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<v Speaker 1>I am.

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<v Speaker 2>Iliontology, biology, chronology, techno, cosmetology, chorology, algylogy, seriology.

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<v Speaker 1>So exciting.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sweating, and every single day something happens that makes

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<v Speaker 2>it more.

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<v Speaker 1>I love.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, welcome to episode zero of Ologies with Ali Ward.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Ali Ward, and my deal is I'm a CBS

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<v Speaker 2>Science correspondent for Wow, I already screwed this up, you guys,

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<v Speaker 2>why do an episode zero? This is like a placeholder

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<v Speaker 2>to be like, Hey, this is what the thing's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be about, and this is who I am, so you

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<v Speaker 2>can get a taste of it and then subscribe that way,

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<v Speaker 2>when the very first first episode drops, it's in your

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<v Speaker 2>device and your ears. So I'm Ali Ward. I'm a

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<v Speaker 2>CBS Science correspondent. I'm also co host of a podcast

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<v Speaker 2>called slumber Party. And I've been obsessed with ologies more

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<v Speaker 2>than a decade. And I remember, like over ten years ago,

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<v Speaker 2>I was on the Internet and I came across this

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<v Speaker 2>list of ologies, and you know, when you see something

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<v Speaker 2>that's so exciting, you're like, you feel like you're going

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<v Speaker 2>to throw up a little bit. That happened to me.

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<v Speaker 2>I got so excited to read all of these weird

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<v Speaker 2>ologies that I never knew existed, Like nidology is the

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<v Speaker 2>study of birds nests, and calology is the study of beauty.

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<v Speaker 2>Laterinology is the study of writing on toilet walls. I

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<v Speaker 2>mean there's nasology, study of text, imy, mico, toxicology, toxic fungus.

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<v Speaker 2>There's so many different ologies, which means there's so many

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<v Speaker 2>different ologists. And it's like, who are these people who

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<v Speaker 2>study clouds and clowns and bees. I'm like, what is

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<v Speaker 2>their deal? So has fard to Now podcasts are a

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<v Speaker 2>great way to corner someone and ask them two personal

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<v Speaker 2>questions about their life and they'll have to answer it

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<v Speaker 2>because there's a microphone there. So that's what I'm doing

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<v Speaker 2>with this podcast. I'm meeting all of these really really

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<v Speaker 2>awesome ologists, some of them obscure, some of them less obscure, primatologists.

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<v Speaker 2>My first job was dressing up like a lobster outside

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<v Speaker 2>of the New England Aquarium, and we always say around

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<v Speaker 2>the Chimp building of like chimps wind every day, the

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<v Speaker 2>chimps wind. Gemologists legitimately brack crystals I think are a

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<v Speaker 2>thing for women. Rock crystals, crystal. Is it not kosher

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<v Speaker 2>to touch someone's crystal? Because I always feel like you're

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<v Speaker 2>not supposed.

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<v Speaker 1>Touch their crisis.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a great question. Paleontologist, largest land animals of all time?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, well, you're right. Actually did cut up

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<v Speaker 2>a canaver this morning, So it's like a Frankensare. It's

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<v Speaker 2>like a frankenstor. Okay, volcanologists and volcanoes breathe, So oh

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<v Speaker 2>that's creepy. Yeah, you have to keep that joy. And

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<v Speaker 2>that's that's what I think is so important these days

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<v Speaker 2>for scientists. You know, there's a very real possibility that

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<v Speaker 2>we could die torologists, you're gonna have to wait for

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<v Speaker 2>that one to come out to find out what that is.

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<v Speaker 2>And getting to know them as people and getting to

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<v Speaker 2>know what they do on a day to day basis

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<v Speaker 2>and with their best days in the job have been

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<v Speaker 2>their worst days, why they do what they do, and

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<v Speaker 2>really getting to know the people behind the science, because

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like so many quotes you hear from scientists

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<v Speaker 2>are like really official sounding pr statements in the middle

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<v Speaker 2>of a big article about a topic, and I just

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to sit down with the people and say, why

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<v Speaker 2>are you doing this? What is it like, why do

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<v Speaker 2>you love it? What don't we know? Where have you

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<v Speaker 2>peed in public for your work? Have you ever really

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<v Speaker 2>fucked up? What did that feel like? What's been the

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<v Speaker 2>best day? What do your parents think of your job?

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<v Speaker 2>All of this stuff. So that is what ologies is.

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<v Speaker 2>So we'll have a different ologist on every episode. I

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<v Speaker 2>hope you enjoy The first one is a pretty hot topic.

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<v Speaker 2>It's about volcanoes, so I hope you like it. Thank

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<v Speaker 2>you you subscribe, you'll be on your way to listening

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<v Speaker 2>to the first one. I hope you guys enjoy it.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm nervous recording this.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, here's morologies, pacadermistology, homeology, cryptozoology, gelatology and entomology, neurology, meteorology,

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<v Speaker 1>old partology, methology, seriology. I am