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Okay, But… Birds

NuevoOkay, but is birdsong really a boys club?12 de noviembre de 2026 · 30 min
Episodios
49
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cada semana
Ubicación
Denver, CO
Último episodio
12 Nov 2026

Sobre el podcast

Hosted by evolutionary biologist Dr. Scott Taylor, Okay, But... Birds explores the drama, brilliance, and science behind bird life. Each snackable 30-minute episode blends smart storytelling, expert interviews, and a touch of humor to reveal how birds shape our world. No jargon. No binoculars required. Just real science, quirky insights, and bird-brained drama you’ll want to share at brunch. Because birds aren’t background. Birds are cool.

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Episodios 49

  1. Okay, but is birdsong really a boys club?

    30 minTemporada 1 · Episodio 48

    Con Dr. Karan Odom

    E48. Picture a bird singing. Odds are you pictured a male, because that is what the field guides taught us. Dr. Karan Odom of the University of the Pacific studies female birdsong, and she explains why assuming …

  2. Okay, but how bad are cats for birds?

    31 minTemporada 1 · Episodio 47

    Con Dr. Peter Marra

    E47. Cats kill billions of birds every year, but where does that number come from, and does the cat on your couch count? Dr. Pete Marra, dean of the Earth Commons at Georgetown University and co-author of Cat …

  3. Okay, but why are we obsessed with crows and ravens?

    36 minTemporada 1 · Episodio 46

    Con Dr. Claudia Wascher

    E46. Crows and ravens fill our oldest stories, and plenty of us want one as a friend. Dr. Claudia Wascher, professor of behavioral biology at Anglia Ruskin University, explains what makes corvids seem so …

  4. Okay, but is the lyrebird a liar?

    31 minTemporada 1 · Episodio 45

    Con Dr. Anastasia Dalziell

    E45. Lyrebirds can copy a chainsaw, a car alarm and a camera shutter, so it is easy to call them liars. Dr. Anastasia Dalziell of Western Sydney University has spent years recording them in the wild, and she …

  5. Okay, but what's threatening the apex predators of the sky?

    33 minTemporada 1 · Episodio 44

    Con Dr. Todd Katzner

    E44. An adult eagle has no natural predators, so why are birds of prey declining? Dr. Todd Katzner, a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, explains the surprising dangers facing golden eagles and …

  6. Okay, but how terrifying were terror birds?

    26 minTemporada 1 · Episodio 43

    Con Dr. Federico "Dino" Degrange

    E43. For millions of years, South America’s top predators weren’t cats or bears. They were birds, some taller than a person. Paleontologist Dr. Federico "Dino" Degrange of the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba …

  7. Okay, but what happens when a bird gets sick?

    33 minTemporada 1 · Episodio 42

    Con Dr. Andrea Townsend

    E42. Birds get sick too, and a lot of what happens next looks surprisingly familiar. Dr. Andrea Townsend of Hamilton College has spent two decades following American crows through outbreaks, and she walks Scott …

  8. Okay, but griffins, and ligers, and birds, oh my!

    32 minTemporada 1 · Episodio 41

    Con Dr. Glaucia Del-Rio

    E41. Centaurs, mermaids, minotaurs: we have been inventing creatures that are two things at once for as long as we have told stories. Birds do it for real. Dr. Glaucia Del-Rio of the Florida Museum of Natural …

  9. Okay, but... cranes!

    32 minTemporada 1 · Episodio 40

    E40. There are only 15 crane species on the planet, and 11 of them are in trouble. Dr. Andy Caven, Director of Central Flyway Programs for the International Crane Foundation, has spent his career on two of …

  10. Okay, but why does that bird look so rough?

    31 minTemporada 1 · Episodio 39

    E39. Every August the questions start: there is a cardinal at the feeder with no head feathers, and it looks terrible. Nothing is wrong with it. It is molting, which every bird does at least every year. Dr …

  11. Okay, but what's up with feathers?

    33 minTemporada 1 · Episodio 38

    E38. You have pulled one out of a jacket sleeve at a bad angle, picked one up on a walk, and you are almost certainly within arm's reach of a few thousand of them right now. Dr. Cody Limber, who recently …

  12. Okay, but does age bring Wisdom?

    31 minTemporada 1 · Episodio 37

    E37. A bird called Wisdom was banded on Midway Atoll in 1956 and is still laying eggs today, which makes her at least 75 and the oldest known wild bird on the planet. She has also outlived the man who banded …

  13. Okay, but do hummingbirds ever chill?

    31 minTemporada 1 · Episodio 36

    E36. Hummingbirds run one of the fastest metabolisms of any animal with a backbone, which is why we picture them as permanently buzzing. Scott sits down with Dr. Anusha Shankar, assistant professor at the Tata …

