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 Alie Ward

Science Communicator. podcaster. elective redhead.

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Whaaaaaat. I sat on the idea of making something about @ologies for 15 years because I was scared I’d screw it up and I still can’t believe there are so many of you wonderful curious weirdos who want to learn about slug sex and lava tubes and crow funerals and personality studies and toad poisons and humungous fungus with me each week. Thanks so much for making this beautiful gross dream come true and letting me call myself your internet dad. And thanks @stevenraymorris @jarrett_sleeper @hannahlipow @erintalbert @urbanfarmfoods @bonidutch @thecalebpatton for helping this show continue each week. This accidentally now sounds like an award show speech but I’m just pretty stoked I get to do this job, alright okay bye. Oh also Part 2 of #Potterology just posted! Okay bye for real.
JUST THE THREE OF US. Yes this is me in all denim hanging out with a cardboard cutout of Harry Potter and a real human chemist, Dr. Rebecca Lai of @unlchemistry. She teaches a university course about chemistry that could be used in place of wizards spells and HELL YEAH I did a 2-part @ologies episode about it. Ancient alchemy! Disappearing ink! Dissolving gold! Burning eyeballs! Waterproofing! Life advice! Part 1 is up now at the link in bio or wherever you get podcasts and it’s a whirlwind, muggles.
Aaaah! The amazing ladies, @candicekayla of the #directionallychallengedpod had me on and were so sweet and funny and prepared and wonderful and we had a rollicking good time talking about how nature and animals provide such wonderfully gross and weird gossip. Getting interviewed about interviewing people is trippy but I loved being on. Link in their bio. Also sidenote: this week’s @ologies is about the chemistry of Harry Potter spells in case you need to fill your ears with magic and facts.
Here I am, a vision in the morning. Did I fall asleep wearing mascara and a bra? Sure. Did I wake up with both of them half off? You bet.
One of those days when the ant exterminator says to leave the house for a few hours and you try to start the car but it’s dead because your dome light must have been on so you grab the pup to walk to a nice cafe but it’s 94° out so you only make it to a hotdog shop and you decide to get the pup’s nails trimmed and they say not to walk her for a few hours so you carry her the mile or so home and up the hill your arms get tired so you firefighter carry her because she is your hairy infant and you love her
Okay hot tip for anniversary parties: if your folks or friends wouldn’t want the fuss of everyone traveling to them for a party, gather videos from their friends and relatives and convince an indie theater to rent you a screen for an hour and then sit back and bawl to all of their pals telling stories about them then take them to their favorite Chinese restaurant. Bonus: they can watch the video over and over for years. Super bonus: a partner who is willing to stay up until 3am editing it (specifically @jarrett_sleeper who is a lifesaver but please don’t date him as I’m rather enjoying it myself.) Only 6% of couples make it to 50 years and I am so so so fortunate I happened to get a pair of parents who still make each other laugh after all this time, and that luck and modern medicine let us celebrate this milestone. Thanks, friends and internet pals, for all the words of support and congrats for them. There have been times I worried we wouldn’t get to celebrate this date together so yeah, it’s a good day for the ol’ Ward fam. So much mascara all over my face.
Went to pick some blackberries in the yard and my pop made sure that my mom felt included, even if she could only pick a few because MS makes her woozy. Tomorrow is their 50th anniversary. GUESS HOW HARD IMMA CRY
 
 
 

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