Weird & Dead

About Weird & Dead

A podcast about evolution's most embarrassing and bizarre stories as told by two very gossipy paleontologists. Amy and Meaghan happily dish the details on everything from fossilized dinosaur butts to the secret drama behind naming new species. Time for the hottest tea from prehistory!

Publisher

Amy Atwater and Meaghan Wetherell

Category

science

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

24 Jan 2024

Latest episode

22 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

46 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Oct 2026

   Butt Rot

   We were going to talk more about Carboniferous coal but then Amy learned about a disease of the tree butt and things went way off the rails. It was worth it. Images on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/WeirdandDeadPodcast CW: Cursing, being really confident about what a tree butt is, fungi and decomposition and death

2. 

   8 Oct 2026

   Silly Scaly Trees (Butt Rot Part 1)

   In this episode Meaghan dives deep into her latest obsession: modelling 300 million year old plants for the bit. Join us for part 1 of a 2 part episode on wood, rotten and otherwise! Images on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/WeirdandDeadPodcast CW: Cursing, horrifying baby Lepidodendrons, animals shedding skins, bog people

3. 

   24 Sept 2026

   Evolution of the Beaver Butt

   Rodents have stinky butts too y’know - it’s just we seem to be into that smell a lot more than we are skunk. Let’s once again revisit Amy’s cloaca envy and talk about waterproofing butt goop flavored ice cream shall we? CW: all things that come out of a cloaca, cursing, animal death, eating of unpleasant things.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

31,391

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

193 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 56 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

55

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

67

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