• Bird is the Word
    Dec 15 2025

    Aired 12/8/2025. For the final episode of 2025, Jeremy and Kiley are joined by Kendahl Chergosky (and bird friend Winona) from the World Bird Sanctuary. For the news, three cover how a volcanic eruption caused the Bubonic Plague, deep sea mining for green technologies, and a satellite company's ambitious plan to control sunlight. After the break, we talk all things birding, including the ecological importance of birds, bird watching, services of World Bird Sanctuary, bird counts, and how citizens can protect birds in their communities.

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Let Me Plant One On Ya
    Nov 17 2025

    Aired 11/10/2025. On a plant themed episode of That Science and Nature Show, Jeremy and Kiley are joined by international student and Bovard Fellow at the Missouri Botanical Garden, Derek John V. Baganoc. News covers James Watson's death, why scientists don't know why leaves turn red, how climate change is causing roofs in Paris to overheat, and have researchers studying trauma cope. Topic of the show covers all things plants, discussing their importance, classification of plants, how plants differ with climate, invasive plants, the important work the Missouri Botanical Garden does, and have scientists and community members can help with plant conservation.

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Criminally Underrated
    Oct 20 2025

    Aired 10/13/2025. For a crime themed episode, Jeremy and Kiley are joined by PhD candidate Ellie Lyne in the criminology and criminal justice department. The three discuss news of Jane Goodall's passing, how creative hobbies can age your brain slower, teenagers use of AI as romantic partners, and green turtles bouncing back from conservation initiatives. Topic of the show covers all things crime: types of crime, theories behind it, how society views it, misconceptions, and our obsession with crime based media.

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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • The Social Hour
    Sep 29 2025

    Aired 9/22/2025. For the new season premiere, Jeremy is joined by brand new cohost Kiley Chernicky, along with guest Addy Yoder to kick things off. The three discuss tattoos and cancer risk, wildfire smoke and health risks, and prisoners helping with wildlife rehabilitation in the news. Topic of the covers social behavior, encompassing lots of subtopics, like the social groups we are a part of, animal behavior and sociality, taboos and cultural norms, famous social psychology experiments, social media, and social contagions.

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    1 hr
  • Summer Special: Stories From the Field Part 3
    Aug 4 2025

    Recorded 7/25/2025. For the second summer special of 2025 and season finale, Jeremy is rejoined by Soren Johnson and Erik Johnson for another rendition of Stories from the Field, where they share funny and interesting tales of things that have happened to them while doing field research.

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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • Summer Special: The Anxious Generation
    Jun 22 2025

    Recorded 6/20/2025. For the first summer special of 2025, Jeremy is joined by Webster Heffern and Ketra Oketcho for a discussion of Jonathan Haidt's book "The Anxious Generation". The book presents the problem of how kids are now having "phone-based childhoods" instead of "play-based childhoods", and this is causing a lot of problems in society because of this newer change in children's development. The three discuss their thoughts on the major points of the book, including the solutions that Haidt provides in tackling the problem.

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    1 hr and 35 mins
  • Caving In
    May 9 2025

    Aired 5/6/2025. For the final podcast episode of this Spring, Jeremy is rejoined by Soren Johnson, as well as UMSL staff member and campus photographer Derik Holtmann. The three cover lab grown teeth, chess player always using the same opening moves, and why mosquitoes bite some people more than others in the news. Topic of the show covers caving and cave biology, with Soren and Derik bringing their expertise on cave as ecosystems, their importance, and how to get into caving recreationally.

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    1 hr
  • The Concrete Jungle
    Apr 25 2025

    Recorded 4/22/2025. This week on the podcast, Jeremy is joined by James Faupel from the Bellefontaine Cemetery, along with Jenn Voss and Ariel Alan from UMSL Sustainability. News this week covers possible life on a marine planet many light years away, how community nature programs can treat mental health, and pumping carbon out of the ocean as a tactic to fight climate change. In honor of Earth Day, topic of the show this week covers Urban Ecology. Our discussion talks about how cities are unique ecosystems, the good and bad urban areas can do for plants and animals, and how we can support wildlife in cities as we expand.

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    1 hr and 7 mins