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I Wish You Were Dead — 197 episodes
Ep. 180: This Podcast Is Extinct (Final Episode)
Ep. 179: Today and Tomorrow: The Holocene Epoch
Ep. 178: Actually Yesterday: The Pleistocene Epoch
Ep. 177: Spinosaurs, The Weirdest Dinosaurs
Ep. 176: Crabs; The Perfect Life Form?
Ep. 175: The Magic of Stable Isotopes
Ep. 174: Animal Noise (Bioacoustics)
Ep. 173: Stegosaurs
See You in 2026!
Ep. 172: Basically Yesterday: The Pliocene Epoch
Ep. 171: Domestication
Ep. 170: An Episode That Doesn't Actually Exist
Update on Episode 170
Ep. 169: Jane Goodall
Ep. 168: Wood
Ep. 167: Monotremes (mammals that lay eggs!)
Ep. 166: Birth (Viviparity)
Quick Update!
Ep. 165: The Noisy Oceans
Ep. 164: Walking With Dinosaurs (2025) feat Gavin's Wife Liz!
Ep. 163: Walking With Dinosaurs (1999) feat. Gavin's Wife Liz
Ep. 162: Brains
Ep. 161: New York's Salty Potatoes
Ep. 160: Mike Takes The Wheel vol. 16: A Cursed Congressional Seat
Ep. 159: Taphonomy: How To Become A Fossil
Ep. 158: Isopods, Pill Bugs, and Roly Polies
Ep. 157: The "Dire Wolf" News
Ep. 156: Flowers feat. Liz! (Gavin's wife)
Ep. 155: Seagrass, The Underwater Amazon
Ep. 154: A Strangely Familiar World: The Miocene Epoch
Update For Episode 154
Ep. 153: The Scopes "Monkey" Trial (Part 2)
Ep. 152: The Scopes "Monkey" Trial (Part 1)
Ep. 151: Pigs
Happy New Year! (Update)
Update on Episode 151
Ep. 150: Mike Takes The Wheel vol. 15: Phineas Gage
Ep. 149: Venoms and Poisons
Ep. 148: Beetles
Ep. 147: Hurricanes & Tropical Storms
Ep. 146: The Science of Politics
Quick Update On This Episode & Hurricane Helene
Ep. 145: Swamps
Ep. 144: Mary Anning
Ep. 143: The Rise of Grasses (The Oligocene Epoch)
Ep. 142: Clams & Friends (Bivalves)
Ep. 141: Parasites and Other Freeloaders
Ep. 140: Mike Takes The Wheel vol. 14: Death By Baseball (Ray Chapman)
Ep. 138.5: Tattoos and Dinosaurs w/ Sierra Swenson, Lora Bird, & Rudy Hummel
EP. 139: Why YOU Should Be Volunteering
Ep. 138: How Not To Do Helicopter Science w/ Dr. Dave Krause & Sierra Swenson
Update and a Listener Question About Dinosaurs and Presidents
Ep. 137: Angry Birds: The Hawks and Eagles
Ep. 136: The Smithsonian
Ep. 135: Fia Takes The Wheel vol 5: Preserving Nature In Florida
Ep. 134: The Wonderful World of Ants w/ Dr. Nate Smith
EP. 133: Are Teeth Bones?
Ep. 132: The Largest Animals To Ever Live; Whales
Ep. 131: How Antarctica Got Its Ice: The Eocene Epoch
Ep. 130: Mike Takes The Wheel vol. 13: Budd Dwyer
Ep. 129 James Hutton (Father Of Modern Geology)
Ep. 128 Ontogeny (Growing Up)
Ep. 127 Herbivory (How To Eat Plants Without Dying)
Ep. 126 After The Dinosaurs (The Paleocene Epoch)
Ep. 125 Fia Takes The Wheel vol 4: Getting A PhD
Off This Week For Thanksgiving
Ep. 124 Geckos
Ep. 123 The Society Of Vertebrate Paleontology 2023
Ep. 122 Neandertals And Other Humans
Ep. 121 From Apes To Humans (Human Evolution)
Ep. 120 Mike Takes The Wheel vol. 12: The Other People Who Got Shot With JFK
Ep. 119 Tails
Ep. 118 The Science Of Student Loans
Ep. 117 Louis Agassiz (famous scientist)
Ep. 116 Ratites (the big birds)
Ep. 115 Mike Takes The Wheel Vol. 11: Grandma Gatewood
Ep. 114 The Great Oxidation Event
Ep. 113 The End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction (the one that killed the dinosaurs)
Episode 113 Postponed
Ep. 112 Cats (not the musical)
Ep. 111 The Duality of Cephalopods
Ep. 110 Mike Takes The Wheel vol. 10: Laika The Space Dog
Ep. 109 How Long Is A Day?
Ep. 108 The Academy of Natural Sciences w/ Dr. Ted Daeschler
Epside 108 Delayed Until Next Week
Ep. 107 The Jurassic Extinction??
