around Thanksgiving 1962 when a cover of the New Yorker featured an illustration of what the seal might look like if a turkey was deemed the national symbol. 1 - The November 24, 1962 cover of the New Yorker 2 - A proposal for the Great Seal of the United States submitted by Franklin’s committee 3 - The approved seal 4 - The emblem of The Society of the Cincinnati 5 - The letter drafted by Franklin in 1784 For more turkey facts, listen to our latest episode, Meleagrology (TURKEYS), at the link in bio or wherever you get your podcasts.

Ologies Merch Monday has returned with cutie Ologites and fur babies! If you’d like to show your support we’ve got ologies hats, tees, hoodies and even fanny packs over at OlogiesMerch.com or tap to shop. Tag us, dm us, or #OlogiesMerch in your pics to be featured.

Couple things about wild turkeys: (1) they fly and (2) they roost in trees. In our latest episode, Meleagrology (TURKEYS), archaeologist and turkey researcher Dr. Cyler Conrad explains the protection mechanisms: “They fly short distances. They’re keeping themselves and their little flock of birds safe by flying up into trees. That’s usually the extent of their flying, but if there’s a predator, they can jump up and fly quickly.” These four foot tall feathered beanbags with legs can actually run much faster than you. They can fly as fast as the slow lane on a freeway and as far as a football field if they really need to, just enough to get outta dodge. Dr. Conrad continues: “Hens will nest on the ground but they like to sleep in the trees.” So turkeys sleep upstairs in a tree. Downstairs on the ground are the babies (until they can fly in 2-4 weeks). It seems backwards, leaving delicious eggs and tiny poults on the ground, but it’s been working for them for the last 20 million years. Now how do these big ol’ birds sleep in trees without tipping over? “Some scientists think that — like other tree sleeping birds — when they squat down on a branch to sleep, there’s a tendon that shortens up and locks the toes onto the branch. Other ornithologists think that turkeys, because they have front heavy bodies, are just using their breast heft to help balance them.“ Listen to Meleagrology (TURKEYS) at the link in bio or wherever you listen to podcasts. 📸 and 🎥 via @fl_fowlmouthoutdoors (1 & 2), @outdoors.rc (3 &4), @edwinavongal (5), @rianburris (6), @heritageoutfitters (7), @finleydunlop (8), @four.season.photo (9), @chasing_49 (10)

It isn’t Friday night without an #Ologiesart round up! We’ve got a wonderfullll line up for you: a double sided quilt, a beaver butter dish, goth moths, and swipe to the end for a nudi tattoo! Ologite artists: @threeforksfarmsmanitoulin and mama @ginkgozee @stephaniekincade @kristingibby_art @ambertatts @apcuriosities @taillesscatstudio @_kness @fennekart

TURKEYS. Not an encore, because they deserve attention all 52 weeks a year. Wattles. Snoods. Struts. Vibes. The audacity, mirrors, rainstorms, creepy ones, alt universes + the deep connections between turkeys and Indigenous cultures. Please enjoy Dr. Cyler Conrad, in praise of the turkey. Link in bio or wherever you get podcasts, folks! Also please tell us your favorite turkey story below.

Friday means #ologiesart round up! We have some lovely earth day inspired art to share with you this evening. As well as some nudibranch ink! Who else has nudi tattoos?? Art by: @taillesscatstudio @apcuriosities @rachaelbeeartwork @ginkgozee @krysten.cheryl @pinkboy.tattoo & @trueromancetattoos @darbijodraws @_kness @stephaniekincade

Frigid temperatures, tiny flecks of plastic, bears, big red parkas, ice sheets, microscopic signs of life, and “Should I try to visit Antarctica?” NatGeo Explorer and Antarcticologist @arielwaldman hosts the @pbs series “#LifeUnearthed” and we cover so much vast, frozen ground in this one – including why you should cold email someone. Like, today. Did you listen? Let’s talk. Also of course follow Ariel and check out her show on YouTube and PBS. A stunning, freezing marvel.

In an encore of one of our top episodes ever, @therealdoczoff is back to chat about her brand new book, Tell Me Where It Hurts. So… pain. What is it? Where does it come from? And how can we hurt less? Which hurts more, a kidney stone or heartache? Why does chronic pain persist? Can we turn down our pain dials? To answer these huge questions, pain psychologist Dr. Rachel Zoffness enthusiastically explains the brain, pain and how to retrain it. She is an unabashed neuronerd and a ray of hope in a field that is misunderstood, neglected and under-explained. She’s a life changer. Did you listen?