Episodes

  • Episode 19: The Platypus
    Apr 3 2024
    Learn all about the duck-billed Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) from Ilana! This Australian animal shares traits with ducks and coconuts, but it's actually a mammal ready to paralyze it's foes at any moment.

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    For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our website.

    Timestamps

    Species introduction: 0:00 - 2:54

    Description: 2:55 - 12:15

    Habitat and ecology: 9:13 - 21:27

    Reproduction and courtship: 21:28 - 23:14

    Platypuses and people: 23:15 - 29:43

    Conservation: 29:44 - 34:10

    How it's queer: 36:15 - end

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    About Us

    Queerly Natural was created by Ilana Z, Sage Roden, and Elizabeth Fuhrman. We are biologists fighting queerphobia, promoting underrepresented perspectives, teaching ecology, and helping queer people relate to the diverse organisms we live among on this beautiful planet! Our music is "Lo-Fi Music Guitar (Short Version)" by Migfus20 (https://freesound.org/people/Migfus20/sounds/578131/), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.

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    48 mins
  • Episode 18: Lungwort
    Mar 6 2024
    Join Ilana to learn all about lungwort (Lobaria pulmonaria) from Sage. It (or should we say they?) is a charismatic photosynthetic organism that doesn't really fit labels.

    For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our website.

    Please take a minute and rate our show! If you like Queerly Natural, you can support us by contributing to our Patreon or Ko-fi. You can also check out our new bookstore! Thank you so much for listening!

    Timestamps

    Species introduction: 0:00 - 3:49

    Description: 3:50 - 12:15

    Habitat and ecology: 13:18 - 24:14

    Conservation: 26:33 - 33:47

    How it's queer: 35:25 - end

    Find Us Online

    Follow us @QueerlyNatural on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram or check out our website.

    About Us

    Queerly Natural was created by Ilana Z, Sage Roden, and Elizabeth Fuhrman. We are biologists fighting queerphobia, promoting underrepresented perspectives, teaching ecology, and helping queer people relate to the diverse organisms we live among on this beautiful planet! Our music is "Lo-Fi Music Guitar (Short Version)" by Migfus20 (https://freesound.org/people/Migfus20/sounds/578131/), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.

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    52 mins
  • Episode 17: The Papaya
    Feb 7 2024

    Join our hosts, two fruits, to learn all about one of the world's favorite fruits, the papaya (Carica papaya). Find out how the papaya breaks the norms of biological sex even among plants, who are already known to not follow "the rules."

    For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our website.

    Please take a minute and rate our show! If you like Queerly Natural, you can support us by contributing to our Patreon or Ko-fi. You can also check out our new bookstore! Thank you so much for listening!

    Timestamps

    Species introduction: 0:00 - 3:21

    Description: 3:22 - 9:01

    Habitat and ecology/domestication: 9:02 - 19:23

    How it's queer: 20:38 - end

    Find Us Online

    Follow us @QueerlyNatural on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram or check out our website.

    About Us

    Queerly Natural was created by Ilana Z, Sage Roden, and Elizabeth Fuhrman. We are biologists fighting queerphobia, promoting underrepresented perspectives, teaching ecology, and helping queer people relate to the diverse organisms we live among on this beautiful planet! Our music is "Lo-Fi Music Guitar (Short Version)" by Migfus20 (https://freesound.org/people/Migfus20/sounds/578131/), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.

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    37 mins
  • Episode 16: The Green Frog
    Jan 3 2024

    Join Ilana to learn about the green frog (Lithobates clamitans) from Sage. Ilana will find out that the green frog is very frog, but not very green, and they're always ready for a fight. Sage answers the important questions like: are we turning the friggin' frogs gay, or have they been that way all along? Let's see what the research says.

    For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our website.

    Please take a minute and rate our show! If you like Queerly Natural, you can support us by contributing to our Patreon or Ko-fi. Thank you so much for listening!

    Timestamps

    Species introduction: 0:00 - 5:15

    Description: 5:16 - 11:55

    Habitat and ecology: 11:56 - 17:16

    Life cycle + reproduction: 17:17 - 22:40

    How it's queer: 24:45 - end

    *** Content warning: homophobia and transphobia ***

    Find Us Online

    Follow us @QueerlyNatural on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram or check out our website.

    About Us

    Queerly Natural was created by Ilana Z, Sage Roden, and Elizabeth Fuhrman. We are biologists fighting queerphobia, promoting underrepresented perspectives, teaching ecology, and helping queer people relate to the diverse organisms we live among on this beautiful planet! Our music is "Lo-Fi Music Guitar (Short Version)" by Migfus20 (https://freesound.org/people/Migfus20/sounds/578131/), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.