Ep. 106 Sponges
Ep. 105 Mike Takes The Wheel Vol. 9: Broken Arrows
Ep. 104 Theropod Dinosaurs
Ep. 103 Georges Cuvier
Ep. 102 Grass
Ep. 101 Australia
Episode 100!!: The History of Paleontology
Episode 100 Postponed
Ep. 99 Turtles
Ep. 98 End-Triassic Mass Extinction
Ep. 97 Bats (Spooky Season)
Ep. 96 Fossil Laws Around The World
Ep. 95 Mike Takes The Wheel Vol. 8: The Dead Kennedys
Ep. 94 Snakes
Ep. 93 The Adirondack Mountains feat. Dr. Robert Darling
Ep. 92 Volcanoes
Ep. 91 Antarctica
Ep. 90 Fia Takes The Wheel vol. 3: Isle de Jean Charles
Ep. 89 The Great Dying (End-Permian Mass Extinction)
Ep. 88 A Wildlife Guide of Pandora (James Cameron's Avatar)
Ep. 87 Paleoclimate w/ Dr. Lorelei Curtin
Update on Episode 87 (Coming Friday)
Ep. 86 Primates
Ep. 85 Stingrays, Skates and Banjos
Ep. 84 State Fossils Part 2
Ep. 83 State Fossils Part 1
Ep. 82 Island Evolution w/ Carolyn Kocken & Rudolph Hummel
Ep. 81 The Carboniferous Rainforests
Ep. 80 Fia Takes The Wheel Vol. 2: Oysters Need Love Too
Ep. 79 Jurassic World: Dominion
Ep. 78 The Nature Of The Fossil Record
Ep. 77 ROAD TRIP!!
Ep. 76 The Rock Cycle
Ep. 75 Mike Takes The Wheel Vol. 7: The Buffalo Soldiers
Ep. 74 How Fish Learned To Walk
Ep. 73 The American Museum of Natural History
Ep. 72 The Late Devonian Extinction(s)?
Ep. 71 Intro To Plants
Ep. 70 Fia Takes The Wheel: The Rougarou
Ep. 69 (N)Ice Age: The Movie
Ep. 68 Brachiopods
Ep. 67.5 Who's the New Girl? It's Fia!
Ep. 67 Nicolas Steno
Ep. 66 The Underrated Silurian Period
Ep. 65 The Real Beauty of Camels w/ Dr. Darrin Pagnac
Ep. 64 The Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite w/ Jeremy Roberts
Ep. 63 Mike Takes The Wheel Vol. 6: Paul Farmer
Ep. 62 Amber
Ep. 61 Crocodilians
Ep. 60 The Evolution Of Claws
Ep. 59 The Ordovician Extinction
Ep. 58 The Tree Of Life
Ep. 57 The VelociPastor
Ep. 56 Manatees
Ep. 55: Farewell To The Calendar: A Holiday Episode
Ep. 54 Mike Takes The Wheel Vol. 5: Gavin Helps Edition
Ep. 53 Mammals (from 200 Million to 60 Million)
Ep. 52 How To become A Paleontologist (1-Year Pod-iversary)
Ep. 51 Snowball Earth
Ep. 50 The Cambrian Explosion
Ep. 49 Paleontology of Pokemon
Ep. 48 Cows and Related Phenomena
Ep. 47 The Biggest Hoax In Paleontology (Piltdown Man)
Ep. 46 Rhinos!!
Ep. 45 Poop! (or Coprolites if You're Fancy)
Ep. 44 So, Like, What Is Evolution Anyways?
Ep. 43 Mike Takes The Wheel Vol. 4: Robert Smalls
Ep. 42 Gavin has a Gig
Ep. 41 Plesiosaurs
Ep. 40 Cryptozoology
Ep. 39 Plate Tectonics
Ep. 38 La Brea Tar Pits
Ep. 37 Mike Takes The Wheel Vol. 3: Jeannette Rankin
Ep. 36 Dinosaur: The Movie
Ep. 35 Mammal Origins
Ep. 34 Reef!! With special guest Fia Campanino!!
Ep. 33 Decolonizing Paleontology with special guests Dr. Emma Dunne and Nussaïbah Raja
EP. 32 PETM: Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
Ep. 31.5 Shark Week Bonus Episode
Ep. 31 Sharks!!
Ep. 30 Sauropods are huge
Ep. 29 The Title is Pterosaurs
Ep. 28 Mike Takes The Wheel Vol. 2: Moses Fleetwood Walker
Ep. 27 Fossil Fuels
Ep. 26 The Elephant Episode
Ep. 25 The Lizard Episode
Ep. 24 New York State Geology
Ep. 23 Living Fossils are Dead
Ep. 22 Geologic Dating
Ep. 21 Flight!!
Ep. 20 6th Mass Extinction??
Ep. 19 Mike Takes The Wheel: Gouverneur Morris
Ep. 18 Gavin Has a Masters Degree*
Ep. 17 The Horse Episode
Ep. 16 The Great American Biotic Interchange
Ep. 15 National Parks
Ep. 14 The Publishing Industrial Complex
Ep 13. Dino Buttholes
Ep. 12 Gavin Has Finished His Masters Thesis*
No Episode This Week
Ep. 11 Field Work Part 3
Ep. 10 Field Work Part 2
Ep. 9 600 Million Years in 120 Minutes
Ep. 8 600 Million Years in 60 Minutes!?!?
Ep. 7 Pleistocene Rewilding
Ep. 6 The Bone Wars!
Ep. 5 You Gotta Know What You're Looking For
Ep. 4 Field Work Part 1
Ep. 3 Is Jurassic Park Good?
Ep. 2 The Dinosaur Episode
Ep. 1 Science Sucks Sometimes