Big Biology
Hosted by Dr Martin J Cohn · Cameron Ghalambor and Marty Martin
4.8from 383 ratings
- 198
- Episodes
- 16
- Transcribed
- 383
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
About Big Biology
The biggest biology podcast for the biggest science and biology fans. Featuring in-depth discussions with scientists tackling the biggest questions in evolution, genetics, ecology, climate, neuroscience, diseases, the origins of life, psychology and more. If it's biological, groundbreaking, philosophical or mysterious you'll find it here. bigbiology.substack.com (https://bigbiology.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast)
- Publisher
- Cameron Ghalambor and Marty Martin
- Category
- science · science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 6 Dec 2017
- Latest episode
- 22 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
16 of 198 episodes have a transcript.
22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
"The Selecting Organism” with Pim Edelaar
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Conservation in a cup with David Lodge
10 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
A tribute to slow science: remembering Bob Ricklefs
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"The Selecting Organism” with Pim Edelaar
Published 22 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And that is not something that we consider with standard evolutionary theory. Normally we say organisms are just moving and then the environment selects on the individuals and that creates divergence and maybe reproductive isolation. So there was this other kind of mechanism that suggested it could cause local adaptation and even speciation, but it wasn't really part of standard theory. And that was the thing that bothered me for, well, for quite a while, maybe too long. Maybe I could have figured it out before. And I discussed it in the book, why it was so hard, because I really had to look at several aspects of the process. […]
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- Pim Edelaar
- David Lodge
- David George Haskell
- Diego Vázquez
- Matt Kaplan
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 139 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 244 ratings
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Dr Martin J Cohn host the show. Published by Cameron Ghalambor and Marty Martin.
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