Arthro-Pod
Hosted by Jody and Jonathan and Michael · Jonathan Larson
4.8from 140 ratings
- 75
- Episodes
- 12
- Transcribed
- 140
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About Arthro-Pod
The home for Arthro-Pod,the podcast that teaches you about the weird and wonderful world of insects!
- Publisher
- Jonathan Larson
- Category
- education · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 31 May 2023
- Latest episode
- 16 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
12 of 75 episodes have a transcript.
16 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Arthro-Pod Episode 211: The Fire Ant Wars Part Two
23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Arthro-Pod Episode 210: The History of Grape Phylloxera and Devastation of French Wine with George Gale
2 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Arthro-Pod Episode 209: DNA Barcoding with Dr. Ross Stewart
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Arthro-Pod Episode 211: The Fire Ant Wars Part Two
Published 16 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I was going to ask if this was also related to communism. Yes, it's very much related to communism. So I don't want to stretch this too far, but I do think it bears mentioning. So it's an invasive species. When we talk about invasive species, even to today, we tend in entomology and I think in other disciplines, we resort to using a lot of militaristic terminology. We talk about them as invaders. It is an invasion. They are conquering. We talk about battle plans and strategy when it comes to trying to mount a defense against the ants or whatever invasive species we're dealing with. And this terminology, I think it would have happened anyway, but I think it does come somewhat from this era of this really militaristic time in post-World War II American society. […]
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- George Gale
- Ross Stewart
- Ted Burk
- Theodore Burk
- Melissa Siebert
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 69 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 71 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 34 / 100
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- Quality
- 30
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 95
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Jody and Jonathan and Michael host the show. Published by Jonathan Larson.
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