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Okay, But... Birds

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Okay, But... Birds

Dr. Scott Taylor

Okay, but what's it like as a bird at the top of the world?

July 02, 2026 6:00am 35 min

E29. Standing at 11,000 feet, lungs burning, Scott watched birds go about their afternoon in the exact thin air that had nearly taken him out. This week he sits down with Dr. Chris Witt, evolutionary biologist at the Uni...

Okay, but does easy living make birds dumber?

June 25, 2026 6:00am 32 min

E28. A bird's brain is the most expensive thing it owns, and evolution doesn't hand one out for free. Dr. Carlos Botero, Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, has spent a decade tracing what variable,...

Okay, but... pigeons!

June 18, 2026 6:00am 33 min

E27. They’ve been called "rats with wings," but pigeons are actually elite athletes, historical icons, and evolutionary marvels. Scott chats with Dr. Elizabeth Carlen, a postdoc at the Living Earth Collaborative at Washi...

Okay, but did birds originate the open relationship?

June 11, 2026 6:00am 35 min

E26. We borrowed a phrase from human dating and tried to pin it on birds. Turns out they never needed the rulebook. Dr. Wenfei Tong, biologist and author of Bird Love, joins Scott to unpack what bird partnerships actuall...

Okay, but... boobies!

June 04, 2026 6:00am 34 min

E25. The blue-footed booby has become an internet personality: cartoon feet, a goofy strut, a name that practically begs to be a punchline. But Scott sat down with Dr. Carlos Zavalaga, Universidad Científica del Sur, and...

Okay, but what about birds that can't fly?

May 28, 2026 6:00am 32 min

E24. Flight is the thing we associate most with birds, so what does it mean when a lineage gives it up? Dr. Scott Edwards, Harvard, joins Scott to unpack how flightlessness evolves, why it keeps happening across the bird...

Okay, but can a bird really cooperate with humans?

May 21, 2026 6:00am 33 min

E23. Across sub-Saharan Africa, wild birds and people work together to find honey. No taming, no breeding, no domestication… just a partnership thousands of years in the making. Behavioral ecologist Dr. Jessica van der W...

Okay, but can a bird really cooperate with humans?

May 21, 2026 1:56am 33 min

E23. Across sub-Saharan Africa, wild birds and people work together to find honey. No taming, no breeding, no domestication…  just a partnership thousands of years in the making. Behavioral ecologist Dr. Jessica van der ...

Okay, but can birds predict the weather?

May 14, 2026 6:00am 34 min

E22. Folklore says birds know a storm is coming before we do. Scott talks with Dr. Gunnar Kramer, Iowa State University, about what's actually happening when a tiny warbler decides it's time to fly, or time to bail.In th...

Okay, but can birds predict the weather?

May 14, 2026 6:00am 34 min

E22. Folklore says birds know a storm is coming before we do. Scott talks with Dr. Gunnar Kramer, Iowa State University, about what's actually happening when a tiny warbler decides it's time to fly, or time to bail.In th...

Okay, but can birds smell?

May 07, 2026 6:00am 34 min

E21. We're talking sense and scents with Dr. Danielle Whittaker, Oregon State, and author of The Secret Perfume of Birds, who spent a decade unraveling a 200-year-old myth that started with John James Audubon and a dead ...

Okay, but what can we learn from a drawer of birds?

April 23, 2026 6:00am 35 min

E20. Less than 1% of what's in a museum is actually on display. So what's happening with the other 99%? Scott talks with Dr. Sushma Reddy, Breckenridge Chair of Ornithology at the Bell Museum and Associate Professor at t...

Okay, but are bird feeders helping or hurting?

April 16, 2026 6:00am 32 min

E19. More than 55 million Americans feed birds, and it's not exactly clear the birds asked us to. Dr. Olivia Sanderfoot, Research Scientist and Project Leader of FeederWatch at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, joins Scott...

Okay, but what's in a bird's toolbox?

April 09, 2026 6:00am 32 min

E18. Turns out "bird brain" is less of an insult and more of a compliment. Scott sits down with Dr. Alex Kacelnik, Emeritus Professor at the University of Oxford, to dig into one of the most mind-bending questions in ani...

Okay, but do birds have culture?

April 02, 2026 6:00am 35 min

E17. From sparrow songs that go viral across a continent to cockatoos that watch each other to learn how to open bins, Dr. Lucy Aplin, Australian National University / University of Zurich, studies how birds learn from e...

Okay, but why put eggs in another bird’s basket?

March 26, 2026 5:15am 31 min

E16. What if the secret to raising more babies was to never raise a single one yourself? Dr. Chris Balakrishnan, Associate Adjunct Professor of Biology at East Carolina University and co-founder of Nerd Nite, has spent h...

Okay, but what makes a yard a bird paradise?

March 19, 2026 6:00am 24 min

E15. Most people picture a bird-friendly yard and imagine feeder, birdbath, maybe a decorative birdhouse with mortgage vibes. And feeders are great. But a feeder can give you the illusion of helping birds without creatin...

Okay, but what makes a bird… a bird? Hint: Dinosaurs!

March 12, 2026 6:00am 33 min

E14. What do feathers, toothless beaks, and a 66-million-year-old asteroid have in common. Paleontologist Dr. Daniel Field, University of Cambridge, joins Scott to unpack how birds evolved from dinosaurs, and why definin...

Okay, but why do some birds babysit?

March 05, 2026 5:00am 31 min

E13. Some birds skip having their own families and spend years helping raise their siblings instead. It sounds like altruism, but it's probably more complicated than that. In this episode, host Dr. Scott Taylor is joined...

Okay, but how do birds stay warm?

February 26, 2026 5:00am 30 min

E12. Winter isn’t just “cold” for a bird, it’s a nightly survival math problem: generate enough heat, lose as little as possible, and don’t get eaten while you’re fueling up. In this episode, host Dr. Scott Taylor is joi...

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