Queerly Natural
20 episodes - English - Latest episode: 26 days ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsQueerly Natural is a science-based exploration into the diversity of sexuality, sex, and gender in the natural world. Join three young biologists as they chat about the huge array of LGBTQIA+ diversity among animals, plants, fungi and more. People may tell you that being queer is unnatural, but we’re here to show you that it queerly is. Join us each month as we make tons of terrible puns and generally have a nerdy good time. Check out our website or Patreon for more details.
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Episodes
Episode 19: The Platypus
April 03, 2024 10:56 - 48 minutes - 41.4 MBLearn all about the duck-billed Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) from Ilana! This Australian animal shares traits with ducks and coconuts, but it's actually a mammal ready to paralyze it's foes at any moment. Please take a minute and rate our show! If you like Queerly Natural, you can support us by contributing to our Patreon or Ko-fi. You can also check out our new bookstore! Thank you so much for listening! For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript o...
Episode 18: Lungwort
March 06, 2024 12:00 - 51 minutes - 45.4 MBJoin Ilana to learn all about lungwort (Lobaria pulmonaria) from Sage. It (or should we say they?) is a charismatic photosynthetic organism that doesn't really fit labels. For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our website. Please take a minute and rate our show! If you like Queerly Natural, you can support us by contributing to our Patreon or Ko-fi. You can also check out our new bookstore! Thank you so much for listening! Timestamps Species intro...
Episode 17: The Papaya
February 07, 2024 12:00 - 37 minutes - 32 MBJoin our hosts, two fruits, to learn all about one of the world's favorite fruits, the papaya (Carica papaya). Find out how the papaya breaks the norms of biological sex even among plants, who are already known to not follow "the rules." For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our website. Please take a minute and rate our show! If you like Queerly Natural, you can support us by contributing to our Patreon or Ko-fi. You can also check out our new boo...
Episode 16: The Green Frog
January 03, 2024 12:00 - 47 minutes - 40.4 MBJoin Ilana to learn about the green frog (Lithobates clamitans) from Sage. Ilana will find out that the green frog is very frog, but not very green, and they're always ready for a fight. Sage answers the important questions like: are we turning the friggin' frogs gay, or have they been that way all along? Let's see what the research says. For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our website. Please take a minute and rate our show! If you like Queerly ...
Episode 15: The Side-Blotched Lizard
December 06, 2023 12:00 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBJoin Sage as Ilana teaches them about the side-blotched lizard, a very lizard-shaped lizard that is strangely good at rock, paper, scissors, even though they only know what one of those three nouns is (probably rock) For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our website. Please take a minute and rate our show! Thanks so much for listening! Timestamps Species introduction: 0:00 - 9:07 Description: 9:08 - 14:30 Habitat and ecology: 14:31 - 20:17 ...
Episode 14: The Bowhead Whale
December 02, 2022 12:00 - 38 minutes - 34.4 MBSage teaches Ilana about the bowhead whale, a large hard-headed maritime mammal. Please take a minute and rate our show! It will make a world of difference in getting our show out there for more people to know about. Thanks so much for listening! Timestamps Species intro and taxonomy: Start - 6:49 Description: 6:50 - 13:44 Ecology and reproduction: 13:45 - 26:26 Human impact: 26:27 - 30:40 How it’s queer: 31:27 - end Content warnings: discussion of colonizat...
Episode 13: The European Honey Bee
October 28, 2022 11:00 - 40 minutes - 25.5 MBJoin Sage and Ilana as they learn about the queerness of the honeybee from guest Sreelakshmi Suresh! Sreelakshmi tells us all about the lives of honeybees and their unique way of determining biological sex. For more information, take a look at our website. Please take a minute and rate our show! It will make a world of difference in getting our show out there for more people to know about. Thanks so much for listening! Content warnings: discussion of colonization, description of ge...
Episode 12: The Striped Maple
October 07, 2022 11:00 - 33 minutes - 28.1 MBJoin Sage as Ilana teaches them about the striped maple, a shrubby tree that does some pretty queer things on its deathbed. For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our website. Please take a minute and rate our show! It will make a world of difference in getting our show out there for more people to know about. Thanks so much for listening! Timestamps Species introduction: 0:00 - 1:54 Description: 1:55 - 9:16 Habitat and ecology: 9:17 - 15:08 H...
Episode 11: The White Throated Sparrow
August 26, 2022 11:00 - 40 minutes - 35.3 MBJoin Sage in an informative look at the life of the white-throated sparrow, a very small borb that is abundant throughout North America. For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our website. Please take a minute and rate our show! It will make a world of difference in getting our show out there for more people to know about. Thanks so much for listening! Timestamps Species introduction: 0:00 - 3:00 Description: 3:01 - 8:05 Habi...
