Episodes

  • Uncut - Good Fish, Beardy Fish, Bastard Fish

    Uncut - Good Fish, Beardy Fish, Bastard Fish
    Dec 8 2025
    Tom Hird a.k.a Blowfish, presenter of Netflix's latest wildlife reality show smash hit All the Sharks and the world's ONLY heavy metal marine biologisy stops by to chat diving hydrothermal vents, the hazards of shark chumming and the most bastardly fish on the planet.

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    41 mins
  • Saving 500 Invisible Species

    Saving 500 Invisible Species
    Dec 4 2025
    Australia hasn't yet described 1/4 of its native bees. So how do we find and conserve them? Dr Kit Prendergast joins the podcast to fill us in on this crazy unexplored world of science, of insects lost and rediscovered, and the favourite bees she's discovered.

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    26 mins
  • Uncut - The Red Shanked Wrecking Ball Langur

    Uncut - The Red Shanked Wrecking Ball Langur
    Nov 30 2025
    Ethical wildlife travel guru, monkey saviour and influencer Connie Needham swings by to chat African vs. Asian elephants, hedgehog adjectives and the evolutionary benefits of being a rascal. But how on Earth did I make her say 'Eupleridae'?

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    43 mins
  • The Value of Ant Poo

    The Value of Ant Poo
    Nov 27 2025
    What do headless ants do? It's the worst job in the colony, but saves millions of lives. And humans do it too. Professor Adam Hart joins as guest to tell the story of how he discovered mutant waste collector ants in Panama and to finally reveal the value of ant poo!

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    28 mins
  • Uncut - Binturong Pee Smell

    Uncut - Binturong Pee Smell
    Nov 23 2025
    Zookeeper, podcaster and all-round animal nerd Rick Schwartz calls in to the show to discuss raising meerkats, the intelligence of fossa and what binturong pee smells like. But did I get him to say 'hectocotylus'?

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    41 mins
  • The Hairy Rhino Problem

    The Hairy Rhino Problem
    Nov 19 2025
    They're the last survivor of a genus 20 million years old and about to go extinct because of an argument. John Payne joins the podcast to tell the story of Sumatran rhinos from being skinned for Chinese armour to fire-breathing fables to the 40-year-old debate that screwed it all up. But is there still a chance of saving these hairy hornsters?

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    30 mins
  • What A Bat Sees

    What A Bat Sees
    Nov 12 2025
    The Mayan bat God Camazotz was a nasty piece of work. But there's a more terrifying myth (for bats at least): that bats can't see. In this episode, Swedish scientist Johan Eklöf tells the story of how he used moth lollipops to prove bats hunt with their eyes as well as their ears.

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    21 mins
  • Uncut - Hagfish at a Dinner Party

    Uncut - Hagfish at a Dinner Party
    Nov 9 2025
    Top nature YouTuber and deep sea savant Leo Richard hops on to chat hagfish table manners, giant sharks and whether unlocking immortality would doom the planet. But did I get him to say 'octopodes'?

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    46 mins