InShanely Curious

About InShanely Curious

Comedian Shane Mauss goes out on a limb with scientists to explore the tree of life and how it has shaped and been shaped by our world

Publisher

Shane Mauss

Category

comedy · science

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

11 Jan 2025

Latest episode

10 Jun 2025

Latest episodes

13 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   10 Jun 2025

   Training Elephants At Fort Worth Zoo

   Christine Del Turco at the Fort Worth Zoo discusses the methods used to train elephants to cooperate with their own healthcare in an interview with Shane Mauss.

2. 

   27 May 2025

   Medical Geography with Dr. Sadie Ryan

   Dr. Sadie Ryan, a medical geography professor, explores disease ecology and geospatial models, highlighting the need for adaptable pandemic responses in this interview with Shane Mauss.

3. 

   13 May 2025

   Ants: Complexity & Cooperation With Noa Pinter-Wollman

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4. 

   30 Apr 2025

   APPEX - Interdisciplinary Science with Nina Fefferman

   Dr. Nina Fefferman’s research uses applied mathematics to study epidemiology, evolutionary and behavioral ecology, and self-organizing systems like networks. Her lab tackles a wide range of topics, from disease dynamics in human and animal populations to cybersecurity and the evolution of social behaviors. Nina Fefferman - Ecology & Evolutionary Biology eeb.utk.edu APPEX helps ensure that the vision of pandemic science is not simply about filling in knowledge gaps but is about framing how to meet complex challenges, improving both our ability to respond to existing disease threats and to be flexible, nimble, and adaptable to the next emerging pathogen we cannot yet anticipate. https://appex.org/ Shanemauss.com

5. 

   8 Apr 2025

   Apocalypse Road Show With Athena Aktipis

   Athena Aktipis is a cooperation theorist in the social psychology department of ASU. Her book “A Field Guide to the Apocalypse: A Mostly Serious Guide to Surviving Our Wild Times” is a whole lot of fun packed into a pragmatic and optimistic examination of preparedness. Check out Athena's books and podcasts here https://www.athenaaktipis.org/ I’m taking part in a few live variety shows she is putting together combining science, comedy, music and surprises. Here is one at San Fran 4/17 https://www.exploratorium.edu/visit/calendar/after-dark-resilience Joshua Tree 4/26 https://bubblingwellsranch.com/stagecoach/ Eureka Springs, AK 10/20-22 https://www.zombiemed.org/ https://www.mypurplelady.com/

6. 

   18 Mar 2025

   Elephant Herpes With Fort Worth Zoo

   Sarah Cannizzo joins comedian Shane Mauss for a memorable conversation about elephants and their health.  Learn, laugh and subscribe! Edited by https://loganraykeith.com/ ‘InShane Evolution’ Artwork by Randal Roberts Plant activated vibes: https://www.mypurplelady.com/ Sarah Cannizzo, MA, VMD, Diplomate of the American College of Zoological Medicine (Dipl. ACZM), and certified veterinary acupuncturist (CVA), is an associate veterinarian and Board Certified Specialist in Zoological Medicine. ™ Dr. Cannizzo has been working in zoo medicine for 11 years. She completed an internship in zoological medicine at Wildlife Safari and a residency in zoological medicine at North Carolina State University and the North Carolina Zoo. She is a member of the EEHV Advisory Group. She was the veterinary advisor for the Texas Horned Lizard SSP. She recently became a certified veterinary acupuncturist (CVA). Dr. Cannizzo has published research about cystinuria in servals, intraocular pressure in American bullfrogs, metastatic mineralization in earless lizards, urinary protein in callimico monkeys, the effect of water temperature on the hydrolysis of absorbable sutures, and parathyroid hormone/vitamin D/ionized calcium in ferrets. In addition to these topics, she has presented about stem cells as a treatment modality in flamingo species.

7. 

