Episode Appearances
Stuff To Blow Your Mind · May 26, 2026
From the Vault: You’ve Got Pee-Mail, Part 1
“Discworld novelist cited for werewolf character's heightened sense of smell in Feet of Clay”
Amazon River Dolphin (Boto) Behavior and EcologyUrine-Based Animal Communication SystemsVoluntary Urination Control Mechanisms
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Just the Zoo of Us · Apr 2, 2026
330: Cryptids w/ the Cryptonaturalist, Jarod K. Anderson!
“Referenced as model for interconnected universe-building across multiple works”
Cryptids and cryptozoology as metaphor and imaginationNature writing and science communicationPoetry and literary fiction blending science with whimsy
View AnalysisStuff To Blow Your Mind · Feb 10, 2026
STBYM Listener Mail: La Muerte
“Author of Discworld series featuring Death as character with assistant named Albert”
Anthropomorphic personifications of death across culturesLa Catrina and Mexican death imagerySanta Muerte folk cult and veneration practices
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You Are Good · Jan 21, 2026
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy w. Chris Kluwe and Sooz Kempner
“Cited by Chris Kluwe as influential writer whose Discworld series taught lessons about shared humanity”
Gender dynamics in 1970s media and newsroomsSystemic sexism in broadcast journalismLocal news culture and celebrity in American media
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