Smologies with Alie Ward
Hosted by Alie Ward · Alie Ward
4.8from 713 ratings
- 121
- Episodes
- 73
- Transcribed
- 713
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
- 1B
- YouTube views
About Smologies with Alie Ward
Ologies → Smologies. It’s all of the science, with none of the swearing! Smologies are shortened, kid-friendly episodes of the award-winning science podcast, Ologies, which covers topics from Toads (Bufology) to the Moon (Selenology) and everything in between. Enjoy clean and witty bite-sized science delights as host Alie Ward asks Ologists of all kinds smart – and sometimes silly – questions. Get to know the charming and diverse array of experts who share not only their wisdom, but also their lived experiences.
- Publisher
- Alie Ward
- Category
- education · kids & family · science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 15 May 2024
- Latest episode
- 18 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
73 of 121 episodes have a transcript.
18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
SPACE FOOD with Maggie Coblentz
10 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
FERNS with Fay-Wei Li
3 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
BEAVERS with Rob Rich
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SPACE FOOD with Maggie Coblentz
Published 18 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] This was my entry point as a designer. There must be so much Velcro, right? There's a lot of Velcro. Everything's strapped down. But one of my favorite stories about the ISS, it actually didn't even include a dining table at first. So it was just thought that these humans, almost treated like robots, were just going to go up there, float around, Velcro their food to the walls, strap themselves to the walls while they ate. And of course, naturally, human beings want to gather. They want to have a place to come together and enjoy this very limited break in their day. And so one day, an astronaut just found some scrap piece of material and strapped it to the wall to make a table, which really has no practical use in space. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Smologies with Alie Ward
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- Maggie Coblentz
- Fay-Wei Li
- Rob Rich
- Amy Christianson
- Gavin Jones
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 1,216,434,706
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 519 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 194 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 95 / 100
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- Quality
- 95
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 98
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Who hosts Smologies with Alie Ward?
Alie Ward host the show. Published by Alie Ward.
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