   4 Mar 2025

   Amphibians And Toad IVF At Fort Worth Zoo

   This week comedian Shane Mauss takes a field trip to the Fort Worth Zoo to talk to Senior Curator of Ectotherms Diane Barber and Reproductive Biologist Allison Julien all about toads, explosive reproduction, biodiversity, and why amphibians are the canary in the coalmine for the freshwater that humans and so much of earth’s life depend on. We’ll have two more Ft Worth Zoo episodes coming zoon.  We’re gonna learn a lot about training and providing medical care for elephants. In the meantime you can find other zoo episodes by listening back to the https://www.herewearepodcast.com/ For fresh threads https://www.threyda.com/ offer code: And for some new feelz visit https://www.mypurplelady.com/ Diane Barber, senior curator of ectotherms at the Fort Worth Zoo, has 40 years of zoological experience (23 at the Fort Worth Zoo), with a primary focus on amphibians, reptiles, invertebrates, and aquatic species. In addition to overseeing the ectotherms collection at the Fort Worth Zoo, Barber manages all aspects of conservation programming (e.g., population management, development, implementation of recovery goals, in situ and ex situ research, reintroduction, monitoring programs, assisted reproductive technologies for amphibians, biobanking, captive propagation and husbandry, genetic management, disease surveillance, radio telemetry, harmonic radar, audio loggers, trap cameras, tagging/marking, design of husbandry facilities, etc.) with native Texas species and in Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands. Primary conservation programs include the Puerto Rican crested toad, Puerto Rican harlequin butterfly, Virgin Islands boa, Chiricahua leopard frog, Houston toad, Texas horned lizard, Texas kangaroo rat, Pecos pupfish, Texas freshwater mussels and Louisiana pine snake. Barber is also involved in the following conservation organizations: Puerto Rican Crested Toad Conservancy, Founder/President Texas Horned Lizard Conservation Coalition Co-founder/Co-coordinator

8. 

   18 Feb 2025

   Evolution Of The Blue Man Group With Chris Wink

   Join comedian Shane Mauss as he talks with his friend Chris Wink about the early days of founding The Blue Man Group, getting inspired by vaudeville, and how his latest project Wink World combines art, science, philosophy, and play. Checkout Wink World in Vegas and Minneapolis https://winkworld.com/ Speaking of neon, how about add a little glow to your perception? https://www.mypurplelady.com/

9. 

   11 Feb 2025

   Bonobo Day with Primatologist Rachna Reddy

   Valentine's Day is also International Bonobo Day! Bonobos have become known as the amorous, peace loving, hippies of the primate order. Has the story been a little overly simplified? This week, comedian Shane Mauss apes around with the hilarious and wonderful Rachna Reddy. Rachna is an anthropologist and primatologist at the University of Utah whose fieldwork in Uganda studying chimps and bonobos can give us insights into our own social lives and lifespan development with a particular interest in those formative teen years. https://explorers.nationalgeographic.org/directory/rachna-b-reddy https://www.mypurplelady.com/ offer code ‘Bonobo’ for free shipping

10. 

    4 Feb 2025

    Night Science With Itai Yanai

    Nobel Prize biologist François Jacob about night science, "Day science employs reasoning that meshes like gears, where each step follows from the previous one. It is effective. It advances. But it proceeds only because night science exists. It is in the dark of night that science comes closest to its goals. It is there that it reveals itself, probing, groping, resting on intuition, on flashes of insight, on leaps into the unknown." This week comedian Shane Mauss travels to NYU Medical School to catch up with his friend Atia Yania as they have a laugh-filled conversation about creativity and fun being an essential part of insights even when trying to study something as serious and deadly as cancer. Itai Yanai is a biomedical scientist and Founding Director of the Institute for Computational Medicine at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. He is also a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at NYU. Learn more about Itai here https://med.nyu.edu/faculty/itai-yanai And here is his Night Science site https://www.night-science.org/ For the perfect night science companion, head to mypurplelady.com

11. 

    28 Jan 2025

    Donkeys, Horses, And The Domestication Of Hooves With Sarah King

    For thousands of years donkeys were an integral part of human life.  Modern life has taken most of the burden off burros backs but what does the future hold for our equine companions? Shane takes a deep dive into ungulate evolution and contemplates how hooves ambled their way along various branches on the tree of life to figure out how donkeys even came to exist in the first place. This week’s guest is Colorado State University, Dr. Sarah King joins the show.  In collaboration with USGS, Dr. King leads research on the behavior, ecology, and demography of feral horses and burros in the American west. Through her position as co-chair of the IUCN/SSC Equid Specialist Group, Dr. King works with researchers to conserve endangered equids around the world. Additionally Dr. King is a professional animal trainer, offering training and behavior support for dogs and horses. If you are in need of dog, horse, or donkey training, check out Sarah’s Brenin Behavior https://breninbehavior.com/ for a free zoom consultation and if you happen to be in Colorado, there are in person opportunities. InShane Deal of the week: The clothes in this episode were by Threyda .  Save 10% (and support this show) with offer code ‘InShane’.

12. 

    21 Jan 2025

    How Humans Survived Extinctions w/ Henry Gee (Senior Editor of Nature)

    Human Evolution in two nuts' shells

13. 

    11 Jan 2025

    The Feast of The Shane

    A hobby of watching nature documentaries turned into a full-blown science obsession that sent Shane’s comedy career careening off the traditional stand-up path and onto a unique journey of getting to use humor to explore the hidden underpinnings seeding the tree of life.

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.6 / 5

10 ratings

Spotify

4.3 / 5

6 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 37 / 100

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