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    47 mins
  • Episode 15: The Side-Blotched Lizard
    Dec 6 2023
    Join Sage as Ilana teaches them about the side-blotched lizard, a very lizard-shaped lizard that is strangely good at rock, paper, scissors, even though they only know what one of those three nouns is (probably rock)

    For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our website.

    Please take a minute and rate our show! Thanks so much for listening!

    Timestamps

    Species introduction: 0:00 - 9:07

    Description: 9:08 - 14:30

    Habitat and ecology: 14:31 - 20:17

    How it's queer: 21:20 - end

    *** content warning: description of anti-indigenous colonizer violence: 3:20 - 6:30 ***

    Find Us Online

    If you like Queerly Natural, you can support us by contributing to our Patreon or Ko-fi, or by spreading the word! Follow us @QueerlyNatural on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram or check out our website

    About Us

    Queerly Natural was created by Ilana Z, Sage Roden, and Elizabeth Fuhrman. We are biologists fighting queerphobia, promoting underrepresented perspectives, teaching ecology, and helping queer people relate to the diverse organisms we live among on this beautiful planet! Our music is "Lo-Fi Music Guitar (Short Version)" by Migfus20 (https://freesound.org/people/Migfus20/sounds/578131/), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.

     
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    34 mins
  • Episode 14: The Bowhead Whale
    Dec 2 2022
    Sage teaches Ilana about the bowhead whale, a large hard-headed maritime mammal.  

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    Timestamps

    Species intro and taxonomy: Start - 6:49

    Description: 6:50 - 13:44

    Ecology and reproduction: 13:45 - 26:26

    Human impact: 26:27 - 30:40

    How it’s queer: 31:27 - end

     

     

    Content warnings: discussion of colonization and species loss 28:17 - 30:40

     

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    If you like Queerly Natural, you can help us increase our audience by spreading the word! Follow us @QueerlyNatural on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, or check out our website! We also have a Patreon and Kofi if you’re interested in supporting our work.

     

    About Us

    Queerly Natural was created by Ilana Z, Hannah Roden, and Elizabeth Fuhrman. We are biologists fighting queerphobia, promoting underrepresented perspectives, teaching ecology, and helping queer people relate to the diverse organisms we live among on this beautiful planet! Our music is "Lo-Fi Music Guitar (Short Version)" by Migfus20 (https://freesound.org/people/Migfus20/sounds/578131/), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.

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    38 mins
  • Episode 13: The European Honey Bee
    Oct 28 2022
    Join Sage and Ilana as they learn about the queerness of the honeybee from guest Sreelakshmi Suresh! Sreelakshmi tells us all about the lives of honeybees and their unique way of determining biological sex.   For more information, take a look at our website.

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    Content warnings: discussion of colonization, description of genitals

    Find Us Online

    If you like Queerly Natural, you can help us increase our audience by spreading the word! Follow us @QueerlyNatural on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, or check out our website! We also have a Patreon and Kofi if you’re interested in supporting our work.

    About Us

    Queerly Natural was created by Ilana Z, Hannah Roden, and Elizabeth Fuhrman. We are biologists fighting queerphobia, promoting underrepresented perspectives, teaching ecology, and helping queer people relate to the diverse organisms we live among on this beautiful planet! Our music is "Lo-Fi Music Guitar (Short Version)" by Migfus20 (https://freesound.org/people/Migfus20/sounds/578131/), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.

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    40 mins
  • Episode 12: The Striped Maple
    Oct 7 2022
    Join Sage as Ilana teaches them about the striped maple, a shrubby tree that does some pretty queer things on its deathbed.

    For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our website.

    Please take a minute and rate our show! It will make a world of difference in getting our show out there for more people to know about. Thanks so much for listening!

    Timestamps
    Species introduction: 0:00 - 1:54
    Description: 1:55 - 9:16
    Habitat and ecology: 9:17 - 15:08
    How it's queer: 16:15 - end

    Find Us Online

    If you like Queerly Natural, you can help us increase our audience by spreading the word! Follow us @QueerlyNatural on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, or check out our website! We also have a Patreon and Kofi if you’re interested in supporting our work.

    About Us

    Queerly Natural was created by Ilana Z, Hannah Roden, and Elizabeth Fuhrman. We are biologists fighting queerphobia, promoting underrepresented perspectives, teaching ecology, and helping queer people relate to the diverse organisms we live among on this beautiful planet! Our music is "Lo-Fi Music Guitar (Short Version)" by Migfus20 (https://freesound.org/people/Migfus20/sounds/578131/), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.

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    33 mins