Very Special Episode: BlackAFinSTEM with various Ologists

The Twitter avatar image for @BlackAFinSTEM: a solid black image of the Twitter bird icon, but with one fist raised.

The Twitter avatar image for @BlackAFinSTEM: a solid black image of the Twitter bird icon, but with one fist raised.

The most ologists in one Ologies! And maybe my favorite episode ever. #BlackBirdersWeek was such a force that we wanted to keep the energy going by spotlighting not one, but 30 ologists. You’re about to meet 30 new science heroes who are @BlackAFinSTEM and chatting about electric fish snouts, urban birds, falcons, lizards, crocodiles, economics, carnivores, sea turtles, porcupine noses, butt breathing, Ivory Towers, microaggressions, and how being an ally is a learning process we can all get better at. Walk side by side through life as a Black academic and hear their tips to best support them as well as guidance to Black students. Follow and fawn over your 30 glorious new nerd friends. 

Listen via Stitcher, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get podcasts.

Follow all of the wonderful people you just heard via this Twitter List!

Follow Joseph Saunder’s gorgeous macro photography on Instagram

Follow BlackAFinSTEM at Twitter.com/BlackAFinSTEM and Instagram.com/BlackAFinSTEM

A donation will be made to BlackAFinSTEM

Hiring a wildlife biologist? Reach out to Twitter.com/bellzisbirding


More links you may enjoy:

Again: follow Joseph Saunder’s gorgeous macro photography on Instagram

Buy a coffee for individual members of BlackAFinSTEM here

For press inquiries: blackafinstem@gmail.com. 

How to Best be an ally in STEM by Valeria Khudiakova 

Jason Ward’s “Birds of North America” show

Excerpt from “The Racial Healing Handbook: Practical Activities to Help You Challenge Privilege, Confront Systemic Racism, and Engage in Collective Healing” by Anneliese A. Singh, PhD, LPC, published by The National Museum of African American History & Culture

How to Be an Antiracist“ by Ibram X. Kendi

Prehensile porcupine nose

The Sadie Collective

DiverseScholar.org

Dickcissel birds

How an ally can respond to micro aggressions

Twitter.com/BlackintheIvory

Podcasts hosted by Black science communicators

PhDivas

Sip N Sci 

Dope Labs

Biology of Superheroes

OnWord for Wildlife

Transcripts & bleeped episodes at: alieward.com/ologies-extras

Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month: www.Patreon.com/ologies

OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, pins, totes and STIIIICKERS!

Follow twitter.com/ologies or instagram.com/ologies

Follow twitter.com/AlieWard or instagram.com/AlieWard

Sound editing by Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media & Steven Ray Morris

Theme song by Nick Thorburn


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