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1 week ago | 
maximumfun.org | Ellen Weatherford
Episode notes Ellen bites off more than she can chew with parrotfish. We discuss the Mohs scale, Korn corn, throat teeth, crystal chainmail, sleeping bags made of snot, being terminally male, and so much more.
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2 weeks ago | 
maximumfun.org | Ellen Weatherford
Episode notes Join Ellen & special guest, champion of the reef Jessie Palmer, as we try to save the world one polyp at a time.
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1 month ago | 
maximumfun.org | Ellen Weatherford
Episode notes Join Ellen & special guest, evolutionary biologist and herpetologist Dr. Mark D. Scherz, for a look through the magnifying glass at miniaturized animals.
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1 month ago | 
maximumfun.org | Ellen Weatherford
Episode notes Christian walks to the beat of the American woodcock & Ellen throws shade at camel spiders. We discuss peent, walking with rhythm to attract the worm, beak smooches, chain e-mails, girl dinner, ant massacres, and so much more.
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1 month ago | 
maximumfun.org | Ellen Weatherford
Episode notes Christian is up a creek without a paddlefish & an unusual deep-sea worm becomes the butt of Ellen’s jokes. We discuss a previous guest getting electrocuted for shark science, hot takes on the whole direwolf de-extinction thing, the unexpected hybridization of the sturddlefish, why pigbutt worms are like that, statistically insignificant haters, and so much more.
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2 months ago | 
maximumfun.org | Ellen Weatherford
Episode notes Join Ellen & special guest, author Brooke Hartman, for a look at some of the animal kingdom’s most deceptively adorable assassins. We discuss evolutionary arms race, hot ones for mice, Mr. Yuck, an insect isekai, a toxic honeypot, and so much more. These cuties are slaying more than just their prey.
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2 months ago | 
maximumfun.org | Ellen Weatherford
Episode notes Ellen goes nuts for the eastern gray squirrel & a little bird told Christian about the budgerigar (AKA parakeet). We discuss the MaxFunDrive, Pikachu, the e-nut, squirrel crime, fluorescent feathers, spicy air, Bluey, and so much more.
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2 months ago | 
maximumfun.org | Ellen Weatherford
Episode notes In a continuation of our dinosaur double-feature, Ellen is joined by a paleoartist and marine biologist for a review of the ancient giants that towered over the late Jurassic world: Brachiosaurus. We discuss bringing ancient dinosaurs to life with art, puking on company time, paleontology patch notes, the pros and cons of having an inflatable noggin, skibidi gorillas, and so much more.
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Mar 6, 2025 | 
maximumfun.org | Ellen Weatherford
Episode notes Ellen & special guest, paleontology educator Christian Flores, review the towering icons of the dinosaur world: Tyrannosaurus rex. We discuss what we can learn about T. rex from the fossils they left behind and the similarities we can see in their modern dinosaur cousins, as well as bringing T. rex to life through art and narrative, Project Paleozoo, and so much more.
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Feb 12, 2025 | 
maximumfun.org | Ellen Weatherford
Episode notes Love is literally in the air as Ellen locks in with albatrosses. We discuss aspect ratios, snot gutters, dynamic soaring, romance, divorce, 18th century poetry, Taylor Swift, and so much more.