Episode 10: The Common Cockchafer
July 29, 2022 11:00 - 56 minutes - 49.2 MBSage teaches Ilana about the common cockchafer, or Melolontha melolontha, an adorable insect with a ciminal record (they did crimes and they be gay). Intro: 2:50-6:40 Description: 6:41-16:29 Habitat and lifecycle: 16:30-24:06 Human impact: 24:07-34:21 Why it's queer: 35:51-end Trigger warnings: discussion of homophobia, graphic description of sex, mention of rape 45:43-end For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our website. Please take a min...
Episode 9: The Bucktooth Parrotfish
June 30, 2022 13:00 - 38 minutes - 34.4 MBIlana teaches Sage about the bucktooth Parrotfish (Sparisoma radians). Somethings fishy here and its very queer. Intro: 00:00 - 3:57 Physical description: 3:58 - 13:10 Habitat and ecology: 15:37 - 18:18 Culture and family structure: 18:19 - 20:30 Human impact: 20:31 - 23:23 Midway current events (Trigger Warning mentions of gun violence and queerphobia) 23:24 - 24:29 How they're queer: 24:30 - end For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcrip...
Episode 8: The Spotted Hyena
May 06, 2022 12:00 - 45 minutes - 39.9 MBHannah teaches Ilana about the most abundant carniverous large mammal on the African continent, the Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta). Join us in learning just how queer these funny friends are. Content Warning: discussion of sex, sexual organs and erections from 40:38 to 44:30. For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our website. Please take a minute and rate our show! It will make a world of difference in getting our show out there for more people ...
Episode 7: Fireweed
February 25, 2022 12:00 - 42 minutes - 37.3 MBIlana teaches Elizabeth and Hannah about fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium), a flower native to multiple countries in the Northern hemisphere. We talk about its many names, ecology and and its temporal sex changes. Join us on our first dive into the wonderful world of plants! For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our website. If you would like to support trans youth in Texas, here are links to donate: Equality Texas Lambda Legal Transgender ...
Episode 6: the Common Vampire Bat
January 29, 2022 14:35 - 36 minutes - 32.8 MBHannah, Elizabeth and Ilana, explore the discovery, appearance, ecology and queerness of the common vampire bat from Central and South America. Content Warning: talk of explicit sex acts 34:12 - 34:59 For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our website. Please take a minute and rate our show! It will make a world of difference in getting our show out there for more people to know about. Thanks so much for listening! Find Us Online If you l...
Episode 5: Whiptail lizard
November 05, 2021 16:00 - 47 minutes - 41.7 MBElizabeth, alongside Ilana and Hannah, explores the discovery, appearance, ecology and queerness of the small and quick scaled lizard found in the southeastern US and northern Mexico. Hint: she's one of many! For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our website. Please take a minute and rate our show! It will make a world of difference in getting our show out there for more people to know about. Thanks so much for listening! Find Us Online If...
Episode 4: Splitgill mushroom
October 02, 2021 02:56 - 57 minutes - 51.8 MBHannah teaches Elizabeth and Ilana about fungal basics and then the discovery, appearance, ecology and queerness of the pale-gilled shelf fungus found on decaying wood around the world. Hint: they take biological sexes to the next level and beyond! For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our website. Please tell your friends about our show and review us on iTunes! Your quick feedback will be huge for us in spreading the word and producing the kind ...
Episode 3: Black swans, Cygnus atratus
September 17, 2021 20:03 - 43 minutes - 38 MBElizabeth shares with Ilana and Hannah her knowledge about the discovery, appearance, ecology and queerness of the dark-bodied waterfowl native to Australia and New Zealand. Hint: they’re definitely #parentinggoals! For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our website. Please take a minute and rate our show! It will make a world of difference in getting our show out there for more people to know about. Thanks so much for listening! Timestamp...
Episode 2: Plainfin Midshipman
September 03, 2021 11:00 - 45 minutes - 40.7 MBIlana teaches Elizabeth and Hannah about the discovery, appearance, ecology and queerness of the plainfin midshipman (Porichthys notatus), a fluorescent fish found along the west coast of North America. Hint: for a little foreshadowing, their other common name is the California singing fish! For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our website. Please take a minute and rate our show! It will make a world of difference in getting our show out t...
Episode 1: Bonobos
August 20, 2021 11:00 - 44 minutes - 39.8 MBHannah walks Ilana and Elizabeth through the discovery, appearance, ecology and queerness of the bonobo (Pan paniscus), a dark-haired ape found in the Congo Basin. Hint: for a little foreshadowing, take a look at that genus name! For more information, take a look at our sources in the episode transcript on our website. Please take a minute and rate our show! It will make a world of difference in getting our show out there for more people to know about. Thanks so much for listening! ...
Queerly Natural Trailer
August 14, 2021 02:56 - 3 minutes - 3.33 MBIlana, Hannah and Elizabeth explain the concept of the show, its structure, and fun plans for future episodes. The pilot episode will release at 7 am EST on Friday August 20!