  14. Okay, but what's the deal with Darwin's finches?

    36 minTemporada 1 · Episodio 35

    E35. Eighteen species of small brown bird on a pile of volcanic rock have taught us more about how evolution actually works than almost anything else on Earth. Not because Darwin figured them out. He didn't …

  15. Okay, but what's the deal with nests?

    29 minTemporada 1 · Episodio 34

    E34. Not all birds build one, but for the ones that do, a nest has a single job and a shockingly wide range of ways to get it done. Dr. Vanya Rohwer, Curator of Birds and Mammals at the Cornell University …

  16. Okay, but how do birds handle a heatwave?

    26 minTemporada 1 · Episodio 33

    E33. When the air temperature climbs past a bird's own body temperature, staying cool stops being free and starts to cost them water they may not have. Dr. Blair Wolf, University of New Mexico, has spent his …

  17. Okay, but how does wildfire smoke impact birds?

    31 minTemporada 1 · Episodio 32

    E32. Wildfire smoke is blanketing more of the map every year, and it turns out a smoky sky changes everything for birds, from how they breathe to whether we can find them at all. Dr. Olivia Sanderfoot, Research …

  18. Okay, but did birds invent music?

    30 minTemporada 1 · Episodio 31

    E31. If a bird sings a phrase worthy of Beethoven, is that music, or just biology in a nice outfit? Dr. Hollis Taylor, a violinist, composer, and ornithologist, has spent more than two decades recording and …

  19. Okay, but is the dawn chorus getting quieter?

    35 minTemporada 1 · Episodio 30

    E30. That wall of birdsong outside your window at sunrise has a name, a structure, and a surprising amount of drama. This week Scott talks with Dr. Dan Mennill, a professor at the University of Windsor who …

  20. Okay, but what's it like as a bird at the top of the world?

    34 minTemporada 1 · Episodio 29

    E29. Standing at 11,000 feet, lungs burning, Scott watched birds go about their afternoon in the exact thin air that had nearly taken him out. This week he sits down with Dr. Chris Witt, evolutionary biologist …

  21. Okay, but does easy living make birds dumber?

    33 minTemporada 1 · Episodio 28

    E28. A bird's brain is the most expensive thing it owns, and evolution doesn't hand one out for free. Dr. Carlos Botero, Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, has spent a decade tracing what …

  22. Okay, but... pigeons!

    33 minTemporada 1 · Episodio 27

    E27. They’ve been called "rats with wings," but pigeons are actually elite athletes, historical icons, and evolutionary marvels. Scott chats with Dr. Elizabeth Carlen, a postdoc at the Living Earth …

  23. Okay, but did birds originate the open relationship?

    35 minTemporada 1 · Episodio 26

    E26. We borrowed a phrase from human dating and tried to pin it on birds. Turns out they never needed the rulebook. Dr. Wenfei Tong, biologist and author of Bird Love, joins Scott to unpack what bird …

  24. Okay, but... boobies!

    34 minTemporada 1 · Episodio 25

    E25. The blue-footed booby has become an internet personality: cartoon feet, a goofy strut, a name that practically begs to be a punchline. But Scott sat down with Dr. Carlos Zavalaga, Universidad Científica …

  25. Okay, but what about birds that can't fly?

    33 minTemporada 1 · Episodio 24

    E24. Flight is the thing we associate most with birds, so what does it mean when a lineage gives it up? Dr. Scott Edwards, Harvard, joins Scott to unpack how flightlessness evolves, why it keeps happening …

  26. Okay, but can a bird really cooperate with humans?

    33 minTemporada 1 · Episodio 23

    E23. Across sub-Saharan Africa, wild birds and people work together to find honey. No taming, no breeding, no domestication… just a partnership thousands of years in the making. Behavioral ecologist Dr. Jessica …

  27. Okay, but can birds predict the weather?

    34 minTemporada 1 · Episodio 22

    E22. Folklore says birds know a storm is coming before we do. Scott talks with Dr. Gunnar Kramer, Iowa State University, about what's actually happening when a tiny warbler decides it's time to fly, or time to …

  28. Okay, but can birds smell?

    34 minTemporada 1 · Episodio 21

    E21. We're talking sense and scents with Dr. Danielle Whittaker, Oregon State, and author of The Secret Perfume of Birds, who spent a decade unraveling a 200-year-old myth that started with John James Audubon …

  29. Okay, but what can we learn from a drawer of birds?

    35 minTemporada 1 · Episodio 20

    E20. Less than 1% of what's in a museum is actually on display. So what's happening with the other 99%? Scott talks with Dr. Sushma Reddy, Breckenridge Chair of Ornithology at the Bell Museum and Associate …

  30. Okay, but are bird feeders helping or hurting?

    33 minTemporada 1 · Episodio 19

    E19. More than 55 million Americans feed birds, and it's not exactly clear the birds asked us to. Dr. Olivia Sanderfoot, Research Scientist and Project Leader of FeederWatch at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology …

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